Dormitory (4)
Dormitory (4)
"......What?"
I moved back, and the controller's cord pulled taut.
"A kiss. Didn't you hear me?"
Taehee stared up at me.
"......Hey. What kind of wish is that."
"It is a wish."
"Wish my ass. Pick something else."
I waved my hand and slyly pulled my body away.
"Don't you want anything? Like shoes, or a bag."
"I can just buy those with my own money."
Taehee pouted her lips.
"What's the point of oppa buying it for me. Anyway, oppa's money is what we earn."
"......Then something else."
"I don't want to."
She hugged my arm and rested her chin on it.
"I want that. Why do you keep telling me to pick something else."
She pressed my side while hugging my arm.
"......Taehee-ya, that tickles."
"I'm not letting go."
Taehee burrowed even closer until her cheek was touching my arm.
"Oppa. There's something I'm really curious about."
"......"
"Why does oppa always treat only me like a kid?"
The hand wrapped around my arm gradually put more strength into it.
"I didn't treat you like a kid."
"You did."
She lifted her chin and stared up at me.
"Oppa, I even play the adult role in front of the camera. I make people cry, make them excited too."
"......Yeah. You do it well."
"But why doesn't oppa look at that?"
"......I am looking."
"Liar."
Taehee pouted.
"Someone who's looking wouldn't even give one kiss?"
"Are those the same thing."
"They are. To me they're equally important."
She hugged my arm and kicked the floor with her toes tuk-tuk.
"Oppa. Huh? Just once. Just one time."
"Taehee-ya."
"Really just once. Then I won't pester you again."
It looked like tears were welling up in her eyes.
"Haa..."
If I say no more here, she'll probably cry.
Then Yujin will come again and ask what I'm doing... My head's already spinning.
"Really just once."
"Really?!"
Taehee suddenly lifted her head.
The eyes that were watery just now sparkled in an instant.
"Close your eyes."
"Yes!"
She let go of my arm, grabbed the teddy bear on the bed and hugged it, then tightly closed her eyes.
She seemed nervous, her shoulders trembling slightly as she slightly puckered her lips.
I looked down at that Taehee for a moment then slowly bent down.
"......Huh?"
Taehee opened her eyes, touching her forehead with her hand, and stared at me blankly.
"......Th-this is the forehead."
"It is a kiss. I gave you one."
"Not this kind......!"
Taehee's face, who was saying that, turned bright red up to her ears.
"Oppa, seriously......"
She threw her body onto the bed and covered herself with the blanket.
"Cheap. Getting away with it like this."
"You said just once."
"I didn't say forehead!"
From inside the blanket, Taehee's shoulders wriggling and bouncing were visible.
"......Oppa."
A heavily hoarse voice leaked out from beyond the blanket.
"What."
"......Oppa really only sees me as a kid."
"......That talk again?"
"It's true. Kissing on the forehead. That's exactly what you do to a kid."
The edge of the blanket wriggled.
"Would you kiss Suah eonni on the forehead too?"
"......Why her all of a sudden."
"Just because. I was curious."
As if waiting for an answer, the blanket went quiet.
"......I won't. I won't do it to anyone."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
A brief silence flowed.
Then again, a heavily hoarse voice leaked out.
"......Then that's fine. Anyway, get out."
"......What?"
"I'm embarrassed so get out."
The edge of the blanket peeked up, and only one reddened eye glared at me.
"It's even more embarrassing if oppa is looking."
"......You were the one who wanted it."
"That's why even more!"
The blanket covered her again.
The sound of her stomping her feet while hugging the teddy bear.
A hollow laugh came out, but I stood up from my seat.
"Got it. I'm going out."
As I opened the room door, I heard a small voice from behind.
"......Tomorrow, do it somewhere other than the forehead."
Without answering, I closed the door.
Coming out to the living room, the lights were on with the curtains drawn.
Yujin was sitting on the sofa.
She was looking at me with one leg crossed.
"Did you have fun?"
"Well. Just."
"Just my ass."
She patted the seat next to her tuk-tuk.
"I could hear all the sounds from the room."
"What. Playing games?"
"Games, huh..."
Yujin thought for a moment then smiled small.
"For game sounds, our Taehee seemed to like it too much."
"......"
"Why did you do it on the forehead."
"You heard that too?"
"Taehee's voice is a bit loud."
She slowly switched her crossed legs.
"But oppa. Was what our maknae really wanted the forehead?"
"......."
"I don't think so."
Yujin slightly tilted her head.
"The kid waited several days to see oppa. Would she have said she'd take one on the forehead?"
"......Then what should I have done."
"Not what you should have done."
She patted the seat next to her again tok-tok.
"Sit down. Don't talk standing."
I reluctantly perched on the edge of the sofa.
It was a spot about a span away from Yujin.
She quietly looked down at that span then smiled small.
"Why sit so far away."
She came closer to the side until her shoulder was almost touching.
"Oppa, why are you so tense."
When she raised her hand I instinctively shrank my body.
"What am I going to do to oppa. Don't be so scared."
Then she slyly pulled her body back.
"Why. Did you think something else would happen?"
She leaned her back against the sofa and looked up at the ceiling.
"I'm not the type to just barge in like that. Oppa knows that too."
"Receiving it by force has no meaning."
She slowly got up and headed to the dressing room.
Soon the door opened and she looked at me.
"You're tired today, right? Go in and rest."
I looked at her for a moment then slowly moved my steps.
***
The next morning as soon as I opened my eyes, a loud crashing sound came from beyond the door.
Then the sound of knocking on the door came.
"Oppa, are you sleeping? Get up quickly!"
The door burst open, and the living room light poured into the dark room.
Narrowing my eyes, I saw Taehee standing in the backlight.
"You're up, right? Come out quickly! Every minute and second is urgent!"
I scratched my messy hair and got up.
Because I tossed and turned all night and only fell asleep at dawn, my head felt dazed.
"What time is it now."
"I don't know. Anyway, quickly."
Taehee hung on the doorframe and stomped her feet.
With messy tousled hair, in loose pajamas.
Not even noticing one shoulder had slipped down, her eyes still seemed half-closed.
"......You're still in pajamas yourself."
"What's important about that."
"You can do that later. Right now going out quickly is first."
"We should wash our faces before going."
Taehee waved her face.
"Oppa washes, I wash, change clothes... Then all the time will pass!"
"......So."
"I planned it all out!"
"......"
"What time to go out, where to go first, what to eat for lunch. I arranged it all. But if we're late it all falls apart."
Taehee came over and pulled my arm.
"So don't worry about other things, quickly. Huh?"
"Seo Taehee"
At that moment, Yujin's voice came from the living room side.
The sound of slippers dragging, and Yujin approached leisurely with a mug in her hand.
"What's this fuss. From the morning."
"Eonni. I have to go out quickly."
"That's why. If you drag him out in pajamas like that, would oppa like it?"
Taehee pouted.
"......That's not it but."
"Oppa must have been tired from playing with you until late yesterday. Right?"
"...Yes."
"But if he's dragged out as soon as he wakes up without even washing his face, wouldn't oppa have a hard time?"
Yujin spoke to Taehee as if scolding a child.
"Our maknae doesn't want to ruin the date, right?"
"......I don't want to ruin it."
"Then what should we do?"
Taehee mumbled for a while then answered small.
"......Oppa washes, I wash too. Then we have to go out."
"Yes. Our maknae is smart."
Yujin stroked Taehee's head.
"Oppa. Wash up and come out. I put out a new towel."
"......Got it."
"Oppa! Then I'll wash first! You have to come out quickly!"
She fluttered her clothes and ran to her room jjoreureu.
***
When I came out after washing, the living room had become much busier.
I changed into the jeans and check shirt that Yujin had picked out in advance.
"Oppa"
Yujin came over and adjusted my collar.
She neatly arranged the shirt's collar.
"This way oppa looks even cooler."
Soon she took her hand off the collar and Yujin looked up at me.
"Have fun. Our maknae really waited a long time."
"......Got it."
"But don't be too late."
Her hand caressed my cheek.
"See you in the evening, oppa."
"Oppa! Quickly! Quickly!"
At that moment Taehee's voice came from the entrance.
Going to the front of the entrance, Taehee was already out waiting.
She had combed her hair neatly in a light-colored dress.
And it seemed she had put on a bit of light makeup.
"You really prepared quickly."
Taehee spun around once.
"How is it? Pretty?"
Taehee grabbed my hand tightly and pulled.
"Let's go quickly, oppa!"
Her small and warm hand held my hand.
Pulled by that hand, I went out the entrance door.
"But where are we going?"
"Us?"
She held my hand and turned her body.
"The arcade!"