## Chapter 89 – (2)
“Hmph…”
I sighed, looking around at the disaster that had become my home.
The place was filled with wrapping paper, boxes, and unidentifiable scraps of paper.
“Was I a bit excessive?”
Over the past two weeks, preparing for this trip, the activity I devoted the most time to was none other than shopping.
Having never traveled abroad, or even domestically, I studied travel essentials and necessities online and on YouTube to prepare.
And as I watched those videos, I started buying things one by one.
Buying without restraint, my home became messier each time something arrived, until it finally ended up like this.
“…”
To be honest, it was a bit much.
I replaced my suitcase, clothes, shoes, sunglasses, and even my phone with new ones.
All for this one trip.
Looking back, it felt like I was broadcasting my excitement for the trip with all my new clothes and belongings.
Standing in front of the mirror, I suddenly felt embarrassed.
Among them, the sunglasses felt the most embarrassing, so I decided to leave them at home.
After checking the items in my suitcase one last time, I headed outside.
I postponed cleaning the house until later.
Future me will take care of it.
After leaving the house, I got into the taxi I had called in advance.
Even before I got in, the driver glanced at me and naturally entered Incheon Airport into the navigation system.
“Incheon Airport, right?”
“…Yes.”
He seemed to have entered it before even seeing my suitcase.
Am I that obvious?
After a long taxi ride, I arrived at the airport.
The airport was already bustling with people hurrying around.
Honestly, it was a bit unexpected.
It was 8 AM.
I thought it was a bit early, so there would be fewer people, but it seemed that 8 AM wasn’t that early for people planning to travel.
“It’s around here… Ah.”
As I turned my head, trying to find the two near the meeting spot, I easily spotted them.
The people passing by were similar to me.
They paused to look at the two of them.
The two seemed used to the attention, talking to each other and looking at their phones with indifferent expressions, even as people stared as they passed.
I slowly approached them.
Hanna waved her hand happily when she saw me, and the woman next to her nodded awkwardly.
A white t-shirt, a jacket, and jeans.
It wasn’t anything special, but I thought she looked good in them.
It was probably thanks to her figure and looks.
“Introduce yourself, this is my… Seonghan Oppa. Oppa, introduce yourself, this is Jian, my model friend.”
Hanna paused for a moment, trying to introduce me, and then corrected herself.
Oppa.
It didn’t feel bad.
“Nice to meet you.”
“Yeah, well… nice to meet you…”
I greeted her, but Jian just nodded roughly in response.
What a transparent reaction.
Showing hostility from the first meeting.
I found this quite amusing.
As the two of us exchanged awkward greetings, Hanna led us around the airport.
As the most recent traveler, she was very skilled at completing the boarding procedures.
After the procedures, we went to the duty-free shop, where I watched the two of them shop.
The two seemed quite close, linking arms and chatting as they enjoyed shopping.
I wasn’t particularly interested in the clothing brands or cosmetics they were talking about, so I just watched from a step behind.
And then, their conversation turned to me.
“Oh? Hanna, didn’t you want to buy this bag? Ask him to buy it for you~”
“Oh? Ji, Jian, what are you saying… Oppa, no, it’s okay…”
The conversation came up at a duty-free shop of a luxury brand.
Hanna waved her hands, denying it, but she couldn’t take her eyes off the bag, as if it wasn’t entirely untrue.
It seemed like it was really the bag she was looking for.
Her expression was so cute that I readily called an employee to pay for the bag.
Hanna kept refusing, but after I persuaded her several times that it was okay,
She reluctantly started talking to the employee about the color and design she was looking for.
Seeing Hanna with a faint smile on her face, I felt rewarded for the gift.
“…”
Even after seeing the heartwarming scene of a couple exchanging gifts, Jian glared at me with narrowed eyes.
Could this be an attempt to embarrass me?
Well, the price of a luxury bag was quite expensive.
I had bought a lot while preparing for the trip, but the price of all those things combined was about the same.
Even so, it wasn’t a significant amount for me.
The income I earned in the hero world this time was quite large.
I didn’t avoid Jian’s gaze, which was glaring at me, and looked back at her.
“Thank you so much…”
“It’s nothing, it’s a gift.”
Hanna, who didn’t use honorifics, had a different vibe.
A sweeter atmosphere naturally arose, and Jian looked at the scene with some dissatisfaction.
She didn’t seem very good at hiding her feelings.
Or, did she notice that I was showing off to her by being lovey-dovey with Hanna while looking at her?
If you came on a couple’s trip, you have to endure this much.
On the other hand, I was grateful to Jian.
Thanks to her, I was able to give Hanna a nice gift.
Hanna carefully packed the well-packaged bag into her suitcase.
She said she was excited to unpack it in Japan.
And we headed to the plane.
Nothing special happened on the plane.
I just spent two hours in a slightly nervous state, excited to be on a plane for the first time.
At first, I admired the scenery outside the plane window, but after about 10 minutes, I quickly got used to it.
After two hours, we arrived in Japan, and I was busy following the guide, Hanna.
As we moved, I naturally asked Hanna about the accommodation, and Hanna replied.
“Huh? Oh, Jian booked the accommodation.”
“…”
I could roughly guess how the rooms would be divided.
We arrived in Shibuya.
It was a little past lunchtime, so there were really swarms of people.
There were so many people that watching the countless people crossing the crosswalk at the same time was a tourist attraction.
The accommodation was close, so I could see that sight from the window.
It seemed like it would be fun to watch.
“Hoo.”
I hadn’t done anything, just taken the plane and found the accommodation, but I felt a little tired.
But I thought I could take a little rest as soon as I checked into the hotel.
A small problem occurred.
The two people who were talking to the hotel staff were flustered and exchanged glances.
“What’s wrong?”
“I can’t understand…”
When I asked Hanna, she replied like that.
I asked the hotel staff to explain again in Japanese, and the hotel staff kindly explained again.
“Ah.”
It wasn’t a big problem.
The hotel staff said that we had arrived a little earlier than the check-in time, so the cleaning wasn’t finished yet, so we should wait a little longer.
However, the two people who didn’t understand this misunderstood that there was a problem and they couldn’t check in.
Like the two people, the hotel staff seemed flustered.
It seemed like the staff who could respond in Korean was busy dealing with other guests, so they were in trouble.
In the end, the incident was settled by me conveying the story.
“They said they’re cleaning, so wait.”
“Ah… Oppa, you can speak Japanese too?”
“…A little.”
Then Hanna admired and looked up at me.
Jian glared at me with a strangely resentful face.
Soon after, the two started talking to pass the time, and I had no choice but to step back again.
This time, the topic of conversation was fashion and makeup.
Jian said she booked the accommodation herself, and it seemed like there was a reason why she booked it in Shibuya.
I didn’t know it well, but it seemed like this place was a famous shopping mecca in Japan.
Full of brands and makers that you can’t see in Korea, this place was a place where it was not easy for models to resist the temptation of shopping.
So the two people were continuing to discuss where to go and what to buy while talking.
No matter what, it wasn’t easy to join that conversation.
At that time, I felt a gaze.
Jian looked at me while talking to Hanna.
That gaze was like.
‘Did you see that?’ It was as if she was boasting.
I couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.
It was certainly not easy for me to have a conversation with Hanna on such topics.
Even so, she came out like this openly.
It seemed like she didn’t want to lose to me that much.
“The rooms are 1205 and 1305, and the 12th floor is a women-only floor.”
I heard the story while receiving the card key from the hotel staff.
“Huh.”
I knew there were two rooms, but a women-only floor.
I wouldn’t even be able to access it.
It seemed like Jian had booked the accommodation on purpose.
I took the elevator and arrived on the 12th floor.
“Then see you later. Let’s go first, Hanna.”
“Oh? Uh-huh…”
Taking Hanna, who was looking at me with a regretful expression, the two got off on the 12th floor.
I admired Jian a little and went down to the 13th floor to find my room.
I checked the accommodation, unpacked my luggage, sat on the bed, and looked out the window.
Arriving at the accommodation and looking at the billboards and people outside the window, I could finally feel it.
That I had come to Japan.
