26. My Kiss-Obsessed Langi Noona
"……."
I woke up in the morning with a foggy head. My mind was alert, but my body felt heavy and languid, so I kept my eyes closed and stayed lying there.
Smack… Smooch…
I couldn't even remember what time I'd finally fallen asleep after kissing noona last night. Or what time it was now, for that matter. My head was throbbing, so it must've been a pretty long sleep.
Sluuurp…
My body felt heavy, but not because I hadn't slept enough or was tired from staying up late.
Mmm…
Even with my eyes closed, I could tell. I felt the weight pressing down on my stomach, the two soft mounds compressing against my chest, the slender fingers brushing my neck and jaw.
And the soft, moist sensation of saliva on my face that I'd been feeling here and there for a while now.
Pushing back the intense urge to just keep sleeping, I wrapped my arms around the figure straddling me.
"Eep!"
Smack… "You're awake."
Despite the sudden hug, noona didn't flinch at all and just kissed my lips this time.
"Noona, when did you wake up?"
"Just now."
"You started doing this the second you got up?"
"Yeah."
A girlfriend who climbs on top of her boyfriend and showers him with kisses the moment she opens her eyes.
"What time is it now?"
"Eleven… smack."
Earlier than I thought. I looked up at noona's face, so close to mine. She was focused on kissing, her expression blank except for a faint blush.
She looks so cool and aloof on the outside, but she loves skinship. That gap makes her even cuter.
And luckily, neither of us had morning breath. Otherwise, the romantic mood of morning kisses could've been ruined by something so trivial.
That said…
Smooch…
Why won't these kisses end?
I barely managed to stop noona, who was glued to my face like we'd applied super glue to our lips, and we stood side by side in the bathroom brushing our teeth.
Looking at our relaxed outfits reflected in the bathroom mirror as we brushed, it felt strangely like we were living together. Made my heart flutter.
Plop. Even in the middle, noona grabbed my collar and leaned her head on my shoulder. I was this close to ditching the brushing and kissing her again.
Anyway, after that, we had some simple brunch toast. Then we took turns properly washing up.
And as usual, I dried noona's hair while we chatted.
Vrooooom!
"Noona, got any big plastic bags?"
"Under the sink. Why?"
"Gonna bag up my underwear to take home. Gotta do laundry there."
I'd carefully set aside the underwear I'd taken off yesterday by my bag. There was noona's laundry basket in the corner, but I couldn't just toss mine in there with her clothes and undies.
But when noona heard me, she turned her head to look at me. If I had to read that tiny expression peeking through, it was probably something like, What're you talking about?
"Why do it at home?"
"Well… where else would I do laundry?"
"I'll wash it for you. Don't worry about it."
She said it so matter-of-factly, like it was the most obvious thing, and it made my head spin.
I'd be coming back here often anyway, so I could pick it up anytime, but honestly, it felt embarrassing to leave my underwear for her to wash.
"I'm heading out soon anyway, so I'll just do it at home."
"Where to?"
"…Home?"
"Sleep over."
Ah, stay until Sunday?
"I only brought one change of clothes."
"We can buy more."
"You think Yeoreum noona will okay that?"
"I'll talk to her."
"……Still, let me handle my own underwear. Feels bad making you do it."
"I'll do it with mine, so it's fine."
Of course I was thrilled to spend another day, and I figured Yeoreum noona would come around somehow.
But the underwear thing…
"Noona. Imagine if I said I'd wash your underwear. Kinda weird, right? You get it?"
"You can do it."
"……."
Her ears turn red, but she sure says it smoothly.
We bickered a bit over the underwear issue, but eventually agreed I'd leave it to her.
Yeah, it was a little embarrassing. But stuffing worn underwear in my bag for an extra day didn't appeal either, and honestly, there wasn't any other real issue besides that.
Couldn't ask her to hand-wash just mine, either.
Spending one more day was fine—especially since noona was free until tomorrow, and I had no big weekend plans.
And Yeoreum noona's reaction to it was…
"Die."
She spat that out and hung up right away when I asked if I could crash one more night.
"She said it's fine."
"Good."
If it wasn't okay, she'd have said so straight up or told me to quit bullshitting and get home quick. That's Yeoreum noona for you.
That response meant she wasn't thrilled but do what I want.
After getting the okay over the phone, I headed to my bag to toss yesterday's underwear in her laundry basket.
But it was gone.
Where'd it go?
"Uh… where is it?"
"What?"
"My underwear. I left it here."
"…I already put it in. Saw it on my way to the bathroom at dawn."
"Oh, yeah?"
It wasn't exactly in a spot you'd see heading to the bathroom, but I didn't doubt noona much.
No reason to. She probably just spotted it by chance and tossed it in.
"Still feels bad, though. Let me at least hand-wash mine…"
"No!"
"Huh?"
I jumped at her suddenly raised voice. Noona looked a bit flustered herself and quickly continued.
"I'll do it, so don't worry."
"Mm…"
She was insisting that hard—seemed petty to keep arguing.
"Okay. Thanks, then. I'll help with the house cleaning later to make up for it."
In the warm afternoon sun, noona and I held hands and headed out.
Time to buy spare underwear and enjoy a leisurely date.
The clothes I was wearing happened to be a couple look we'd matched with Langi noona last time—just same-color hoodies, though.
Anyway, noona coordinated with me for our first official couple-look date.
I was grateful to see her in casual clothes.
Noona hooked her arm through mine like always, clinging tight, and we headed to the nearby mart.
"Gyeol, want anything?"
"Anything you make is fine by me."
"Not that. I'll buy it for you."
"Nah, I won't take stuff you buy. Underwear's on me too."
I put up my usual iron wall against noona's unconditional gift attacks as we browsed the mart.
Nothing else I needed besides underwear, but it was a date too, so whatever.
I soothed her slightly pouty cheek with my free hand.
"You know how I feel, right?"
"…Fine."
"Don't be like that. I'll kiss you as much as you want later. Or now?"
"Not now. At home."
Her demands were crystal clear.
She really didn't like kissing in public, it seemed. Though she'd surprise-kissed me before.
We wandered the aisles, grabbed a cheap pack of underwear, and headed out.
Thought about snacks, but noona still had tons stocked for me. Plus, we were planning to walk more—didn't want to carry stuff.
We strolled the neighborhood slowly, chatting. Noona wasn't super familiar with the area yet, and aside from the way to her place, it was all new to me too. Felt like a little getaway.
"Studies going okay?"
"Kinda? Just plugging along."
"I'll tutor you starting second semester."
"For real? Noona giving me lessons?"
"Yeah. Talked to Yeoreum about it."
"Hell yeah, thanks!"
Studying and dates? Best of both worlds.
"Gotta pick up a gift for Yeoreum noona soonish."
"Decided on anything?"
"Yeah. A diffuser. One she was eyeing but didn't buy last time."
"Nice."
Perfect for a noona gift. Not too pricey.
Last time, two years back, I'd splurged to cheer her on for CSAT and got reamed out bad. She thanked me later, but lectured for a solid thirty minutes about not spending big on her gifts.
"Speaking of, you really doing the camping thing?"
"Don't wanna?"
"Sounds fun. What do I need to prep?"
"Nothing. Just show up."
"…Feels like another gift from you."
"I'll get mad if you refuse."
"Tricky."
I'd seen noona web-surfing camping stuff a lot. She was into it, but high school made it unrealistic, and last year was her freshman chaos—no time to think about it.
Maybe think of it as me tagging along for her hobby realization.
We kept chatting about this and that, soaking in the bright early-summer weather.
I wasn't big on wandering outside usually, but walking in couple looks with Langi noona made the world blissful. Like it was just us on this street.
Noona must feel the same…
"Gyeol."
"Yeah?"
"…Let's go home now."
"Already?"
Noona fidgeted with the hand in her arm crook, wanting to head back. We'd only been walking maybe under an hour since the mart.
Why so sudden? Then I saw her lips pursing and got it.
"Wanna kiss? At home?"
"…Yeah."
"Over dating?"
"Right now… kisses."
After all that from last night through morning, still not enough?
Well, if noona wanted it, I had no choice.
What do you say when your girlfriend wants more skinship at home?
We didn't last long before heading back to her officetel.
Then, like yesterday, we kissed, kept at it for ages until laundry and cleaning were done, then kissed more.
Ate, kissed. Watched a movie, kissed. Before bed, kissed. Even while sleeping, kissed.
Bonus: Nearly lost my mind seeing noona's undies on the drying rack.
We spent the whole day like that, lips locked.
Another night passed, up to Sunday morning.
If noona's parents weren't swinging by briefly, I'd have stayed till evening.
I got home for Sunday lunch, endured Yeoreum noona's "Just move in already!" grumbling, then retreated to my room to savor the happy weekend.
Exams were looming for both of us now, and Langi noona would get busier than ever, so no long hangs for a while.
But that was okay.
Endure it, and soon…
Summer break.