Not even 10 minutes had passed since Ji-ho left, and Hye-yoon, who appeared lively, was taken in by his eyes. A girl who brought sunshine without any moss in her heart. It was natural that his eyes softened.
“Yeah? What is it?”
“No one is in the corridor up to the fifth floor. Min-joo is not waking up even if I shake her. It seems everyone fainted in their rooms.”
“We performed a fire show since the morning, but no one paid attention.”
“That’s true…”
Without knowing that she was the sunshine, her face clouded like that. Feeling like she was making such a cloudy face without taking care of her share, Ji-ho decided to send back the beam of sunlight he received. The voice was as sweet as the gaze.
“Well, since it’s a shame, shall we have breakfast together?”
“Wow, that sounds great!”
Brightness and light spread across Hye-yoon’s face.
Putting on the outerwear in Ji-ho’s room roughly, the two went down to the parking lot. It was so quiet that the sound of starting the engine felt oddly noisy.
“What do you usually eat for a hangover? Korean food?”
“Well, I’m okay with anything. Actually, I don’t have hangovers.”
“Hehe. Yeah?”
The foot that was about to press the accelerator stopped. Ji-ho momentarily turned his gaze toward the cheerful voice. He drinks well, doesn’t need injections, and even knows when to stop if it seems like he might get drunk. The fact that he doesn’t even have a hangover was hard to suppress with laughter.
So, Hye-yoon also looked at him with suspicion. Her gesture trying to cover the spreading smile on her lips was graceful. But that was that. Confident eyes threw innocent curiosity.
“Yeah? Why are you laughing?”
“Did your parents teach you to act tough when you go outside? Afraid I might find you too cute and take you away?”
Joy and injustice were mixed in the smoothly moving car.
“The Curious Commander endured for one night.”
An old gomtang restaurant could be felt through the years. When the food order was finished, Ji-ho, who had been sitting across from Hye-yoon, moved to sit next to her. At the same time, he handed his phone to Hye-yoon. On the screen, articles about “” were lined up.
“Wow, I was actually very curious.”
Even though she received the phone, Hye-yoon’s arm clung to Ji-ho’s arm. It was a feeling of wanting to see it together, but it stuck to his chest as it crossed over his arm and into his chest.
Seeing that the last article was 5 minutes ago, it seemed that they were still pouring in. Each passing headline was filled with positive expressions like ‘favorable’ and ‘beyond expectations.’
“Fortunately. It seems there are no bad words.”
“Yeah. But… it won’t continue like this. If you see a bad article, don’t engrave it in your heart and just pass it by. Including the comments.”
Ji-ho’s worried voice was deep. As Hye-yoon turned her gaze to his voice, sincere sincerity was burning in her clear eyes. Hye-yoon comforted him with a smile.
Soon the food arrived, but Hye-yoon focused solely on her phone, neither eating nor dying. Ji-ho opened his mouth, watching her interest. Trying to make her come on her own, rather than bringing her forcibly.
“Next week is Christmas, right? Is there a gift you want? Something you’d like to do is also good.”
Suddenly, he remembered the tree in Hye-yoon’s living room. The little bulbs had been emitting colorful light since November. It was a day he had been waiting for a long time, so it seemed like it would follow my words soon.
“Right, Ji-ho, you’re filming until the 24th, right?”
And rather than following my words, it seemed to run toward me without hesitation. Hye-yoon, who put down her phone, looked at Ji-ho with twinkling eyes.
“No. It’s been moved up a day. Until the night of the 23rd. The director suggested it. He said everyone should spend Christmas with their families.”
“Oh, I see…”
“Yeah. So, what gift do you want?”
The mouth that chewed the rice wrapped in gomtang rose slowly. Just as I thought about what gift she might have thought of, at the moment when she seemed to be smiling so beautifully, the mouth that had swallowed the rice emitted a cute voice.
“…Being together on that day. What about you, Ji-ho?”
So, he quickly gave his answer too.
“I’ll be together from the day before.”
The hand that was about to scoop up the rice stopped abruptly. With shy eyes looking at him, Ji-ho placed a piece of kimchi on the rice that Hye-yoon had prepared. As he mumbled, “Let’s eat quickly,” she nodded and smiled.
Ji-ho looked at her with a gaze that seemed to press down on her small face. Chewing meticulously was commendable and beautiful, making him think they might not meet for about a week if they part today. During that week, she might get hurt in a place I can’t protect, or maybe she’ll pretend not to get hurt even if she does.
For a moment, he decided to tell a fairy tale rather than reality.
His voice was sweet, as if painting a dream.
“Well… on Christmas, both of us sleep in and wake up late. We roughly prepare the food at home, eat, then lie on the sofa and watch a movie together. Since I have to write an overdue book review, I might read a fairy tale… If you have any questions, ask the author right away? As a chance to become a boyfriend?”
Hye-yoon quickly swallowed her food and raised her head. Brown eyes that seemed to drop honey were busy capturing only one person. Ji-ho sparkled his eyes and smiled gently.
‘Let’s eat one more bite.’ Urging her again with another side dish, she quickly put the food in her mouth and looked up again. Anticipating the next scene in the fairy tale.
‘After sleeping all night, she hid stars in her eyes.’
Looking at Ji-ho’s dazzling eyes, he tried to gather his emotions.
“While doing that, we decided to go out for something delicious for dinner… there might be a lot of people, right? Because it’s Christmas. Unfortunately, on the way back with takeout, take a short walk. You can see a restaurant across the street where people are lined up.”
“Yeah, yeah. And then?”
“So… what kind of restaurant is that house? Let’s definitely go together next time when we come back. Since it’s cold, hold hands.”
Hye-yoon’s lips parted slightly. The round shape seemed to be forming, and in the moment when it seemed to be complete, admiration that hadn’t settled in that gap burst out.
“Wow… I imagined it. It’s so nice.”
Because if she gets too moved, she might develop affectionate feelings during the time they can’t see each other again. Ji-ho decided to steal a bit of that emotion.
“Yeah. I said it to tease you.”
“Wow!”
“Haha. Just kidding.”
Ji-ho was charming as Hye-yoon reacted exactly as he expected. Belatedly trying to scoop up rice, she quickly put side dishes on top of my rice again. Watching her eat was heartwarming, and at this moment, he showed a slightly more honest feeling.
“I can really do that for Christmas. But on Christmas Eve… I won’t go outside my bed.”
“Yeah, of course… Our Ji-ho is in big trouble.”
“Haha. Hye-yoon, you… do you know it feels really awkward every time you casually call my name?”
With laughter from both of them, the happiness-filled morning was passing quickly.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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