Childhood Friend Who Sees the Future Utters Nonsense

137 – Never let your guard down until the end

In the end, after the couple from that side went skiing for a while and came back, we finished cleaning up and packed our bags and left the pension.

“Okay, you’re going. Take care on the way back, and come visit again anytime.”

“thank you.”

When we went to see Choi Min-seong’s uncle to return the key, he still greeted us with a happy face.

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We were grateful for the offer to take us to the station, but we didn’t want to cause any more inconvenience, so we took the bus. Luckily, there was a bus that went to the station from near the ski resort.

“What time was our train?”

“6:30.”

“I won’t be late. Should I stop by the station and grab a snack?”

“Okay.”

While the couple over there who had skied hard until the end were already on the verge of collapse, we were still in good spirits and continued chatting as we had been stuck at the pension.

“By the way, is your back okay?”

“Yeah, I got better after I put on the patch.”

“That’s good to hear. I was really worried.”

“The person who worried so much forced me to lie down like that… Woofwoof!”

What is he talking about? Even though we’re the only passengers on the bus, there’s still a driver. He didn’t watch his words in front of Kim Soo-bin just a little while ago and got in trouble for it. Has he not come to his senses yet?

As I hurriedly covered Yuna’s mouth and glared at her, the guy nodded as if to be careful. When I released his hand, Yuna took a deep breath and said, “Whoa!” and pointed to the seat opposite her.

“Siyoon, look over there. Over there.”

“… That bird fell asleep. Its eyes were open just a moment ago.”

There was a couple there, leaning against each other’s bodies, breathing thinly. They had been half asleep just a moment ago, but they didn’t seem to be sleeping, and now they seemed to have fallen asleep.

“You know what? They must have been pretty hot yesterday, just like us.”

“…what?”

I was about to turn my gaze out the window again, thinking that it could be because I had been skiing so hard, when suddenly Yuna tapped my shoulder and opened her mouth with a sinister expression.

It felt like he had been hit in the back of the head with a blunt object.

Does that mean it was hot? Then it was their first time yesterday too…?

“I heard from Soobin, it looks like it was already over on the day of our first kiss.”

“First kiss?”

As I continued to speculate, Yuna made another bombshell statement. At this point, my head was spinning and it was hard to come to my senses.

According to Yuna, their first kiss was about 3 months after they started dating. So they completely stopped dating that day? It hadn’t even been 100 days yet?

Are kids these days progressing this quickly? I have nothing to say as one of the kids these days.

“And then Soobin said he would tell me or something? Isn’t that ridiculous?”

“hmm….”

Yuna shrugs her shoulders as if she finds it ridiculous. It certainly seems like the one who asked the question is scolding the one who asked the question.

But looking back on the situation yesterday,

“… I think it’s just revealing both.”

I wonder if it’s a bit too much. Just this morning, who was the person who tried to seduce me into taking a shower with me when my back was hurting?

“I, I’m not revealing anything! It’s just the average for girls!”

“Yes, I didn’t say anything, Your Honor.”

Even though I kept my mouth shut due to Yuna’s fierce protest, I found her cursing so cute that I couldn’t help but stroke her head.

From a boyfriend’s perspective, it’s actually better if his girlfriend has a more outgoing personality. Plus, it’s attractive that she has this kind of unexpected side to her.

Hug.

After being stroked for a while, Yuna became quiet and pouted as she grabbed my hand. She wanted to show that she was upset, but at the same time, she also wanted to act childish, which was incredibly cute.

He looked at Yuna with warm eyes for a moment, then grabbed her shoulder and pulled her closer to him.

“So, how was your graduation trip? Did you have fun?”

“Huh, what’s the point of saying that? Of course it was fun.”

Yuna replied curtly, as if I couldn’t tell if she was being honest or not. Then she crossed her arms and looked up at me furtively.

I always feel this way, but this composition is bad for the heart. The wide-open eyes are just too much of a cheat key.

“Still, I want to go on the next trip with just the two of us.”

“Where should we go together? Is there a place you want to go?”

Soon, I’ll be entering college, so Yuna and I will be busy and it might be hard to make time, but I’ll be able to visit whenever I want during the vacation. And if the timing works out, I’ll be able to visit for quite a long time.

I asked her casually, wanting to make a rough plan before that, and after hesitating for a moment, Yuna leaned her head on my shoulder and answered.

“… anywhere is fine, as long as you’re with me.”

A smile naturally appeared on my lips at the shy girlfriend-like answer, which I often didn’t know whether to be honest or not.

I guess I’ll have to work hard to plan my next trip.

***

When I returned home with Siyoon, it was already past 10 o’clock.

We all ate together on the way here, so I should wash up and go to bed. I’ll just chat with Siyoon for a bit before going to bed. Of course, I said that, but I’ve never really chatted for a bit before going to bed.

Suddenly.

“Mom, I’m home.”

When I opened the front door and went inside, there was no one in the living room. Normally, at this time of day, my dad would have come home from work and be sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching TV.

“Yeah, did you have fun?”

“Sister, are you a little late?”

“Yeah, I was going to grab something to eat on the way here… I had fun.”

At the same time, I sat on the sofa and answered my mother and sister’s questions diligently. I had to take out something to give to my parents.

“What about dad?”

“I went down to Busan for a bit after lunch. I heard that the mother of a classmate I was close with passed away?”

“I see.”

Then I guess I’ll have to come early, at dawn at the earliest, or maybe tomorrow. Then should I just pack Mom’s stuff in advance?

As I was rummaging through the many items in my carrier, Han Yu-jin approached me with cheerful steps and a sinister smile.

“Sister, sister. Did you two sleep in separate rooms?”

“That’s right. Soobin’s couple, and our couple… .”

“What does the accommodation look like? Did you take any pictures?”

“Photo? Wait a minute.”

I was the one who went on a trip, but why does he look so excited? Anyway, since I had something to show him, I went into my phone’s gallery and clicked on a photo of the accommodation.

“Wow, you rented the entire pension?”

“Yeah, the owner of the pension there is my friend’s uncle. Thanks to that, he was able to rent out a place that was hard to reserve for cheap.”

“Wow, it seems like connections are essential for people….”

Han Yu-jin nodded and flipped through the photos one by one, as if she had already realized one of the truths of life.

“Huh!? Sister, what is this? A swimming pool?”

Then, when he discovered the heated pool, he opened his eyes wide and started to get excited.

Now that I think about it, this kid secretly liked this kind of thing. He even said before that he wanted to go on a vacation.

“It was a small hot spring pool inside the pension. I played there with Siyoon.”

“Ah, playing together… Then both of us naked…?”

“You idiot, of course you were wearing clothes!”

When I denied it in surprise, wondering what kind of imagination she had, Han Yu-jin clicked her tongue with a look of surprise on her face. What did you expect?

“Did you have a barbecue party too? It must have been delicious….”

Even after that, Han Yu-jin continued to look at the photos for a long time, swallowing her saliva and looking at them with envious eyes.

Leaving my sister like that, I got up from my seat with my gift and headed to the kitchen.

“Mom, this is a gift.”

“A gift? What brings you here? Buying all these things.”

“Hey, if someone saw me, they’d think I didn’t take care of my mom at all!”

This time, I received my first settlement money and bought my mom the bag she wanted. I was so angry when I saw her wiping her mouth and acting like she never did anything like that.

I would like to take the gift away, but I can’t just take it away because it wasn’t given to me. It was something Siyoon gave me and asked me to give it to her mother.

“… Siyoon asked me to give it to her mom. She said she wanted to buy gloves when we went out to eat together a while ago?”

“He remembered that? Oh my, I told you I have a good son-in-law…!”

“You raised your daughter well too.”

When I started to tease my mother for talking like she only had good sons-in-law, she looked at me from top to bottom with a somewhat nervous expression. Then she forced herself to nod with a bitter smile.

“Hmm… . Yeah, well. If you bring a son-in-law like this, you should make sure he’s a good one.”

“mom!”

“Did the kid boil the train carton? It’s night, so be quiet, you.”

Who made the innocent person scream? Mom scolded me while casting a spell on me and then took out a pair of gloves wrapped in fancy packaging and put them on.

This time, I just watched Siyoon choose something that would suit her well on her own, and it seems to suit her very well. If only her mother hadn’t said anything strange, she wouldn’t have felt that it was a waste.

“That’s just Mom’s style. How does Siyoon have such good sense?”

“I don’t know, huh.”

I was leaving the kitchen, completely ignoring my mother who was getting all worked up, when suddenly a loud noise was heard from the living room.

For a moment, it seemed as if a horde of giants had appeared like in some comic book.

“Hey, sis! What the heck is this picture!?”

“What are you talking about?”

When I handed her my phone, wondering if there was a photo worth making such a fuss about, my mom chimed in, saying, “What are you making such a fuss about?”

In the photo reflected there,

“…uh?”

This morning, I woke up first and there was a photo I took of myself and Siyoon, face to face while they were both asleep, looking affectionate.

But the problem was that there was no clothing underneath, and the area above my chest was completely exposed. Even Siyoon was in a similar condition.

“Sister? I think you need to explain yourself.”

“What do you have to explain? I just told my son-in-law that I had him stamp the seal. You’re great, my daughter.”

“Gyaaah!”

In front of my younger sister who was glaring at me and my mother who was patting my back and encouraging me instead, I screamed at the house to leave, forgetting that it was the middle of the night.

Ah, I miss Siyoon.