A Day at the Theme Park
Minho-ya, I'm really sorry!
"People are really many."
"Yeah. I never imagined it would be this crowded."
We got into Sujin noona's car and arrived at the amusement park only to be hit with an overwhelming sea of people. What kind of day is this?
Ah, I guess that's why there were so many people.
"Noona, I think it's because of that."
"That? Ah..."
At the entrance of the amusement park, there had been an event offering a discount on free admission tickets for families, for some reason. It seemed many families had come to play because of it. When I looked around, it appeared that more people were bringing children than couples.
"Still, it's good we got the free admission ticket in advance. If we hadn't, we'd probably have to stand in line over there."
Noona pointed toward the long line of people waiting and spoke. Thanks to noona's company providing free admission tickets to the amusement park, we could enter without standing in that line. If we had waited, we probably would have had to stand there for at least an hour.
"Noona, do you like amusement parks?"
"Me? Well... It's been a while since I've been to an amusement park. Probably more than five years, no, eight years or so."
"Me too. It's been almost since elementary school when my parents took me often, since after I grew up, I didn't go."
Realizing so many people had come with families, noona couldn't tear her eyes away from the parents walking while holding their young children and smiling.
"Seeing families come together looks nice. I wonder if I can come back later after getting married..."
Is it because she's older than me? Since I'm still a university student, the idea of marriage feels vague to me, but noona seems to be at the age where she has to start thinking about marriage.
So, she's looking at the families coming with their families in a somewhat envious way.
"Haa... Then shall we go inside? We have to play happily today!"
Noona shook her head as if trying to regain her composure and looked at me.
Responding to noona's words, we entered the amusement park.
Since it's been a while since I've been to the amusement park, it felt really fresh. There were various amusement rides, and there were many restaurants and shops selling accessories.
Also, there were many souvenir shops near the entrance.
As we walked, we were looking at the store items when noona suddenly stopped walking for a moment.
"Noona?"
"Ah, sorry. It looked pretty nice."
The thing noona pointed to was a small hairpin with a white flower decoration.
"Do you like it? Then I'll buy one..."
"No, it's okay. It probably won't suit me. Let's get on the rides quickly!"
As we were about to go to the store, noona started walking ahead again. The hairpin she pointed to would suit the cute noona well...
Anyway, I followed behind noona who was walking ahead.
Since I came to the amusement park, now which one should I ride first. I had researched some things in advance.
"Noona, what should we ride first..."
"From now on, leave it to me!"
Noona stopped in front of me and looked at me with a smile as if asking me to take charge. The way she put her hand on her waist and said it felt cuter than I thought. It was as if a child was showing off confidence more than me?
I had looked it up at home too, but today I'll follow noona's escort.
"Okay, noona. Then please take care of me today~"
"Ah, th-that... Just trust me and follow!"
Following noona's confident expression, I lowered my head a bit and said please, noona quickly turned her body and walked ahead. I smiled at that sight and followed behind.
"For now today, I'm going to ride that!"
"That one... Ah!"
The thing noona pointed with her finger was the Viking, an amusement ride that can't be missed at the amusement park.
It's a ride where people ride a lot because of the thrill of swinging back and forth and going down.
But I don't really like those.
I'm sorry to noona, but I was about to say that I couldn't ride that.
"It looks really fun, right?"
But seeing noona's face, which was extremely excited and happy like a child who had never been to an amusement park before, the words I was about to refuse got stuck in my throat.
Since she's so excited, if I say I can't ride it, it'll be too bad.
Still, since we came to play together today, I guess I can endure it a little bit.
Just a little bit.
"Come on, let's go!"
"Yes, noona."
Noona and I ran towards the Viking.
@ Shin Sujin
It was really fun at the amusement park with Minho. I originally liked amusement rides, but the fact that I came with a man made me more excited.
Moreover, because of today's family discount event, there were many people coming with families around, which also helped.
I wonder if I can get married in the future like this, have children, and build a happy family...
It seems like a really happy imagination. Imagining marrying Minho who came today and having two children made my mood even more up.
But my happiness didn't last long.
"Minho-ya, I'm really sorry!"
"No... I should have said it in advance."
We had ridden all the Viking and roller coasters at the amusement park. Since I liked thrilling amusement rides, I had a great time riding them... but Minho wasn't like that at all.
Like a fool, I was alone and excited, saying let's ride this, let's ride that, and roaming around...
I should have checked Minho's condition while roaming!
If I had known that Minho was struggling with those amusement rides, I wouldn't have done such a thing.
Is it because of the line from the guy who hasn't met any men yet? I said I'd escort him, but I didn't even care about the guy's condition, so I'm really stupid.
What if Minho hates me after seeing this side of me. That's too bad...
Looking at Minho's bad complexion, I was at a loss, like going crazy.
My plan to have fun together was shattered.
"For now, let's go to the central bench and rest? I'm feeling a bit tired..."
"Y-yes! Let's do that!"
Following Minho's words, we quickly moved to the central bench. First, I sat Minho on the chair and checked his expression.
"I'm really sorry... I didn't know you were having such a hard time..."
"No. I should have said it from the beginning. And honestly, I thought it would be okay since it's been a while since I've ridden, but I didn't know it would be this bad."
Minho answered with a powerless voice, head lowered.
Seeing Minho like that, I shrank back too. It's because I'm too sorry to Minho. We came to play together for the first time, and I ruined the mood. I shouldn't have been alone and happy without checking the surroundings...
I was lowering my head like Minho,
"Noona."
"H-huh?"
Hearing a somewhat energetic voice from the seemingly powerless Minho, I lifted my head.
There, Minho's face was visible, smiling slightly even though his complexion wasn't great yet.
"I-I'm really okay. You don't have to apologize so much."
Is he comforting me? The one who created this situation is me?
Everything that ruined today's outing is my fault. Even though I'm a woman and couldn't properly escort a man, Minho was smiling as if he was really okay.
"But..."
"I-I'm really okay. If you keep apologizing, I'll get angry instead?"
Minho said with a mischievous voice and stood up from his seat vigorously, turning to look at me and smiling.
"We came to have fun today, right? Then we should have fun and make good memories, not like this. After lunch, let's play happily again."
Although I haven't dated before, I had looked up a lot about dating. Usually, when a man and woman go out together for the first time, the woman prepares a lot for the man and makes it fun, I heard.
So, I tried to do the same, but I got carried away by the fact that I came to play with a man, Minho, and completely ruined it.
But... Minho didn't seem angry at all, and not even showing discomfort made me really grateful.
Is it that when I see Minho, the information I knew about men is shattered?
"Y-yes... Let's have fun from now on!"
Minho said he's okay, I can't back down. From now on, I'll make Minho happy and make up for what I did in the morning!
"Then... Shall we eat lunch? It seems like it's almost time for me to get hungry."
"Yeah. It's almost 2 o'clock... Let's go eat something delicious."
"Okay, I researched some good places. Is there anything you can't eat? Or something you want to eat?"
This time, instead of me getting excited alone, I should check Minho's condition. From now on, my focus will be only on confirming whether Minho is having fun!
"Me? Well, I don't mind anything..."
Ah, the hardest answer came out. It was said to be the number one hardest answer that women hear when taking men out to play.
If I say anything, if I choose A, he'll say it's because of this, if B, because of that, and make the woman suffer. Then if the woman can't hold back and gets angry a little, the man says why are you angry about that...
Minho came out like that, so choosing what to eat was really difficult.
"Then... How about tonkatsu? There's a pretty good place here..."
Please like it, Minho's heart!!
"Tonkatsu? Um... It's plain and okay. Let's go eat that."
Did my prayer reach Minho's heart?
Minho didn't show dislike, so maybe it's the right answer?
With that, the two of us entered the tonkatsu shop.
Inside the shop, I simulated what to do in the afternoon in my head.
First, exclude all the scary amusement rides!
Then, only the things to enjoy normally remained, what would be better here...
"Ah, shall we go to the ghost house after eating? The haunted house."
"Ghost house? But you... don't you hate scary things?"
"Ah, it's the fast-paced rides that are hard, but the ghost house is okay. Let's go there next."
It was included in today's plan to go to the ghost house. I could naturally imagine Minho who hates scary things sticking to me.
But I thought I had to exclude it after seeing Minho's morning appearance...
Since Minho said he's okay, it's even better!
I'm showing my older sister style to bring deep affection from Minho!