Chapter 50 – Yesterday Was the First Kiss, Today…
Saturday morning.
I woke up early, washed, shaved, and headed to Lee Yu-ri’s house.
The weather is gradually improving, making it a clear spring weather.
Today, the sky was very clear 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, I received a reply quite quickly.
And then I sat down and waited for a few minutes.
The front door of the apartment opened and a woman wearing a casual white shirt and jeans appeared.
Although her outfit was simple, Lee Yu-ri put more effort into her makeup than usual and boasted a beauty that made even her simple fashion look beautiful.
As soon as I saw her, I expressed my honest feelings about her.
“No matter how you look at it, it’s so fucking pretty.”
“Well, what are you saying? You… Need to go through a little more filtering when you say that.”
“What is it when you look at a pretty person and say she’s pretty? You don’t like compliments that say she’s pretty?”
“… I don’t hate it.”
“Then that’s okay.”
I said that and held out her hand, and Yuri, who looked at her for a moment, blushed and put her hand there.
As I gently held her hand, her fingers slightly opened so that it was easier for me to hold them, and we clasped each other’s hands very naturally.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yes.”
I held her hand and started walking together, but Lee Yu-ri 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 Yuri Lee lived and continued to the back, a very old and shabby villa village appeared. When Yuri Lee saw that, her expression darkened slightly.
This neighborhood where I live is famous 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 together, she very naturally called me by my name.
“Uh, because the monthly rent is cheap.”
“No, but this neighborhood…”
“So, I said the neighborhood I live in is a bit harsh. But it’s hard for my income to go to a decent place like where you live.”
“Why don’t you just apply for the tuition support system right now? I’ll tell you something.”
“I told you before. I’ve done some bad things, so why would a guy like me apply? Furthermore, I think I’m being punished, so I just don’t care.”
“Still…”
When I saw 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.”
“Well, really, casually on the street…”
“Why are you marking mine?”
“Who, who’s yours…”
As she said those words, Yuri 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 her hand, and the moment we entered the dilapidated studio, Yu-ri Lee gaped.
She said she organizes things in her own way, but the room is so messy that it seems impossible to achieve a neatness like Lee Yu-ri’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, you said you were coming, so I worked hard to clean up-“
“I cleaned up and tidied up, so how would I normally do it?! I can’t do it. I’m not starving yet, right? Furthermore, I need to start organizing the house. Is this someone’s house?!”
Lee Yu-ri scolded me and started collecting the scattered items 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 to make lunch suddenly turned into a house cleaning.
Since the room was not that big, the cleaning was completed in about an hour and a half, but it was not without difficulty. 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…”
“Whew… I should have just left it like that.”
“How can you leave the house in that shape?! But it’s much better now that we’ve cleaned it up.”
“Well, that’s true, but… Can you make food with all your energy?”
“Ah.”
Lee Yu-ri 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 lost a lot of energy, and I’m sorry to even ask you to cook, and it’s a bit awkward to just clean and then go home, so would you like to order something?”
“… I want to eat a donut.”
Perhaps because she was hungry from sweating while cleaning, Lee Yu-ri accepted my offer without hesitation.
In the end, the original purpose of ‘making food’ was abandoned again, so we ordered donuts and drinks through a delivery app and sat on the mattress where I was sleeping, enjoying a moment of relaxation.
Lee Yu-ri, who briefly looked 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 guitar too?”
“Huh? Oh, that. What is it?”
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 play it for me? I want to see you play the guitar!”
“Uh… I guess it’s better not to expect too much.”
“Okay!”
I couldn’t refuse any more due to Lee Yu-ri’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 was quite a strange feeling.
‘I can’t even think of what kind of 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 straight 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 gentle sound of the guitar, constantly mixed with appropriate beats, echoed throughout the room, Yuri Lee listened to the song while lightly shaking her body from side to side 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 her song, I lightly bowed her head and put her guitar aside, and Yuri clapped her hands with an expression of admiration.
“Awesome… Did you even have this kind of talent? It’s truly amazing. Why are you so good at playing the guitar? It would have been much better if you hadn’t done anything strange and joined the band club or something. If you had just practiced properly in the band club, you would have become a celebrity at the academy.”
“I played well. Look at my fingers shaking right now, I’m nervous.”
When I showed her hands covered in sweat, Yuri smiled and held my hand and spread it out.
“What, are you nervous too?”
“Of course. Isn’t it weird if you don’t get nervous when the girl you like is watching you right in front of her?”
“Huh…?”
“Thank you for coming to help me. And I like you, Yuri.”
In response to the sudden confession attack, Yuri fanned her hand while avoiding her gaze. She then avoided her gaze again and answered softly.
Instead, this time she placed her hand on mine.
“I… I like it too. Seongjin…”
“Do you remember the song I just sang?”
“Huh?”
I grabbed Yu-ri Lee’s hand and pulled her towards me, hugging her slender waist.
Lee Yu-ri, 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. Like the song just said.”
“You, you… You said you couldn’t even speak English, so why are you like that…”
“That’s not important. What is the answer?”
Yuri Lee rolled her eyes back and forth and then nodded her head very slightly as if she had made a decision.
I had her lie down diagonally, supporting Yuri’s back with her hands.
Then I pushed her face closer and closer, and when our noses were close enough to touch, Yuri closed her eyes tightly.
And the moment our lips touched, I laid her completely on her mattress.
Bro the donut.. how could you forget the donut