Chapter 53: The Last Days of Autumn with my Girlfriend (2)
TL: looloo
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Nibbling on a single Pepero stick together, we approach each other, each biting on an end. Typically, Heena takes the stick side, and I take the side with the chocolate.
She approaches, gazing at me with her gracefully curved, half-moon eyes.
As the Pepero between us shortens until our lips almost touch, Heena gently pushes the remaining part into my mouth with her lips and tongue. Simultaneously, she lightly licks the bit of chocolate smeared on my lips before pulling away.
"Chocolate tastes good," I remark.
"Doesn't it?" she replies.
The chocolate Heena's eating merely consists of a little on the sticks end and what she licks from my lips.
As she pulls out another Pepero, I sneak a peek to see how many we have left. All I see are scattered Pepero boxes and wrappers.
It seems like she bought one or two of every kind, not just the standard ones available at the mart. Around this time, all sorts of shops are selling various sizes and types of individually wrapped Pepero sticks.
Since our arrival here, Heena had me trying every single kind.
While we didn't eat a meal before coming, I'm gradually feeling full, and the appeal of the Pepero itself is diminishing. Initially, it was somewhat fresh and fun, but that was in the first few rounds. Now, weve eaten through almost ten boxes and quite a few individually wrapped ones.
If it werent for Heenas action of licking my lips with her tongue each timea genuinely fiery move in many sensesI mightve bolted a while ago.
Still, we havent eaten through all of the opened items. Heena left a few of each kind. Was she saving some for Heeseong hyung?
Anyway, I thought it might be better to just kiss, but Heena, enjoying this playful activity, continued to open new ones.
I always enjoyed snacks and tend to eat a lot, so I wasnt incapable of eating more. But, I wished wed stop eating by now.
"I'm getting full; want to take a break?" I ask.
"Really? Hmm~ then should we stop this and play a different game?" she responds.
"A different game?"
"Yep."
Saying so, she gathers the Pepero sticks she'd set aside earlier.
"Close your eyes, and I'll feed you one at a time. Want to guess which kind it is?"
"Oh, but isnt that a bit easy? Im not joking; Im confident I can get them all right."
Ah, so this was why she left a few of each. But isnt this too advantageous for me?
I tend to enjoy Pepero, and Ive tried all the types Heena brought here today.
Moreover, we had just eaten a ton while playing that borderline Pepero-kissing game.
At my words, Heena shows a meaningful smile and says,
"How about we make a bet then?"
"A bet?"
"Ill grant a wish. If you guess them all right, you win; if you get even one wrong, I win. Lets do it five times."
"You sure? When it comes to betting, I simply cant lose."
My competitive spirit is igniting, even though my opponent is Heena!
"Should I?"
"Of course!"
"So I'll do it? Close your eyes!"
"Okay."
I lacked confidence.
In winning.
Honestly, I thought it would be hard to lose unless she simultaneously gave me something strange to taste.
When I closed my eyes and waited for a moment, something slightly rough touched my lips.
As I opened my mouth slightly, this Pepero entered.
Crunch-
"Umm, this... Crunky!"
"Correct~"
Once I took a bite, I recognized it immediately. Lotte Pepero sticks have a strong distinctive flavor for each type. So, if I hadnt tasted them before I might not know, but Ive been eating them my whole life, and I tasted them again today, so there was no way I didnt know.
I chewed through half of it, and then a crunching sound came from in front of me perhaps Heena was dealing with the rest.
Soon after, the rustling sound of plastic suggested we were moving on to the second round, and I opened my mouth slightly again.
"Well"
Heena slightly protruded her tongue, licking the remaining chocolate from her lip, before continuing her words.
"Because this is, Yeonho's?"
Wow.
"I lost, for real. I admit defeat."
How could I have contested that response? It was a game I could never have won from the start.
Even if I had racked my brain and mustered all my imagination to provide that answer, there surely would have been a more correct answer.
I admitted defeat and lowered my head.
I should have gently nibbled those playful yet wicked lips.
"I won, right? Its my victory~"
"Yeah..."
Even though I felt profoundly empty at this unreasonable game, if Heena was happy, then it was all alright.
After organizing the scattered Pepero sticks, I leaned back on the bed beside Heena, idly playing with my phone for a moment.
Yoonjung noona kept sending consecutive pictures taken with my brother in Jeju, so I was looking through them.
Heena might have been receiving the same messages from noona, I thought, but the moment I glanced away, a comic book was in Heena's hands.
"What's that? Didnt you say you dont read comics?"
"This? My sister lent it to me."
"Yoonjung noona did? Well, she did like comic books."
It wasn't so strange that noona had comic books, or that Heena was borrowing something from her, but the fact that it was a comic book was a bit surprising.
"It's a romance comic."
"Yeah~ It was really fun to read."
"What's it about?"
"Wanna see?"
When she handed it over to me, I quickly flipped through it. After about 2-3 minutes of fast browsing, I realized something strange.
"Its about dating in an amusement park."
"Yeah."
"But why are they only kissing? Wait, hold on. Why are they doing it on every page I turn to?"
"Right?"
"I've read a few romance comics that noona left at our house before, but Ive never seen one that so deliberately only shows this."
"Hehe, remember it well."
"Huh?"
When I turned to look at Heenas meaningful words, she pointed at the comic book and spoke.
"Tomorrows wish ticket, its going to be this."
"This?"
"I want to kiss while replicating what's happening here."
"Oh...?"
Hold on, they were really doing it everywhere in this.
"And were going to take pictures of all of it."
"Thats your wish?"
"Yes!"
"So, we'll kiss in situations similar to what's in this comic book, and we'll take pictures of all of it?"
"I'm looking forward to tomorrow~"
Do I have to kiss like the male lead in this comic?
I collected myself and quickly flipped back to the beginning of the comic to look again.
The student-like couple in this comic met at a subway station, and from there, a passionately intense kissing scene captured my attention.
Kissing while pressed against a pillar on the subway platform?
Is this for real?
Author's Note:
Its a wholesome Pepero game, yet your imaginations make me fearful. Perverts.