Chapter 35
Seo-jung gave no answer to the question. He just stared at Cha Yoon with an expressionless face. Cha Yoon frowned.
“Can’t you hear me? I’m asking you.”
His voice urging for an answer was laced with impatience. Ki Seo-jung swallowed a sigh that was about to burst out and finally spoke.
“Yes, I went on a date with Joo-ah today.”
“…”
“If you’ve heard the answer, can you please move aside?”
I need to change clothes. Seo-jung expressed his desire not to continue the conversation any further. But Cha Yoon had no intention of granting Seo-jung’s wish.
Cha Yoon took another step closer, further narrowing the distance between him and Ki Seo-jung. As the familiar scent of cologne brushed his nose, Seo-jung reflexively clenched his fist.
“Did you like it?”
“…”
“I’m asking if you enjoyed the date with her so much.”
Seo-jung let out a bitter laugh. Enjoy? Words rose to his throat, wanting to ask if Cha Yoon knew what he had been thinking all day, how he could take someone else to that place.
But Seo-jung knew. He knew that even if he poured out all those words, nothing would change. Cha Yoon had already forgotten all memories. There was no way he could understand the emotions Seo-jung was feeling. It would be fortunate if he didn’t lash out, asking if Seo-jung was still trapped there.
Seo-jung, exhausted both physically and mentally, was once again driven to the edge of a cliff. Feeling like he might fall into an endless abyss if this continued, he sharpened his defenses to protect himself.
“Is there any reason I shouldn’t like it?”
Words devoid of any sincerity flowed from Seo-jung. Hearing this, Cha Yoon raised one corner of his mouth. His face was twisted with displeasure. Nevertheless, Ki Seo-jung didn’t back down. He had to protect himself with his own strength.
A brief silence fell between the two. Soon after, laughter escaped from Cha Yoon’s crooked lips.
“…This is really fucked up.”
Cha Yoon muttered quietly, brushing up his fallen bangs, and left the room. There was a loud bang.
“…”
Seo-jung’s expression finally crumpled as he looked at the firmly closed door. He sank onto the bed, his face turned towards the floor. It was a continuation of the worst.
***
Cha Yoon, who had come out after slamming the door so hard it might break, stood still in front of it for a moment. It was to give Seo-jung one last chance in case he might follow him out.
But even after a long time, the closed door showed no sign of opening. Cha Yoon’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the motionless door. His already bad mood hit rock bottom.
Damn it, he’s really not coming out? He was angry at Seo-jung for so easily wasting the ‘last’ chance he had given. Now he was done on his side too. Just as the fuming Cha Yoon turned around and was about to take his first step,
There was a click sound. Without looking, he could tell. This was surely the sound of a door opening. Cha Yoon turned around faster than anyone. In that brief moment, his face was filled with expectation.
“…Is something wrong?”
It was a somewhat naive voice, unlike the Ki Seo-jung he knew. Unfortunately, the person who opened the door and came out was Jung Soo-ho from the next room. The swollen expectation instantly turned into great disappointment.
Seeing Jung Soo-ho staring at him with a worried expression made him more irritated. This was the same person who had unnecessarily butted in when they were making cohabitation rules last time. Now what kind of noise was he going to make to interfere in ‘our’ business? Cha Yoon had no intention of allowing intrusion.
“Mind your own business.”
It’s not your concern. Without anyone to restrain him, words came out unfiltered. Jung Soo-ho blinked in bewilderment, saying “Uh, um…” but Cha Yoon wasn’t one to care about such things. Having said what he wanted to say, he turned around and headed for the terrace.
Cha Yoon closed his eyes for a moment and looked back on the events of the day.
After sending Song Joo-ah off, Cha Yoon was engulfed by an inexplicable uneasiness. Joo-ah’s outfit, different from usual, and her meaningful words while looking at him evoked something he didn’t want to imagine.
Could it be that Ki Seo-jung, not content with staying out overnight without telling him, would go on a date too? No way. Thinking it was a useless thought, Cha Yoon tried hard to calm his mind. But the anxiety couldn’t be easily shaken off.
In the end, he sat in the spot with the best view of the first-floor living room and the hallway leading to the entrance, waiting for Seo-jung to come. Since it was a night shift, he should be back before noon at the latest. He stayed in place, thinking he would get an apology from Ki Seo-jung for keeping the fact of staying out overnight a secret only from him when he returned.
However, contrary to expectations, the front door didn’t open even when noon came. Well, maybe he’s doing some overtime work. The anxiety doubled, but Cha Yoon pulled himself together again. One hour, two hours, time flowed mercilessly.
After seven hours of self-imposed guard duty and mental gymnastics, Ki Seo-jung, whom he had been waiting for so long, finally came in when darkness had fallen on the sky.
And with Song Joo-ah by his side.
The unthinkable had happened. Ki Seo-jung had not only stayed out overnight but had enjoyed a date with Song Joo-ah until this late at night. As if the text message he had sent didn’t matter at all.
Cha Yoon approached the door silently. He saw the two of them, looking even more intimate than before. At the same time, numerous images of Ki Seo-jung flashed through his mind like a panorama.
Ki Seo-jung greeting Song Joo-ah with a flushed face, Ki Seo-jung fastening Song Joo-ah’s seatbelt in the driver’s seat, Ki Seo-jung making Song Joo-ah walk on the inside of the sidewalk saying it’s dangerous, Ki Seo-jung walking hand in hand with Song Joo-ah, Ki Seo-jung putting small cut pieces of steak into Song Joo-ah’s mouth, Ki Seo-jung wiping sauce off Song Joo-ah’s mouth himself, Ki Seo-jung putting sauce that got on his hand into his own mouth, Ki Seo-jung lowering his head on the way back saying he’ll use the wish coupon now.
And Ki Seo-jung’s face getting closer to Song Joo-ah’s…
At that moment, as he was letting his imagination run wild, his blood ran cold at the image of the two that crowned the finale. And when he saw him greeting Song Joo-ah with a smile but treating him like he was invisible, he saw red.
Cha Yoon grabbed Seo-jung and asked. It was his way of giving him a chance to explain. But Seo-jung once again trampled on Cha Yoon’s expectations.
He slowly opened his eyes. They were full of hurt feelings. Damn it, how can a person be like that? How can he not even say one word of apology?
“…I even sent a text message.”
I didn’t just say I was hurt, I said I was really, really hurt. Knowing full well that I was waiting at home, shit. Cha Yoon muttered quietly.
Cha Yoon didn’t realize that his thoughts were strange, very strange. He didn’t know where the emotions he was feeling originated from. He was just pouring out his resentful feelings.
As he was ruminating on his hurt feelings, Cha Yoon hesitated for a moment at a scene that flashed through his mind. It was because of Ki Seo-jung’s eyes that he had momentarily met. Those unusually red, bloodshot eyes. Thinking back, he seemed more withered than usual, like he was completely exhausted.
So did Ki Seo-jung not sleep at all? Continuously from yesterday morning until tonight? He hadn’t even thought about the fact that Ki Seo-jung had been awake without sleeping at all, focusing only on the overnight stay.
“Ah, shit…”
Cha Yoon messed up his hair as if annoyed. He thought it shouldn’t matter to him whether Ki Seo-jung had stayed up all night and was exhausted… but strangely, it bothered him. A lot.
Is he going to be struggling without sleep again? Come to think of it, Ki Seo-jung had always been tossing and turning all night. What if he’s like that today too? Usually, when you’re too tired, it’s even harder to fall asleep.
Recalling his own experience, Cha Yoon paced around the terrace like an anxious person. As he was aimlessly circling the terrace for a while,
A flowerpot caught Cha Yoon’s eye. As he noticed something he hadn’t recognized before, he realized there were quite a few flowerpots on the terrace.
Cha Yoon stopped his moving legs. Come to think of it, he seemed to have heard that having herbs nearby can help with sleeping well.
Cha Yoon moved his feet again. Where he stopped, there were various sizes of flowerpots lined up. He scanned them with his eyes.
“Well, I should know something…”
There was no way Cha Yoon, who had no interest in plants whatsoever, could recognize what herbs were. After pondering for a moment, Cha Yoon had no choice but to take out his phone. This is why the conveniences of civilization were created.
Q Can someone look at this picture and tell me if there are any herbs good for sleep?
Author cyun****
(Photo)
If there are any herbs good for sleep here, please let me know
I’ll give you that knowledge points thing
#plants #flowers #herbs
