287 – EP.11 Seed of Friction-1
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Friday, night.
Kim Seong-ah went to school without any absences, and she offered to drink alcohol as a reward for her performance.
Although she is an adult, she was worried about whether a student could drink alcohol, but In-ho thought it was right to give her a suitable reward and picked up alcohol at her supermarket.
The bacon rice cake she often made when she was alone and drinking.
Tteokbokki Wrap the rice cakes with bacon and secure them with toothpicks.
Then she puts it in a frying pan and cooks it until golden brown.
Depending on your taste, it is delicious dipped in mustard sauce.
Of course, the salty flavor of bacon seeps into the rice cake, making it delicious even when eaten as is.
As the delicious smell spread through the kitchen, Kim Seong-ah, who was sitting on a chair, came behind him.
“Is this a snack? This is my first time seeing it.”
She lifted her tiptoes and rested her chin on his shoulder.
“If you know so much about snacks, I think you’d be disappointed.”
He glanced to the side. His eyes met her mysterious eyes, and he turned her face forward again.
“Heh… Is that so?”
She lifted her chin and this time started massaging his shoulders with both hands.
The massage was ineffective because his hands were small, but the sincerity was still conveyed to him.
While massaging his shoulders, she subtly traced the back of his neck with her fingers.
When she saw him giving up her neck, which could be said to be a vital part of a person, so easily, she wondered if her relationship with him had become much closer.
After she had been fiddling with it for a while, he said as she turned the bacon over.
“Just set the table.”
“Yes~”
Humming her bow, she began skillfully setting the table.
Glancing, she sees him. I can see the back concentrating.
“Uncle. Quickly, quickly.”
Looking at her dependable appearance with satisfaction, she opened her mouth.
“Wait.”
Now, I’m not lonely.
Kim Seong-ah muttered softly.
***
“Huh….”
Seongah Kim picked up her fourth can of beer.
“Aren’t you drinking too much?”
He asked as she lifted the third can of beer to her mouth.
“What do you think? Tomorrow is my day off anyway.”
“In my day, I used to go to school on Saturdays and study on my own, but these days I don’t go at all…”
“Wow, that seems like a really long time ago. Have you ever done anything like palm trees?”
“What would you do if you did?”
“Frame.”
She covered her mouth with her hand and laughed,
“Enjoy.”
He received it by representing a mountain with her finger.
“I’m drinking well today.”
She emptied half of it in one go and picked up the bacon rice cake roll.
When she used her front teeth to pluck it off the toothpick and eat it, she could feel the fragrant smell and juiciness of the bacon at the same time.
“What should we do tomorrow?”
“You should study.”
“Eek.”
Her expression distorted as if she had eaten mint chocolate.
“What’s wrong… Now, let’s find out the school and department you’re applying to. Come to think of it, I didn’t even check my academic records or anything.”
Anyway, he put the last bacon roll into his mouth.
“Where is the break time for Gosam? I have to study.”
It was a perfectly natural thing for him to say, but she didn’t think so.
“Frame.”
Turning her head diagonally, she sipped her beer,
“Enjoy.”
He said while chewing bacon.
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The two sat at the table and enjoyed the afterglow in silence.
The spirit of intoxication and the feeling of fullness from the snacks made them sit down on the chairs.
As the topic of conversation was similar, the two didn’t say anything.
“…….”
“…….”
Kim Seong-ah looked at his face.
He looked blankly at the beer can. Are you thinking about something through that? She was curious.
“What are you thinking?”
“Huh?”
“What are you thinking?”
“Just thinking about old times.”
“You look very wistful. Aren’t you thinking about your ex-girlfriend?”
Obviously, she was joking. She thought of him jumping up and down and saying no to her mischievous question.
“…No.”
However, the emotion that flashed across his face was not what she had hoped for.
“What?”
Your voice sinks without you having time to control it.
My heart is tightening.
“Is it true?”
“I said no.”
Avoiding her narrowed eyes, he said with a sigh.
After questioning him with her gaze for a while, she soon shrugged her shoulders, leaning against the backrest.
“Ha, well… It has nothing to do with me. Whether it’s real or not. hahahaha…”
After brightening the mood with her languid voice, she went up to the second floor and did not come down, saying that she had a stomach ache.
Definitely going into a room and watching YouTube.
“…….”
A drinking party that ended awkwardly.
As he was trying to clean up after himself, he took out a can of beer from the refrigerator and drank it straight down.
Carbonic acid sticking out like small needles tormented his throat.
His body, heavy with alcohol, called him back to the chair.
“…….”
He looked meaninglessly at the unlit living room.
“It’s my ex-girlfriend….”
He closed his eyes while muttering.
[My brother is so selfish.]
[Yes, your brother is right. Are you satisfied now?]
[Why do you always make me into a bad person?]
The memories I wanted to throw away were eventually brought out again.
He bit his lower lip at that vivid voice.
People have left, hearts have left, and even the emotions at that time have become blurred,
The memories of her first girlfriend and ex-girlfriend always followed her like shackles.
His first relationship, where he was clumsy, inadequate, and lonely, always seeking affection.
“Ah, I’m craving a drink.”
He truly wanted to forget that memory.