＜Episode 64＞ Proposal
“walk?”
Si-eun asked with a puzzled face.
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Maybe it’s because I’m reluctant to go out for a walk or to go out for a walk? It looked like he was trying to figure out if he had other intentions.Actually, I can’t say anything because it’s a proposal with a different intention. Si-eun snorted and nodded as soon as she stared straight into her eyes without opening her mouth.
“okay.”
“really?”
“okay. Because I like to go for a walk.”
It seemed to be suspicious. A sigh of relief escaped spontaneously.
“But what’s wrong? You want to go for a walk.”
“… … What.”
No excuses come to mind When I left the room pretending to be casual, Si-eun followed me without asking deeply.
A street in the soft moonlight.
In the warm, warm summer night air, we walk.
No matter what you say to your parents, nothing will stop them, but it was also very strange to say, “I’ll propose to you.” “I’ll go out for a while.” I left with the same words.
Si-eun and her body face each other and take a step forward.
The road to the destination was rather dark. Street lights were sparsely illuminating the road, but it was still dangerous.
Besides, isn’t it the first time Si-eun is visiting? It wasn’t strange, even though I was afraid. It would be better to move your feet slowly.
I thought so, but somehow Si-eun took a bold step as if there was no fear.
turned his head and asked.
“Aren’t you afraid?”
“why?”
“It’s a little dark.”
“Well, how are you?”
Si-eun smiled a little and then leaned on my back.
“You are right next to me.”
“but.”
Yes it is. If a robber or molester suddenly appears, I will try to protect Si-eun even if I get hurt.
“I’ll protect you.”
“yes.”
“In the future, keep going.”
“… … yes.”
Si-eun accepted the words with the deepest meaning in her heart.
How much longer would I have walked? We finally reached our destination. It’s strange that a walk has a destination, but well, in the first place, the walk was just a simple name.
“Wow.”
An exclamation naturally came out of Si-eun’s mouth.
The place we arrived at was on a hill overlooking our town.
In the middle of a road with nothing special. However, if you look from the side from here, you can see the whole town. I have been living here since I was a child, so I, who hates going out, knew about these checkpoints.
This is the reason why I walked up that dark road in the middle of the night. I really liked the scenery, so I wanted to give Si-eun a look at it once.
Si-eun, who opened her mouth and raised her eyes like a child, placed her hand on the railing and extended her index finger with the other hand.
“Is that where we started?”
“okay. This is our house.”
“I haven’t walked in a while, but this is what it looks like.”
well In terms of time, it would have taken quite a long time. If it feels like you haven’t walked in a while, it’s probably because the conversation you had on the way was so much fun.
It must have been because it seemed too short for me.
Si-eun with her fingers outstretched. The innocent body movements were so cute.
As I grabbed that arm and moved it a little, Si-eun’s index finger pointed to another neighborhood near my house. It was a nostalgic neighborhood with small buildings next to each other.
Si-eun turned her head towards me.
“what are you doing?”
“Look over there for a second.”
He returned these words without explaining, and Si-eun looked ahead again with a suspicious look.
“Where do you think it is?”
“Well.”
If I had known, that would have been even more surprising.
After laughing, he revealed the correct answer.
“That’s where I lived when I was a kid.”
“ah.”
It was then that Si-eun also realized the meaning.
A rather narrow villa where I lived as a child. An elementary school in an old building. Small supermarket and closed laundry. Literally, it is a town where the past remains intact.
Anyone looking for the most country-like place around Si-eun’s house, if not comparable to the ones around Si-eun’s house, would choose that place.
“Did I say that when I was young, it was difficult at home? At least until I was in high school, I lived in a town like that. It wasn’t that I had a very difficult life.”
“I see.”
Si-eun nodded her head with a smile on her face.
“This time I went to your house and felt… … . Really, we grew up very similar. The result is so different, though.”
“It’s different, but it’s so different. I can’t cook, I don’t have attachments.”
Si-eun speaks in a playful tone. Well, it really is. Compared to Si-eun, she can’t even clean, and she doesn’t have enough friends. The differences were so numerous that I couldn’t even count them with my fingers.
so that.
Although we are so similar, we are so different.
I will be able to sympathize with Si-eun’s feelings and also fill in the gaps that Si-eun lacks.
It’s not just me. It’s the same with Siyeon.
We were a pair that fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
Si-eun, who was silently listening to my story, smiled and pushed her face in.
“Then all of the things your parents told you earlier, must have happened in that town?”
“Um, that’s right.”
I don’t know what kind of black history I’ve heard. It is frightening to see Si-eun hold my weaknesses. Si-eun smiled brightly as she was trembling in small fear.
“Do you know how many times your parents praised you?”
“Uh, was it?”
When asked about the unexpected, Si-eun continued speaking without a smile.
“From a young age, he listened to me well, wasn’t crooked, he worked hard to do his own thing even though he didn’t ask me to do it, and he always said that he was so engrossed in something that he couldn’t get out of it.”
“The last one doesn’t sound like a lot of praise, does it?”
Si-eun shook her head.
“It’s a compliment. So you made a lot of money and bought a nice house for your parents.”
“Ugh.”
“My boyfriend did a great job.”
These words make me humble too. He didn’t answer, just patted the back of his neck.
The atmosphere became quite cozy.
The summer air that surrounds us. And warmer words come and go. There seemed to be a subtle air current flowing between them.
Countless stars twinkle in the sky.
Right now, Si-eun and I are alone here.
We only look at each other, and we only listen to each other’s stories.
The occasional noise of people and cars passing by is so small that it doesn’t bother us at all.
Signs over the railings, neon signs and street lights. The dazzlingly luminous things felt like lights directed at us.
She faced Si-eun who was standing in front of her.
Both eyes were looking straight at me, and my lips were trembling a little.
Perhaps you have already guessed what will happen next.
Put your hand to your lips and clear your throat.
“There, I.”
Having said that, I stiffened for a moment.
Come to think of it, I couldn’t decide at all what words I should propose. It was only when I had the courage to go into the main topic that I realized this fact.
What should I say?
The worries did not last long.
There is only one thing that is possible for me, who has no words, no great rhetoric, no events with impact, no pretty rings and necklaces.
Just being honest, getting my heart out. There was only this.
“I mean.”
“yes.”
Following Si-eun’s trembling reply.
I started talking seriously.
“From now on, I will never eat ramen.”
“… … What?”
Perhaps it was an unexpected word, Si-eun let out a weak voice.
Keep talking without giving up.
“And, he doesn’t even drink coffee… … Go to bed early.”
Si-eun tilted her head. like what are you talking about
“And again, I learn to swim from you, go out for a walk together often, and eat healthy side dishes as well… … .”
“Yes… … .”
Si-eun’s face, who returned the bewildered answer, had a mysterious color. From before, Si-eun was showing a reaction as if she had heard a strange sound.
Those were absurd words I thought. When I try to be honest, only stupid words like this come out. It was just pitiful.
But this was all my sincerity.
“So. there.”
Tighten your throat and exhale.
“never… … I will not make you alone.”
Si-eun’s shoulders shook.
Did you understand what I mean now?
“So that’s it.”
Before opening her lips, she looked at Si-eun’s face.
There was a look of surprise on his slightly dazed face. His body was frozen and his expression hardened. His eyes also seemed to twitch a little.
In order to be able to sustain even such a poem, I brought out the last word in an unshakable voice.
“marry me.”
The moment I spoke, the world seemed to stop.
There was no sound, and his vision did not change at all. The city lights and the headlights of passing cars seemed to have stopped.
It felt like the whole world was waiting for Si-eun’s answer.
What kind of answer will come?
You may ask, is it too early to discuss marriage? Rather, it may be a normal reaction. It wasn’t strange even if it was thought that I was going ahead by myself and sounding like an idiot.
Si-eun looked at me with that thought.
He just looked at me quietly without saying a word.
After a few seconds, maybe even tens of seconds, in that state.
Si-eun’s lips, who had only met their eyes, slowly opened.
“I’ve been thinking about something for a long time.”
The tone of voice was a bit strange for an answer that I agreed to. Are you willing to refuse?
“… … yes.”
His voice trembled as he answered with concern.
But Si-eun.
With a smile brighter than ever.
He joked and joked playfully.
“I want to have as many children as possible.”
… … ?
“Uh, what?”
“I mean. Growing up alone when I was young, I felt a little lonely. Actually, I didn’t know it when I was young, but I felt it because I lived with you. I thought it would be nice to have someone to live with.”
“uh?”
“So I thought it would be fun for my child to have an older sister, older brother, or younger brother. So, as many as possible… … .”
“Wait a minute.”
He spread his palms to Si-eun, who was telling a long story.
From what I’ve heard so far, of course… … I guess, though. This time, I felt like I had to listen to the answer clearly and go.
“So the answer is… … ?”
Si-eun smiled at me as if it was natural for me to ask such a question.
“You already told me. I do not remember?”
“Did you tell me?”
have you already told me? Besides, what do you mean by asking if you can’t remember? I have no idea when I’m talking about work.
Si-eun smiled bitterly when she tilted her head quietly, not knowing the English language.
“You said it then. … … I will work as your housekeeper for the rest of my life.”
“ah.”
I only remembered after hearing the crucial hint.
‘If you want to pay back everything you helped… … I’ll have to work as your housekeeper for the rest of my life.’
In response to my confession, it was the words that Si-eun returned.
I thought it was some kind of metaphorical expression. It seems that Si-eun was already thinking about the distant future with me at that time. Beyond simply dating, marriages that promise each other’s future.
okay. It was. didn’t you already know
Si-eun is not a woman who will never be in a romantic relationship with a light heart.
No matter how much you say you want to get married, the answer is that you want to have many children. … … This time too, it seems that I skipped several stages of the thought process in my head.
Si-eun inflated her cheeks as she burst into laughter.
“Did you forget?”
“I didn’t eat it. Sometimes it even appears in my dreams. But at that time, I didn’t take it seriously, so I went on to say it… … .”
“Are you saying you didn’t take my confession seriously?”
“uh? no. not that.”
I don’t know why I’m going with this flow.
Si-eun, with a dissatisfied expression on her face, said bluntly.
“And you said it back then. Even if you become acquainted, I will always be by your side.”
“Uh, uhm.”
That’s what I said when I went home after a company party.
Even that, I thought it would be a kind of clichéd expression.
You gave me so many hints, but I still haven’t figured it out.
I laughed at myself and raised the corners of my lips. Also, I’m not good enough even if I’m not good enough.
As I was lamenting that, I suddenly felt a soft sensation in my chest.
When I looked down, I saw Si-eun tightly held in my arms.
Burying my face in my chest, wrapping my arms around me, and holding my back tightly.
When I patted her back, Si-eun buried her face and mumbled.
“And above all, I knew you were calling me to say this.”
“Uh, okay?”
“Of course. I was listening to everything you said when I got in the car back then.”
“Uh, huh?”
“Besides, talking to my mother secretly in the hospital room. You didn’t know it, but you could hear it all the way out the door.”
“Huh.”
I didn’t know. But Si-eun’s mother must have known. I wonder if all of the conversations at that time were a ploy from my mother.
Somehow, he asked me to go straight to my house. I had heard it all and noticed it early on.
Si-eun laughed softly.
“Do you know how hard it was to wait for someone to propose to you while hiding your joy?”
“… … sorry.”
He swept from his head to his back and apologized. am i sorry This is not the time to take a closer look. For now, it would be best to apologize first.
Si-eun said, “Heh, that’s fine.” He smiled a little again.
I’ve been thinking really stupid.
Si-eun’s heart had already been decided. I was the only one who hesitated and brought in the moxibustion. I was so ignorant that I now felt great.
“Lee Hwi-min.”
Si-eun looked up and called me.
Si-eun’s face was dyed red in the moonlight.
“yes?”
“Did you make a promise to my mother?”
“promise?”
“okay.”
What promises did you make?
Looking back, all that came to mind was the promise to show my grandson as soon as possible.
uh?
When my thoughts reached that point, I was also startled by my surprise.
Si-eun seemed to immediately notice the meaning of this gesture. Si-eun hides her face in her chest again.
“We are.”
“Uh, yes.”
“hurry… … Shall we make it?”
“Uh, huh? What, what?”
no way?
Si-eun seems to be perplexed, but with a slightly sullen tone.
“Do I really have to tell you?”
“… … Baby, are you talking?”
As I stuttered, Si-eun nodded with her face buried in my chest.
“okay. Because I wanted to give birth to a lot. Shouldn’t we start early?”
“no. He usually makes it after getting married.”
“it’s okay. I was also born for speeding, my mother said.”
“A little bit though.”
“it’s okay. … … Even if you are speeding, you don’t have to get caught by the camera.”
“What nonsense.”
“So, hurry up.”
“Wait a minute. It’s out here.”
“okay. Let’s go home.”
“I can’t because my parents are there.”
“Then what are you going to do when you see me?”
Si-eun raised her head and asked, puffing up both cheeks.
I smiled bitterly as I looked at the pouty-looking face.
From the first time we met until now, Si-eun is always selfish.
And I came to like this Si-eun so much.
When I thought about it, I couldn’t stand it any longer.
I hugged Si-eun tightly and said.
“I love you.”
Si-eun showed a happy smile.
“… … I love you too.”
He returned an honest, unsympathetic answer.
And we.
No matter who came first, they licked their lips.
The kiss of the day continued for a very long time as if to convey love for each other.
Intense babymaking segs ahead.