Chapter 121 – Chapter 121
I thought as I looked at the bee smiling brightly.
Mr. Bee was looking at ‘me’.
He was looking at ‘me’ all the time.
I don’t know what ‘me’ is, but what I definitely realize is that what Bee was looking at was not ‘Eun-a’, but ‘me’.
Bee’s eyes contained ‘I’.
As soon as I realized that, my heart began to thump in my chest. It felt good even though it was so tight that it hurt. So I realized.
‘I’m not Eun-ah.’
I wasn’t Mr. Bee’s ‘Eunah’. I was Mr. Bee’s ‘me’.
Bee doesn’t think of me as ‘Eun-ah’.
No, I’m ‘Eunah’. Even when that thought came to my mind, somehow I didn’t hate it.
‘… No.’
It was good.
The heat that thumped and spread from his chest clearly meant ‘good’. Bee-sama taught me that, so this was ‘good’.
Today, yesterday, and the day before, I was ‘me’ to you, Mr. Bee.
It was ‘me’ who saw carp together, it was ‘me’ who made the sandwich, and it was ‘me’ who was with the bee at this moment.
“You know.”
“Yes?”
Unknowingly, I opened my mouth and started talking.
“It’s me, so I don’t have to be sick, right?”
So the question pops up. To that, the answer comes back.
“Of course.”
The reply warmed my heart. It groaned a little, then squirmed again.
When I raised the corner of my mouth to him, I moved my face in Mr. Bee’s eyes.
I liked the bee’s face so much that I wanted to imitate it, so I moved my face.
I did, but the face that moved was strange.
That upset me a little, so I applied a little force to my eyebrows this time, and the bee pressed her finger between my eyebrows.
The fingers pressed between the eyebrows went up, and then the bee-sama’s hands touched both cheeks and pressed them.
So his lips pouted out, and Mr. Bee giggled when he saw it.
“A little more, a little later, you can do it.”
“Afterwards.”
“Okay, later.”
Looking at the bee who said that, his heart thumped.
It’s something I always think about, but Mr. Bee is so shiny and warm that my heart warms up just by looking at him like this.
So while I kept looking at Mr. Bee, Mr. Bee touched the top of my head and opened his mouth.
“Should we go somewhere else now? I hear there are whales here too.”
“I saw a whale.”
“A real whale, not a dolphin.”
“Yes?”
I’m not sure what you mean, so I’m shaking my head. Then, Mr. Bee laughed strangely again and held my hand.
“You will be surprised to see it.”
When I was looking at his hands with the feeling of getting my fingers entangled, Mr. Bee said so.
I don’t know what it is, but Mr. Bee always told the truth, so I thought I would be really surprised if I followed him.
*
A water tank several times larger than the others. Toxic people gathered and focused their attention on one thing.
‘It’s really big.’
Do-gyun burst into admiration as he saw the whale that filled his gaze.
At first glance, the size seems to exceed 15 meters. The elongated, streamlined body exuded an indescribable sense of intimidation.
I was lucky.
‘I thought he was taking care of me for a while for the purpose of treatment.’
I learned this while searching the Internet to book aquarium tickets.
After seeing an article that said dying whales were being treated at this aquarium, I booked a ticket here, overtaking other aquariums that were much closer.
‘It’s worth the hard work.’
Indeed, if not for this opportunity, when will we see whales?
While Do-gyun was filled with satisfaction watching the whale swimming in the tank, he shifted his gaze and looked at Eun-chae.
It was a blank face like I came to the aquarium, but Do-gyun thought this expression was the best among them.
‘I’m going to drool.’
Food. Laughter broke out.
His mouth, which had been parting slightly, was now gaping downwards, and his eyes were wider than they had ever been.
The body was stiff. Even when he stabbed his lower back with his fingertips, there was no movement, as if all his nerves were focused that way.
Do-gyun took out his smartphone once again to take a picture of the ridiculous appearance.
Click.
The sound of the shutter sounded, and only then Eun-chae, startled and trembling, threw her eyes at Do-gyun.
“Picture?”
“Okay, photos.”
When Do-gyun answered, Eun-chae nodded and cast her gaze toward the whale again.
Another gaping mouth.
You really like fish. Do-gyun, who recalled such a thought, took a long breath and cast his gaze toward the whale again.
Shouldn’t you watch it as much as you like?
*
It was an aquarium that came for Eunchae, but it was also a very satisfying outing for Do-gyun.
It was a big thing that I liked this kind of activity more than other active activities.
Overall, I liked the quiet atmosphere, and also liked the reaction of Eun-chae who came with me.
What could be a better reward than showing a lively reaction to what he had prepared.
Do-gyun, who finished the tour in a pleasant mood, burst into laughter at the feast of souvenir shops that stretched out towards the exit.
‘Yes, this is a trick.’
Don’t you think you should buy something if you enter the souvenir shop like this after watching it?
As Do-kyun saw the little boys harassing his parents with souvenirs here and there, he thought that his wallet might have been empty if he had come with Eun-ji.
A holiday nightmare that follows.
Do-gyun, startled and trembling, stopped following Eun-chae, who suddenly stopped walking.
Wondering why, I turned my eyes and saw Eunchae, whose attention was drawn to ornamental fish filling one wall of the souvenir shop.
Mouth open again.
Do-gyun, who was slightly troubled by that appearance, calculated his bank account balance in his head.
‘Except for the savings, except for the ones invested in stocks…’
The money he received from Eun-seol, lost in coins, and recovered was all put into savings, so he didn’t have enough money.
For a moment, Do-gyun, thinking about his worries, made a decision by closing his eyes tightly while watching Eun-chae, who could not take his eyes off the colorful fish.
What else can I buy? Wouldn’t it be nice to have something worth celebrating?
Do-gyun thought that it would be nice to buy her because she was so interested in her stomach, but she spat out words to Eun-chae.
“Should I buy one?”
“Yes?”
Seeing her nod her head at my words, Do-gyun thought, ‘Isn’t it because I wanted to have it?’, Then saw Eun-chae again cast her gaze at the fish, and smiled and added.
“Do you want to grow it?”
“Are you growing?”
“Yeah, because the inside of the house is a bit desolate. I thought it would be okay to have a fish tank.”
After he finished talking, Eunchae alternated between fish and Dokyun, then nodded his head after a while.
“Yeah.”
Affirmative answer. Do-gyun smiled again and nodded his head.
After choosing the fish, choosing the tank, and choosing all the equipment to go into the fish tank, Do-kyun finished the calculation and looked at the bill, feeling sick to his stomach.
‘… Wow.’
I feel like I’m losing weight.
While the lamentation came to his mind little by little, Do-gyun soothed his sore throat as he saw Eun-chae scattering excited energy.
‘Yeah, if you like it, that’s it.’
Wouldn’t it be nice if the results were good?
The moment he was about to go outside with such thoughts in mind, Do-gyun’s body was shaken by a loud shout that suddenly rang the souvenir shop.
“Buy it!!!”
When Do-gyun turned his head to the sound echoing all over the place, there was a little boy lying on the floor spinning a windmill and his parents beside him, not knowing what to do.
Just look at the sight of a child pampering.
‘… It’s a lot of trouble.’
The grim reality of marriage was there.
“Buy me!!!”
The shouting sounded again. While Do-gyun let out a devastated laugh at his appearance, Eun-chae, who was watching him from the side, asked Do-gyun a question.
“Are you a bad boy?”
Do-gyun’s gaze turned to Eun-chae at the question he heard.
Do-kyun smiled at the question that was handed over while tilting his head and tilting his head, then gave an answer with a small nod.
“Um, isn’t it?”
“Then should I be punished?”
A question that follows in natural order.
Do-gyun said ‘hmm’ in agony at the question, then slightly pursed his lips.
“Right?”
Do-kyun answered that, but after coming up with the idea that this alone would not be enough of an explanation, he turned his gaze forward again and continued talking while looking at the b-boying aspirants.
“It’s not good to hurt you, though.”
“Why?”
“Because what happened today will remain as a bad memory.”
To be honest, in this case, corporal punishment was more effective.
However, Do-gyun, who wanted Eun-chae to know another way, continued to speak in a calm tone, making eye contact with Eun-chae.
“At times like that, you should hug him tightly and tell him why he shouldn’t be like this.”
“Then it’s not a punishment.”
Do-gyun felt a little uncomfortable feeling at the answer that came back.
Certainly, it was a bit of an awkward way to call it punishment.
“Still, being sick is sad.”
“Still, the bees have to hurt.”
“You don’t necessarily have to punish me painfully.”
“Yes?”
Do-gyun smiled slightly at Eun-chae, who narrowed his brows and raised questions.
“It is so sad to hurt someone you love. Right?”
“Yeah.”
“Usually, when the moment comes when you have to punish someone you love, you think of ways to avoid hurting them.”
There are many ways besides inflicting pain. It was a word with such a meaning.
Do-gyun thought that Eun-chae wanted to know more.
Eun-chae was Eun-ah’s past, and she was Eun-ah’s pain, so shouldn’t she be aware of something other than pain?
Do-kyun asked Eun-chae a question with such a heart.
“How was your day?”
“… It was good.”
A nod of the head in response.
To that, Do-gyun put a deep smile on his lips and continued.
“That kid would have been too. Just like you did, like I did. He must have had a really good day today.”
Eun-chae’s gaze turned to the child rolling on the floor again.
Do-gyun looked at him and added an explanation.
“But at this moment, if you receive a painful punishment for that action, the good memories of today will end badly. Today will be a painful memory for that child.”
Of course, when that little boy grows up, he will know why I had to be sick and how immature he was back then.
After becoming an adult like that, I can giggle and reminisce about what happened today.
However, that wasn’t the proper kind to make Eun-chae understand, who never had a chance to know him.
“So, wouldn’t it be nice to hug you so that the good moments of the day remain beautiful, so that the warmth that guides that behavior is remembered?”
“… Yeah.”
Do-gyun saw Eun-chae nodding his head and shook his shoulders slightly, then turned his body and continued.
“Shall we go now? I’m going to go home soon and eat.”
“Yeah.”
Eunchae said that and looked back at the place where the child was for the last time.
There were parents who were holding the child and patting the back to soothe him.
As Mr. Bee said, that child might bring back happy memories today.
I was thinking about that.
“So, what do you want for dinner?”
Bee asked.
I turned my gaze to the bee again, saw the smiling bee and spit out an answer.
“Meat.”
At my answer, Mr. Bee smiled again and nodded his head.
