episode_0033

Around 9 in the morning. I was walking down the street with my future mother-in-law.

I told my mother that I would take her home. Even though she is small, she is still a man.

As we walked and chatted, we soon arrived in front of my girlfriend’s house.

“Student Jihoon. Sehee came back home. Do you want to stop by my house for a bit?”

My mother said, looking at her smartphone screen.

“Um… I’ll just go home.”

“Since I’ve come this far, I should at least see Sehee’s face─.”

“Jihoon!”

Someone called me from over there.

When I turned my head, Kang Se-hee was running towards me.

“I told you that I was coming with Jihoon. That must be why you came out.”

“Ah..”

I blankly watched Kang Se-hee running towards me.

As expected of a high-level Awakened, she was quite fast, arriving in front of me in the blink of an eye.

“Jihoon..”

Kang Se-hee called me with a voice dripping with apology.

Judging from his expression, he seemed to know what he did wrong.

No matter what, this incident can’t be easily overlooked. I have to control my expression.

But why is this girl so pretty and crazy?

“Haha. I’ll go in first~.”

My mother waved her hand slightly and leisurely left.

I think he left the seat so that Sehee and I could talk together.

“I’m sorry, Jihoon. Are you really mad? ”

“I’m not particularly angry. I understand your circumstances.”

“Still, aren’t you sad that the promise was broken?”

“I wanted to play with you, but I regret not being able to. But I don’t blame you at all. It’s a life-saving thing, so there’s nothing I can do.”

He smiled so forcefully that it was obvious that it was a forced smile.

Then Kang Se-hee grabbed my hand and interlocked our fingers.

“Jihoon, you haven’t eaten breakfast yet, right? Let’s eat together. I’ll cook for you.”

“Are you busy today?”

“I have a magazine photoshoot starting at 2pm, but the morning is fine.”

“Don’t you need to prepare before you go?”

“You should. But at least we can eat breakfast together.”

“… .”

I looked up at Sehee’s face and fell into thought.

What should I do? Should I just throw it out there and create some tension?

Or should I just follow along and check out my girlfriend’s cooking skills?

Normally, I would choose to ignore others, but as I stare blankly at Se-hee’s face, I find myself wanting to follow him more and more.

Breakfast made by my model girlfriend. Honestly, I don’t want to miss it..

Swish.

At that moment, while I was lost in thought, Kang Se-hee suddenly bent down and put her lips against my ear.

“If you come to my house now, I’ll let you touch my chest.”

“…! What are you talking about all of a sudden..?”

“They say men feel better when their girlfriends touch their breasts. Don’t you?”

“… .”

I don’t know where you learned it, but you learned it well.

***

I finally came to my girlfriend’s house.

I sat at the table and swung my legs back and forth.

I don’t know if it was because the chair was high or because I’m short, but my feet couldn’t touch the floor.

Sehee was cooking in the kitchen.

There are already several finished dishes on the table.

Just looking at the glossy, plump scrambled eggs, I can tell that she’s quite good at cooking.

“Sehee, where did you learn to cook?”

“I went to cooking school for 3 years in middle school.”

“Was your dream to be a chef?”

“No. I was preparing to marry you. At that time, I was following you around.”

“… .”

Was this guy Joo Ji-hoon filming a childhood friend video with Se-hee?

Click.

Sehee placed another dish on the table.

A generous portion of marinated ribs. It looks quite appetizing. It smells good too.

It happens to be my favorite menu. Is it a coincidence?

“Sehee, are you done with it now?”

“Not yet. I just need to prepare rice and soup.”

“I’ll do that.”

“No. Just sit down. I’ll do it all.”

It was so resolute that it was impossible to refuse.

At this point, I feel like I was a fool for worrying about whether or not I should bounce back.

A kid like this says he likes me, so why did he gaslight me to such an extent?

I watched Sehee’s movements with a happy smile.

Click. Click.

The table was finally complete with the arrival of rice and soup.

Sehee sat next to me and clung to me tightly.

I thought I’d be sitting across from you, but you were a lot closer than I expected.

“Jihoon. What do you want to eat first?”

“Hmm.. I want to try galbijjim first.”

“You like meat, after all? Even if you lose your memory, your appetite is the same.”

Sehee picked up a piece of rib with his chopsticks and placed it on the empty plate.

He flicked his chopsticks around to cleanly remove the meat, then placed the meat on a spoon.

“Ah~ I see.”

“… ?”

“Aren’t you going to eat it?”

“No, you feed it yourself?”

“Of course! Were you planning on eating it alone?”

Sehee said with his eyebrows drawn into a V shape.

For a moment, I wondered if I had done something wrong, but no matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t seem like I had done anything wrong.

“Hmm.. shouldn’t I eat it myself..?”

“Then we’re not eating together.”

“You’re not going to feed them all to me, are you?”

“Is that right?”

“… Are you trying to cheer me up because I’m upset about what happened yesterday? ”

“…? What are you talking about? Did I do something weird?”

I looked closely at his expression, wondering if he was acting, but he looked genuinely bewildered.

Sehee didn’t even know what part of me I found strange.

It seemed like he took it for granted that she fed me every single piece of food.

“Sehee. Can I ask you one thing?”

“What is it?”

“When did we start ‘eating together’?”

“Uh.. I don’t remember exactly, but around what grade in elementary school?”

“… .”

“Actually, the reason I learned how to cook in middle school was because I wanted to feed my own cooking.”

Joo Ji Hoon, you crazy bastard! Please stop it!!

I understand why my future mother-in-law was so sure that Se-hee and I would get married.

Since I’ve been doing this kind of thing since I was in elementary school and until I became an adult, I thought it would be natural for me to get married.

“Jihoon. The food is getting cold. Let’s eat quickly.”

Sehee put a spoon in front of my lips.

It’s too late to turn back now. All I can do is accept it.

Ah─ I ate the braised ribs that my girlfriend cooked for me.

“… !!”

For a moment, my eyes lit up.

“How is it? Is it delicious?”

The corners of Sehee’s eyes gently curved.

It seemed like he was already sure of my answer.

“It suits my taste perfectly..”

It was a taste that showed how hard Sehee had worked to become my bride.

Not only was his cooking skills excellent, but he also seemed to have customized it to perfectly suit my taste.

“Jihoon, I know your taste well. You like things that are salty but slightly sweet.”

“… .”

I want to eat it.

As I was looking at Sehee’s smile, that thought suddenly occurred to me.

“Sehee, this is not a joke, this is the most delicious food I’ve ever had.”

“That’s it?”

“That’s it. I feel so grateful that I have a girlfriend like you.”

“This, this much is expected of a girlfriend. Don’t flatter me too much..”

Sehee avoided eye contact with his face bright red.

Although he seems to be outspoken, he is actually quite shy.

It seems like a completely different person from the Kang Se-hee I had imagined.

The original Kang Se-hee was so arrogant and shameless that it was impossible for men to approach her.

I set it up like that because the more arrogant a woman is, the more I like to subdue her.

─Beep beep beep. Beep beep beep.

The sound of a smartphone was heard from somewhere.

“Sorry. I think I got a call from the place I was supposed to film today. I’ll answer in a second.”

“Yeah.”

Sehee got up from his seat and went to get his smartphone.

I took advantage of her absence and began eating my meal in a hurry.

I appreciate the sincerity in feeding me every single bite, but honestly, it’s too burdensome. I’m going to throw up if I keep eating.

The moment I started to do that, Sehee got a call.

◦@I told you to call me.

“Krrr!”

The food that was going down my throat almost flew out.

After barely avoiding a catastrophe, I turned my head towards Se-hee.

“You’re really persistent. I think I blocked you over a hundred times, but whose phone is it this time?”

The content of the words and the voice were sharp as a blade.

For my personal taste, it was a raspy voice that stimulated the desire to conquer.

It was the queen herself whom I sought to corrupt.

“Ha, even if you have more money than me, do you think you have more? Even if you have more money than me, I won’t be hanging out with a guy like you. Get out.”

Snap. Sehee hung up the phone.

I opened my rabbit eyes and looked at her.

She looked at my dumbfounded expression and smiled brightly.

“I made a mistake. Can you forget what you just saw?”

“… .”

Perhaps because I was faced with such a large gap, I felt dizzy.

“I’m sorry for swearing. I’m really annoyed because some piece of trash keeps contacting me. I’m already so busy with two annoying cases.”

“What happened?”

“A few days ago, a murder case occurred, and it turned out to be the work of an ‘invisible man’. No matter how much I chase him, I can’t find any clues, so I’m dying.”

“… .”

“Again, a dark knight crawled into the shopping district yesterday. It seems like he was attacking the artifacts being traded.”

“… Did you block it well?”

“I destroyed it.”

“… .”

When I get home, I’ll see my sister getting irritated again.

Wouldn’t they say, ‘Kang, Kang Se-hee, that guy messed up again…’?

“It’s been really scary lately, so be careful. Especially don’t go out alone at night. Got it? ”

“Yeah..”

It’s dizzying… I heard being a spy is a mentally difficult job. Is this what it feels like?

I don’t know about the complicated stuff, but I just want to quickly touch Sehee’s chest and heal.