Date Me! - Chapter 65

“Juwon. What’s wrong?”

As Ina tilted her head and asked, Juwon buttoned up the front of Ina’s coat and spoke.

“I’m not that uptight of a guy, but……”

Juwon looked down into Ina’s eyes and continued.

“Don’t you think your skirt today is… a bit too short?”

Ina blinked and looked up at Juwon.

“Why? Does it look that short?”

“Yeah. From now on… I’d prefer if you didn’t wear things that are too short. It’s cold out too.”

“So, are you saying it’s okay to wear on hot days?”

Instead of answering, Juwon made a disgruntled sound and frowned.

Ina looked up at Juwon like that and burst out laughing.

Juwon squinted his eyes and stared at Ina.

“Why are you laughing?”

“You’re just like an old man right now.”

“An old man?”

Juwon’s eyebrows curved like seagull wings.

Ina giggled as she looked up at Juwon.

“Yes, yes. If that’s what my old man wants, I’ll do as you say. Let’s go eat first. This old lady is hungry.”

Ina hunched over like a little old grandmother, opened the passenger door, and slowly climbed in.

Juwon stared at her incredulously before bursting into laughter.

After getting into the driver’s seat, Juwon immediately took out a blanket from the back seat and spread it over Ina’s knees.

“When we get home later, I’m going to gather up all these short skirts and hide them away where they can’t be seen.”

Ina pouted her lips.

“Geez, I wore it to look pretty for you… But you didn’t say a single word about me being pretty.”

As Ina spoke facing forward, looking upset, Juwon gently grasped her chin and turned her to face him.

“There’s never been a time when you weren’t pretty.”

Then Juwon gave Ina a quick kiss on the lips.

Surprised, Ina covered her mouth and quickly looked around outside the car window.

“This is right in front of our company! What if someone saw you kissing me?”

“So what if they see? You’re mine now, aren’t you?”

“Oh, really!”

As Ina hit Juwon’s arm and told him to hurry up and leave, Juwon laughed and started the car.

A short while later, Juwon’s car arrived in front of a shabu-shabu restaurant.

The two were guided to a private room and placed their order.

Soon after, various side dishes were served along with different types of vegetables, mushrooms, and Hanwoo beef.

As the broth started to boil, Juwon began adding mushrooms and vegetables bit by bit.

Then, when the vegetables were almost cooked, he added pieces of the vividly colored meat one by one.

“Go ahead and eat.”

Juwon served a variety of vegetables and meat onto Ina’s plate.

“Okay. You eat too.”

“I’ll eat on my own, so hurry and eat while it’s hot.”

Juwon said as he put more cooked meat on Ina’s plate.

“Okay. I got it.”

Ina picked up her chopsticks and put some chewy mushrooms and meat in her mouth together.

A fantastic flavor spread throughout her mouth.

“Mmm. It’s really delicious.”

“Eat a lot.”

Juwon said with a gentle smile.

The two ate slowly, and after heartily eating some noodles added to the delicious broth, they left the restaurant.

After getting in the car, Juwon took Ina’s hand and said,

“Ina. You won’t have to meet Min Suji again.”

“Huh?”

As Ina asked with round eyes, Juwon spoke in a low voice.

“I talked to Min Suji yesterday and made sure she understood clearly. Well, it was just a ‘stern talking to’ by my standards, but to the high and mighty Min Suji, it might have felt like an ‘insult’. She probably didn’t even consider the shame she brought upon herself. Anyway, since word is spreading among our classmates too, she probably won’t show up again out of shame. So you don’t have to worry about it anymore.”

Ina stared at Juwon with her mouth open, then nodded in understanding.

Then Juwon playfully tickled Ina’s hand and said,

“I want to sleep at your place tonight. Is that okay?”

“Huh?”

Ina, who was fastening her seatbelt, looked at Juwon.

“You were too tired yesterday to open the gift Juhee sent, right? Shall we go to your place and open it?”

“Ah. Right. That was there, wasn’t it? But did you bring it?”

“Yeah. I brought it. And I even brought clothes to wear to work tomorrow, so we can wake up at 7 tomorrow morning.”

Oh my, such a thoroughly prepared man…

“And yesterday you were too tired, so we just went to sleep.”

“…Yeah?”

“Can we make up for what we couldn’t do yesterday, tonight?”

“……”

Ina blinked for a few seconds, trying to grasp his meaning, then suddenly realized and started hitting Juwon’s arm.

“Wh-What are you saying? You man!”

Juwon grabbed Ina’s small hand and smiled, lifting the corner of his mouth.

“You know, I was always diligent about previewing and reviewing when I was in school.”

Ina snorted and yanked her hand away from Juwon’s grasp.

“Stop saying weird things and just start driving!”

Juwon chuckled and started the car.

A short while later, they arrived at Ina’s villa. Juwon took out the package Juhee had sent from the back seat. He had neatly packed his suit to wear to work tomorrow morning as well. Juwon entered the villa with Ina.

As soon as they took off their shoes and stepped inside after opening the front door, Juwon whispered in Ina’s ear.

“Hurry and go wash up. Babe.”

Feeling Juwon’s breath, Ina quickly covered her ear and glared at him.

“You don’t want to? Then should I go wash up first?”

As Ina continued to glare, Juwon tilted his head.

“If you don’t want that either… should I wash you?”

Ina’s eyes widened and she immediately started hitting Juwon’s back.

“This man, really!”

Juwon grabbed Ina’s hand with a smiling eyes.

“I might turn into a beast at any moment, so you’d better hurry and wash up.”

Ina stared at Juwon with her mouth open, then shook her head and walked to the bathroom.

Juwon watched her go with a chuckle, then put the box down on the living room table.

He went to the bedroom and carefully hung up the suit he would wear tomorrow, then came back out.

A little while later, Ina came out with fair skin after showering. Juwon approached and looked down at her intently with a smile.

“You’re always pretty, but you look even softer and prettier after showering.”

Embarrassed, Ina snorted, and Juwon laughed and lightly tapped her cheek.

“Well then, I’ll go wash up quickly too. Babe.”

Juwon whispered before entering the bathroom, and Ina dried her hair with a hairdryer, her face red.

Just as she was almost done drying, Juwon came out, rubbing his hair with a towel.

Ina stared at Juwon as he walked over, wearing a black short-sleeved t-shirt and black sweatpants.

Why do his legs look so long today?

They were always long, but they look especially long today.

If we have a baby later, the baby should definitely take after Juwon’s legs… Gasp!

Lost in thought, Ina suddenly covered her mouth in surprise.

What am I saying? We’re not even married yet and I’m suddenly talking about babies? I must be going crazy…

Juwon looked strangely at Ina, who was covering her mouth with a red face and shaking her head vigorously.

“What’s wrong?”

“Huh? It’s nothing!”

Ina jumped in surprise at Juwon’s question and answered.

Looking at her suspiciously, Juwon sat down next to Ina.

“What is it? Tell me.”

“Huh? It’s nothing, really! Just… you look so fair and pretty after washing up too… So I was moved by that.”

Flustered, Ina rambled whatever came to mind.

Juwon, sharp as he was, knew that wasn’t the real answer, but he decided to let it go.

“Really? Am I that fair and pretty?”

“Huh? Um… you’re so, so pretty.”

Then Juwon reached out and pulled Ina by the waist.

“Then shall we go to bed quickly?”

“Huh?”

“You said I’m fair and pretty, right? Then hurry and love me.”

As Juwon approached like a sly snake while speaking, Ina quickly pushed him away.

“Oh, really! We were going to open the gift Juhee sent, remember?”

“Ah… right, that was there.”

Juwon looked at the package on the table with a deflated expression.

Ina carefully opened the package tape with sparkling eyes.

When she opened the box, there was one large black box and one small pink box inside.

“Why did she send two things?”

Ina tilted her head and picked up the black box first.

There was a large handwritten note stuck on top of the box that said “Snuggle snuggle♡”.

She carefully opened the box lid to find couple pajamas wrapped in pretty wrapping paper.

They were navy micro-fleece pajamas with tiny pink heart patterns all over.

“Wow. They’re so pretty.”

Ina took out the soft pajamas and rubbed them against her cheek.

The cozy feeling touched her skin.

“Juwon, feel this. It’s really warm.”

Ina held them up to Juwon’s cheek too, but his expression was indifferent.

“What, such thick things… These are totally winter pajamas.”

“Why? You don’t like them? I really like them.”

“No, it’s not that I don’t like them, but I run hot so I don’t wear things like this even in winter.”

“You should still wear them. Juhee sent them with good intentions.”

After neatly folding the pajamas and putting them back in the box, Ina opened the black box with the note “Sizzle sizzle♡” attached.

And the moment she saw the contents of the box, Ina’s eyes widened as if they would pop out.

For a moment, Ina thought there was a Serengeti leopard in the box.

What was in the box was… none other than couple underwear.

And it was couple underwear with an extremely flashy leopard print design.

Ina, who had never worn leopard print underwear in her life, stared at the underwear with shocked eyes.

She was too shocked to even take them out, when Juwon’s eyes, which had been indifferent just moments ago, suddenly began to sparkle.

“Hmm?”

Juwon made a sound like a solemn principal, then immediately took out the men’s underwear on top.

It was a leopard print boxer brief that looked as if a leopard was roaring loudly.

Juwon also seemed to have never worn boxer briefs with such a design, as he narrowed his eyes and looked at them.

Ina quickly averted her gaze in embarrassment, and Juwon tossed the boxer briefs aside with an unimpressed look.

And just as he was about to look at the women’s underwear, Ina quickly covered the box with both arms.

“I-I think Juhee must have sent the wrong thing.”

Ina stuttered and quickly closed the box lid, and Juwon chuckled.

“How could that be? It’s a couple gift sent to us.”

“St-Still… there seems to be some mistake with the design…”

“It doesn’t seem like a mistake. It looks like Juhee picked this out specifically.”

As Ina looked at the box with an embarrassed face, Juwon put his arm around her waist and said,

“Why? You don’t like leopard print?”

“N-No… it’s not that I don’t like it, I’ve just never worn it before…”

“Really? Then this might be a good opportunity to try it on.”

“B-But still…”

“And you just said earlier, didn’t you? That we should wear it out of consideration for Juhee’s thoughtfulness.”

“Ah, no, that was… I was talking about the couple pajamas earlier.”

“So you’re not going to wear it? Our Ina would look super sexy in this.”

“Wh-What are you saying?”

Ina looked up at Juwon with a bright red face.