A Strange Ceiling
It was a strange ceiling.
"Wow, the tonkatsu was way better than I expected! It was full of juicy meat, just like a real tonkatsu."
"Yeah? I'm glad you enjoyed it that much, haha."
The tonkatsu we ate together at the amusement park was incredibly delicious, even though it was from a place that served it.
The reason it tasted so good might have been because we went to the amusement park together for lunch, but...
After finishing lunch and coming out of the restaurant, I made a silent vow to myself.
This time, I wouldn't make any mistakes. I would go around checking on Minho's condition without going crazy with excitement on my own.
"Next is the haunted house, right? I can't ride roller coasters, but I can handle the haunted house, so don't worry."
Fortunately, Minho's face, which had looked bad before lunch, seemed to have improved.
I really thought my world was falling apart earlier...
From now on, I have to do well.
This was my first time going to an amusement park with a guy, after all. I couldn't let this first experience go to waste?
As we moved to the haunted house, we were able to enter right away.
This time, I was going to achieve my goal!
I had chosen the haunted house, not the roller coaster, because I wanted to show Minho, who was scared, that I could protect and watch over him, to raise my favorability with him.
On the roller coaster, I was so excited I didn't notice Minho, but this time, I had to pay attention.
The inside of the haunted house was quite eerie.
"Wow... This is really well made?"
"Y-yes?"
It looked completely different from the haunted house I remembered from when I was little. Unlike the ones where you could predict where the prepared person or device would pop out, I had no idea what would come out from where now.
"Then, let's go forward. This should be fun."
Minho, who had been struggling with the rides earlier, started leading the way as if his condition had improved miraculously.
I was scared right now and couldn't even go forward.
Then suddenly, a human corpse appeared in front of us with a strange sound from the ceiling.
- Uwooooooo~
"Kyaaaaaaaah!!!"
"Oh? This is really well made to look like a real corpse?"
Unlike me, who was startled by the model that looked just like the corpse from the movie and screamed, Minho was looking at it with a curious expression.
Huh? The men who come here all get startled and scared, they say?
Minho, on the other hand, seemed to be enjoying it.
"M-Minho? Aren't you scared?"
"Scared? Well, it's scary, but I enjoy not knowing where it will come from. I like this kind of thing."
"Y-yes? I'm glad you like it..."
The haunted house we entered was one where you find hidden items inside and go out to the exit, and along the way, there were various scare devices.
The corpse model that popped out earlier, and someone hiding in the dark space with a knife chasing us.
Of course, knowing they were staff, when the situation arose, I was terrified and ran desperately.
"Huff... huff..."
"Wow... They really make it look realistic these days. Was it set that if I got caught, I would die right there?"
I was terrified of dying, but Minho seemed to be enjoying it more and more.
It was fortunate that Minho was enjoying it, but now I just wanted to get out quickly.
"Where does this end..."
"Noona, I think that's it? The item we need to find."
As my mind and body were getting tired, when I looked in the direction Minho was pointing, there was a frame hanging on the wall that was exactly the same as the one in the photo I had seen before entering.
If I just take that, it's the end... I have to hurry and get out.
I thought I had a lot of tolerance for scares, but I was weaker than Minho next to me...
I had imagined Minho getting scared and coming next to me, but I never imagined it would be the opposite.
I have to do this and get out quickly...
Without thinking, I approached the frame and tried to pull it off the wall,
- Ziiik!
"Cwaaaaaaaaang!!"
The picture on the frame tore, and suddenly a monster-shaped model popped out.
"Uwaaaaaah!!"
I had thought that if I just took the frame, it would activate after I removed it, so I didn't worry much, but I didn't know the frame itself had a device...
It was too sudden, and I was so startled I fell backward and had no choice but to scream.
"Noona! Are you okay?"
When I fell backward, Minho, who was watching from behind, was also startled and came over to me, extending his hand. When I grabbed the hand Minho extended and stood up again, a door opened next to me and a staff member walked out.
"Guest, are you okay? Did you get hurt anywhere?"
"Ah, I'm fine."
Right now, the embarrassment of falling comically in front of Minho was more worrying than the pain of falling and hurting myself.
I never imagined devices would pop out like that.
According to the staff, people like me who fall often, so they made the floor soft on purpose. So, when I thought about it again, the floor didn't feel that hard.
Also, the fact that we had to take the frame was actually a fake mission to make people who do this at the end get complacent, like me just now.
Minho and I exited to the exit and sat together on a bench nearby.
"Noona, are you okay from where you fell earlier? You really fell hard..."
"I'm really fine! You don't have to worry that much!"
Seeing Minho's worried eyes, I stood up from my seat and moved my body around to show that I was fine. Actually, my butt hitting the floor was a bit numb, but...
I couldn't let Minho worry, right?
"Here, let's ride the next one. It's almost 3 o'clock."
The time with Minho playing was really fleeting. It felt like the sweet ice cream that melts away without eating much?
We couldn't play all day, and since we decided to go back before evening, I only had about 2 hours left.
In that time, I had to have fun with Minho. I had to make up for the mistake in the morning!
Besides that, Minho and I rode as many different amusement park rides as possible. We played by bumping into each other in bumper cars, and we rode the observation wheel together to see the amusement park from high up.
When we boarded the observation wheel, the staff asked if we were a couple, and I really felt good about it.
It was probably the best thing that happened recently?
But happy times pass quickly.
Before we knew it, it was time to go back.
Before getting in the car, I said I was going to the bathroom and briefly separated from Minho.
Today's events will be unforgettable... When will I go to an amusement park with a guy again?
While reminiscing about today's events happily, I washed my hands and went out to meet Minho waiting.
"Shall we go?"
"Noona, wait a moment. Hold out your hand."
Huh? What is this all of a sudden?
I don't know why Minho said that to me, but I held out my right hand as instructed.
Then Minho dropped something in my palm.
I didn't know what it was, so when I looked closely, it was a hairpin.
It was the same one with a white flower decoration I had briefly noticed when I entered the amusement park.
"Eh, Minho, what is this..."
"It's a gift, a gift. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come to the amusement park to play, and I ate all day from you, right? I have a conscience too, I can't just eat all the time, so I have to give you something as a gift, you know."
Minho scratched his head a bit embarrassedly and answered. He said he bought one while I was briefly in the bathroom.
"Wow... Thank you so much, Minho. Really, really! I'll cherish this for the rest of my life..."
"No, you don't have to do that, noona. It's just a gift, not to that extent..."
Minho said it's nothing special, but to me, it was a really special item.
It was the first gift I received from a guy in my life.
And it was a gift specifically for me, not a group gift for anyone.
I never imagined receiving such an item from a guy...
Just the fact that I played with Minho today was enough to make me happy, and receiving this item, I couldn't contain the happiness bubbling up inside me.
If there were no other people around, I might have hugged Minho right away. I might have taken off all the clothes Minho was wearing and covered myself with him!!
I immediately stuck the hairpin I received from Minho into my hair while looking in the mirror.
"It suits you well, noona?"
Of course it suits, it's the hairpin Minho gave you...
I kept looking at my face in the mirror and the hairpin from Minho.
I, I'm going to keep this as a memento. I'll have it for the rest of my life!
Noona, while on the way back in the car, hummed with a happy smile, whether the gift I gave was good or not.
While I'm thinking what to eat for dinner when I get home,
"No... Minho."
"Yes?"
"If it's okay... can I eat dinner together? I know a good place. Ah, it's a restaurant, do you want to drink alcohol too?"
Alcohol...
After coming to the gender-reversed world, I hadn't drunk alcohol even once.
I didn't really like drinking alcohol in the first place, and I never drank in groups.
"Yes, I like it."
"Really? What's your alcohol tolerance?"
"Um... about one and a half bottles of soju?"
When I heard my answer, noona said I drank alcohol well.
So, we went to the restaurant with noona and started drinking...
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When I came to my senses, it was a strange ceiling again.
Eh...
What is this?