A hof. I ordered my favorite snacks and just chewed on pickled radish.
“Self-satisfaction? It’s like watching an eating show. Come on, drink up. The beer will get lukewarm soon. You know? If the beer gets lukewarm, it’s not tasty. Hurry up and open your throat. You guys.”
Having ordered my favorite snacks and refreshing draft beer, about an hour and a half passed as I just watched them while sipping water.
With the tinkling sound of bells, Ji-seo-jun entered.
A handsome guy, even in the dimly lit hof.
Doyira and Go Joo-yeon greeted my future groom, who walked toward us with a confident gait.
“Hey. Why did he get in such good shape? Huh?”
Doyira whispered softly into my ear.
“Did you eat chicken while he only had chicken breast?”
Ignoring Doyira’s ongoing remarks, I glared at her. Avoiding my gaze, I continued to gulp down the still cold draft beer.
Ji-seo-jun approached closely. After gazing at me for a moment, he spoke to Doyira and Go Joo-yeon.
“Thank you. Doyira, Go Joo-yeon.”
“Well, how about using this as your wedding gift?”
Go Joo-yeon bounced a chicken leg she had bitten off into her beer glass.
“Do you want to get hit by my fist?”
“No, it’s a joke. Just kidding. Haha.”
Certainly, we were the three friends who had decided to give a TV as a wedding gift to the first among us to get married. In fact, they were two friends who didn’t even think I would be the first.
Beside me, swinging my fist toward Go Joo-yeon, Ji-seo-jun sat down gently. Having rushed here, Ji-seo-jun, who seemed a little out of breath, gulped down the water placed in front of me.
“Did you finish it all?”
Ji-seo-jun, who cautiously approached me when entering the hof, asked. Although there was clearly plenty of beer and chicken left on the table, Doyira laughed at Ji-seo-jun’s somewhat impatient attitude.
“Did we ever expect to see Ji-seo-jun like this? It’s like watching a rare video because of Mundyul.”
Doyira, who was laughing at Ji-seo-jun with tears in her eyes, could barely stop laughing when Go Joo-yeon pinched her thigh.
“Hey, let’s drink more ourselves. It’s okay to take Mundyul with us.”
Go Joo-yeon, who was pinching Doyira’s thigh, said to Ji-seo-jun. As soon as Go Joo-yeon finished speaking, Ji-seo-jun grabbed my arm.
“Let’s go.”
“Huh? Where…”
“Get up.”
I quickly stood up from my seat at Ji-seo-jun’s urgent tone, lifting my bag. I said thank you to my two grateful friends and left the hof.
“Get in.”
Near the hof parking lot. Ji-seo-jun’s car was there.
“Don’t you want to tell me where we’re going?”
Silence.
I gave up asking Ji-seo-jun and got in the car. After confirming that I had gotten in, Ji-seo-jun started the car, fastened his seatbelt.
“Let’s go see the sea.”
“Now?”
“Yeah.”
The car smoothly moved forward. The road to the outskirts of Seoul appeared gradually, and at some point, Ji-seo-jun’s car got on the highway.
As we left Seoul, there was no traffic. Inside the smoothly running car.
“How was the meeting?”
“Yeah. We finished it a bit hastily, but we wrapped it up well.”
“Why the sudden trip to the sea?”
“Tomorrow is Saturday. Let’s go, get some fresh air.”
Ji-seo-jun’s usual appearance made me feel embarrassed about my irritated self a few hours ago.
“Sorry. I got annoyed earlier.”
“It can happen.”
With Ji-seo-jun fixing his gaze ahead, he ruffled my hair.
“Let’s go see the sea today, release all the frustration. And let’s eat something delicious there.”
Driving like that for two hours. Except for stopping at a rest area for a restroom break, we kept driving. In the late night, only Ji-seo-jun’s car was vigorously racing on the dimly lit highway.
A secluded beach.
I thought the sea in this season would be strong and cold, but the wind wasn’t as strong as I expected. A moderate breeze brought a refreshing feeling.
It’s still a season with winter lingering. The season on the border between winter and spring brought both excitement and a sense of longing.
I parked the car in a parking lot with a good view of the sea.
The sea, which I thought would be dark, sparkled with the lights of fishermen catching fish.
“It’s great!”
A calm sea. Fishing boats that seemed to forget the fatigue of the dawn on top of it. In the moonlight shining through the clouds, it felt like we had come to a different world.
We opened the trunk and sat side by side, enjoying the sea breeze.
“Do you want some coffee?”
“Coffee? Is there a convenience store nearby?”
Even after looking around, I couldn’t see a single store, so where was he planning to get coffee? Ji-seo-jun began rummaging through the luggage in the trunk.
“Ta-da.”
In Ji-seo-jun’s bag, there were camping supplies such as a small lantern, iso gas canister, burner, and more.
“I’ve been collecting camping gear bit by bit to go camping with you. You liked it last time.”
Ji-seo-jun, manipulating various items with skillful movements. When he pulled out a cute lantern from the trunk, the atmosphere became even deeper.
“I heard Ik-hoon also did that. Soo-kyung was very sensitive too. That’s why they fought a lot, he said.”
Researcher Ik-hoon, who got married two weeks ago, still roamed around the S.T company, playing the role of a yardstick.
Many company employees attended his wedding, not just our company people. It was a bustling wedding with many guests.
Among the female guests at Ik-hoon’s wedding, they kept glancing at Ji-seo-jun and sticking close to him.
“Was Soo-kyung also sensitive?”
“Yeah. So it seems. That’s probably why Ik-hoon kept complaining that he wanted to get married quickly as the wedding was approaching.”
“Why did they fight?”
“Well… I can’t remember because there were so many reasons.”
Steam rose from the small kettle as if the coffee water had boiled.
“Be careful with your hands.”
“Yeah.”
Even a beautiful cup was prepared in Ji-seo-jun’s bag. He poured hot water into the cup containing instant coffee.
“There you go.”
Even though it was instant coffee, a rich aroma wafted up. The sound of waves and coffee—it was a perfect harmony.
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