Date Me! - Chapter 43

Juwon also had a towel around his neck, as if he had just taken a shower, and water droplets were falling from his wet hair.

“Oh, when did you wake up?”

Ina asked with a trembling voice.

“About 30 minutes ago?”

Juwon replied as he pulled Ina close and gently embraced her.

As Ina nestled into Juwon’s broad chest, the fragrant cherry scent of shampoo wafted over her.

“Your shampoo smells nice.”

As Ina smiled and spoke, Juwon lowered his head to look down at her.

“I like you too.”

Whispering, Juwon suddenly lifted Ina up and held her around his waist.

“Huh? What?”

Surprised by the sudden change in height, Ina’s eyes widened.

Juwon carried Ina as he was and walked briskly to sit her on the island counter.

Then, with their eye levels now matched, he gave Ina a sweet smile and nestled between her legs.

“What, what are you doing?”

Ina asked in shock.

“Kissing.”

Answering simultaneously, Juwon pulled Ina’s neck and bit her upper lip.

Ina’s eyes widened as she quickly glanced at the bedroom door.

Thinking about what would happen if Juhee came out, Ina tightly closed her eyes as Juwon’s passion forcefully entered her lips.

For the first time in her life, the 9:30 AM kiss was just as sultry and hot as a 9:30 PM kiss.

Embracing Ina’s neck and pressing their bodies completely together, Juwon’s intense kissing made Ina feel like she was in a sauna.

She felt as if smoke might start billowing from Juwon’s body, which was constantly emitting heat.

“Mmm…”

As Ina, breathless from the fierce kiss, pulled on Juwon’s arm, he separated his lips and looked at her.

Water droplets from Juwon’s hair were falling onto Ina’s cheeks.

Juwon gently wiped the moisture from her cheeks, then supported Ina’s back and laid her down completely on the counter.

As Ina’s eyes widened in surprise, Juwon smiled and whispered.

“Round two.”

Then he immediately lowered his upper body and launched his second attack.

Trapped in Juwon’s embrace, Ina had no chance to resist and accepted the sweetest attack in the world.

The island counter heated up from the intensity of the second round, which was hotter than the first.

Just as Ina’s mind was becoming hazy from the continuous assault, Juwon’s hand, which had been caressing her cheek, slowly moved downward.

Then he slipped his hand under the loose t-shirt Ina was wearing.

The moment he gently caressed Ina’s soft waist, her eyes flew open.

Quickly breaking the kiss, Ina blinked and asked with her eyes.

‘Teacher, this wasn’t part of the planned choreography, was it?’

As if reading that look, Juwon chuckled and whispered in Ina’s ear.

“You have to row when the tide is high.”

Just as he boldly moved his hand higher, the sound of the bedroom door opening was heard.

The eyes of the two facing each other widened simultaneously, and they separated their bodies in a flurry without anyone taking the lead.

As soon as Juwon lowered Ina from the counter at the speed of light, she quickly entered the bathroom.

“Yawn, Ina, where are you?”

Juhee stretched as she walked towards the kitchen.

Juwon turned around, trying to act as natural as possible while getting water from the purifier.

“You’re up?”

At Juwon’s words, Juhee nodded and looked towards the living room.

“Where’s Ina?”

Just then, the bathroom door opened and Ina came out.

“Oh? Juhee, you’re up?”

Ina asked naturally while patting the lotion on her cheeks.

“Yeah. When did you wake up?”

“Me? I haven’t been up long.”

“Really? Juwon, when did you wake up?”

Juwon answered while drying his hair with a towel.

“It’s been about 30 minutes for me.”

“Is that so? Ina, come sit here.”

Juhee sat at the table and beckoned to Ina.

As Ina came and sat next to her, Juwon took out some bread.

“Stay seated. I’ll make you some toast.”

Then he put the bread in the toaster and brewed coffee.

The fragrant aroma of coffee filled the kitchen.

Juwon poured juice for Juhee and coffee for Ina, then took out tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and baby greens from the refrigerator to make a simple Caprese salad.

Ina’s eyes widened as he placed the bread, jam, and Caprese salad in front of the two.

“Wow, Juwon. You’re really quick with your hands.”

“I told you. Juwon is very fast with his hands.”

Juhee said as she picked up her juice glass.

Juwon poured coffee into his own mug and sat down across from the two.

“What do you want to do for fun today?”

When Ina asked, Juhee answered with sparkling eyes.

“I have so many things I’ve wanted to do with you when we met.”

“Really? Like what?”

“We didn’t get to spend high school and college together. I want to pretend we’ve gone back to that time and take sticker photos, go to karaoke, eat tteokbokki while chatting.”

Juhee took a sip of juice and continued.

“And well, this is impossible, but just imagining… I want to go on group dates with you and try to pick up guys at clubs.”

“What?”

Juwon immediately frowned and asked.

Juhee then pointed to her belly and said.

“Hey, I said it was just imagination. Just imagination. Do you think that’s even possible with this body now?”

Juwon looked at Juhee with a still displeased expression and put down his coffee cup.

“I also want to watch movies with you, go shopping… Oh! There’s so much I want to do!”

As Juhee grabbed her head and roared, Ina smiled and held her hand.

“Okay. Let’s do it all. But karaoke and theaters might not be good for the baby because of the noise, so let’s do the rest today. How about that?”

“Good. Good. I love it!”

Juhee smiled broadly and grabbed Ina’s hand, then turned to look at Juwon.

“Hey, Lee Juwon. I was originally planning to spend today just with Ina, but since you’re Ina’s boyfriend, I’ll graciously allow you to join us.”

Juwon looked at Juhee with an indifferent face.

“I’m overwhelmed by your kindness and don’t know where to put myself.”

Ina and Juhee giggled at Juwon’s expression, which didn’t look overwhelmed at all.

“Let’s go out quickly, okay?”

Juhee linked arms with Juwon and Ina and pulled them, urging them to leave soon.

* * *

The three of them drove to a large shopping mall nearby.

Juhee enjoyed window shopping here and there, arm in arm with Ina, and occasionally lightened Juwon’s wallet when she found small items she wanted to buy.

For lunch, they enjoyed the steamed chicken that Juhee wanted to eat, and for dessert, they found an ice cream shop.

After resting a bit while eating ice cream, they went to a four-cut self-studio on the fourth floor.

Entering the clean and cozy self-studio, they found it full of fun and cute props.

There was a wide variety of items, from hats, headbands, and wigs in various colors to interesting costumes.

Juhee’s eyes sparkled as she picked up two wigs.

She then put one on her own head and one on Ina’s head.

“Ju, we’re going to take pictures of just the two of us first, so you wait here.”

Juhee told Juwon, then held Ina’s hand and went into the photo area.

The two women laughed for a long time while taking pictures, then came out after a while.

Giggling at the photos in her hand, Juhee then picked up three crowns and nodded at Juwon.

“Ju, let’s go in. This time we’re taking a picture of all three of us.”

“No thanks. Why should I take a picture too?”

“We came to take pictures, how can you not take one? And do you think it’s common to have the chance to take a picture with two stunning beauties on either side?”

Juwon made an indifferent expression, then narrowed his eyes at the crown in Juhee’s hand.

“You’re not seriously asking me to wear that, are you?”

“Why not?”

As she answered, Juhee put the prince’s crown on Juwon’s head.

As Juwon frowned and tried to take off the crown, Ina linked arms with him and said,

“Why? It looks good. I’m going to wear one too. When else would we get to wear something like this? Let’s just take one picture like this. Okay?”

At Ina’s coy voice, Juwon quickly smoothed his brow and chuckled.

“Okay. Alright. If that’s what you want, Ina, then that’s what we’ll do.”

As Juwon smiled softly, Juhee looked at him with a rotten expression and pretended to vomit, going “Ugh.”

When Juwon glared at her, Juhee quickly put crowns on her and Ina’s heads.

Then she took their hands and led them into the booth.

She positioned Juwon in the middle and the two women on either side.

To match the height of the two tall people, Ina stood on a platform.

After a moment, the two women leaned on Juwon’s shoulders, who was standing like a telephone pole in the middle, and pretended to kiss his cheeks while taking pictures.

Juwon remained expressionless throughout until he was jabbed in the side by Juhee and reluctantly smiled.

“Okay. I’m going to go out and sit now, so you two take one sweet picture and come out. Got it?”

Juhee blew a palm kiss and opened the curtain to leave.

After Juhee left, Ina looked up at Juwon and grinned.

“I’ve never taken pictures like this with a guy before, have you?”

“I’ve never taken pictures like this at all.”

“Really? Um, I heard couples these days take a lot of sweet pictures with this.”

“Do you want to take sweet pictures too?”

“Well, if we’re taking them anyway, wouldn’t it be good to take them like that?”

“How sweet do you want them to be?”

“Hm? I don’t know?”

“Choose between high, medium, and low.”

“Huh? We can choose?”

“Looking at the couple photos posted outside, I kind of get how to take them? Choose.”

“Well, might as well dream big. How about high?”

Juwon chuckled.

“Okay. Request accepted. Choose a frame.”

Ina chose a pink background frame with sparkling sweet hearts.

“It’s about to take the picture. Taking the picture.”

As Ina was excited about her first couple photo and wondering what ‘high’ among high, medium, and low would be like, Juwon suddenly lifted her up.

Surprised, Ina flailed her hands before quickly wrapping her arms around Juwon’s neck.

Supporting Ina’s bottom, Juwon immediately lowered his head and planted a kiss on Ina’s lips.

Click. Click. Click. Click.

The photos were taken in an instant, but Ina couldn’t open her eyes, still feeling Juwon’s lips pressed against hers.

Thump thump, thump thump.

And a little while ago,

Juhee was sitting in a chair, giggling as she looked at the feet of the two people peeking out from under the curtain.

How would that Juwon take couple photos?

Giggling as she thought about what kind of strange pose that guy, who probably didn’t know the first thing about being sweet, would strike, Juhee suddenly jumped up in surprise when Ina’s two feet disappeared.

And then the consecutive clicking sounds.

“What? What’s happening in there?”

As Juhee looked at the booth with wide eyes, the curtain was soon pulled back and the two came out.