Chapter 162 – Chapter 162
Do-gyun sat on the sofa and covered his eyes with his hand, absentmindedly controlling his mind and body.
‘I’m going to die.’
I felt sick to my stomach. This is because Eun-chae’s paintings all induce xenophobia, so it was difficult to look at them all the time.
How many species of fish do you know, from crucian carp to tropical fish, croaker, and deep-sea fish?
‘… Yes.’
Do-gyun knew the reason. The fish species Eunchae is drawing are all things she saw in the aquarium.
Even now, Eun-chae was drawing the fish she had seen in the aquarium with a look of excitement.
It was nice to see him looking innocent, but…
‘… It seems to have deviated from its original purpose?’
Isn’t she a little different from her original intention of releasing the lingering feelings of the characters she preyed on? Such questions naturally arise.
Do-gyun’s gaze turned to the sketchbook again. Fortunately, it is a dolphin that I am drawing this time. In the bald dolphin’s body, Do-gyun felt his mind and body become at peace.
“Is it a dolphin this time?”
“Yes, dolphins are pretty.”
Along with the answer, Eunchae took out a gray colored pencil and drew a line over the dolphin’s body. A smile was drawn on Do-gyun’s lips again.
‘Yeah, it’s fine if you like it.’
Thought that came to mind. Do-gyun, who had been looking at him for a long time, then went up to Eun-chae and brushed Eun-chae’s hair.
“Can I get you some snacks?”
“Yes?”
“You weren’t feeling well earlier, didn’t you eat a lot?”
Mealtime a few hours ago. Eun-chae hadn’t eaten much, probably because she had an unusual hangover, and left behind meat porridge.
It reminded her of it, so she asked if she was hungry.
“Sandwich. Lots of meat.”
The order came back.
Do-kyun nodded his head with a smile at the answer he gave with his eyes shining.
“Then I’ll do it, so wait a minute.”
“Yeah.”
After finishing her answer, Eun-chae’s eyes turned to the sketchbook again. Her hands busily color her dolphin.
It was a very passionate look to focus on that again.
Do-gyun looked at the scene and turned around and headed for the kitchen.
*
While Eun-chae was painting her picture, she raised her head when she heard a sound coming from the kitchen.
Beyond the shelf, what Eunchae could see was the back of Do-gyun, who was busy cooking.
Eunchae looked at her and focused on the sounds she heard.
Widely. Widely. I hear the sound of a knife landing on a chopping board, chiiyi~. I hear something heating up on the pan.
It smells like meat, so it must be grilling meat.
While Eun-chae felt her heart pounding at the smell of meat wafting up from her, she felt relieved at the sight of Do-gyun cooking in the middle of it.
Naturally, thoughts about Do-gyun continued in Eun-chae’s head.
The bee who makes me happy and thinks of me even when I’m not around.
A honey bee that makes your insides warm and it tickles when you hug it tightly.
Even though I may be a bad kid, Honey Bee always says I’m a good kid.
And, Honey Bee, who made me a happy child.
A clear smile bloomed on Eunchae’s face at the thoughts that came to her mind.
It was Eun-chae who never smiled, but whenever a thought like this comes to mind, she always thinks of a smile like this.
Of course, Do-gyun is unaware of this fact.
Because Eun-chae was ashamed to show her smiling face, the Eun-chae that Do-gyun knew was still a wacky and absent-minded child.
Eun-chae looked at Do-gyun’s back for a long, long time, then withdrew her gaze and looked at her sketchbook.
Blank white drawing paper. There is something I want to fill there.
What can be called creative desire has risen.
Eun-chae felt that in the midst of her pounding, there was a pounding that was slightly different from her own.
Eun-chae knew her at once. She knows this is the child she needs to apologize for.
Eun-chae felt her heart pounding and closed her eyes and internally spoke to her child.
‘Sorry.’
I’m sorry for hurting you, for making you sad, for making you unable to do anything.
Now that I know how sad it is to be sick and how good it is to be happy, I realize how bad it is to have that happiness taken away from you. Sorry for such a belated apology.
As Eun-chae uttered her words in her heart, the child burst into a small laugh at her.
It was a bright smile.
What followed were the words of a child whose laughter was tinged with laughter.
‘I want to leave something really precious as a picture.’
Eunchae heard the voice and asked her child a question.
‘Yeah, what’s the most important thing to you?’
Eun-chae listened to her child again. To him, she replied that the child is.
‘What is most precious to you is also the most precious to me.’
After her child’s words, she heard him, and that was her thoughts.
‘The most precious thing.’
Eunchae liked the fish. She looked so comfortable swimming around in the water that she didn’t get tired of watching her all day. And when she saw that, she had Mr. Bee come over and stroke her hair, so she was good.
Eunchae’s meat was also good. She liked the gravy that comes out when she chews it, the belly that makes her churn when she chugs it, and the bee who smiles at it.
She also liked to nap. When she took a nap, she was drowsy and in a good mood, so she was good. And at that time, she liked the bee who hugged her every time.
Eun-chae’s head turned to Do-gyun again.
‘The most precious thing.’
Favorite thing.
If you ask Eunchae about those things, if she asks what she likes the most. Eun-chae was able to answer that without hesitation.
‘I like bees the most.’
Eunchae’s most precious treasure was the bee who made me happy.
Amidst the silver lining, the child laughed.
‘Then draw it.’
Eunchae nodded her head at those words and held out the colored pencil.
A black colored pencil ran across her white sketchbook.
She drew her face round and her limbs elongated. A lot of her hair, her face with a smile.
Her clothes were long-sleeved, loose-fitting clothes. Eun-chae liked the softness she felt when Do-gyun wore long-sleeved clothes and hugged her.
Eun-chae looked at the finished sketch of Mr. Bee, and she nodded her head broadly, recalling her satisfaction, and then moved her hand again.
She painted beside Mrs. Bee, and she herself.
Her hair is tied up like a bee always does, and her clothes are comfortable, short-sleeved shorts.
Her hand had to be held tightly to Mr. Bee’s.
Eun-chae also drew Eun-chae in the picture with a big smile.
Because she was with Bee, she was happy with Eunchae in the painting.
After Eun-chae, she took out a green and blue color pencil and drew her background.
She drew a circle in a corner of the garden, a pond, and painted the surrounding area green. Next she drew koi in the pond with red colored pencil.
‘A pretty carp.’
And delicious-looking carp.
Bee said that pretty fish don’t taste good, but Eunchae couldn’t help thinking that carp must be delicious.
Snug. The colored pencils and the sketchbook made a comfortable sound.
Eun-chae felt her heart beat and painted the picture.
Colorful colors cover the entire sketchbook.
The sun was painted yellow in the blue sky. There were also white clouds.
There was a fence behind the pond. The gray fence was a good place to avoid when the sun was hot.
Eunchae, who was painting in the middle of the day, put a hat on the bee’s head because the sun was so hot that he couldn’t be too hot.
Like that, as she drew hard, her sketchbook was full before she knew it.
‘I’ve done it.’
Eun-chae felt a sense of pride welling up inside her.
The paintings she worked hard on, she was too cool to see herself.
She held her hand in front of the pond in the garden, and she and her bee looked so happy that I couldn’t get tired of watching them all day.
Effervescence. A lot of it came to mind in Eunchae.
In the meantime.
“Eunchae, it’s done, so come and eat.”
Do-gyun’s words echoed.
Eun-chae raised her head at Do-gyun’s words and looked at the kitchen. In the kitchen, there was Do-gyun, who was putting a sandwich on a plate.
Eun-chae’s gaze turned to the sketchbook again.
In her head, a child was laughing.
‘Pretty.’
I heard that
Ai passed her words like that and whispered one more word to Eunchae, then she disappeared inside Eunchae.
‘Thanks.’
Thanks. Eun-chae nodded her head slightly at those words, got herself up and went to her table.
In front of the table, Mr. Bee was smiling brightly at himself.
“A lot of meat. Right?”
“Yes, meat.”
“Now, don’t eat too much. We have to eat dinner later.”
“Yes.”
Eun-chae grabbed a piece of sandwich that was on her plate and she took a bite of it.
If you chew it well, you will feel happy.
“It’s delicious.”
“I’m glad.”
Kick kick. Hearing Bee’s laughter, Eunchae felt the corners of her mouth twitch and put up with it.
It was because she thought it was embarrassing to laugh.
*
Do-gyun giggled at Eun-chae, who immediately fell asleep on the sofa as soon as he ate the sandwich. He remembered Eun-chae, who had been drawing hard until she sat down at the table, and picked up a sketchbook that was scattered in a corner of the living room.
What’s in the sketchbook.
‘… I go?’
It was a picture that seemed a little, very difficult.
Do-gyun’s eyes narrowed.
First of all, there are two things that look like people, and from the top there is blue, then green, and somewhere there is blue.
Do-gyun looked at the painting for a long time before realizing that it was himself and Eun-chae standing in a pond in the garden.
Do-gyun’s gaze turned to Eun-chae.
From the way he exhaled his breath with a languid face, there was a very happy energy.
At that, Do-gyun laughed out of his mouth, and Do-gyun, who then turned his gaze to the sketchbook, looked at the grace for a long time, and then came up with an idea that seemed very good.
‘It looks like he worked hard, but I can see it well, so I should hang it up.’
Do-kyun put down his sketchbook and turned his body to the utility room he was using as his storage room.
‘I think there was a frame…’
Do you like Eunchae?
*
It was about an hour after Eunchae woke up.
Eun-chae rubbed her eyes and got up from the sofa, and she blankly looked around her.
‘Bee.’
Turning around, I saw Mr. Bee making something else in the kitchen.
Eun-chae, who was slightly relieved at seeing him, then turned around to grab her sketchbook, but then stopped and felt her body stop.
On the wall where the fish tank is, there was a new hanging thing that I hadn’t seen before.
‘… Drawing.’
A picture she drew herself. It was displayed in a frame right above the fish tank.
Looking at the picture, Eun-chae said ‘heh’ and opened her mouth, then looked at Do-gyun.
Because he couldn’t have done it himself while sleeping.
‘The bee did it.’
It must be that the bee made it so cool.
Eunchae felt her heart beating again and looked at Dokyun’s back.
‘… Yes.’
Also, Bee was the best.
