#074
One way or another, the kimbap was completed.
Kang Dojun came up with the idea of cutting the rolled egg vertically because unrolling each piece individually would take too much time. In fact, he just made it sound plausible – no matter what, he didn’t have the skills to unroll an already rolled egg roll.
Kang Dojun was the first to taste the finely chopped kimbap.
“Maybe because the egg is thick, it tastes even better.”
“Really?”
Lee Yeonwoo also tried it. He couldn’t tell the difference in egg texture or anything – it just seemed like Kang Dojun had made it deliciously well.
You could clearly compare who made which rolled kimbap.
The lumpy, burst-sided ones were Lee Yeonwoo’s; the neatly and evenly sliced ones were Kang Dojun’s.
Do regular households also brush on sesame oil and sprinkle sesame seeds? Even though it was a step that could be skipped, Kang Dojun put his heart and soul into everything he did.
It was the difference between Lee Yeonwoo, who believed that any road leads to Seoul, and Kang Dojun, who followed proper procedures step by step.
“Hyung, I think you could even prepare pufferfish later.”
“I tried to learn that once, but gave up.”
“…What?”
At Kang Dojun’s unusual past, Lee Yeonwoo looked at him with a considerably flustered expression.
When he was really into cooking, he had tried to challenge pufferfish preparation, but because pufferfish is poisonous, ordinary people can’t obtain it and you have to attend a certification academy.
But he was young at the time, and even though he would be safely preparing it under the academy’s guidance, his parents were worried about the danger of pufferfish and whether something might happen to Kang Dojun, so they absolutely refused to send him to the academy. It was a firm rejection from parents who usually agreed to whatever Kang Dojun wanted.
Lee Yeonwoo nodded at Kang Dojun’s explanation.
If his grandmother had been alive, she would never have let her only grandson board a deep-sea fishing vessel either.
Come to think of it, he realized he didn’t know much about what his lover had been like in the past.
He could see Kang Dojun’s seven years through media, but he rarely appeared on variety shows, and at most it was drama making-of videos or movie premieres.
He had no idea what he liked, disliked, or enjoyed doing.
‘I should ask him later.’
To do that, he would also have to think of questions Kang Dojun might ask him in return.
‘What was I like during my deep-sea fishing days?’
Lee Yeonwoo’s eyes rolled around in the air, lost in thought.
He couldn’t remember well, but he seemed to have worked diligently according to his daily routine.
Kang Dojun closed the lunch box lid, packed it in his bag, and called Lee Yeonwoo.
“If you’re ready, let’s go.”
They arrived at the lake park, spread out a mat, and settled down.
Lee Yeonwoo, who had gone to find something to weigh down the mat so it wouldn’t blow away in the wind, brought back a rock the size of his face.
‘We could just weigh it down with the bag.’
Kang Dojun rummaged through his bag to check the location of the medicine he had brought.
Despite being a weekday, there were quite a few people there.
The weather was nice and it was a famous park, so visitors seemed to have flocked there. Curious about what they were filming, people approached them like visitors watching monkeys at a zoo.
Although they couldn’t get close because of the cameras blocking them, he was worried about Lee Yeonwoo’s condition.
Just then, Lee Yeonwoo’s right hand swiftly passed in front of Kang Dojun’s face.
When Kang Dojun blinked in surprise, Lee Yeonwoo pressed and massaged his clenched right fist with his other hand, then grinned and held out his open palm to him.
“A bug.”
“…We’re about to eat. Let’s clean your hands.”
As Kang Dojun hurriedly took out wet wipes, Lee Yeonwoo slammed his palm down on the mat with a thud.
“There are a lot of bugs here. Maybe because there’s so much grass. I should have brought sticky traps.”
Lee Yeonwoo treated bugs like they were wasps or something.
Lee Yeonwoo’s hand was about to move again but stopped, and he took the wet wipes Kang Dojun handed him to clean his palm.
Kang Dojun checked the bug he had missed. Well, as a beekeeper, he seemed to let bees go.
The mat being yellow seemed to attract bugs even more.
Lee Yeonwoo tore open wooden chopsticks and placed them in Kang Dojun’s hands. Then he hurriedly stuffed the kimbap they had brought into his mouth. He didn’t seem hungry – it looked like he wanted to eat quickly and get it over with.
“You don’t have to eat it all.”
When Kang Dojun opened a water bottle and offered it, he gulped it down as if his throat was blocked. Lee Yeonwoo swallowed everything in his mouth and asked him a question.
“Hyung, do you know how to skip stones?”
“Skip stones?”
“Yes.”
He used to play often with his grandmother at the beach when he was young. It was when the women divers’ association took turns patrolling every dawn to avoid the eyes of the coast guard while scuba divers illegally collected things.
Of course, since it was the beach with waves, the stones didn’t skip, but he knew the technique.
He had tried it when he went to a valley with Cheolsu and his friend Choi Seongwoo last year.
“I can skip about five times.”
Lee Yeonwoo said proudly. Kang Dojun’s eyes drooped.
“I wonder.”
He had never tried it even once.
“Want to have a contest after we finish eating? Who can throw more?”
“Won’t I lose?”
“Hey, you never know until you try.”
While Lee Yeonwoo said you never know and tried to encourage Kang Dojun, he seemed full of confidence that he would win.
He didn’t seem to want anything through the contest – he just seemed to want to show off something he was good at.
“Let’s eat this and go.”
Kang Dojun nodded readily and gave him medicine from his bag. Lee Yeonwoo stared blankly at the medicine and blinked.
‘Is my condition…’
Strange? It was a bit stuffy with people crowding around, but it was bearable. But why? Lee Yeonwoo hesitated before taking the medicine Kang Dojun gave him.
He takes good care of people around him, so he would notice changes quickly. If he thought so, then it must be so.
Kang Dojun watched Lee Yeonwoo swallow the medicine. He didn’t look well. Since coming here, he seemed to have lost focus, getting distracted by catching bugs, and thinking they would move to another place after finishing the meal, he ate hurriedly as if he might get indigestion. Finally, he brought up stone skipping to leave the spot, and looked rather frantic.
Was being in crowded places still too much? With broadcast station equipment and people’s phone lenses all pointing at them, he seemed confused.
Kang Dojun put a loose bucket hat he had brought on Lee Yeonwoo’s head. This seemed better than a cap that would squeeze his head tightly.
“The sunlight is strong.”
Lee Yeonwoo originally preferred baggy or comfortable training clothes rather than tight-fitting ones. Since beekeeping was outdoor work, preferring clothes that were easy to move in had become a habit.
Lee Yeonwoo pressed the hat down firmly and started cleaning up the food they had eaten one by one.
“Should we get up if we’re done eating? Let’s go skip stones.”
“Okay.”
Kang Dojun also wanted to quickly finish filming here and go indoors.
According to the schedule, they should stay for over an hour, but that wasn’t his concern. Even if equipment setup took longer than filming time, Kang Dojun had that kind of power.
The most important thing was Lee Yeonwoo’s condition, and for his sake, he was willing to act demanding even if it might be abuse of power.
Splash splash splash splash splash.
The stone Lee Yeonwoo threw hit the water surface exactly five times before sinking. Lee Yeonwoo looked at Kang Dojun with sparkling eyes.
“How was that?”
His eyes were hoping for praise.
“You throw well.”
“Hyung, you try too.”
Lee Yeonwoo picked up a small stone and made throwing motions as if to teach him the technique.
“Like this, like this is how you throw.”
He couldn’t understand well. Kang Dojun roughly imitated Lee Yeonwoo’s form and threw. The first attempt was naturally a failure. The second skipped exactly once, and the third skipped three times.
Lee Yeonwoo was surprised by his rapid improvement and opened his round eyes even wider.
“Hyung, have you done this before?”
“No.”
Kang Dojun rubbed the stone in his hand. After throwing continuously, he was getting the hang of it somewhat. With a little more practice, he felt he could throw five times like Lee Yeonwoo.
But when he actually tried, five times was too difficult.
“It’s not working well.”
Kang Dojun muttered quietly. He could somehow manage three times, but five seemed possible yet impossible. What was the trick?
“Hyung! Hyung, did you see just now?”
Just then, Lee Yeonwoo grabbed Kang Dojun’s sleeve and pointed to the stone he had thrown.
“It just skipped seven times.”
Lee Yeonwoo had talent in strange areas. Right, if Lee Yeonwoo skipped seven times, that was amazing – there was no need to practice and also skip seven times to dampen his spirits.
It would be impossible for him to throw seven times like Lee Yeonwoo right now anyway.
“Amazing.”
Since he couldn’t win anyway, he decided to praise him generously and boost his self-esteem.
***
In the moving car, Lee Yeonwoo was tightly gripping the seatbelt wrapped around him.
“Is it hard?”
“No, I’m fine now after taking medicine earlier. Aren’t you tired, hyung?”
Whenever they went somewhere for fun, driving was always Kang Dojun’s responsibility. He couldn’t make him drive forever.
‘I should practice driving or something.’
Lee Yeonwoo made eye contact with the camera lens in front of him. Earlier, the image of all the people’s phone backs facing them flickered in his mind.
If Kang Dojun hadn’t prepared medicine in advance, he would have definitely acted strangely when skipping stones. It was very fortunate.
Lee Yeonwoo anxiously rolled down the window to breathe outside air. He felt like he was making eye contact with cars beside the road. It was just a feeling, but he rolled the window back up.
He stretched his arm to open the glove box. As always, there was chocolate inside. He unwrapped it, crunched it up, and let out a deep breath.
Lee Yeonwoo picked up his phone and turned on the Bluetooth speaker connected to Kang Dojun’s car. The gentle sound of flowing stream filled the car interior.
“Hyung, sorry, but I’m going to close my eyes for a bit.”
Recognizing Lee Yeonwoo’s anxious psychological state, Kang Dojun deliberately turned up the volume of the meditation music.
“You can sleep. Lean the seat back too. I’ll wake you when we arrive.”
“I love you.”
At Lee Yeonwoo’s sudden confession, Kang Dojun’s hands on the steering wheel flinched. Surprised, his gaze briefly went to the camera.
There was clearly a camera positioned there, yet he was unrestrained. Soon he thought that this much could be an expression of gratitude that friends often say to each other, so it might not matter.
Still, if it gets broadcast…
Kang Dojun checked on Lee Yeonwoo. He was quietly sitting in the passenger seat with his eyes closed. He let out a dry sigh.
Ah, he wanted to finish filming quickly.
Being in front of cameras was no longer enjoyable.
***
[OO Lake Park Kang Dojun Sighting]
Today Kang Dojun and Lee Yeonwoo came to the lake park ã„·ã„· I was so surprised ã… ã… ã… They said they were filming a variety show and I guess this was the place ã… I was peacefully enjoying a picnic when they suddenly appeared like that, I just bowed immediately, thank you. Thanks to them I think I can have a blessed day. Haa, my eyes have seen everything they need to see in a lifetime. Grand Canyon? Don’t need stuff like that. If I’ve seen Kang Dojun’s face, I can close my eyes now.. Now let’s not look at anything else and just remember that face forever, my eyes. My eyes, close now!
-How was the puppy dog?
â””What can I say, he went grr woof woof pant pant whine whine
â””??
â””He’s just fucking cute, that’s what I’m saying
â””Did that snail cut his hair again? I was at the park and he looked like he was about to enlist in the army.
â””What are you talking about now
[I Only Realized It Was Spring After the Flowers Fell]
Spring definitely passed but why did flowers bloom when snail Dojun came???;;;The flowers in the park bloomed and my eyes opened too; What have I been looking at all my life? Only now have I seen something proper. I’ve been living seeing only darkness, but when Dojun came, I could see light and flowers flying around!!! There is light because there is darkness. There are flowers because there is Kang Dojun. After spring passed, flowers finally bloomed.
-Have you been to an eye doctor?
â””Fuck off, eat shit twice ^ã…—^
â””Go to an eye doctor, go twice
[Why is Kang Dojun’s mat so cute? (Photos)]
Why does the yellow mat have bee pictures? Is it because of Lee Yeonwoo? Or did the production team prepare it? Whatever it is, thank you very much! Lee Yeonwoo is really a beekeeper ã… ã… His autograph is a bee and the mat is bees too ã… ã… sob If his phone case is also bees I’ll really faint? (lying down from being too happy)
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-Did you see Lee Yeonwoo catching bugs?
└ㄱㅆ. What bugs?
└ㄲㅂ You must not have seen that. Almost electric fly swatter level
-Wow what’s with the mat. Is the bee mat for sale? Oh my god…buying it right now
[Lee Yeonwoo/ Job: Beekeeper/ Skill: Arm swinging(?)]
ㄹㅇ Maybe because he’s caught a lot of wasps, Lee Yeonwoo is really good at catching bugs. It’s like he has bug radar in his eyes? Since it’s a lake park with lots of trees and nice weather, bugs swarm, but Lee Yeonwoo seemed to catch about half of them?(or not) What is Secco doing? Not recruiting Lee Yeonwoo. I watched from afar and when Lee Yeonwoo caught bugs and bragged to Kang Dojun by holding out his palm, Kang Dojun had exactly this expression: eww gross. Then he’d take out wet wipes ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ Just like when his puppy eats grass or trash on the street and he’s like eww dirty, spit it out! ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹
-Beekeepers were a scary species;;
â””Dynamic vision training with wasps
-But did Lee Yeonwoo settle in Seoul? Are the bees doing well?
└Worry about your own life. Worrying about celebrities is the most useless thing ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
â””Isn’t Lee Yeonwoo a regular person?ã…œ
-I should call both of them to my house, one for housework and one for catching bugs
â””What are you?
[Does Lee Yeonwoo use chakra?]
Why is he so good at stone skipping;;;;;;;;;Is it real that it skipped 7 times? Did he blow chakra into the stone? Looking at how he catches bugs, his hands are super fast, is he from the Hidden Leaf Village or something? ㄹㄱㄴ….After Kang Dojun and Lee Yeonwoo left, I tried too but only managed once. But why is Kang Dojun also good at throwing? ã……ã…‚ Only I suck. The world is bullying only me…I’ll master stone skipping soon. ã…‚ã„·ã…‚ã„·
-Lee Yeonwoo is probably from Wave Village?
-ã„´ã„´ That’s energy circulation. Taking nature’s energy into the body through breathing, building up the dantian and blowing it into the stone….
â””The puppy dog is busy; being a ninja, a martial artist, going to Seoul, catching wasps in the countryside, catching wasps, catching wasps, catching wasps.
â””How many clones does he have;;
â””Where are you looking? That’s just my afterimage.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
