Childhood Friend Who Sees the Future Utters Nonsense

152 – Side Story – Siyoon’s Birthday (2)

I’ve never really been a person who cared much about birthdays. But that doesn’t mean I think birthdays are meaningless days.

On other people’s birthdays, I want to congratulate them as much as possible, and I hope that it will be a special day for them. On my birthday, I just don’t really care whether other people congratulate me or not.

I was always congratulated by people around me who liked to take care of others, but every time I received congratulations, I felt grateful, but at the same time, I also thought to myself, ‘You didn’t have to prepare this much.’

But even for me, change came.

“Honey, happy birthday!”

“thank you.”

It felt like my facial muscles were naturally relaxing as my girlfriend visited my studio around lunchtime and wished me a sweet birthday.

Have I ever felt this happy when someone congratulated me on my birthday? No matter how much I try to recall, I can’t remember. I feel sorry for my parents who celebrated my birthday every year without fail.

Actually, I still don’t know exactly what causes this joy. Is it possible that the difference between receiving congratulations from family or friends and receiving congratulations from a lover can bring about such a change?

Anyway, one thing is for sure, just hearing those words makes me feel like I’m flying.

“I’ll take good care of you today. I’ll cook for you, do your laundry, and clean for you, so don’t worry.”

Yuna confidently said that she would take on the role of maid for the day, beating her chest. Seeing her like that, I forgot that he was my boyfriend and unconsciously smiled like a father.

It feels like watching a successful daughter play the role of a devoted daughter for a day on her father’s birthday. It’s so cute.

“Wow, a popular idol would do that for me? I don’t know what to do.”

“Yeah! Leave it to me. Oh, and this is a gift.”

Yuna seemed to have remembered something she had forgotten, and was taking something out of the carrier she had brought.

It was surprising news to me, as I had assumed that since she was too busy to buy me a gift, she would make up for it by giving me something to do today.

“Do you have a gift too?”

“Of course! It’s my birthday.”

Yuna pouted her lips, saying that she looked like an ungrateful woman who only took gifts on her own birthday and wiped her mouth clean. She didn’t really mean it that way.

Honestly, I’m just happy that you took the time out of your busy schedule to come celebrate my birthday. Of course, that’s because I’m currently in the middle of a busy schedule.

Although it’s not like there are no holidays just because it’s an active period, it’s not impossible to come if you make time, but it was nice that he decided to dedicate even this much rest, like a shower, to me in the midst of his busy schedule.

I’m not supposed to cry, but I’m about to cry. Am I going through menopause already?

“Ta-da! Let’s open it.”

“Oh… What is this?”

I was waiting, guessing that since Yuna dresses well, she would give me a fashion item or something, but then a large black box was placed on the bed, leaving me dumbfounded for a moment.

Looking at me like that, Yuna let out a haughty queen-like laugh, saying, ‘Hmm, huh, huh.’

“A gift you’ll definitely like!”

“Oh, you’re so confident?”

Even though we know each other well, it’s not easy to show this much confidence. Honestly, I would have been happy to receive any gift, but hearing Yuna say this made me curious.

Now that I think about it, I think I’ve seen this logo on the box somewhere.

Click.

I opened the large box with great anticipation, and inside were things I had never expected.

The thing stored in the long horizontal space is none other than the keyboard, and next to it is a wireless mouse of the same color and similar design. And the thing that takes up the most space is a mouse pad that is a little smaller than the one I use.

Could this be a gaming gear set? Now that I think about it, the logo I saw earlier was from a famous gaming gear company. Now I remember.

“How is it, do you like it?”

Yuna asked cautiously in a voice that seemed to be a mixture of half anticipation and half anxiety as I stared blankly at the products placed inside.

The answer is set. Of course I like it. I’m just an ordinary guy who likes games, so I have my own romantic notion of gaming gear.

However, since I don’t know much about this field, I just bought and used whatever came to mind, but I never dreamed that I would receive this as a gift from Yuna.

More than that,

“You didn’t actually find out about this yourself and wanted to give it to me as a gift?”

“Yeah, actually, I got some help from Soeun. She’s surprisingly good at this kind of thing.”

“I see….”

This is quite touching.

I’m glad that Yuna bought me the item I wanted, but I’m also grateful that she tried her best to find out about an area she didn’t know much about and give me a gift that I would like as much as possible.

By the way, the design is really clean and well done.

For me, who doesn’t like things that are too flashy, I really liked the clean black and white logo design. I think they chose this color on purpose because they know I like black.

“I heard that boys have a secret romantic interest in things like this?”

“I think you have most, if not all, of them?”

He nodded without denying it strongly. Yuna also seemed happy that her choice was right, and let out a faint laugh, saying, ‘Heehee.’

“Oh, and this is a separate gift from me!”

“Separate? Do you have another gift?”

Yuna, who was already satisfied enough with this, shrugged her shoulders as she placed another thick box on the bed.

Looking at the outer packaging, it looks like it’s a headset inside, but I’ve seen this design a lot.

“I told you that the headset I used before was really comfortable. That’s why I bought it to match the pair.”

“… Wasn’t it expensive?”

After hearing that, I remembered that this was the headset Yuna used. I thought that I had seen the design somewhere before.

By the way, this headset, I was thinking about buying it before, so I checked the price and it seemed to be quite expensive. It wasn’t something that even I, a social person, could carelessly buy.

This headset alone is probably several times more expensive than the full set of gaming gear that Yuna gave me as a gift.

When I asked the question cautiously, feeling sorry for burdening her for no reason, Yuna answered with a grumpy expression.

“What are you talking about, honey? You even gave me an iPad for my birthday.”

“Ah… is that so?”

Yuna scratched her cheek with an awkward expression at her rebuke. When I gave it as a gift, I didn’t think the price was that burdensome, but now that I’m the one receiving it, I feel strange.

Anyway, thanks to this, I don’t think I’ll need to change my computer peripherals for the time being. I was just about to change the earphones I used frequently because I couldn’t hear well, but I didn’t know the timing would be this good.

“Anyway, thank you, Yuna. I’ll use it well in the future.”

“Yeah, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t push yourself too hard and only work or play games?”

“of course.”

Even though he said that, if the workload increases, he will have to work through the night, but he couldn’t say that directly in front of Yuna, so he nodded for now.

Suspicious eyes turned to me, but I tried to pretend not to notice. Even if it was Yuna, she wouldn’t know the details unless I installed a CCTV in my studio.

“Oh, and this is a letter. I felt it would be a shame to just give it as a gift, so I wrote a few words.”

Yuna, as if this really was the last time, took out a small envelope from her pocket and handed it to me.

As far as I know, when Yuna was little, she didn’t even write a letter to her parents on Parents’ Day, but instead gave them carnations.

I honestly felt a little sad at this letter, which was written by Yuna herself. Because I could painfully realize through each of these small actions that I was truly loved by this woman.

“Even the letter? Wow… Can I read it now?”

“Uh, yeah. That’s what I told you to do.”

Actually, I meant it as a joke, but I was a little surprised by the unexpected response. I thought Yuna would be embarrassed and tell me to read it after she leaves.

By the way, the envelope seems a bit thick. Is the letter paper inside thick?

“oh.”

When I opened the envelope with a heart even more excited than when I opened the gift box, I saw a small piece of paper inside. It seemed that all I had written was a few words to express my gratitude.

However, I don’t think it’s insincere at all. Rather, I like that about it because it’s unique.

“…Check the back?”

While I was reading the few words with a warm heart, I read the last paragraph, which was marked as a postscript, out loud. Are you talking about the back of the letter?

As Yuna requested, I checked the back, and there was a large sign that said, ‘1-day Yuna pass’. As soon as I saw that, I couldn’t help but laugh.

Could it be that she was saying that she would do all the housework like cleaning and laundry that I mentioned earlier? As expected, she really is a cute girlfriend… Hmm?

Rustle.

“… … .”

Even though I clearly took out the letter paper, I felt something thick in the envelope, so I checked to see if there was anything inside.

Then what appeared was a vitamin candy in a pink wrapper… . No, that’s not it. That’s it, that’s it.

“Poem, Siyoon.”

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As I absentmindedly fiddled with the small package in my hand, which had become a stone statue, I heard Yuna’s small voice in my ear.

I had been feeling strangely red in the face for a little while, and before I knew it, there was a creature there wringing its hands with its ears red all the way to its ears.

In contrast to her shy gaze, she looked at me with her eyes wide open, radiating a strange warmth. And then,

“… Now, do you want to write?”

Under the guise of asking for my opinion, he gently pulled my hand, which was resting on his thigh, into his arms with a look that was tantalizing.

I nodded as if I was entranced by something at her charming gesture that was both shy and not shy at all.

I feel sorry for Yuna, but to me, it was the best gift I’ve ever received, so much so that all the gifts I’ve received before have disappeared from my memory.