Vol. 1 - Ch. 8

The weather is nice today; he said it in such an awkward tone, as light as he could, as if greeting.“Uh, sorry. I think I heard it wrong. What did you just say?”

“My age. It is 20.”

“…”

Right. I didn’t hear it wrong.

He acted so proudly that I was at a loss for words.

“I think, well, 20 years is… I am sorry, but you look a lot younger than that. Won’t you be around 16 and not 20?”

Even though I tried to speak in a nice way, Ja-hyun shot back at me.

‘I am not curious about what you think.”

Ah, right.

“...”

It is ridiculous-truly ridiculous.

“Right, well…”

What can I do when I am powerless? Whether I am ridiculous or not, it isn’t important.

“Age isn’t important when it comes to socializing.”

Since we are in a situation where we have to win his favor, it is clear that if he says this side is the best, this side is the best.

‘And well…’

It wasn’t that I didn’t understand why Ja-hyun was being like this.

It was impossible that there had been a mirror or something like that, and even if he had never seen his face since he lost his memory, it would be difficult to estimate the age even if he had memories of his past life.

Until he got better and was able to understand the situation to some extent, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to adjust the timing accordingly.

Having come to this conclusion, I gently lifted my ass from the edge of the bed.

“So, was your question sufficiently answered?”

“…”

‘Is it my turn to ask the question now?”

“…”

“Are you not hungry? I think it is time for you to get hungry.”

“…”

Umm. I glanced at Ja-hyun.

He was just looking into the distance at the window with an expression on his face that made no sense as to what he was thinking.

“I will interpret silence as compliance.”

I got up in frustration. Then I gave a pretentious smile to Ja-hyun, whose eyes met mine, and walked to the table provided in each room.

I thought it was improper to even get him something, so I took out the small table from underneath. It was once used to carry meals to the second guest room.

After placing the porridge bowl, cutlery, and water glass neatly on the table, I headed back to the bed.

“Now, here.”

I put down the small plate in front of Ja-hyun, who was watching me blankly.

He glanced at my face and then turned his gaze to the table without saying a word.

Was it because it took so long for him to let his guard down? Unlike when I just entered the room, the porridge is now cold.

“You won’t eat it?”

“…”

I wondered if that was the reason why he didn’t pick up the spoon, so I sat back down on the bed and said something.

“Right. I told you to eat it before it gets cold.”

“Who said what?”

Ja-hyun responded briefly.

No, well, it wasn’t… I was mumbling frowning when I saw Ja-hyun not taking the spoon again.

Woah, he doesn’t listen at all.

No, in this case, should I say he has too many doubts?

“Are you afraid of it not tasting good?”

I placed one hand on the end and brought my upper body closer to him.

“Or are you afraid of me poisoning it?”

I felt Ja-hyun's eyes looking at me.

I pretended not to care and kept my focused gaze on the bowl.

“You have a lot of doubts. Would you believe it if I took the first bite?”

After saying that, I picked up the spoon on the table.

‘uh?’

The spoon that I thought was in my fingers disappeared in a split.

Where did it go? I rolled my eyes and saw the spoon I was looking for between the fingers of Ja-hyun. At the same time, I heard a sound like the wind was moving.

“Doubt for what?”

“…”

“Do you think I didn’t know that you are a very weak human who has never even seen a drop of blood on your hands?”

Then why? When I looked at him, Ja-hyun responded by pushing the bowl to a distance.

No, he answered too.

“I just don’t like it. Why do I have to eat porridge like this? It is obvious I am losing my appetite by seeing it.”

“…”

“If you are going to treat me well, do it right. The work itself looks haphazard.”

Ja-hyun mumbled like that, and one corner of her mouth twitched.

‘… Ugh, what?’

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Was it because I suddenly received a personal attack on me? He said I wasn’t good. Or maybe I just cannot figure out why he was smiling?

Despite my hesitant reaction, Ja-hyun continued to say what he wanted to say.

“Forget the meal; get me some drinks. No need for snacks, just alcohol… No, I will not be looking for some expensive alcohol in this rundown guesthouse, so just serve plain alcohol.”

“…”

I was silent, just like Ja-hyun was, until a moment ago.

But Ja-hyun seemed to have no intention of closing his mouth, which he didn’t want to talk about until a moment ago.

He asked, then what was my answer?

“I told you to put this away and bring me drinks.”

Then, with a frown, he mumbled,

“This smell is disgusting.”

No, what? What did you…?

My head was so hot that I couldn’t think straight.

After remaining silent for a long time, I silently reached out and grabbed his wrist.

“…?”

The other person, who had clearly been obedient, followed my touch and turned his hand over to pull back.

I took the spoon out of his grasp and then used my other hand to ruffle out Ja-hyun’s hair.

Even though I didn’t touch my forehead, sweat appeared on the palms of my hand, which was brushing against him.

“This.”

I held my sweaty palm close to Ja-hyun’s eyes, as if to show.

I didn’t know if I could clearly see because his hair was moving back and forth in our fight, but I didn’t care and continued.

“Can you not feel the heat rising in your body? This is because you pushed your body today.”

Ja-hyun snorted.

“This much is…”

“Listen.”

I cut off his words.

“You child, your fever is rising and you haven’t had a thing for 2 days, so your stomach is empty. What good will drinking do now?”

“…”

“Then what are you going to do if you get sick? You know that I will be the only one suffering,

right?”

“…”

Ja-hyun’s face showed that he didn’t know the extent of his thoughts.

Without waiting for him to answer, I opened my mouth again.

“Stop bragging and eat the non-tasty porridge when given. Don’t worry about regretting the stuff later.”

Thinking that the porridge would get cold if the argument continued like this, I took the bowl of porridge, placed it in front of him, and scooped up a spoon full of porridge.

Fearing that it might fall on the blanket, I held it down with the left hand and brought the spoon to Ja-hyun’s mouth.

“What are you going to do?”

Ja-hyun let out a sharp voice.

“What are you doing?”

I had no intention of giving up. This is due to the fact that I didn’t sense any intention of harming me in the way he unconsciously pulled back.

“Ah, I am telling you.”

“…”

“It seems like you are too weak to eat with your hands, so I will be feeding you. Now, hurry up and do it.”

Hurry up.

I urged Ja-hyun by shaking the spoon just enough to keep the contents from shaking.

“If this continues, my arm will fall off too. Do you want to eat it or not?”

In the end, I pressed the tip of a spoon gently on Ja-hyun’s cracked lower lip.

“…”

Ja-hyun didn’t open his mouth till the end.

So, while I was wondering if I should give it one more try, I suddenly felt a weight on my fingertips and saw Ja-hyun right in front of me with his mouth open like a baby bird.

After defeating the target, he closed the mouth again and returned the body to its original position.

“It doesn’t taste as good as it looks.”

“…”

“The smell is bad too.”

If I could really squeeze in just one, I would have no wish. I protested sticking my spoon into the porridge bowl.

“It's because you don’t feel well at the moment. Since you have a lack of appetite, This is amazingly delicious.”

“I don’t think so.”

“…”

Eun-ri, be patient; he is still a kid.

Let’s just look over this, okay?

I gathered myself up like that and took a deep breath.

“So, I don’t have to keep putting it in your mouth, okay? Now eat it yourself.”

I pushed the bowl of porridge with the spoon at an angle in front of him.

Of course, I did this because I knew he would reply that he would eat alone.

But the MC of this world had an amazing personality, which far exceeded my expectations.

“No?”

“What?”

“I cannot be eating it alone by myself, so keep going.”

I just stared blankly at his shameless words.

He is now… Was he being serious? He wants me to spoon-feed him. Why? Do you really have no strength in your hands?

For a moment, I was confused by various thoughts. As I looked at his trembling eyes, I noticed that the corners of his lips were moving to the side.

That guy is making fun of me, right? Uh? I wasn’t seeing this wrong, right?

“Eat it yourself!”

It wasn’t my intention, but I ended up speaking louder than I imagined.

Fortunately, Ja-hyun was still smiling, perhaps because he was offended.

“Why? Wasn’t it you who said you would feed me?”

“Forget it… Stop joking around and eat it quickly before the porridge gets colder.”

“You seem quite capricious.”

Ja-hyun, who laughed once, then began to eat the porridge in a surprisingly obedient manner.

A quiet meal continued without any noise.

I was quite relieved that he no longer told me nonsense about asking me to feed him porridge or anything.

Did Ja-hyun say everything in the actual story or something he wouldn’t say to Eun-ri, so I had a hard time deciding how to treat him. It was the same with the scuffle a little while ago.

‘Well, time will take care of that.’

In that regard, I decided to take it easy a little.

We will be together for at least a year.

Even though our first meeting was a bit different from the original, it was all we could do from now on to follow the original.

“There, you are.”

He hinted at it not being tasty as he finished the porridge.

But the other person didn’t even pretend to listen and washed his mouth with water.

He didn’t seem to be interested in this at all, but since both ears were intact, I continued talking under the assumption that he was listening.

“Listen while you eat, I…”

Ja-hyun slightly removed his mouth from the glass and answered something I didn’t ask.

‘Don’t feel like hearing it.”

“We don’t even know each other’s names yet. Listen. You know my name is Eun.”

‘I said I don’t want to hear it.”

“…”

In the end, I had no choice but to ask him a question out of curiosity.

“Wait, why do you not want to hear it? What is the problem?”

“Do I have to listen to your screeching voice even when I am eating?”

“Yes, sorry for that. I will speak calmly without raising my voice, so listen.”

“Hmm…”

Gulp/ gulp. Instead of an answer, the sound of drinking water followed.

“…”

The possessed person, who is currently living his 2nd life, recalled that it was the first time in his life that he had a conversation partner he was so exhausted by.