Chapter 100 – Dating (5)
Recently, the number of times Seo Jung-hee stands in front of her mirror has increased significantly.
“I think I gained some weight….”
Unlike the past, when I thought this was not bad considering that I was in my 40s, it was because my mindset had changed now.
All the parts that I thought were okay in the past started to look unsatisfactory.
As you get older, your body naturally starts to gain weight.
Until a few years ago, I tried very hard not to lose to it.
In the morning, I walk along the promenade, and in the afternoon, I exercise at the gym during my free time.
I somehow made up for the lack of exercise and improved my body.
But as the years went by, she became skeptical about getting her body in shape.
‘What’s the use of all this?’
I thought so.
No matter how much you improve your body, there is no one to praise you for, so what are you buying and struggling with?
Her husband, who is the only one in the world to be seen as a woman, goes down to the provinces and only sees her once or twice a year.
Her broken heart stopped her in her tracks.
Walking in the early morning air felt refreshing, so she continued, but she stopped going to the gym.
I thought it wouldn’t get any better.
She thought that as she got older one by one, the only thing left was for her to change like the other aunties.
Did she say she didn’t know the world?
“Do-jin said he was fine, but….”
One more man came to treat her as her woman.
It was also a young man the same age as her daughter.
She gave him her space, perhaps out of her own satisfaction.
The moment she felt that her young child was looking at her with the most sexual gaze, she felt an indescribable sense of fulfillment.
Her hot eyes, which are qualitatively different from those of the old people sitting at the water spring or in the park looking at her with a grim expression, pulled her self-esteem upward, which had been steadily declining for the past few years.
At first, I was just grateful.
Such a heart made me respond generously only to Kim Do-jin.
On top of that, the incident of him saving me when my life was at stake overlapped, and the beginning was that I couldn’t just leave the child who inflated the place after seeing myself.
From then on, I was reluctantly caught up in it.
Every time he was touched by the heat of her young man, she melted away before even her slightest resistance.
I was thinking more and more of him, even though I knew in my heart I shouldn’t be like this.
“Neither can I. I need to start exercising again….”
Dojin Kim said everything was fine, but as for her, it got on her nerves.
The thin belly that gets caught every once in a while, and the big hips and thighs that make a rough sound every time the flesh touches them.
So, she started going to the gym again to get back to taking care of her body, which she had given up for a long time.
It was kept a secret from Kim Do-jin.
She was embarrassed to say that she had started getting in shape for him, and she wondered what kind of expression he would make when he saw himself changed one day.
And that day was a significant achievement.
“I’m going to show off a little… ?”
As a result of working hard while adjusting my diet, it was a successful day to lose 7 kg.
When I returned home with the thrilling thought that if I was Kim Do-jin, who had good eyesight, she would quickly find out if I gave her a little hint.
She saw
Dojin Kim getting into the car that was standing in front of the house.
And that the one sitting in the driver’s seat was a very pretty young woman.
How did she feel when she saw Kim Do-jin riding in the passenger seat while exchanging greetings with her smiling face?
‘Yeah, originally, that’s right.’
Her first feelings were acceptance and resignation.
The age difference between himself and Kim Do-jin is more than 20 years old, no matter how small it is.
It would be right to meet a younger woman of the same age than himself, who now only has wrinkles left to grow.
She said that she had only had a brief dream, and that it was time to wake up. She masturbated, but suddenly faced a different emotion.
“What a funny kid!”
I was suddenly angry.
When she looks at herself fondly and jumps to her feet, when will she be able to flirt with another woman right away!
“Anyway, that is… !”
It was unfair.
He even went to the gym again after he had stopped going to the gym for several years, but the person who needs to know is having fun somewhere in another woman’s car.
“Mom, I am here. Rice is?”
“… Mom is not feeling well today, so either you serve it or order it.”
After saying that, Shin Yoo-jung stares at Seo Jung-hee, who rushes into her room.
“… Is it today?”
Only the pathetic Shin Yoo-jeong had her dinner confiscated.
Sitting on her bed, Seo Jung-hee’s heart was still jagged.
She resigned, then angry, then sad, then resigned again.
“Ha….”
Heading to her kitchen to quench her parched thirst, she suddenly checked her watch.
The time was approaching midnight.
Drinking in a cup of chilled mate tea, she looked at the boxes of side dishes piled up in one corner of her refrigerator.
“…….”
These were the side dishes to bring to Kim Do-jin.
After looking at her with a hateful gaze, she took a small breath and picked up her side dish containers.
‘I made it to give it anyway….’
She said it would be a shame to throw it away, and rationalized herself as she climbed the stairs.
The rooftop reached before long.
Not a single ray of light came through the window.
Are you sleeping or….
As usual, she would have turned her steps.
But today was different.
Seo Jeong-hee knocked on her door with her trembling hand.
“Dojin-ah… , Are you sleeping?”
She hoped
I’d rather go to bed early.
“Do-jin?”
No answer came from the darkened room.
I hate to admit it, but I had to admit it.
That she hasn’t returned since Dojin Kim left in her car.
“…….”
Her head let her imagination run wild.
The woman in the driver’s seat and Kim Do-jin, whom we saw a while ago, are mingled with each other without a single thread on them.
The moment she gets a taste of the thing that seems to have gotten bigger recently, the woman eventually….
“My, what am I thinking… !”
Seo Jeong-hee vigorously shakes her head.
She sat down next to her as she put her side dish container down on the table and opened her smart phone to check her time.
I thought I was imagining it for a moment, but it was already past midnight.
She slowly went through her recent call log.
The number of phone calls with Kim Do-jin, which has increased more frequently than her husband, who does not answer her calls on the excuse of being busy, remains there.
She muttered, pursed her lips.
“Tomorrow is Monday….”
It’s a morning class, so I have to leave early in the morning, but what if I haven’t come in yet?
After thinking about her for a while, she called him.
It was purely because he was worried about the next day, and had no other intentions.
Maybe.
* * *
The smartphone, which I put on the table for a while to wash, cuts off and rings at an astounding timing.
Who are you at this hour?
The name that appeared on the LCD screen was none other than Ajumma.
Oh, this can’t be helped.
I don’t know anyone else, but it’s a little hard not to answer the phone.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Jian. I’m going to call you in a minute.”
“Ah yes. Go into the room over there and make yourself comfortable.”
“Thanks.”
How can a caring heart be so kind?
The room she pointed to was a dressing room.
Just looking at the neat, neatly designed hangers without any flashy colors, you can tell her usual style.
I closed the door and received a call from my aunt.
“Hello?”
-Ah… , Are you Dojin?
“Yes, aunt. What are you doing?”
-There… , I came up because I had something to do for a while, but you weren’t there, so I called because I was curious about something.
I took off the receiver for a moment and checked the time.
Time well past midnight.
What to do at this hour, is there something serious going on?
“Now that… , I’m at a friend’s house.”
-A friend’s house…. So, are you going to sleep there?
“Uh… , I do not know.”
I don’t know that either.
I told you to eat ramen and go, I didn’t say to sleep here.
I want to get tangled up in my heart, but I have to be careful because if I try to narrow the distance, I might end up getting further away.
-Do Jin-ah.
“… Yes?”
Suddenly, the voice of the woman calling my name lowered.
Why was it that she felt goosebumps all over her body for a moment?
-Shouldn’t I come home and sleep? Even your friends will be very uncomfortable.
I don’t think it’s particularly uncomfortable… ?
“No, it’s not that uncomfortable….”
-Yes?
Suddenly, her mouth closed.
An alarm went off in her head.
What I am about to spit out now is the perfect wrong answer that is very far from the right answer.
“It sure seemed a bit uncomfortable….”
-Right?
It seems that the ajumma’s emotions have softened a little.
– Come home quickly. Do you have to go to school tomorrow too?
“Oh, hey, lady, just one bowl of ramen… !”
– I’ll be waiting for you, so come quickly.
… Cut off
“What the hell is this about?”
I think I was ignored for saying that I would only have one bowl of ramen.
“… What do we do.”
In my head, I say how long it will take to eat that kind of ramen, and I say let’s just eat it and go, but my heart is screaming that I should never do that.
This is a battle between reason and intuition.
I quickly gave an answer and left the dressing room.
“Mr. Jian?”
Yoon Jian, who was pacing around the living room, heard my voice and turned his head.
“Sorry. I think I should eat ramen next time.”
“Yes? Ah… , Looks like something happened.”
“Yes. I have some business at home.”
At the word “Home,” Yoon Ji-an asked me back with a hardened face.
“If it’s something bad… ?”
I immediately waved her hand at the tone of her concern for me, dispelling her anxiety.
“That’s not it. Maybe….”
I have a hard time thinking that if I go home right now, bad things won’t happen.
That’s why I made the choice to give up ramen and go home.
I asked her, pointing to her t-shirt draped over her.
“Can I wear this T-shirt?”
“Yes, it is fine.”
“Thanks. I’ll wash it clean and return it next time.”
“Then I will wash the shirt hanging in the bathroom and give it back to you next time we meet.”
“Even if you don’t have to….”
“I made a mistake, so I think it’s the right thing to do.”
A strong statement that must be so.
“… Then would you please?”
“Yes, please leave it to me.”
There was nothing more to say at the answer that showed a sense of mission.
“Then I will go. See you next time.”
“Yes, as I said, you can call me anytime.”
“Then, since you’ve been given permission, I’ll try my best to bother you from now on.”
As I smiled and said, a small smile formed on Yoon Ji-an’s lips.
After grabbing her head and pushing her inside, she exited the building and caught a taxi on the boulevard.
Maybe because there are not many cars because it’s time, the taxi driver drives the car like he’s playing a racing game.
“We have arrived, sir.”
“… Thank you.”
I’m glad I arrived early thanks to you.
As she climbed the stairs, she suddenly thought of her.
She said she would be waiting, but she couldn’t possibly be waiting outside… ?
Feeling uneasy, she hurried her steps up to the roof, and sure enough.
“Are you here?”
The heat had subsided, and although it was quite chilly at night, the lady was sitting on the bench in light clothes.
I hurriedly grabbed her by the shoulders and led her to her house.
“It’s cold, so why are you waiting outside?”
When I said it as if to reprimand her, the lady looked me up and down with a strange look.
Then, the expression on his face changed.
A shabby expression that reveals a sign of disapproval of something.
I opened the door with her key and tried to let her in, but she stopped right there as she untied my arm.
“There is a box of side dishes on the table, so put it in the refrigerator and eat it.”
“Madame… ?”
The aunt said she didn’t care about my call, and she turned her back as she snorted.
“Auntie will go down now, so she should go to sleep. Don’t be late for school tomorrow.”
“… Yes.”
She trudged down without looking back.
“What….”
It seems that the aunt is upset.
