160 – Rice Balls
“They say kids grow up fast without seeing them, and I never thought my brother would turn into such a handsome man in just two months.”
I reflexively furrowed my brows at Roel’s voice full of admiration and grandeur.
My older brother only saw me as a younger brother.
In other words, it is not even a competitor.
“You seem to have changed a lot, too.”
It wasn’t a polite empty remark. For Roel, the explanation that something has become more dense than before was appropriate.
I felt a heavy presence even when I didn’t do anything.
Could this be a transcendental being?
“Still, he is an older brother, but he cannot be pushed aside by his younger brother, who is evaluated as the best of all time. I also trained hard during that time.”
Emotions welled up in my heart, whether it was curiosity or sympathy.
Can I defeat Roel by using intangible breath?
While I was thinking that, Ilya stood by Roel in silence.
When our eyes met, he bowed his head in silence as usual.
I also reflexively bowed my head.
“You haven’t eaten yet, have you? Shall we have a meal together and talk?”
“My girlfriend is waiting. Let’s eat next time.”
I didn’t really want to eat with Roel, so I covered it up with those words.
Roel nodded with a regretful expression.
“Yes. Oh, and my parents are coming to see the triathlon. I want you to know.”
Resisting the urge to sigh at those words, I silently nodded.
How should I treat Ross’s parents?
I had a hunch that even if I asked myself, I wouldn’t get a good answer.
“And today was really impressive. Now, no one will treat you like a kid in first grade.”
Roel added with her cool smile.
“Okay, then see you at practice.”
“Yes.”
Tuk-tuk- Patting on my shoulder pretending to be indifferent, Roel walked past me.
Ilya silently follows behind him, and….
For some reason, Ellie stopped walking in front of me and stared at me.
I couldn’t help but be taken aback by that action.
Aren’t we between a tacit agreement to pretend not to know each other’s existence?
A cool breeze from somewhere on the plains passed between us.
“I never thought I would have realized even the wind. Magic seems so strange. Wouldn’t a fake world be created later?”
Ellie tucked her hair behind her ear with her coquettish touch and spoke calmly, as if nothing had happened between us.
Long time no see, how are you? I knew I had to give the same plain answer, but Ellie asked before I could open my mouth.
“I forgot I was with you in the triathlon.”
I felt strangely sympathetic to Ellie’s awkward smile.
“Me too. I never thought about it.”
When our eyes met, we laughed without questioning who said it first.
In a situation where we have to become a team, I think we approached it first with the thought that we couldn’t pretend we didn’t know as usual.
Then no matter what I think of Ellie, it’s polite to treat her kindly.
“It’s been a while. Ellie.”
“Yes, it’s been a while.”
With a strange emotion in her voice, Ellie gave her a small nod.
Then she looked at me and smiled.
“Ross, are you tall?”
“Yes. About 3cm.”
According to Luna, it seemed like she grew about 3cm during the vacation.
Unfortunately, Luna drank milk hard, but she still fits in my arms.
Ellie said with a smile.
“It looks great. It was fun to see a new look. Thanks to you, I haven’t been bored in a long time.”
“I’m glad.”
If she had been, she might have been delighted with Ellie’s words.
But right now, I’m just worried about Roel, who is waiting for Ellie at the door.
I didn’t even have to talk for a long time.
“Then see you next time.”
Saying that, Ellie nodded her head without regret.
She turned around and walked out together.
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No, the correct explanation was that Ellie followed me because of the difference in stride length.
***
Returning to her club room, I saw Aria spread across her bed like her corpse.
She glanced, but Arya blankly stared at her ceiling.
She looked away, thinking that talking to her would bother her.
“Ross, how are you?”
Luna, who was reading her book, got up from her seat and approached her.
The look of Luna looking at me with her bright smile reminded me of the futile thought of whether she hadn’t been a puppy in her previous life.
“Yes. We decided to gather for practice on the weekend. I should spend the rest of the day with Luna.”
Luna, who smiled happily, asked if she was belatedly thinking of her, as she was held in my arms.
“Didn’t you eat dinner?”
“I have no idea.”
I ate snacks, and as promised, Edward gave me cookies separately.
This is enough-
“Shall I make you dinner… ? I can make a simple rice ball.”
“I’ll eat well.”
It’s a different story when it comes to Luna’s food. Luna smiled at my prompt reply without any worries and told me to sit down and wait.
Following her command, Luna sat down on a chair in plain view, and she immediately stood up again. She tied the string of her apron in the shape of a ribbon from behind Luna and kissed her on the cheek.
“Lo, Ross is too… !”
The shy look is cute. She went back to her chair.
Watching Luna as she ties her hair and pulls out her ingredients.
A strange feeling invades her heart.
I have something I want to ask her Luna.
This is a question that has not left her mind during her vacation.
But when she met Luna, she couldn’t ask.
Luna, as always, would seriously consider my words, and I was afraid that the answer would be the future.
But looking at Luna like this, I couldn’t help but ask in my heart.
If, if.
If I disappear without any explanation, what will happen to you? What kind of life to live
Wounded, struggling, and eventually forgetting about it, should I regard it as a first love that often comes to mind?
Or should I wait without a promise, longing for the me who will never come back?
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No matter what it was, the fact that it would be a huge wound to Luna did not change.
Although I knew the danger in the first place, I selfishly loved Luna.
Despite knowing that her loved one could be hurt, she was greedy.
I hated myself, but I could never give up on Luna.
Hides the ugly greed wrapped in the name of love.
We deny the possibility that it will not happen.
That’s how I bury the guilt in my heart again.
Luna is making her rice balls, working hard with her hands.
After fixing her rice ball with her uncomfortable left hand, she repeats shaping her pretty with her right hand.
Looking at her back, her heart, which had been engulfed in fear and cooled down, began to run rampant, fueled by happiness.
“Can I help you?”
“Because I always ate only what Ross made. I’ll do it myself this time wait a munite.”
If you say that, she won’t intervene.
She waited quietly, smelling the sauce, soy sauce, and savory sesame oil.
I have never had the experience of watching someone cook for me.
That’s why I couldn’t express how I feel right now.
As Luna put her last rice ball on her bowl, she heard a sniffing sound from behind her.
“Sniff sniff-! It smells delicious… !”
Arya, who was limp like her corpse, her eyes lit up.
She turned her head to and fro, as if she had found her rice ball, she grinned and hurriedly raised her hand to stop it.
“Didn’t you have dinner?”
“hehehe, I’m leaving a bit empty so I can eat something delicious anytime.”
It’s a strange ability. If Arya settles down at her table, the number of rice balls Luna made for the first time will decrease. She quickly shook her head.
“Really? I’m glad. There are really delicious cookies. I brought it for you.”
As she took out the cookie she received from Edward from her space storage, Aria, who had been glaring at her rice ball, turned her head away.
“Coo, cookie… ?!”
“That, too, a high-quality cookie mixed with chocolate and almonds.”
From the moment the word chocolate- came out of her mouth, Arya got up from her bed and stood in front of me like a puppy waiting for her snack, holding her hands together and looking at me.
Correction. Having been a puppy in her previous life, Arya is more suitable.
I feel like I’m drooling right now.
She thought about that for a moment, then Arya took her first step and knelt down.
“Would you like me to get down on my knees like this!”
“Oh, sorry.”
When I put her cookies on her palms above her head, she was dumbfounded to see Arya run back to her bed holding her cookies as if she had waited. Are you a stray cat?
As if she saw that figure, Luna smiled and approached.
“It is finished. I don’t know if it will be delicious… You worked hard, so please enjoy it.”
In her bowl were 5 small rice balls with pretty shapes. He also handed over a cup of cold barley tea.
It is a house with good service. The boss is also pretty.
Seeing Luna say that with a confident expression on her face, I said “I will eat well” And immediately put one of her rice balls into her mouth.
I was startled. It’s just a simple rice ball, but it was the most delicious thing I’ve ever eaten.
“It’s delicious.”
“Jeong, really?”
It wasn’t that he doubted what I was saying, but he seemed eager to hear it again.
“Yes. The seasoning was good, and it was really well made. It’s really delicious. It’s the best I’ve ever had.”
“Thank God.”
Luna smiled softly. He seemed to think that the afterword was a joke.
I don’t know what kind of magic I used, but I ate a delicious rice ball that will remain in my memory for a long time.
Luna looked at me as if observing my eating, and smiled happily.
“Thank you for eating well.”
“I eat well because it is delicious.”
While saying that, I put the last remaining rice ball into my mouth.
As expected, it was delicious.