108 – Christmas
“It’s already Christmas…”
“So…”
It’s only been 10 days since the end of the semester, and we went to the ski resort to have fun.
As usual, we were gathered in a quiet cafe and chatting.
But suddenly, Jeonghwan and Minho sighed loudly.
I started to worry about Christmas coming soon.
This is the first time in my life that I have ever seen someone worried about Christmas.
“That’s not it, it’s our first time spending Christmas with our girlfriends.”
“That’s right, I’m wondering what to do differently from usual.”
Something different from usual…
Is there anything different about Christmas?
Just meet, hang out, eat, and that too…
And, aren’t women usually the ones who think about dating courses?
I don’t think there’s much of a difference when it comes to Christmas.
“Isn’t that what women think about?”
“He’s saying he’s going to be in big trouble again? You can do that because Ara is perfection.”
“It’s not that perfect… But there are some sloppiness.”
Well, this is their first time spending Christmas with a woman.
That could be possible.
Or, the relationship between Ara and I has become too familiar.
I may be making the error of generalization.
Anyway, it’s Christmas…
I think I spent last year with Ara at her house…
As the new year dawns, it is also our wedding anniversary…
“What would be a good Christmas present…”
Speech to myself came out of my mouth unconsciously.
Because Ara and I didn’t have anything we lacked or wanted.
In the case of gifts given to each other, it had great meaning.
For example, buying cosmetics that have run out as a gift.
He usually buys me things that are so mediocre that I wonder whether I should buy them or not.
“That’s right… I guess I need to prepare a gift as well.”
Are Christmas gifts really important?
No matter what, the first time is important.
Minho sighed, as if he hadn’t thought of anything yet.
However, Jeonghwan’s appearance was a little different.
Should we say this is the appearance of a general who has already fully prepared?
“I already bought it, so we each prepared it and decided to reveal it that day.”
“What did you buy? Please tell me too.”
He said he couldn’t choose.
Minho started attacking me, asking if I could hurry up and list the list.
As expected, I’m overflowing with leisure?
I chuckled, took out my phone, and launched the memo app.
Then, he recited something that resembled the name of a cosmetic product like a mantra.
Some words I had never heard of before began to appear.
This guy… This might not be his first time dating.
“I bought all the essential supplies for women.”
“Well…Can that be called a gift?”
I think it would be easier to just unify it…
I have a headache about how to deliver that in the first place and take it home.
“Did your sister have a car?”
“There is.”
“Aha… Then something will work out.”
This is why they say a car is essential.
Everything made sense at once, and I nodded slowly.
I drank iced Americano.
***
It was Christmas Eve.
Perhaps because Eve was Sunday, the city center was crowded with people.
There was not a single place where people were quiet, including movie theaters, karaoke rooms, arcades, and restaurants.
“Well, I expected it to some extent…”
“I never thought it would be like this…”
We came out heavily armed with masks and sunglasses.
I stood quietly in the crowd of people and looked at the scene.
Is it because it is Christmas Eve?
Most couples were with their arms around each other or holding hands.
There were quite a few women attempting hunting here and there.
“Hunting in the downtown area on Christmas Eve, they’re the ones doing all the humiliation to the women.”
“Ahahahaha… That’s possible.”
“Seonghwan, since men do that, women do that even more.”
Where Ara pointed with her finger
He blocked the man who was trying to leave, saying he had to go.
The scene of constant teasing was unfolding.
There are degrees of hunting too.
Isn’t that crossing the line too far?
As the man’s voice got louder, the attention of people around him focused.
The women ran away, leaving the men alone.
There really are people like that.
These are people you only see on the news or in dramas.
“Seonghwan, be careful too. If you disguise yourself, there will be people who will attack you because they won’t know who you are.”
“Fortunately, there hasn’t been any yet.”
“Ugh…Why is my husband so fearless…”
He made a troubled face and sighed.
He started stroking my head.
Anyway, the sentiment is amazing.
Isn’t he the type of person who is very scared?
*
“Seonghwan, look at this!”
After taking a walk in the park for a while, I sat down on a bench to rest.
Ara, who had left to fetch drinks, returned.
However, she couldn’t even see the drink she went to get.
She was sitting with a small puppy in her arms.
The hair is well-groomed and the flesh is slightly raised.
She was a puppy that looked like she would have been walking with her owner just a moment ago.
“What river is it?”
“When I got to the vending machine, he started whining so I brought him here!”
“Doesn’t it have an owner? It looks like a dog that has been touched a lot by humans.”
“Well? I stood there and waited just in case, but no one came.”
Right? She said and looked down at the puppy.
The puppy being held was dazed and cried.
“Hug you too.”
“Is it okay?”
“I would prefer to be hugged by a man than by a woman.”
Ara said it was okay and handed me the puppy.
She calmly comes into my arms, sticks out her tongue and acts cutely.
I immediately felt that this was a dog that knew how to be loved.
“Wow…”
“Isn’t it cute?”
“It’s so cute…”
Actually, she didn’t like dogs that much.
Ever since she was bitten by a puppy raised at her orphanage when she was young,
Because she wasn’t that close.
But, looking at such a gentle puppy,
It seems like the painful memories from back then are disappearing.
“Sister, shall we raise a puppy too?”
“Is that much?”
“It’s a little unexpected, but it’s so cute.”
I wondered if this was why I was raising a puppy.
I came here for a date and fell in love with a dog.
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*
“Thank you! Thank you!”
“Be sure to check the condition of the leash when going for a walk.”
Afterwards, I saw a flyer looking for a dog posted on the wall and contacted the owner.
Looking at the content, the leash of the dog that was being walked suddenly broke.
He ran away.
I was curious why such a gentle puppy ran away from her.
I don’t have the guts to ask that.
They say they are protecting similar dogs.
She came here crying, and as soon as she saw her puppy, she hugged it with tears in her eyes.
She did not appear to be abusive or anything.
The biggest reason for deciding to confirm is
The puppy saw her owner and jumped out of my arms. It was because she was hugging her master because he liked it.
“Ah…”
As she watched the puppy walking away, she stretched out her hand.
I am left with a lot of regret, and for some reason I feel a soft cotton candy-like texture.
It was making my heart feel faint.
“Are you sad?”
“Yes…”
“Then, shall we go adopt a puppy next time?”
As I said before, I think I mean it sincerely.
My house is a penthouse, so it’s very spacious.
It is an environment suitable for raising a dog or cat.
“Are you okay?”
“My sister doesn’t hate or hate dogs, and men like animals.”
“Sister…..”
I wanted to kiss you on the mouth right now, but
No matter how quiet and secluded the park was, I endured it because I had to endure it outside.
“Still, it’s not good to decide at once, so I’ll search slowly and
I want to study and then adopt.”
“Really? As expected, Seonghwan is different.”
“It’s different, I’m embarrassed because it seems like I acted too calculatedly.”
That too during a Christmas date.
***
“It’s amazing that it’s been a while since I ate out.”
“How was it?”
“It was delicious, but the one Seonghwan made was even better.”
In the past year, I have taken control of Ara’s stomach.
No matter what you eat outside, the way you tell me that the food I cooked tastes better.
I feel happy and sometimes thankful.
“Sister, take this.”
“Uh, is it a gift?”
“Yes.”
I took out the gift hidden under the bed in the master bedroom and handed it to Ara.
I was touched by the sudden gift.
I took out the contents and checked them.
“Are they earphones?”
“The one I was using broke two days ago, right? This time I found a sturdy and good one, so I bought one.”
I always check to see if Ara needs anything or is uncomfortable.
I heard from Eunji that Ara’s earphones were broken.
So I ordered it right away and
I packed it for lunch yesterday and put it under the bed.
“Thank you. My husband is the only one who takes care of me this much.”
Then she put her hand into her bag and
I took out a wide box.
It was decorated just as beautifully as I had packaged it.
It was packaged so that anyone could tell it was a gift.
“Open it.”
I opened the package at Ara’s words.
When I opened it, there were about three pages of something I had seen many times before.
“This…This…”
At first, I thought I had seen it wrong.
No.
I didn’t see it wrong.
What Ara gave me as a gift was a condom.
“Uh…”
“That’s a gift to use later, in fact, this is the real gift.”
Ara reached into her bag again and took out a small box.
I burst out laughing when I saw my reaction.
Today… We’re in big trouble.