episode_0039

After eating, Yeonseo was lying on the living room mat with a comfortable smile on her face.

Yeonseo had taken off the hot pack I had put on her and reattached it over her thin pajamas.

When I asked why, he said that the heat was getting stronger and stronger, so it would be dangerous to keep it on my bare skin.

Just in case, I searched together and Yeonseo’s words were correct.

There was information on a blog that said that in the military, you should be careful not to put a hot pack on your bare skin, as it can cause a burn.

Oh, without knowing that, I was having a hard time figuring out how to stick it on my bare skin and making a fuss.

“Honestly, you did that on purpose? To show my belly.”

“If that were the case, I would have died to you a long time ago.”

“It’s hard right now because it hurts, but after it’s over, I’ll just finish it in one room.”

He casually says that he will kill the warrior with one blow.

I was shaking with fear because it seemed like it could actually happen.

The sinner, lie down next to me. Yeonseo sternly patted the bed next to her.

As Yeonseo said, I am a sinner and cannot vomit, so I went and lay down carefully.

“Arm pillow.”

I quickly stretched out my arm and placed my face right against the area Yeonseo had mentioned before.

“Pat my belly.”

“…Are you okay?”

“Over your clothes. Our warrior’s thoughts are always going in a dirty direction?”

He was speechless. He had a mouth, but he couldn’t open it.

I tried to caress Yeonseo’s belly, but the heat pack was too strong, so I quickly took my hand away.

“Oh, hot!”

“Oh, I forgot. Sorry.”

I suspect it wasn’t intentional.

As my spirits kicked in, I drew up my warrior’s strength and gently placed my hand on the heat pack, stroking it in a circular motion.

“Ummm….”

Yeonseo lets out a comfortable groan.

It’s not a lewd or sexy sigh, but a sigh that comes from true comfort, as if soaking in a hot spring.

Yeonseo slowly closed her eyes and surrendered herself to my touch.

“Is this okay?”

“Yeah. It hurts less and it feels good. Keep doing it today.”

“I have to go to work later. I’ll do it until then. Unfortunately, I have to go a little earlier because I have a reservation for a rental starting today.”

“How much?”

“An hour or two?”

“Is that so?”

Close your eyes and make an impression.

That alone made me busy keeping an eye on Yeonseo.

“I’m sick, but I’m going to go to work?”

“The store is busy, so you should help out if you can.”

“Jinhyun, are you important to me or work?”

This question arises here?

I’m not even officially dating Yeonseo yet?

More than anything, in times like this, you could say, “I earn money so I can do this and that with you,” but my situation is different.

Because I’m the kind of person who doesn’t mind spending money.

So when I choose a job, I become a person who really likes work more than love.

But I can’t not go to work right away, so I’m in a dilemma.

I hesitated for a while, then thought about it and came up with an answer that I thought was somewhat acceptable.

“That… thing. I’m thinking of just doing it until the end of the year and then quitting.”

“Huh? Suddenly? Why?”

“I find people annoying these days, and it bothers me that you stay home alone every day and eat dinner late because of me.”

“Why is it more important for me to be alone than to be annoyed at work?”

“No. I said it last because it’s important.”

“From now on, you will always speak first.”

“Yep.”

“What are you going to do after you quit?”

“I want to travel with you.”

“Travel…?”

I felt Yeonseo’s body stiffen.

But soon, Yeonseo sighed and relaxed.

“Sorry, when I think of travel, I instinctively think of a trip to catch the Demon King.”

“Ah, don’t say that. It makes me dizzy too.”

“I’m sorry~.”

Still patting my stomach, I continued.

“Let’s go see famous places and natural landscapes here and there, both overseas and domestically.”

“I want to go to Yeosu. I want to eat crab!”

“Crab is good, soy sauce, seasoning?”

“Both!”

“Okay, okay, let’s eat both.”

Maybe it’s because the church was founded in a fishing village, but Yeonseo really likes seafood.

“Before I quit, should I learn Japanese cooking from the boss and make sashimi and sushi for Yeonseo?”

“Yeah! I haven’t had raw fish here yet.”

I have to go eat there right away on my day off.

Working at an izakaya, I found myself avoiding raw fish without even realizing it.

Is this some strange occupational disease?

“Do you like aged fish or fresh fish?”

“What is that?”

Yeah, seeing is believing, so let’s try feeding them all and hear their opinions again.

I know how to make a company myself.

It’s the only skill I learned from my fucking father.

That man who loved seafood so much, even though he couldn’t make any money, would always buy fresh flounder, mullet, and horse mackerel and ask me to make sashimi with him.

When I was young, I just followed along because I thought it was good.

That’s the only good memory I have from my parents’ house.

“That’s good too, but I feel like a carnivore these days.”

“What does that mean?”

“I’m not in charge of housework, but whenever I need something or go somewhere, Jinhyun takes care of it all with money.”

“You’re a guest.”

“Whether you are a guest or not, you have to have some shame.”

Then Yeonseo made a bombshell statement.

“I want to make money too.”

The stroking hand stopped.

It was something I could have just said, but for some reason I couldn’t sit still.

“We don’t have a shortage of money.”

“It’s Jinhyeon’s money. Not mine.”

“And even if you work, you need to have an account to receive money.”

“Yes, the goddess made me one, just like a resident registration card.”

“Show me.”

Then Yeonseo turned on her smartphone and showed her account information in the banking app.

Why is this true?

But I didn’t give up and kept on going.

“What are you going to do with the money you earn? Where are you going to spend it?”

“I also want to buy Jinhyeon something delicious and give him a gift.”

“I’ll just accept your heart.”

“I want to give it to you with my heart!”

Yeonseo opened her eyes wide and got annoyed.

“I want to do it too, but I want to give something that only I can do with my own strength, but it’s hard because I don’t have money. I thought about it a lot when I was alone. There’s a limit to saying thank you with words!”

“I… I…”

I stuttered, flustered by Yeonseo’s sharp reaction.

“I… am grateful enough just to have you by my side.”

“…….”

Neither Yeonseo nor I said anything else.

Why on earth am I doing this?

It’s not a bad idea to want to make money, but I was holding back on speaking because I was really upset.

I felt Yeonseo quietly watching me, nodding along.

It wasn’t like we were terribly hurt by each other or anything like that.

But there was a strangely uncomfortable atmosphere.

weird.

Just a moment ago, we were talking about travel and food and the mood was good, but how did it turn into this in an instant?

When I tried to rub my stomach again out of embarrassment,

“Okay, stop it.”

He stopped me with a dead voice.

“Are you okay?”

“Don’t ask me that, idiot.”

I asked cautiously, but got a vague answer.

They just look at each other’s expressions and no one speaks frankly.

The feeling of frustration only made my thoughts swell, and through the gaps in the swell, resentment and worry about the other person began to creep in.

I understand why Yeonseo wants to make money.

But I, the one who is making money, I, the target, said it was okay.

I told you there was no need to worry about that.

My head knew why I wanted to keep doing it, but my heart didn’t understand.

The silence continued to grow longer and longer, and I just placed my hand on Yeonseo’s stomach, unable to do anything.

“…Then you shouldn’t go to work today either.”

“Why is the story like that?”

“Then it makes sense for you to go to work, but it doesn’t make sense for me to say I’ll make money?”

“There’s no need to do that?”

“There’s no reason for you to work part-time either!”

Yeonseo screamed and then kicked my arm away.

“ said I have to go early today.”

“Yeonseo.”

“I want to be alone.”

“Yeonseo.”

“Jinhyun, I told you I wanted to be alone. Leave me alone.”

I got up from my seat with a heavy heart.

It took me longer than usual to shower.

I just laid down in the hot water and stayed there until the bathroom was filled with steam.

I wanted to stay like this, submerged in warm water.

Since Yeonseo had asked me to leave anyway, I wanted to curl up alone.

But this poor guy instinctively dried himself with a towel and went to the bedroom to change his clothes.

As I moved mechanically, I had no thoughts at all, and the only thing on my mind was the wish that Yeonseo would talk to me right now.

But Yeonseo never called me until the end.

All I could hear was the sound of someone moving around slightly, and being even more annoyed by that, I grabbed the front door and opened it.

And the moment I was about to leave,

“… Take care on your way.”

Although there was a hint of hesitation, Yeonseo saw me off, even if only with words.

“…I’ll be back.”

So I accepted that send-off.

I close the door and walk towards the store.

But somehow I didn’t feel like I was in reality.

Everything seems foreign and unfamiliar.

It wasn’t until I almost got to the store that I realized.

Yeonseo and I, that was the first time we fought.