＜Episode 6＞ Oversleeping
the next morning.
“Well… … .”
When I woke up, my eyes were more dazzling than usual.
For some reason, the curtain was slightly open.
I should have pulled the curtains before I lay down. It’s not that I hate sunlight, but I want to get a good night’s sleep. If the curtains are open, it will interfere with oversleeping.
When I turned my head, the door was also slightly open. Even though the memories I closed before going to bed are clear.
Did Si-eun come to wake me up?
When I checked the screen of my phone with blurred vision, I saw the words 11:45.
On weekends, my schedule is to wake up at 2 or 3 o’clock.
But today, I woke up to the sound of something boiling, the sound of knives and chopping boards clashing, and the smell of soybean paste stew that stimulates appetite.
I got up from bed and headed to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, as expected, Si-eun was cooking.
Dressed in a floral print dress. Si-eun usually shows off her sophisticated style, but this modest outfit went well with her. Also, clothes hangers are more important.
Si-eun glanced sideways as if feeling a presence.
“I just woke up.”
“Because I like to sleep late.”
“It’s because you sleep late.”
Si-eun looked back at me without stopping to cut the knife and said. It seemed that it was not a lie that he was good at cooking. Had I done that, I would have cut off a few fingers right away.
By the way.
“Well?”
There were some areas where I felt a bit uncomfortable. For some reason, there seemed to be a different point than usual. I don’t know where it is.
After thinking for a while, I found the cause.
“Did you sleep well?”
“What?”
Si-eun tilted her head as she put the sliced vegetables into the pot.
“You look tired.”
I just felt that way. I didn’t have dark circles or my eyes were loose, but somehow I looked tired.
It was strange to know that I slept late in the first place. If Si-eun went to bed early, there’s no way to know that I was up late.
After hearing my words, Si-eun paused for a moment.
“You are sensitive only to this part… … . Or are you observing me every day?”
He returned an unreasonable answer.
“I don’t watch it every day. In the first place, I didn’t pay any attention to other people.”
“Hmm, okay?”
Si-eun asked with a tone that seemed uninterested. I don’t think he’s interested in me either.
He opens the refrigerator, takes out a water bottle, and asks.
“therefore? Can’t you sleep?”
“You are persistent. He said he wasn’t interested in other people.”
“You have to pay attention to the welfare of your employees.”
“Speak well.”
Si-eun turned off the gas fire with a soft sarcasm.
“It’s just that I’m not used to it. I’m sleeping in a room like this, unlike yesterday.”
“sorry. I’ll order a bed soon.”
“No, I don’t mean that. The room I used to live in was very small. I couldn’t get used to sleeping in a room like this all of a sudden, it’s like this.”
did that mean
How long have you been living in such a cramped room? Well, I could have saved money on clothes and cosmetics and got a better room… … . It must have been a kind of investment for Si-eun.
Si-eun snorted.
“Yongke noticed.”
“Well, somehow.”
Having said this, I opened the water bottle and drank it without speaking.
At the end of my view, I saw Si-eun, who was pouring soup in the bowl, looking back at me.
“Wait a minute! That’s the water I need to drink too! You have to drink it from a cup!”
what?
He put down the water bottle and replied.
“It’s annoying.”
“Even if it bothers you, drink it from a cup. If we live together, shouldn’t we be concerned about that much?”
“Yep… … .”
It flinched right away. Yesterday’s courage to counter punch Si-eun, who was making fun of me, had long since disappeared.
However, that is correct.
Si-eun overlaps the living space and just does the work that bothers me. That’s what I thought, but it hasn’t been like that since yesterday.
As long as they live together in one place, they are bound to become entangled with each other. There’s nothing you can do about it It is a natural result that there are areas that I need to pay attention to.
After taking a deep breath, Si-eun.
“Really, you don’t even know.”
Putting the stew on the table, he said bluntly.
Is that so? Actually, I don’t even know… … .
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Si-eun went into the room after cleaning and doing laundry during the day. After dinner, he went back to bed.
Do you not go out often on the weekends? Well, I said I should save money. Maybe it’s because I don’t really need to go out.
I didn’t have a TV or a book, so I was wondering what to do, but when I think about it, Si-eun is also a computer science major like me. You should probably have a laptop.
And that night.
As I was concentrating on coding while staring at the monitor, a yawn came naturally.
Looking at the time in the lower right corner, it was still 3 am.
I used to fall asleep watching the morning dawn, but today I woke up early. It was only natural that the fortunes of sleep came.
Shall I wash up and sleep now?
With that in mind, I opened the door and headed to the living room.
“… … Are you going to sleep now?”
Si-eun was looking at me with her chin on the table.
“okay. Because today I woke up earlier than usual. … … But why aren’t you sleeping?”
“You woke up.”
Si-eun stretched out and answered.
He said he couldn’t get used to it today, so he had trouble sleeping. If you keep doing this, you will get tired. You might cut your finger while looking at the other side while cutting.
He made eye contact and said.
“I ordered a bed, so please wait until it arrives.”
As a bonus, I also ordered a maid outfit. I chose the size based on the body shape that I can see with the naked eye. There’s no way to know the three sizes, and if you ask me, I’ll be slapped in the face right away.
But Si-eun shook her head.
“Nevertheless. There was no bed in the room I lived in before, so it’s not because of that.”
“okay?”
As she scratched her head and asked, Si-eun looked away and slowly opened her mouth.
“What… … . The truth is.”
“yes.”
“The tension… … Should I do it?”
Si-eun, who whispered as if talking to herself, had a faint blush on her face.
It’s an unexpected reaction. What kind of tension are you talking about?
“Tension?”
Si-eun frowned at my question and looked up at me.
“It means living in the same house with a man.”
He hesitated to reply back.
“Didn’t you say it was okay?”
“I thought it would be fine.”
“By the way?”
“Since we are actually living, we have no choice but to run into each other. Well, I have no choice but to do that.”
Aha. does that mean
It seems that Si-eun had the same thoughts she had at lunch today. As long as you live in the same house, it is inevitable that there will be points of connection.
“As I kept doing that, I realized that I was really living with another man.”
“don’t worry. Because I have no intention of doing anything strange.”
“I know that. You don’t even have the courage to do that.”
Are you?
“I know, as long as I’m actually talking to you, it’s fine… … . Sometimes when I’m alone in my room, or while you’re sleeping, I get anxious for some reason.”
“Um, okay?”
“okay. Well, even if I think about it, it’s stupid.”
Saying that, Si-eun kept her eyes down.
I can’t fully empathize with Si-eun’s psychology. But it was understood. That is what it means to live in the same house as the opposite s*x.
I’m also nervous… … not doing However, this is just me being abnormal. Most likely you will react like Si-eun.
then what i have to do
“there.”
I parted my lips with a stiff face.
“why?”
He still looks at me with a red face.
To Si-eun like that, I brought out the thought that popped into my head.
“Can I sing you a lullaby?”
“it’s crazy?”
“sorry.”
It was ignored in 0.1 seconds with a bitter glance.
But Si-eun slowly raised the corners of her lips and then smiled.
“You are so stupid.”
“Is that a compliment?”
“To be honest, it’s not an insult.”
“Then I’ll listen to it as a compliment.”
“Do what you want.”
Si-eun stood up from her seat with a laugh that she did not know whether it was a laugh or a ridicule.
“Sleepy. cut it.”
“Yeah. And well, it’s okay to oversleep, so get up when you want to. You don’t have to get up early.”
“If you do this on the weekend, won’t it be difficult on weekdays because your sleep pattern is out of sync?”
“I can’t sleep in class.”
“That’s not bragging.”
Then, Si-eun smiled once more.
“Anyway, thank you.”
He left these words and went back to his room.
The next day, after a good night’s sleep, it was probably because of these words that we ended up having a late lunch with toast.