Chapter 163 – Chapter 163
Do-gyun sat at his table and looked at Eun-byeol, who was swiping his smartphone, and continued his thoughts.
‘What is it?’
The cause of Eunbyeol, what is her regret?
It was a question that could hardly be answered.
It wasn’t that I didn’t know who she was. Likes to hang out, likes to decorate, likes to play baseball, etc. I could say whatever I wanted to say about likes and dislikes and inclinations.
However, if you try to find out her lingering feelings in it, there is no way to find an answer to that.
‘It won’t be a latte win.’
Wasn’t the young Eun-ah a child who liked baseball in the first place? Baseball was obviously a taste that stuck to Eunbyul due to other factors after Eunbyul was born.
‘Celebrity?’
Also… It was a word that was at odds with young Eun-ah. Eun-ah was extremely reluctant to attract attention from others. If she ever has to go out, she always packs her hat and mask.
Suddenly, a ‘Keuk’ sound came out of Do-gyun’s mouth.
No matter how much I thought about it, I didn’t dare to catch it. If I had to pick one…
‘Friend?’
I want to make friends. From what he thought of, that seemed the most reasonable answer, but what he couldn’t be sure of was that Eunbyeol was a person who didn’t have much interest in other people, apart from the elements of being friendly or having an outgoing personality.
The more she continues her thoughts, the more she feels like she’s falling into a labyrinth.
As Do-gyun was grunting at him, Eun-byeol, who shifted her gaze to Do-gyun before she knew it, tilted her head.
“Yes? Honey why?”
“I was wondering why Eunbyeol was born.”
It was a conversation that had already come and gone several times.
Eunbyeol’s answer every time.
“It’s embarrassing if you keep trying to strip me like that…”
It was such a smirking answer. The way she ran her fingers across the table, flushing her face.
Do-gyun let out a deep sigh and shook his head.
“… All right.”
You’d better give up listening to yourself. When Do-kyun got up from the sofa thinking about that, Eun-byeol giggled and began to make an effort to make a gloomy expression.
“Ah, sad. My sweetheart must have gotten tired of me already.”
“Oh hey, don’t do that. I just feel sorry for people.”
“Yes? Then you shouldn’t.”
Swish and his face brightened again.
When Do-gyun spat out a laugh at the endlessly changing expression, Eun-byeol got up from her seat and continued talking after seeing Do-gyun.
“Then shall we go soon?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’ll change my clothes and come back!”
“Take it slow.”
Eunbyeol finished talking and headed to the dressing room.
Do-gyun looked at Eun-byeol’s back as he entered the room, and moved his steps with a smile on his face.
Today was the day I went out with Eunbyul after a long time.
*
It was not a planned outing. On the same day as usual, Eun-byeol, who had just returned, wanted to go out, so the place was prepared on the spot.
Even as Do-gyun, it was a long holiday, so he readily agreed, and this is where he came out.
“A museum?”
It was a museum in town.
The museum in front of him and the smiling Eunbyeol standing next to him couldn’t match, so he tilted his head and asked Do-gyun a question, and Eunbyeol giggled and answered the question.
“Yes why? You are like this, is there anything special?”
“No what… I don’t particularly hate it.”
I rarely come to a place called a museum, so what do I like or dislike?
Do-gyun stood at the entrance of the museum and stared blankly at the building.
A large banner at the entrance of the museum had the words [Special Exhibition: Mesozoic Exploration] Written on it.
“Oh, dinosaurs.”
“It’s romantic.”
Indeed, did Eunbyeol like dinosaurs? Do-kyun laughed at the answer that came back and chimed in.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been here again. Almost eight years?”
“Oh, do you remember what happened eight years ago?”
“What is that treatment? I don’t have dementia or anything like that.”
Do-gyun added such an answer to the playful words.
“In the past, when I was in college, I lived crazy about dinosaurs because of liberal arts classes. I have been here several times since then.”
“Are we our model students?”
“It’s not like that… The class suited my taste more than I thought.”
It was the only class I took that semester where I got an A+, so I remembered it because of that.
When Do-gyun looked at the museum with a nostalgic face filled with nostalgia, Eun-byeol smiled and continued talking.
“Then shall we go? Oh, you know there are no glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs, right?”
“Keuuu, that’s a bit unfortunate.”
Kick kick. A laugh escaped Dokyun’s mouth. The steps slowly began to head towards the museum.
*
Even if you’re exhibiting dinosaurs… Such was the nature of Korea.
Since it is a country that does not have the conditions to excavate and bring actual relics and display them, most of the main exhibits are biased towards models or pictures rather than actual relics.
Excluding those unavoidable points, the museum visit itself was a very satisfying time for Do-Kyun.
Isn’t it? Being a dinosaur itself had a point of stimulating something inside a man. There are certainly things that would be right to call childhood innocence as a boy, the joy that comes from seeing the large mouth of a carnivorous dinosaur, or the stable body of an herbivore.
While enjoying the museum for a while, Do-gyun heard a giggling sound from the side and turned his head to look at Eun-byeol.
At the end of his gaze, there was Eunbyeol, who twitched the corners of his mouth and shook his shoulders.
“Are we excited?”
“Yeah what…”
Rising embarrassment. Do-gyun, who had been scratching the back of his head for no reason, spit out such a question in Eun-byeol’s gaze, which focused on herself rather than the surroundings.
“By the way, Eunbyeol-ssi, don’t you look around? Bring it yourself.”
“Yes? Are you watching?”
“You’ve only been looking at me since before.”
“So, you are watching.”
Do-gyun’s head tilted. It was because of the feeling that the words were out of focus. Seeing Do-gyun’s questioning face, Eun-byeol continued with a deep smile on his lips.
“Even we ourselves are as big as dinosaurs. Seeing them alive is more fun than seeing them dead.”
Do-gyun’s eyes narrowed at the words he heard.
‘Am I kidding?’
That thought popped into my mind.
Eunbyeol looked at Dokyun, who was looking at her with a somewhat suspicious look, and added his words with a darkened smirk on his face.
“Darling, do you know how cute it is whenever you open your eyes like that?”
Startle. Do-gyun’s body trembled.
“… Don’t do that Really hot.”
Words come out naturally from your mouth.
“Oh, look at our self-embarrassment. Should I pat you at night?”
Do-gyun’s expression darkened with trouble.
Do-gyun, who had been putting on an embarrassing expression for a long time at the words he heard, responded to Eun-byeol’s words with a crooked smile on his lips for some reason.
“Do you know how to do it?”
“…”
Eunbyeol’s mouth was tightly shut. Her body stiffened.
Feeling Eunbyul’s reaction, Dokyun smiled and tapped Eunbyul on the shoulder as she added her words.
“That, a little… It’s ridiculous.”
Where do you want to go to work at night, but you’ve never done it before?
When Do-gyun said that in a tone full of sarcasm, Eun-byeol, who shuddered and trembled again, responded to Do-gyun’s words with a grin that was so pitiful to look at.
“Um, I don’t know what you’re talking about… ?”
Having said that, it seems to be moving ahead quickly. Do-gyun looked at him and shook his head.
Indeed, there was nothing more unsightly than the outbursts of a loser.
*
After circling the museum all the way, the two headed to a nearby cafe.
The time until dinner was ambiguous, and there was no place to look around, so I headed to a cafe that was easy.
Eunbyeol sat in a corner of the cafe and continued her thoughts as she looked at Dokyun from the back, who was ordering from the counter in the distance.
A big back that won’t lose no matter where you go. If you stand next to it, you can feel it more clearly, giving you a strong feeling for some reason.
When you think about it, it was a strange thing. He has a stern face, and even though he’s so big, it’s only natural that he should be scared when he gets close to him.
Eunbyeol thought about the reason, and then came to the conclusion that the reason for feeling that way was Do-gyun’s kindness.
‘… I’m a bit shy, but.’
A man who is apt to say that even a little bit of scratching makes him angry. How weak his heart is at such a subject again, a friendly man who makes a troubled face even if he makes a little crying expression and struggles to relieve his mood somehow.
To Eunbyeol, Dokyun was that kind of person.
‘Hmm…’
Looking at that back, there was always a question floating in Eunbyeol’s mind.
‘Does it ring even if I’m gone?’
The questions that follow, and as always, the answer comes out as ‘yes’. Isn’t that right, a person who cries while reading a strange novel, but it would be more strange not to cry.
A pouting smile escaped Eunbyul’s lips as she continued her thoughts.
Really, I don’t want to make you cry. How did things turn out so strangely? Even when I thought of that thought, I was confident that I had come to understand it while thinking, ‘Maybe it was a very good life because there are people who cry.’
‘… It’s a pity.’
It was fun.
Eunbyeol, feeling a sense of pity at the fact that the time allowed for her was decreasing, shook him off with a sneaky clenched fist.
‘Because it’s not Pharaoh.’
There is still time left, so why not enjoy it a bit more in the meantime?
By the time Eunbyeol was thinking about that for a while, Dokyun, who had been receiving coffee before he knew it, sat down at the table.
“What are you thinking that makes your expression look like that?”
“Yes?”
“No, you look a bit dazed.”
Eunbyeol blinked at Dokyun’s question, then burst into laughter and waved his hand.
“No, I suddenly thought of baseball. After all, you can’t go to the postseason this year either.”
“Oh…”
A look of sadness appeared on Do-gyun’s face.
“That… Yep. Be strong.”
“Ugh, this bitch… When are they going to explode?”
Saying that, Eunbyeol cast her gaze at Dokyun.
‘They’re quick to notice.’
I can’t think of anything
At the thought that came to mind, a smile formed on Eunbyeol’s lips.
*
The outing ended in a pattern not unlike any other. After a long time picking nogari at a cafe, we had dinner and came back home.
For some reason, Do-gyun felt that his shoulders were stiff, and he took off his shoes and went into the house.
“It’s nice to get some fresh air after a long time.”
“Are you going out every day?”
“Is this the same as going to work?”
“Then you can leave.”
At Eunbyul’s words, a hollow laugh filled with despondency escaped from Dokyun’s mouth.
“That’s right. What riches and honors are you going around to enjoy?”
Well, even if you say that, I will continue to go.
Continuing his thoughts, Do-gyun then turned his head and looked at Eun-byeol’s complexion.
A few hours ago, in a cafe, for some reason, I recalled a dazed look, which was because I was constantly worried.
It could be said that it was just a waste of time, but Do-gyun’s stomach did not allow him to pass it on like that.
Eunji went and Eunsam went too. Eun-a’s condition is getting better day by day, and her life is changing accordingly.
In the midst of this, since Eunbyeol shows a side she has never seen before, her Do-gyun has no choice but to keep an eye on her, thinking that she may be preparing to leave.
I didn’t mean to tell you not to come now.
However, if her farewell is what she really wants to go, then at least she can prepare her heart, so that she can part with her smiling face. Do-gyun needed an end to help himself.
Do-gyun opened his mouth as he went to the kitchen and saw Eun-byeol pouring water.
“… Let me know if you have any concerns. Because I can listen to you.”
“Yes?”
“It’s just like that.”
Soggy. Eunbyul, who had blinked her eyes, continued her words with a smile at those words.
“Um, can I think about it?”
What came back, as always, was a smirking answer.
