Chapter 41 – April’s Test (3)

Lee Yu-ri woke up early on Saturday morning, washed up, and piled up her clothes in front of the living room mirror, thinking over and over again about what to wear.

“This… Ma’am, the color is strange. This… Is a bit small. This one…”

“Hey, Yuri Lee. Have you seen my clothes? I can’t see where they’re all gone… Hey!!!”

Her older sister, Lee Yu-min, came out of her room and screamed when she saw her clothes piled up like a mountain in front of her younger sister.

“Half of these are my clothes!”

“I woke you up, but you didn’t wake up.”

“This bitch keeps stealing the snacks and desserts I bought her, and now she even touches my clothes? Are you really going to die!? Give it to me!”

“Sister, look at me. Please coordinate my coordination. I’m not good at things like this.”

“This is so shameless… Don’t make a fuss with other people’s clothes!”

Lee Yu-min hit her sister on the head and went to collect all the clothes that were hers that were piled up at her feet.

However, in the meantime, Lee Yu-ri could not escape from in front of her mirror, and when Lee Yu-min came out of her living room dressed up, she called her sister again.

“Sister, please take a look at my clothes.”

“Oh, I don’t know, bitch! I have an appointment and have to go out, but you keep asking me strange things from earlier! Just pick up the white ones for both of you and wear them!”

Lee Yu-min got angry at her costume thief younger brother and quickly started putting on her makeup in front of the dressing table.

“Are you going out to meet a guy again?”

“Hey Mr. Lee… I’m so mad about my breakup, so can you please stop talking about men!?”

“So, just behave properly on a regular basis.”

Yuri laughed at her sister, and her sisters fought, grabbing her by the head one at a time.

“Ah, my head! I have to go out now. You’re such a crazy bitch!”

“My hair is messed up too! I was supposed to come study later!”

The sisters, who had ruined each other’s hair, straightened their heads again while swearing at each other in front of the bathroom.

If there was one person in the world that Lee Yu-ri was rude to, it was her older sister, Lee Yu-min, who was two years older than her.

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After lunchtime, I headed to Lee Yu-ri’s house.

When we went to academy together or when we parted ways after school, we always met in front of her house and then parted ways, so this was my first time going into Yuri Lee’s house.

[Yuri Lee]: It’s room 401 of my house.

Perhaps because she already knew her address, Lee Yu-ri just told her the number of her house and that was the end.

I arrived in front of Lee Yu-ri’s house and rang her bell. After a while, there was a beep from behind the door and the door lock opened.

Then, from inside, Lee Yu-ri, who had put more effort into her makeup and coordination than usual, opened the door.

She had her eyelashes rolled up, and her complexion looked much better because of what she had put on her face.

Lee Yu-ri, beautifully dressed in her white dress, was so pretty that it took my breath away.

“Where are you going out?”

“… Is that what appreciation is all about?”

Yuri stood blocking her path, narrowing her eyes, still holding on to the doorknob.

I smiled and gently caressed her cheek.

“It means pretty.”

“Come in.”

Yuri Lee also smiled slightly and only then moved out of the door to open the way.

I guess Yu-ri Lee’s family lives a decent life, and the apartment was quite spacious.

As she took off her shoes and went inside, her mother, who was in the kitchen, came out to meet her.

“Are your friends here already? Oh, my…”

Lee Yu-ri’s mother looked at me and her expression showed that she was slightly embarrassed.

“Isn’t it Youngbae? This is my first time seeing this kid. Who is this kid?”

“Hello, mother. My name is Han Seong-jin, and I’m Yuri’s classmate. I’m sorry for bothering you by coming to study at her house when you probably wanted to rest on the weekend.”

“Oh my, she was a little surprised because she was so big and scary, but please be polite. She’s fine, so don’t worry. Did she eat lunch?”

“Ah, lunch is-“

Grumbling

There is no way I would have eaten breakfast and lunch since I was supposed to eat one lunch box for three days and I couldn’t expect Yu-ri Lee’s lunch box as it was the weekend.

She tried to tell her that she had just eaten lunch, but with such timing, her stomach’s voice protesting for food was so loud that even her aunt’s ears could hear it.

“You didn’t eat.”

“No, I guess I can’t help it…”

“There’s thunder in my stomach. Thunder. Didn’t you eat? If you haven’t, the lady will prepare you some food.”

“No, there’s no need to go that far…”

“If you’re hungry, you can’t study. Don’t hesitate and eat. When my eldest daughter told you to go after eating, she ran out without eating, so there was still food left.”

There was her older sister.

There was nothing about Yu-ri Lee’s family described in the original work, so I didn’t even know about her family relationship.

The lady sat me down at her table, boiled the soybean paste stew she had made, and then brought me the stir-fried pork again.

Lettuce, stir-fried pork, soybean paste stew, and all kinds of side dishes, including spinach and anchovies.

For me, who used to eat Yuri’s lunch box for breakfast, a quick lunch for lunch, and either starved or shared a convenience store lunch box for dinner, a meal like this was like a Michelin 5 star.

Even when I look back on my memories, it seems like it’s been about 10 years since I’ve had a meal like this prepared by an adult.

I tried my best to refrain from eating because it was so hard on my face, but the moment I scooped up a spoonful of the stew and put it in my mouth, I couldn’t control my arms.

“Hey, eat slowly. Don’t take it from me.”

Lee Yu-ri, who was sitting next to me, saw me barely swallowing my meal and scolded me lightly, but she couldn’t stop me.

“Wow… You’re so delicious…!”

Even though I was starving, a sumptuous feast was prepared for me, and even though they weren’t my real parents, when I tasted the food prepared by them, I was filled with emotion.

I was so moved that I ate with tears in my eyes.

“Oh my, why is he crying while eating?”

“Ah… Mom, I’ll tell you later.”

Lee Yu-ri, who knew a bit about my situation, told me about it, and in the meantime, I ate everything, including rice and side dishes.

“It was a good meal.”

“Oh my gosh, you’re eating so well. My husband doesn’t eat this happily either, but he’s eating so well, and it’s great to see.”

“It was so delicious. It’s my first time eating such delicious food in my life.”

“Wow, the level of flattery is unexpectedly high. Thank you, dear.”

It’s true.

While her mother was taking her empty bowl, Yuri got up from her seat and motioned for me to follow her, and I went straight into her room.

Yuri Lee’s room was much more boring than she expected.

There wasn’t a single thing like the pink color that comes to mind when you think of a girl’s room, or any dolls or any other decorations or decorations, and the only thing there were a bunch of workbooks piled on a desk with a bookcase.

And the bookshelf placed separately in the corner of the room was filled with culture books and general knowledge books.

“The room is so… Should I say this is like you?”

“I’ll take it as a compliment.”

After saying that, Lee Yu-ri unfolded the large folding desk she had prepared in advance in the middle of the room.

And he looked back at me with a very firm and determined expression.

“As you know, we’re here today to really study. The other two will be here soon anyway, so… I know we have that kind of vibe, but I’m not really in that state all the time. So, don’t do anything weird today and just start studying. Just study-“

“So that means it doesn’t apply until you start studying?”

“Huh? No, that’s not what you mean… Hehe!”

I sat on the floor, leaned my back on Yuri Lee’s bed, grabbed her arm, and pulled her towards me.

Yuri Lee, embarrassed by her unexpected situation, fell in front of her, and I caught her as she fell, made her sit in front of me, and wrapped my arms around her waist from behind.

I felt Yu-ri Lee’s soft, soft belly, which had a bit of flab, touch her arm.

I don’t exercise.

“What are you doing?!”

“We haven’t started group study because two people haven’t come yet, right? So that means we can do this before then.”

“That’s not what you’re saying?! What are you going to do if Mom sees this? Hurry up and let go!”

Yuri tried to fight, but because I was holding her tightly around her waist, she couldn’t shake it off with her own strength.

Meanwhile, I brought my nose close to Yuri’s hair in front of me and lightly smelled it.

A fragrant flower scent came from the top of my head.

“Sniff. You smell nice. Is it a rose scent?”

“Huh! Ugh, why are you smelling your hair, you pervert!”

“We haven’t started studying yet, so let’s spend some quality time together. How much time will we have together like this in the room of the girl we like?”

“Good…!”

Even though I’ve already told her several times that I like her, her reaction still cracks me up every time I hear that.

If it were a cartoon, Yuri Lee stopped resisting in my arms in a position where steam would have been coming out of her face, and I sat still and hugged her from behind.

“… I said I would just study.”

“But why did you tell me the appointment time earlier?”

“…”

“Actually, before the study started, I was expecting an atmosphere like this, right? I dressed up as if I was going on a date and even put on makeup.”

“I didn’t.”

I lightly tickled Yuri’s side with my hand wrapped around her waist.

“Didn’t you really do that?”

“Ahahaha! I didn’t! Go on, it tickles!”

“If you don’t tell me honestly, I’ll have to keep tickling you.”

“Kyahahaha! Stop it! It tickles! Heehee!”

“What is the answer?”

“Well, I did that! I said that! I expected it! So stop-“

I stopped tickling immediately.

Yu-ri Lee, whose eyes were filled with tears from laughing, gasped and looked at me resentfully.

“You are such a bad guy.”

“I know.”

I again hugged Yuri’s waist from behind, and Yuri leaned her back against my chest.

Our skinship, which seemed quite sticky, continued until Jeong Eun-ji and Choi Soo-yeon arrived and rang the doorbell.