A Weekend at Hope Land
To the amusement park~
"Already tomorrow is the weekend..."
Time really is that kind of being that passes in an instant when you realize how much of it there is. From Tuesday when I got meat from Hyeji to today Friday, time passed in an instant.
With Friday off, tossing and turning in bed, I got up to check the time by looking at my phone, and there were KakaoTalks from Seoyeon and Hyeji.
Let me see... Seoyeon sent a thank you message again for helping a lot because of her appearance on the broadcast. On weekdays, I briefly entered Seoyeon’s YouTube and saw that the broadcast where I appeared as a guest had already been edited and uploaded.
The video title was 'I'll Explain as the Duo. But the Duo was a man?!' and with the thumbnail attached like an eye-catching thumbnail, the video views were quite high. Seoyeon’s YouTube subscribers are about 100,000, but the views on that video have already surpassed 200,000 since it was uploaded not long ago.
Is the thank you message on KakaoTalk because of seeing this?
On top of that, there was a request to appear on the broadcast together again sometime. Remembering that appearing on the broadcast was quite fun while observing the viewers' reactions last time, I had no refusal to go on the broadcast again.
It seems that only Hyeji recognized me, since she was the only one.
For now, I told Seoyeon on KakaoTalk to contact me again if there's a schedule. Last time it was the proxy explanation broadcast, but I wonder what content she'll call me for this time.
Or maybe I should propose something? Since I'm the one appearing on the broadcast, it might be fun to propose the content myself?
I need to think about this and talk to Seoyeon about it.
Next, I looked at the KakaoTalk that came from Hyeji... asking what my favorite color is?
Why is she asking this all of a sudden? For now, I answered that I like the blue color family.
Since the time I got meat from Hyeji’s shop and broke up, Hyeji has been asking me what my favorite things are quite often.
Like colors just now, food, hobbies, and various things. It feels like she's investigating me or something?
There's no bad feeling, but it feels like something has changed to be more proactive than before.
I thought maybe later she'll ask what kind of woman I like...
Soon after, a question similar to what I expected came from Hyeji's KakaoTalk.
It's asking which is better between short hair and long hair in women's hairstyles. Honestly, if the hairstyle suits the face, I don't think it matters much, but if I have to choose one of the two...
"Obviously long hair."
Is there some kind of romance in that? When I see a female character in a manga or movie with shiny hair flowing, my heart flutters?
I know it's hard to apply that to a real girlfriend, but romance is romance.
Then, Hyeji replied with "That's good!" and even a smiling emoji.
Now that I think about it, Hyeji also has quite long hair? She has long hair that reaches near her waist.
Did she send that KakaoTalk thinking it matches my taste? Or did she cut it if I had said short hair earlier?
... No way.
No matter what, it can't be that much.
I replied to all the KakaoTalks and decided to investigate the amusement park I'll go to tomorrow on my phone.
According to Sujin noona, it's a bit far from home, and when going, we'll move in Sujin noona's car. Unlike me, since she's a working woman, having her own car makes it seem convenient when going out to play.
Even in the original world, having a car on the male side made it easy to go out somewhere while dating.
Is it that in this world, the female side has more cars?
Since there's no problem with that way of moving, what I want to investigate is about the amusement park.
Since I haven't been to a place I've never been to, I have no idea what rides are there. Honestly, I don't particularly like thrilling rides.
There are people who enjoy the feeling of heart dropping suddenly, but in my case, I rather avoid it. I should just look for things that are comfortably enjoyable and tell Sujin noona so she doesn't force me on rides.
On top of that, I should look up things to eat for lunch, and for dinner... I don't know. The schedule for that day is to play at the amusement park until afternoon and come back by car, or whether to eat until evening and move. I haven't decided yet, so I think I need to ask Sujin noona. If I was driving and planning everything, I would have done as I like, but since I'm the one being driven now, it feels a bit awkward to say do this or that.
Should I ask Sujin noona?
I sent a KakaoTalk to Sujin noona asking briefly about tomorrow's schedule.
"Sujin-ssi~ Is there something good happening?"
"Ah, does it seem like that? Haha!"
I answered cheerfully to the question from my team leader Kim.
Of course, because we finally decided to go play with Minho tomorrow!
Honestly, when I proposed to go play with Minho, I thought he would definitely refuse. I was thinking of saying it with the mindset of 'can't eat meat, let's poke' but I never imagined Minho would promise without any hesitation.
"Hmm... Is he a man?"
"Ah, well..."
"Oh, our Shin-ssi is finally having romantic feelings?"
With Kim's words, the other team members working with me started gathering around my desk in droves.
"Shin-ssi, so who are you meeting? Senior? Junior?"
"Do you have a photo? We didn't know Shin-ssi was dating a man~"
"Is it not someone from our company?"
These people really... why do they get more excited when hearing about someone else's love story than the person themselves...
Moreover, I'm not even dating Minho yet.
Not yet, but... hehe.
"Ah, I heard recently about the Hope Land entrance ticket, did you decide to go there with a man?"
Among them, my colleague Jeong picked it up and said it. Since it's come to this, I have no choice but to tell the truth.
"Haa... So, actually, I decided to go to Hope Land amusement park with a man tomorrow."
When my words ended, everyone cheered with voices full of interest. Of course, because they all know that I've been living as a virgin so far.
"Ah, but it's not dating! I just proposed to go play once and he accepted..."
"Ei, even if a woman proposes to go play, if a man doesn't refuse, it's evidence that he has some interest in you~"
"Yes, yes. If there's no interest, there's no reason to waste precious weekend time to go play together."
Is that so? Honestly, when Minho accepted my proposal, I did think that. If I were a man and a woman with no interest said to go play, he would never accept.
Considering that the start of me meeting Minho was not long ago, I had some hope that he might have quite a favorable impression of me.
"So, where do you live? Tell us a little~"
"I'm living alone in an officetel, right? Somehow I ended up talking to the man in the next room... I proposed to go play with that person. He's four years younger than me."
The team members who heard the four years difference were surprised this time and cheered loudly.
"Wow~ Shin-ssi has skills? You even hooked a man four years younger."
"Four years difference... that's enough to be in a compatible relationship without checking."
"You said you'll go play tomorrow? Let's all go there too and check it out? Fuahaha!"
While everyone was noisy and talking about my story,
"Everyone, don't work and what are you doing! Get back to your seats right now?!"
Our public enemy, the team leader, came in and shouted, ending the short break and the fun of talking about love stories.
"Haa... This team leader old bachelor, it was so fun but he interrupts."
"With his age, probably hasn't met a woman yet..."
Everyone grumbled in a voice not to be heard by the team leader and returned to their seats.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to it.
A 27-year-old man who has never held hands with a man in his life, where did the courage to suddenly propose to go play with a man come from?
Thinking about it now, I didn't plan or say it. At that moment, I felt like I had to tell Minho something.
Eh, Minho sent a KakaoTalk.
Let me see... what will you do for dinner tomorrow?
Um... If it was the pre-planned schedule, play at the amusement park until afternoon and come back by car. Seeing Minho's reaction, maybe we can stay together more?
I answered to Minho that after returning home from the amusement park, eat dinner and break up.
It wasn't particularly a loss for me to break up before eating dinner. For me, just the fact that I'm going to the amusement park with Minho already feels disproportionate.
Then Minho said "I see" and answered that he would find a restaurant to eat for dinner. It would be better for him, who is at home on off days, to find it rather than me who is working at the company?
At this moment, I almost got emotional.
Seeing that I'm going to the amusement park with Minho now, honestly, does it mean I'm the uke (bottom) in the relationship? Now Minho hasn't done anything and tells me to decide everything, and if I get angry when it's not to my liking, I have to just say sorry.
But Minho instead proactively offered to find it himself, surprising me at how different it is from the man I knew.
Thinking about it, Minho is really a bit unusual man, isn't he?
He let me in his house when I first saw him, and even cooked ramen while saying let's eat together...
Did he have a favorable impression of me from the beginning?!
Ah, since I'm thinking of going to the amusement park with Minho tomorrow, nothing is sticking to my work.