It seemed she was impressed not only by that scene but by the others as well, showing them to me one by one enthusiastically.
Excitedly saying this and that would be good, she explained things to me, and seeing her like that, I felt like I had to do it no matter what.
Should I block it with a Pepero in my mouth? The thought brushed through my mind, but it was a pointless act, something that I would inevitably do.
Deciding to leave tomorrow's matters to tomorrow's me, I grabbed Heena's hand, who was animatedly talking beside me, and gently kissed the back of her hand.
"What, are you doing it already?"
Heena spoke, her eyes twinkling.
Was this something from a comic book too? We were talking and doing it with the mouth seemed a bit much, so I just tried it on the hand.
Still, she spoke as if she knew it all along, quite cheekily.
"How is it? Do you like it?"
"I love it so much!"
"Then, this time, close your eyes."
"Huh?"
"Hurry."
Heeding my words, Heena obediently closed her eyes. Moving her hair behind her ear, I bit her petite earlobe softly.
"Heek!!"
With that, she jerked her body as if I'd startled her.
"Is there something like this?"
"There... is..."
Was there something like this too? What on earth is that comic?
Anyway, even while trembling slightly, she kept her eyes closed. As I brushed her hair back once again, I whispered into her ear.
"From now on, at this time tomorrow."
"Where does something like that even exist?"
Maybe my breath tickled her ear, because she twitched slightly and protested with furrowed eyebrows at my words.
Her angry little fists were quite cute as she spoke. But that's that. This is this.
"I thought we agreed to use the wish coupon tomorrow?"
"Just do it now!"
"Dear customer, the next service is scheduled for tomorrow, so..."
"Do it~ Please?"
She clung to my arm, acting cute, but I firmly refused just for today.
Honestly, we did a lot with biting the Pepero today. To the point where my lips were a little sore.
After pouting and acting cute for a while, she opened her mouth, seeming a bit sullen when I didn’t agree.
"Just wait until tomorrow."
"Let’s not say that when we have so much to do tomorrow..."
"It'd be great to do it today and tomorrow!"
"Um..."
Honestly, if she wants it that much, it’s fine to do more, but changing my words now...
Still, there were infinite ways to appease her.
Heena is easy-going, after all.
"We did a lot today, so I just want to hold you. Is that okay?"
Saying so while spreading my arms, she swiftly entered my embrace.
"If it's like that, there's no helping it..."
Embracing Heena, who seems to be conceding, I gently stroked her head.
It’s about time for Heeseong hyung to come. He said he would buy us dinner; what should we eat? I feel like I can eat a little more.
"Shall we give the remaining Pepero to Heeseong hyung?"
"Yes~"
Afterwards, when Heeseong hyung returned, we laughed for a while, seeing him show distaste for the Pepero we gave him. A lot of Pepero with somewhat unique flavors remained.
Subsequently, the three of us hung out, chatting and later enjoying the chicken that hyung had bought before we returned home.
I left Heena alone when she asked if she couldn't just stay and sleep over. Even if I let her sleep over, trying to have her sleep in my room was a bit much.
I managed to save myself by convincing her that we had to pick out our matching outfits to wear tomorrow.
I couldn’t afford to be careless for even a moment.
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Raei Translations
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The next day, Sunday morning, Heena and I met up early and arrived at the subway station.
Today, we wore the couple look we had coordinated during our date last week. Nothing extravagant; Heena wore a black skirt that came up to her knees and a white oversized sweatshirt, while I wore black slacks with a similarly white oversized sweatshirt.
The design on the chest area was also identical, so anyone seeing us walk hand in hand would think, "Ah, they're a couple."
However, Heena's legs, from below her skirt to above her crew socks, were exposed, which made me wonder if she might be a bit cold. Fortunately, the weather was quite mild today, so it seemed like she'd be alright.
We met at the subway station, but we didn't board the train right away.
"Let's wait for the next one. Why are there so many people?"
As soon as we stepped down onto the subway platform, Heena hurriedly pulled me toward the wall. I loitered in front of Heena, who stood close to the platform wall.
Because there were quite a lot of people waiting for the subway than expected.
"I'll take the photo."
"I just need to focus on this, right?"
"Yep~"
Saying so, Heena held her phone with the camera ready, and I momentarily watched people boarding the subway that had just arrived.
After the subway left and the vicinity became quiet, I leaned one arm against the wall, locking eyes with Heena. Then, as she slowly closed her eyes, I gradually leaned in and our lips met.
-Click, click, click. The sound of photos being taken echoed beside us the moment our lips touched. It was set to continuous shooting, so it kept going.
In reality, the photo was more important than the kiss. That's probably why we parted lips quickly, and Heena immediately checked the photo.
"It came out well~ I have to use this as my profile picture!"
"Heena, that's a bit... a bit embarrassing.."
Using a wall-kiss as a profile picture?
"No. I'm doing it. Yeonho, you have to do it too!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
She turns her head sharply, saying so firmly.
I sighed at her action and stealthily checked the photo. The image of Heena, eyes closed, leaning against the wall, and me, also with closed eyes, kissing her was remarkably clear.
Even though I also closed my eyes during the kiss, and no eyelid flickering was visible, the photo was undoubtedly good.
But I was apprehensive about the aftermath.
"Yeonho, your phone."
"We’ll take more later, can’t we check them all and then decide? There might be a better photo."
"Phone."
"My profile picture now is really good too. Heena, you look really pretty in it.."
"Phone."
"Here."
She says so with an unwavering smile, and I just couldn’t resist.
In the end, I had to watch my own profile picture change to the wall-kiss photo as well.
"Shall we go now?"
"Let’s..."
I can’t open the messenger app today.
The weekend that included Pepero Day was especially bustling in the station connected to the amusement park.
Holding Heena’s hand tightly to prevent us from getting separated, we bought our all-day passes and entered.
Visiting an amusement park for the first time this year, there was something that lifted our spirits just by being there.
Although I'm the type to get a bit scared when riding the attractions, the atmosphere is what you come for in places like this.
"Heena, what should we do? Is there something you want to ride?"
"There are so many people, riding a lot of things might be tough. Let’s take it slow and take a look around."
"Sounds good. So we’ll do that and... are you going to buy that?"
"The animal ear headbands? Of course!"
Our first stop inside was, of course, the souvenir shop.
Heena has always wanted us to wear headbands together. We'd verbally promised to do so if we ever came to an amusement park, as it's a bit much to wear them on a regular date.
Heena held a white cat-ears headband and a brown dog-ears headband, with the ears folded in half, in her hand.
I wanted to pay for them, but after mentioning that the all-day passes were on my brother's card, she insisted on paying for everything today.
I tried to convince her to let me pay since I bought quite a lot of Pepero the day before, but she absolutely wouldn’t hear of it.
In the end, unable to break Heena’s resolve, I ended up wearing the headband she bought.
"Yeonho, look here!"
"Do they suit me?"
"So cute!"
With the headband on, I made a V-sign under my chin with my hand. Heena was eagerly snapping away, constantly telling me how cute I looked.
Next, I also took photos of Heena, a heart-attack inducing kitty with cat ears.
"Give me a meow!!"
"Me...meow.."
I switched to video recording and had Heena do that as well.
The main point of this video is that Heena is acting shy. Her face reddened while wearing the cat-ears headband and meowing, a sight so cute you couldn’t see it even if you paid.
She seemed quite composed when she sent a video last time, but doing it live, right in front of me, seemed to make her shy.
After having a mini photo and video session, we moved on to our next mission.
The second photo shoot scene was...
"Wearing animal headbands and taking a two-shot together? No kiss?"
"If Yeonho wants, we can kiss!"
"This is fine too."
I thought she only wanted a kiss scene, but it seems she also wanted to do this kind of ordinary situation.
We moved a bit to take the photo, going outdoors and standing side by side with a castle-like building in the background.
Because so many people were passing by, we positioned the camera in a corner of the path so that only our faces and the castle were visible, and took a few selfies.
Both of us made a pose, spreading our thumb and index finger under our chins.
During it, Heena winked so I tried to follow, but it wasn't easy.
Heena was particularly fond of a failed photo, due to that specific reason.
"Pfft, what's this~ You can't wink?"
"It's a bit hard? I can, but the other eye squints too."
"I just can do it, so it's hard to teach."
She winks at me again. I gaze at her cute face for a moment, then, seeing someone coming from behind her, I gently pull her aside.
There are just too many people passing by.
"Should we go back in for now? Is there something you want to try?"
"That! The thing that sticks to the ceiling and goes around."
"Ah~ What was its name? Balloon..something."
This amusement park is divided into indoor and outdoor sections. What Heena was talking about was an indoor ride, hanging from the high ceiling, slowly making a full rotation.
Anyway, thinking I understand what she’s talking about, we go back inside and I check the pamphlet we picked up at the entrance to find that ride. When we get there, surprisingly, there aren't many people waiting, even on a day like this.
Thanks to that, we could board one together in no time.
"Wait, this is a bit scarier than I thought..?"
"Are you okay?"
"Ah, it’s not that I can’t ride it...just give me a moment."
"We’re starting! Please do not lean too far out!"
Before I have time to mentally prepare, the ride begins to move gradually, following the staff's announcement.
Being on the moving ride, much higher up than it looked from below, I tensely gripped Heena’s hand.
As we slowly drifted away from the starting point, I felt my legs stiffen.
Riding a roller coaster is fine since it's scary but over in a flash. But this, moving slowly at this height for quite some time, seemed to stimulate my fear a bit more.
"I shouldn't look down..."
"Just look at something far away. It’ll be a bit better that way."
It was slightly embarrassing to show this side of me in front of my girlfriend, but honestly, I have a right to be scared.
It was somewhat okay as long as I looked far ahead and not below. However, as I was still awkwardly standing, Heena suddenly grasped my face and turned it towards hers.
And then, bringing her face close as if to kiss, she opened her mouth.
"If you're scared, just look at me."
At a distance where we could feel each other's breath, all I could see was Heena’s face.
Her large eyes and small yet perky nose. Her flawless, porcelain-smooth, and clear skin. Those red lips, which had overlapped with mine countless times and felt undeniably mine.
With my view being filled only with the beautiful face of my girlfriend, the fear-induced pounding in my chest miraculously settled down.
"Are you okay now?"
"Mm."
I felt like I could look at her all day and not get tired. Indeed, Heena was so beautiful.
It's said that a loved one's face is the cure for everything.
It seemed she was impressed not only by that scene but by the others as well, showing them to me one by one enthusiastically.
Excitedly saying this and that would be good, she explained things to me, and seeing her like that, I felt like I had to do it no matter what.
Should I block it with a Pepero in my mouth? The thought brushed through my mind, but it was a pointless act, something that I would inevitably do.
Deciding to leave tomorrow's matters to tomorrow's me, I grabbed Heena's hand, who was animatedly talking beside me, and gently kissed the back of her hand.
"What, are you doing it already?"
Heena spoke, her eyes twinkling.
Was this something from a comic book too? We were talking and doing it with the mouth seemed a bit much, so I just tried it on the hand.
Still, she spoke as if she knew it all along, quite cheekily.
"How is it? Do you like it?"
"I love it so much!"
"Then, this time, close your eyes."
"Huh?"
"Hurry."
Heeding my words, Heena obediently closed her eyes. Moving her hair behind her ear, I bit her petite earlobe softly.
"Heek!!"
With that, she jerked her body as if I'd startled her.
"Is there something like this?"
"There... is..."
Was there something like this too? What on earth is that comic?
Anyway, even while trembling slightly, she kept her eyes closed. As I brushed her hair back once again, I whispered into her ear.
"From now on, at this time tomorrow."
"Where does something like that even exist?"
Maybe my breath tickled her ear, because she twitched slightly and protested with furrowed eyebrows at my words.
Her angry little fists were quite cute as she spoke. But that's that. This is this.
"I thought we agreed to use the wish coupon tomorrow?"
"Just do it now!"
"Dear customer, the next service is scheduled for tomorrow, so..."
"Do it~ Please?"
She clung to my arm, acting cute, but I firmly refused just for today.
Honestly, we did a lot with biting the Pepero today. To the point where my lips were a little sore.
After pouting and acting cute for a while, she opened her mouth, seeming a bit sullen when I didn’t agree.
"Just wait until tomorrow."
"Let’s not say that when we have so much to do tomorrow..."
"It'd be great to do it today and tomorrow!"
"Um..."
Honestly, if she wants it that much, it’s fine to do more, but changing my words now...
Still, there were infinite ways to appease her.
Heena is easy-going, after all.
"We did a lot today, so I just want to hold you. Is that okay?"
Saying so while spreading my arms, she swiftly entered my embrace.
"If it's like that, there's no helping it..."
Embracing Heena, who seems to be conceding, I gently stroked her head.
It’s about time for Heeseong hyung to come. He said he would buy us dinner; what should we eat? I feel like I can eat a little more.
"Shall we give the remaining Pepero to Heeseong hyung?"
"Yes~"
Afterwards, when Heeseong hyung returned, we laughed for a while, seeing him show distaste for the Pepero we gave him. A lot of Pepero with somewhat unique flavors remained.
Subsequently, the three of us hung out, chatting and later enjoying the chicken that hyung had bought before we returned home.
I left Heena alone when she asked if she couldn't just stay and sleep over. Even if I let her sleep over, trying to have her sleep in my room was a bit much.
I managed to save myself by convincing her that we had to pick out our matching outfits to wear tomorrow.
I couldn’t afford to be careless for even a moment.
---
Raei Translations
---
The next day, Sunday morning, Heena and I met up early and arrived at the subway station.
Today, we wore the couple look we had coordinated during our date last week. Nothing extravagant; Heena wore a black skirt that came up to her knees and a white oversized sweatshirt, while I wore black slacks with a similarly white oversized sweatshirt.
The design on the chest area was also identical, so anyone seeing us walk hand in hand would think, "Ah, they're a couple."
However, Heena's legs, from below her skirt to above her crew socks, were exposed, which made me wonder if she might be a bit cold. Fortunately, the weather was quite mild today, so it seemed like she'd be alright.
We met at the subway station, but we didn't board the train right away.
"Let's wait for the next one. Why are there so many people?"
As soon as we stepped down onto the subway platform, Heena hurriedly pulled me toward the wall. I loitered in front of Heena, who stood close to the platform wall.
Because there were quite a lot of people waiting for the subway than expected.
"I'll take the photo."
"I just need to focus on this, right?"
"Yep~"
Saying so, Heena held her phone with the camera ready, and I momentarily watched people boarding the subway that had just arrived.
After the subway left and the vicinity became quiet, I leaned one arm against the wall, locking eyes with Heena. Then, as she slowly closed her eyes, I gradually leaned in and our lips met.
-Click, click, click. The sound of photos being taken echoed beside us the moment our lips touched. It was set to continuous shooting, so it kept going.
In reality, the photo was more important than the kiss. That's probably why we parted lips quickly, and Heena immediately checked the photo.
"It came out well~ I have to use this as my profile picture!"
"Heena, that's a bit... a bit embarrassing.."
Using a wall-kiss as a profile picture?
"No. I'm doing it. Yeonho, you have to do it too!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
She turns her head sharply, saying so firmly.
I sighed at her action and stealthily checked the photo. The image of Heena, eyes closed, leaning against the wall, and me, also with closed eyes, kissing her was remarkably clear.
Even though I also closed my eyes during the kiss, and no eyelid flickering was visible, the photo was undoubtedly good.
But I was apprehensive about the aftermath.
"Yeonho, your phone."
"We’ll take more later, can’t we check them all and then decide? There might be a better photo."
"Phone."
"My profile picture now is really good too. Heena, you look really pretty in it.."
"Phone."
"Here."
She says so with an unwavering smile, and I just couldn’t resist.
In the end, I had to watch my own profile picture change to the wall-kiss photo as well.
"Shall we go now?"
"Let’s..."
I can’t open the messenger app today.
The weekend that included Pepero Day was especially bustling in the station connected to the amusement park.
Holding Heena’s hand tightly to prevent us from getting separated, we bought our all-day passes and entered.
Visiting an amusement park for the first time this year, there was something that lifted our spirits just by being there.
Although I'm the type to get a bit scared when riding the attractions, the atmosphere is what you come for in places like this.
"Heena, what should we do? Is there something you want to ride?"
"There are so many people, riding a lot of things might be tough. Let’s take it slow and take a look around."
"Sounds good. So we’ll do that and... are you going to buy that?"
"The animal ear headbands? Of course!"
Our first stop inside was, of course, the souvenir shop.
Heena has always wanted us to wear headbands together. We'd verbally promised to do so if we ever came to an amusement park, as it's a bit much to wear them on a regular date.
Heena held a white cat-ears headband and a brown dog-ears headband, with the ears folded in half, in her hand.
I wanted to pay for them, but after mentioning that the all-day passes were on my brother's card, she insisted on paying for everything today.
I tried to convince her to let me pay since I bought quite a lot of Pepero the day before, but she absolutely wouldn’t hear of it.
In the end, unable to break Heena’s resolve, I ended up wearing the headband she bought.
"Yeonho, look here!"
"Do they suit me?"
"So cute!"
With the headband on, I made a V-sign under my chin with my hand. Heena was eagerly snapping away, constantly telling me how cute I looked.
Next, I also took photos of Heena, a heart-attack inducing kitty with cat ears.
"Give me a meow!!"
"Me...meow.."
I switched to video recording and had Heena do that as well.
The main point of this video is that Heena is acting shy. Her face reddened while wearing the cat-ears headband and meowing, a sight so cute you couldn’t see it even if you paid.
She seemed quite composed when she sent a video last time, but doing it live, right in front of me, seemed to make her shy.
After having a mini photo and video session, we moved on to our next mission.
The second photo shoot scene was...
"Wearing animal headbands and taking a two-shot together? No kiss?"
"If Yeonho wants, we can kiss!"
"This is fine too."
I thought she only wanted a kiss scene, but it seems she also wanted to do this kind of ordinary situation.
We moved a bit to take the photo, going outdoors and standing side by side with a castle-like building in the background.
Because so many people were passing by, we positioned the camera in a corner of the path so that only our faces and the castle were visible, and took a few selfies.
Both of us made a pose, spreading our thumb and index finger under our chins.
During it, Heena winked so I tried to follow, but it wasn't easy.
Heena was particularly fond of a failed photo, due to that specific reason.
"Pfft, what's this~ You can't wink?"
"It's a bit hard? I can, but the other eye squints too."
"I just can do it, so it's hard to teach."
She winks at me again. I gaze at her cute face for a moment, then, seeing someone coming from behind her, I gently pull her aside.
There are just too many people passing by.
"Should we go back in for now? Is there something you want to try?"
"That! The thing that sticks to the ceiling and goes around."
"Ah~ What was its name? Balloon..something."
This amusement park is divided into indoor and outdoor sections. What Heena was talking about was an indoor ride, hanging from the high ceiling, slowly making a full rotation.
Anyway, thinking I understand what she’s talking about, we go back inside and I check the pamphlet we picked up at the entrance to find that ride. When we get there, surprisingly, there aren't many people waiting, even on a day like this.
Thanks to that, we could board one together in no time.
"Wait, this is a bit scarier than I thought..?"
"Are you okay?"
"Ah, it’s not that I can’t ride it...just give me a moment."
"We’re starting! Please do not lean too far out!"
Before I have time to mentally prepare, the ride begins to move gradually, following the staff's announcement.
Being on the moving ride, much higher up than it looked from below, I tensely gripped Heena’s hand.
As we slowly drifted away from the starting point, I felt my legs stiffen.
Riding a roller coaster is fine since it's scary but over in a flash. But this, moving slowly at this height for quite some time, seemed to stimulate my fear a bit more.
"I shouldn't look down..."
"Just look at something far away. It’ll be a bit better that way."
It was slightly embarrassing to show this side of me in front of my girlfriend, but honestly, I have a right to be scared.
It was somewhat okay as long as I looked far ahead and not below. However, as I was still awkwardly standing, Heena suddenly grasped my face and turned it towards hers.
And then, bringing her face close as if to kiss, she opened her mouth.
"If you're scared, just look at me."
At a distance where we could feel each other's breath, all I could see was Heena’s face.
Her large eyes and small yet perky nose. Her flawless, porcelain-smooth, and clear skin. Those red lips, which had overlapped with mine countless times and felt undeniably mine.
With my view being filled only with the beautiful face of my girlfriend, the fear-induced pounding in my chest miraculously settled down.
"Are you okay now?"
"Mm."
I felt like I could look at her all day and not get tired. Indeed, Heena was so beautiful.
It's said that a loved one's face is the cure for everything.
