Chapter 6 – 006. Cocktails
If you ask me what is the best drink to drink with a woman, the answer is difficult.
If you ask me what’s the worst, I’d say beer.
Beer fills you up before you get drunk.
The atmosphere is a little off and the taste is like rubbing alcohol, but soju is better.
Of course, if you’re planning on spending some money, a sweet cocktail would be best.
“⋯Cosmopolitan and Mojito. Please give me sorted cheese and French fries.”
“Yes.”
“Well, I guess you come here quite often.”
“⋯Because I’m not good at drinking soju.”
People get drunk by alcohol, but they get drunk by the atmosphere much more easily.
The dark, dreamy lighting makes my grim face look like a movie star.
Of course, since this is a background that is also added to her, it makes her already attractive appearance feel even stranger.
In particular, the cute dots under her eyes, she look lewd enough to rival those big breasts.
“This is my first time coming to a bar, and this is the atmosphere… “
“It’s similar to a food stall. Only the alcohol is different.”
I’m just wearing a hoodie, so why does it look sexy?
Those voluptuous breasts might be the cause,
Maybe it’s because the woman who hated me so much senses her sense of crisis and enjoys her fluttering her.
“Haa… “
“⋯Hey, can you listen to my concerns?”
“It’s not a concern worth talking about to Ha-eun. “I’m sorry.”
“Ah… “
I also liked that awkward attitude of opening one’s mouth first, unable to overcome the awkwardness.
It’s only been 15 days since we met again, but it’s amazing how caring she is for the man she hated.
Of course, about half of it was probably thanks to the trainer who was being annoying.
I am always grateful.
“Your order has arrived.”
“Thank you.”
I put down both of her glasses in front of me, and put her snacks on her on her side of her.
When I first lightly hold the refreshing mojito in my mouth, Seo Ha-eun, who is embarrassed because her hands are empty, looks at me with an expression that she doesn’t know what to do.
“⋯What’s going on?”
“Oh, that’s it… “
“⋯Ah. Ha-eun, I see you didn’t order a drink. Sorry. I’m a little out of my mind. Would you like to order something non-alcoholic now?”
“No, no, no. Are you okay. Just have a drink of that…”
“This is a bit strong. Are you okay?”
“But it’s a cocktail… “
As if to protest that he had absolutely no intention of getting you drunk, he continued acting and slowly held out a drink.
Unlike its visual appearance of a cranberry-flavored drink, this cocktail is actually stronger than soju.
However, because it is sweet, refreshing, and delicious, if you drink it without realizing it, you will get hooked in many ways.
Seo Ha-eun awkwardly took the glass and took a sip with a skeptical expression. Then, realizing that it was surprisingly drinkable, she drank a little more.
“⋯It’s delicious. “This.”
“Because I also have children’s tastes. I’m not good at eating bitter things. “I’m not good at drinking alcohol either.”
“Are you not good at drinking?”
“I don’t take it well. “It was difficult to drink more than a bottle of soju.”
“Oh, me too. “If you drink half a bottle, your cheeks will turn red, and if you drink one bottle, you will get drunk.”
Surprisingly, she barely shows her laughter when she spits up all her alcohol, and continues her conversation naturally, accepting her drunkenness.
Not too heavy, not too light.
Maintain the atmosphere you would have between a man and a woman who are just dating, and drink until your cheeks heat up.
Actually, you won’t get drunk unless you hit soju with a box.
It just makes you feel better after getting drunk.
“Ha… “After drinking alcohol, I feel more comfortable.”
“Are you drunk already?”
“I hope you’re drunk. “I felt like throwing up a little while ago.”
“⋯.”
In keeping with her flirtatious mood, instead of just spitting out her main points, she goes around and around and throws up topics that she might want to hear.
It may not be the case for everyone, but most women are interested in other people’s love lives.
Moreover, even though she smelled like there was something going on, it wasn’t easy not to be curious.
“Ha-eun, do you get upset when you get candy?”
“Yes?”
“I was just wondering what it would be like to receive candy or chocolate as a gift.”
“A little…, Ah. Good. On White Day.”
Before she knew it, she had already emptied more than half of her glass. Every time she poured the alcohol down her throat, she told an interesting story and made her focus on me.
“⋯I wish I could receive it too. “I never received it.”
“Yes?”
“They didn’t just give it to me. Sometimes it feels like we only meet by looking at my body.”
“Body, just the body?”
“I don’t know if you have that experience or not, but there is such a thing. I want emotional interaction, but it seems like the other person is only dating me based on my body. “It feels like something isn’t right.”
“Ah… “
In addition, we mix in plausible words to form a consensus.
I don’t know exactly whether this woman has any dating experience or not, but she has had a man who only looked at her body and giggled just yesterday.
It’s right in front of you right now.
“But this is because Eul is the one that people like more. I can’t even say anything. To be honest, she’s more popular than me, but if I were to break up with her, I wouldn’t have the confidence to meet someone like her. ⋯It’s frustrating. Just.”
“I see.”
“Dating is originally about being happy… But it’s so mentally exhausting. I wonder what you are doing. These days.”
“I understand.”
“Whoa… Ah, the glass is empty. Would you like another drink?”
“Oh, I drank it all…”
“Drink something weak this time. Have you ever heard of Kahlua milk?”
“Hmm… I think I’ve heard of it before.”
“Then I’ll order two of those.”
Before I know it, she’s even correcting me, and as I tell her all her lamentations, I order her her two low-alcohol cocktails.
They share cocktail glasses of the same color, take a sip without worrying about who should go first, and then continue the conversation.
“Hmm… “It tastes like coffee milk.”
“It doesn’t feel like alcohol. It’s also very sweet. So, when I was a player, I drank quite often because I didn’t feel a hangover.”
“Do baseball players drink this too?”
“I have somewhat unique tastes. Among the players, there was a divide between the soju and beer groups. But I hate both. I usually drank it alone.”
“Ahaha… “
In a relaxed atmosphere, I slowly bring up a story with a different topic and prepare to change the topic.
Even if I keep complaining about my girlfriend who doesn’t exist, all that’s left in the end is me pretending to feel relieved and Seo Ha-eun, who listened to my concerns and owed me a debt.
In order to get drunk enough to make her mistakes, you also have to borrow her atmosphere and let go of her worries that you don’t know about.
Because people cannot have no worries.
“After I retired, coming to a place like this felt burdensome. Just dating costs a lot of money, and if you drink alcohol, the snacks are also expensive.”
“⋯I know what that feels like.”
“I couldn’t afford the car, so I sold it. “It’s difficult in many ways because my body isn’t in good shape again.”
“Are you not feeling well?”
“My shoulders don’t go up well. Up here.”
In fact, she can’t throw the ball because she’s sick, but in her daily life, she extends her healthy left arm forward and pretends that she’s not going up, which even arouses her sympathy.
No matter what her whole story is, it’s not completely unrelated to her.
I’m adding her as a character to my love story, which I’ve only seen about her so far.
“I should have taken better care of my body. When I threw well, I was so excited that I didn’t think about it and just rolled it, and this happened. ⋯It’s all my responsibility.”
“⋯.”
“It was a competitive time, so my temper was very dirty. When I thought about it later, I wondered why I did that. The players on other teams are all teammates. The club employees are also colleagues. There was no need to argue.”
“⋯Hey, aren’t you just arguing with me?”
“Haeun, don’t you watch baseball?”
“Yes?”
“If you had watched baseball back then, you wouldn’t have said that to me. I got a lot of swear words. The rookie kid has no manners. It’s a fight. “I once got hit with chicken on the way home from work.”
“Really?”
“It’s a lie. Not chicken, but bottled water. “I didn’t get hit, I almost got hit.”
“Ah… “
The evil relationship from her past is also replaced by the betrayal of her youth, and even the evil she may have harbored towards me is slowly melting away.
“Ah, as I started drinking this, I drank it all again quickly. ⋯Would you like another drink?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm… Something Ha-eun should know… “
“Ah, I heard you enjoyed the mojito earlier… “
“⋯Then mojito and long tea. “I will order it like this.”
“Yes.”
Fill the empty glass with alcohol again,
Even the melted and empty malice is filled with alcohol,
“Mojito is very delicious. Sweeter than I thought. It’s very refreshing.”
“That’s delicious. Still, I like this better. “It’s okay.”
“⋯Is that delicious too?”
“This one? This just tastes like iced tea. Would you like to have a sip?”
“Ah yes. Um…And. “This really tastes like iced tea.”
“It’s a drink if you drink it with your eyes closed. “Except for the slight smell of alcohol.”
“Even when you drink it hot, it feels like a drink.”
“It seems to suit your taste. Would you like another drink?”
“No, no. “Let’s drink this first.”
With a slightly darker alcohol content,
With a slightly sweeter taste,
Seduce her and gradually distract her from reason.
“Ah, really. It’s nice to drink with someone like this after a long time. “It seems like it’s been a few years since I’ve stopped getting drunk when I feel like it.”
“It’s my first time drinking a cocktail, and I think it’s quite drinkable.”
“How can I repay this? “Last time, I paid you back by buying me food.”
“Why should I pay you back? Just… “
“I want to repay you. “Thank you to Ha-eun.”
“Thank you?”
“Thank you. “I was worried about people I didn’t know well and didn’t like, so they listened to my concerns.”
“Ah, that was back then…”
“You don’t hate me anymore?”
It gradually penetrates the disorganized reason.
A question that would normally never be answered,
I force myself to dig it out.
“Yes? ⋯Are you drunk, Kang Joo-hyuk?”
“Oh, I said something wrong. So, that… You don’t have any feelings for me anymore, right? I don’t even like it. It’s not good either. Just someone I know.”
“Ah… Yes. Just. Just someone I know.”
“Why did you hate me so much in the past? Are you saying you hate me too because you hate baseball players? “Then why did you hate baseball players?”
“I told you last time. “It’s because I experienced being stalked by a guy who was on the baseball team in high school.”
“If you hate baseball so much, why did you join our club? If you are Ha-eun, you would do well in other things.”
“⋯I was doing something, but it didn’t work out.”
“Have you prepared to become a singer?”
“How does Kang Joo-hyuk know that?”
A few years ago, the insides of a woman who was a lump of iron,
I look into every detail.
Smiling with a drunken face as if he knew nothing,
Turn the topic to her story
“I heard a rumor that there was an audition. “Have you ever done it?”
It doesn’t matter what words come out of her mouth.
You are the best.
I didn’t do anything wrong.
It will be fine.
Cheer up.
It can happen.
If you answer,
I’ll take care of it for you.
