Our Every Moment - Chapter 47

When he held Seo Hee tightly in his arms and kissed her, her body’s reactions were always so honest.

Her eyes and words might try to conceal it, but the way her chest naturally swelled, her breathing hastened, her face flushed, and the moans that naturally escaped her lips… Her body clearly wanted him. It was close to an instinctive conviction.

Kang Mo had confidently declared to Seo Hee that he would wait until she was ready, that he would never engage in an unwanted relationship. However, his patience was slowly wearing thin.

How could it not, when the woman he loved was right before his eyes. The woman he had yearned for over a decade was staying under the same roof as him. In the brightening morning, he would face her lovely face that sparkled transparently as they ate, and in the evening, he would return from work to be greeted by her radiant self as they enjoyed a bountiful meal together.

The once bleak space was now adorned with potted plants good for air purification, and a vase filled with flowers as pretty as her occupied a spot on the table. Her unique peach-evoking scent wafted through the air, and her sweet honeyed voice that he never tired of hearing frequently spoke to him.

Kang Mo, let’s eat. Kang Mo, do you want some fruit? Shall I bring you some tea? Kang Mo, aren’t the flowers pretty? Kang Mo, Kang Mo, Kang Mo……

Though the dreamlike days continued, so did the sleepless nights.

Living together, even having been face to face just minutes before, whenever he passed through the space filled with traces of Seo Hee to enter his own, a longing for her unfailingly surged through him.

Lying still in bed with his eyes closed, his mind would naturally replay the day he spent with her, and his thoughts would chain together, often interfering with his path to slumber.

Sigh…..

Rather than lying awake like this constantly thinking of her, maybe he should at least go see her sleeping face. Would that fill this endless longing?

In the end, surrendering to his insomnia, an exhausted Kang Mo rose and headed to Seo Hee’s room.

Just go take in her sleeping face. Just for a little, just for a moment. It was with such a pure intention that he sought out Seo Hee’s room, but once he actually saw her asleep, he found it difficult to tear himself away.

Greed slowly reared its head at the longing that couldn’t be fully sated even when next to her.

Since she’s already asleep, would it be so wrong to look a little longer? Yes, just until I’m tired enough for my eyes to close on their own, only until then.

Steeling himself, he pulled a chair next to the bed she slept in and sat down. Worrying the blanket covering half her face might make it stuffy to breathe, he carefully pulled it down, bringing her pretty features into full view. The thin breaths escaping her felt sweet.

His hands, betraying his will to simply look and leave, reached out, driven by desire.

Once she fell asleep, Seo Hee was not one to wake easily, so he freely stroked her sleeping self, etching her lovely face into his heart one by one. That’s when he noticed her moonlit eyebrows trembling. Kang Mo tilted his head for a moment before an uncontainable smile bloomed on his lips.

Kang Mo meticulously observed the Seo Hee who was asleep, no, pretending to sleep, from the perspective of a thorough observer.

He had been fooled by her breaths that revealed no movement, maintaining a fixed interval. Looking closely, not a single thing was natural about her, it was a thoroughly calculated appearance.

Thereafter, Seo Hee persisted in pretending to sleep for a full thirty minutes before finally falling into a deep slumber.

The truly sleeping Seo Hee would occasionally pucker her lips and wiggle the fingers clutching the blanket. Above all, her breathing, including the snuffling noises, had changed.

To think he had been fooled despite such a stark difference.

‘Baek Seo Hee, you’ve been caught red-handed.’

It was an unexpected gain.

Kang Mo had no doubt the reason Seo Hee, who had no insomnia, was unable to sleep until this late hour, and moreover, was pretending to be asleep despite being awake, included him.

Thanks to Seo Hee pretending to sleep, a brilliant scheme suddenly came to mind. Like today, what if he shook up her daily life a little closer? What if he stimulated her latent instincts during the time she rested most comfortably?

‘Yes, keep being aware, Baek Seo Hee. Keep noticing me.’

And so, the battle of nerves between the unintentional deceiver and the undeceived had continued for four days.

On the fourth day, Seo Hee readily gave up the spot beside her to him. Though he should simply rejoice at this unexpected windfall, both joy and agony visited him simultaneously.

Why on earth had he brought this hardship upon himself?

She, who had struggled to fall asleep easily for days now, seemed to have drifted off particularly early today.

‘Baek Seo Hee, what are you doing? I’m lying right next to you, but you’re falling asleep so peacefully? Were you really just unable to sleep out of pity for my insomnia all this time?’

It was a moment where his prior smugness proved futile. His insides were charred black, and his desire surged forth tactlessly. Kang Mo thought he might die at any moment, unable to do anything about his honest and tremendously aroused body. He considered immediately going to the bathroom but was reluctant to wake Seo Hee who had just fallen asleep, so he had to clench his teeth and suppress his desire.

Then as the night deepened further, the long tossing and turning Kang Mo eventually had to visit the bathroom. Even so, he had not the slightest inclination to return to his own room.

Having barely quelled his desire and lying beside Seo Hee again, Kang Mo sighed long at the sight of her sleeping without a care in the world. As if having a good dream, the corners of her lips curved prettily.

‘Baek Seo Hee, you know you’re a bit mean, don’t you?’

In a fit of needless ill temper, he lightly pinched Seo Hee’s soft cheek, and her body that abruptly twisted landed directly in Kang Mo’s arms.

“Eep.”

Unlike Kang Mo who had frozen on the spot, Seo Hee wiggled her body in search of a comfortable position.

Before long, one of her arms plopped heavily onto Kang Mo’s chest, and one of her legs dug between his legs all too naturally. A groan automatically burst from Kang Mo’s mouth.

“Ugh. Ngh.”

Heedless of Kang Mo who was instantly engulfed in heat, Seo Hee instinctively squirmed her body in pursuit of the utmost comfort. Gradually, her movements also ceased. She seemed to have found the optimal pose. As if quite satisfied with the changed position, Seo Hee nuzzled her face against one side of Kang Mo’s chest.

“Mm.”

Following the sigh of contentment mixed with a hum, a steady breathing leaked out again.

“Oh… good heavens.”

Kang Mo, muttering a curse under his breath, repeatedly swallowed.

Half his body was seamlessly pressed against Seo Hee’s. Her soft face half draped over his chest, the warmth of her hand situated near his heart, even her supple leg that had dug between his legs without any qualms. The silk pajamas were as good as nothing.

Did Seo Hee even realize what her leg was touching right now? A heavy sigh escaped Kang Mo as he slightly moved his head to look down.

‘I’ve gone mad, I’ve gone mad.’

That night, Kang Mo spent nearly the entire night wide awake and was able to close his weary eyes only at the hazy dawn.

Seo Hee, eating her morning meal, was too preoccupied observing Kang Mo’s mood to know if the food was going into her mouth or her nose.

‘Baek Seo Hee, you’ve finally lost it, you’ve lost it.’

The appalled look on her face upon waking that morning flashed through her mind again.

Seo Hee, who had reluctantly opened her eyes as the sunlight brightly illuminated the room, froze for a moment. Is this a dream? It must be a dream, she thought as she blinked her eyes several times, but nothing changed.

She was hugging Kang Mo tightly as if he were a body pillow, and Kang Mo was deep in slumber, unaware of anything.

‘What do I do? I must have lost my mind.’

She had prided herself on being docile when it came to sleeping habits. From childhood until now, friends and family who had seen her consistently praised Seo Hee’s proper sleeping habits.

Not only did she sleep well anywhere, but she also slept obediently without tossing and turning, making her a great sleeping companion.

In fact, it was because of this that she had been able to readily give up the spot beside her to Kang Mo……

Was it because she had indulged in sensual imaginings right before falling asleep or because her instincts had awakened while sleeping? Seo Hee was at a loss, unable to believe the unimaginable behavior she had exhibited during the night.

But it wasn’t something she could hold her breath about forever. Seo Hee carefully lifted her upper body, moving her arm that had been placed on his torso, anxiously hoping Kang Mo wouldn’t wake up. Then as she surreptitiously withdrew her tactless leg that had boldly positioned itself between his legs, a faint moan leaked from Kang Mo.

‘Gasp.’

Swallowing a startled breath and stealing a glance to see if Kang Mo had woken up, she found only his brows slightly furrowed, still lost in sleep.

The sigh of relief was short-lived as the risqué pose in which she had been intricately entwined with Kang Mo until a moment ago, his firm body that she had felt with her skin, and an unknown titillating sensation revived, causing her face to flush bright red.

Oh my goodness……

Seo Hee hastily shook her head to shake off her thoughts as she stopped eating.

Don’t think about it.

“…Hee.”

Don’t think.

“Baek Seo Hee!”

“Oh, yes?”

“What are you thinking so deeply about? You didn’t even hear me calling you.”

“Wh-what was I thinking about?”

Kang Mo chuckled at the sight of Seo Hee stuttering with a flushed face.

“Your face is red, and you’re stammering, unlike yourself. Suspicious. Why, were you having naughty thoughts? Or were you thinking about me?”

“N-no I wasn’t. Why would I think about you while eating?”

At Seo Hee’s flaring up, Kang Mo burst into a short laugh.

“You were. Thinking about me.”

“I really wasn’t.”

“They say strong denial is affirmation.”

“Sigh…..”

Seo Hee let out a sigh of resignation. She had been thinking about Kang Mo’s firm body, so it was ridiculous to keep denying it. Avoiding Kang Mo’s gaze that seemed to continuously watch her, she resolutely took a spoonful of rice out of embarrassment, and then,

“It’s okay, it can happen. But if you’re going to, wouldn’t it be better to look at the real thing in front of your eyes?”

Cough, she began to choke. A grain of rice must have gone down wrong as a cough burst out. Surprised by her covering her mouth and coughing frantically, Kang Mo hurriedly approached and patted Seo Hee’s back.

“Are you okay? It’s not like I said anything I shouldn’t have, why are you so flustered?”

Seo Hee, who had barely stopped coughing, had a face burning as red as a well-ripened apple.