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Saturday morning.

I woke up early, washed, shaved, and headed to Lee Yu-ri’s house.

The weather is gradually warming up, making it a clear spring weather.

The sky was very clear today and just smelling the air made people feel good.

Or maybe it was because I was really looking forward to today.

[Me]: I arrived. I’m on the bench in front of your house.

[Lee Yu-ri]: It’s almost done. I’ll be there soon.

When I sent a message to Yuri Lee, a reply came fairly quickly.

And then I sat down and waited for a few minutes.

The front door of the apartment opened, revealing a woman wearing a casual white shirt and jeans.

The outfit was simple, but Lee Yu-ri, who put more effort into her makeup than usual, boasted a beauty that made even her simple fashion look beautiful.

As soon as I saw her, I expressed my honest feelings.

” Even if you look at it, it’s so damn pretty.”

“Well, what are you saying? You have to go through a little more filter when you say that.”

“What does it mean to say that a pretty person is pretty? Do you hate compliments about how pretty you are?”

“… I don’t hate it.”

“Then that’s okay.”

I said that and held out my hand, and Yu-ri Lee, who looked at me for a moment, blushed and put her hand there.

As I gently cupped her hand, Yuri spread the space between her fingers slightly to make it easier for me to hold her, and we clasped each other’s hands very naturally.

“Then let’s go.”

“Yes.”

We started walking together holding hands, but Yuri Lee was still walking at a slight distance from me.

I wrapped my arms around Yuri’s waist and pulled her towards me, and even though Yuri looked at me in surprise, I was pulled in without resistance.

Only after the distance became close enough that we could link arms at any time did I hold hands again, and we walked again, maintaining the distance of a couple who is closer than anyone else.

As I passed the apartment complex where Yu-ri Lee’s family lived and continued to the back, a very old and shabby villa village appeared, and when I saw that, Yu-ri Lee’s expression darkened slightly.

This neighborhood where I live is known for its poor environment, so much so that it is called a slum among local residents.

“This is… Seongjin, do you live here?”

When we were alone, Yuri Lee very naturally called me by my name.

“Uh. Because the monthly rent is cheap.”

“No, but this neighborhood…”

“So you said the neighborhood you live in is a bit like that. However, it is difficult for my income to go to a decent place like where you live.”

“Why don’t you just apply for the tuition support system now? Because I will tell you well somehow.”

“I told you this before. There are so many things I’ve done, would it be okay for someone like me to apply? Think of it as punishment and just don’t worry about it.”

“Still…”

Seeing Yu-ri Lee’s slightly depressed expression, I couldn’t help but lightly kiss her forehead.

“Huh?!”

“Still, it feels fresh and good to have someone care about me. Thank you.”

“Ji, really casually on the street…”

“Why are you marking mine?”

“Who, who is yours…”

Even as she said that, Yu-ri Lee blushed and twisted her body.

In this way, she is a woman whose words and actions are very different.

We headed to my house, holding hands, and the moment we entered the dilapidated studio, Yu-ri Lee gaped.

They said they would organize it in their own way, but it was a messy room that seemed impossible to achieve a neatness like Yu-ri Lee’s house.

Clothes that had been rolling around on the floor were removed, but there were still things strewn about on the desk and cabinet, and the mattress and blanket that I usually sleep on were in a state of disrepair after being roughly folded.

Yuri Lee looked at me with an expression of 100% absurdity.

“You… how on earth do you usually live in your house?”

“No, it’s usually late at night when I come back from my part-time job, so I’m tired, so I don’t have time to worry about that, but today, I worked hard to clean up because you said you’d come-”

“I cleaned it up like this, but what would it be like normally?! That’s not possible. You’re not really hungry yet, are you? I need to start organizing the house. Is this someone’s house?!”

Lee Yu-ri scolded me and started collecting the items scattered on the cabinet one by one.

And then we started an unexpected house cleaning.

Starting from the top of the cabinet and inside the closet, making the bedding, cleaning the sink, and cleaning the floor…

Yu-ri Lee’s visit, which was supposed to make lunch, soon turned into a cleaning of the house.

The room wasn’t that big, so the cleaning was completed in about an hour and a half, but it wasn’t all that difficult. After the rough cleaning, we leaned against the wall and rested together while sweating.

“Haa… Haa… Ah, it’s hard… I don’t clean my room this well either…”

“Phew… You could have just left it that way.”

“How can you leave the house in that shape?! But it’s much better now that I’ve cleaned it up.”

“Well, that’s true… but can you make food with such effortlessness?”

“Ah.”

Yu-ri Lee looked embarrassed, as if she had finally remembered the purpose of coming to our house.

Because I was exhausted from cleaning, it was a bit difficult to make a meal like this.

I immediately made another suggestion to Yuri Lee.

“I’m sorry to even ask you to cook for me when I’ve lost a lot of energy, and it’s a bit awkward to just clean and then go home, so would you like to order something?”

“… I want to eat donuts.”

Yu-ri Lee may have been hungry from all the sweat she was doing while cleaning, but she accepted my offer without hesitation.

In the end, the original purpose of ‘cooking food’ was abandoned again, so we ordered donuts and drinks through a delivery app and sat on the mattress where I was sleeping, enjoying some leisure time.

Lee Yu-ri, who briefly glanced around my room, fixed her gaze on an object placed in the corner of the room.

There, an acoustic guitar was lying quietly propped against the wall.

“Do you play the guitar too?”

“Huh? Ah, that one. What, just so-and-so?”

This is the guitar that Han Seong-jin often played when he was bored and was alone at home without a woman.

Coincidentally, I also knew how to play the guitar, so I didn’t have much trouble playing it.

When Lee Yu-ri heard that I knew how to play the guitar, her eyes lit up and she grabbed my sleeve.

“Can you hit it for me? I want to see you play guitar!”

“Uh… I think it’s better not to expect too much.”

“Okay!”

I couldn’t refuse any more due to Yu-ri Lee’s unusually curious expression, so I took the guitar from the wall and sat down on the futon mattress again.

Sitting on a soft mattress, leaning against the wall with Yu-ri Lee and holding a guitar, it felt quite strange.

‘I can’t even think of what song would be good… Well, if it’s guitar, that’s it.’

After tuning for a moment, I relaxed my hands a few times and played the guitar.

♪♪ ♩♪-

“Saying I love you-”

As I started singing, I looked directly into Yuri’s eyes.

When the words “I love you” came out from the first verse, Yuri Lee looked at me in surprise, and I smiled lightly and continued singing.

“-is not the words I want to hear from you-”

As the calm sound of the guitar, constantly mixed with appropriate beats, echoed throughout the room, Lee Yu-ri enjoyed the song while lightly shaking her body left and right as if she was drunk.

“- What would you do,If my heart was torn in two?”

Singing and playing the guitar at the same time was a lot harder than I thought, but I didn’t want to make a mistake in front of the girl I liked, and I had already accumulated experience, so I was able to get to the finish without making a fuss.

“- Just by saying I love you-”

After finishing the song, I lightly bowed my head and put the guitar aside, and Yuri clapped with an expression of admiration.

“Awesome… Did you have this talent? This is really awesome. Why are you playing the guitar so well? It would have been much better if you had joined a band or something instead of doing something weird. If you had practiced properly in the band club, you would have become a celebrity at the academy.”

“You hit it well. Look at my fingers shaking right now, I’m nervous.”

When I showed my sweaty hands, Yu-ri Lee smiled and held my hand and spread it out.

“What, are you nervous too?”

“Of course. If you don’t get nervous when the girl you like is watching you right in front of you, isn’t that a weird guy?”

“Uh…?”

“Thank you for coming to help me. And I like it, Yuri.”

In response to the sudden confessional attack, Yuri Lee averted her gaze and waved her hand, then again avoided her gaze and answered softly.

Instead, this time he placed his hand on mine.

“I… I, I like it too… I do it. Seongjin…”

“Do you remember the song just now?”

“Huh?”

I grabbed Yu-ri Lee’s hand and pulled her towards me, hugging her slender waist.

Yu-ri Lee, who naturally fell into my arms, looked up at me with her eyes fluttering.

“I don’t just want to hear that you like me.”

“Well, then…”

“I want more than that. Just like the song said.”

“You, you… You said you couldn’t even speak English, so why did you say that…”

“That’s not important. What is the answer?”

Yuri Yu-ri rolled her eyes here and there and then nodded very slightly as if she had made a decision.

I had her lie down diagonally while supporting her back with my hands.

Then, I pushed my face closer and closer, and when our noses were close enough to touch, Yuri closed her eyes tightly.

And the moment our lips met, I laid her completely on the mattress.