episode_0023
by fnovelpiaShin Yujin entered the room faster than anyone else and sat down. Then, without hesitation, he turned on my computer.
Even though it was password-protected, it was meaningless security for Shin Yu-jin, who already knew everything about me.
How on earth can I remember all the details after so much time?
“Shin Yu-jin, why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
“I forgot that one assignment was due today!!”
“Wow, Shin Yujin can live by forgetting his assignment.”
Shin Yu-jin immediately accessed the website, collected data, and began typing the report at breakneck speed.
The sight was amazing, so I sat down on the bed and looked at Shin Yu-jin’s back.
He’s so focused that he doesn’t even realize I’m sitting behind him.
-Tap!! Crack!!
It’s amazing that English typing can be that fast.
Of course, I am used to typing in English because I have been coding for a living, but I cannot achieve the same speed as typing in Korean like Yujin Shin.
For reference, Shin Yujin’s Korean typing speed is relatively slow.
I thought it would be boring to stay like this, so I headed to a cafe to buy coffee.
“Welcome.”
“One warm cappuccino and one iced Americano.”
“Yes, please wait a moment.”
As I sat on the bench waiting for my drink to come out, old memories naturally came to mind.
While we were dating, we spent most of our time at our house. The house where Shin Yu-jin lived also had Kim Ye-rim’s room, so it was a bit inconvenient.
We always spend time together, and if we have homework, we do it at my house.
I always used to buy coffee like this for Shin Yujin, who couldn’t hear anything said around him once he was concentrating.
“The drink you ordered has arrived.”
“Yes, thank you.”
I got the drinks I ordered and returned home. Shin Yujin was still concentrating on his assignment by typing at an incredible speed.
I quietly left the coffee on the desk and tried to leave the room.
“Huh? What is it?”
“I brought you coffee. Drink it.”
“When did you go?”
“Just now. When you’re so focused, you can’t pay attention to your surroundings.”
“I still needed it, thank you.”
While Shin Yujin was working on his assignment, I lay on the sofa and scrolled through my phone endlessly.
To be honest, watching it on a cell phone wasn’t that fun because it was from 14 years ago.
***
“Assignment complete!!”
As soon as I heard a loud voice, Shin Yu-jin ran out of my room and rushed to the sofa.
I felt like my legs would be crushed if I continued like this, so I quickly got out of the way.
Sure enough, I hugged him to the sofa without any hesitation.
If I had stayed still, I would have broken a bone.
“Ah, it’s comfortable. I guess I can live now.”
“Good job.”
“Thank you for lending me your computer.”
“You already turned it on before I said you could use it.”
“Han Yu-chan, is there anything to eat at home?”
“Are you talking about snacks or something?”
“Yes.”
“Nothing. Did you see me eating snacks?”
“But why did you gain so much weight?”
It’s my damn social life that made me do that.
Since I first joined the company, I had been soaking my liver with alcohol at countless company dinners, so naturally I started to get drunk.
In the end, Han Yu-chan, who had washboard abs, disappeared.
“Take home some snacks. There’s nothing to eat.”
“Hey. You speak as if you live in my house?”
“This is a person who can live well. Or is there someone else living in your house besides me?”
“Are you sure?”
“Soo-ah unni.”
“What do you say? Why is Su-ah suddenly here?”
Shin Yu-jin continued to look at me with an unknown look in her eyes, and that look continued for a very long time.
Perhaps because I was watching in silence, I felt like I had done something wrong.
“What, why?”
“No. I sleep a little bit. Wake me up when it’s time for dinner.”
“What’s on the dinner menu?”
“Ramen.”
“En? Why is it ramen? You hate eating ramen.”
“I’m human too, so it’s annoying to make dinner.”
Shin Yu-jin actually went into my room and I heard him lying down on the bed.
I checked the room to see if they were playing a joke, but Shin Yu-jin, who was lying on the bed, immediately fell asleep as if she were a corpse.
You must have put in a lot of effort to help me yesterday, and today too, not only did you wake up early in the morning to take care of me, but you also focused on your assignment.
It’s not strange to do that.
Whenever I see Shin Yu-jin’s actions without resistance, I sometimes get confused.
Am I really going back to the past and living a new life, or am I living the same past over and over again?
While things like that are confusing.
There is just one thing that makes me realize that I am living a different life than before.
This is Shin Yu-jin’s attitude toward me.
It seems like we are still as close as we were 14 years ago, but the attitude towards me is very different.
Should we say that 34-year-old Shin Yu-jin and 37-year-old Han Yu-chan are living despite the distance they felt 14 years ago?
The sense of disparity I feel through such changes confuses me at times.
Someday I’ll get used to this.
***
“Han Yu-chan. Hey, Han Yu-chan!!”
I opened my eyes to the sharp voice of Shin Yu-jin coming from somewhere.
But I immediately made eye contact with Shin Yujin, who was looking down at me.
I was so surprised…
“Wow!! What!!”
He let out a scream with a strange reaction.
Shin Yu-jin’s hair was long and the sight of her looking down at me was like a ghost looking down at me.
“I told you to wake me up when it’s time for dinner. What if you are sleeping?”
“Oh, I fell asleep because I had nothing to do.”
“I’ll boil ramen.”
“I will cook the ramen. Honestly, I cook ramen better than you.”
“So.”
Shin Yu-jin knows how to cook a variety of dishes, but she must never be allowed to touch ramen.
The ramen made by Shin Yujin is truly terrible.
It’s like Han River ramen, or it’s like salty ramen like a mudflat where all the sea water has drained.
In 14 years, Shin Yu-jin has never succeeded in making ramen.
“Han Yu-chan.”
“Yes, why?”
“Your tastes are still the same?”
“What does that mean all of a sudden?”
“The same video is still in the same folder?”
“… Did you see that?”
“Yes. After making sure I was alone in the room, I browsed the computer for about 5 minutes.”
“Pretend you didn’t see it.”
“Blonde Western snow outing is just… Awesome!!”
Instead of boiling ramen, he quickly ran over and covered Shin Yu-jin’s mouth. If I hear any more than this, I feel like I will open the window and jump out of shame.
To put it another way, I only confirmed that it existed after returning, but I have never seen it in person.
If Shin Yu-jin had told me in advance that he would be using a computer, he would have moved it to an external hard drive and left the situation as it is now.
Deletion…
I couldn’t bear it. I remember the hard work I put into collecting it.
“Eat ramen.”
“You know everything anyway, why are you covering your mouth?”
“Don’t you think about my position when you hear that?”
“Then don’t get caught.”
“You’re the one looking after it!!”
“I should have left it somewhere else. If you leave it clearly in the same place, no one will find it.”
This is a guy whose consideration for people is not easy to find.
Even if you find the same video in the same location, it would be nice if you could just close your eyes and move on.
To put it bluntly, are we creating two similar dark histories?
“Hururup!! Well, as expected, ramen is cooked well.”
“It tastes better than the ramen you cooked, right?”
“Well, it’s similar.”
“If you have a conscience, you should at least not say that they are similar.”
“If you continue, I will make you eat the ramen I cooked.”
“I don’t know if it’s the Han River or a mud flat, but please refrain from doing that.”
Shin Yu-jin, who never ate soup because he was so hungry, could be seen gulping down the soup.
I looked at the sight in amazement and decided to drink the same soup.
“Hey, don’t drink the soup.”
A typical naeronambul sound came to my ears.
“You drank.”
“I am a person who thinks about eating ramen once or twice a year. You are not.”
“What do you say? I’m going to drink it. Good work.”
“Don’t drink it. Every time you eat ramen, you probably drink all the soup.”
“You are okay and I am not okay.”
“Anyway, don’t drink it. Got it?”
I pretended to understand and tried to quickly drink the soup, but Shin Yu-jin’s strength in holding my arm was unusual.
Was he this strong?
In the end, I gave up on drinking the soup and threw it all in the sink and finished washing the dishes.
“The clothes are all dry. I’ll go now.”
“Okay, go quickly. I want to be alone.”
“What are you going to do when you’re alone? Looks like you want to play with the blonde snow girl.”
“Don’t talk bullshit, just get out of there.”
“Wow, are you telling someone who worked so hard yesterday and today to go away? It’s really too much.”
It was clearly true that I had caused Shin Yujin a hard time, so nothing came out of my mouth to respond to me saying that.
Why are you cowardly dealing with facts?
“I look forward to having beef twice. If you pretend not to know, they will really bury you.”
“I said I would buy it for you. I won’t drag on with something like that.”
“Drink alcohol in moderation. Don’t eat a lot of ramen. And drink water often.”
“I understand. Let’s go quickly.”
“I’m really going.”
Shin Yu-jin didn’t stop nagging until she stepped out the front door.
Seeing that scene reminded me a little of old times and made me laugh.
By the way, beef twice.
Given Han Yujin’s personality, she would definitely say Korean beef.
I don’t know if my wallet can handle it.
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