Chapter 129 – Chapter 129
A long and lengthy introduction followed, followed by a word barely reached.
Those words penetrated my heart.
It was a word that penetrated deeper than anything I had ever heard in my life.
Let’s take a breath at him, and the bee facing him spit out the words again.
“I like Eun-ah.”
I’ve been choking
I was short of breath.
It felt like someone was squeezing my heart.
It was so frustrating that I thought I was going to die, but for some reason I didn’t hate it in the slightest.
I thought so.
If there is a temperature in words, then the words the bee uttered now would have the heat to burn the whole world.
It must be the scorching heat that dries up the swamp that has swallowed my whole body.
“Ah…”
I’m so suffocated that my face heats up.
Even in the midst of that, the tears continued to roll down his cheeks without thinking about stopping again.
Just a word
I was saved by that word.
My eyes were tight. Head bowed down
Unknowingly, those words came out of my mouth.
“Me too…”
… He said it without hesitation.
“I like it too…”
I forgot what I had done, and I just answered like that, overwhelmed by the words that were delivered.
These selfish lips uttered those words before finally continuing their apology.
“I’m sorry… Hurt me, don’t, take away my life at will…”
After I finished talking, I felt the bee’s face filling my field of vision and that face looking at me kindly were so precious that I reached out my hand.
I was able to reach out to Mr. Bee only after I finally managed to say an apology.
A hand touching the slightly rough cheek.
The warmth that finally touched his fingertips was, as expected, hot enough to dry his skin.
*
Do-gyun saw Eun-ah shedding tears and talking nonsense, and wiped away the tears that flowed down her cheeks.
It was so sad that it fell past that cheek, so I moved my hand because I thought I had to catch all those tears somehow.
However, was it not enough?
Tears flowed to the floor and couldn’t hold it all in my hands.
Do-gyun felt sorry for them again, and this time he held back his tears with his own heart.
Hug me tight, I held back the tears so that they would rather seep into me.
“… It’s okay.”
He slowly rubbed his back and spat out words of comfort.
“That’s why I met Eun-ah… , So it’s okay.”
Seriously, I didn’t hate it in the slightest.
How can I hate
Aren’t I just a tender person who didn’t know how to express my heart that way?
Aren’t you an immature person who has only just started chasing after others?
Do-gyun brushed Eun-ah’s back for a while before continuing with a small voice.
“It’s just one season. My life has not been ruined at all.”
The most eventful winter of my life.
However, it was only 3 months.
It was only 3 months of his 30 years of life.
Those 3 months were really nothing compared to the whole life she has been living.
I can’t say it wasn’t difficult. Yes, there were tough moments.
However, if she is her reward after three months of hard work, isn’t this the most valuable reward?
Do-kyun smiled a little at the thought that came to his mind, then opened his mouth while dropping Eun-ah a little.
“Miss Eun.”
At the end of her gaze, there was Eun-ah, with a red face like a radish and giggling.
“Yes Yes…”
Do-gyun laughed a little as he saw Eun-ah, who was barely able to answer her tears, and then calmed down and continued talking.
“Do you remember what we promised?”
Eun-ah was looking at herself with her eyes full.
Eun-a, who had been looking at me for a long time, pursed her stretched lips, burst into tears again.
“Huh… Gee, I don’t remember…”
She was pouring out her weeping with all her might, like a man worthy of worldly sorrow.
“Mi, I’m sorry… Mo, I don’t know…”
Suddenly, Do-gyun felt a laugh escape from his mouth.
He was crying like a person whose world had collapsed, but for some reason, he laughed because it was so ridiculous.
“Puff… !”
“Huh… !”
The sad cry that follows behind my laughter.
Do-gyun saw her crying with her nose protruding, and only belatedly patted her on the back to soothe her.
It took a long time before Do-gyun wiped Eun-ah’s face with a tissue on the table before he could finally speak.
“So, the promise we made on Christmas Eve.”
“Kheung…”
Eun-ah sniffed at her words and nodded her head.
Looking at him, Do-gyun laughed at his face full of water like a wet mouse, then continued talking while stroking Eun-ah’s head.
“You’ve planned what you’re going to do for the year.”
“Yes, yes…”
“Do you remember what we decided to do in the spring?”
The eyes were right.
Eun-ah, who had been shaking her shoulders and letting her cry out, licked her lips for a moment before spitting out her answer.
“Hey, flower viewing…”
“In addition?”
“A walk…”
“I remember it well.”
Do-gyun gave a small smile to Eun-ah, who always gave her answers, and then continued by blowing her nose.
“Come on, heh!”
“Kheung!”
“Well done. I remember everything, so why are you crying?”
“Hey…”
A hiccup came out. Her face was slightly redder than before.
Eun-a must have felt ashamed of it too late, so she now hung her head with a red face like a really ripe apple.
Do-Kyun: A person’s face could be redder over there. He was a little surprised at the thought, and then he said, erasing the thought.
“It is spring now. I get excited at the thought of going to see her flowers with Eun-ah, but doesn’t Eun-ah do that?”
“Me too… !”
A startling answer.
To that, Do-gyun put a mischievous smile on his face and continued.
“It’s just fine. Since it is now the end of March… The cherry blossoms will be in full bloom when I go out.”
“Cherry Blossom…”
“Yes, cherry blossoms.”
Do-gyun continued his thoughts while saying that.
Looking back, it was the first time for him to go see cherry blossoms alone with a woman.
There were people I dated… , Since I didn’t have an event like this with that person, it was the first time for me to see flowers that could truly be called a date.
After thinking about him for a while, Do-kyun shook her head and erased her thoughts. He looked right at Eun-ah and continued.
“We should go together. Um, shall we pack a sandwich? Also bring a mat. I’ll go and sit in a sunny spot and play for a day or so before coming back.”
Long words.
When Do-gyun said that and looked at Eun-ah, Eun-ah, who was always smiling, belatedly nodded her head.
Do-gyun smiled a little at him, then continued talking while wiping the water that had remained on Eun-ah’s face until the day before yesterday.
“I have improved my sandwich making skills over the years. I don’t know anything else, but the sandwich will surprise Eun-ah too, right?”
“Ah…”
Flinch.
Eun-ah’s body trembled.
When Do-gyun tilted her head, Eun-ah looked at her hand and her hand, with her face looking somewhat nervous.
Why is that
After a while, Do-kyun, who remembered one of her habits, felt an ‘Oops’.
‘… I don’t like it!’
Even in the midst of this, it seems that the cooking lessons were difficult.
Do-gyun, who recalled that thought, put on a smile that seemed a bit troubled this time.
“Hmm, now that I think about it, she might want to eat what Eun-ah does…”
“Ah yes! I-I’ll do it!”
That’s right. The answer that follows.
At that, Do-gyun let out a smirk and nodded his head.
The hand that had been stroking Eun-ah all this time was now overlapped on top of her hand, holding each other’s hands.
Do-gyun’s eyes turned to his hand. Eun-ah’s gaze also went to the same place.
Their intertwined hands wiggled and scattered a little heat.
The two gazes, which had been looking at each other for a long time, soon moved back to each other.
Do-gyun let out a small laugh as he saw Eun-ah, who had finally gotten rid of her crying.
“Are you all crying now?”
“Oh…”
Startle.
Her touching fingertips trembled.
Right after that, Eun-ah, who flinched at her bright red face, then nodded her head with her head bowed.
What followed was her own laugh.
*
It was a few days after that happened.
Do-gyun drove in the middle of the road and found the most famous cherry blossom viewing spot in the area.
“Shall we get off now?”
“Yes, yes…”
Do-gyun laughed at Eun-ah’s reply with a small nod of his head at his words, then opened the car door and came out.
The first thing that greeted me as soon as I got out of the car was the fresh spring air.
The tickling air filling the lungs.
As he stretched out, the warmth gently settled down on his skin began to warm his body.
If you look up, you can see the endless cherry blossom road right across the parking lot.
Pink petals bloom profusely on both sides of the wide sidewalk.
People in threes and threes gathered under it and walked.
If you look more closely, you can see that the clothes people are wearing are a little thinner than before.
A landscape that can be said to be in the middle of spring.
Looking at him, Do-gyun felt a sense of excitement, and took his luggage from Eun-ah, who was just starting to get out of the car.
“Please. I will take it.”
“Okay, I’m fine…”
“It’s because I want to carry it.”
Saying that, Do-gyun looked at Eun-ah, and felt a smile break out.
Should I say it’s still there? Should it be the same?
The delusion is broken and she finally starts to face reality, but it doesn’t seem to have affected Eun-ah’s way of dressing.
Eun-ah’s outerwear is still a cardigan over a dress. It was also a tightly tucked hat and a mask that covered most of the face.
‘Is this a preference?’
While I was thinking about that, I came up with the idea that maybe Eun-ah was reluctant to draw attention to her because of her face.
After all, isn’t she an extreme housewife?
I could tell at a glance that he had a tendency not to enjoy people’s eyes, so it was understandable to some extent in that context.
Continuing his thoughts, Do-kyun suddenly felt Eun-ah standing next to him and holding her hand, and raised her head.
Beneath a tightly tucked-in hat, the peeking out eyes were smiling brightly.
“Shall we go?”
Question being handed over.
Do-kyun, who had been stunned for a moment at Eun-ah’s eye smile, came to his senses only belatedly and nodded her head.
“Ah yes.”
Do-kyun started to walk like that, holding Eun-a’s hand tightly.
Perhaps the timing was right, the cherry blossom road was just beginning to fall, creating a romantic atmosphere.
In the world dyed in pastel tones, there was a part that made people fall in love with just that color alone.
He walked and did not speak.
This is because warm energy permeated the inside just by walking and looking at the falling petals.
As he was walking along like that, Do-gyun remembered that he might not be talking too much and spoke to Eun-ah with a slightly awkward smile.
“Um, there are a lot of people.”
“Yes, yes…”
A small answer.
When Do-gyun looked at her Eun-ah, Eun-ah wriggled her hand that held her body and looked at her floor.
He seems to be ashamed of something.
Looking at him, Do-gyun felt his heart start pounding at the sight of Eun-ah.
His gaze turned to the front, unable to look at it.
It was strange.
It wasn’t that there weren’t many days out with Eun-ah, and it wasn’t the first time that we had walked together like this, but today, a feeling of shame welled up.
It was a strange feeling that my stomach was tickling and chicken skin was growing all over my body, and yet, for some reason, I kept chasing that feeling.
Why is that?
Do-gyun, who had been thinking about such a thought, was able to come up with the idea that the pastel-toned colors that covered his entire field of vision might be encouraging such shame.
Again, the mouth uttered incoherent words.
“Kko, the flowers are pretty.”
“Yes, yes…”
Silence followed once again in response to the returned answer.
Like that, the conversation that didn’t look like this conversation where a short answer came back to the thrown words continued until the end of the cherry blossom road.
At the end of the cherry blossom road was a wide meadow where people were sitting in groups of threes and threes.
“Shall we eat here?”
“Yes…”
Again, it was a short conversation.
Do-gyun smiled awkwardly at him and put a mat on an empty seat in the corner and put his luggage on it.
As promised, Eun-ah made the sandwich.
Do-kyun shuddered a little, remembering the expression on Eun-ah’s face when he asked if there was anything he could do to help this morning.
“Thanks. I will eat well.”
“Lol…”
A small laugh that returns.
When Do-gyun smiled at him, Eun-ah looked at him and continued talking as if in a whisper.
“Kuu, honeybee likes spicy things…”
Do-kyun looked at the sandwich at the words he heard.
As she said, the meat in the middle of the bread was seasoned red.
After a moment of exclamation and exclamation, Do-kyun threw his eyes at Eun-ah at a thought that suddenly popped into his head and then spat out a question in a playful tone.
“By the way.”
“Yeah?”
“How long will I be Mr. Bee?”
It was a question I asked because I thought it might be OK to call him by his name now.
The question was handed over, and what followed was Eun-ah’s jerky gesture.
Eun-a raised her head and looked at the bee-sama.
‘How long…’
After thinking about it for a while, Eun-ah laughed at the thought that came to her mind and, just like the bee, she spat out an answer in a playful tone.
“Keep going…”
“Continue?”
“Yeah, yeah, continue…”
The bee-sama’s face became strange at the answer given.
Eun-ah smiled again at that face, and she remembered the answer she was unable to give because she was too shy.
Bee is my own bee who carried spring through her own long winter.
‘Therefore…’
To himself, the bee was forever the bee.
