episode_0018

Let’s shower together.

I can’t decide if I should call him careless or just plain stupid.

“Stop making a fuss about showering together and just do it.”

Jiwon acknowledged my words and went back in after saying so.

Grabbing a towel, he started drying his wet hair.

I hung the towel up for later use and sighed.

Today was really uneventful.

It was absurd to be labeled as a weirdo.

I don’t know if I should blame his lack of caution or if my head hurts because of Jiwon.

We’re not in any kind of relationship yet.

So, I thought I shouldn’t mess with Jiwon.

But that guy keeps tempting me without knowing or maybe knowing how I feel.

Even though I wanted to tell him to be more cautious, I found it absurd how persistently he flirted.

I even briefly wondered if he had feelings for me, but knowing what a troublemaker he is, I felt repulsed.

At times like this, I realize such thoughts are unnecessary.

After washing Jiwon’s clothes, he announced he was done showering and came out.

He stepped outside for a moment.

“Put on some decent underwear!”

“I don’t want to! It’s uncomfortable!!”

This time, I clearly saw Jiwon’s two pink nipples…

**

Since Jiwon didn’t want to wear it, I handed him my t-shirt and then went to shower myself.

As I was blow-drying my hair after showering.

“Oh, crap.”

-Thud!

“Ouch! Damn it!”

“Oh, sorry, I accidentally pulled out some black hair too.”

I looked at Jiwon with eyes full of guilt.

If I were to apologize right now, I might have been forgiven about 10%.

I was even contemplating kneeling down and apologizing immediately.

“It’s just hair; it’ll grow back eventually.”

“Is that so?!”

-Snap!

I smacked Jiwon’s head with all my might.

Jiwon, feeling the pain from the hit, asked me what I was doing.

I told him I was just settling the score for my black hair.

“Score? Seriously?”

Jiwon started provoking me again.

Feeling irritated, I smacked his head once more.

Upon which Jiwon glared at me, but I returned the look as if to say, “What are you gonna do?”

“If the landlord hits you, there’s nothing you can do.”

With that, Jiwon went to the bed and lay down.

“Why are you lying on my bed?”

“It’s warm.”

I ushered Jiwon away and told him to go to the next room.

Then, I turned the heater on to keep it warm.

It shouldn’t be cold like this.

Especially since it’s raining and chilly today.

I also intended to lie down on the bed and sleep.

But as I tried to sleep…

The blanket smells nice.

Our body wash at home has such a pleasant scent?

The smell is intoxicatingly good.

Realizing that it’s the same blanket Jiwon briefly laid on, I involuntarily felt my face flush.

Why am I like this?

**

The next day, I was watching a drama featuring the youngest son of a conglomerate family on Netflix.

Since it was the weekend, I planned to relax and watch the drama for a day.

“Jihoo, what are you doing?”

Oh, goodbye peaceful weekend.

A bothersome fellow like Dooly barged into the room.

He was just using the computer in the adjacent room, so I didn’t understand why he came to disturb me.

“I’m bored!”

If he repeats this over ten times, it gets tiresome.

I didn’t know what he wanted this time, but I asked Jiwon what he wanted me to do.

“Play with me.”

“Just play with the computer over there and come back.”

“I’m bored!!”

What does he want me to do?

Can’t we just stay home and enjoy a peaceful weekend?

“Aren’t you the son of a conglomerate? Shouldn’t you be busy with something?”

“Yeah, that’s why I’m asking you to leave me alone and focus on the drama.”

“I heard you’re the youngest son of a conglomerate. Back in the day, I was the youngest son in our neighborhood.”

“You were the youngest?”

“Yeah, I was, so I can make that joke.”

This kid? Knows how to be a little funny.

The idea of going out once because the phrase “the youngest son of that house” was so funny crossed my mind, but…

“Ugh, it’s such a hassle. Go play by yourself and spend your own money.”

“It’s boring to be alone! Let’s go out together!”

I really don’t know what to do.

At times like this, all I can do is…

“If you make my heart race, I’ll go out with you.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, I swear on my pride.”

Upon hearing my words, Jiwon went back to his room.

And as he returned, he approached me with cat ears and a tail attached, saying:

Damn, I’ve seen a lot of that kind of thing.

Thinking that acting cute like a cat would make my heart race.

But I definitely don’t get flustered by that.

I’ve seen too many clichés like that already!!

“So, where should we go?”

I expected him to act cute with the cat ears, but posing was unexpected.

This is driving me crazy…

It’s already cold, why did I even come out?

If he had just acted like a cat, I wouldn’t have known, but should I say the pose was sexy?

Something about it stimulated me, making my heart pound like crazy.

“So, what do you want to do?”

Just in case, I asked Ji-won.

To which Ji-won replied that he wasn’t sure and said, “I want to go there first.”

Ji-won started pointing to a nearby arcade.

An arcade… Well, he probably wants to go.

Since it’s been a while for me too, going there wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Ji-won was focused on a white marshmallow-like doll inside the arcade.

Does he want that one?

“Should I try to grab it?”

Ji-won nodded in response to my question.

The one closer to the exit seemed promising.

So, I decided to put in a coin and give it a try.

If it doesn’t work, oh well.

I inserted the coin, operated the crane, and managed to grab the doll.

Grabbing the doll and successfully pulling it out would be cool, but in reality, it just dropped straight down!

Well, that can’t be helped. I thought about it and was about to give up, but…

“One more time, one more time!!”

Saying that, Ji-won took out a coin from his wallet.

“You had money?”

Realizing there was a coin in his wallet, I was slightly surprised.

He had money..

Ji-won then put his own coin in and asked me to try the crane game again.

He really wanted to get it, so I thought, why not, and decided to give it another shot.

I grabbed a nearby doll with the crane.

And this time, I didn’t miss.

I lowered the crane with the doll towards the exit.

“I got it!!!!”

Ji-won spread his arms wide and hugged me.

“Hey! Don’t get frustrated.”

Despite my protests, he went back to the crane machine to try again.

“I wanted this! I really wanted this.”

He started kissing the doll on the face.

“That’s gross…”

When I commented on how gross it was, Ji-won said it was fine.

Well, if he says it’s fine, what can I say?

Thinking that way, Ji-won held my hand and said, “Let’s go again.”

“Doing this makes us look like a couple.”

Seeing Ji-won blush, I wanted to retort, “What couple?” but looking at other couples around us, it felt like there wasn’t much difference.

Me? With Kim Ji-won like this?

Pull yourself together… The image I have of him in my head is of a nerdy guy with glasses who used to have acne.

I might say I’m the same, but still…

Even though I didn’t want to admit it, maybe since the cat days, something has gone wrong.

I feel my face getting red without realizing it.

“Oh, Jihoo’s blushing.”

“It’s not like that.”

“You’re blushing like a persimmon and then saying it’s not like that.”

Well, I know my face is getting hot, so denying it seemed too obvious.

In that case… there seems to be only one answer.

Even if I don’t want to admit it every day now, let’s admit it.

That Ji-won and I are living together.

When I see Jiwon, these feelings that arise daily.

I think I might like the Kim Jiwon in front of me.

**

I came to a nearby room cafe.

Grabbing a spot where you can lie down in the room cafe, Jiwon ran and started lying down.

And running with all her might and lying down like that.

Her skirt got flipped over.

Be a little careful.

“I can see your panties.”

In response to my words, Jiwon showed me her backside and said, “Yeah, I’m showing you on purpose.”

Saying that, she wiggled her butt.

-Slap!!!!

Unintentionally, I slapped her butt as hard as I could.

“Ouch!!!”

Jiwon began touching her own butt in pain.

“Ow… How can you hit a girl’s butt so hard, Jiho?!”

“Don’t act up. It’s not because your butt was showing.”

“Why are you so careless to begin with? What if someone else saw it?”

At my words, Jiwon lowered her head.

“But… I wouldn’t do this with anyone else.”

“What?”

“I’m not the kind of girl who shows her underwear or naked body to others.”

“You tease and tempt me every day but don’t give in… You’re the bad one…”

Ah… I see.

This guy Jiwon… Could it be…

“Sigh… You idiot.”

“Why am I the idiot? You’re the clueless one calling me an idiot!”

I couldn’t say anything in response to Jiwon’s words.

If I were to hear what Jiwon just said…

I would realize that I’m the idiot too.

Maybe having this kind of frustration between us isn’t good.

“Hey, Kim Jiwon.”

“What? Don’t do this from now on.”

“No… Do you want to just date?”

“What…?”

Jiwon seemed flustered at my words.

“Just like I said, let’s date… You and me.”