Chapter 60 – Chapter 60
I felt the power that embraced me grow stronger.
“Lol…”
Laughter erupted from his head buried in his arms.
Do-gyun, who felt his stomach swell up, reached out his hand and brushed his hair as he leaned against me.
“Well, then…”
Her words continued.
She lifted her head from being buried in her arms, looked at me, and opened her mouth with her face tinged with anxiety.
“Kuu, Bee-sama is always with me…?”
It was a question that I asked again even after hearing the answer just before.
What is it that makes you so anxious that you keep trying to confirm it?
What she finally came up with after continuing her thoughts was the question that the answer might be in the times she erased from her head.
Maybe the memories she erased for herself were memories that were too painful for her.
Maybe the crumbs of her emotions that she couldn’t erase while erasing her memories made her so anxious.
The reason why she became this way is that the breakup with someone precious had a huge impact.
‘Maybe…’
Her mother.
Could it be that her mother, who abused her and also loved her, left her?
She found out a lot about her, but there was still a lot more she didn’t know, and this was all she could think of.
“Oh, you’re not going…?”
The words were heard again and again.
Do-gyun, who could not delay answering any longer because he could see her anxiety growing on her face while continuing her thoughts, hugged her tighter this time and answered her.
“I am not going anywhere. I will always be by your side.”
“Yes…”
Even after giving her answer, her uneasiness does not disappear from her.
I wanted to make my heart ache again, so that a smile could be drawn on that face.
“Miss Eun.”
“Yes…”
“Shall we make a tree?”
Soggy. The eyes we met blinked.
Do-kyun looked at him and continued talking with a deep smile on his face.
“It’s Christmas soon. Let’s make our tree.”
It is now December, the end of the year.
It was the end, and it was also the beginning.
Do-gyun began to draw the times that would lead so that she would no longer feel anxious and live with the expectation that her future would be happy.
“I put decorations on a big tree and put lights on it to make it look great.”
The house will be spacious too. Decorating a tree in one corner of the room would be a very worthwhile picture.
“And chicken, and beer, and… Well, pizza. It’s a party where the two of us prepare so much that we can’t eat it all together.”
“Party…?”
“Yes, party. Just the two of us.”
I’ve never done it before, but I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
The process of preparing, the time to laugh and talk while sharing a drink after setting up the table will be deeply engraved in my heart and will never be erased.
As I look at her with that thought in mind, I see her questioning face as she tilts her head to her side.
In response, Do-gyun raised his hand and placed it on Eun-ah’s cheek, gently sweeping it down, continuing his conversation.
He said that, thinking about what we could do together in the future.
“After Christmas like that, now that the new year begins again, go out to the yard and watch the sunrise.”
The house is wide enough to be called a mansion, and the surroundings are open, so it must be a very worthwhile picture to see.
“If spring comes after passing by all the way… Then I can go see the flowers.”
It is the season when the whole land is dyed colorfully, and as the days pass, the world will be dyed in all kinds of colors.
As she continued to speak, she opened her mouth.
“Oh no…!”
A word that exudes urgency. She said that with her body shaken in her astonishment, her face glistening with her astonishment.
“Bar, there are so many bad bugs outside… Guh, Mr. Bee is sick…”
After saying that, her face frowned as if she would cry at any moment.
She herself did not yet know what that worm meant, or what it meant to her.
But from the manner she exhibited every once in a while, she could have predicted to her that the world outside this house was in very terrible shape.
It also makes me sad and makes me shudder.
She stopped stroking her cheek, and she opened her mouth, making direct eye contact with hers.
“It’s okay.”
“Oh, it’s not…”
“I’m OK. Well…”
Take a moment to choose her words.
“What if, really if I get sick.”
To make her understand her own will. Summarizing her thoughts, she spat out her sentences.
“Then Eun-ah will protect you.”
“I am…?”
“Yes, Eun-ah.”
Perhaps the explanation wasn’t enough, Do-gyun, who saw her head slightly tilted, let out a timid smile and continued.
“If bugs bother me, Eun-ah punishes me. Eun-ah will always be by your side, both here and outside, right?”
She never once said that she was sick with bugs.
That said, all she cares about is what will happen when she goes outside.
When I finished thinking of her and looked at her for a moment, I saw her sobbing and contemplating her thoughts.
Her silence passed all the way, and as if she had made up her mind, she nodded her head at me and spat out her words with a face that seemed resolute at first glance.
“Yes…! I-I will protect the bee…!”
Looking at the face that said that with a hard expression, a smile broke out again.
“Then it’s safe now. With Eun-ah, there is no need to worry.”
“Yes…!”
A slight smile blooms on her face.
It can be seen that it is filled with red energy little by little and is filled with vitality.
Then, I saw him hugging me and smiling.
“I-I’m going to scold everyone…!”
He speaks as if he were reminiscing his promise again.
At that, Do-kyun let out her laughter and hugged her and opened her mouth.
“Yes, please.”
After saying that, Do-kyun felt the need to continue what he had said before, and opened his mouth again and spat out the words.
“Eun-ah likes valleys, doesn’t she like the sea?”
“Um…”
In response to the question, she continued her thoughts for a while.
“Ku, it’s all good when you’re with the bee…!”
She answered like that.
“Haha…”
Do-gyun, who was happy but also in a troubled mood, continued her thoughts for a while before speaking again.
“Then shall we both go?”
“Yes…!”
“It’s good.”
In response to the affirmative answer that came back, Do-gyun continued his conversation while drawing a picture in his head once more.
“If you go to the sea first…”
For a moment, I was speechless.
‘What should I do?’
Do-gyun, who was about to continue his speech, shut his mouth when he suddenly stopped talking.
I had no idea what to do because I was a homebody who had never been to the valley near my house, let alone the sea.
Seeing her focus on me with her twinkling eyes at the end of her downward gaze, Do-kyun accelerated her thoughts for a moment and continued her thoughts.
‘Ocean? Fireworks? Festival?’
When it comes to summer, the only thing that comes to mind is the scenery that can only be found in Japanese genre novels.
That moment when a cold sweat ran down my back.
“Bar, sea… I want to eat sashimi…!”
She gave her opinion
‘Ah, times.’
Right. When it comes to the sea, it’s a roundabout.
Do-gyun received the words with his face brightening at the unexpected support fire.
“Sashimi is good…! It would be nice to have a glass of soju over the sashimi.”
“Yes…!”
“After eating so much…”
He thinks again and draws a picture in his head.
“Should we have a glass of wine at a hotel overlooking the sea?”
Wouldn’t this be enough mood, why didn’t the trend these days call it a staycation?
Let’s talk to her with that thought and look at her.
“Ho, Hotel…!”
I could see him blowing his nose and blushing.
Do-gyun, who felt a little funny because his intention was clear, smiled slightly, and then a voice full of anticipation was delivered.
“Joe, good…!”
Her bobbing body was showing how much she was looking forward to the picture.
In response, Do-gyun patted her on the back, closed his mouth for a moment, and then opened his mouth again.
“Yes, walk the sea at night, have a glass of wine, spend the night outside like that before coming back.”
“Yes…!”
Words of positivity come through.
For some reason, the radiating energy gradually brightened, making me feel better.
“Then, shall we go camping in the valley next time?”
It’s a mountain, so I like camping. Thinking of that, Do-kyun continued.
“Go and grill some meat, play in the water, and see.”
“Joe, good…!”
“I will cook the meat. It’s amazing that I’m grilling meat again.”
“Ah…”
It was something that looked suspicious.
Do-kyun calmed down her self-confidence and tried to draw her into a smile as she continued.
“Trust me once.”
“Yes…”
Her head nodded.
While looking at her like that for a while, Do-gyun asked her a question to her question.
“Isn’t Eun-ah something you want to do with me?”
“Um…”
A moment for her to begin her troubles, her face to frown for a moment.
“Let’s go for a walk…!”
A short answer came.
‘It’s a walk.’
The thought that came to my mind was that I am a true writer.
I remember hearing somewhere that artists go for a walk when their ideas aren’t going well.
With that thought in mind, Do-gyun, who had been spitting out an absurd laugh at the thought, spat out an answer while sweeping the back of his arms.
“It’s good. If you go to the Han River, the promenade must have been well done, so shall we go there?”
“Yes…!”
To Do-gyun’s question, she spit out her answer, her face brightening.
“Then, let’s go right away when spring arrives so you don’t have to wait long. There might be a lot of people, so hold hands tight and walk all day.”
“Yes…! Float, because I can’t fall…!”
I could see the corners of her mouth twitching across her face, about to rise.
“I-I am…! Come on, I’ll catch you…!”
Do-kyun laughed at the sight of her proudly speaking while sticking out her chest, feeling somehow insignificant.
“Thanks. I will only trust Eun-ah.”
“Yes…! I-only trust me…!”
The face that answered with a bashful smile dug into his heart again.
A pleasant trembling was transmitted, and he continued talking for a long time.
Going back to the beginning, starting with Christmas, how to spend this winter, where to go for an outing in the upcoming spring, how to overcome the summer heat, and what to eat in the fall when the appetite is boiling.
After making plans for a long time, it was time to plan again how to spend the next winter.
Do-gyun looked at her moaning and worried for a moment, then opened her mouth while stroking her hair.
“When winter starts, first look back at what we did throughout the year.”
I will look back on it so that I can feel that the four seasons were as happy as this one.
“For that to happen… I need to take a lot of pictures.”
I felt like I had to leave a lot of pictures so that I could go through the memories one by one.
“I talk about what I did at this time and what I did at that time, and think about how to spend the next year. Until then, and after that, I will always be by Eun-ah’s side.”
So that she can no longer be anxious but filled with anticipation, so that she can be sure that I will always be by her side.
That’s how I gave her the picture I drew in her head.
When I finished her words and looked at her, I saw her nodding her head in satisfaction as her mushy melted face became hers.
“Joe, okay…!”
Would it have been a satisfactory answer, will my words be a little trustworthy now?
As she continued her worries, the words she spat out seemed to reach her a little.
When he checked him, Do-gyun felt that his heart was slowly loosening up and opened his mouth as he reached out his hand in front of her and made a fist with only his little finger outstretched.
“Okay, that’s a promise.”
“Appointment…!”
“A promise that I will always be by Eun-ah’s side, and a promise that Eun-ah will always protect me.”
“Yes…!”
Gentle and soft warmth was transmitted to the fingertips, and soon they shyly intertwined and hugged each other tightly.
“Do, Dojaang…”
Following her words, her hands slightly collided.
“Bo, copyist…!”
Then, their spread palms touched each other and brushed each other’s palms.
After that, when I looked at her with her hand dropping like that, I saw her smiling brightly at me.
Bang. Bang.
The beating of the heart that starts hammering rings in the ears.
The rumbling inside began to take the shape of a raging wave again.
The smile that took all the attention was so beautiful.
For a moment, it felt instinctive.
This moment will be forever imprinted in my mind.
A day, a month, a year pass, and after that, until the moment when my breath stops, it will never be erased from my mind.
Thus, he will forever hang around her.
‘Well…’
It was a very dangerous situation.
‘It’s fine.’
I thought so.
