＜Episode 78＞ Dream
Friday evening.
Si-eun and I were solving an assignment from a subject we were studying together.
When the talk of the assignment came out of the professor’s mouth, I wanted something from the first week. I just thought that something out of the ordinary had happened. So far, it has been normal for the first two weeks to have no homework.
The desire to cancel the course seemed like a chimney, but I couldn’t. Last semester spent with Si-eun. I wanted to increase the time we spend together.
So we sat next to each other on the bed, doing our homework. Discuss, but do not copy answers. While strictly complying with the standards set by Si-eun.
He gently glanced at Si-eun.
As it was Friday, Si-eun was dressed in a maid outfit. After dating, even after sharing marriage promises, Si-eun kept on wearing a maid outfit once a week. It’s good for me, but I’m worried that it might be hot.
With that thought in mind, I tried to turn my gaze back, but I noticed something striking.
Point to the laptop screen and speak.
“Wrong there.”
“uh? really?”
Si-eun was startled at my point and asked. It was a blind eye that I did not know. good for talking
“yes. here.”
He pointed it out again, but Si-eun tilted her head and looked at the answer for a while. It seemed that the wrong point was not immediately visible.
I always got help from Si-eun. I guess I’ll have a chance to help out like this. He was a little happy and explained with a smile.
“In a way that proves whether it is true or false when you enter this into this program… … Since contradictions occur when they are true or false, such a program does not exist. You just have to prove it.”
Si-eun nodded her head as she teased her index finger and talked.
After a while, Si-eun, who corrected the explanation according to my explanation, turned her face and looked up at me.
“thank you.”
It was a very slight, faceless expression.
“Until thank you.”
He smiled and patted his head. Si-eun smiled as if tickled.
When there are only the two of us, Si-eun also accepts skinship well. He refused my hand in front of Sohye. I’ve been receiving the attention of others for a long time, so I guess I’m just getting used to it. It was surprising.
But for a while. A soft sigh escaped Si-eun’s mouth.
“ha.”
“What sigh?”
Si-eun asked with a worried expression on her face when she asked without stopping her stroking hand.
“I mean.”
“yes.”
“Actually, I don’t know what my dream is.”
“suddenly?”
“yes. suddenly.”
I wondered if he was joking, but Si-eun looked very gloomy. As I closed my mouth and waited, Si-eun’s words continued.
“I have no idea what to do after marriage.”
“Well.”
It must have been a serious story.
It must have been in the middle of a school assignment. Why did I suddenly become worried about the distant future?
I was skeptical and spoke again with a blink of an eye. Si-eun turned to her laptop and said.
“To be honest, I mean. I don’t think I’m a good fit for computer science.”
“ah.”
After hearing those words, I got a rough idea of what kind of thought process he went through. Seeing himself wandering from the first task, he must have wondered if it would be right to go down this road.
I asked with concern.
“tiring?”
“It’s not very difficult… … . That doesn’t seem like a good fit.”
Si-eun candidly shares her worries with a grumbling tone. It was a sight that was seldom seen in the past.
Not that it’s not, but haven’t you heard similar stories before?
‘I just came to the place that gave me the most scholarships based on my grades. I honestly don’t know if computers or programming are fun.’
At the time, Si-eun said, “Don’t take it seriously. It’s just that.” I was about to skip it. I also nodded and moved on. It is natural. Because I didn’t have a deep relationship with Si-eun back then.
In fact, Si-eun did not seem to have much interest in this field. His skills weren’t even that great.
However, Si-eun is the type that covers it by adding effort to cut bones. The last few semesters must have been very difficult.
You are now able to properly address your concerns.
It came to me happy for a moment, but… … It didn’t seem like that time. Si-eun can even breathe a sigh of relief. what are you happy about
After thinking for a while, he moved his mouth.
“Do you want to work after marriage?”
“Rather than wanting to work… … Shouldn’t it be right? He seems to be relying too much on himself. I have money to pay back.”
“Well. It should be regarded as practically non-existent.”
If we were just dating, we would be married now. Asking me to pay my mother-in-law’s medical bills seems disrespectful. I don’t know how other couples feel, but at least for me it was.
He patted his head and then released his stroking hand.
Soon after, Si-eun, who turned her head, returned a look of regret. Looking at you with these eyes, I can’t help it. This time, he said while touching his cheeks and ears.
“Leave all those practical issues aside. You are asking if you really want to work in the future.”
“yes… … .”
Si-eun, who was immersed in thought while letting out a short sound, returned the answer after a while.
“I do not know.”
“You don’t know?”
“okay. i mean Have you been working hard? I’ve studied hard up until now, so when I become a member of society, I think I’ll have to work hard on something else. But I wonder if it has to be.”
“Well.”
Si-eun looked confused inside.
It deserves it. Isn’t it a poet who has always lived a proud life? He has been busy enough to be called a so-called workaholic. At the root of it, filial piety for the mother must have stood tall.
But now that I have started to support that share, there was no reason for Si-eun to have to.
Sadness sometimes turns into laughter. smiled and said
“You can’t work. i have a lot of money I will continue to work after I get married.”
Si-eun smirked and asked.
“If he works… … What am I doing?”
“Well, I have to do the housework at home.”
At my words, Si-eun looked down at the clothes she was wearing, and then responded by blinking her eyes as if she realized something.
“but. Because I am a maid.”
Laughter comes out of an absurd idea. I wondered if I was joking on purpose.
I hide my shyness and say it.
“Rather than being a maid… … . Because she is my wife.”
Well, the wife doesn’t necessarily have to do all the housework. If I were to do that job, the job would be doubled. It would most certainly be left to Si-eun.
Did you feel a strange resonance at the word wife? The corners of Si-eun’s lips rose slowly.
“You mean your wife?”
“okay. That’s what happens after you get married.”
“Whoops.”
The worried expression on her face up until now had gone all over the place, and Si-eun’s face was full of playfulness.
In such a state, Si-eun said sternly.
“Tell me again.”
“why?”
“Because I want to hear it again.”
There is no other reason other than that.
But since it looked so enjoyable, I didn’t want to hear it straight away. Am I really that bad? Seeing a playful Si-eun makes me want to prank her.
He let go of the hand that was touching the corner of his cheek and replied with a snort.
“honey.”
“Ugh.”
Si-eun trembled for a moment.
“Not that.”
He looked at me with dissatisfied eyes and protested.
Is there any difference between a wife and a lover? I don’t know. For me, just hearing the word “husband” seems to tickle my chest.
“If you get married anyway, you will hear a lot about it, huh? Wait until then.”
“What?”
“what is it. You said that you might get tired of saying that you love me often. It’s similar.”
“It’s different from that.”
Si-eun continued to question her, but she decided to ignore it. I’ll have to call you later when I’m careless. The reaction at that time is expected, and laughter is already flowing out.
Si-eun, who looked at me sullenly, quickly turned her head.
I didn’t mean to make you cringe. Were you having a lot of fun? Si-eun turned her eyes slightly and glanced at me, who was watching me like that.
“Because we just talked.”
“yes.”
Si-eun sighed a little.
“What I want to achieve after marriage… … I have a dream.”
“really?”
It was surprising.
To be honest, I haven’t been able to give you much helpful advice. I couldn’t help it because I wasn’t mature enough to give life advice.
Anyway, I’m curious to hear that you have a dream.
“What?”
When I asked the question, Si-eun turned her head.
He replied with a smile.
“When he comes home from work, he serves a delicious dinner.”
“uh… … .”
“Then you have a lot of children and work hard to raise them.”
“yes.”
“Watching our children grow.”
“Well.”
“After we grow old together, we look at each other’s wrinkled faces and talk. It was a very happy life.”
“I think I skipped halfway through too much.”
Si-eun did not budge despite my playful comments and added one last word.
“like this… … Living happily together. That is my dream.”
Talking as if dreaming of a distant future. Your eyes look forward to the life you will live with me.
Si-eun’s last words, which made her laugh, were so happy and lovely.
I couldn’t stand it and opened my mouth.
“there.”
“yes.”
“Can I hug you?”
“no.”
… … Can’t you?
“why?”
Si-eun laughed softly at my question.
“You are doing your homework now.”
“Well, it is not.”
He smiled bitterly and corrected the question.
“Then can I hug you after the assignment is over?”
“Even if you can’t, I’ll hug you.”
“right.”
“Then I won’t say no. Because it’s useless anyway.”
Si-eun said with a smile.
It was the answer he gave me by turning it round and round, but in a nutshell, it means that I can hug him.
“okay. Let’s do it now.”
“yes. I have to finish it quickly.”
So we started the task again.
Studying isn’t really fun. that this is wrong how do i solve this problem He only talked about really boring stories.
But even in the midst of that, the corners of our lips were raised enough to be visible.
Si-eun said that her dream was to live happily ever after.
That dream… … Maybe it was done early.
Could it really be that we are sharing a dream-like time together?
It was a night with such thoughts.