Chapter 82 – Sincerity

“∙∙∙I thought I couldn’t fit in between you two.”

“What are you talking about.”

“∙∙∙Hyunwoo and you. Jinah. “Because he seemed very friendly.”

In a choked-up tone. She also tells me her feelings, which she has been hiding for months.

“∙∙∙I know. That you are not that kind of person. When I was dating, he only liked me. I know. “I know, I know∙∙∙”

She holds her breath for a moment.

“∙∙∙I hated Jina. The girl you’ve known for such a long time. “I hated her.”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“∙∙∙Still. Hyunwoo, I’m the one dating you, right? It’s me you like, not him, right? I’m the winner, right? With that in mind, I continued dating you∙∙∙”

Minah Young’s voice cracked at the end of her words. She continued her words, choking back tears.

“∙∙∙At some point, I started to look really ugly. You know that. “I can’t make fake facial expressions.”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“∙∙∙Even though I want to be with you. I can’t meet you because I’m afraid I won’t be able to smile. That’s why I asked to break up.”

The biggest part of why I like Min Ah-young is. It was her laugh.

Without any embellishment. A smile of 100% pure joy.

Seeing that smile made me happy too.

She couldn’t bear it because she thought she couldn’t show off her great strengths.

“∙∙∙Why did I call you today? “You probably know∙∙∙ I did that because I had regrets after seeing it at a cafe∙∙∙”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“∙∙∙But now I understand. “I know I did something ugly today too.”

Minah Young sheds tears through her bowed hair.

“∙∙∙Jina and you. Things were going well. “Did I disrupt it?”

“∙∙∙Not really.”

“∙∙∙No, what? That’s right. “That’s the only reason I’d pretend to be drunk on the phone.”

She concluded her words by wiping away her tears.

“∙∙∙Okay. Me. “I won’t get any uglier in front of you from now on.”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“∙∙∙I will become your ex-girlfriend who can remain as a memory. “I won’t be jealous anymore.”

While dating Minah Young, I had no idea that she would look at me and Seo Jinah like this.

When the three of us were together, we were friendly without fighting. I thought Seo Jin-ah and Min Ah-young saw each other as friends.

But they saw each other as competition.

Seo Jin-ah couldn’t overcome her feelings, so she solved it with her masturbation.

Min Ah-young chose to break up with me.

She was clearly the winner, but deep down she knew it too.

That Seo Jin-ah likes me more than myself.

She said that for 15 years, she only liked one person, which is unthinkable from her perspective.

Min Ah-young herself did not have a bad personality.

If she was a truly vicious woman, she would have gone all the way with Seo Jin-ah, telling him to be jealous or not.

It was a natural thing in love. That’s why it’s not for nothing that they say that if you like something, confess it quickly.

But she couldn’t.

Because she didn’t want to be fake.

I’m the one she likes. Because she wanted real love.

And if it goes on like this. Because it was obvious that he would become a fake.

“∙∙∙So. “Can’t we just remain friends?”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“∙∙∙Between you. I’ll support you. I’ll just watch from afar. I promise∙∙∙”

Minah-young raises her head from her lowered position.

There was earnestness in her expression.

She’s not the fake face she used to show in cafes. She had a real face filled with sincerity.

I saw her anxiously spitting out her sincerity.

“Okay.”

I accepted her offer.

Becoming Minah Young and her friend was something I had hoped for as well.

It was more of a favor for me not to be between her and her blushing.

That way, I could stand confidently when I was next to Seo Jin-ah.

“Let’s get along well from now on. Ex-girlfriend. No. “My female friend Min Ah-young.”

I held out my hand as if to ask her to please, and she stopped crying and held my hand.

Like sunny weather after rain, she was smiling before I knew it.

“Okay. “My boyfriend, Lee Hyun-woo.”

And her laugh. It wasn’t fake this time.

***

“Hey you bastard. “Why on earth did you bring me here!”

“I told you. “If you come alone, you will be suspected.”

“But still. This is a bit too much! Shiba. “Why do you make me join in when you’re talking about your love life?”

As I walked out of the villa, Seongjae Park grumbled at me.

The fact that there was so much dissatisfaction seemed to indicate that the place was quite a thorn in the side.

Still, I had some excuse.

“It’s because of you that I met him. “I can’t drink, so who forced me to go out drinking?”

“I didn’t know there were women who would be interested in a guy who can’t drink!”

“So you took me with you to make all the girls cling to you?”

“∙∙∙That.”

Park Seong-jae is speechless due to my playful interrogation.

This. I guess I said it as a joke, but I guess it was actually true.

Didn’t this guy find out that he was not a friend but a competitor?

“Anyway! If things were going well with Seojin, shouldn’t you let me know! “Did you two even go on a date?”

“If you think about it, it’s not a date. “The two of us walked around together because of the club.”

“∙∙∙You’ve already done everything you could, so why did you pretend not to notice earlier?”

“Because it’s fun.”

As I couldn’t hold back my laughter and started giggling, Park Seong-jae’s face gradually rotted next to me.

I felt like I had been tricked by being dragged around and taken advantage of by me all evening.

To ease the feelings of that betrayed-looking guy, I said something I didn’t even mean to say.

“I’ll buy you something to eat later. “Because we also installed CCTV today.”

“Shiba. “Buy it right now, bastard!”

“Not now. “Jina is waiting at home.”

“∙∙∙Are you shamelessly shielding your girlfriend?”

When the topic of Seo Jin-ah comes up, Park Seong-jae agrees without being able to refute it.

He glanced at me for a while, but eventually his expression relaxed as if he couldn’t help it.

“∙∙∙Do your best. “This time, don’t date in an awkward manner like last time.”

“You don’t want to hear dating advice from a single guy, do you?”

“∙∙∙That’s because I’m not in a relationship right now. “Even if I’m like this, I’ve dated more women than you?”

Seongjae Park patted my shoulder, gave me a few words of congratulations, and then parted ways with me.

From what I heard, they’re going out for a drink again.

I could clearly see myself waking up that zombie tomorrow morning.

Now that I’m back home like that.

“Do you understand now?”

I explained everything I had experienced to Seo Jin-ah.

When I heard that the relationship between me and Min Ah-young was definitely resolved, she was surprised but still skeptical.

“∙∙∙Aren’t you lying?”

“I didn’t take Seongjae with me because I thought you might be like this. “Why don’t you call her now and ask?”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

She glared at me with narrowed eyes, and she confirmed to me once again that she had no intention of calling.

“∙∙∙Ayoung really said that? “Isn’t he the type of person to do that?”

“Then does it make sense for a kid like that to suddenly ask me to break up? “She actually had a problem, so she asked me to break up with her.”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

In response to my unchanging answer, Seojin murmurs, “Then I wasn’t the only one who was jealous.”

It looked so cute that he was muttering to himself even though I was in front of him, so I decided to tell him what he wanted to say too.

Actually, it wasn’t Min Ah-young that I planned today, but Seo Jin-ah.

“Hey.”

“∙∙∙Huh?”

“Have you thought about it enough now?”

“∙∙∙What.”

“The confession I made last week.”

She was masturbating with her bunny girl and eventually he couldn’t hold back and confessed to her.

That had already been a week.

I don’t even remember how much we masturbated with each other after that, but the time we spent together was so happy.

“∙∙∙It’s not even a week yet. “I will answer tomorrow.”

“What are you talking about. “It’s past 12 o’clock.”

I corrected her by pointing to the wall clock hanging in the living room.

A time past midnight.

Today was Wednesday, the same day I confessed last week.

“Now answer me. “You gave me enough time.”

“∙∙∙Ha. “Just one more day∙∙∙”

“Why, just one more day? “Didn’t you come to my house today because you wanted to do something dirty?”

He approaches Seo Jin-ah and urges her to answer.

“Speak quickly. “Accept my confession and do something dirty.”

“∙∙∙What. What is he saying now! Me. “I didn’t come here to do that, right?”

When we tried to develop a relationship between us, she tried to backtrack again due to her shame.

Inside, she would have finished preparing her heart a long time ago.

Until the day before yesterday, we were having sex and calling each other honey. Does it make sense to say that you are not ready?

The two of us could have gotten married right away and lived well without any problems.

Still, she is the one who leaves me like this. All I could do was get closer to her.

Holding on to the arms of her chair to prevent her from escaping. Pull me in front of you

“Then let’s do it this way. I’ll ask again. “Answer me this time.”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“Got it?”

Ignoring the pounding sound of her heart, I say the words she had repeated dozens of times on the way home.

Even though I was conveying the same feelings, at that time I was saying it because I was steeped in the pleasure of sex, and this time I was truly sober.

I couldn’t help but feel nervous.

“∙∙∙Jinya.”

To Seo Jin-ah, who is sitting quietly in her seat. She got down on one knee.

I never dreamed that I would act like this in front of him.

She wasn’t the only one feeling embarrassed. Actually, I had it worse.

Still, I’m braver than him.

Even if you act like a man on the outside. Because he’s a soft guy on the inside.

It was the right way for me to step forward.

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

To hide my trembling breathing, I hold my breath on purpose.

I carefully lift the hand that is resting on her knee and place it on top of my hand.

Her little hand was inside me.

She gently wraps her hands around me, just as I hold her when I fuck her.

Her small box sits on top of her small, slender hands.

“∙∙∙Won’t you marry me?”

The lid of the coin-sized box was opened, and what was revealed was a silver ring.

It wasn’t even real silver, but an anniversary couple ring painted silver. This was the best for me.

I am not a third generation chaebol. There is no way I can buy an expensive wedding ring at this age.

If you look at it from a third party’s point of view, proposing marriage with such a cheap ring may seem ridiculous.

At least it wasn’t the woman in front of me.

“∙∙∙∙∙∙!”

For her, this small gift in her own hands was more precious than anything else.

She considers her a more comfortable partner than anyone else, and she received her gift from me, who had never even given her a birthday gift before. Because she was a unique gift.

And now. Because it meant the most that her wish had become a reality.

As I put her ring on the ring finger of her left hand, Seo Jin-ah looks down at her own hand.

She looked at her own fingers with disbelieving eyes.

“∙∙∙∙∙∙Yes.”

He smiled brightly and answered my proposal.

“∙∙∙∙∙∙Let’s get married.”