Nibbling on a single Pepero stick together, we approach each other, each biting on an end. Typically, Heena takes the stick side, and I take the side with the chocolate.
She approaches, gazing at me with her gracefully curved, half-moon eyes.
As the Pepero between us shortens until our lips almost touch, Heena gently pushes the remaining part into my mouth with her lips and tongue. Simultaneously, she lightly licks the bit of chocolate smeared on my lips before pulling away.
"Chocolate tastes good," I remark.
"Doesn't it?" she replies.
The chocolate Heena's eating merely consists of a little on the stick’s end and what she licks from my lips.
As she pulls out another Pepero, I sneak a peek to see how many we have left. All I see are scattered Pepero boxes and wrappers.
It seems like she bought one or two of every kind, not just the standard ones available at the mart. Around this time, all sorts of shops are selling various sizes and types of individually wrapped Pepero sticks.
Since our arrival here, Heena had me trying every single kind.
While we didn't eat a meal before coming, I'm gradually feeling full, and the appeal of the Pepero itself is diminishing. Initially, it was somewhat fresh and fun, but that was in the first few rounds. Now, we’ve eaten through almost ten boxes and quite a few individually wrapped ones.
If it weren’t for Heena’s action of licking my lips with her tongue each time—a genuinely fiery move in many senses—I might’ve bolted a while ago.
Still, we haven’t eaten through all of the opened items. Heena left a few of each kind. Was she saving some for Heeseong hyung?
Anyway, I thought it might be better to just kiss, but Heena, enjoying this playful activity, continued to open new ones.
I always enjoyed snacks and tend to eat a lot, so I wasn’t incapable of eating more. But, I wished we’d stop eating by now.
"I'm getting full; want to take a break?" I ask.
"Really? Hmm~ then should we stop this and play a different game?" she responds.
"A different game?"
"Yep."
Saying so, she gathers the Pepero sticks she'd set aside earlier.
"Close your eyes, and I'll feed you one at a time. Want to guess which kind it is?"
"Oh, but isn’t that a bit easy? I’m not joking; I’m confident I can get them all right."
Ah, so this was why she left a few of each. But isn’t this too advantageous for me?
I tend to enjoy Pepero, and I’ve tried all the types Heena brought here today.
Moreover, we had just eaten a ton while playing that borderline Pepero-kissing game.
At my words, Heena shows a meaningful smile and says,
"How about we make a bet then?"
"A bet?"
"I’ll grant a wish. If you guess them all right, you win; if you get even one wrong, I win. Let’s do it five times."
"You sure? When it comes to betting, I simply can’t lose."
My competitive spirit is igniting, even though my opponent is Heena!
"Should I?"
"Of course!"
"So I'll do it? Close your eyes!"
"Okay."
I lacked confidence.
In winning.
Honestly, I thought it would be hard to lose unless she simultaneously gave me something strange to taste.
When I closed my eyes and waited for a moment, something slightly rough touched my lips.
As I opened my mouth slightly, this Pepero entered.
Crunch-
"Umm, this... Crunky!"
"Correct~"
Once I took a bite, I recognized it immediately. Lotte Pepero sticks have a strong distinctive flavor for each type. So, if I hadn’t tasted them before I might not know, but I’ve been eating them my whole life, and I tasted them again today, so there was no way I didn’t know.
I chewed through half of it, and then a crunching sound came from in front of me – perhaps Heena was dealing with the rest.
Soon after, the rustling sound of plastic suggested we were moving on to the second round, and I opened my mouth slightly again.
Next, something smooth and quite thin entered my mouth. At first glance, you might think it's a regular Lotte Pepero, but it was different in thickness, and it had its own unique taste.
I personally don’t really like it.
"Pocky?"
"That's correct~"
"Yess!"
Even though Heena said it was correct, her voice didn’t sound regretful. It seemed like she just wanted to grant me a wish and started the game for that reason.
The wishes we made to each other were mostly mild – just deciding on a little concept for our dates, so there was no pressure.
So, what should I request this time?
We’re going to the amusement park tomorrow. I wonder if there's something worth doing there.
As I pondered, opening my mouth again, something much softer gently touched my lips this time.
"Don’t bite this one, just guess it. Got it?"
Nod. Since it was already entering my mouth, it was difficult to verbally respond, so I slightly nodded and focused.
It was quite large and smeared a lot of chocolate on my lips as it entered.
Is this a dipped Nougat... no, it's not. It’s definitely thicker than Nougat.
Slurp. I sucked it gently, gathering my lips. This definitely tastes like Nougat, but something was off.
As I sucked, and my tongue touched the edges, amidst the softness, there was a hardness – almost like a fingernail-
"Huh?!"
Startled by the thought that flashed through my mind, I opened my eyes. In front of me, Heena, with a finger in my mouth, was trying to suppress her laughter.
Removing the finger from my mouth, I trembled with a sense of betrayal.
"That's cheating, that’s not Pepero!!"
"Yep~ seems like it~"
"No, let's be a bit thoughtful, shall we? This isn’t right...!"
"Seems like I won~"
Heena, elongating the end of her sentence teasingly, licked the finger she had just had in my mouth.
For a moment, I was at a loss for words at her provocative gesture, then raised my voice again to speak.
"It's void! I can't accept this!!!"
No matter how inconsequential the prize was, losing this way was something my pride simply could not bear.
"So, shall we have one more round in a single match?"
"Sure! This time I will guess it right! I'll even guess which finger it is!"
"Alright, then close your eyes again~"
"Bring it on!"
I closed my eyes with a combative spirit, opening my mouth wider than before.
The confusing choices would be the middle and ring fingers. The thumb and pinky were out, and the index finger was relatively shorter, so I figured I might be able to tell by playing around with my tongue.
Focusing all my nerves on my lips and tongue, I waited obediently. At that moment, I sensed something approaching my mouth.
Gently pressing my lips together, wondering if it had already entered, something several times softer and somewhat moist was caught between my lips.
As I sensed the faint chocolate scent, I contemplated how to respond to Heena, who was now indulging 'this' into my mouth.
So, for starters.
I swiftly licked the chocolate smeared at the edge, immediately pulled back my face, and opened my eyes.
What I saw this time was...
Heena's face, with the corners of her mouth quivering, seemingly overwhelmed with joy and amusement.
With chocolate smeared on her lower lip.
Capturing that simultaneously cute and incredibly mischievous sight in my eyes, I spoke.
"The answer is my girlfriend's lips."
"Hehehe... Wrong!"
Even as she let out a playful chuckle, she asserted my answer incorrect with firmness, to which I protested.
"Why is that incorrect?"
"You opened your eyes first... and the answer was Yeonho's lips, you know."
What did that mean?
"Why my lips?"
"Well─"
Heena slightly protruded her tongue, licking the remaining chocolate from her lip, before continuing her words.
"Because this is, Yeonho's?"
Wow.
"I lost, for real. I admit defeat."
How could I have contested that response? It was a game I could never have won from the start.
Even if I had racked my brain and mustered all my imagination to provide that answer, there surely would have been a more correct answer.
I admitted defeat and lowered my head.
I should have gently nibbled those playful yet wicked lips.
"I won, right? It’s my victory~"
"Yeah..."
Even though I felt profoundly empty at this unreasonable game, if Heena was happy, then it was all alright.
After organizing the scattered Pepero sticks, I leaned back on the bed beside Heena, idly playing with my phone for a moment.
Yoonjung noona kept sending consecutive pictures taken with my brother in Jeju, so I was looking through them.
Heena might have been receiving the same messages from noona, I thought, but the moment I glanced away, a comic book was in Heena's hands.
"What's that? Didn’t you say you don’t read comics?"
"This? My sister lent it to me."
"Yoonjung noona did? Well, she did like comic books."
It wasn't so strange that noona had comic books, or that Heena was borrowing something from her, but the fact that it was a comic book was a bit surprising.
"It's a romance comic."
"Yeah~ It was really fun to read."
"What's it about?"
"Wanna see?"
When she handed it over to me, I quickly flipped through it. After about 2-3 minutes of fast browsing, I realized something strange.
"It’s about dating in an amusement park."
"Yeah."
"But why are they only kissing? Wait, hold on. Why are they doing it on every page I turn to?"
"Right?"
"I've read a few romance comics that noona left at our house before, but I’ve never seen one that so deliberately only shows this."
"Hehe, remember it well."
"Huh?"
When I turned to look at Heena’s meaningful words, she pointed at the comic book and spoke.
"Tomorrow’s wish ticket, it’s going to be this."
"This?"
"I want to kiss while replicating what's happening here."
"Oh...?"
Hold on, they were really doing it everywhere in this.
"And we’re going to take pictures of all of it."
"That’s your wish?"
"Yes!"
"So, we'll kiss in situations similar to what's in this comic book, and we'll take pictures of all of it?"
"I'm looking forward to tomorrow~"
Do I have to kiss like the male lead in this comic?
I collected myself and quickly flipped back to the beginning of the comic to look again.
The student-like couple in this comic met at a subway station, and from there, a passionately intense kissing scene captured my attention.
Kissing while pressed against a pillar on the subway platform?
Is this for real?
Nibbling on a single Pepero stick together, we approach each other, each biting on an end. Typically, Heena takes the stick side, and I take the side with the chocolate.
She approaches, gazing at me with her gracefully curved, half-moon eyes.
As the Pepero between us shortens until our lips almost touch, Heena gently pushes the remaining part into my mouth with her lips and tongue. Simultaneously, she lightly licks the bit of chocolate smeared on my lips before pulling away.
"Chocolate tastes good," I remark.
"Doesn't it?" she replies.
The chocolate Heena's eating merely consists of a little on the stick’s end and what she licks from my lips.
As she pulls out another Pepero, I sneak a peek to see how many we have left. All I see are scattered Pepero boxes and wrappers.
It seems like she bought one or two of every kind, not just the standard ones available at the mart. Around this time, all sorts of shops are selling various sizes and types of individually wrapped Pepero sticks.
Since our arrival here, Heena had me trying every single kind.
While we didn't eat a meal before coming, I'm gradually feeling full, and the appeal of the Pepero itself is diminishing. Initially, it was somewhat fresh and fun, but that was in the first few rounds. Now, we’ve eaten through almost ten boxes and quite a few individually wrapped ones.
If it weren’t for Heena’s action of licking my lips with her tongue each time—a genuinely fiery move in many senses—I might’ve bolted a while ago.
Still, we haven’t eaten through all of the opened items. Heena left a few of each kind. Was she saving some for Heeseong hyung?
Anyway, I thought it might be better to just kiss, but Heena, enjoying this playful activity, continued to open new ones.
I always enjoyed snacks and tend to eat a lot, so I wasn’t incapable of eating more. But, I wished we’d stop eating by now.
"I'm getting full; want to take a break?" I ask.
"Really? Hmm~ then should we stop this and play a different game?" she responds.
"A different game?"
"Yep."
Saying so, she gathers the Pepero sticks she'd set aside earlier.
"Close your eyes, and I'll feed you one at a time. Want to guess which kind it is?"
"Oh, but isn’t that a bit easy? I’m not joking; I’m confident I can get them all right."
Ah, so this was why she left a few of each. But isn’t this too advantageous for me?
I tend to enjoy Pepero, and I’ve tried all the types Heena brought here today.
Moreover, we had just eaten a ton while playing that borderline Pepero-kissing game.
At my words, Heena shows a meaningful smile and says,
"How about we make a bet then?"
"A bet?"
"I’ll grant a wish. If you guess them all right, you win; if you get even one wrong, I win. Let’s do it five times."
"You sure? When it comes to betting, I simply can’t lose."
My competitive spirit is igniting, even though my opponent is Heena!
"Should I?"
"Of course!"
"So I'll do it? Close your eyes!"
"Okay."
I lacked confidence.
In winning.
Honestly, I thought it would be hard to lose unless she simultaneously gave me something strange to taste.
When I closed my eyes and waited for a moment, something slightly rough touched my lips.
As I opened my mouth slightly, this Pepero entered.
Crunch-
"Umm, this... Crunky!"
"Correct~"
Once I took a bite, I recognized it immediately. Lotte Pepero sticks have a strong distinctive flavor for each type. So, if I hadn’t tasted them before I might not know, but I’ve been eating them my whole life, and I tasted them again today, so there was no way I didn’t know.
I chewed through half of it, and then a crunching sound came from in front of me – perhaps Heena was dealing with the rest.
Soon after, the rustling sound of plastic suggested we were moving on to the second round, and I opened my mouth slightly again.
Next, something smooth and quite thin entered my mouth. At first glance, you might think it's a regular Lotte Pepero, but it was different in thickness, and it had its own unique taste.
I personally don’t really like it.
"Pocky?"
"That's correct~"
"Yess!"
Even though Heena said it was correct, her voice didn’t sound regretful. It seemed like she just wanted to grant me a wish and started the game for that reason.
The wishes we made to each other were mostly mild – just deciding on a little concept for our dates, so there was no pressure.
So, what should I request this time?
We’re going to the amusement park tomorrow. I wonder if there's something worth doing there.
As I pondered, opening my mouth again, something much softer gently touched my lips this time.
"Don’t bite this one, just guess it. Got it?"
Nod. Since it was already entering my mouth, it was difficult to verbally respond, so I slightly nodded and focused.
It was quite large and smeared a lot of chocolate on my lips as it entered.
Is this a dipped Nougat... no, it's not. It’s definitely thicker than Nougat.
Slurp. I sucked it gently, gathering my lips. This definitely tastes like Nougat, but something was off.
As I sucked, and my tongue touched the edges, amidst the softness, there was a hardness – almost like a fingernail-
"Huh?!"
Startled by the thought that flashed through my mind, I opened my eyes. In front of me, Heena, with a finger in my mouth, was trying to suppress her laughter.
Removing the finger from my mouth, I trembled with a sense of betrayal.
"That's cheating, that’s not Pepero!!"
"Yep~ seems like it~"
"No, let's be a bit thoughtful, shall we? This isn’t right...!"
"Seems like I won~"
Heena, elongating the end of her sentence teasingly, licked the finger she had just had in my mouth.
For a moment, I was at a loss for words at her provocative gesture, then raised my voice again to speak.
"It's void! I can't accept this!!!"
No matter how inconsequential the prize was, losing this way was something my pride simply could not bear.
"So, shall we have one more round in a single match?"
"Sure! This time I will guess it right! I'll even guess which finger it is!"
"Alright, then close your eyes again~"
"Bring it on!"
I closed my eyes with a combative spirit, opening my mouth wider than before.
The confusing choices would be the middle and ring fingers. The thumb and pinky were out, and the index finger was relatively shorter, so I figured I might be able to tell by playing around with my tongue.
Focusing all my nerves on my lips and tongue, I waited obediently. At that moment, I sensed something approaching my mouth.
Gently pressing my lips together, wondering if it had already entered, something several times softer and somewhat moist was caught between my lips.
As I sensed the faint chocolate scent, I contemplated how to respond to Heena, who was now indulging 'this' into my mouth.
So, for starters.
I swiftly licked the chocolate smeared at the edge, immediately pulled back my face, and opened my eyes.
What I saw this time was...
Heena's face, with the corners of her mouth quivering, seemingly overwhelmed with joy and amusement.
With chocolate smeared on her lower lip.
Capturing that simultaneously cute and incredibly mischievous sight in my eyes, I spoke.
"The answer is my girlfriend's lips."
"Hehehe... Wrong!"
Even as she let out a playful chuckle, she asserted my answer incorrect with firmness, to which I protested.
"Why is that incorrect?"
"You opened your eyes first... and the answer was Yeonho's lips, you know."
What did that mean?
"Why my lips?"
"Well─"
Heena slightly protruded her tongue, licking the remaining chocolate from her lip, before continuing her words.
"Because this is, Yeonho's?"
Wow.
"I lost, for real. I admit defeat."
How could I have contested that response? It was a game I could never have won from the start.
Even if I had racked my brain and mustered all my imagination to provide that answer, there surely would have been a more correct answer.
I admitted defeat and lowered my head.
I should have gently nibbled those playful yet wicked lips.
"I won, right? It’s my victory~"
"Yeah..."
Even though I felt profoundly empty at this unreasonable game, if Heena was happy, then it was all alright.
After organizing the scattered Pepero sticks, I leaned back on the bed beside Heena, idly playing with my phone for a moment.
Yoonjung noona kept sending consecutive pictures taken with my brother in Jeju, so I was looking through them.
Heena might have been receiving the same messages from noona, I thought, but the moment I glanced away, a comic book was in Heena's hands.
"What's that? Didn’t you say you don’t read comics?"
"This? My sister lent it to me."
"Yoonjung noona did? Well, she did like comic books."
It wasn't so strange that noona had comic books, or that Heena was borrowing something from her, but the fact that it was a comic book was a bit surprising.
"It's a romance comic."
"Yeah~ It was really fun to read."
"What's it about?"
"Wanna see?"
When she handed it over to me, I quickly flipped through it. After about 2-3 minutes of fast browsing, I realized something strange.
"It’s about dating in an amusement park."
"Yeah."
"But why are they only kissing? Wait, hold on. Why are they doing it on every page I turn to?"
"Right?"
"I've read a few romance comics that noona left at our house before, but I’ve never seen one that so deliberately only shows this."
"Hehe, remember it well."
"Huh?"
When I turned to look at Heena’s meaningful words, she pointed at the comic book and spoke.
"Tomorrow’s wish ticket, it’s going to be this."
"This?"
"I want to kiss while replicating what's happening here."
"Oh...?"
Hold on, they were really doing it everywhere in this.
"And we’re going to take pictures of all of it."
"That’s your wish?"
"Yes!"
"So, we'll kiss in situations similar to what's in this comic book, and we'll take pictures of all of it?"
"I'm looking forward to tomorrow~"
Do I have to kiss like the male lead in this comic?
I collected myself and quickly flipped back to the beginning of the comic to look again.
The student-like couple in this comic met at a subway station, and from there, a passionately intense kissing scene captured my attention.
Kissing while pressed against a pillar on the subway platform?
Is this for real?
