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I did a quick wash before heading to the kitchen, then went back to my room and put on my top.

Because it is more effective to keep these types of surprise events short.

Although it wasn’t my intention, I got a good response and was quite satisfied.

As soon as I went outside, Ha Yu-jin was taking something out of her bag.

“What are you doing?”

“Just a minute… I’ll show you.”

Ha Yu-jin showed me what she took out of her bag.

The neatly folded cloth unfolded, revealing the water drop pattern hidden within.

“Voila-, how is it?”

“Did you even bring an apron?”

“What… You asked me to cook with you today… ? I don’t want my clothes getting dirty… ?”

I burst out laughing at the sight of Ha Yu-jin proudly showing off her apron.

You must have been so excited by the idea of cooking that you secretly packed it last night.

I was worried that my family might catch it.

It was so cute to imagine that sight.

But Ha Yu-jin seems to think she’s being laughed at.

“Why are you laughing?!”

“Well, just. Let’s go cook since I want to eat tteokbokki.”

“I’m good at cooking, right? I’ll show you today.”

“You? You’ll do very well. Don’t bother me.”

“Wow-, you don’t believe me?”

We headed to the kitchen while having a pleasant conversation.

As soon as I arrived at the kitchen, I put on the apron that was hanging next to me.

Ha Yu-jin stared blankly at me like that.

As if in disbelief, he looked amazed.

“Why? Did you see something you shouldn’t have seen?”

“No, I just find it fun to wear something natural.”

“It’s the kitchen combat uniform, so you have to wear it.”

A man who is originally a family man is attractive to women.

We’re going to get married anyway.

So, you have to watch it carefully.

Actually, I just remembered it yesterday and was searching through the kitchen, and luckily I found one.

‘Then I’m done, and Ha Yu-jin… .’

After I finished putting on my apron, Ha Yu-jin also started putting on her apron.

The white polka dot pattern on a blue background goes very well together.

But then, as if something went wrong along the way, Ha Yu-jin’s gaze turned to me.

Judging by the way he was fidgeting with his arms behind his back, it seemed like he wasn’t tying the knot properly.

“Can I help you?”

“Okay, I can do it by myself.”

Is that so?

But I want to help.

I approached Ha Yu-jin head-on and stretched my arms behind her as if to hug her.

Then, as the distance grew closer, the scent of blueberries wafted in.

Ha Yu-jin was frozen in place, with her mouth wide open.

“Hey, hey… ? Okay, sleep… .”

“Take it when they say they’ll help you.”

I took hold of the two strings hanging down by my hand and tied them into a pretty, large ribbon.

And then he broke away from Ha Yu-jin as if nothing had happened.

“Okay, that’s it. Can you solve it by yourself?”

“That, that’s the problem… Oh, really… You did that on purpose?!”

“What? I just tied the string.”

“Oh my gosh-, okay. Okay. Let’s hurry up and cook.”

Ha Yu-jin sighed and swept her hair behind her ear.

Then, the red ears hidden in the blue head were revealed.

He pretended like he didn’t care, but he must actually be really worried.

But what can I do?

If you set foot in the house, you should have come prepared to some extent.

After we finished preparing, we started cooking right away.

I took the ingredients out of the refrigerator and prepared the cutting board and knife.

Ha Yu-jin said.

“Hey, you boil an egg. I’ll show you for real today.”

“Can I really trust you?”

“Then, you are a self-proclaimed tteokbokki craftsman.”

If you call yourself that, then you decided so yourself.

I don’t know if I can believe it… .

But she said she wanted to cook hard and treat me, so I decided to trust her at least once.

We should also give Ha Yu-jin a chance to show off her charms.

Knock knock knock knock-.

The knife moved at a constant speed on the cutting board.

The ingredients were cut into pretty shapes.

It seemed like it wasn’t a lie that he was good at cooking.

‘The more I look at it, the more I like it.’

She’s pretty, good at cooking, and has a tsundere personality, but she’s good.

How on earth could Lee Seo-ha just sit back and let this kid do this?

This was definitely a clear setting error on the writer’s part.

Because no man in the world would ever leave a childhood friend like that alone.

Well, I guess I’m being NTRed or something… .

“Hey, can you see?! How is it?! Are you good at cooking, Unnie??!”

“No matter how much I think about it, you’re younger than me.”

“Huh…? When is your birthday?!”

“Then since you’re my older sister, do you want to study alone?”

“… Sorry.”

Ha Yu-jin said that and smiled.

Why are you rushing in when it’s going to end up like this?

I’m studying at home today, so I wonder if it might be a little reckless.

I might really mess things up.

How much time has passed since I started cooking like that?

As the tteokbokki neared completion, an appetizing aroma wafted through the air.

“Ha Yu-jin, you said two eggs would be enough, right?”

“How many are you?”

“I have three.”

“What…?! I want three!”

Why is an egg being so greedy?

But since I worked hard to make tteokbokki, I decided to just let it go.

Finally, the tteokbokki topped with five boiled eggs was completed.

We sat at tables facing each other and started eating the tteokbokki we had made.

“Hey, what do you think? Is it delicious?”

“Oh, it’s delicious.”

“Oh, really…? Eat a lot… .”

Ha Yu-jin’s face turned red, as if she hadn’t expected me to praise her.

But no kidding, it was really delicious.

Even better than what I ate at the store yesterday.

Are you going to be eating this kind of food for the rest of your life?

I’m so happy.

“Oh, right. What subject do you want to study today?”

“Hmm… , I don’t know? I’ll do whatever the teacher says.”

“Okay? Got it.”

I knew this would happen, so I planned it all out in advance.

Everything from effective study methods to subject selection.

I got into the academy, but I couldn’t let Ha Yu-jin fail.

‘I hope you get along well with the other heroines…?’

I believe that if Ha Yu-jin is generous in many ways, she will definitely do so.

In order to do that, I need to learn how to control myself first.

Anyway, I didn’t intend to miss a single person.

There’s absolutely no way I could hand over my heroines to someone else.

After we finished eating, we cleaned up our food and brought our books to study.

I moved to sit next to Ha Yu-jin.

It’s hard to teach while sitting face to face.

I opened the book and the full-fledged 1:1 tutoring began.

“So here, substitute this here… .”

“Ugh, ugh… It’s difficult… .”

“You have to work hard to get into the academy.”

“Okay… .”

Time passed while I studied like that.

10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes… .

The chair that was far away at first gradually got closer as time passed.

Along with that, my shoulders also gradually got closer to Ha Yu-jin’s shoulders.

And then soon.

Bam-.

Their shoulders touched each other.

For a moment, Ha Yu-jin flinched.

But she stayed still, without falling or pushing away.

Only her reddening ears spoke for her heart.

“Okay, that’s it. Now solve the problem.”

“Well, I don’t know what it is, but I’ll try to figure it out.”

No, you can’t do it if you don’t know what it is.

Then what happened to my efforts for over 30 minutes?

I pulled my shoulder away from her and watched her solve the problem.

He said that, but he must have understood it well, and he solved the problem smoothly.

But that only lasted for a moment.

The speed at which the pen was moved gradually slowed down, and soon stopped completely.

The sound of steady breathing followed.

‘What, you fell asleep?’

Judging from the way he nodded, he was definitely asleep.

Did you happen to look for a tteokbokki recipe until dawn yesterday?

I don’t know the exact details, but I couldn’t leave it like this.

I tapped Ha Yu-jin on the shoulder.

“Uh, uhm… ?”

“Did you sleep late last night?”

“Uh… I’m looking for a tteokbokki recipe… .”

Ha Yu-jin answered with her eyes half-closed.

I guess he spoke more honestly than usual because he was sleepy.

Anyway, why do you only choose to do such pretty things?

If you were just honest, you’d be more appreciated, but you’d be hurting yourself.

Anyway, I felt bad for forcing myself to wake him up after he had worked hard until dawn for me.

“Ha Yu-jin, if you’re sleepy, go to your room and sleep.”

“Yeah… .”

“Aren’t you going to your room?”

Perhaps because she was so tired, Ha Yu-jin had no intention of opening her eyes.

If you sleep like that, your neck will be incredibly sore when you wake up.

“If you keep doing that, I’ll hug you and take you to your room?”

At my words, Ha Yu-jin closed her eyes and raised her arms.

What, you really want me to hug you?

Could this kid actually be awake?

Well, I would appreciate it if you would do that.

I quickly lifted Hayujin up and hugged her.

And then I slowly headed to the bedroom so as not to wake anyone up.

I carefully placed her on the bed and stared at her.

Ha Yu-jin was literally fast asleep.

Even if they were childhood friends, shouldn’t you come to the house of a man you care about and sleep there defenselessly?

Or maybe it’s a signal to cover.

Well, I guess I should read a book until I wake up.

As I was thinking that, I was about to leave the room.

“Lee Seo-ha… .”

Ha Yu-jin’s voice was heard.