Chapter 62 – Episode 62. Cheon So-Yeong (7)

“Kyaaaaagh!”

A dream haunted by a ghost shedding tears of blood, a nightmare haunting her at some point, So-yeong woke up in a sweat. As I instinctively recite the Lord’s Prayer, the feeling of fear that has been pushed in gradually disappears.

‘Is it that dream again?’

A dream he had after hearing from Maeng-ho that the ghost was still by his side. In the meantime, she met Maeng-ho from time to time and did not have nightmares, but since she did not meet Maeng-ho for two weeks while he was at the finishing camp, the nightmares continued to haunt So-yeong.

Normally, I could have passed it off as if nothing had happened, but for some reason, today seemed more frightening than usual.

‘Is it because we haven’t met in a long time?’

It seemed that almost 20 days had passed since I last saw a ferocious tiger. Still, I didn’t have nightmares for a while when I met Ji Maeng-ho….

Thinking of her pounding, Ji Maeng-ho, her So-young’s heart started pounding.

‘What is it, why is my heart like this?’

The beating of your chest when you think of a man. Soyoung was embarrassed by the situation she felt for the first time. And her feelings of bewilderment soon turned to astonishment.

‘Could it be that I like Ji Maeng-ho? Of course, the fierce tiger is handsome, but….’

Come to think of it, I always remember that whenever I met Ji Meng-ho, her heart pounded. And now, when he thought of the fierce tiger, his heart was pounding.

‘Really… ?’

In fact, it was only natural that So-young’s heart would pound every time she met Maeng-ho. Late at night, I was talking about ghosts in a dark place where ghosts are likely to appear.

However, So-young had never loved a man, and she had never had the feeling that she liked him at all, so she did not realize the true nature of this pounding heartbeat. In Soyoung’s mind, the incident with Maengho comes to mind.

Starting from hearing the name of the ghost, and eventually figuring out the identity of the ghost, the days of contemplating together how to make the ghost become a Buddha.

In her last meeting, she even knew that the ghost was using the name ‘Besley Ricky’. And she even manages to find someone she named ‘Besley Ricky’, even though she seems to be related to her eyes alone during the period when Maeng Tiger went to finish camp.

‘Besley Rickey, in the early days of the major leagues, served as the general manager of the Cardinals and Dodgers and was the first black player to be recruited into the major leagues.’

She held her hand to know it, and hugged her last time they met. And the embarrassing memories that come to mind. The first time he went to an abandoned building, the swollen place of the fierce tiger stabbed himself. And intuition that high school students do it on the spot…. It reminds me of memories that I had a hard time putting in my head.

‘Kyaaak, what am I thinking!’

Shaking his head in shame, he sees his reflection in the mirror.

“This is my face… ?”

His own face turned red. The embarrassment on his face, which he had never seen before, grew bigger.

Q. When I think of him, his face turns red and his heart races. Is this love?

When he asked the question in his mind, his answer came quickly.

A. Yes. It is love.

Anyone other than a pervert would have blushed if the place of an extramarital man touched his body, but he had no time to recall such a fact to So-young, who already thought it was love.

And the human brain miraculously makes us believe what we believe to be true. A phenomenon called confirmation bias.

And due to the confirmation bias, the beating in the chest gradually turned into trembling. Then memories of the fierce tiger floated in So-young’s head at random.

When I did the fitness test, I tried to look good to me.

‘He was younger and cute.’

What comforted me when I was surprised that ghosts still haunted me.

‘It’s also reliable.’

When she was trapped in an abandoned building and her legs were shaking, she willingly gave up her own legs.

‘I’ve had accidents, but he’s also kind.’

And many other things besides that.

As soon as he began to believe that the feeling was her love, he seemed to like every single one of Maeng Tiger’s actions. Even to the point of revealing a woman a little is understandable.

‘Yes, men are like that. So did her grandfather, and so did his father. Besides my mother and grandmother, I had mistresses.’

Soyoung took out her cell phone and picked it up. Coincidentally, today was the day the finishing camp ended, and I wanted to see a ferocious tiger I hadn’t seen in two weeks.

-Me: Maengho, is the finish camp over for today? Can you see it

‘Should I send it? Should I or not?’

She had already completed the message, but she had never sent a message first, so So-young was worried for a while. She and she decided to send her talk after some deliberation.

‘Send… !’

After sending her message like that, So-young was able to realize an important fact.

‘Right! Is it dawn now?’

It was too early as I sent it after waking up from a nightmare. Wouldn’t this talk interfere with training? I started to worry.

‘Fortunately, 1 isn’t gone.’

It’s clear you haven’t checked yet. Thank god. Thinking of that for a while.

‘When are you going to check? Could it be that you didn’t read it? It’s definitely time to start exercising in the morning….’

So-young, who had never experienced anything like this since her birth, was embarrassed by her first experience.

‘Come to think of it, there are a lot of things I did for the first time with Maengho….’

It was the first time she recognized a ghost, the first time she had comforted herself while she was crying, except for her family, and the first time she held the hand and hugged another man other than her family. … And it’s embarrassing, but what the man’s place touched.

Thinking of her ferocious tiger, So-yeong’s face heated up again.

‘When are you going to check Talk… !’

I turn her shameful heart into a small resentment. And that small resentment gradually turned into waiting. And the wait wasn’t bad.

Twenty-five, late first love.

*

-Cheon So-young: Maeng-ho, is the finish camp over today? Can I see it?

Why did you send such a message? When I checked the time the message was sent, it was early morning. Talking like this since dawn, did you have a nightmare?

Before coming to the finish camp, she suddenly remembered that So-yeong had often said that she had nightmares about being haunted.

‘I’m a little sorry. I’m sure you’re having those dreams because of me, right?’

I didn’t have such nightmares until I brought up the ghost story.

‘Why are you worried about women?’

‘Yes? Iknow, right….’

She also liked Hyuna, Hyejin noona, and Joeun a lot, but she didn’t feel this way for them.

‘Maybe because it’s special?’

The reason Soyoung is different from them. No matter how much I thought about it, that was all. A woman of my own that I do not share with Rossby. … There she was also the most my style. Of course, just because I liked So-young didn’t mean I would give up on other women.

Because this is this and that is that.

‘You trash man, wasn’t our contract to share sensations during sex? Well, I didn’t think that a lower race like you would keep their promise.’

‘Again, again. Jealousy? Mr. Rossby, your sister said. Men’s jealousy is ugly.’

‘… This baby monkey!’

‘Instead, you enjoy meeting other women a lot, don’t you? I’ll eat more so don’t be jealous…. Please refrain. I said man’s….’

‘Shut up the agari. You fucking yellow monkey!’

While listening to Rossby’s racial discrimination, which is now empty without me, I wrote a message to send to So-young.

-Me: Sorry for the late reply, where shall we meet?

-Cheon So-yeong: Can you come to my house? I’ll give you the address. Maybe that’s why I keep having nightmares. Don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t mean anything else.

Less than a minute after I sent the reply, Soyoung’s reply arrived. Did you wait for me to see you coming right away?

-Me: I don’t misunderstand, so don’t worry and send me the address.

-Cheon So-yeong: Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu …………

-Me: Since we are leaving from Icheon, I think we will arrive in the evening.

-Cheon So-yeong: I’m at work now, so it’s okay.

After the conversation with So-young, Woo-gwan-hyung had already packed all his belongings and disappeared. I should also send a message to Kwan Woo… ? Um, I’m 40, should I text you? He pondered and eventually decided to send it via text message.

– Senior, this is Ji Maeng-ho. This is my number. And thank you for the offer to train together. Let us know what you need and we will prepare it for you. Later, I will become a senior who gives to my juniors. Thank you

Will this be enough? Anyway, since you’re the best on the team, be as polite as possible.

‘Where did the spirit of the interview go?’

‘That’s what Mr. Rossby did! And is talking to reporters the same as talking to the best person on the team? I’ll see you in a few years anyway.’

‘Tsk, no ambition.’

Rossby clicked his tongue in annoyance. No matter how thoughtlessly I live, I am not an idiot to be fooled by the number 1 in the team! The one who had more influence on the team than the coach was Woo Kwan-hyung of the AT Thunders.

‘You’ve grown a little. It’s not fun.’

‘… Aren’t you usually thrilled when a student grows up?’

Hehe, that depends on the disciple. I had a lot of fun watching your foolishness.’

Hey, as one of the top 5 adults in the world, I have to put up with it. With such a wicked heart, it was clear that even if he attained Buddhahood, he would fall into hell. Don’t worry though, Mr. Rossby, I’ll get you out of hell one day! Because I am the 5th adult in the world!

‘… I’m sorry.’

*

‘I thought I would live in a nice apartment because I was rich, but I was living in an officetel? Well, it still looks nicer than my house.’

The exterior of the officetel looked neat, and in the parking lot, So-young’s car, which she often rode with, and several other foreign cars were visible.

“I’m here?”

As I was waiting in the parking lot, So-young, who came out comfortably wearing a hoodie, approached me. Well, it was a hoodie with expensive brands that even I, not interested in fashion, could know. After all, the owner of a foreign car…. Envy.

“Looks like you’ve been waiting?”

Hiding her envy, he greeted her as usual.

“Yes….”

What? For some reason, Soyoung’s condition looked strange today. Does it feel like tickling something differently than usual? Because of that feeling, it seemed more awkward than the last time we met.

‘It’s a bit awkward…. I need to lighten the mood.’

“Is this home? So-Young looks classy, ​​so I thought she lived in a nice apartment, but she’s in Tower Palace or something like Lotte Tower, or something like that.”

“Hey, is it classy? Go, thank you.”

Why are you stuttering like this? It must have been a little difficult because of the nightmare. Well, if it was a normal nightmare, he wouldn’t have contacted me first. Thinking about that, I looked at So-young’s face again, and it was clear that her face was red.

“Is your face red? Aren’t you sick somewhere?”

I naturally put my hand on Soyoung’s forehead. During her exorcism activities, she got used to this level of skinship, so Soyoung naturally accepted my hand.

“I don’t have a fever.”

“… Work, once! Let’s go home I have something to talk about.”

“Yes.”

After Soyoung followed her into the house, the inside of the house looked cleaner than expected. Is it well organized and tidy?

“Would you like to have a seat? Tea, I’ll make some tea.”