“Almost. Oh, the VIP room’s closet is small. I should take out my clothes.”

“I’ll do it, so get up.”

“No, I’ve finished.”

She was subtly stubborn. While stacking this and that way, she had been watching the cute back of her head the entire time.

“I’ve been waiting so long for you to show your face.”

“What?”

For some reason, Se-ah looked at Kang-woo as he spoke in a teasing tone. Kang-woo, who was standing with slender legs, turned his chin, looking down at Se-ah’s eyes. He gently held her small jaw that seemed like it could fit into one hand.

“How long are you going to keep standing like a folding screen?”

“I’m sitting.”

“You keep turning around, so I can’t stay still.”

“…….”

“It’s dizzying.”

As Se-ah straightened her knees, she suddenly stood up. Worry was evident in her hazel eyes. She reached her hand out and touched Kang-woo’s forehead.

“Kang-woo, are you dizzy? Lie down, quickly.”

“Go to the sofa.”

“Why?”

“It’s more comfortable than the hospital bed.”

“Okay.”
While firmly holding the waist where the solid frame could be felt, Se-ah carefully lifted her feet from the sofa. Kang-woo walked unusually slowly towards a reachable spot in a few steps.

Finally, they sat side by side on the sofa.

“Shall I get you a cushion?”

“No.”

Kang-woo lightly pulled Se-ah’s still-standing arm.

“You sit too.”

Quietly complying, Se-ah looked up at Kang-woo. Dizzy, indeed. Mischievousness played on her slightly parted lips.

“Kang-woo, are you lying about feeling dizzy?”

“I get dizzy when standing.”

“I’ll deceive you. It’s not a big deal.”

As if handling a child, Se-ah reached out around the table to tidy up. Kang-woo caught Se-ah’s moving hand and pulled her towards him, as if embracing her.

“Oh. Why… like this. Seriously.”

Se-ah’s eyes really widened. This man acted so mischievously that it made one wonder why he behaved like this. A bit persistent, she knew, but today, it was unusually so, maybe because she wasn’t feeling well.

“Just leave it and watch me.”

Strangely, he didn’t mind her plea. No, honestly, he liked it. It felt like he had become something special. That this fine man was annoying felt sticky.

Fearing that it might look too easy, she bit her lower lip with her upper teeth and restrained her laughter. Cha Kang-woo often asked for things arrogantly, and she wanted to seem a bit arrogant too.

Se-ah straightened her waist in a straight line and gently leaned her back against the sofa back. In a somewhat eerie manner, Kang-woo’s black hair brushed against Se-ah’s thighs.

Inevitably, Se-ah’s lips widened. Her hand also naturally went into his hair.

“You’re like a baby today, Kang-woo.”

He slowly lifted his raised eyelids.

“A baby?”

“Yeah, a newborn.”

While saying it firmly, she watched his changing expression. Although it didn’t change noticeably, his sharp black irises flickered once. Grasping the sofa sheet, he raised his upper body, pulling Se-ah with him.

“Why? Our baby? Don’t lie down anymore.”

“…….”

“Call me ‘nuna’ again. It sounded nice that day.”

“Didn’t you forget?”

Subtly, Kang-woo’s eyebrows around the eye socket twitched.

“Well, that’s unlikely.”

“…….”

“Lie down quietly, Kang-woo. Pretty please? For your good behavior?”

Se-ah didn’t stop playing around. She pulled his shoulders, tapped his firm buttocks with balled muscles, and patted them.

“Huh?”

As if floating for a moment, Se-ah’s head was now resting on Kang-woo’s lap.

“Now it’s proper.”

Kang-woo, without inserting the ring, stirred Se-ah’s long hair with his large, ringless hand. Using his small power, he fixed her shoulders, preventing her from fidgeting too much.
When the gentle stroke touched, Se-ah’s tender eyelids closed softly. The heated lips met Se-ah’s lower lip first, yielding to the gentle force, she naturally opened her lips to him.

The breaths exchanged through their lips. Thinly raised corners of his eyes slowly closed as if satisfied. Se-ah’s heart pounded fiercely against her soft, tilting jawline.

The moment Se-ah forcefully grabbed the wide-split ends of his shoulders. Skillfully, his hand delved into Se-ah’s nape, supporting and pulling her.

Intruding deeply into his senses, the air became shallow, almost suffocating. The ringed beads almost tipped over.

“Ha.”

Simultaneously exhaling a breath that reached the neck, Se-ah’s cheeks flushed as if ripening fruit.

When attempting to lift the slightly pointed chin, Se-ah resisted. It swayed as if tempting. With only a handful of remaining sanity, it seemed like it would burst.

“If you act like that, I can’t endure it.”

At this rate, they might truly become beasts. His casually thrown words sounded sincere, and Se-ah immediately raised her head. Kissing her moist eyes, he said,

“You shouldn’t be doing this. Kang-woo.”

“I’m just kissing.”

He mumbled, lips buried between her thin cheekbones.

“But this is a hospital.”

Cute words made Kang-woo lift his head halfway. Following a faint laughter, his Adam’s apple swayed slowly.

“I know. Me too.”

Staring into his deep, absorbing eyes, Se-ah said,

“The day you were with Kim Do-young. To be honest, I got jealous, and I felt dizzy with anger.”

Images of Se-ah and Do-young together on the emergency stairs flashed through Kang-woo’s mind. Although she pretended not to care, the bitter smile spreading on her lips couldn’t be concealed.

“So, I behaved badly. I was angry.”

It might sound ridiculously cheesy, but self-reflection was mixed into the voice that sounded like a soliloquy.

His feelings were inadvertently conveyed, and Se-ah’s eyelashes slowly moistened. As if consoling, Kang-woo gently kissed her lips.

“I want to have all of you.”

“Kang-woo…”

“That’s why I can’t stand it. Because you’re so enticing.”

Even though it sounded cliché, self-mockery was mixed into the voice that resembled muttering.

His index finger descended hotly from Se-ah’s forehead to her lips. Skillfully, his palm gently grasped her slender ankle.

“The ankle is thin too. Just enough to hold in one hand.”

Like a knight worshiping a queen, he lowered his posture. The warm lips touched the bare instep. Startled, Se-ah’s eyes shook. The lingering lips eventually withdrew.

“I love you, Ji Se-ah.”

The eyes that had reached the extreme arrogance softened gently.

“If there’s a word superior to saying ‘I love you,’ please teach me. I really want to say it.”
Se-ah came into Kang-woo’s arms and playfully hit my head with force.

Look at that, Ji-sea is a baby. His light teasing, sweeping the back of my head, felt warm.

As if the chest covered with scattered wounds would be filled with new flesh.

“I really like Kang-woo. I mean, I really like him so much that I feel like I’m going crazy.”