Chapter 110 – 110. Convenience Store
⋯I don’t want to go.
The feeling of a lamb being led to the slaughterhouse.
Is this a bit exaggerated?
Still, you can’t break your promise.
“I’m coming.”
“Oh, son, have a good day~”
My mother’s voice mixed with the distant sound of cooking stew.
It was kimchi stew tonight.
It turned into chicken in an instant.
“Go. Brother. ⋯Drink in moderation.”
“I’m not going to drink, I’m going to eat.”
“Aren’t you going to come back very drunk after saying that?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t get drunk even if I drink beer until my stomach explodes.”
“I wasn’t worried.”
In fact, I wanted to say no.
It’s also a test from next Tuesday.
But… In the atmosphere where everyone ends warmly, I’m the only one who falls for it, right?
I went looking forward to it, wondering if winter could be used as an excuse to cancel it.
‘I don’t know if there are people I don’t know. My brother did that I’m the only one there who knows me.’
‘⋯Uh.’
‘⋯If you say you can’t go because of me… Wouldn’t it?’
There was a problem with the reason for not wanting to go and the reason for not being able to give an excuse.
⋯Though I doubt that I am worrying and trembling alone.
The leader is obviously awkward.
The couple treated me normally as a senior without showing any reluctance.
Of course, there is a big difference in the situation we are facing.
The sighting of her brother and sister coming out of the motel,
Hearing her brother and sister confess their love to her is completely different.
Even if the first one can be roughly self-justified, the second one cannot be interpreted in a different way.
As I was about to leave the house with a deep sigh,
“⋯ Why are you following me?”
“Mom, I’ll go out for a while too!”
“Where is your daughter going?”
Winter came out to follow me in clothes that looked filthy cold.
⋯ Amman, even in spring.
Going outside in shorts is a bit…
“Convenience store! I’m going to buy you something to drink! I’ll be right back!”
“Hey, coffee and Coke Zero at home…”
He told me a story without a tag, so he immediately reprimanded me,
She sighed, posing with her index finger on her lips, and quickly closed her mouth.
⋯It’s bullshit, that’s it.
As Kyeol-gyeol left the front door, he took off her coat and handed it to her.
“⋯Did I wear a cardigan?”
“Trap it around your waist.”
“Why?”
“At this time, the part-time job at the convenience store is a man.”
“⋯Can’t you just go with me?”
“Then should I go like this?”
Winter, who was blindly holding his coat, clung to my back and covered my lower body with my body.
Mmm⋯.
What are we doing right in front of the house?
“Doing this outside is really pervert. Pervert.”
“You’re 19 degrees and you’re wearing shorts is even weirder.”
“⋯Who is it for?”
“⋯Let’s go downstairs and talk.”
Hugging me from behind, I waddled down the stairs with penguin steps and left the apartment.
No matter how much it was, I couldn’t walk around like this even outside, so even in winter, I quietly wrapped my coat around my waist to cover my back.
⋯ But is this okay as it is?
I’ll try it out later when I have time.
“Did you bring your wallet?”
“Oh, I forgot.”
“⋯ Am I going?”
“Are you going to abandon your poor little sister?”
They chatted and trudged to the convenience store.
I came early anyway, so it’s okay to spend some time.
“Welcome⋯.”
After saying hello that hasn’t changed since I was discharged, I look around the store like Winter.
⋯Didn’t you say you were going to buy something to drink?
You seem to be very interested in this and that.
“Ah, brother. This this.”
“What.”
“Braided.”
Winter, who had his hands behind his back, pulled out the stuff he had hidden behind his back and showed it to me.
“⋯ Hey.”
⋯I did something but stockings.
Coffee color.
I prefer white or black.
“Why buy it now?”
“Uh… Is it cold?”
“Who wants to come out dressed like that?”
“It’s because my brother suddenly left early. I still have an appointment left.”
“If you go early for your appointment, come back early.”
“What is that.”
I took the stockings in my hand and put them back, picked up the black leggings right next to me and put them back in my hands.
Then, the mischievous winter face quickly began to fill with an absurd expression.
“Why?”
“⋯What do you mean?”
“They buy me clothes because it’s cold. It doesn’t cover your feet, so isn’t this more comfortable to wear at home?”
Even so, you can’t just wear stockings at home, can you?
Whether the mother is present or not.
What about leggings? There are often people who walk around wearing only leggings.
Of course, I will never let you go out wearing just that.
“⋯You really mean that? Really?”
“Isn’t black better than coffee?”
“⋯A real pervert.”
Why.
I mean, it’s my preference to stand out in the difference between my clothes and my skin color.
He made me that way because he only wore black.
Why are you blaming me?
“⋯Anyway, pick a drink or something quick. I have to go.”
“Ah, yes. I forgot.”
Have you forgotten your original purpose?
Or maybe this was her original purpose? She was about to go to the counter after finishing shopping that was unclear,
Winter hid behind my back and poked her in the side.
“Why.”
“⋯This.”
Then, I handed a box to my hand and left the convenience store in a hurry.
⋯No.
We don’t use this
Why are you giving
⋯Can’t count.
“⋯Do you have a point card?”
“Oh, no.”
“Yes, please put it on the front of the card.”
“Yes.”
In the end, after paying for the added items together, I came out of the convenience store with the part-timer’s fierce gaze.
She picked up a plastic bag and went outside, but her brother was nowhere to be seen.
⋯Of course, when I headed to the back alley I always went to, I saw Winter squatting and waiting.
“⋯ Hey.”
I was going to say something if my clothes were washed, but it covers it well.
As he looked at me, he got up and held out his coat to me again, and I tried to accept it, but he didn’t let go of it.
“What?”
“Get down on your knees, brother.”
He obediently brought me to eye level, and he squeezed my shoulders, squeezing me even more.
Then, after he had them put down the plastic bag they were holding on the floor, the instructions continued.
“Left hand.”
“Am I a dog?”
“⋯ Then the left arm.”
After correcting the word to keep the minimum dignity, I raised my arm again.
Then, Gye-gyeol, who was higher than me, wrapped me in a coat and started dressing me with his left arm.
⋯ Mmm.
I feel weird, but this.
“Right arm.”
In the same way, he stretched out his right arm and inserted it into the remaining hole and straightened his bent knee.
Winter, who had become smaller than me again, grabbed the hem of his coat and began to angle it.
⋯What are you doing before you go out to eat with college students?
All of those people live around here.
“⋯Go.”
“Kim Winter.”
“Huh.”
“⋯Why did you buy this?”
Suddenly creating a warm atmosphere, he didn’t look at what he was trying to get over, and took a box out of a plastic bag that he had put on the floor and took a photo of Winter’s head.
“⋯Do you want to buy one?”
“I wanted to buy it, but why did you leave it to me and run away? I am ashamed of myself.”
“Are you ashamed of that too?”
“The part-timer was looking at me with eyes that wanted to hit me.”
Actually, well… It’s not a big deal to go alone and live alone.
⋯It’s a bit of a problem to go with him and buy it.
Because the purpose is so clear.
It’s honestly disgusting that other people can look at her like that.
⋯ It is true that Zhoohgeum has a sense of superiority.
Because it’s not a relationship where you can just reveal that kind of thing.
“And you don’t use it, this.”
“That’s because oppa is garbage… That’s why.”
“⋯Yes. Honestly, it’s true that I don’t write because I’m trash. I’m not going to use it anyway, so isn’t it worth the money?”
“Ah, I will write…”
“How?”
“For the purpose of not getting the duvet dirty while doing other things…”
Ji bought it,
Ji said,
Seeing Ji’s embarrassment, she put the box in her hand into her pocket.
Well, well, it can’t be like that every day.
There are many places to write.
You don’t like things in your mouth, he.
I don’t deny it.
“⋯Go in and eat. I’ll call you before I go back.”
“⋯Yes. Have a little drink.”
“No, I don’t get drunk even if I drink beer. I’m going to eat chicken. Even if the second car goes, it won’t go. Not even close friends.”
“No. You can get drunk with just one drink.”
“When did I?”
“⋯Did you know that every time you drink, you get into trouble?”
⋯Me?
I can’t do that…
It’s just that I’m intoxicated by the atmosphere and become emotional.
I’ve never done anything like beating something up or injecting it badly.
Even if you get really drunk, you end up falling asleep.
It’s unfair.
It’s unfortunate…
I can’t even respond.
Didn’t I drink and hit winter a lot?
“⋯Okay. I’ll call you when I’m drunk.”
“Ah, since I don’t believe it at all, I’ll have to ask Nael to call me when oppa drinks.”
“Niel?”
“⋯Oppa, call me by my friend’s name?”
“Oh, no no. I can’t remember who it is at the moment.”
“If you get drunk, I will go and bring you back, so don’t hit me. Really.”
“I don’t hit.”
“There are only people I know there, so ⋯I don’t want to go there if possible.”
“⋯Everyone there is nice. Tea guide that you know at all. I’m not even pretending to be awkward.”
In fact, not at all.
I don’t pretend to be awkward, but there are many cases where I am really awkward.
I don’t know if they were considerate or if they understood them well in their own way, but I was sure that it was one of the two.
I have to express my gratitude…
It’s frustrating because it’s an issue that shouldn’t be expressed thanks.
“⋯Yes. Okay. Come on, brother.”
“Okay.”
After hugging one last time before leaving, we walked towards our destination on time for our appointment.
It’s nice that everyone lives nearby.
You can’t even take the subway.
Even winter can come to see me soon.
Alcohol is,
I really need to quit
Isn’t it bad for your health too?
Getting drunk on something
I realized that just being together is enough.
