episode_0025
by fnovelpiaThe snack for this drinking party was shabu-shabu.
Of course, soju is an essential part of this type of soup dish, so we ordered plenty of soju for the three of us.
And ordered a cola for Kim Ye-rim to drink.
He complained and asked why they were leaving him out, but this method is the best to make it easier to clean up afterwards.
“Kuh… good night. The soup is crazy.”
“The shabu shabu here is delicious.”
“They will make porridge for you later, so let’s eat it in moderation and ask for porridge to be made.”
“You’ve just started eating, but are you already thinking about porridge?”
After drinking a light spoonful of shabu-shabu with the soup, we clinked our glasses.
Amidst the sound of clear soju glasses clinking, the sound of dull cans was heard, and without fail, Kim Ye-rim’s lament was heard.
“I want to drink soju too… ”
“Uh… Let’s drink together later, Yerim.”
“They say it’s later again. My brother always says that.”
“It’s because Yerim is weak to alcohol. Or should we drink together at my brother’s house after?”
“Yes!! Good!!”
When you look at those two, it seems like they are brother and sister with a good friendship rather than lovers.
Although Kim Ye-rim can’t drink, she was quite pure, so she was like a chick who we were worried would explode if we held her.
Even though it seems like Kim Ye-rim is taking care of Shin Yu-jin, if you look at it closely, it is normal for Shin Yu-jin to take care of Kim Ye-rim.
“But you two are really not dating?”
“Hey, what are you talking about all of a sudden? I told you. We’re just friends.”
“Sseu-eup… I feel sorry for something. Right, Yerim?”
“Yes!! I want to date the two of us and go on a double date.”
“You didn’t really decide that because you were fighting, right?”
“We didn’t fight. As we talked and spent time together, I thought it would be better to be friends rather than dating.”
I certainly expected that I would speak properly at that time and not ask any more questions, but at our first gathering in a long time, the story of Shin Yu-jin and I came up again.
What came out is good.
The problem is, why is the topic of all conversations about love?
Even though I explained it so desperately.
“It’s good to be like this right now. It’s not like the four of us don’t get together.”
“That’s right.”
Shin Yu-jin seemed to want to quickly get out of this topic of conversation, and started to stop the two of them from doing evil things with similar opinions.
14 years ago, all four of us were in a relationship so I didn’t know, but I had no idea that these guys would be this vicious.
Whenever we get together, the story of Shin Yu-jin and I comes up at least once, and it gives me a headache.
“Seeing these two together, it seems like they get along well.”
That’s natural. Whether we liked it or not, we lived together for 14 years.
“It seems like there’s nothing we don’t know about each other.”
I know that because there was a time when we were together.
“More than anything, they don’t look at each other with unfavorable eyes.”
After hearing Kim Ye-rim’s words, we looked at each other.
If looking at me like that right now is with unfavorable eyes, I wonder what on earth are likeable eyes.
Shin Yu-jin must have been thinking the same thing as me, as she looked away with a small smile that could not be seen by the other two.
We both looked at one poor sentient being.
“Oppa, try this too.”
“Yes, thank you. Our Yerim should try this too. Ah.”
“Ah, cancer!! Hehehe. It tastes better when you give it to me!!”
I grabbed the soju bottle tightly as I felt tears welling up again, but I was able to hold it in with Shin Yu-jin’s hand holding my hand.
If he had held my hand even a little later, Hojin’s head would have been stained with green glass bottle fragments right now.
Is this why they called us? Or was it like this originally?
“Eugenie, don’t you envy her doing this?”
“Why do you think I would be jealous?”
“Well, just!!”
“Um, really? Then, Yeri-mi, I need to take a look at me for a moment.”
“Ugh!! Oppa, Eugenie is trying to hit me.”
For a moment, I saw Shin Yu-jin as she was when she was 34 years old.
You had to be so impatient with the couple’s salting to see what they were like.
As I look at this familiar sight, the uneventful past between the two of us feels amazing again.
“Cough, crunch!!”
“Yerim, are you coughing? Drink water, not carbonated drinks. Water.”
“Yes, I understand. Yoo-chan, can you give me some water?”
“Yes, here.”
“Thank you.”
“I’m going to go to the bathroom for a moment.”
“Yes, I went and came back.”
While Shin Yu-jin went to the bathroom, the couple’s eyes suddenly focused on me.
What on earth are you planning to ask me this time?
“Yoochan oppa, are you really not interested in Yujin?”
“How many times do you say no?”
“Ah, since Eugene is not here, just say it. Honestly, it’s true.”
I knew, of course, that nothing would change if I denied the two villains’ questions.
So I just ignored it and drank.
I don’t think I’m getting a headache because of the alcohol, but because of these guys.
“If you keep asking, I will go home.”
“It looks like there really isn’t one.”
“Why isn’t there one? It should be there.”
“Let’s ask why on earth I should have a crush on Yujin.”
“Because it suits you well.”
“If you see them together, they look like a perfect couple.”
I no longer felt it was worth answering the question that it was normal to be a couple.
If this happens even though you said you decided to stay as friends.
Should I at least have a love affair for show? I just don’t know how to get rid of these evildoers.
“What are you talking about?”
“These guys… Ugh!!”
“It’s nothing, Eugene.”
“Yes, I didn’t say anything.”
I tried to tell them what I was going through, but I couldn’t say anything because the two people silenced me.
Even though he didn’t feel that way towards me, he seemed to be scared of Shin Yu-jin, and their actions and attitudes were clearly different.
Isn’t my treatment a bit harsh?
“Aunt, please give me two more bottles of soju.”
“Yes.”
“Do you want to drink more?”
“With three people drinking it, it disappears quickly.”
“Oppa!! I want to drink it too.”
“That’s later… ”
“If you keep not letting me drink, I won’t go to your house today.”
“Hey, just let him drink it. If you keep saying no, you’re going to die.”
Since I already know how this kind of conversation goes, I suggested a solution to Hojin.
In the end, Hojin had no choice but to pour the newly released soju into Kim Yerim’s glass. And Kim Ye-rim immediately took a shot of soju with an excited look on her face.
Up to one drink is okay. The problem is more than that.
“Heehee. Delicious.”
“I can’t drink, but this is my first time seeing a guy I like.”
“Our Yerim is a bit unique.”
“Shall we ask you to make porridge now? I ate almost all of it.”
“Then. Auntie, please make some porridge here.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The shabu shabu that seemed like it would last for quite some time ran out sooner than expected.
We still need to know the tastes of Kim Ye-rim and Shin Yu-jin. When those two get together, there is no separate vacuum cleaner.
Delicious porridge was made and we lapped up the right amount at the same time.
“Mmm!! it’s good!! As expected, the porridge at this place is delicious.”
“Oppa, one more drink!!”
“Would you like to drink more? Are you okay?”
“Yes, it’s okay!! Last time I drank with Eugene, it was okay for up to three drinks.”
“Less than three drinks. You drank three drinks and went to the bathroom to sleep.”
“Oh, anyway, you can have two drinks.”
While we clinked our glasses and each drank, we quietly watched Kim Ye-rim and Ho-jin.
You can see in their eyes that they want to take care of each other no matter what they do.
And it doesn’t just end with a look, it’s put into action along with that look.
Very fresh. The way they create their own memories constantly catches my eye.
I naturally became curious about whether Shin Yujin and I were like this back in the day.
Because I can’t deny that I had a hotter and more special time than anyone else at that time.
I wondered if this would have been depicted again if either of them had returned without their memories.
“This time, I will go to the bathroom and come back.”
“Yerim, let’s go together.”
“Yes, oppa.”
“There is a separate bathroom, so why go there together?”
“I pity you for not knowing the fun of being a couple.”
“What are you saying? Come back quickly.”
After Hojin and Kim Yerim went to the bathroom, there was silence as if they had been waiting.
Even though it is natural, it is just awkward to suddenly change into this kind of atmosphere.
“You two look so good, right?”
“Okay. Should I say that it looks good?”
“We did that too.”
“It was very chaotic. Even if I look at a slightly different woman, I get upset.”
“I guess I loved you that much back then. Different from now.”
“Is that still the case?”
“Are you sure? Say something that makes sense. Whatever you do, I care.”
If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been able to have a relationship like this with Shin Yujin.
What does it matter how each other lives? It’s okay as long as it’s not too much.
“Well, we’re not even a couple right now anyway.”
“… Hey, Han Yu-chan.”
“Why?”
“What did you just say?”
Suddenly, Shin Yujin looked at me with sharp eyes.
It was different from the way he looked at me so far, which was always to make fun of me or just show dislike for no reason.
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