Chapter 187 – Chapter 187
Eun-chae sat on the sofa, closed her eyes, and recalled the concert she had been to recently.
A jet black tuxedo. A baton dancing to and fro. The performers changed the music according to the movement of the baton.
Eun-chae recalled the scene, reminded her of her cheeks red, and waved her hands toward her air.
While doing this, it seems to remind me of that moment, and for some reason, her heart was beating so fast that I couldn’t stop it.
A look that exudes exciting energy.
Do-gyun looked at him from a distance and drew a smile on his lips.
‘I’m glad you liked it.’
It was a boring time for Do-kyun, but it seemed to have succeeded in fostering her interest in Eun-chae’s music, which was her original purpose.
Do-kyun, who was laughing all the time at Eun-chae, who was engrossed in conducting while shaking her legs before she knew it, took a picture with her smartphone.
Click-!
When the shutter sound went off, Eunchae’s eyes turned to Dokyun.
What follows is a V-shaped pose with both of her hands placed next to her cheeks. Eun-chae also learned that she had to pose when taking pictures of her.
Do-gyun pressed the shutter again to see Eun-chae pretending to be pretty.
Click-!
Again, the sound of the shutter sounded lightly, and Do-gyun opened the gallery to check the photos and nodded his head in satisfaction.
“Pretty.”
“Yeah, Eun-chae is pretty.”
Confidence was the strongest in the universe.
“Let’s eat now. Today is Eunchae’s favorite steak.”
Do-do-do. Eun-chae came to her table with quick steps.
“I will enjoy this food.”
“Yes, chew thoroughly.”
“Yes.”
Eun-chae nodded her head broadly and nuzzled the bite-sized pieces of steak and ate three at once.
Her cheeks swelled up a lot, and the sight of her chewing on filthy meat was truly blissful.
Do-gyun felt Eun-chae’s smile grow thicker at the sight of Eun-chae munching on the steak without even listening to his words.
*
The next day, while Eun-chae was fiddling with her card by herself, she raised her head at the sound of her door code being pressed with a ‘beep beep beep’.
Do-gyun is back.
“Eunchae, I’m here.”
“You are back.”
Her head bowed down and a greeting came out of her mouth.
What was reflected in Eun-chae’s eyes as she raised her head again was Do-gyun, who hid both her hands behind her back with a mischievous expression.
Eun-chae tilted her head.
Do-kyun asked Eun-chae with a giggle.
“Eunchae, what did I buy?”
“Fish?”
“… No.”
On Eun-chae’s face, her doubts began to linger. Do-gyun put on a troubled smile at that figure, and soon showed Eun-chae what he had been hiding behind her back.
“Braided-.”
Flutter-! The one that came out with a sound.
“Tuxedo.”
It was the tuxedo that took away Eunchae’s attention at the concert hall.
Eun-chae opened her eyes wide and opened her mouth with a ‘heh’, making her blank face. A red glow began to form on her cheeks.
“Tuxedo. Tuxedo. Tuxedo.”
Tautology. It was the reaction Eun-chae showed when she was excited.
Do-gyun burst into laughter at the sight of Eun-chae running up to him and sticking her nose into her tuxedo.
“A silver gift.”
“It’s mine?”
“Yes, it is yours.”
Tight-. Eun-chae held her tuxedo in her arms.
“Do you want to try it on?”
“Yes.”
After Eun-chae nodded her head, she threw her tuxedo over her body without any delay.
Do-gyun exclaimed ‘Oh’ at the sight of Eun-chae in her tuxedo.
After all, where does the original version go?
Wearing only a tuxedo over her skinny short-sleeved shorts must have been ridiculous, but Eun-chae, who was strong and stoic, had a very convincing appearance.
“It suits you well.”
“Yes, Eun-chae is the conductor.”
‘Huh’ Eunchae snorted.
Eun-chae turned her head back slightly and began to let out her excitement on her tail that swayed as she gently wiggled her hips.
“Tail.”
She herself has a tail like her fish.
“Eunchae is a dolphin.”
A dolphin with a black tail.
Do-gyun felt that laughter was about to burst out at Eun-chae’s words with such thoughts.
The words ‘It’s not a dolphin, it’s a swallow’s tail’ filled his throat, but he barely held it in.
Well, whoever wears that tail is free, no matter what they say.
Do-gyun looked at Eun-chae, who had been chasing her tail with her eyes as she turned round and round, until she lost her balance and stumbled, then calmed her down and entered the house.
*
After dinner, Eun-chae took out her recorder, which she had tucked away in the corner, and glared at it with a tense face.
The recorder who always gave her shameful defeats.
However, today was different.
‘I’m wearing a tuxedo.’
I wore a tuxedo today, so I can win even if I fight against the recorder. She was invincible in a tuxedo.
Eun-chae said, ‘Whoa. Whoa.’ After taking a deep breath, she brought the recorder to her mouth.
A deep breath. The gripping method that Do-gyun once showed.
The preparations are over.
Eunchae is very gentle, soft. She began to blow into her recorder in a graceful manner, like those seen at the concert.
Beep-.
Graceful sound. However, it is still far away.
Eun-chae shifted the position of her fingers to play the next note, as smoothly and quickly as her swimming fish.
Beep-.
Success this time too. Eun-chae felt her confidence rise and blew her recorder excitedly with her flushed face.
Beep-. Beep-. Beep-.
Soft music. A beating chest.
Eunchae.
Beep-.
She finally beat the recorder.
After finishing her performance, Eun-chae removed her recorder from her mouth with a feeling of being overwhelmed.
“Puha.”
“Oh, congratulations!”
At Do-gyun’s words, Eun-chae turned her head to Do-gyun and she nodded her head broadly.
“I won.”
“Yes, you won.”
“Yes. Eun-chae is the winner.”
Flash Eun-chae picked up the recorder. As befits her ruthless victor, she showed recorders everywhere that she was a miserable loser.
The moment of victory that greeted, while the joy continued for a long time.
‘Congratulation.’
Eun-chae tilted her head at the voice that came from inside her.
‘Us?’
‘Yes, it is us. Am I the last of us?’
It was us
Eun-chae recalled the strange impression that we came out, who had not even seen her nose poke, and she nodded her head slightly.
‘What do we want to do?’
‘Concert.’
‘Concert?’
‘Yeah, I’m playing with someone else.’
Eun-chae looked at Do-gyun, who tilted her head as she saw herself, who had suddenly become quiet.
‘With the bee.’
‘Anyone is fine. It’s fun to play together.’
Playing together is fun.
Eun-chae pondered.
Certainly, playing together in the concert hall was fun and looked amazing.
‘Okay.’
Eun-chae decided to listen to us.
“Bee.”
“Yes?”
“Let’s play together.”
Do-gyun’s head tilted again.
“Suddenly?”
“They say we want to.”
Stop. Do-gyun’s body stopped.
The word ‘we’ made her think that Eun-chae’s last lingering feelings were about to disappear, and her body stopped in embarrassment.
Do-gyun looked at Eun-chae with trembling eyes. The excited, anticipating face was not yet ready to leave.
Do-gyun managed to control his stomach and smiled, then nodded his head.
“Yes, then.”
“Here.”
Eun-chae held out her recorder.
“Yes?”
“The bee plays, I conduct.”
Eunchae brushed her collar once as if to show off her tuxedo.
Do-gyun completely erased the anxiety that had arisen from that figure, and after a small nod of his head, he brought the recorder to his mouth.
“Then, Commander. Would you like to conduct?”
“Yes.”
Eun-chae made her fist, and with only her index finger extended, her fingers made a baton.
Tick tock. Her fingers moved, and then her arms swayed loudly.
Do-kyun blew the recorder with a loud ‘beep-.’
Music that follows.
Eun-chae deepened her excitement as she watched Do-gyun change her tune as she swung her arm.
The smile I had always hidden from embarrassment was hanging on my lips without my knowledge.
The performance finally came to an end when the sound of ‘panting’ came out of Eunchae’s mouth, who was conducting so hard.
Eun-chae moved so violently that she slipped off her tuxedo, feeling sweat dripping down her body.
‘It’s amazing.’
Our words. While Eun-chae brushed off her short sleeves to cool off the sweat, she heard the voice and answered inside herself.
‘It was fun?’
‘Yeah, it was fun. A lot, a lot.’
It was followed by a giggling laugh. Eun-chae answered our words with a nod of her head.
‘I had fun too.’
‘Thanks.’
We were the last to say it.
Eun-chae felt our emotions seeping into her and as she trembled, she felt empty that there were no us left inside.
His gaze naturally turned to Do-gyun.
“We are gone.”
“… I guess so.”
A bitter smile tugged at the corners of Dokyun’s lips.
Eun-chae saw that smile, and for some reason she felt empty inside, and soon lowered her head slightly.
“Are we asleep?”
To that question, Do-kyun replied by hugging Eun-chae tightly.
“Yeah, now it’s a memory.”
It was the answer she gave to Eun-chae, and at the same time it was the answer she gave to herself.
