Chapter 45 – Episode 45. Exchanging Numbers With a Worried Woman
“Really? You think I’ll be good at comforting people?”
Song Ji-eun asked.
I nodded and answered.
“Uh.”
“Ummm, why?”
I answered while looking at Song Ji-eun.
“Just looking at your face, you look like a really cold city girl, but you seem surprisingly friendly.”
Song Ji-eun is sitting next to her, not across from me.
So I was able to take a closer look.
“Ah, I hear that word once in a while. It looks old.”
She said two things, that she looks cold and that she looks friendly, but somehow Song Ji-eun seemed more into the former.
I lightly explained that I didn’t mean it that way.
“It may look tough, but in fact, the key is that it seems friendly.”
“Um~, is that so?”
“Ah.”
“It’s kind of like that. Actually, I look old, but I’m a little girly.”
Song Ji-eun spoke to me again a little later.
“Did oppa come here after studying?”
“Uh. In the study room at the academy.”
“It must have been very difficult until late at night.”
“Everyone’s job is the most difficult. It’s okay, it’s my job. What do you usually do after work, Jieun?”
“Today is Sunday, so I really rested. I want to rest tomorrow as well…”
Ji-Eun Song seemed to be looking at a distant mountain for a while while she seemed to have her specific thoughts about what I asked.
And then she had her say.
“Usually, after work, I go to Pilates and come back. Well, time flies quickly when I’m on the Internet.”
“Really? It’s good to exercise. Oppa also has to do some work, but it’s hard to do it in the style of exercise addiction like in the past because of studying these days.”
“You still look good enough?”
It will.
Even though I’m wearing a little thick clothes, I basically learned some martial arts and did a lot of fitness, so my body is somewhat angular.
If Song Ji-eun didn’t exercise at all, she might not know, but if she did exercise a little, even if she didn’t know that my body was thoroughly taken care of, she would be able to know that it was a body that had been taken care of to some extent.
I answered Jieun Song’s question with a moderate amount of humility, not pretentiousness.
“Right now, I only go to the gym once in a while, but if I pass, I’ll go every day. You mean Ji-eun needs to pass as quickly as you do?”
“Ah~, oppa will be just like me if he passes next year. Men are usually 26 after being discharged from the military. There aren’t many people like him who graduate early and don’t take a leave of absence.”
She seemed to remember well what I said during our conversation.
“It could be, but you’re really particularly fast~.”
Song Ji-eun smiled at my praise.
We canned the beer once and took a few sips.
After drinking some beer, Song Ji-eun started talking to me.
“But brother.”
“Hmm.”
“I’m a little afraid when the situation comes that I can say that I have become economically independent in a way.”
“Which one?”
“When I was young, I was able to be protected. No matter where I was hurt or injured, my parents would take care of everything.”
“Yes.”
“But now that I think I have to solve everything, I’m kind of scared.”
“Which one?”
“Are people old?”
“Right.”
“As with everything, as I get older, my teeth, eyes, neck, waist, and limbs will all deteriorate, but I’m a bit afraid that I’ll have to take care of myself.”
Everyone seems to be like that.
Song Ji-eun has a feeling that she thinks that way a little early for a twenty-four-year-old, but even if she doesn’t want to admit it, it’s hard for people to avoid life and death in the end.
In the process, there may come a moment when the body cannot function properly as a certain amount of time passes.
Even if we do not experience it with our own bodies, we are constantly exposed to diseases and deaths from people around us and from many media outlets.
Speaking of the original standard, you shouldn’t get caught up in her pace here.
It’s good to have a serious story after enough intimacy has been formed, and before that, it’s good to communicate with pleasant stories.
This is why many comedians have beautiful women.
They are very good at telling pleasant stories, funny stories.
When ordinary men talk about serious things and are unknowingly branded as just serious men or suitable people as friends, funny people give others a laugh, suppress rational thinking, and become fun and want to be together. .
Whether it can give a smile and whether it is possible to interact smoothly in communication can be seen as the basis for a woman to see a man in the beginning.
Being serious is for later.
It’s okay to talk about values, religion, etc. After getting close.
But I am an exception.
It’s because it’s good.
Even if I talk about politics and religion, the military, soccer, and soccer in the military, many women always feel the opposite sex attraction to me.
So, I could see that I had the mental condition to fully accept Song Ji-eun’s worrying words.
“You mean you’re afraid of getting sick?”
“Yes.”
“Does the tooth come out first? Are you afraid to go to the dentist?”
Haha, did I?”
“Haha, uh. But why? It’s completely healthy. It’s white.”
“I’m afraid of not getting better, so I tend to go to the dentist often for health checkups. I also do scaling regularly.”
“Hmm.”
She had pretty, well-groomed teeth that were barely visible when she was talking or laughing.
It might be innate to some extent, but seeing her say that she consistently took care of herself, I also thought that she was pretty diligent whether it was exercising or taking care of her health.
She said her
“Me too, and I might have another child, right?”
“Yes.”
“I’m afraid to take full care of myself, but I have to take responsibility and take care of everything, including the children. I wonder if I can do that. I’m afraid of that too.”
It was a future-oriented story.
Since Song Ji-eun had already passed the civil service exam, it was well worth thinking about it.
I tend to agree to some extent with her words.
Even if it wasn’t until I thought of a child, the present me also had a slightly similar thought in my life.
Or when you get your license.
It’s scary when you first get behind the wheel of a car, but when you see other people doing it, that fear is a little forgotten.
Many people drive cars.
Grandparents, grandparents, aunts, aunts, kids who studied well, kids who didn’t, the uncle next door, and the lady upstairs can all drive.
Even if there is a difference in technique, everyone can do it anyway. But there is something that I can’t say. The same thought, for some reason, gives me some courage.
It seems similar to that.
Like Song Ji-eun said, you may be afraid to take responsibility for your body, get married, start a family, and be responsible for the children you will have in that family.
Even so, many other people live like that.
Just as there are many people who can drive a car, there are many people who take care of their health, get married and raise a family.
With that thought in mind, I stroked the hair of Song Ji-eun, who was sitting next to me.
Feeling my touch, Song Ji-eun smiled at me while holding a beer can.
“Whoops. Why?”
“You’re really, really different from what you look like.”
“Isn’t it? I’ve heard that my face looks like Iljin’s. But, actually, I only studied. It’s a world that’s endlessly busy preparing for the future.”
“My brother tends to think of other people at times like that. Then it’s even better.”
“What do you think of other people?”
I stroked Jieun Song’s hair, then removed her hand, picked up one of her squid sticks, and met her eyes again.
“My parents, my friend’s parents, the uncle next door, and the grandparents in the countryside all live like that. Many other people may have worries, but they are living a good life, right? If you do, it gives you the courage to do the same, and it makes you feel at ease. It’s like using some kind of crowd psychology in a positive way?”
Song Ji-eun listened to me.
At the same time, when I touched her hair, she seemed to lean on me a little, giving herself over to me like her cat begging me to play.
“Um~.”
Song Ji-eun seemed lost in her thoughts for a moment.
Song Ji-eun’s gestures, as if her drunkenness had risen slightly, and her coming a little closer to me, even stimulated her a little.
Song Ji-eun, who was thinking a little, raised her head.
And she said to me
“Why don’t oppa be with me? In this world where it’s hard to live normally.”
I have many cases like this.
As I get to know them a little, they often express their feelings for me directly or indirectly.
From my point of view, Song Ji-eun is also attractive enough.
Should I say she’s like a good defender in terms of football?
Judging by the fact that she seems to care a lot about this and that and manage it well, it is an image that she will do well at work and housekeeping.
In addition, even when you look at her, she has a considerable visual that looks a bit like a female Iljin, to borrow the expression Song Ji-eun said about herself.
It looks like it, but Song Ji-eun’s personality is not like Iljin, but rather friendly.
If I hadn’t been explosively focused on my civil service studies, I might have agreed to her offer to join me, but I laughed and shook her head.
“Well, I’m still looking for a job, so I’m looking for a job instead of looking for a boyfriend right now?”
“Huh~.”
I am, however, tempered by countless experiences.
The temptation to fly out of nowhere can be covered to some extent.
I told her that the look in her eyes showed a bit of regret and loneliness after hearing my answer.
“How about going on a blind date? I got a job in a difficult world like these days, but don’t you come in a lot of blind dates?”
Song Ji-eun nodded her head while holding her beer can.
“Yes. That’s right. So I went on a lot of blind dates.”
She said her
“But, I’m not that high-minded or look at my appearance that much… But when I’m introduced to people around me, it’s really bad.”
“Why?”
She replied with a slight laugh.
“You have to be able to kiss her. You have to be able to kiss her right away when her face approaches. Among people on a blind date, there’s no such arrangement. I’d rather meet her around the corner.”
“How are you?”
“There are a lot of complete uncles. I usually get involved with men at good jobs who have a bigger age difference than my older brothers who have a short age difference with me, and I’m a bit like that now.”
“Isn’t there anyone you like at the place you work with?”
Song Ji-eun shook her head.
“Ah, not at all there.”
And then she asked me again.
“Brother.”
“Uh?”
“Your girlfriend doesn’t make it at all?”
I immediately answered her question.
“Well… I know a lot of younger siblings and older sisters, but it’s not like I’m dating anyone in particular.”
“I knew it. I felt like I didn’t have a girlfriend for some reason.”
“Why?”
I kind of wondered why she thought I didn’t have a girlfriend right now.
Song Ji-eun answered right away.
“If I had a girlfriend, I would have rushed into the room without helping with the sorting. I have to stay with you.”
Haha! Ah~, that’s right~.”
It was a good reasoning.
I also wondered if she was a bit smart because she was an accepted student.
Aside from trying to drink one more can of beer, the conversation with Song Ji-eun took longer than I thought because I thought that the story was well communicated.
But fortunately, it seems that I was able to play for the amount of time that seemed like I was going to play in moderation enough to not interfere with tomorrow’s class.
After talking with her, she felt a bit sad.
There is such a thing too.
Addiction to people.
As usual, if you go home alone after drinking beer alone, you are fine, but going home alone after drinking beer with others is a bit disappointing.
Relationships with people sometimes seem like that.
In a state where you are accustomed to not having it, there is no inspiration, but it is a little so if you do not have it.
But fortunately, if I am like this, I can meet many women in the past and not be shaken mentally.
I decided to say goodbye to Song Ji-eun.
“Ah~, a lot of time has passed, right? I’ll go soon.”
I got up and patted her on the back.
Then Song Ji-eun seemed to be a little regretful.
“Uh, are you going?”
“Yes. I have to sleep to go to the academy tomorrow.”
“Brother.”
“Hmm?”
As she was about to get up, Song Ji-eun came up to her and I stayed for a while.
Then Song Ji-eun spoke her words.
“Didn’t you say you didn’t make girlfriends?”
“Ah.”
“Then… Is it okay to have a beer with me once in a while?”
I decided to accept that much.
“Yes, then.”
Song Ji-eun seemed a little relieved by my answer.
And she had her say.
“I didn’t know that you were the one who went in with a drink on the roof almost every day… But anyway, if you ask to see me every day, it’s a burden and you can do it too, brother, please contact me.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Oppa, when it’s comfortable.”
When I have time…
I’m not sure when that will be.
Even if I just live a normal daily life, even if I don’t have any special intentions, I’m just a handsome man, and women are just endlessly twisted.
So, I think the exam will be over if I contact them once in a while saying that I think of them.
Still, in Song Ji-eun’s case, since she lives so close to the same building, it seemed like there might be a day when we run into each other by chance like now.
I didn’t intend to contact her like that, but at her words, I decided to exchange numbers.
“Ah. Can you give me your number?”
“Yes!”
Before going back to the room where I live, I exchanged her number with Song Ji-eun, the girl on the rooftop.
After exchanging numbers, this time I brought Song Ji-eun’s can of beer with her and put them in the separate collection bins on the first floor before entering my room.
