＜Episode 108＞ Mild fever, fatigue, and drowsiness 1
“Go to your room. What if we move?”
“done. I will stay here until I fall asleep.”
“Ugh.”
Si-eun uttered only these words in good faith and asked for the thermometer.
After returning home, Si-eun immediately finished taking a light shower. To thaw your frozen body in the cold air. And to go to bed early.
It’s still 9pm. It’s too early for sleep. Still, Si-eun said that she was drowsy and creepy and went to bed in her room. To say that he was in bad shape was not an ordinary thing.
And I brought a chair near the bed and sat down.
At least until Si-eun falls asleep, I want to take care of her by her side.
After a while, a beeping beep sounded. Si-eun took the thermometer out of her mouth and checked the number written on the screen.
“How many degrees?”
“37.3 degrees.”
“Well, it’s not that high.”
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Mind is at ease I involuntarily let out a sigh of relief.Si-eun said that she has a bad constitution to catch a cold. There was one time when the body temperature exceeded 38 degrees Celsius in our house. Today, it was said that the fever was in the early 37 ℃ range, so it was at a level that was reassuring.
“I know. It’s cold.”
Si-eun also murmured a vague story. You must have come to a similar conclusion to me.
I knew it was going to be that way, but the words that followed were slightly different.
“It’s a bit mild for a cold. I am tired and drowsy.”
“Aren’t colds usually light?”
“I told you that I was severely ill. It usually goes up to 38 degrees and that’s it. But this is enough… … .”
Si-eun, who blurs the end of her words, looked puzzled. Haha, there was no sign of embarrassment the last time I had a hard time. It means you’ve experienced something similar a few times.
“I think I was weak this time. It may have been a little warm after getting a cold breeze outside.”
“is it?”
“Isn’t it? If it’s too hard, I’ll have to go to the emergency room. Honey won’t go Anyway, get a good rest today. It will be better if you go to bed early and wake up.”
“yes… … .”
Si-eun nodded her head. Her long, dark hair, cluttered up, slid on the pillow.
When I turned my gaze, I saw the above-mentioned cheeks. Her lips were open and her eyes were slightly closed.
He seems to have lost all his strength because of his body aches. It was a pity that it gave off a feeling of weakness.
He reached over to Si-eun’s forehead and gently stroked his hair. A slight heat radiated through the palms of his hands.
“Why is honey again?”
Hearing the vaguely exhaled sound, Si-eun pulled the blanket up to her shoulders.
“Why? Maybe it’s because I can’t take care of myself.”
“I must have been tired, but maybe it was because of me who didn’t allow me to rest well?”
“What are you talking about.”
Si-eun frowned slightly afterward.
“Until I met Honey, I lived through much more trouble.”
“I always think of it as a feeling of wanting to do better.”
“You don’t have to worry about it because you’re still doing good enough.”
In answering this, Si-eun showed a hazy smile.
Reminds me of an old poem.
Until a few months ago, Si-eun did not show any signs of pain. It was the same when it was sad and when it was hard. After dating me and opening my heart, I started to be honest little by little.
Behind it, there must have been a heart that did not want to cause trouble to others. Because when I was young, I didn’t want my mother to worry about me or worry about me when I came to my house.
Even now, Si-eun reads my feelings and pretends to be strong for nothing. Because I don’t want to see you feel sorry for me.
Well, there’s nothing I can’t do if it’s a request from a sick person. I decided not to talk about gatabuta here.
“I’m glad.”
He answered quietly and continued stroking Si-eun’s head. Si-eun smiled softly, as if it was tickling as she rubbed her fingers.
“long time no see. This is how you are cared for.”
“I know. How many months?”
“Half a year has passed… … . About nine months?”
“It has already passed.”
It was a memory like the distant past.
Not long after Si-eun came to this house, there was a day when Si-eun’s condition looked bad. When I asked if he was okay, Si-eun quickly turned her head. The wind swayed my body.
That day, in this room, I watched Si-eun for a while. It wasn’t even nursing. It wasn’t well taken care of either. Still, he stayed by my side until he fell asleep.
Si-eun looked at her with warm eyes, whether she recalled the same scene.
“From that day on… … She looked a little different.”
“Did you look like a man?”
“He didn’t look like a man.”
Are you?
“You are a person who knows how to take care of others. Even if you try to shake it off, you are the one who comes by your side… … . I thought so. I also thought that it was a pure lie to say that I was not interested in others.”
“That wasn’t a lie.”
“You’re lying. Why would someone who doesn’t care about others do such a thing?”
“They gave her a special service because she looked pretty.”
“Speak well.”
Si-eun smiled as if it was funny at the story given as a special service.
Then, he gently placed his palm on the back of my hand that was stroking my hair and started to caress it.
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My hand trembled due to the soft touch. The stroking movement naturally stopped.Si-eun’s story continued.
“Actually, up until now, I have been living with a serious illness once every half a year. When it comes to the changing seasons around spring and fall, I struggled for two days.”
“Did you?”
“yes. But the last time I got sick was 9 months ago, right? You have already passed the cycle.”
Si-eun gently covered the back of my hand with the palm she was touching.
“As I live with my sweetheart, I eat well, rest well, and when I’m lonely… … We had a conversation together. I guess I’m healthier than before.”
“Instead, you took over all the housework.”
“I’m a maid, so I have to take care of it.”
“Even if you’re not a maid anymore.”
“Did you promise to be a housekeeper for the rest of your life?”
“That’s it… … .”
I tried to argue, but I had nothing to say.
The story itself was right. Didn’t Si-eun return a more hasty answer to my hasty confession? The answer, like a kind of proposal, that I would work as my housekeeper for the rest of my life.
Si-eun said, “Woohoo,” and then smiled a little.
“So, trust me when I said that I’m still doing good enough. … … This is not something I said as a special service.”
He said this in a happy voice.
Likewise, he raised the tone and answered.
“It’s true that you always wanted to do better.”
“done. It’s enough to just do it like this. Just hugging her sometimes and stroking her like this sometimes makes me happy.”
“really?”
“Of course. If the sweetheart caresses you, your worries and worries… … It disappears cleanly.”
It was a word that warmed my ears.
I vaguely knew that Si-eun likes skinship. He often sat on my lap or held me in my arms.
But I didn’t know that Si-eun could feel so comfortable in my hands. It’s comfortable on the knees. Because my arms are warm At least, I thought it was for this reason.
Suddenly, it seems that I have become someone who gives peace of mind to someone.
There was no need to ask who it was.
“Then I’ll have to keep stroking it.”
While holding Si-eun’s hand, he moved his palm and stroked Si-eun’s head.
Si-eun, who had closed her eyes and enjoyed the tickling that came again, quietly opened her mouth.
“now stop. You’ll sleep soon.”
He looked up as he talked and felt tired.
After stroking it a little, it seems that he is already sleepy. He said rubbing his chin.
“Shall we just sleep here together?”
“no. If you have a real cold, you can spread it. Get out now.”
“Well.”
It doesn’t matter if I move. It seemed like a terrible thing to imagine Si-eun who would be sorry for having caught a cold. If I sit down, it will be very disturbing to sleep, so it would be better to get out of here.
got up from the chair.
“It’s been a long time since we all should sleep.”
“I know. We always slept together.”
“Well, I can’t help it today. Let’s sleep together again when we get better.”
“okay. I will get well soon.”
“okay. I’ll go. good night.”
After giving this greeting, I walked towards the door of the room.
The moment I was about to leave the room.
“there. honey.”
Si-eun called me.
“why?”
“I’m sorry… … .”
“yes. What?”
Is this the kind of attitude you are trying to ask for? When asked with a questionable tone, Si-eun looked slightly embarrassed.
“… … Bring me some dolls from the room.”
“doll?”
This is the one word that he quickly stopped and mumbled. A bitter laugh rang out at the cute sound. Looking at me like that, Si-eun shot resentful eyes.
“I told you to sleep with a doll when you’re not here… … .”
“Um, it was. right. yes. I know. uh. okay. I will bring you.”
“I’m really annoyed.”
He complains even when he grants a request. She was a very fickle wife.
He walked away with a smile on his face. When I entered my room, there was a giant teddy bear sitting on the bed as usual.
I hugged the bear and went back to Si-eun’s room.
When I put the doll next to Si-eun, Si-eun said, “Heh, thank you.” muttered. He was also just cute to me. If it weren’t for pain, I would want to kiss you right away.
I can’t kiss you, but it’s okay to play small pranks.
He brought up the joke that crossed his mind.
“Because I left the doll here. Now, can I sing you a lullaby?”
“yes. Call me.”
“… … uh?”
A groan erupted at the unexpected answer.
Si-eun giggled as if my reaction was funny.
“Call me and go. Until I fall asleep.”
“Oh, no.”
It was just a joke.
When our eyes met, Si-eun smiled again. But it didn’t look like he was joking. Now, Si-eun’s nagging sound seemed to come flying in if she said it was a joke.
He threw a jab and got hit with a counter punch.
what to do I promised myself that there is nothing I can’t listen to if it’s a request from a sick person. Reflecting on this determination, I sat down on the chair.
“It is expected.”
Si-eun whispered while gently hugging the giant teddy bear. The eyes looking into me drew an interesting arc.
“That, what is it? Don’t wait. In the first place, what a lullaby is… … .”
“There is one famous thing. A lullaby, a song.”
“I only know the lyrics.”
“You just have to call it over and over again.”
Then it doesn’t sound like some kind of magic.
Of course, you can look up the lyrics on your cell phone, but that was also very strange. Now that this is the case, I want to watch him fall asleep straight away.
Before long, I even made a chin as if to call him quickly, so I put my hand on Si-eun’s bedside.
He pats the spot and opens his mouth.
“Come on, lullaby, my baby… … .”
After hesitatingly continuing the lyrics, Si-eun smiled shyly and happy.
The only lyrics I know are this one line. Since the sound is consistent, I thought that the function as a lullaby would be better.
I think it was actually
Si-eun’s eyes gradually blinked slowly, and then they closed somewhat.
With him, the sound of Si-eun’s even breathing reached my ears.
Si-eun did not wake up even if the singing voice was reduced. It didn’t look like he was sleeping. If I had been awake even shallowly, “Why don’t you keep calling?” I would have asked.
While we were chatting, quite a bit of time passed, but it wasn’t even ten o’clock yet. Seeing that he slept soundly, he must have been in bad shape.
I look at Si-eun, who is deeply asleep.
The quilt vibrates slightly to the sound of your breath. His face, which had lost his strength, only occasionally murmured his mouth. Perhaps because of the heat, the skin, which was originally pure white, was slightly reddish.
No matter how you look at it, she looked pretty.
hopefully tomorrow will be a little better
And I hope we can sleep together tomorrow.
With this hope, I turned off the light and went back to my room alone.