56 – Strategy meeting – 1
Seol-ah barely held on to her thumping chest. She casually made a date appointment! She felt like screaming. She was pretending to be relaxed, but Seol-Ah didn’t know what to do with her late first love.
Is the cheetah laughing? Is she making plans? Her relaxed acting, which did not suit her, was slowly getting out of her power. To be honest, she was very nervous. She wanted to scream when she heard that even Cordelia had begun to cling to him.
Nevertheless, this is the end result. She was so proud of herself for putting up with it so far. It was the conclusion that was reached after careful observation and analysis that pushing hard was rather counterproductive.
What if the other person is married (Jin)? Seol-Ah surprised herself by how thin her morals were when it came to dating. Even if it was a lip-smacking sound, she was not lying when she said that giving was happier. She didn’t know that she was a person who felt happy while spreading love one-sidedly and devotedly.
Seola helped herself. Even in the romance novels she reads all the time, she saw sub male protagonists who were so dedicated and then abandoned like a devoted mate, and there were all sorts of hogu, but she herself didn’t stop there. I wonder if the thing that didn’t go to the sub male leads was the homophobia.
“River Sea! Ugh!”
Seol-ah lay down on her soft dorm bed, buried her face in her pillow and stamped her feet. Her roommate didn’t even shine her nose, as if she wasn’t going to come in at all today.
She stomped her feet a few more times and let her body sag. If you think about it, tomorrow isn’t the first time the two of you go out to play. Although Mikhail would perceive this as more of a strategy meeting rather than a date, something to know. A date is when two people, a man and a woman, go out to play.
Seol-ah checked the optimal date course for tomorrow. It was a course she had planned to seize whenever an opportunity arose, but the opportunity came sooner than she thought. Her key point is this. It makes you feel like a date, but never suspects that the sea is a date. This is in line with what I said earlier about the opposite effect.
She still thinks of the figure she has grasped, it is not a wise choice to forcefully push him. Gradually, as a drizzle wets her clothes, it is necessary to get him out. It’s the so-called fox.
While flirting with a guy who has a girlfriend, what’s wrong with just friends? Shameless women who do. Seolah decided to benchmark them. How many such cheating couples among her friends did she actually know. She struggled to ignore whether it was possible for her 25 years of her mother’s solo life, as well as the sea.
First of all, you need to narrow the distance. What’s the problem with friends while naturally trying to do things that anyone can see that a couple would do? It takes shamelessness to Seol-ah imagined herself holding the hand of the sea.
“Kiyaaa! How how!”
She kicked her bed and shook her head. She ambitiously figured out her partner and made plans, but in the end, she too is a virgin who has never held her man’s hand properly. A beginner with only theory and no practical experience.
Until she knocked on her door in the next room asking if she was okay, Seol-ah stomped her feet, squealing at her alone.
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“Are you okay? Your complexion is not good.”
The voice of the sea suddenly awakened Seol-ah. Red bloodshot eyes, dark circles down to the cheekbones. It was difficult to cover up her skin, which had become dull from staying up all night, even with makeup. Yes. Seol-ah eventually stayed up all night with excitement.
‘Crazy. The day before the picnic, I’m not even in elementary school, I’m excited to be this old and stay up all night!’
She repeated countless times that she had to sleep now to wake up tomorrow, counted sheep, controlled her breathing, and counted the stains on the ceiling, but in the end she stayed up all night with her eyes open. And the aftermath is now appearing. Though she thought she was a housekeeper, she couldn’t hide her mischievous smile.
“No. Are you completely fine?”
“Did you stay up all night? You look very tired. If it’s really hard, try again later….”
“No!”
Seol-A shouted at her. I stayed up all night because of someone, but now I have to come and put it off until next time. I can’t do such a terrible thing. She suppressed the yawn that burst out. It’s not even a day or two that I stayed up all night. Even now, she is not a 25-year-old whose mind and body are devastated by drunkenness, but a very green 18-year-old. A cup of coffee would be fine. Coincidentally, the first step of her plan was also a cafe.
Actually, let alone dating, she has never even gone out alone with a man, so if you think of it as a natural date course, her cafe, meal, and walk would be the end. There are no movie theaters or karaoke rooms in this world, so in the end, the options are extremely narrow. Although she has a theatrical stage, she has been told that it is not good because the conversation is cut off when she picks up a movie theater on her first date based on a story she had seen somewhere. Seol-ah boldly ruled out theater.
“Then let’s go to the cafe first.”
“Cafe? Why?”
“Are you going to keep standing and talking? And you said I look tired. Would you like a cup of coffee?”
As expected, he came out with the idea of talking for a while like usual without thinking. She didn’t even expect it. Still, I’m glad I washed up and came back with my clothes on. In that respect, it might have been a good thing to stay up all night. Didn’t the build-up continue naturally until her first step, the cafe?
“Or, what. Do you have any plans after this?”
Seol-ah couldn’t control her beating heart even after she asked herself. She wondered just in case, but what if the answer comes back that there really is an appointment here?
“No, there is no such thing. But just yesterday, Hestia showed that kind of side….”
Seol-ah sang joy inside. It seems that he was quite shocked by the appearance of Hestia yesterday.
“It’s okay! What kind of suspicious person is Hestia? What’s so strange about going to a cafe with friends? Yesterday, Cordelia clearly crossed the line. Right?”
She says she’s drunk, but she’s clearly out when her fiancé is right in front of her, whining to hug him or asking for a loan.
Of course, in Seol-ah’s eyes, Hestia was a patient with premeditated infidelity, and her boyfriend going to a cafe with another woman was a very noble sight, and Seol-ah was also full of thoughts of wanting to cross her line, but she He didn’t bother putting it in her mouth. Perhaps she will answer that the sea she knows without thinking.
Judging from what I’ve seen so far, he was truly a single mother and found it quite difficult to properly distance himself from women. To be precise, it is the sense of distance in the relationship with the so-called female friends.
She has never had a girlfriend, so she doesn’t know how narrow-minded and jealous women are, and how they can hurt Pinto over trivial matters. He really doesn’t mind laughing and flirting with other women.
It’s not that he’s trash or that he doesn’t care about women, seeing as he’s flunked off trying to kiss me in that dramatic setting before. Just don’t know yet. We’re friends, so what’s the matter, as long as we don’t cross the line? Such a stupid idea. Even if he crosses the line, he is calm and cannot push hard. His sad love experience created this gap.
A man who usually has a girlfriend but is attracted to other women is a man who is quite popular in the first place. In this case, he learns that he shouldn’t do it through quite a bit of trial and error, or that he shouldn’t be caught by his girlfriend when he does.
By the way, what about the sea? It’s a little strange to Seol-ah herself, but even though she looks perfectly fine, she has lived as a single mother for 23 years on Earth, and has already hooked up with three women in less than half a year since she flew here. She hadn’t had time to learn that proper distance from him.
‘The gap I need to aim for is that gap.’
Seol-ah swallowed her saliva while looking at the sea. Really, really, there could be one situation in a billion, so the feel of her pretty underwear was prickly on her mouth. Black lace. Judging from the attitude he showed before, it’s absolutely impossible, but if you’re not prepared for an opportunity when it’s right in front of you, you’ll miss it.
“Is that so?”
“Yes. And we didn’t meet to have fun, we met because we had something really important to say.”
As expected, the sea was easily convinced. It wasn’t unusual for friends to simply go to a cafe, and there were things to talk about. There is nothing strange about it.
Now, she just needs to go to a cafe that has a good atmosphere that she has marked in advance, is considered a dating spot for couples, and has delicious desserts.
Heading to the cafe, Seol-ah agonized over whether to sneak his hand or cross his arms. She won’t say that he’ll run away with a crane for a sneaky touch, but his alertness will rise.
This is kind of like a game. It’s a very long game that doesn’t raise his alertness and slowly shakes his heart while saying, “You can do this much with friends.”
After much thought, Seol-ah decided not to try skinship today. After all, there is still plenty of time. It’s not like it’s not enough to walk alone, because if you hold his hand or cross your arms, his head will explode. Cancer, no way.
Instead, she decided to appeal to herself as she had dressed up for the day. Unlike usual, she put on a little thick perfume, put on makeup, and put on some accessories. Bracelet and ear cuff. I couldn’t wear earrings because I was afraid it would hurt.
“Hey, isn’t I different from usual?”
“You put on makeup, put on some perfume, and a bracelet and earrings you don’t normally wear? What do you call it Anyway, I did that too.”
“Uh, huh? That’s right.”
To be honest, she didn’t even expect it, but it’s rather embarrassing to come back with such a detailed answer right away. Seol-ah had to struggle to control the corners of her mouth as she rose. She deliberately put on her stern, serious expression on her face. Was she secretly looking at me normally while pretending not to be her? Your powers of observation are vastly different from the last time you talked about your dream?
Seol-ah felt that she was excited anew. She didn’t know what to call an ear cuff, so even calling it something like an earring seemed cute. She knew that she was seriously ill, but how can people’s minds be controlled by themselves?
“Why? Are you mad? Your face suddenly looks bad.”
“What is anger? Let’s hurry. I want to drink coffee.”
Seol-ah was excited and sang her hum.
The sea was a headache in its own way. It’s because her Seol-ah’s condition was very bad today. She might have stayed up all night, and her face was blushing from time to time in her exhausted appearance, and she wondered if her body was aching. Maybe it’s because she went around late at night yesterday. In her mind, she just wanted to send her back so that she could get some rest today. Of course, if Seol-Ah found out, he was going to go wild.
It still is. Well, unless you’re an idiot, anyone could tell that Seol-ah had dressed up differently than she usually does. Every time she has a chance, she rubs her wrists and sniffs the smell of the back of her hand. How could she not know? Her bracelet and her similar earrings were also so frequent that she tucked her hair behind her ear that her eyes were forced to go on their own. She seems to be unaware of herself. Suddenly, she asked, and when he answered, her expression hardened and she hummed.
“Are you here?”
“Uh, isn’t it okay?”
“It’s worth coming this far.”
I admired the sea. As he said, the cafe was worth walking for a few more minutes. It seemed that the ratio of couples among the guests was exceptionally high, but it must be because of my mood. The sea thought nothing of it. Instead, he admired the store’s meticulous interior or decent view.
In this respect, I was grateful that the writers had roughed out the settings. You don’t have to go to a lame coffee house overflowing with men wearing stockings and strange wigs just to pursue historical research. Still, wouldn’t it be fine if the cafe didn’t sell frappuccino or snowflake shaved ice?
“How else did you find a place like this? Does this also appear in the original?”
“Uh, well.”
It’s a lie. This is the place where Seol-Ah directly asked and sold her feet. She lied because she was somehow ashamed to tell him the truth. When I say, “This is a place I found myself,” Doesn’t it sound like you’re saying that it’s a place I found because I wanted to go with you?
After a short wait, a cup of coffee was placed in front of each of them.
“So, shall we talk about something serious now?”
“Wait!”
Seola blocked the sea’s mouth. Her sea looked at her with her bewildered eyes.
“Why again?”
“Aren’t you hungry? Desserts here are delicious.”
Today’s goal was to delay that serious talk as much as possible. I drank coffee because I was tired, I ate some dessert because my mouth was sore, and then it was lunchtime, so we ate lunch together, and we went for a walk while digesting.
Actually, there was no such thing as a plan. Just because the goal of the plan was to somehow block the mouth of the sea and drag her to the next place. It is a poor plan that even a 5-year-old child would think of. In the end, everything depended on her improvisation and the response of the sea.
It’s a problem that was revealed during Wilhelm, but Seol-Ah was really desperate and she didn’t have the talent to come up with a plan like this. Although she herself did not admit it. She was quite gifted at analyzing and figuring things out, but she was incredibly weak at actually coming up with a plan to save them.
Her clumsy dating plan finally kicked off in earnest.