I passed through the entrance, opened the door next to the dilapidated wall, and stepped outside. A door that only reached up to my waist.
I cast my gaze forward, which had remained on the ground for a long time.
It seemed that Jun was somewhat concerned about me not following. Jun stopped walking, and with only his body turned to the side, he looked at me with an indifferent expression.
In the slanting sunlight, Jun’s dark brown, slightly wavy hair seemed to radiate a brighter shine. I thought his puppy-like eyes with slightly raised eyelids and plump lips suited him well. His face was like a cute puppy, but his height, well over 185 cm, and broad shoulders seemed unbalanced yet strangely fitting.
Thinking that I shouldn’t keep him waiting on our first meeting, I quickened my steps toward him.
Our footsteps echoed on the ground, filling the air with their sound.
“…Since your last name is Kim, you must be Kim Jun, right?”
I threw out a question that I wasn’t particularly curious about.
“Don’t ask questions I don’t care about. Are you not good at handling quiet and awkward atmospheres?”
I wasn’t originally an extroverted person either. I regretted asking an unnecessary question so quickly.
“…Huh?”
“You were about to say something about that heavy suitcase, right? Let’s go, I’m hungry too.”
Jun’s gaze, which had lingered on me for a moment, moved away as if he didn’t care, and his gaze shifted to the entrance. Following his gaze, Jun soon disappeared toward the entrance.
With each step, I felt the smooth yet bumpy texture of the tatami mats under my feet. I also walked a little faster toward the disappeared Jun and the entrance.
But as soon as I reached the entrance, the corners of my mouth slowly rose.
Although Jun was already outside, I could see four of his fingers through the gap in the door, firmly holding onto it!
With a smile on my face, I extended my foot through the gap in the door that Jun was holding. The scent of the dense summer grasses brushed against my nose.
I passed through the entrance, opened the door next to the dilapidated wall, and stepped outside. A door that only reached up to my waist.
I cast my gaze forward, which had remained on the ground for a long time.
It seemed that Jun was somewhat concerned about me not following. Jun stopped walking, and with only his body turned to the side, he looked at me with an indifferent expression.
In the slanting sunlight, Jun’s dark brown, slightly wavy hair seemed to radiate a brighter shine. I thought his puppy-like eyes with slightly raised eyelids and plump lips suited him well. His face was like a cute puppy, but his height, well over 185 cm, and broad shoulders seemed un
Since his pronunciation was almost at the level of a native speaker, I didn’t know, but even though he was a Korean-Japanese, perhaps because he was born and raised in Japan, he seemed a bit weak in the words commonly used in everyday life in Korea.
If he knew the word “club,” he wouldn’t have insisted on using the word “Jongari” when I asked if he meant a club.
Still, I shouldn’t laugh at Jun, who was wearing a sunny expression, asking if there was such a meaning in “Jongari.”
“Yeah, something like that. So, do you make movies with kids from the same club?”
“Yeah. We make movies with kids from the same club.”
Jun imitated my words exactly and looked down at me with a clear smile. He still looked like a pure boy, just like when he was wearing his school uniform a while ago.
“We’ve been shooting since spring, so there are parts we need to continue shooting.”
Even in Jun’s laughing expression, there was still a refreshing vitality. It made me think that maybe it wasn’t just summer for Jun, but also spring.
He really likes making movies.
“Oh, then… You could have just taken off your jacket when you came after shooting, it’s hot.”
It seemed like a reasonable thing to say, but when I looked at Jun without thinking, what reflected in my eyes was his face with a slight sense of bewilderment.
I didn’t ask something I shouldn’t have. My opinion, which seemed perfectly reasonable to anyone, was probably too novel for Jun, so there couldn’t have been such an expression.
When the sense of bewilderment disappeared and he returned to his smooth expression, Jun opened his mouth.
“I didn’t know if someone was sleeping comfortably like in their own home and waiting. Over here, the way is blocked.”
Ah, so… He was worried I might be waiting, so he rode his bike all the way here without changing his clothes.
Then I remembered the sight of Jun, who had just arrived home, immediately drinking a bottle of water. He was wearing a navy blue school uniform that tightly covered him up to his neck and sighed while looking at me.
Now that I think about it, throughout the day, even though Jun only chose disjointed and rough words, he didn’t do anything that didn’t consider me.
From pedaling like crazy to come here because of my worry, to moving the heavy trunk without a word, to asking if I was hungry first. He held the entrance door for me until I came out, and he silently waited while I looked around with slow steps.
Jun, who was walking next to me, intentionally narrowed his stride to match my walking pace.
Thinking about it now, it was a way of consideration, a way of ensuring that the person standing next to him wasn’t frightened by his overflowing affection.
That’s why the temperature of the words he uttered was low.
Perhaps Jun really resembled spring.
He was closest to winter but, in reality, the warmest season was spring.
“Haru unnie. You, who resemble spring…”
I threw out the words that resembled my thoughts a little while ago, directly aiming my gaze at Hyunsoo, who was about to turn into a statue.
“What?”
“Why are you so surprised? I saw a CF where you handed a bottle of flower tea to someone, saying, ‘To you, who resembles spring.’ At the airport earlier.”
“Oh…”
To you, who resembles spring…
Yeah, I saw it, but why on earth did I bring up that word now and make my heart sink, Kim Hyunsoo…
But I couldn’t say such a complaint to Hyunsoo outright. I quietly let out a sigh through my lips, unseen.
“I didn’t know that Korean actors could even shoot a CF in a foreign country. Unnie, do you see that? It looks like they even sell it in the vending machine over there. Should we buy a few? Wow, it looks like Kim Kanghoon is really hot here too.”
I gently shifted my gaze to the left, away from Hyunsoo, who was attached to me. The scenery of houses made of slate standing on the flat plain beside this rural village road was unfamiliar. The vending machine Hyunsoo mentioned stood like a utility pole a few meters ahead.
Hyunsoo seemed determined to carry out what he had just said, parking the car inside the plain and leaving only a brief message to wait, then dashed to the vending machine.
Watching his figure, I leaned back in the chair, and a warm gaze met my eyes.
“I know. The reason you were flustered when I just said, ‘To you, who resembles spring…'”
I bit my lower lip without realizing it.
I had definitely closed the window on my side, but I felt a chilling sensation in my chest.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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