Chapter 125 – 22. Deceiver (3)
22. Deceiver (3)
Yuri noona’s boyfriend, Mr. Choi’s car, arrived at the place where we arrived, not in the city where we hang out, like college towns or towns, but in a real city, a bustling center. A place where people of all ages come together to enjoy culture, and there are truly endless things to do. It’s not like we’ve never been to a place like this since we’ve been to a place like this since we’ve been playing around while calling ourselves a country boy, but since it wasn’t a condition where we could come often, we decided to make the most of today’s opportunity.
He got out of the car and approached Chae-kyung, holding her hand. Going out to downtown on a double date, Chae-gyeong also put a lot of effort into dressing up. The slightly shorter skirt than usual, with her knees showing slightly, and the white top that fit her upper body made her magnificent body stand out even more, and above all, the color and outline of the pink bra that was weakly seen through the white top was a see-through look that had never been seen on her in her entire life. It made it possible to know that it was a costume. Moreover, the sight of her wearing the choker I gave her around her neck was even provocative.
I was so excited about her appearance that I wished it hadn’t been for my older sister and teacher Choi. Chae-kyung’s fashion is the essence of being a colleague that can only be seen on certain social media platforms. In the past, before we were still dating, when I substituted Chae-kyung for erotic memes I found on the Internet, it was the same as when I was playing her daughter. However, if it wasn’t for the older sister couple, I wouldn’t have had a chance to see her like this, so it would be right to be grateful. Enjoying Chae-kyung’s fashion later, she will listen if you ask him to wear it when the two of you are alone.
“Now~ Since the markets are over, shall we eat first?”
It seemed that the older sister’s couple already had a regular restaurant here. A family restaurant run by an individual, not a franchise. The menu is okay, but they say it’s delicious, and the price is quite high instead. Fortunately, Mr. Choi said that he would pay for all the food expenses for today’s date, so we expressed our gratitude and ordered food.
Before the food is served, Chae-kyung must have gotten a bit sick from the car earlier. She got up to go to the bathroom, and it’s been quite some time, but she still doesn’t come back. Her food came out before she knew it, but she decided to share various menus instead of each eating her own, so we talked about this and that while waiting for Chae-kyung.
“Junhyung, what are you going to do after you graduate?”
“To be very honest, I don’t know. I want to get a job quickly and earn money, but I don’t know what kind of job will suit me.”
Mr. Choi, who was listening, spoke to me in a slightly grown-up solemn voice.
“But you can’t do anything by thinking like that. Not everyone does what suits them, and I did something unexpected, but it could be a good fit for me.”
“That’s right.”
She says that neither he nor she intended to be a cram school instructor from the beginning. It was a story that he originally worked in another field, but quit because the income there was not good and his body could not stand it well, and then worked as a part-time teaching assistant at an academy and even became a lecturer. Certainly, if you listen to the stories of adults, there are many stories that the work you are doing now is not what you intended from the beginning, but it just flows and settles down.
“Chaekyung is late. My sister will go.”
“Oh, there he comes.”
As Yu-ri noona was about to get up, she saw Chae-gyeong coming from the bathroom at a brisk pace. She hurriedly came to the table and sat down, unable to properly wipe her water from her mouth, perhaps from motion sickness.
“Sorry. Well, it was in a lot worse condition than I thought…”
“Are you okay? Can I have some food?”
“Yeah, thanks sister. Are you late because of me?”
Teacher Choi shook her head, and instead worried about her. I was also very worried about Chae-kyung’s condition, but she smiled and looked at me.
“It’s okay now. Let’s eat quickly.”
As she said, the meal ended amicably, as if Chae-gyeong’s condition had definitely improved. After we finished eating, we looked around the nearby historical sites to digest our food, and then moved on to watch a movie we booked in advance. The movie theater in my town is also a multiplex in its own way, so it has everything you need, but the movie theater here is really dazzling, and there are many things you wouldn’t normally see. Unusual indoor rides in a full VR experience center, a cafe selling foreign desserts that I have never heard of since birth, and even an advertisement screen as big as a movie theater screen.
Since we still had time, we bought one of these unusual desserts and shared them. Following the couple of older sisters who feed each other, I feed Chae-kyung a bite, and Chae-kyung takes a piece of dessert with her fingers and feeds it to me. Each and every one of these trivial actions was so happy and enjoyable. To be honest, I haven’t even gotten a driver’s license yet, and I didn’t want it that much because of my family’s circumstances where we can’t afford to buy a used car.
While eating dessert, I imagined going on a road trip with Chae-kyung without saying anything. We went by car to a famous tourist spot overlooking the sea, went on a date, had dinner there, went to the hotel we booked, and pictured loving each other. It was hard to appease this guy whenever he saw Chae-gyeong’s bra, but she said, What a shame in front of a couple of older sisters. Fortunately, the two of them were chatting around, so they didn’t notice my condition there, but it seems that Chae-kyung saw something unusual in her lower body.
“That…”
“…Transformation. What were you imagining?”
“Huh? What were you talking about?”
Seeing Chae-kyung roll her eyes at me, my older sister asks us.
“No no, this is delicious.”
“I know. Shall we watch the movie later and buy it again?”
Chaekyung’s smile was strangely warm to the two of them, but cold when he looked at me. How can you show such a different atmosphere with the same expression?
When we entered the cinema, we took our seats in the couple’s table. Watching a couple seat movie that I really wanted to try. There are probably seats like this at the multiplex in town, but I haven’t had a chance to watch a movie since I started dating Chae-kyung, and today another wish is fulfilled.
As the movie started and the atmosphere matured, Chae-kyung rested her head on my shoulder. I held her hand and we watched the movie with a comfortable mind while feeling each other’s warmth. The movie we chose was a romance movie with a mix of comedy and sad story. Actually, I didn’t have a hobby like this kind of movie, but Chae-gyeong seemed to enjoy watching it somehow, and more than anything, Yu-ri noona had a personality that couldn’t live with things like this. In my opinion, Mr. Choi probably doesn’t like movies like this, but it seems that his older sister has the initiative.
Maybe 30 or 40 minutes passed. Chaekyung lifted her head and whispered quietly to me.
“Hey, I’m going to go to the bathroom.”
“Huh.”
“Joe, it may take a little longer.”
Instead of answering, I nodded her head. Chae-kyung must have felt ashamed that she had told her that it would take a long time, so she hurriedly got up from her seat and went up her stairs.
As she said, Chae-kyung returned after quite some time. She’s sorry to say this, but Chae-kyung’s clothes are so messed up that you can tell even in the dark of the movie theater that she’s been in a hurry after having a hard time in the bathroom. But she didn’t intend to be the man who pointed out such things to her girlfriend, who had been struggling in her bathroom, so I quietly put my arm around her shoulder and whispered.
“It’s a bit of a pity that I missed out on a lot.”
“Yeah… I’m sorry.”
“No. If it’s okay, see you next time in the neighborhood.”
Chae Kyung nodded her head.
As the movie ends and the lights turn on, people wake up. From the second half, the content was quite sad, so it was not easy for me to hold back my tears. Next to me, Chae-kyung was holding her tears from flowing, her eyes reddening, and on the other side, Yuri-noona was already crying profusely.
“Shall we go out?”
“Yes. Uhhhhh.”
The moment she answered my question, Chae-kyung also burst into tears. It was so cute and a little funny at the same time, I smiled and wiped Chae-kyung’s tears.
“Why did you hold on to just crying?”
“Heung-yeung… Yes.. But.. Black..”
“I will wipe it. What did you put on your lips?”
“Huh? Uh, what?” I said it insignificantly, patting her mouth and wiping it off so she wouldn’t be embarrassed.
“Something like hair. It’s gone now.”
“Yeah… And thank you.”
After wiping Chae-kyung’s tears well and getting up from her seat, Yu-ri noona hugged Miss Choi next to her and called for us.
“Hey, where are we going now?”
Where are you going when you still can’t stop crying? Normally, she is a really lively and outspoken older sister, but she sheds more tears than a real three-year-old. Mr. Choi wrapped his sister’s shoulders in a familiar way and slowly slipped out of her seat.
After the female Jin calmed down to some extent, we went to a very tall tower. It seems to take about 40 minutes to go up and look around. However, Chaekyung said something regretful here.
“I think it will be a little difficult to climb.”
“Uh? Why?”
“That is…”
Instead of answering, Chae-kyung hesitated, then called Yuri noona and walked away. While watching the two whispering something, Mr. Choi whispered to me so that the two could not hear.
“Maybe it was the women. Also, I was not feeling well.”
“Ah~ that… That’s right.”
“Don’t show off.”
“Yes.”
Yuri noona returned to us and spoke as calmly as possible.
“Since Chae-kyung doesn’t seem to be in good shape, she thought she would just pass here, but she said she was really sorry and we must go up and see each other for a long time.”
“Is that okay?”
“Yes, I am fine.”
“Then I will be downstairs.”
But Chae-gyeong shook her head and said to me.
“I hope you don’t do that because of me. It’s not a place you can come to often, so go up and see it, take pictures of this and that, and show me.”
Chae-kyung is definitely smart. She made up a reason to go up at all because even if she didn’t want to bother me she would insist on being here with her because of my nature. In fact, it was hard to say that I wasn’t interested in that top at all, but even so, I wanted to spend time with her girlfriend if possible, but it was hard for me to turn my back and refuse Mini while giving the reason.
“Are you really okay?”
“Huh. I want to sit here and rest a little.”
“Then um… I’ll take lots of pictures.”
“Huh. Don’t send it in advance, come down and show it in person. I want to see you.”
“Okay. Then I’ll come quickly.”
Leaving Chae-gyeong sitting on a nearby bench and waving her hand, the three of us took the elevator to the top of the tower.
I took nearly 100 pictures of Chae-kyung to fulfill her mission. She didn’t want to disturb Yuri noona and the couple, so that was the only thing she could do while traveling alone, but there were so many things to take pictures of in this place that wasn’t that large. As I took pictures of the surrounding cities, the decorations inside, and the strange experience halls one by one, I gathered so many pictures before I knew it.
Still, leaving Chae-gyeong alone was a concern, so we came down the tower a little over 30 minutes later. As before, Chae-kyung, who was sitting on the bench waiting for us, was delighted as if she were there, looking at the photos I showed her to see if her condition had improved. Looking at her bright appearance, she thinks that she is lucky, and the older sister couple calls us again.
Dinner is a fine dining restaurant with a great atmosphere. I didn’t intend to live in a place like this, but my sister said she really wanted to buy it for us this time. I’m at a loss for words at how warm he was to say that he was planning to present a high-end dinner if the two of us get to know each other.
“Thank you so much, sister. I’ll make sure to come to your sister’s wedding.”
“This sounds cheap again. I mean, you’re going to marry a member of an aristocratic family of young and rich teen stars over there in England.”
Who the hell is doing the nonsense that doesn’t even sound like words? Teacher Choi laughed at her older sister, and she also helped her.
“Hire me as a butler. English is good.”
“Ugh, we can’t let anyone who speaks American English into our mansion!”
The level of drip exchange is considerable. Is this the strength of cohabiting couples? Meanwhile, the real waiter came up to our table and started taking our order. Since we didn’t know anything, we just sat there and my sister and Mr. Choi ordered this and that. The waiter left after taking the order, and within a few minutes, expensive-looking wine was served first. When all of us except for Mr. Choi received a glass, my sister raised a glass and said to us.
“For this little couple just starting out.”
“For~”
As soon as you take a sip of the wine, the vague aroma of grapes and the feeling of alcohol spreads in your throat. I’m not sure if I’m intoxicated by the taste or the atmosphere, but I feel better right away. After that, the pre-dinner dishes came out and we started to share interesting stories again and decorated the end of the day in a splendid way.
