Chapter 84 – Episode 84. Date With Sihyeon

I felt a little bad about leaving Chaeyoung behind, but I walked around the department store with Sihyeon.

“But what is that thing she’s holding in her hand?”

“Oh this?”

In my hand was the bag containing the clothes that Chaeyoung had given me earlier.

‘Should I have just left it behind.?’

When I couldn’t answer readily, Sihyeon took my bag.

Sihyeon’s face hardened after checking the contents inside.

“Follow me.”

“… Yes.”

Seeing Sihyeon’s unusual reaction, I quietly followed him.

Sihyeon’s destination was another men’s clothing store.

“No, I’m fine.”

“Be quiet.”

“…”

Sihyeon did not allow any objection and began looking around the store.

Sihyeon, who was looking around the store, picked up a few clothes and handed them over to me.

“Try this on.”

“. All of this?”

Since there were more than just one or two clothes, I asked again, but Sihyeon’s attitude was firm.

I had no choice but to pick up my clothes and go into the dressing room.

“Maybe it’s because I like the hanger, but everything is fine.”

“…”

I’m exhausted from trying on all the clothes.

“Hey? This is all.”

“Wait a minute!”

Si-hyeon, who was trying to buy all the clothes without any time to lose strength, was silenced.

“Let go of this.”

“There is no need to buy this much.”

“Let go.”

“Then wait a minute.”

Realizing that I couldn’t bend Sihyeon’s will, I quickly took off a few clothes.

“I don’t like anything else. I like this.”

“Really? Everything was fine. Then please give me all of this.”

“Yes, sir.”

Fortunately, I was able to reduce the number of clothes by reducing the number of clothes.

“Take this and refund what you just received from that woman.”

“… I understand.”

The items that were planned to be returned to Chaeyoung or stored in the closet were immediately refunded.

After completing the refund, I picked up my luggage and headed to a nearby café.

I ordered coffee and Sihyeon ordered coffee and cake and sat down.

After a while, the vibrating bell rang and coffee and cake were brought.

As I was taking a breather while drinking a cold iced Americano, a fork was held out to me.

“Ah.”

“Huh?”

“Ah, do it.”

“No, I’m fine.”

“Aha.”

“…”

Sihyeon’s attitude was very firm today.

Since there were things I wasn’t good at, I decided to graciously follow Sihyeon’s request.

As soon as I opened my mouth, my mouth was filled with sweetness.

“Ugh. It’s too sweet for me.”

“Ah, do it.”

“… Can’t I at least eat it?”

“No.”

“…”

I had no choice but to open my mouth again, and the sweetness that had barely been washed away filled my mouth again.

Sihyeon fed me cake until my stomach became sweet.

“Sister… Let’s go out and take a walk.”

“Is that so?”

I walked down the street with Sihyeon, washing my mouth with a bitter Americano with an added shot,

“Oh, I want to try that.”

“What is it?”

There was a small fortune-telling shop where Sihyeon pointed with his hand.

“You want to see a fortune?”

“Yes. I’ll ask if our company is doing well… And see if you and I have luck in dating…”

Si-hyeon’s voice became quieter as it went backwards.

It seemed like the purpose was to see my luck in love.

To be honest, I don’t believe in fortune-telling, but I thought it was okay as long as Sihyeon wanted to see it, and it was fun.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

When I opened the door and went inside, the first thing I noticed was the nervous-looking fortune-teller.

There were various types of cards and props presumed to be used for fortune-telling scattered on the table.

“I came to see the fortune over there.”

“Sit down.”

The fortune-teller did not listen and just told us to sit down.

I felt a little bad, but since I had come to read my fortune, I sat down and looked at the fortune-teller.

The fortuneteller picked up one of the cards in front of him and immediately shuffled the cards and laid them out on the table.

“Pull it out.”

“Seeing something over there…”

“Past and present. We will only look at two things. Pick three chapters from the past and three chapters from the present.”

‘… Isn’t fortune-telling to see the future?’

“For your information, I’m not looking at the future. I’m just looking at the past and present and giving advice.”

“Ah, yes…”

The fortune-teller explained as if reading my mind.

I felt a little bad about the unfriendly and arbitrary attitude of the fortune-teller, but that attitude made the fortune-teller seem even more believable.

Si-eun and I carefully drew 6 cards each from the deck.

“Okay. Then let’s look at the woman first.”

The fortuneteller began the story by turning over the card that Sihyeon had drawn.

“I had a lot of hurt in the past. It must have been very difficult for various reasons. Don’t act too much like you’re okay. Then people around you will think you’re really okay.”

“Oh…”

The more Sihyeon listened to the fortuneteller’s story, the more he began to focus and fall in love with the story.

‘… It feels a bit like cold reading.’

However, she didn’t bother, and I quietly listened to Sihyeon’s fortune-telling.

“He may seem strong, but it’s easy to be deceived and manipulated by others. Be careful. But don’t be too stubborn.”

“Yes…”

“Don’t be too envious of other people. You already have enough.”

“Is that so.?”

After that, the fortune-teller’s words continued… But most of them were universal stories that could fit anyone.

“As for the future… I’ll look at the men’s and tell you as well.”

“Yes!”

Si-hyeon seemed to be immersed in the fortune-teller’s words in that short period of time.

When I saw the vision like that, I was worried that I might be attacked by Do You Believe in the Tao.

“Now… Then the man…”

This time the fortune-teller extended his hand toward the card I had drawn.

Just before turning over the card, the fortune-teller stopped and removed his hand from the card.

“Tsk tsk. You can’t do it.”

“Yes?”

“There’s something strange…”

“… Yes?”

“I can’t go into detail… I’ll just give you a quick look. Let’s move on.”

The fortune-teller started talking without even turning over the cards.

“Let’s see… It’s an award that will attract a lot of women.”

“…”

“I wonder if I’ll have a hard time because of that.”

“…”

“The woman must have been in a lot of trouble.”

“Yes! I did!”

It was my Jeomgwe, and before I knew it, Si-hyeon was listening with his eyes sparkling even more.

“It’s already such a difficult situation… But something strange even intervened.”

“…”

When I heard the fortune-teller’s words, the boss’s face flashed through my mind.

“It was finally time for things to get better, but something strange came in and ruined it.”

“Well. You need to pay more attention and be careful.”

Before I knew it, the fortune-teller was talking to Sihyeon.

“You have to bite the women around you and grab them!”

“. Yes!”

“If you’re too picky, it might get taken away.”

“Is it taken away.?”

Sihyeon’s eyes were shining sinisterly as she listened to the fortune-teller.

“Hmm. But it looks like there’s already a girl. Closer than I thought.”

“I think I’ve seen enough of this.”

I was concerned about Si-hyeon listening to the fortune-teller’s words as if they were oracles.

I interrupted the fortune-teller and stood up.

“Now let’s go eat dinner. I’m hungry.”

“Huh? Let’s listen a little more and let’s go. Oh, don’t push.”

I pushed Si-hyeon out of the store as she tried to hear more from the fortune-teller.

Then, I took out the bokchae and placed it on the table, and as I was about to leave the store, I made eye contact with the fortune-teller.

“Be nice to your girlfriends. Behave well. Take care of yourself.”

“…”

After leaving behind the unpleasant words of the fortune-teller until the end, I left the store.

“I have to pay more attention… Be careful with that woman too…”

Sihyeon, who came out of the store first, was talking quietly to herself.

The blurry eyes looked somewhat eerie, as if under hypnosis.

“Sister? Sister.”

“Huh? Uh. You asked me to go to dinner, right?”

“Yes. I know a place. Let’s go there.”

I took Si-hyeon to a store I had found out about in advance and had dinner.

Even while eating dinner, Sihyeon’s mind seemed to be occupied elsewhere.

I felt a little uneasy while seeing that kind of vision, but… Is there anything wrong? I thought complacently and moved on.

But after that, Sihyeon started acting differently than usual.

“Huh? Where are you? I’m going to have lunch now.”

“Really? Are you eating with the friends you saw last time you went to school?”

“Yes? Why?”

“Oh, no, I was wondering who you were eating with… Enjoy it.”

“…”

Although she didn’t say it directly, she seemed to care if he was with a woman.

Not only that, when I finished school, Sihyeon was waiting in front of the school.

“Seonwoo!”

“Huh? Did you come this far without telling me?”

“Yes, I came because I missed you so much. Shall we look around somewhere else before going home?”

“… Uh, okay.”

I didn’t do anything dishonorable to Sihyeon, so I didn’t get caught.

It was always nice to see Sihyeon’s beautiful face smiling at me, but…

It felt a little tiring to do this.

Moreover, I was worried that I couldn’t get off work with Su-a because I always came to meet her like this.

‘… Since I couldn’t see you on weekdays, I guess I should at least have a long date this holiday.’

“Soo-ah, shall we meet somewhere else this time?”

“Oh, really? Where can I see it?”

“Mom, are you going out together on the day the café is closed? Oh, should I go with you this time?”

While having dinner, she talked with Su-ah about where to go on this date.

And in the middle of the story, Sihyeon intervened.

“… Are you going to go too?”

“Why?”

“No, it’s a weekday, shouldn’t you have to go to work?”

“I’m not busy these days, so it’s okay to organize my day. Oh, Si-eun, do you want to come with me?”

“Oh, no, I’m busy with deadlines.”

Si-eun subtly tried to stop Si-hyeon, but Si-hyeon instead encouraged Si-eun to go with him.

Si-eun was surprised and rejected the recommendation.

“It’s nice to think she’s going out with her mom for the first time in a while. As the older daughter, I should have paid more attention to her…”

“It’s okay… But you’ve been busy lately, aren’t you tired? How about resting at home this time…?”

Su-a’s older sister also tried to dissuade him, but Si-hyeon’s will was firm.

“It’s okay. Going out with mom is a break for me. It’s nice to think about her going out with mom after a long time.”

“Is that so.?”

Since Si-hyeon said that while laughing, even Su-ah couldn’t stop him anymore.

Just like that, we finished dinner with only Si-hyeon smiling and everyone else’s expressions remaining subtly stiff.