“Why do you keep holding my hand?”
Dajeong protested softly, pulling her sleeve away from him. She awkwardly brought in the carrier, shopping bags, and plastic bags, avoiding Kyungjoon’s gaze.
“Did you buy everything correctly? You always miss one or two things.”
Kyungjoon’s gaze lingered on Dajeong’s face for a while before disappearing. After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth in his usual playful tone.
“Yoon Dajeong, what do you take me for? I’m perfect, okay? Look. Three pairs of sleep socks. Five pairs of pajama pants.”
Kyungjoon took out the items one by one and placed them in front of Dajeong. She checked the items against her notebook.
“No, you dummy. Five pairs of socks. Three pants.”
“Pants are five pairs.”
“When did I say that!”
“Wow, now she’s arguing even though she said it wrong.”
Kyungjoon clicked his tongue. Dajeong glared at him with a wronged look in her eyes and then reached for her phone.
“Who’s arguing? Let me check the message. It clearly says here…”
Amidst their bickering, Dajeong lost her balance and fell into Kyungjoon’s arms. In that brief moment, she instinctively reached out her hand to the ground to avoid falling deeper, but the plastic bag entangled her further.
Kyungjoon caught the falling Dajeong with his arm and enveloped her in his embrace. Flustered, Dajeong quickly scrambled out and said anything that came to mind.
“Fine! Let’s say you’re right. You did a good job.”
She then took the luggage into the bedroom to organize it meticulously. Kyungjoon’s indifferent voice followed from behind.
“Am I using the second-floor room?”
“Kyungjoon, are you staying over?”
“Of course. Shall we drink beer and sleep in the living room?”
There was a brief silence.
“No. You’re a man.”
Dajeong walked over and sat on the sofa. Kyungjoon opened the fridge and munched on a sausage.
“It’s weird. I’m feeling both happy and upset. Why are you suddenly drawing a line?”
He closed the fridge and turned to look at Dajeong, his eyebrows slightly raised in protest. His usually smiling face, popular among women, now looked quite stern without a smile.
“It’s not about drawing a line. I came here to rest alone. To clear my head.”
“Do I bother you?”
“A little.”
Dajeong bravely spoke up. She explained that the reason she came here was due to burnout. She dealt with life and death daily and admitted she still hadn’t fully overcome the deaths of her father and brother. All the while, she forcibly denied the caring gaze of the man opposite her.
She didn’t want to admit that she was already paying much more attention to him than she had thought.
“I told you I’d come every week.”
“Don’t do that now. I can manage on my own.”
“You want me to just go today?”
“Stay and hang out. But sleep in another pension.”
Kyungjoon looked down at Dajeong, arms crossed. As the silence grew heavy, Dajeong quietly averted her gaze.
“We’ve slept in the living room before, Dajeong.”
“…”
“If you really hate it, I’ll look for a nearby pension to book, but it’ll be disappointing.”
His tone was flat but serious.
“I’ll be drinking too. How will I drive to that reserved pension?”
Kyungjoon’s staying over was as light as a feather, not really a problem at all. In fact, it wasn’t an issue. Dajeong knew too well the root of her worries. She was concerned about the man in room 101.
Why am I like this?
She didn’t want to admit even to herself that she was already more smitten with him than she had planned. The realization that she had fallen for him much faster and deeper than intended was confusing.
How could she leave him after a month with such a fragile resolve?
Resolved to be stronger, she thought, ‘My summer man doesn’t have much patience.’
She erased the voice echoing in her heart and looked at Kyungjoon. He was gazing at her with a slightly gloomy expression.
Feeling uncomfortable for making her old friend feel left out, Dajeong ignored the flickering gaze of the man. There was no need to make excuses or seek understanding from him. Right. Initially, that man and Dajeong were nothing to each other, and Kyungjoon had been a long-time friend.
“Okay. Stay over.”
“Yay, saved on room expenses.”
As a soft smile returned to Kyungjoon’s face, Dajeong smiled faintly too.
Still, unresolved fragments floated in her mind. She couldn’t find the right words to define this uncomfortable and anxious feeling. It was just suffocating.
Kyungjoon kept asking her about trash disposal, grill usage, and water stains, but she couldn’t respond properly, lost in her own thoughts. The shadow of the man leaning against the wall offering morning coffee stretched long before her.
Flickering. Like the heat haze of a spring day.
It was crazy. Just then, a short vibration sounded on her phone.
[This is Lee Jaeho.]As Kyungjoon fumbled with something heavy, a loud thud echoed. Thankfully, it allowed Dajeong to quietly hide the pounding of her heart.
Yes. What fell was Kyungjoon’s stuff, not her heart.
[Are you thinking about me?] [Why do I feel like I’m the only one who cares?]Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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