273 – EP.11 Living Together-1
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Is it because of the long battle and the mess at home?
Kim Seong-ah felt like she had slept soundly for the first time in a long time.
Refreshed body,
The sound of chirping birds,
Around the quiet house,
She knew what this meant.
Kim Seong-ah lifted her cell phone face down and tapped the screen with her slender fingers.
Knock knock, as her fingerprints appeared on the black screen, the screen turned on.
10 Am.
After checking the time, she lay back down on the bed.
She blinked her eyes slowly.
The beige ceiling caught her eye and then disappeared.
She said that a few times, stretching out while lying down.
“You’re late.”
I wanted to sleep more, but my body, which had already woken up, didn’t seem to want to go back to sleep.
Kim Seong-ah held her cell phone and watched YouTube.
From Noble mtl dot com
When she was late, she gave up the idea of going to school.
Even if she had woken up on time anyway, she wouldn’t have gone to school to watch over someone else at home.
The videos selected by the algorithm caught her interest.
She watched several videos while lying down.
After an hour or so of just killing time in bed, she started sniffling.
“Hmm?”
My mouth watered at the pungent smell.
It tempted her sense of smell, stimulated her brain, and eventually brought out her hunger.
She got up and headed to the first floor.
When I arrived at the kitchen, the outsider who came in yesterday was putting a spoonful of ramen in red soup into his mouth.
– Slurp slurp
Kim Seong-ah muttered as he watched the ramen being sucked into his mouth.
“It sounds delicious.”
Kang In-ho, who was lifting noodles with his face in the bowl, paused for a moment.
He picked up the noodles that had not yet entered his mouth with his chopsticks and got up, muttering.
The sight of him taking out dishes and chopsticks from the cupboard and placing them in front of her made it seem as if this house was his.
“I didn’t even wake up and tried to eat first.”
Kang In-ho said, avoiding eye contact as he placed the pot in the center.
It seemed like boiling ramen in my own way stinged me.
“Ah… Well, it doesn’t matter.”
Kim Seong-ah said as she brought a bowl of ramen.
Glancing, she saw him.
It appears that there was no problem with the barrier placed or the magic placed on him.
He knew he didn’t do anything to her while she was sleeping.
But he let someone who was his enemy into his home… He made his choice, but it didn’t feel real yet.
We were obviously throwing fire and magic at each other until this morning, but I never thought we would be sharing ramen like this.
When that thought occurred to her, she put ramen in her mouth and laughed.
The ramen I ate after waking up was really delicious.
Neither he nor she said much between meals.
At the quiet table, the only sound was the noodles.
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“It was a good meal.”
Kim Seong-ah put down her spoon and chopsticks only after she finished eating her half-baked meal.
“Is there only instant food at home?”
Kang In-ho asked as he took the empty dishes and pots to the sink.
“I rarely eat at home.”
“Speak informally?”
Kang In-ho said, putting on her rubber gloves.
“Huh?”
Kim Seong-ah asked a question to him who did not even look back.
“I told you to be respectful.”
Kang In-ho responded by rubbing a sponge soaked in detergent to create foam.
“…Yes. I will call you uncle.”
Kim Seong-ah did not want to argue with him, so she accepted his request.
At the same time, he showed off his wits, but his opponent didn’t seem to be the type to really care about that.
“Anyway, you don’t eat it at home?”
“Yes… No, yes. I don’t eat breakfast often, and I eat lunch at school.”
“What about dinner?”
“Something like bread at a convenience store….”
Although she answered his words faithfully, the feeling that she was being interrogated did not go away.
Inho, who was washing dishes with a clatter, probably wasn’t satisfied with the answer, and clicked his tongue.
“You have to eat well, student.”
“You talk like a real man.”
She pouted her mouth.
“Because you are the uncle.”
She shrugs, drying her bowl with a dry towel.
He took off his red rubber gloves and turned around.
Kim Seong-ah felt strange as her eyes, which were always full of life, looked at her softly.
“College student? High school student?”
“I’m a high school student.”
“But, aren’t you going to school? Is today your day off?”
Kang In-ho said while looking at the clock hanging in the living room.
“I woke up late and just didn’t want to go. I worked hard until dawn today and I was tired…”
She stretched her legs again.
When did she go out faithfully? She consoled herself.
“Don’t your parents say anything?”
Kim Seong-ah stopped with her arms outstretched in response to In-ho’s question.
He immediately realized that what he had just asked was not a very good question.
“No, I didn’t ask you anything just now….”
“They both passed away. Five years ago.”
She answered quietly, lowering her outstretched arm, and the man scratched his head.
“Okay, I’m sorry.”
“No. It’s not like I knew anything and asked.”
An uncomfortable, shy, and condescending silence began.
“Ah… The house is really nice.”
Kang In-ho, who had nothing to say, walked around the living room pretending to be cheerful.
Kim Seong-ah just observed him quietly.
She was observing the man as if she was watching YouTube and started laughing without realizing it.
Eating with someone at home,
Talk to someone at home,
Seeing someone walking around at home,
Because it’s really been a long time.
While she was immersed in such sentiments, after looking around her living room, he proposed to her.
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“…….”
As Kang In-ho walked around the living room feeling awkward, things that were annoying caught his eye.
These were things I had not seen in the morning when I was restless and hungry.
First, I saw white dust settling all over the house and loose hinges.
Then the moldy wallpaper made the house gloomy.
I also remembered the cupboard full of instant noodles and the empty refrigerator I saw while cooking.
Tsk, he clicked his tongue.
Ah, I guess I’m a helpless person. It’s because Ojirya is so wide.
He turned her body and looked at Kim Seong-ah.
Her eyes met the woman who was still sitting on the kitchen chair, looking at her blankly.
The man thought as he looked at those calm eyes.
I think I have a lot to do for this girl.
“I don’t have much at home, let’s go shopping.”