episode_0010
by fnovelpiaI caught my breath in the momentary silence.
“I’m sorry.”
The apology that I should have uttered was not uttered until after some time had passed.
I had no idea what kind of reaction I would get from Shin Yujin.
“To use the bathroom?”
A very grave word was heard. To the point where I felt embarrassed for being so embarrassed.
“If you want to write, write.”
“Oh, no. I’ll use it after you finish washing.”
“So.”
I carefully closed the bathroom door, came out, sat down in the living room, and let out a deep sigh.
There was a sigh due to my thoughtless actions, but it was also due to Shin Yujin’s attitude of accepting the situation without any problem.
If you think about it, Shin Yu-jin’s attitude is not strange.
Because we returned with our memories, we are familiar with each other’s bodies that we have seen over the past 14 years.
He was just so calm that he was embarrassed.
-Suddenly!!
“I washed everything.”
“Ah, yes.”
“What, why is your face so red? Are you doing that because you’re looking at my body?”
“Then why not? It’s a natural reaction.”
“You’ve been watching this boring anyway. Even though you know my size better than me.”
“… I can’t get used to it when you say that with that face.”
“By the way, did the bathroom get so big because it was urgent?”
To Shin Yu-jin’s doubts. No, more precisely, I looked down at the light prank.
Sure enough, my lower abdomen had completely grown and was proudly showing off even though I was wearing underwear and pants.
“It’s definitely big.”
“W-what are you saying!!”
After half-listening to Shin Yu-jin’s strange joke, I went out of the bathroom to do some business.
It wouldn’t be strange if I told a joke like that with a face I was familiar with, but I can’t get used to making a joke like that with a face I didn’t know anything about.
When I came out of the bathroom, Shin Yu-jin was making breakfast wearing an apron.
As expected, breakfast was toast with melted butter and a fried egg.
“Ah, that’s right. Salt… ”
“I’m looking for it and writing it down.”
“Yes, of course you understand.”
“Yerim said she would come back in the afternoon after lunch, so I will eat lunch too.”
“Well, something like that.”
“What should I eat for lunch? If you don’t have the ingredients, you can buy them.”
“You want to make it?”
“Because I owe you something yesterday, I think it’s right to do so.”
Personally, I can’t help but drool over Shin Yujin’s cooking.
No matter what kind of food you make, there are foods that taste better than average and may even be worth selling.
If I were alone, I would have cooked ramen or something, so is there any reason to refuse?
“Han Yu-chan.”
“Why?”
“The laundry is done. Give it away.”
“When did you wake up and put all the laundry back.”
“I woke up a little early. When I went to the laundry room, it was piled up. Get organized and live.”
“I was going to wake up in the morning and do it. You put it in the washing machine first.”
As Shin Yu-jin requested, I took out the washed laundry and hung it on the veranda. He must have changed his own clothes and underwear, and I could see things that were not visible among my clothes.
Looks like they even hand washed it. It’s not like I woke up a little early like this.
“Did you not sleep well?”
“No, I slept properly. It just happened quickly.”
“I think I woke up at 7 o’clock.”
“My eyes opened. Is it because I slept comfortably? Come and eat breakfast.”
After hanging up the laundry, I sat down at the table and ate the breakfast prepared by Shin Yujin.
It’s only been two weeks since I didn’t eat this breakfast, so why does it feel like it’s been such a long time since I’ve had it?
Even though it was a morning that made me sick every time I saw it, I was able to eat it in a pleasant way.
“No more crumbs.”
“Well, sure.”
“It would be nice if it was like that before.”
While eating breakfast, I noticed Shin Yujin’s hand habit of pressing his thumb with his index finger.
Although I knew there was no fracture, I instinctively reached out and grabbed Shin Yujin’s hand.
“What is it?”
“Don’t do that.”
“It’s not broken anyway. It’s a habit and you can’t help it.”
“But there’s no way it’s a good idea to press it like that.”
“Han Yu-chan’s nagging has started again.”
“It’s okay if you don’t do it.”
“Okay, I won’t do it. Okay?”
We ate breakfast together and turned on the TV to relax for a while.
As I was changing channels because I felt like there was nothing else to watch, Shin Yu-jin’s favorite entertainment program was airing.
How much do you like it?
After it ended, people started looking for this program on the Internet.
“Hey, Shin Yujin. Your favorite entertainment program.”
“Huh?! It’s not time to do it yet.”
“It looks like a rerun.”
“You should see it right away!!”
Shin Yu-jin naturally sat next to me and started watching the entertainment program.
He had a bright expression and the same expression as if he was seeing it for the first time, even though it was a program he had watched enough to memorize the content.
“Cough!! Cough!!”
Hearing Shin Yujin cough, I got up and brought him water.
Because I have a very weak neck, I always use a humidifier at home, and even after getting married, I installed two or three humidifiers.
“Drink.”
“Ah, thank you. Put a humidifier at home. I brought you… They haven’t brought it to you yet.”
“What should I do if I’m already in my twenties and my mind is going out of whack?”
“The horse is twenty years old. The inner kernel is 34 years old.”
“I’m 37 years old.”
As we return to the past, our way of thinking remains in our mid to late 30s.
As a result, there were a few times when people around me made fun of me for looking old.
What can I do?
For a long time, I experienced a social and corporate life that was more shitty than shit.
Recently, group assignments started and I didn’t think anything of it even though a strange member joined our group.
Society is full of people like this.
“Ah, that’s right. Are you smoking now?”
“There are cigarettes at home, but I don’t smoke. Because I hung up.”
“It was at the peak of the season. So he said he wouldn’t meet me if I didn’t hang up.”
“At that time, I quit with a truly desperate heart. I want to hold onto it somehow.”
“Then you can smoke again now. Because there is no woman like that.”
“What are you doing that you quit smoking again? It’s still bad for your body.”
As I was talking about old times like this, memories of the past naturally came to mind.
I said it was a last resort and that I wouldn’t date you unless I quit smoking.
To me at the time, it sounded like a thunderbolt in a dry sky, so I somehow managed to cut it off.
While I was thinking about various things, I made eye contact with Shin Yujin, who was looking at me intently.
“Why?”
“I was definitely in good shape at this time.”
“Suddenly evaluating your body?”
“Put your t-shirt on.”
“Is this guy crazy? What are you saying all of a sudden?”
“Oh, quickly. Look at something good.”
If you hadn’t seen me like that last night, there would be no need to ask me for such a strange request.
Thinking it was a request from a sick patient, I had no choice but to roll up my t-shirt.
“Are you done?”
“, look at those clear abs. Your chest is also solid.”
“Are you really crazy? Why do you touch other people’s bodies?”
“It was good at the time, but why did it suddenly become soft?”
“Perhaps it was because after marriage, the company was so busy that I always drank.”
“Marriage was the problem.”
“Well, marriage is the problem.”
I think I won’t even think about dating before marriage for a while.
That would be the same for Shin Yujin.
“Exercise regularly. I liked that.”
“I haven’t lived that long, but I’ve lived 3 years longer than you.”
“There is no order in which to go. Just remember that.”
“Based on your current physical condition, I think you will go first.”
“What are you saying?”
“You lived without exercising. After I turned 30, I started exercising because I thought I couldn’t live like this.”
Shin Yu-jin, who seemed like she would not give up her stance any longer, quickly gave up and started watching an entertainment program.
He probably thought of exercise as an afterthought because his body felt younger after his regression.
As I watch Shin Yu-jin quietly watching an entertainment program, I don’t think it’s real that we’re together like this.
Because we never tried to be together in the same space for two years.
They absolutely hated being together in any atmosphere.
Because I knew that just by sticking together like this, we would fight.
“I don’t know if it’s just me, but don’t you feel good every time you wake up in the morning?”
“I liked that my body was not heavy at all and I could move as I wanted.”
“So. So I think I feel good most of the time.”
“No matter how strange I experience it, it’s less annoying than what I experience in society.”
“Sigh!! that’s right. And I feel more confident because I’m 20, not 34.”
“I like it right now. If I had regressed a little faster, I would have had to go to the military twice. It’s so fucking terrible.”
If you regressed, did you regress to before you went to the military?
If that were the case, I would have resented whoever it was that caused me to regress like this.
No, they would have found him somehow and made him pay.
-Wheee!! Wow!!
“Huh? This is Yerim. I’ll answer the phone.”
“Sure.”
“Yes, Yerim.”
The moment I received Kim Ye-rim’s call, I received it with a different feeling from the way she spoke and the tone of voice she spoke to me before.
For a moment, I wondered if there was a switch. A person’s voice can change that much.
“I slept at Yu-chan’s house. It felt a little lonely to be alone.”
“… W-what are you saying!!”
I was momentarily startled by Shin Yu-jin’s suddenly raised tone of voice.
I don’t know what I heard, but my face suddenly turned red and my eyes became round like a rabbit.
What. Why are you doing that all of a sudden?
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