Chapter 79 – 79. Evidence
“⋯Have you got a real boyfriend?”
“Uh…”
After a bit of thought, an easy solution came out.
Let’s call it bullshit
I don’t intend to date a girlfriend, so it’s easier to move on if I pretend to be there.
It was said that it was for that purpose from the beginning,
⋯If you insist on it, it’s not like you’re dating Winter.
It’s like a brother and sister and they’re just really good friends.
“Of course it’s bullshit. You just hit the wall, sister.”
“No, Kim Ga-eul, you don’t care. ⋯Winter, is it real?”
“I, I…”
After ignoring me without even looking at me, my sister turned to Winter and asked.
Like a father watching his daughter-in-law have a boyfriend, with very uneasy eyes.
The younger brother fidgeted, then licked his lips and swallowed.
⋯You usually lie well, but why are you suddenly like this?
You haven’t even had a drink yet, are you already drunk?
“⋯ Winter, did you really have a boyfriend?”
“That… That…”
⋯ There is nothing good about this story being long.
You shouldn’t keep throwing interesting material like this to the ears of people who are too far away.
It seems impossible to expect my brother to give a proper answer right away.
How should I cover it so it looks natural?
Should I tell you not to care about other people’s love affairs?
⋯ No, this is too aggressive.
And it’s not even natural.
Let’s just say he’s lying too.
Since they’re siblings who are liars from the beginning, this would be more natural.
“Of course there is no winter. I’ve never seen him leave without a part-time job.”
After all, in order to gloss over lies,
There was no choice but to add another lie.
“⋯Really?”
“Because it’s real. Seriously, I don’t trust people.”
“⋯.”
The motive glares at us with meaningful eyes.
⋯How far did you hear that?
Please shut up
We’re not even close friends.
“Ah, what is it? I was also worried that some strange kid might have stolen our cute winter.”
“⋯I don’t think I’m dating anyone yet. You lied, sister.”
“Yes? Well then. Our winter can’t be like that. Oh, would you like a drink?”
“Yes.”
My sister, whose face was relaxed again, poured a glass of soju for Winter.
⋯It wasn’t that difficult, but my heart fluttered every time.
I wasn’t sure how long it would be possible to hide a lie with a lie.
“Come on, have a drink. Hey, Ga-eul Kim. You get it too Pay for your lies by drinking.”
“No, because I don’t drink. And why only me, sister? He lied too.”
“Hey, Winter pretended to be there to get rid of those annoying clingers, and you made a mistake because you went around saying that you wouldn’t make the guy you should have made. Did you know?”
“⋯What bullshit, really.”
Without resisting the unreasonable standards, he quietly grumbled and drank the soju that was being poured.
⋯ It’s really filthy and tasteless.
It was soju that was tasteless enough to make me vomit,
The fact that if you can get past this much, it will be eaten cheaply,
I was able to relax for a while.
***
As the four of us gobbled up alcohol and meat, no matter how much I was, I couldn’t help but sense a strange aura.
New country? Was it A younger brother who knows my older sister.
Seeing Winter glance at me often with suspicious eyes, I can’t help but get angry.
You can’t eat meat comfortably.
“⋯Why do you keep looking at us like that?”
“⋯ Huh, me?”
“Uh.”
“Nana?”
“You’ve been staring at me like that ever since, why are you doing that?”
Is it because of the alcohol?
Was it because my brother and sister went to wash their hands for a second?
When the two of them were alone, he did something he would never normally do.
⋯ Even if I think about it, it’s openly a fight, but what to do.
You’re hot a little.
“I just… Why did you lie? Your brother.”
“What?”
“I heard that, but… I heard that Winter has a boyfriend. Surely.”
“⋯What?”
“What, didn’t you know?”
⋯ What on earth did you hear that makes you so sure?
I wouldn’t have heard it myself.
“I’m saying that because I heard some rumors.”
“It’s not a rumor, I heard it from people in the store. I heard that he always disappears after part-time job while going on a date. People say that they are envious because you look so happy.”
Ha⋯.
Do you listen to people who don’t even know what that is?
I was so excited that I couldn’t manage my expression, really…
⋯Even if it’s nothing to say.
“That’s a rumor. What rumors do you have?”
“Aren’t you worried?”
“What.”
“If your sister says she has a boyfriend she’s been hiding… Aren’t you usually worried?”
“⋯.”
“I also have a younger sister, so it’s because I’m worried for nothing. There are more things like that because they are country friends.”
⋯It’s really remote.
Well, since he’s so far-fetched, he must have gotten along well with my older sister.
I don’t think that’s bad, but that attention is pouring into us is a specification.
Because it shouldn’t get attention as much as possible.
“I say it for sure. My brother doesn’t have a boyfriend you’re not wrong Don’t you know that I go around with him every day?”
“⋯Really?”
“She has never gone to see anyone after taking the CSAT, so there’s no way she has a boyfriend. These days, after a part-time job, he eats with me and goes in, or goes to eat and sleeps. I don’t even go out on the weekends.”
“⋯?”
He refuted the rumors item by item based on accurate facts, but rather, doubts were growing more and more on his motive’s face.
⋯Is it strange?
“⋯ Why? What, is it strange?”
“Uh, that’s a bit… Strange, isn’t it?”
“What.”
“Are you meeting friends or anything like that?”
“⋯ Isn’t there?”
“⋯?”
Isn’t it normal for people to stay at home?
I’m out to work now
They say they go out for school during the semester, but other than that, they have to stick to the corner of the room.
⋯Are we weird?
If you think about it, I think I met some friends before I went to the army.
“Ah, what is it? Autumn Kim. What are you discussing so deeply with our sky?”
“⋯Ah, sister.”
While both of them were staring at each other strangely while floating question marks on their heads, the younger brother and older sister returned.
⋯Ah, what. I guess you kind of understood it.
Anyway, the fact that my sister doesn’t have a boyfriend has been communicated to you for sure, right?
That’s it.
“⋯Brother. Wait, I want to go to the convenience store.”
“Convenience store?”
I thought ⋯
My younger brother, who had followed my older sister, glared at me with a nonchalant expression, and then tried to pull me off the seat with a blunt tone three times more than usual.
“I drank and my head hurts. ⋯Catch me. I want to eat chocolate milk.”
“Oh, winter. Then go with your sister…”
“Let’s go, brother.”
“⋯Ah, yes. I’ll go to our convenience store, sister.”
As if he couldn’t even hear my sister’s words, Gye-ri grabbed my arm and shook it without even turning his head.
I thought things would only get worse if I sat still, so I obediently followed her brother and left the seat for a while.
I walked out of her restaurant and walked holding her arms while the chilly air hit me directly on the uvula.
As soon as I turned the corner to go to the crosswalk leading to the convenience store,
Her brother got in my way and hit my head on my chest.
“⋯Why.”
“⋯What are you doing?”
“What?”
“Do you seem to be on good terms with him?”
⋯Ah, that’s it.
You became honest because you got drunk in your head.
Before that, it was a bit more cute.
This is why soju is disgusting, and injections are also strange.
“What were you talking about?”
“⋯I said yes. He said that you actually have a boyfriend, but you seem to be lying.”
“What, did I gossip?”
“No, not that. He was worried about you too.”
“⋯Are you siding with him now?”
“Absolutely not. ⋯I got fed up and ran into him. Why are you staring at me in a bad mood?”
⋯Of course, the words weren’t this harsh, but
It’s not wrong if you look at the tone or intention.
Can’t you just say something to your cousin, friend and classmate, why are you staring at my younger brother like a fuck?
When he told the truth, his younger brother’s angry expression softened slightly.
If the situation had been the other way around, I would have reacted the same way.
Finding the answer is easy.
“Every time you leave work, it seems that rumors have spread in the store about going on a date with a smile on your face. ⋯Why didn’t you hide it?”
“⋯That wasn’t my fault. It’s the people who spread rumors that are wrong.”
“That’s right, but… Well, what. Because we are not at fault either. ⋯Existence itself is wrong.”
It’s a rumor.
After all, there is nothing wrong with them.
It wasn’t malicious rumors, and it wasn’t that I spread bad things.
We said we had a boyfriend first,
Because I cut off all the favors that often come with the excuse of going on a date.
Rather, if the rumors had spread properly, it wouldn’t have ended like this.
Even if the people we ran into the other day were open-mouthed, our brother and sister should have quit their part-time jobs.
So who do you blame?
In fact, our fault is the biggest.
“And when I told you why you didn’t have a boyfriend, you came back while looking at me strangely. I didn’t say much.”
“⋯How far did you say, oppa?”
“Um… You even said that after taking the CSAT, you only went out with me and didn’t meet any friends.”
“⋯Why do you even say that? Fool.”
“No, did you think that if I didn’t say that, the suspicion would never be resolved? What if he later informs his sister that Kim Winter actually has a boyfriend?”
Doubt.
Suspicion that Kyeol-gyeol has a boyfriend.
⋯I didn’t even have to solve it.
Rather, it feels like I just bought more doubts.
The reasons that are laid out are only justifications that were thought of after committing them in the end.
The fact that the story itself that Winter has a boyfriend was unpleasant, so I was really angry.
Even if you have doubts, the target will not be me.
“You couldn’t have done that. If I said that, I wouldn’t look like a very social person…”
“What, wasn’t that right? Just hanging out with my older brother every day.”
“No. I’m not meeting you on purpose. ⋯ I’m scared. Maybe.”
“⋯.”
“Aren’t you afraid of my brother?”
“⋯I’m scared too.”
Actually, maybe I made a mistake earlier, I still care about it.
I’m honestly afraid.
I am afraid of being suspicious.
I’m afraid of being pointed at.
I am afraid of being stoned.
Even if I endure it, I’m afraid my brother won’t be able to bear it.
⋯ More than anything, I’m afraid that her mother will look at us with a worried expression.
“Let’s go to the convenience store quickly and buy something to drink. What will my sister say if it is too late?”
“⋯Kiss.”
“⋯What?”
“I’m scared, so kiss me. ⋯Kiss.”
“Winter, street…”
“Kiss.”
I’m afraid,
I couldn’t refuse my brother who asked me to kiss him with a drunken tongue.
He’s more scary than me.
And because I promised to do it.
Promise to keep
I closed my eyes and lifted my younger brother by the chin, who was leaning against me, and shared the scent of alcohol.
It can be a nuisance to passers-by, so it’s not deep and short.
But not lightly.
It was a bit short compared to the kiss you would be satisfied with, but considering the location, I agreed to this much.
After dropping the connected mucous membrane, the moment we looked into each other’s eyes again and enjoyed the afterglow,
My brother jumped away from me.
“Oh, did you go to the convenience store?”
“Heaven sister.”
⋯I want to vomit.
The alcohol is so strong that it feels like my head is going to explode.
