## Chapter 169 – Her X Her X Her (18)
“What kind of drink should I get?”
While Jinhyun went to the restroom, Yewha stopped by a nearby shop. Derot World had quite a few shops selling light snacks like hot dogs on every block.
Yewha looked at the menu and ordered a drink that Jinhyun would like.
“Um. One peach soda and one mango soda, please.”
“Okay~ Please wait a moment!”
The shop employee answered energetically and prepared the drinks. After receiving them, Yewha paid and went back to the place where she had parted with Jinhyun.
“He’s not back yet?”
I heard that men are quick when they go to the bathroom.
Jinhyun hadn’t appeared yet.
“Huh?”
Just as she was wondering when he would come, she turned her head and saw Jinhyun talking to someone near the restroom.
It was two women.
“……”
For some reason, Yewha felt a little unpleasant.
Without realizing it, she quickened her pace and approached Jinhyun.
As she got closer to Jinhyun, he noticed her coming and looked her way.
“Ah, Yewha.”
At the same time, the two women who were talking to Jinhyun also looked at Yewha. With surprised expressions, they bowed their heads to Jinhyun and quickly moved away.
Yewha looked up at Jinhyun and asked.
“Who are they?”
“Ah, just some people. I don’t know them.”
“You don’t know them?”
“Yeah, they suddenly came up and asked if I wanted to watch a parade or something together later tonight.”
Hmm.
So there’s something like that in Derot World.
Yewha felt a little curious, but she also understood that Jinhyun was the type to receive such offers.
“……So what did you do?”
“What do you mean, what did I do? Of course, I refused. You’re here, Yewha.”
Yewha held out the two drinks.
“Here you go. Which do you like, peach or mango?”
“Ah, I’ll take the peach. Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.”
Jinhyun took a sip of his drink and said.
“Yewha, should we go to the lounge and rest for a bit? I’m a little tired.”
“Lounge?”
“Yeah.”
I didn’t know there was a lounge here. Following Jinhyun, they entered a building and a clean, white room appeared.
“Ah… There’s a place like this.”
“Yeah, it’s not on the map, so I don’t think many people know about it. There’s no one here.”
Jinhyun sat down on the bench along the wall of the lounge. Yewha placed the drinks on the table and said.
“I’m going to the restroom for a bit…”
“Okay, go ahead.”
Fortunately, the women’s restroom wasn’t crowded. There were restrooms on every block, and they were quite spacious. Yewha was able to quickly take care of her business.
[Kang Sujeong: Did you apologize properly? You weren’t that mad, right? Why aren’t you answering? Don’t tell me you just broke up because I wasn’t there?!? It’ll be fun playing with Jinhyun! (๑˘ꇴ˘๑)]
[Kang Sujeong: Why no reply? Maybe you’re just having fun with Jinhyun! (๑˘ꇴ˘๑)]
[Kang Sujeong: Hello?]
[Kang Sujeong: Hey]
[Kang Sujeong: Knock knock~]
[Kang Sujeong: Ugh, Jinhyun isn’t looking at his messages either. ಠ‸ಠ Just let me know you’re having fun!]
“Ah…”
When she opened her messages, there were messages from Sujeong every 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Typing.
I apologized, and I’m having fun.
With a message like that, Yewha quickly replied to Sujeong.
She had been having so much fun with Jinhyun that she hadn’t been able to check her messages.
Before coming to the amusement park, she thought they would just awkwardly look at their phones, but she never imagined that they would end up holding hands and riding all the rides.
“Ugh…”
Suddenly, the scene of holding hands with Jinhyun on the rides, along with the fact that Jinhyun was Sujeong’s boyfriend, made Yewha’s face turn red.
Then, Sujeong replied.
[Kang Sujeong: Oh, you’re alive. Haha. Anyway, I’m glad you’re having fun. When I get stressed from broadcasting, going on dates with Jinhyun really helps me! ]
[Kang Sujeong: But don’t fall too hard for Jinhyun, okay? Got it?]
“……”
Why is she suddenly talking about falling for Jinhyun?
[Yewha, you don’t have to be scared.]
[J, Jinhyun is now…!]
[I’ll hold your hand. You won’t be scared if I do this.]
However, the previous scene came back to her mind, making Yewha’s head spin.
[Me: I’m not falling for him ㅡㅡ; But are you all better now?]
[Kang Sujeong: Ah, yeah haha. I’m fine now. I’m going to edit videos now!]
Sujeong quickly ended the conversation as if she was leaving.
So, her being sick was a lie.
“Huu…”
Yewha narrowed her eyes, put her phone away, and sighed as she came out of the restroom.
“I definitely went this way.”
After leaving the restroom, Yewha went to find the lounge where Jinhyun was resting.
The way wasn’t easy. It was like a scenario where what looked like stone pillars were actually buildings.
If you walked inside the pillar and went through the gap in the stone, a door that led inside the structure would appear. If you opened that door, there would be a hallway.
And if you walked down the hallway, you would find the lounge.
Yewha opened the door to the lounge.
“I’m back… Jinhyun? Huh?”
Yewha’s eyes widened when she saw Jinhyun.
“Is Jinhyun sleeping?”
He was leaning against the wall, his eyes closed, quietly breathing in and out. It was clear that he was asleep.
“……”
Yewha slowly approached Jinhyun.
“Is he really sleeping…?”
Yewha waved her pretty hand in front of Jinhyun’s eyes.
She moved her hand as if she was clapping and tried different shapes, but he didn’t move at all. He was just rhythmically moving his shoulders.
The drinks she had bought were still on the table, about a third of them left.
“Hmm. He must have been tired…”
Come to think of it, they had been riding rides non-stop since morning.
They had also eaten lunch quickly.
In the end, she had been the one leading Jinhyun around, going on all the thrilling rides.
Even if he wasn’t physically tired, he could be mentally exhausted.
“Huu, should I rest too?”
It was a little past 4 o’clock.
The closing time for Derot World was 10 o’clock. There was still plenty of time.
“Hmm…”
Yewha wondered where to sit in the empty lounge.
In the past, she would have sat in the corner farthest from Jinhyun without hesitation, but not anymore.
She hesitated between sitting next to Jinhyun and sitting across from him.
“……”
Thump.
She sat right next to Jinhyun, her hip touching his.
The reason was simple.
The scent.
She needed to be near him to smell it strongly.
Yes. There was no other reason.
“It’s really amazing.”
Yewha looked at Jinhyun’s face, and after confirming that he was really asleep, she sniffed around him, inhaling his scent.
Sniff.
“Ah…”
Yewha trembled slightly as she felt a sense of calm and happiness wash over her when she inhaled the air near Jinhyun.
How could his scent be so good?
It was also amazing how effective it was.
How could the scent of perfume last this long… Hmm?
“Come to think of it.”
Jinhyun didn’t seem to have put on any perfume today. Even if he had put it on before coming here, she hadn’t seen him put on any perfume after they had been together.
But how could the scent last this long?
Of course, there were different types of perfumes, from eau de cologne that lasted only 1-2 hours to perfumes that lasted up to 7 hours.
But there was no perfume that had such a strong and long-lasting scent.
And if he had put on more, the scent should have gotten stronger at the time he put it on, but his scent was almost constant.
Gulp.
Yewha glanced at Jinhyun again and lowered her head.
One of Jinhyun’s arms was on his thigh, and the other was on the table.
Yewha brought her face close to Jinhyun’s arm on the table and glanced at him again.
‘He’s sleeping, he’s sleeping.’
He showed no sign of waking up.
Yewha brought her face close to Jinhyun’s hand and smelled it.
Sniff sniff.
“Ah…”
It was the same scent he always had.
People usually put perfume on their wrists, but if you smelled the back of their hands or fingers, it would smell like their skin, not perfume.
Hand cream?
It felt a little different from that.
Sniff sniff.
It smelled like a scent coming from his skin, not hand cream.
‘So, this isn’t perfume, but his body odor…?’
Yewha’s face turned red again.
So, she had been desperately smelling Jinhyun’s body odor all this time.
‘But if this scent is his body odor…’
Why did she feel so calm whenever she smelled Jinhyun’s scent?
There were so many mysterious things about him.
Even today, when he held her hand, the fear she had felt quickly disappeared.
Yewha glanced at Jinhyun again, and this time, she placed her hand on top of his.
She felt a sense of calm again.
It felt like being praised and petted by her mom or dad in the old days.
Along with his scent, his hand was also very strange.
“His hand is so big…”
Jinhyun didn’t wake up even when she smelled him and placed her hand on his, so Yewha’s actions became bolder.
She gently moved her hand to compare it to his, and she also poked and prodded it. It felt so strange.
After a few tens of seconds, a voice suddenly came from beside her.
“Um, Yewha.”
“Ack!”
“What are you doing…?”
“Ah… Uh. That’s…”
Yewha’s head turned like a ghost.
