Chapter 77 – 12. Jung Chae-Kyung’s Chuseok (Part 1)
12. Jung Chae-kyung’s Chuseok (top)
Chaekyung got out of her car rubbing her eyes. She didn’t know how many hours she slept, but she got to her relatives’ house anyway. With her mom and dad carrying her luggage, she rang her doorbell and the door opened immediately. Already inside, I could hear her little relatives and sisters making a fuss as they hit me and hit me.
“Hello.”
“Oh, come on. How long did it take?”
“It didn’t take that long.”
As she greeted her and went inside, elementary school students rushed out.
“Sister, sister! Do you know what I caught earlier?”
Regardless of whether she was carrying her luggage or not, Chae-kyung entered her house, led by her younger siblings. She put down her luggage, said hello to her grown-up relatives, and then headed to the bathroom. While she was on the move, she urinated and wiped her hands, and when she saw her cell phone, she contacted Jun-hyung.
– We’ve arrived.
– It takes quite a while. Do you want to see the kids now?
– Huh. There are so many babies here.
When I opened the bathroom door and went out, the children were camped out and waiting. Chae-kyung, who likes her children, is a popular star among her relatives and younger siblings just by her presence. Four male and female siblings with an average age of 11 are clinging to each other, each talking about himself, but he is completely distracted.
She went into the room with her children and played with them one by one. In her spare time, she tried to contact Jun-hyung as well, but she couldn’t even say a few words and she again had to play games, doodling, and even wrestle with her younger siblings.
The children’s stamina seemed endless, but by the time it started to get dark, each of them started playing or watching TV because they were exhausted, and Chae-gyeong was finally freed. However, she was called to an adult drinking party that followed, and this time she had to suffer from people with an average age of 40 to 50. After she told the children about her stamina, she listened to the adults’ advice on drinking and meddling with life, and this time she was mentally exhausted.
In addition, her younger siblings didn’t pay attention to her body, which was changed into a comfortable T-shirt, but the male adults in her family glanced at her breasts. It may not be that these people harbor any dark feelings, but as Chae-kyung, who has experienced such instinctive gazes many times, it was embarrassing and unpleasant at the same time.
Eventually, it was late at night when Chae-kyung came to her room to rest and lay down on a blanket under the bed where her younger siblings were lying. As she exhales deeply from exhaustion, the smell of her alcohol, which she had drunk at the urging of her elders, comes out. She lies down and turns over and reports, but unlike her tired body, her mind is awake and she cannot sleep. Most of all, the smell of her alcohol that doesn’t go away even after brushing her teeth is unpleasant, so the thought of falling asleep keeps running away.
At a time like this, it would be nice to have a sweet talk with her lover… But when Junhyung couldn’t reply properly, she said she would sleep first and left. She doesn’t seem to be angry with herself for not being able to contact him properly, and she wasn’t angry with Jun-hyung for notifying him that she was sleeping first, but it was true that she was a little disappointed. Late hours, sleepless nights. With vague expectations, Chaekyung opened the messenger app that only Lee Yul and herself use.
But she had nothing from him either. When she looked at the text history, even Lee Yi-yul was speaking more and more insincerely to herself over time. Her early texts, which were like her important life counseling, turned into candy-coated about her, and then only texts from her asking when and where to meet and what she was doing now remained.
Chaekyung just turned off her phone screen. She said that at night she becomes more sensitive, she said that she didn’t text her at all. She has no reason to spend her days on holiday after a long absence. Just go to bed quickly and play with the kids again tomorrow. Having put her mind at ease and closing her eyes, she barely sensed the smell of alcohol that was bothering her so much. Feeling rather refreshed, she went to sleep.
We took turns and finished eating together. Chae-kyung helped her adults clean up after her, but all of a sudden her younger siblings gathered in front of her.
“Why?”
“Now! One, two! Happy New Year.”
A group of 4 Jammin who bows suddenly. All the adults who were washing the dishes, including Chaekyung, burst into laughter. It looks like he’s playing tricks on the kids, judging from the way he laughs while filming the video over there. After learning the truth, the children started to run amok again, and adults started throwing pocket money to appease them.
Chae-kyung took her children’s pocket money and took the children to a nearby playground. She and Chae-kyung decided to go outside to watch the children instead of going in and playing with Chae-kyung, since it was already busy with many children and guardians. As she exchanges text messages with Junhyung and Gahye, a man walks up to her and talks to her.
“Hello.”
“Yes? Oh, hello.”
“Did you bring your brothers and sisters?”
At first glance, the man looked her age, no, a little older. She was Chae-kyung, who would often talk moderately and avoid the seat when approached by men like this, but now that she had her younger siblings, she couldn’t leave this place.
“Do you live in this town?”
Chaekyung shook her head slightly. Despite her awkward reaction, the man didn’t care and recited his story without asking. Where are you from, how old are you, and who are you dating? Chaekyung listened with one ear and let it out with the other, and she tried to ignore him. When I remembered the first time I met Lee Yul, I smiled and the man started talking harder, perhaps he was mistaken.
It would be exhausting if there was no reaction to this extent, but the man was undeterred and focused on boasting. It was only after his ardent speech about his income was over that he glanced at Chae-kyung and revealed his purpose.
“If you have time, let’s have a meal together.”
“Sorry. Come with your family.”
The man is not deterred by the euphemistic refusal.
“Any number, then. I really want to buy you a meal in a nice place later…”
“I have a boyfriend.”
Chae-kyung is usually a bit indecisive when it comes to dealing with people she is not close to, but she knew how to cut the line like her sword in this kind of thing. It’s something she’s been doing often since she was a teenager, and she’s had a couple of times that he’s been in trouble for failing to say no properly. So when this happens, a person becomes completely cold, like a switch being turned on.
However, it was Lee Yi-yul who broke through that guard after a long time. He didn’t just break through the guard, he conquered and dominated her entire body. It was the first time Chae-kyung had experienced it and it was shocking, but she never hated it. When she thinks of Junhyung, her heart warms and a smile forms on her lips, but when she thinks of Lee Yool, her body heats up and her stomach feels tight.
“Excuse me…”
Chae-kyung, who was blushing with an unknown man next to her, pretended to be as calm as possible, ignoring him and approaching her younger siblings playing in the playground. As she tries to calm her kids down and head back to her house, she walks past her man, not even looking at her, when she hears a kick behind her.
In the evening, we all went out to dinner together. There weren’t many restaurants open on the day of Chuseok, but we went to a large restaurant prepared in advance and the whole family could enjoy it. Chaekyung also ate delicious food to his heart’s content. From Saturday evening to today, she ate a lot more food than usual and was a little worried about her stomach. She is supposed to meet Jun-hyung tomorrow, but if she has more belly fat than usual, just thinking about it is terrifying.
As long as she doesn’t exercise separately, she always manages her diet thoroughly. Her breasts and silence followed are blessings from her parents and the sky, but she secretly gains weight as she eats, so she is always in danger if she is not careful and vigilant. It wasn’t that she hated exercise, but when her breasts were as big as hers, people’s attention focused on the place where she swayed even when she ran or moved even a little. In the midst of her uncomfortable attention, she had no desire to exercise. In fact, she was the one who had a lot of interest in the recent trend of homets.
“Isn’t Chaekyung eating more?”
“Yes. I’m full.”
My eldest uncle comes and sits next to me. Your typical fat funny guy. He was also the one who lied to the children that they would give them pocket money if they tripled their money. He was fun, kind, and generous, so all his relatives liked him, and Chae-kyung also liked him a lot. But he was also the one who peeped the most at her breasts, which had grown significantly since puberty. Of course, his uncle was the kind of person who didn’t do any bad things and didn’t even bring up sexually harassing jokes that other relatives were making, but his gaze was equally bothersome.
“Ruler! Chaekyung is already 21 years old.”
Her uncle took several bills from her wallet and held them out to her. Chae-kyung’s mother, who was watching the scene from her side, stopped her, but she was stubborn.
“Hey! I haven’t contacted her even on her birthday, but I’m giving it to her as a Chuseok. You can take it. Do you think that if you go to school and date a boyfriend, then you only have one or two things to spend money on?”
Chae-kyung nodded thanks to her uncle, who held Chae-kyung’s arm and put money into her hand. Her mother still looked disapproving, but she couldn’t stop pushing her like that. Uncle smiled and went back to his seat to eat more food.
Most of the relatives went home after dinner, so the relative’s house was quiet. At night, the children were asleep, and all the adults were sleeping in their rooms, except for a few men drinking. Chae-kyung went to her room and lay down, but she couldn’t sleep easily because she thought she would see Jun-hyung early tomorrow. What to do if we meet early Shall we go see a movie or go somewhere to play? One day, Ga-hye told me that the entire building next to the pool is being renovated into an indoor water park, and that it will be completed sooner or later.
I also have pocket money from my uncle, so I want to give Junhyung a present as well. The hairpin she received last time wasn’t that expensive, but she liked it. She wanted to give a gift that would be memorable to him, in a man’s heart, no matter what the price. As far as she knows, men’s favorite gifts are watches, shoes, clothes… I’m not sure about belts. Things like wallets are too expensive, and things like earphones don’t leave much of an impression.
As I thought about this, my sleep got further away. Chaekyung left the room to go to the bathroom. The TV is on in the living room with the lights off, and the great uncle sits alone in front of it, drinking her glass. She used the bathroom quietly and then came out and saw her uncle sleeping on the couch. Chae-kyung was just about to go into her room, but she went and woke up her uncle.
“Uncle, uncle.”
“Uh? Uh? Oh, I slept here again.”
Wiping the drool with the back of his hand, her uncle emptied his glass.
“Go in and take a nap.”
“Yes, thank you.”
The eldest uncle got up from the sofa and suddenly slapped Chae-kyung on the butt. Chae-kyung looked at him in surprise at the unexpected action. However, the uncle had a much more surprised expression on his face.
“Oh my! Sorry sorry. If I wake your aunt when she’s like this, I’ll hit her ass one by one. It’s just our couple’s joke, but I’m out of habit without even realizing it… Oh my God. To a grown-up girl. I’m really sorry, Uncle Chae Kyung.”
It was not an excuse or a trick to smirk, it was a real mistake and sorry. Chae-kyung calmed his surprised heart, smiled slightly, said it was okay, and entered the room. When I was young, I used to hug and play with Chae-kyung before the second sex characteristics came, but I thought that there could be this kind of skinship between relatives. Of course, it would be difficult if it was repeated again.
Early Sunday morning, no, close to dawn. Chae-kyung’s family all got up and prepared to leave. Before the sun rose, we loaded all our luggage into the car and set off while being seen off by others. As Chae-kyung yawned in her backseat, she said her dad, who was driving, laughed.
“It’s still a good time to sleep. It won’t be blocked at this time, so I’ll be there soon.”
Her mother said as she watched her daughter slowly close her eyes.
“Get some sleep beforehand. He said he was going to play with the kids later, all night.”
Chae-kyung lied that today, in addition to Jun-hyung, she decided to hang out all night in a sauna with Ga-hye and all of her other friends. It is true that he and Junhyung hang out all night, but the location and other friends are lies. Even though her parents weren’t close to each other and she was close with Jun-hyung, Chae-gyeong couldn’t bear to say that she would stay out with Jun-hyung alone.
True to her father’s words, she got home much sooner than she did to her relatives, as there were really few cars on the road. When the sun came up, she went into her room and lay down on the bed. Chae-kyung roughly packed her things and went back to sleep.
The alarm I set two hours earlier than the time to meet Junhyung rings. While cleaning up the mucus, I looked at her cell phone and it was a phone call, not an alarm. The caller rate. Chaekyung opened her eyes. Why did he suddenly call, she said she didn’t need it, but her head was confused as to why she called first, or whether she should receive it in the first place. When her bell rang for the seventh time, Chae-kyung unknowingly took her phone and held it to her ear. As she doesn’t say anything, she hears his voice in her ear.
– Chae Kyung-ah. I miss you.
In an instant, something spread from her ears to her brain, from her brain to her spine, and from her spine all over her body, making her body tremble. Should she say shock or goosebumps? He hears his voice again in her unanswerable ears.
– I was alone all through Chuseok. I have no one… I keep thinking of you.
Come now? Harassed like abusive and then abandoned?
– It’s my fault. If there was no way to tie you up anyway, I was going to forcefully let you go, but I guess I was weaker than I thought. I feel like dying without you
Lee Yul’s voice in my ears trembles earnestly. Chae-kyung was dumbfounded at first, then angry, and finally suspicious of him. At first glance, doubt seems to be the farthest from faith, but if you solve it, it turns into a greater faith. Originally, a battle of love and hatred is bound to change like the front and back sides of a piece of paper, so you trust and love the person who betrayed you, and you hate and get tired of the person who dedicates their love to you for the rest of your life.
Chae-kyung’s distrust of Yi-yul was only one page, only one page turned upside down. As he began to cry in her ear, she began to shake.
– Can’t I just see your face? Because it’s good even for a moment
Lee Yul never showed weakness to others. Although she had known her for a month now, she was able to get to know Chae-kyung. He rejects sympathy and attention from others and always insults others with a sharp attitude. He hates people, never accepts equals, and always tries to be on top.
Chae-kyung thought that he was the only one showing weakness. She had known him for a month, but she was mistaken as if she knew his whole life. She thought that although he was like a rugby ball full of thorns who would pick fights with Jun-hyung, beat Kyu-hang, and flirt with professors, he was frankly weak only to himself.
The charm of a bad boy comes from making a woman believe that while being evil to everyone, he is sometimes weak only to himself whom he loves. She feels that she is special, and at the same time, she is mistaken that if she is not herself, she has no one to save this man. As she does, he cuts himself down to suit her opponent, and as a result he is unable to escape. Even though he thinks he has come to his senses, such a man agrees to the words of others to leave immediately, but the moment he faces the other person, he is locked in his relationship with him again.
Following such tricks that shook her mind, Lee Yul also went to stimulate her body.
– I’m sorry I did that last week. I shouldn’t have treated you that way. If I could really go back to that day…
What would you do if you went back? Chaekyung felt her lower abdomen tightening again. Painful memories of that day. His fingers tightly pinched his penis and nipples that filled her throat. Before that? The sofa, bed, and veranda glass door that we had sex like crazy. The sweet kiss and his ‘it’ that penetrated deep into the lower abdomen.
Not forgotten I can’t forget to forget He was the first man to tell her about the pleasures and ecstasy of her sex. When I think of those moments and those pleasures, my body sweats and my heart thumps. My whole body itches and trembles, so it’s hard to control myself. She doesn’t know how to calm her down. There is no such way that Chae-kyung lists her knowledge with her. Even though no one said anything, Lee Yul said weakly to her, who was anxious all alone.
– Sorry. You acted so rudely. I won’t contact you anymore Bye bye, Chae…
“I’ll go.”
Words that unknowingly jumped out of her mouth. She promised to go see her boyfriend, but she said she was going to another guy. But she couldn’t turn back, and she had no intention of turning back.
“It’s a bit… Hanging.”
– Huh. I’ll be waiting.
Chae-kyeong felt that something in her heart was frowning at Lee Yul’s slightly brighter voice. She didn’t know what this feeling was for her now, but she knew very well what to do now that she had hung up on her.
– Huh? Why? Shall we leave now?
“Ah… That’s it. I’m a little tired today Can we meet later in the evening?”
Chae-kyung felt guilty, but she had already done it. But she said that she was meeting with Jun-hyung to play, and Yi-yul said he would die. She justified herself like that.
– Then, for a dinner date?
“Huh. Sorry. I think I would be a bit of a nuisance if we met now.”
– No, no. If you’re tired, it’s better to rest and have fun. We’re going to play for a long time anyway.
Chae-kyung felt ashamed when she said ‘long time’ as if she had been caught thinking about what she was thinking.
“Seriously, don’t stress that way.”
Fortunately, Junhyung made a joke without thinking about it, so he reconfirmed his promise to see her at what time and hung up the phone. Chae-kyung held her phone in her arms and took a deep breath for a moment before she got up from the bed and left her room.
She slept in the same clothes she had on at dawn, and she washed and changed her clothes. Just in case, no, I met Jun-hyung tonight anyway, so I cleaned up her hair. As she lightly put on her make-up, packed her bag, and left her house, her mother called her from behind her back.
“What time will you come in tomorrow?”
“Um… I’m not sure.”
“Are you coming around lunchtime?”
“I think I’ll come over for lunch.”
After her mother told her to come back before it was too late, Chaekyung left her house. She walks to the bus stop, waits for the bus, gets on the bus, and gets off in town. She has to go to town so she can barely catch a taxi, and that’s how she takes a taxi to Lee Yul’s officetel. Although the complicated process took absolutely not a short amount of time for her, she headed to his house in silence without complaint.
Standing in front of the common entrance on the first floor of the officetel, enter the number Lee Yul gave you in advance and the door will open. As she rides up the elevator, she thinks what the hell to say. She is, in fact, as she is, she has nothing to say. She came because she wanted to see Yi-yul, and she begged that she was sorry. If she says something to her and he will, there’s no reason she should worry about her conversation in the first place.
