Chapter 170 – #170. Lotto
I never imagined in my life that I would come to a place like this, but today is the day.
The two of us arrived at the so-called Gangnam Hot Place.
I felt awkward just sitting there because I felt like something hadn’t come to me often.
“So oppa, what is this famous store?”
“It’s raw pasta?”
“How is it different from just pasta?”
“I don’t know. I guess the side is raw. But I read your blog, and the clerk will come and explain?”
As soon as I finished my words, the tall, tall clerk started plating.
“Have you ever visited our store?”
“No.”
“Then let me help explain the menu.”
A clerk who kindly explains one by one while passing the menu.
To be honest, I couldn’t figure out what kind of dish it was just by looking at the menu name, but after hearing the explanation, we were able to get a rough idea.
“Then I think you can have this and this… And a T-bone steak.”
After receiving a menu recommendation, she told Naeun to choose the menu she wanted to eat, and she carefully started ordering one by one.
To be honest, at this price, she wondered if anything she could eat would be delicious, and now that she thinks that Naeun has a baby in her belly, the thought that Naeun should always give Naeun what she wants to eat dominated her mind.
“Are you okay with alcohol? We also have a course that pairs wines that go well with pasta.”
Naeun tilts her head at me.
Okay. What. I came all the way here, so why not have a drink?
“Yes. Please.”
“Yes. All right. Please wait for a moment.”
When the clerk returned to the kitchen, we resumed our conversation.
“Do you think it would be good to take some pictures today?”
“To agree.”
We don’t take pictures in Amman, but we took some pictures so it looked worth celebrating.
“If you want something to eat, you can order more.”
“Ughhhhh. I think this will do.”
“Aren’t you supposed to eat two servings?”
Naeun stroked her stomach as I smiled and joked with her.
“I guess the baby isn’t that hungry yet.”
“I think it’s because I gave you milk earlier.”
“Do I really have to come all the way here and say that?”
“You, too, put out that Satan in front of all the kids at school, and what?”
I thought that the score of kaengpan chi in a public place was boiling.
“I will prepare a salad for you.”
As the food came out one by one, we started filling our hungry stomachs.
“Ohh… It tastes amazing.”
“I know. It’s a taste I’ve never tasted before.”
I don’t know if it’s worth the money, but it definitely had a different taste than the pasta I usually eat.
“Braided!”
When she raised the wine glass prepared by the staff, Naeun also raised her glass accordingly.
“Happy birthday. Naeun.”
“Congratulations on becoming a father. Brother.”
What is this… This feeling of exchanging birthdays…
Still, it was right to celebrate either way, so I poured wine into my burning throat.
Naeun looks at me with eyes asking what are you doing.
“Brother.”
“Why. Also.”
“Who drinks wine like beer?”
“I’m paying my money and I’m drinking, so what are you going to do?”
The visual of the steak that followed was definitely overwhelming.
“Hmm… What is this…”
“I will… Oh… This is a little…”
“Give me the knife. I’ll cut it.”
A knife sharpened in the Department of Architecture.
Now I write here.
I cut the steak neatly in rows and put the one that looked the most delicious into Naeun’s mouth.
“How is it?”
Naeun, who had been munching on her, swallowed all the food, and then he gestured for me to come closer.
I put my upper body forward. Naeun pulls my ear towards her.
“Sex.”
Oh… That’s right.
Then I can’t stand it either.
I immediately took a piece of meat with a fork, dipped it in plenty of sauce, and put it in my mouth.
Extreme, rock, extreme, rock.
It was a taste that came out of the word paradise.
I also thought that human’s primal desire is great.
A business that satisfies appetite, sexual desire, sleep, etc. Is really the best business.
In that context, I wondered if I might be a person who provides first-class service.
Meal is coming to an end.
Lastly, after ordering the signature dessert of this place, tiramisu, I took out the candle I had brought with me.
“Oh. Are you having a birthday cake here?”
“Huh. Because it’s delicious here. I’m just going to do it here.”
“The atmosphere is nice and nice. What.”
When the neat square-shaped cake came out, I put the candles in one by one.
“Brother. Will you sing too?”
Naeun looks at me with playful eyes.
“…I’ll do it if you ask me to.”
It would be embarrassing if I could feel the gaze from the seat next to me, but I was able to do this much.
“Then call me small. Flaw…”
I took out a match and lit it, then moved the lights to the candles one by one.
Candles that are small but emit hot heat.
Naeun’s face lit up in scarlet.
“Then start singing!”
“Happy birthday~ Happy birthday~”
Mistress… It was me who kept looking at my surroundings while singing because I kept showing my notice.
“My dear Naeun~ Happy Birthday~”
As soon as the song is finished, the girlfriend blows out the candles.
She seemed to lack the power of the wind slightly, and she was the one who broke twice.
“Did you make a wish?”
“Yes.”
“What did you wish for?”
“…I hope you and your brother get along well in the future.”
I raised an objection to such a cute answer.
“Hey. I should have wished for something better than that. Just like winning the lottery.”
“Wouldn’t it be possible to earn as much as 1st place in the lottery if my brother continued to write obscene stories?”
…Are you going to make your husband a machine for writing obscenities? You.
“My lottery is my brother, so I’m just going to make my wish this year with it. Flaw…”
I didn’t bother to hide the twitching corners of my mouth, but I smiled wide.
“Yes… I’ll work hard to earn…”
“Yes! I will work hard!”
…Maybe someone heard it. I looked around again.
* * *
To my dear Naeun.
Like I did, this is probably the first letter you receive from your lover.
Of course, since you’re a popular person, you may have received unreasonable confession letters from other boys, but the letter I received from you was the first letter I received from a woman in my life.
You’re not good at writing, so please understand. I wrote it like that, but you probably can’t imagine how much the clumsy expressions contained in your neat handwriting made me happy.
So I really wanted to take care of your 25th birthday without being envious.
I wanted to give you something nice as a gift, and I wanted it to be a date that would last a long time, so I prepared it diligently.
Of course, I’m the first person to prepare, so I might disappoint you, but it’s my first time.
I hope you will forgive me if I make a stupid mistake.
Naeun.
The two of us met by chance, but lately, there are times when I wonder if this wasn’t destiny.
The fact that I went to borrow materials from you while I was closing the day.
The fact that you were in a hurry to finish the illustration that day.
That I was a midwinter writer.
That you were HNE.
All of those facts are too exquisite to be a coincidence.
Sometimes I feel like my reality is more like a novel than the stories I write.
That’s right.
What is the probability that my keuty illustrator is a cute kid like you?
After writing something, this also seems like the title of a web novel.
So I try to cherish our relationship very much.
Of course, I have no intention of breaking up, but even if we break up and fall in love with other people, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget you.
How could I forget this
It means that the days after meeting you were dazzling, surprising, and happy.
Uh… I wrote something and read it again, and it seems like it’s a style you’d hate.
Honestly, considering you’re a fan of mine, I thought about writing 5 chapters with only obscenity, but I’ll do that next time.
This is your first birthday.
So be patient. Hannah.
Love you. Naeun.
We’re not a couple who say we love each other so often.
So today is my birthday, so I want to do a lot.
Love you. Hannah.
I had fantasies about dating, but if it weren’t for you, I would have never known that being in love is such a thrilling thing.
I never get tired of seeing it every day, and the more I look at it, the more I think it’s cute.
Eat or eat…
No. Let’s talk about this in next year’s birthday letter.
Because this year feels like an all-ages version.
How is it that even your birthday is April 1st?
I think you are a very strange person.
So in the future, I hope I can celebrate April 1st, when I can legally lie every time.
Very happy birthday Naeun.
I will definitely make you happy in the future.
Love you.
Your writer.
Lee Min-ho.
“Ah… Really… Cringe…”
I’m just going to write some dirty talk…
Why are you making people cry?
Really…
