Chapter Index

    “Baby… ?”

    Lee Hyeon tilted his head at the sudden question.

    Baek Seo-yeon continued speaking calmly, her voice trailing off slightly.

    “That, just. You said earlier. You wanted a nephew as a gift. So… ”

    “… Did you hear that? You were crying at that time. ”

    “Forget about that…!”

    Seo-yeon, who recalled her dark past while drunk, shook her head and winked urgently.

    After hearing her words, Lee Hyeon thought for a moment and nodded.

    “I like it. I hope I have lots of children later.”

    “How many people…?”

    “One ten people…?”

    “Hee, heeheet.”

    Seoyeon lowered her head without realizing it.

    Hyun, lost in thought, continued speaking without even noticing him.

    “Half of boys and half of girls. First of all, because there’s Su-ah… ”

    “Oh, I see… ”

    For some reason, Baek Seo-yeon’s face was flushed red.

    “How much for 10 people… If you calculate it… Then soon… ? Hehe… ”

    Seoyeon, who had been mumbling something and wiggling her fingers, hiccupped lightly.

    Yeonmin, who was watching the scene from the side, clicked his tongue as if he was feeling uneasy for some reason.

    She ended up turning her head away and looking out the window of the moving car.

    And even though it was night, the sight of her flushed cheeks was clearly visible.

    “Sooner or later… that’s what I mean.”

    She muttered softly so that no one could hear.

    ***

    The next day.

    Lee Hyeon was enjoying the warm sunlight while sitting by the window.

    The gentle breeze seeping through the open window feels good on my face.

    It was also his favorite activity after taking off his mask.

    Because I had been locking myself up all this time, I hadn’t been able to enjoy the sunlight or the breeze of the day.

    “Is it good?”

    “Meow~”

    When Hyun Lee suddenly looked down and asked, a small crying sound with a clearly pleasant expression was heard.

    On his lap was a small cat lying on its belly.

    Although she used to appear in human form, Su-ah seemed to prefer cat form in her daily life.

    After coming to her senses, Su-ah followed Lee Hyeon even more than before.

    Especially because he licks his lips whenever he gets a chance, it’s a little awkward sometimes.

    And in the midst of the silence, a sound of someone approaching was felt.

    Now, Lee Hyeon had moved back into his dorm room.

    Although Yeonmin-ha expressed considerable regret, it was inevitable now that there were quite a few people who knew about their relationship.

    There are only three people besides himself who know his dormitory password pattern: Baek Seo-yeon, Yeon Min-ha, and Jin Ye-seo.

    -Bam!

    Finally the door opened.

    The first thing you see is the pure white hair fluttering in the wind.

    Yeonmin-ha, who suddenly barged into someone else’s dormitory, suddenly brought up the matter.

    “Date me.”

    “Shaaaak!!”

    Peanut’s attitude changed when he heard the word ‘date’.

    A small cat that jumped down from Lee Hyun’s lap blocked Yeon Min-ha’s path.

    Then, as if he was fighting a wild beast, he puffed up the hair on his entire body and continued to jaw fiercely.

    Lee Hyeon asked with a dumbfounded expression.

    “Suddenly?”

    “Just. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever been on a proper date.”

    Yeonmin-ha said, not caring about the yowling cat.

    Actually, there was an opportunity. It was during the last social gathering.

    But the opportunity was lost because that crazy guy got messed around with other people…

    Suddenly, she feels resentful and glares at Jjaerit-Lee Hyeon.

    “… ?”

    “Huh.”

    Lee Hyeon, who did not know English, made a puzzled expression.

    Still, in the end, since you chose me, it’s not like I can’t forgive you at all.

    Yeonmin-ha, who had thought so, returned her expression to a calm one and continued speaking.

    “It’s not long until the semester starts again. And when school starts, you’re going to be a member of the student council executive committee?”

    “That’s right.”

    “With the packed school schedule and student council activities, you’ll be so busy that you won’t even have time to take it easy and date like you do now?”

    “Um… ”

    Lee Hyeon was lost in thought for a moment.

    There was nothing wrong with Yeonmin-ha’s words. Rather, it seemed like she had been too indifferent.

    There was no particular reason for him not to listen.

    There was just one thing that bothered me.

    “But… ”

    “You don’t have to worry about other kids.”

    Yeonmin-ha continued speaking quickly, as if she had seen into his mind.

    “We all agreed to come here. We’ll go on dates on our way back. It’s just decided that I’ll be the first one.”

    “… You decided on the order? Maybe a duel or something… ”

    “Oh my, if we duel, will there be any cradle left?”

    Yeonmin-ha waved her hand as if asking what was going on.

    “I just decided to draw lots. To be fair.”

    Well, it was a fierce lottery, almost like a duel, but I didn’t need to tell him the whole story.

    “If you understand, why don’t you hurry up and leave? Are you just going to stay locked up in your room on such a nice day? Gloomy.”

    Yeonmin-ha urged him on with a natural and innocent expression that showed not a single hint of falsehood.

    “Get ready and come to the fountain by one o’clock. I’ll be waiting for you.”

    “Okay.”

    Lee Hyun nodded and turned around with compassion, disappearing in an instant as if he had come back.

    Hyun Lee, who had been sitting for a while, got up and was about to head to the closet.

    “Myaang… ”

    For some reason, the little cat had a lonely expression on its face, as if it had been betrayed.

    ***

    “Hoo… ”

    He let out a deep, compassionate sigh in front of the fountain.

    She glanced at the clock tower and suddenly grumbled in dissatisfaction.

    “Why is he so late… ”

    It was only half past twelve and she had already finished preparing.

    Ggol-yeon-ha looks down at herself reflected in the rippling waters of the fountain.

    Unlike earlier when he had calmly asked her out on a date, his face was clearly showing signs of nervousness.

    Yeonmin-ha, who tried hard to ignore him, checked her clothes.

    He wore a wide-brimmed hat to cover his face, and dyed his hair a little darker than usual to scatter the particles.

    The top is a tight-fitting cardigan that shows off the body’s curves, a white shirt, the bottom is a voluminous long skirt, and even sandals that show off the pure white toes.

    Who would think of herself now as the noble daughter of the Red Flower?

    Today, Yeonmin-ha’s goal was to live an ordinary life, mixing in with ordinary people.

    I didn’t really plan on going on a date to a fancy restaurant or shopping at a department store.

    In the first place, those are things you can enjoy on a regular basis. It doesn’t seem like Lee Hyun would particularly like those things.

    Rather, I liked something different that I don’t usually get to experience.

    For example, like when the two of them walked down an unfamiliar street together during the last Southern mission.

    Of course, we weren’t in this kind of relationship back then, so I wouldn’t count it as the number of dates.

    “… Sigh!”

    Yeonmin-ha lightly slapped her cheeks to strengthen her resolve.

    The hot sensation felt on the cheek may not be due to the early summer heat.

    It was truly a stroke of luck that she got first place. It was such a thrill to see Baek Seo-yeon’s face glaring at her like an evil spirit.

    Well, of course, before drawing lots, we first agreed to never cross the line, no matter what.

    “Hmm… ”

    Yeonminha smiled with a slightly bitter smile.

    We happily reached an agreement, but that is only our side’s story.

    In short, doesn’t that mean you just have to not make the first move?

    Yeon Min-ha, who was leisurely strolling around, suddenly stopped in front of a newsstand. The media was still talking about the heroes of that day, but it wasn’t something she was particularly interested in.

    Yeonminha’s eyes went straight to the very bottom of the newspaper.

    It was a place where today’s weather forecast was briefly written.

    -It’s expected to be clear throughout, but heavy rain is expected starting in the evening…

    And finally, the moment when those eyes were about to draw a thin arc.

    “Senior. Have you been waiting long?”

    “Ah, ah, no… !”

    A cheerful voice is suddenly heard.

    Yeonmin-ha, who was startled, bit her tongue and turned around.

    Lee Hyeon, who had come closer, looked at her with a bewildered expression.

    “Why are you suddenly using formal language…?”

    “Oh, I made a mistake…!”

    Hwaak- Yeonmin-ha, whose face was flushed, screamed in anger.

    It was because there was a corner that was needlessly hurt.

    “… Really? But what are you hiding behind… ”

    “Hide, what are you hiding? It’s just a newspaper, a newspaper.”

    Yeonmin-ha said, handing over a crumpled and mangled piece of newspaper.

    “You came too late and were reading. You were trying to kill time.”

    “You came 15 minutes early…?”

    “I, I just thought it was like that!!”

    “Oh, okay.”

    Lee Hyeon accepted her shouting as if he was used to it.

    I glanced at him with a pitiful yet resentful expression.

    Hmm. Why does it feel like my anger is subsiding?

    While trying to pull herself together, she was deeply troubled by whether she should put the mask back on for him with compassionate sincerity.

    “What are you looking at? Is there something on your face?”

    “… It’s nothing.”

    Yeonmin-ha, who had soon put her worries aside, answered refreshingly and stood next to him.

    Actually, it wasn’t really something to worry about.

    She too, really liked the confidence that Lee Hyun was showing right now.

    “Let’s go.”

    “… Yeah.”

    Yeonmin-ha nodded and slipped her arm around Hyun-i’s. The two of them walked down the street, their arms tightly linked.

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