Starting to Live Together

I got to see Mom’s face after a long time.

I returned to my room to carry out my original purpose.

Returning to my room after a week.

I checked to see if there was any dust and picked up the school uniform blazer I had thrown in the corner of the room.

While rummaging through the pockets of the blazer, I found a small letter.

Fortunately, the letter wasn’t crumpled.

I moved to the desk nearby and broke the seal on the letter.

Tuk- The contents of the letter were revealed along with the falling wax.

I smiled softly as I read the letter with both hands.

Because I imagined Ellie writing diligently with her small hands.

The contents of the letter were as follows.

Blood Demon King! Thank you for everything!

My first time experiencing school life.

I was worried about whether I would be able to adapt to the unfamiliar environment, but thanks to you, I was able to get by without any problems.

It will be a memory that I will never forget even when I return to my hometown.

Blood Demon King, no, Ha-yeon. I don’t know how lucky I am to have you as my friend.

Your eternal rival and friend.

How many times did her tone change?

I could tell that Ellie hesitated, putting down and picking up her pen repeatedly.

On a whim, I took out my cell phone to send her to the corner.

Since graduating, I hadn’t contacted Ellie even once, so the group chat with Ellie was buried at the bottom.

Ha-yeon – [Ellie. I read the letter well.]

I read it a week after receiving the letter, but I still wanted to tell her that I enjoyed it, considering the sender’s sincerity.

How long has it been? I got a reply from Ellie.

Ellie – [You’re seeing it now…?]

Ha-yeon – [I was a little busy…]

Ellie – [Hmm…]

She seems a little upset.

I smiled awkwardly and twirled my hair around my finger.

How can I cheer Ellie up?

Ellie – [I didn’t know I’d check it later than So-hee… To be honest, I’m a little disappointed.]

That’s right.

So-hee also received a letter from Ellie, just like me.

I nodded and stroked my forehead.

It didn’t seem like Ellie’s mood would be easily lifted.

Ha-yeon – [I’m sorry…]

Ellie – [Hamster sticking its tongue out emoticon]

She’s definitely sulking.

I sighed and shoved my cell phone into my pocket.

Nothing I say will work on Ellie in this state. Anyway, she’ll quickly forget about it in a few days and cling to me, asking me to play Deron.

[Ha-yeon-ah?]

“Yes?”

That’s when I heard Mom’s voice.

It sounded clear from outside the door, so she must be standing in front of my door.

I got up and opened the door to greet Mom.

“What’s wrong?”

“Isn’t it almost lunchtime?”

“Ah. Yes.”

I checked the time on my cell phone and nodded.

The current time was 11 a.m.

“What about So-hee’s lunch?”

“Huh? Why are you asking me that?”

Why are you asking me about So-hee’s lunch?

Since she went to school, she’ll either eat at the school cafeteria or at a decent restaurant nearby.

I tilted my head and looked up at Mom.

“Tsk… You hopeless girl.”

“Yes…?”

How could Mom do this to me?

Calling her only daughter a hopeless girl.

Where else can you find a daughter as pretty, cute, and smart as me?

“Go wash your hands.”

“Why my hands? Are we going to eat something?”

Mom pushed my back instead of answering.

Why is she doing this?

I frowned and washed my hands in the bathroom.

I lathered up with soap and made them squeaky clean.

In that state, I looked for Mom, wandering around the hallway.

“Mom…?”

She’s not here, she’s not there.

I went into my room just in case, but I couldn’t find Mom here either.

[Ha-yeon-ah~]

The voice came from the living room.

She must have moved to the living room in that short time.

I walked slowly to the living room where Mom was.

“What is it…”

“Come and sit down quickly.”

“No…”

I looked at Mom with an absurd look.

What Mom had prepared in that short amount of time was kimbap.

Not the finished kimbap, but the ingredients for making kimbap.

“Do you want to eat kimbap?”

If you wanted to eat kimbap, you should have said so.

I crossed my arms and shook my head.

I have a huge amount of allowance from So-hee.

This means that I can have 100 rolls of kimbap delivered to my house right now by pressing just one button on my cell phone.

But Mom sighed and shook her head.

“It’s lunchtime now. She told me to pack something for So-hee to eat.”

“Oh…”

Is it really necessary?

When I didn’t readily approach and stood my ground, Mom got up and grabbed my body.

As a weak and frail bishoujo, I had no choice but to be dragged along.

In the end, I had no choice but to sit down in front of the kimbap ingredients that Mom had prepared.

“Okay. I’ll show you. Follow along.”

Mom said that and started rolling kimbap with skillful hands.

Pickled radish, burdock, carrots, eggs, crab sticks, and even ham.

The very basic kimbap ingredients were rolled up beautifully, completing a neat kimbap.

“Wow. Mom’s good. Mom, do it all.”

I’ll just pick up ham and eat it on the side.

The moment I swallowed the unspoken words and put a long piece of ham in my mouth, Mom’s palm flew and hit the back of my head.

Ppahk-!

“Ack!”

It hurts quite a bit, no, it hurts a lot.

I looked at Mom with teary eyes.

“You frustrating girl… What is So-hee going to do with a girl like you…”

“No, well… Mom’s better at rolling than me… If I roll it, the kimbap will probably burst at the seams…”

“Just try it.”

No, honestly, wouldn’t Mom’s pretty kimbap look more delicious than the kimbap I made?

I mumbled and started rolling kimbap as Mom told me to.

But what can I do, since the only cooking I’ve ever experienced is making ramen?

As expected, the kimbap I rolled up was bulging at the seams and looked so ugly that it seemed like it would burst any minute.

“It doesn’t look pretty…”

“Sincerity is important. If you say you made it, So-hee will say it’s delicious and eat it all.”

“Really…?”

If so…

I rolled two more rolls of kimbap as Mom said.

The result was a total of three rolls of kimbap.

The completed kimbap was placed on the cutting board and sliced into pieces with a large kitchen knife.

I frowned as I sliced the kimbap.

Cutting was so easy in Deron and VRS, but it wasn’t working here.

The crushed and dented ones were still somewhat bearable.

The ones with the sides bursting open and the ingredients spilling out couldn’t even be called kimbap, to put it nicely.

It would be better to put all of this together and make rice balls.

“Um…”

Mom was also looking at what used to be kimbap with a serious expression.

She probably never imagined that her only daughter would be so bad at cooking.

“W-Well, sincerity is important…”

Does this really look like sincerity?

Mom ignored my gaze and started shoving the kimbap I made into a pretty lunch box.

The lunch box was filled to the brim with kimbap.

Mom felt something ominous as she looked at it, so she took out a new container and filled it with the pretty kimbap she had made.

That’s how two lunch boxes were completed.

“Okay. Take this to So-hee.”

With those words, Mom handed me the lunch boxes and kicked me out of the house.

I looked down at the lunch boxes in my hand.

Mom prepared all of this kimbap.

From preparing the ingredients to making the eggs.

All I did was put the ingredients on top and roll them up.

Even that, I couldn’t do properly and couldn’t make a pretty shape.

Is it really the right decision to bring this kimbap to So-hee?

Well, Mom told me to go, so I guess I’ll go…

I sighed as I got into the car.

I wondered if So-hee would like it.

Ha-yeon – [So-hee-yah. I’m going to your school.]

I always told her to contact me when I was going somewhere, so I texted So-hee.

Then, I set the destination to So-hee’s S University using the navigation system.

At that moment, I received a reply from So-hee.

So-hee – [Why are you suddenly coming to school?]

Ha-yeon – [I packed kimbap. It’s lunchtime now.]

After sending the reply, I felt a little worried.

What if she says she doesn’t need it? Should I go back home and eat with Mom?

So-hee – [Really…? When are you coming?]

She doesn’t say she doesn’t want it?

I let out a sigh of relief and sent So-hee the estimated time set by the navigation system.

Sending and receiving text messages while driving is a very dangerous act, but I’m not the one driving anyway.

So-hee – [I’ll be waiting.]

So-hee’s reaction is good.

I hugged the lunch boxes tightly with both hands and waited to arrive at my destination.

Buaaaang-

How long has it been?

The sports car that arrived at its destination began to slow down.

I jumped up from my seat and looked out the window.

I didn’t make a separate appointment, so I was looking for So-hee.

I looked around for a long time.

I could find So-hee standing in front of the entrance.

“No!”

The moment I saw that, I was very angry.

Because some strange dude was attached to my So-hee.

The two were even talking.

I examine So-hee’s expression with a sharp gaze.

Fortunately, she doesn’t seem to have any interest in that lecherous man, judging by the fact that there’s almost no change in her expression.

This time, I turn my gaze to examine the man’s expression.

I can tell at a glance. That this man has a deep affection for So-hee.

His swaggering gestures and brownish hair.

I really don’t like it.

I pounded on the navigation system and moved the car next to So-hee.

Buaaang-!

Immediately after, I rolled down the window and shouted.

“So-hee-yah!”

Did my voice reach her?

So-hee finally turns her head and starts looking for me.

She made eye contact with me and smiled brightly as she walked towards me as if running.

“Ha-yeon-ah.”

The moment I was about to greet So-hee, who was approaching.

She reached out and opened the car door.

“Huh…?”

I stared blankly with my mouth open as I watched.

I clearly didn’t remember unlocking the car.

I checked the car’s lock just in case it was broken, but the door on the other side was fine.

While I was panicking, So-hee put her body inside the driver’s seat and hugged me.

The posture changed in an instant. So-hee sat in the driver’s seat, and I ended up sitting on her lap.

So-hee’s actions didn’t stop there.

She immediately reached out and set up the navigation system.

She set the destination to the back of a secluded mountain and closed the car door.

“T-There…”

“I missed you. Ha-yeon-ah.”

“Oh… I do too, but…”

I trailed off and looked at So-hee.

I have more sensitive senses than others, so I’m sensitive to everything.

Hearing, smell, touch, sight.

All the senses.

That’s why I could tell.

That So-hee’s body odor is stronger than usual.

That the heartbeat coming from inside her body has accelerated.

A state of extreme excitement.

Even her eyes are bloodshot.

“I-I packed kimbap…”

“Later.”

“Ah, no…”

The moment the car started, So-hee’s hand moved without hesitation and dug into my clothes.

“Heueeek…”