“…Sure. Let’s do that.”
Jiho nodded slowly. It was a bit disappointing not to spend the night together, but it was okay. It’s usually Jiho who accommodates her, so it’s an opportunity for her to accommodate him.
He thought he should go pick her up in a good mood after work.
“Or…”
However, she once again caught the conversation by the tail. Following the tilted head, the eyebrows were still wrinkled. What kind of cute dilemma was she making? Jiho waited for the continuation without hurrying.
“Can you let me know by tomorrow? I’ll ask my mom and dad and suggest meeting on another day.”
“Mom and dad?”
“Yeah. We planned to have dinner together on the 22nd. Parents have a promise on Parents’ Day, and the week before, I’m busy. So it got pushed forward.”
“…Got it.”
In the small positive atmosphere, the two’s feet moved again. Jiho softly whispered, “Parents’ Day.” It seemed like it had already come.
Jiho also had a day he marked every year. Unlike Hye-yoon, he couldn’t be as affectionate, but he did it with pocket money and short messages. Since she always avoided direct conversations, Bong-gi’s help was needed when sending side dishes.
Then, around Children’s Day, a message from Sae-byeol always came. In some years, she wore pretty clothes and sneakers, and in others, she held a flute-like instrument. Perhaps Sae-byeol’s Children’s Day was taken care of by Jiho’s pocket money. Her gratitude was evident in Sae-byeol’s message: “Mom told me it was a gift from you, big brother!” I always smiled while reading messages on Children’s Day.
Usually, families would eat together.
“Jiho, are you listening to me?”
“…Ah, sorry. What did you say?”
Lost in contemplating ten years’ worth of Parents’ Days, Jiho returned to reality a bit slowly. Hye-yoon stopped her feet at his response. When she looked at him, her face, trying to pour out her resentment deliberately, was clearly directed at him.
How much strength did she give? From the bridge of the nose to the forehead, even the laugh lines. Hye-yoon, who had created cat wrinkles all over the place, was like this.
“You’re so pretty; there’s no way flowers would catch your eye.” Jiho’s large hand gently touched Hye-yoon’s cheek. As his thumb touched the area around her eyes, the wrinkles, untouched by the thumb, were gradually smoothing out.
“Sorry. Say it again.”
The invisible scent of lilacs passed by the tip of Hye-yoon’s nose. With just his voice, he was a man who could summon spring from afar. So, the artificially created resentment could only melt away.
A smooth smile spread across Hye-yoon’s face.
“I’m just curious about how Jiho spent Parents’ Day.”
Amidst the words, a happy snorting sound was mixed in. With each step that followed, the woman’s embarrassed feelings settled like flower petals. Of course, alongside it, there was also the man’s regret.
“Well… I guess it was just pocket money. Now that I think about it, it was too thoughtless.”
“Hey, Jiho was really busy. Living diligently is filial piety in itself.”
Hye-yoon expressed a slightly spirited voice. Her voice was clear, aiming to provide assurance rather than doubt. In between, Jiho’s low mutter of ‘the 22nd’ was also mixed. When he thought of the 22nd, she was already a day ahead.
On the 23rd, maybe Jiho and she could try a nice restaurant. At the time when she was about to ask Min-joo, Jiho slowly spoke. The not-so-loud voice threw a big surprise.
“So, on that day… shall we all have a meal together?”
“All together?”
“Yeah. With our parents. Family gathering.”
“What?!”
Hye-yoon raised her head in surprise. Although her voice rose high, people around paid no attention, intoxicated by spring and love.
Meeting Jiho’s parents was an unimaginable event, as much as the word ‘mom.’ The baby’s fist-sized lips snapped shut. Above tightly closed lips, the head was rapidly churning out words of refusal.
“In fact, for parents, it’s allowance rather than a meal!” Just as she was about to deliver this plausible statement.
“Let’s eat something really delicious that day. I’ll find a place.”
Faster than that was Jiho.
In his voice, which subtly showed anticipation, the scent of lilacs still lingered. Hye-yoon, intoxicated by that fragrance, awkwardly nodded her head.
Like a broken gesture, a child in her mind, heavily confused, was banging her head against the wall—thud, thud.
For two weeks, Hye-yoon spent a busy time as much as Jiho did. She couldn’t collect the ‘Jiho’s House’ stamp every week. Instead, last week, Jiho went to get the ‘Hye-yoon’s House’ stamp. A short meeting from 1 AM to 5:30 AM.
During that short time, Hye-yoon was fascinated. The feeling of missing him even when she was looking at him, and his stamina. Except for the pure two hours of sleep, Jiho rolled around as usual. Just like the usual 1 AM when they were together.
At some point, his playful remark about having good stamina when he was two years old was not a joke the more she saw it.
Ding-dong [Dash]
When the elevator arrived, Hye-yoon suddenly snapped back to reality. It wasn’t the time to have such embarrassing thoughts. After quickly reprimanding herself, she turned her head to the side.
Today, there were many things to focus on besides her thoughts. Her voice directed at the person next to her was filled with determination.
“Dad, what did I say more than 100 times?”
Hye-yoon raised her head slightly, and there was a man with brown eyes similar to hers. Although his eyelids drooped, the moist eyeballs were just like hers.
As cute determination as her eyeballs.
“Yeah. Don’t be amazed! Don’t stare for a long time!”
“And what else?”
“Don’t lead the way! Today is just a meal gathering!”
“That’s right!”
Another person observing their absurd resolutions. Hye-yoon’s mom nodded her head. Perhaps she laughed at how similar the two women were.
‘Don’t be amazed, don’t stare for a long time…’
She, too, was secretly pondering the few resolutions made a while ago.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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