episode_0056

“Shall we go now?”

Choi Do-hyeon smiled.

The force that had been pushing Jeong Ye-rin up until now was instantly hidden.

Just like a tiger hiding its claws, there was no sign of danger in him anymore.

She leaned her back against the wall of the building and looked at Choi Do-hyeon, who was smiling in front of her.

‘Huh…’

Taking a trembling breath, she slowly composed herself.

Something like that happened just a moment ago, so how could it be so casual?

‘Someone now… ha.’

She recalled what had just happened.

A place between buildings that was suddenly pulled into place.

He didn’t stop at just pushing her against the wall, he completely restrained her.

Both arms blocked the movement of his upper body, and his legs were stuck between them, making it impossible for him to get out.

In that state, one of his hands grabbed my chin.

I was afraid that something might happen to me, and at the same time, I was trembling.

I tried to push him away, but he didn’t move at all, as if I was pushing against a wall.

He’s just a fun kid to make fun of. My brother’s friend.

I realized that Choi Do-hyun, who I had thought of to that extent, was a ‘man’ who was different from me.

Every time he approached her, she could feel the fragrant body odor, and when his body was pressed against hers, it felt like his body was melting.

I just liked that moment.

He made her feel comfortable at all times and made her smile when she thought of him. It was nice to be around him.

So much so that I tried to hug him without even realizing it.

When his whispers reached my ears, I didn’t want the words to stop.

And when it was all over, I hated seeing him smiling so shamelessly.

I didn’t even come to my senses when something like that happened to me in an instant, but I hated seeing the person in question laughing so casually.

‘This… if you think about it, isn’t it sexual harassment…?’

Regardless of the doctor, it just… sticks. Even the legs…

“What are you doing, aren’t you going?”

However, as soon as I heard his voice, my thoughts of questioning him gradually faded away.

“….Let’s go.”

Although there was no agreement, she decided to keep what had just happened unwritten.

He also acted as if nothing had happened, as if they had created a secret between the two of them.

After a while, they escaped from the gap between the buildings.

“You didn’t eat, right? Come here. I’ll buy it for you.”

“..That’s it. If you become a senior and go around taking advantage of juniors, you will be criticized.”

“Well, if you say so… what would you like to eat?”

“Anything.”

“Originally, that is the hardest one to choose.”

So, they wandered around town until the sun set.

It didn’t matter what you did.

Who you were with was important.

Even though it wasn’t a special restaurant, the meal was satisfying, and even though we didn’t do any special activities, we laughed.

Obviously, the 24 hours a day are the same, but the experience changes depending on who you are with.

And, time with like-minded people passed quickly.

The sun quickly began to shine on the other side of the Earth, and the blue sky briefly turned red and then black.

On the way back home.

Before we knew it, the sky was darkening, and the street lights were turning on one by one.

Later than the usual dinner time, closer to night than evening.

The people that had been crowded during the day were now sparsely visible, and the cool air passed by my skin.

When the surroundings became quiet and there were no distractions, Yerin Jeong thought about the daytime events again.

It wasn’t something that could be easily forgotten just because we didn’t pay attention to it for a while.

‘Ugh.. it’s awkward…’

Then, for no reason, I felt like I was becoming more conscious of him.

The conversation that would normally have continued at least a little bit was not present at all now.

“Bar, it’s cool at night…”

I tried talking about any topic to get rid of the awkwardness, but there was no response from him.

“….”

She closed her mouth again and started walking slowly.

When it is located about halfway between downtown and the house.

-Sigh

Suddenly, I felt warmth in her hand.

“Mmm?!”

When she looked at him in surprise, she saw that his hand was holding her hand tightly.

She was taken aback when she saw all five fingers in his palm.

“Hey, hey! What are you doing!”

“Uh, it’s night? If you scream, people will file complaints.”

“What are you doing…”

Her voice became quieter.

Choi Do-hyeon looked at that and smiled as if it was fun.

“You listen well.”

“Don’t change your mind. Hey, let go of this..!”

She waved her arms to try to shake him off.

However, his grip strength was not something she could shake off by shaking her arms.

“There isn’t much left now, so I’ll just hold on to the crosswalk where we originally separate.”

“Si, I don’t like it – ”

She tried to reject him, but she didn’t have that much of a desire to let go of the hand he was currently holding.

‘Okay… it’s about a cow, a hand…’

During my relationship with Kim Ha-ram, I couldn’t feel the coldness inside the warmth I always felt.

What came from Choi Do-hyun was pure warmth.

“…That’s all..? If I do anything else, will you get angry..?”

Currently, her ability to make rational decisions was not perfect.

Moreover, the sense of immorality of breaking the rules that were constantly instilled in her… As she steadily built up, cracks appeared in the iron wall of her discipline.

All of those factors made this little skinship acceptable.

“Yes.”

He nodded.

at that time.

-Wooow.

Yerin Jeong’s cell phone vibrated.

She was holding her left hand, but her phone was in her right pocket, so she could only use her free hand to check it.

[Kim Haram: Yerin, what are you doing?]

“….Ah.”

For a moment, it felt like she was waking up from a dream.

In the morning, when I opened my eyes in bed and was wrapped in a hazy feeling, it felt as if someone had opened the window and let in a cold breeze.

What he was doing now was clearly wrong.

Okay, let’s say let go.

Let’s get angry and tell him to leave.

If you don’t get your hands off me right away, I’ll report you.

“..Senior.”

At that moment, he was putting away the cell phone that her eyes were fixed on.

His wrists were grabbed and pulled down, and both arms were now held by him.

“What did I say earlier?”

“..a while ago?”

“Yes, when entering between buildings.”

“..I don’t like you.”

“Before that.”

He spoke calmly.

“..Even if you think there is no Haram…?”

“That’s right. Right now… I don’t think there is. Still don’t want to hold on?”

“Hey, still – ”

“First, put away your cell phone.”

Suddenly, she followed his words as if possessed by something.

I ignored the message and put my cell phone in my pocket.

“Good job. We promised. Only until the crosswalk. I’m not saying you should just ignore the message. I’m just saying… please hold off on answering for a little while.”

“Just wait a little while..?”

“Yes. I’m not saying you should lie, but you just have to tell the truth… little by little, right? I’m not saying it’s fake, you just need to not talk about what happened. Then, you’re not doing anything wrong. Because seniors only tell the truth.”

“….”

What he said seemed plausible.

“..just to the crosswalk.”

She picked it up as if promising herself.

“Yes, just up to that point.”

After a while, her thumb slipped out of Choi Do-hyun’s grasp and stuck to the back of his hand.

Now they were holding each other’s hands.

Choi Do-hyun smiled.

When she saw his smile, her discomfort also seemed to disappear.

And Choi Do-hyeon breathed a sigh of relief.

When the message arrived at that moment.

It was a crisis where the build-up almost went astray.

It was a shame that she quickly put the message that disturbed her mind out of sight; if there had been more delay, she could have escaped the swamp.

‘Let’s not let our guard down.’

Jeong Ye-rin must be dragged into the swamp slowly, very slowly.

He smiled at Jeong Ye-rin walking next to him.

Just like that, she walked back into the dream she had briefly awakened from.

night.

A street that only the two of us can walk.

There were occasional street lights, and the brightest street light was the moon floating in the sky.

On a cloudless night, the moonlight shone down on them.

Warmth spread from hand to hand. The moonlight and warmth helped me forget about the uncleanness.

Night has long symbolized cold and loneliness, but not on this day.

**

“..Sister, why are you coming home so late?”

And, there was a younger brother who was worried about his older sister.

After taking a shower, she was ready to sleep.

However, I didn’t feel like going into the soft bed. I felt relieved only when my sister came.

She lay down on the living room sofa waiting for her sister who never came.

So that you can be the first to know when I return.

As much as Jeong Ye-rin cared for Jeong Ye-eun, she also cared for her older sister.

She slowly began to think.

It is said that other sisters fight like that as they grow up, but she has maintained a relationship with her older sister that is like a close friend.

Her older sister was always considerate of her, and they never fought except for the smallest arguments.

Therefore, unlike other sisters, she has never been reluctant towards her older sister.

She was such a precious sister, but I couldn’t sleep if she didn’t come home late at night.

After a while, there was the sound of the door opening.