Startled, Joo-han, who had been fidgeting, swallowed a scream in an instant. Eun-su was lying in front of the refrigerator, with a partially drunk water bottle neatly placed in front of her.
Attempting to ask why she was like this here, Joo-han’s words were stuck in his throat. The skirt, which was already short when standing, seemed to have risen even higher.
“Oh, really!”
Joo-han, who turned his head abruptly, saw a rider jacket draped over a dining table chair. Until a moment ago, it had been on Eun-su’s shoulders, but it seemed she had taken it off and left it here.
“Why is she doing this to me? So vividly harmful. Hey, Seon Eun-su!”
Joo-han swiftly grabbed the jacket with one hand and dropped it over Eun-su’s legs. Fortunately, he could cover her waist below with one move.
“I didn’t know you’d get this drunk…”
Joo-han, who folded her long legs and sat in front of Eun-su, scratched her soft cheek. Her mind became complicated.
‘She managed to endure with mental strength until the camera turned off. We were both tense while doing something we hadn’t done all day, so… Anyway, we can’t keep staying like this here…’
Then, Eun-su’s eyes flickered open. Joo-han, also widening his eyes in response, awkwardly adjusted his posture.
“Can you get up? Still, it would be better to rest at home…”
Eun-su got up and sat down. Although the jacket had slipped down somewhat, fortunately, it was covering her well.
While looking at Joo-han but not exactly meeting his eyes, Eun-su muttered.
“Was it a midlife crisis?”
A midlife crisis? Suddenly, what kind of talk is that?
Joo-han raised his eyebrows and chuckled.
“Mi-rae said something like that. She doesn’t have it. So, I just…”
Eun-su’s words trailed off.
‘…Especially, if there are weaknesses in Eun-su unni, they may not be a big problem for Joo-han oppa. It may not be a big deal to him, or he might willingly overlook even what could be considered shortcomings…’
Having understood and received such feelings,
Joo-han was originally a relaxed and cool person, but he was even more so with Seon Eun-su. He had never considered it a privilege or tried to use it as an excuse to become dominant. He was genuinely grateful, happy, and, as a result, sometimes miserable.
‘But Eun-su unni is a bit suspicious. She thinks a lot. Since you are just you, because it’s just good, it may not matter much, or she may be willing to overlook it…’
She may not have been able to overlook it very well. There was never a time when she doubted her feelings, but as her feelings grew, the shadows within became even darker.
Why do you like me?
How far can we go?
Emotions are invisible, but changing situations or conditions were too visible. The widening gap seemed impossible to bridge.
However, at that time, did she really think she knew?
Was what she said at that time not true, even now?
“If, at that time… I mean, if it was something we could overcome, maybe…”
Joo-han’s face, carefully pondering Eun-su’s words, grew cold as they failed to flow easily and kept getting blurred.
Could it be that she wanted to say she wished we hadn’t parted ways back then?
It felt like fingertips turning cold.
This was something he absolutely didn’t want to hear. If Eun-su, speaking such words while intoxicated, was well aware of the high likelihood of the film being cut off tomorrow, it was even more so.
“Don’t say it. You won’t even remember.”
In a voice colder and more distant than Joo-han had thought, even he himself seemed a bit surprised. Eun-su lowered her head.
“No. I remember.”
Eun-su’s gaze slowly descended from Joo-han’s eyes to his nose, then to his chin.
“I wish it hadn’t happened… Too many things happened. Too many memories.”
Even as she thought that the voice coming out of her mouth and returning to her ears sounded unfamiliar, Eun-su half-unconsciously continued speaking.
“By doing this, by telling lies, memories keep surfacing…”
Joo-han touched his forehead with one hand. His head was throbbing. Unexpressible emotions resonated within him.
Don’t listen. Don’t put it in your heart. It’s just drunken words.
But what about words spoken under the influence…
“At that time… Don’t say it like that.”
Finally, like a sigh, the words flowed out, and Joo-han’s expression, upon hearing them, became too cold to harden any further.
“What on earth…”
Words like those shouldn’t be said.
Joo-han stood up. Rubbing his face a few times with his dry hands and nervously flicking his hair, he thought he should just provide clothes to change into and leave, but his mouth moved on its own.
“If you’re going to keep talking, say it properly. What you regret, why you’re doing this. Even if you didn’t say that you regretted it, even if you don’t know what that means. Then what changes?”
Eun-su’s eyes, which had grown somewhat larger in apparent surprise, lowered heavily.
After a fairly long silence, Eun-su stepped on the floor and stood up. She swayed slightly, but holding onto the refrigerator next to her, she straightened up.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
