Chapter 174 – Chapter 174
One week. That much has passed.
For the past week, Do-kyun stopped by the warehouse every hour after work to look at things.
Clues to silver stars. In addition, it was something he did to find out the traces of Eun-seol’s life.
Of course, it wasn’t that easy.
Most of the items were literally rubbish, and even the ones that had something to figure out had been crushed over the years, so looking through them one by one to find something useful was hard work to do after work.
In spite of such hard work, inspecting the warehouse is only for Do-gyun’s own satisfaction.
It was something I did to remember them with a smile, not to regret not having done my best in the future.
Do-gyun clutched his sore neck and turned his head around to think.
‘Roughly…’
It was like knowing.
He can’t be sure because it’s still in the realm of speculation, but he’s certainly learned more than before.
Do-gyun had a diary in his hand until just before that. So, when he first came here, he looked at the diary he had found in the study, put it in a corner of the storage room, and sighed.
The body was in a strangely heavy state.
Chronic fatigue that has gotten worse lately.
It wasn’t that I didn’t sleep less, but after going in and out of the warehouse, I didn’t think about leaving this guy’s fatigue.
‘Is it too much?’
Do I need to insulate a little?
Do-gyun recalled that thought and made a sick sound like ‘Kkeu-eung’ before turning off the light in the storage room and coming out.
As soon as you step out the door, the wind sweeps through your body.
The season was in the middle of autumn.
The heat dissipated and the vacant place was filled with cool energy.
The world is preparing for winter again.
Do-gyun recalled him, and soon shed a suffocating laugh.
‘It’s been a year.’
Soon, in just a few more months, it will be a year since I came here.
I came here in early December, when winter just started, so when the cold wave strikes again, I will spend the winter with Eun-ah in a different look.
It was an eventful year, and a lot of things changed.
He is caught and imprisoned without knowing why, and faces an unexpected truth.
Then, somehow, I’m trying to figure things out.
Do-gyun, who felt the rising memories of the past time, swept his body away again, brushed off his thoughts, and locked the warehouse door.
‘… No.’
It’s still autumn, but what else is there to fall in love with?
Do-gyun, thinking about hearing the sound of jujeo-teum, moved on with a giggle by himself.
‘I should go to bed early today.’
Saying so, he moved on without even dreaming of what was going on while he was sleeping.
*
Returning home, Do-gyun narrowed his eyes as he watched the dishes on his table.
There was no other reason.
Just.
“… It is an eel.”
“Uh, uh… !”
“Give me bokbunja.”
“Yes… !”
The dishes on the table were revealing a certain intention quite blatantly.
Asparagus besides what was said. Cave. Banana.
The table is often filled with foods that are good for ‘energy’.
Do-gyun felt his whole body freeze at the blatant appeal unfolding before his eyes.
His gaze turned to Eun-ah with a trembling movement.
A look that rolls his eyes with a suspicious expression somewhere.
For Do-kyun, it was an expression that reminded me of whether he was doing that because he wanted to say ‘I want to do it today’.
Of course, that’s what Do-gyun thought.
The reason why Eun-ah chose only the foods that were good for her stamina and put them on her table was because of Eun-ah’s guilt that there was only millet left over.
Every night, after Do-gyun collapsed from exhaustion, he secretly sucked up his energy for a week.
Have you been drinking too much? Eun-a, who felt sorry for Do-gyun after seeing Do-gyun’s things, which had collapsed from exhaustion the night before, prepared today’s menu with half of her apology and half of her wish for things to rise again.
“Yo, you’re having a hard time these days… Yes… !”
A word he said awkwardly nodding his head.
In response, Do-kyun, who had been looking at Eun-ah with suspicious eyes until the day before, suddenly made a frown on his face and showed his emotion.
Normally, he would have noticed something strange, but it was a situation where he couldn’t carefully look at Eun-ah’s expression because his judgment was clouded by the accumulated fatigue.
“Ah… Thanks.”
Indeed, the naive prey was saying such thanks without knowing the cruel truth that it would be eaten tonight as well.
Rattle. Eun-ah felt her stomach prick at her words. Cold sweat ran down her back.
Eun-ah recalled her thoughts that she should keep her composure as much as possible, and she answered Do-gyun’s words with an effort to raise the corners of her mouth.
“No, eat a lot… !”
“Okay, then I’ll eat well. Eun-ah, hurry up and eat.”
“Yes… !”
Eun-a took her spoon.
When Do-gyun saw it, he picked up the eel with a bright smile on his lips.
A different diet than usual.
Do-gyun, who recalled the idea that it was a satisfying enough meal, was exploited while asleep that day.
Still, Do-gyun did not know the cause of chronic fatigue.
*
The next morning. Eun-ah opened her eyes in her refreshed mood.
The warmth of the warm room and Do-gyun’s body temperature seeped into his body.
A languidly spreading feeling.
Eun-ah, who yawned a little, lifted her head slightly and looked at Do-gyun, who was still asleep.
Sleeping with a little frown on his face, grunting, it seems that he is quite tired.
Even when she just woke up, Eun-a, who felt her conscience pricked when she saw him, bit her lips a little, and soon turned away from Do-gyun.
… I had something to say.
‘Cha, I tried to hold back…’
I tried to endure it for a little bit because he suffered so much for himself, but didn’t that kind of determination shake him? Wasn’t she asleep helplessly? Didn’t he make you feel bad?
‘Yes! Hey, bees are bad… !’
Self-rationalization followed quickly.
A shameless way of thinking to the level of saying that a person who committed a sex crime and went around wearing slutty clothes is bad.
Even Eun-ah herself vaguely feels him, and he flinches, though his body trembles.
‘That’s because I’ve only done it three times… !’
I did it twice less than usual, so wouldn’t this be an extenuating factor?
Eun-ah, who began to nod her head alone at the thought that came to her mind, jumped up and left the room.
It was for meal prep.
A much more diligent movement than usual.
Eun-ah reassured herself that this was absolutely not something she did out of conscience.
*
Do-gyun sat down on the sofa and beat his all-over body.
‘Why am I so tired?’
Really, I’m not kidding, I was so tired that I thought I might have collapsed while working if today wasn’t the weekend.
He seemed to have slept enough, but his body was not, his whole body was screaming.
“Turn it off…”
A moan that flows out of the temple.
As Do-kyun groaned and leaned back on the sofa, Eun-ah’s body, which had been glancing at him until the day before, began to shake.
Fortunately, Do-gyun, who had his eyes closed, did not see it, but Eun-ah could not stay still because her conscience was pricked again.
Eyes tightly closed in guilt.
Should I say Should I be honest and ask for forgiveness?
Eun-ah, who had thought of that, pouted his lips and shook his head.
‘Kuh, the bee is bad… !’
Self-reasonable answer. However, there was definitely a childish heart in it.
Why not Haven’t you been paying less attention to yourself by examining other personalities lately?
Of course, it is right that you should be thankful as much as you are doing it for yourself.
It was his own fault when it came to other personalities. It was his own fault, and it was also something he had to solve.
He tried to solve it with more effort than himself, so how could he not feel grateful?
But even so, just because he understood it rationally didn’t mean he understood it emotionally as well.
Emotions existed in a separate realm from reason.
There was no end to greed no matter how much it was filled.
Even if Do-gyun was doing things for her, Eun-ah hated Do-gyun neglecting her because of it.
He always hugs me tight, but loves me unchangingly, but I still wished he would express it more.
Crying.
I felt like my throat was choking at the thoughts that came to my mind.
Eun-ah said, ‘I shouldn’t be like this’, but for some reason, she swallowed him up, feeling embarrassed by the feelings that didn’t like her heart.
“Miss Eun?”
Do-gyun’s voice was heard at that moment.
Eun-ah was startled and moved his body, then slowly turned his head toward Do-gyun.
Do-gyun found something different from usual in Eun-ah’s expression as she turned her head, and then she approached Eun-ah and hugged her tightly, asking questions.
“What’s wrong? You look so bad.”
“Oh, it’s not…”
Pooh-. Eun-ah lowered her head and replied.
Even when he looks tired like that, it’s really Do-gyun to worry about himself first.
Along with that thought, he felt ashamed of what he had done up until the moment before.
Eun-ah stretched out her arms and hugged Do-gyun, and she buried her face in Do-gyun’s chest and spat out her words.
“I’m sorry…”
“Yes? What?”
“I’m just complaining…”
Giggle Do-gyun’s head tilted.
It was a natural reaction for Do-gyun.
There was no way to know Eun-ah’s feelings that had surfaced in that brief moment, so I just thought that Eun-ah was in a bad mood today.
Do-gyun is Tok. Tok. He patted Eun-ah on the back and spoke words of comfort in a tone full of affection.
“It’s okay. I like the way Eun-ah is complaining.”
“Yes…”
The words that came out of Eun-ah’s mouth were powerless.
Eun-ah, feeling the warmth of her arms around me to the point of being laughable, felt that she had soon been released, and she made another commitment.
I will be really patient today. I will be patient.
Since she herself isn’t much help, she’ll do anything like this.
Kwak-.
Eun-ah’s arms tightened, and her Do-gyun tightened even more.
‘Kko, sure…’
Emerging decision.
That day, Eun-ah succeeded in suppressing her urge for the first time since recognizing how to suck her do-gyun while she was asleep.
