Peaceful Daily Life
Peaceful Daily Life
Seoyun's expression still seemed somewhat dissatisfied.
"Why? Do you have something to say?"
"No..."
It felt like saying sorry would be rude, so she held back her words.
"You feel sorry and grateful because I'm doing all this for you, right? That's it, isn't it?"
"...Yeah."
Seoyun answered in a voice that trailed off and nodded her head.
Having known each other for years, he could pick up on something like this in an instant.
"It's good that you're easy to read. But you know this isn't all free, right?"
"Huh? Then do I have to pay you back?"
Seoyun, who opened her eyes wide in innocent surprise.
She kept showing such cute reactions, making him want to tease her for no reason.
"No. That's not it. Don't worry~"
"Okay..."
It's just that I'm proud of you for studying hard, so I'm buying these for you with a cheering heart. Don't change that heart and keep going all the way. Do you understand what I mean? You absolutely have to get into the same university as me. I'll be waiting for you."
"Yeah... I'll work hard! I really will!"
"Good."
Vitality bloomed on Seoyun's face as she grinned.
"You're really cute."
"Stop saying that..!"
Hearing Junwoo's inner thoughts that slipped out unintentionally, Seoyun threw a punch, saying she was embarrassed.
Seeing his steps gradually slowing down, Seoyun thought it must be because the bags were heavy and snatched one of the loads he was carrying.
"Hey, I told you it's heavy?"
"It's fine!"
Seoyun, grunting as she lifted it with both hands, made a strenuous effort.
In the end, a major disaster occurred where she couldn't walk more than a few steps before falling over, but it provided some amusing laughter.
The two returned home bickering as usual.
"I'm so tired~~"
Seoyun threw herself onto the sofa.
With one leg dangling off the sofa and her body slumped, she looked like a melting ice cream.
Junwoo, sensing the mood, turned on the living room air conditioner and then started organizing the bags.
He filled the kitchen pantry with snacks and neatly stacked the groceries and drinks in the refrigerator.
"Seoyun, do you want something to drink?"
"Then, cola."
"Okay."
Seoyun, who was lying completely on the sofa relaxing comfortably, was fiddling with the Teddy Bear she received as a gift and smiling.
She seemed to be in a pretty good mood.
"Here."
"Thank you~"
Junwoo poured a full glass of cola and handed it to Seoyun, then went into the kitchen to finish organizing the bags.
By this point, Seoyun, who had finally started to feel a bit self-conscious, took a sip of cola and secretly approached Junwoo from behind to help with the organizing.
"I'll help."
"Hmm... Okay. Take this chance to memorize where everything is. You're going to eat it all anyway, right?"
"Yeah!"
The Seoyun he had secretly watched through the Hidden Camera always skipped meals or appeased her hunger with sandwiches bought from convenience stores.
Even though she received an allowance from her parents, she knew the family's finances were tight because of hospital bills, so she had no choice but to save money.
"Eat well. You, if you keep doing that, you'll just end up with more hospital bills?"
"Yeah... I know. No nagging! I get enough of that from Mom!"
Her body was weak and it was a time when she needed nutritional supplementation, so seeing her skip meals with that kind of stuff was inevitably worrying.
Just roughly looking, her weight had decreased by nearly half compared to when she was male.
"Ugh, you're really making me worry for no reason."
Just looking at her face, she's this emaciated, so how much worse would it be if she were undressed?
Surely each rib would be clearly protruding and her lower abdomen would be sunken and skinny.
...
...
...
Ah, I want to see her undressed.
"Ahem"
Lately, Junwoo found himself having lewd thoughts whenever he had a chance, so he cleared his throat and turned his head away.
Well, it was only natural for a physiological reaction to occur downstairs since the girl he had liked since childhood had become a woman and was always approaching him defenselessly.
"Seoyun, the organizing is mostly done, so I'll give you your gift. Come to the living room."
"Huh? There's more?"
"There's still more~ What do you think I brought the backpack for?"
Junwoo took the backpack he had thrown by the shoe cabinet and sat on the living room sofa.
Seoyun sat facing him with eyes full of curiosity.
"What is it? A stuffed animal? Or a game cartridge? A decoration?"
She grinned by herself, eagerly anticipating the gift.
I wonder if she'll be disappointed when she sees the gift.
"It's a really precious item, and you're giving it as a gift?"
"What is it? What, what~"
Junwoo, who had built up the anticipation, took out the CSAT Workbook and University Major Textbook he had studied from the backpack and handed them to Seoyun.
A subtle change appeared on Seoyun's facial expression, but she forced a smile and accepted the gift, pretending otherwise.
"What's this~? Thank you!"
"I like seeing you study hard, so I want to cheer you on. Study the CSAT Workbook hard before the exam, and skim through the major textbook later after you get accepted to university. You're going to major in the same department as me, right? It'll be good if you do some preliminary studying and come."
"Okay!"
Seoyun quickly skimmed through the workbook.
The workbook, filled with Junwoo's study know-how, was crammed with Post-its and notes on every page.
"If you just look at the key summaries marked with stars, you'll definitely get a top grade on the CSAT."
"Wow~ You studied so much..."
"Of course. This much is basic."
While it looked like an ordinary CSAT workbook on the outside, that single book contained all the past exam questions that would appear on this year's CSAT.
It was a prime collection of past exams obtained with difficulty through his father's connections, so if she just memorized it well, a top CSAT grade was practically guaranteed.
"Work hard."
"Okay..!"
"And, you know."
"Huh..?"
Junwoo, who had moved the backpack aside, stared intently at Seoyun and opened his mouth.
"You, why don't you keep calling me oppa?"
"Huh? S, suddenly?"
"You always trail off at the end of your sentences or just don't call me anything, don't you? Why are you doing that?"
"Well, obviously..."
Now that she had become a woman, calling an older male 'oppa' was an extremely natural thing.
However, Seoyun, who had used the term 'hyung' for over a decade, found the very word 'oppa' unfamiliar and awkward.
Last time, he said he really wanted to hear it once, so she mustered her courage and called him that despite the embarrassment, but using the title 'oppa' every day seemed too much no matter what.
"You want to hear it..?"
"Of course. If you say 'hyung' looking like that now, wouldn't it feel weird to the listener?"
"But I'm used to 'hyung'..."
"Don't do that. You have to change now, right?"
Now that she had completely become a woman's body, she couldn't keep the behaviors and habits from when she was a man.
After hesitating for a long time, Seoyun finally slowly parted her lips after much deliberation.
"Junwoo oppa..."
She made a stiff face and a cold expression as if doing it reluctantly.
Junwoo knew better than anyone that she was acting like that because she was embarrassed.
"Say it again."
"Junwoo oppa "
"One more time."
"Junwoo oppa..."
"Just one more time."
"Ah, seriously... Are you trying to make me angry?"
"Haha! Sorry, sorry."
Seoyun raised her fist and made a motion as if to hit him.
Every time he teased her, she showed such a cute reaction, making him want to torment her even more for no reason.
"What do you want to do now? Want to play a game?"
"Yeah! Let's continue the game we played before! We have to see the ending!"
"I'm fine with that."
There was an RPG Game they had started in two-player mode.
Despite burning with the determination to absolutely see the ending before sleeping, Seoyun's gaming skills were hopelessly poor.
He remembers they had just barely finished the tutorial because she kept dying and having to restart over and over.
She could have switched to single-player at any time to continue if she wanted to play alone, but Seoyun eagerly counted the days to play games with Junwoo.
For her, playing games with Junwoo was 'a memory she wanted to share'.
Playing the game alone had no meaning.
"Then let's order pizza for dinner while gaming... and tomorrow I'll help you study a bit. Good?"
"Yeah. Good!"
Seoyun, who was 100% happy, smiled while operating the game controller.
"Oh right, Seoyun. And you can use my place as you like. It just seems like you're feeling too burdened."
"I don't particularly feel burdened though..."
"No, what I mean is. Since I'm in a position where I only come home on weekends anyway, you can really use it freely during the weekdays."
"Huh?"
Seoyun tilted her head as if she didn't understand and reacted.
She already thought of Junwoo's place as her own and came and went comfortably.
"Right now, you only study in the living room, right? I'm the one who said you could use it like a study room, but you seem too conscious of it."
"Huh... Really? Is that so..?"
"Yeah. So it's okay to think of it a bit as your own home and move around freely."
"Hmm..."
Seoyun trailed off her words with a voice that somehow seemed dissatisfied.
"Why? Don't you like it?"
"No... It's burdensome."
"What do you mean it's burdensome every day? Just say you understand and accept it."
"Even so."
"Sigh, if you keep doing that, I'll get angry?"
Seoyun's cheeks puffed out sulkily.
She had an expression full of things to say, but before she could open her mouth, Junwoo's hand reached out and stroked her head.
"How long has it been since we first met? You can think of us as family now. Just really think of it as your home. Sleep in the master bedroom bed, shower in the bathroom, study at the desk in my room, spend time in the living room gaming like we are now... Don't mind me and try doing that. How great would that be?"
"Okay... I get it."
"You said that? I'll be watching from tomorrow?"
"I said I get it."
Seoyun, whose hair became messy from the stroking, brushed away Junwoo's hand while getting annoyed.
"Let's just play the game! I'm really going to see the ending today and then sleep!"
"Okay, okay."
Although she was getting irritable and grumbling, Seoyun liked this peaceful daily life with Junwoo more than anyone else.
Soon returning to a smiling face, she sat down right next to Junwoo, pressing her hip against his, and became immersed in the game.