Chapter 92
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 92
Chapter Title: Date with Su-ah 2
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“Hahaha! Sun-hu, wasn’t that just like a scene from a movie?”
“What was? You?”
To me, Su-ah looked like she’d stepped right out of a movie from start to finish.
“When you grabbed my hand and we ran!”
“Ah……”
It was right after Su-ah had shouted “Sorry, Mom and Dad~” by the seaside.
The people around us recognized actress Hwang Su-ah and started murmuring, crowding in.
Sizing up the situation, I grabbed Su-ah’s hand and bolted for the car.
We couldn’t risk anything going wrong.
“It was just like Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard! I’ve never felt my heart race like that before!”
The Bodyguard?
Another one of those old movies.
It came out before I was even born, right?
Just like Roman Holiday last time—this must be what they call a generation gap.
“You don’t know The Bodyguard? The one that goes ‘I will always lo~ove you~’!”
“Hahaha.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at Su-ah channeling Whitney Houston with her awkward singing.
I’d never seen the movie, but the song rang a bell from somewhere.
Our seaside date with Su-ah wrapped up just like that.
We had brunch with bread and coffee in the car, then headed back home.
“So, Whitney Houston~.”
Even on the drive back, Su-ah’s Bodyguard talk kept going.
She started from the bickering between the free-spirited Whitney, who still lived it up despite receiving death threats, and the anxious Kevin watching over her.
Then Kevin dramatically saves Whitney from danger, and they fall in love.
But their conflict arises because Kevin refuses to let personal feelings get in the way of protecting his client.
Even when Kevin takes a sniper bullet meant for Whitney, they end up going their separate ways.
I felt like I’d watched the whole movie.
A love story between a beautiful female singer and her male bodyguard.
Like with Roman Holiday, it wasn’t entirely unrelated to our situation.
A princess and a reporter, a pop star and a bodyguard.
An actress and her manager might be something similar.
But in both movies, the leads don’t end up together.
Probably the same for us.
“Thank you, Sun-hu. I feel so much lighter now.”
We arrived at the apartment and rode up in the elevator.
In the empty space, just the two of us, Su-ah gently took my hand.
Su-ah’s hand was warm.
Her body heat and tension flowed through to me.
I knew she wasn’t holding it lightly.
That’s why I had to pull away.
But the words wouldn’t come easily.
“Su-ah.”
“Sun-hu, if you’re tired, want to crash at my place for a bit?”
Her place was right next door—did she really need to ask?
But her flushed face made it clear this wasn’t just about sleeping.
Maybe even yesterday’s “stay for some ramen” had meant the same.
How much courage must it have taken for her to say this?
Knowing her feelings, I couldn’t accept lightly.
If I couldn’t commit all the way, I had to cut it off.
Decide, Jin Sun-hu.
“……Su-ah. I’m sorry. I never meant to lead you on.”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
She looked puzzled at my sudden apology.
I gently pried her hand from mine.
“The person I said I love—it’s not you. We’re not officially dating yet, but she and I are already deeply involved as a man and a woman.”
She’d never imagined rejection.
Su-ah trailed off, stunned.
“Ah…… I just…… thought you’d be tired……”
“It’s my fault for being indecisive and not saying it sooner. I’m sorry.”
“I just…… didn’t think it was that deep……”
Thick teardrops fell from those pretty eyes.
I couldn’t bear watching her cry like that, so I bowed my head deeply.
This wasn’t actress Hwang Su-ah’s performance tears.
These were the real tears of human Hwang Su-ah.
“I’m sorry.”
All I could do was apologize.
Ding.
The elevator stopped.
As the doors opened, Su-ah covered her face and ran out.
I stood frozen in the elevator, watching her back.
……
……I’m sorry, Su-ah.
……
……Huh?
Su-ah, who’d reached her front door, came sprinting back to the elevator.
She jammed her leg between the closing doors.
Her leg got caught in the middle.
“Whoa!”
I quickly shoved my arm in to force the doors open.
“Su-ah! What if you got hurt?!”
Instead of answering, she yanked my tie hard.
And shouted with a face full of pent-up frustration.
“Stay! And sleep over!”
Who knew Su-ah had this forceful side.
She dragged me all the way to her place by my tie.
Where does that strength come from in such a petite body?
I couldn’t resist too hard, worried she’d hurt herself in her excitement.
“Su-ah, calm down first.”
“I am calm.”
She was anything but.
“Su-ah, let’s talk this out calmly.”
“I am calm.”
She dragged me haphazardly inside; I fumbled off my shoes at the entrance and stepped in.
Straight to Su-ah’s room.
The first time I saw it, it was empty with just a blanket laid out, but now it had a bed, desk, decorations, cosmetics—everything.
Once inside, she shoved me toward the bed.
……She tried to, anyway. There was no way her slender frame could topple an adult man easily.
I ended up sitting awkwardly on the bed, facing her.
Her eyes were smudged with tears, her face full of anger.
And yet, I still found her beautiful.
Damn it.
“Su-ah.”
“You said you’re in a relationship with her, but not officially dating yet, right?”
Su-ah huffed as she started unbuttoning her clothes.
She tossed off her suit jacket, then undid her blouse buttons.
“Su-ah.”
“Then if you get that way with me too.”
She threw off the blouse.
A pure white bra.
And the modest breasts it covered came into view.
Petite, just like Su-ah herself.
“Then it’d be the same for me, right?”
“Su-ah.”
I stood up.
And took a step toward her.
She flinched.
She’d acted out of anger without thinking it through.
A hint of fear flickered behind her furious expression.
“……Please put your clothes back on.”
I picked up the blouse from the floor and held it out to her.
“No!”
Maybe my attitude sparked her defiance.
She swatted away the blouse I offered with an even angrier glare.
Even that sliver of fear was buried under her rage.
She reached back to unhook her bra.
I sighed and approached her.
“Su-ah.”
I hugged her.
Doing my best to minimize skin contact,
I grabbed her hands behind her back before she could undo the clasp.
“This way, only you’ll get hurt. I don’t want to see you in pain.”
I like Su-ah.
She’s pretty, kind, innocent.
Everything she does is cute.
Mom picked her out as a daughter-in-law prospect, so she’s got to be top-tier wife material.
But the way I like Su-ah is different from what she wants from me.
I can’t love only her.
Can’t love her the most.
If we got involved irresponsibly, I’d just drag it out and end up hurting her.
I like her enough to want her to be happy.
I didn’t want to hurt her with this impulsive behavior.
“Why not? Why can’t we? You’re all I have left now. Why won’t you accept me?”
“Su-ah……”
Su-ah buried her face in my chest and sobbed.
I couldn’t offer any comfort.
I just stared at the ceiling and sighed.
“Feeling better now?”
“……I’m sorry, Sun-hu. For putting you in a tough spot.”
A little later.
Su-ah had finally stopped crying, and we sat side by side on the bed.
She was still topless in just her bra, so I’d draped my jacket over her.
“Su-ah, maybe put some clothes on……”
“No.”
Ugh. Why the stubbornness?
I didn’t mind, but she was clearly embarrassed.
Women’s hearts are impossible to figure out.
“You wouldn’t care even if you saw my body anyway.”
“It’s not that I don’t care.”
“Oh? So it turns you on?”
“Well…… uh……”
What do you even say to that?
Either answer is a landmine.
“……Yeah. It turns me on. What man wouldn’t get excited seeing Hwang Su-ah’s body?”
When in doubt, honesty’s the best policy.
“Then do you want to touch it?”
Why does the conversation go here?
Yeah, no.
Time to bail.
“……I should head out.”
“No!”
As I tried to stand, Su-ah clung to my arm.
My jacket slipped off in the process.
“Don’t leave me alone…… Being alone is too lonely.”
“Su-ah.”
Looking up at me with teary eyes, she melted my resolve.
Her “Tearful Queen” nickname wasn’t for nothing.
“Ever since my parents passed, I’ve been alone. Then you showed up. You tamed me like this, and now you’re just going to abandon me?”
It hurt my heart.
Her tear-filled gaze stabbed at my guilt.
No way I could leave after eyes like that.
“Stay just for tonight. I’ll buck up and go to work tomorrow. I won’t throw tantrums anymore.”
How could I walk away from that?
I surrendered.
“……Fine, just tonight. And only sleeping.”
“Thank you, Sun-hu!”
She finally smiled.
I let out a relieved sigh.
Su-ah’s tears are truly terrifying.
They infect the viewer with sadness.
Watching her cry was stressful in itself.
“Okay, I’ll go wash up. Don’t go anywhere, Sun-hu.”
What’s she planning?
Su-ah left the room with light steps.
As if the sobbing from moments ago had been an act.
Yeah, just like an act……
……Wait, was it really an act?
……
What now.
I’ve got nothing but bad vibes.