Chapter 23: Overflowing Heart(5)

Drop, drop.

Drops of water dripping from my hair soak the floor.

The floor is soaked with the water that the two of us drop on the shoe rack.

As I take off my damp shoes, a sticky feeling comes up from my wet feet.

I step inside and let out a gloomy voice.

“Ugh… I really hate this…”

Ji-bin puts the wet plastic bag down on the shoe rack behind me.

He follows me inside and grumbles along with me.

“Why is it raining at that time? It would have come if I had just come home. Then I wouldn’t have gotten wet.”

“That’s why! Luck is really…”

It was less than 5 minutes away, but if it had rained a little later, it might not have happened.

If it had, something different might have happened.

I’ve never had luck since I was a kid.

Even in mobile gacha games like that, I’ve never pulled out without hitting the ceiling….

Still, I’m a gentleman.

I try to think in a positive way.

But what’s wrong with getting a little lucky?

If it had rained the moment I left the market, I wouldn’t have been able to get home.

“But is it okay to go inside like this?”

Ji-bin stood at the shoe rack, looking at the water dripping from his clothes.

“Ah… Wait?”

I quickly walked through the room and headed to the bathroom.

Then I took out two towels from the cupboard, wrapped one around my head, and handed the other to him.

“Here, take it.”

“Thank you.”

Ji-bin took the towel from me and roughly wiped the dripping water off.

After wiping his head, neck, and arms, he took off his socks and wiped his feet.

I stared at him as I wiped my body from the side.

Through his wet shirt, I could see the white innerwear he was wearing underneath.

And inside, I could barely see his flesh-colored lining, stimulating my gaze.

What are you looking at… right now… you idiot…

At this rate, I’m no different from Yoon Ji-bin, the pervert I usually curse at.

I turned my head slightly, blaming myself, but my eyes kept looking in Ji-bin’s direction.

If I had been wearing an eye tracker like the ones they use on TV, I might have caught him.

To be honest, I felt a little sexy seeing Ji-bin wet.

I shook off my lewd thoughts and ran back to the bathroom.

Then I took out another towel and threw it at him.

Ji-bin looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“Why?”

“Your shirt is white, so I can see inside. Cover it up.”

When I said that, Ji-bin made a blank face as if he was dumbfounded.

“Why don’t you just not look? Are you an idiot?”

“Oh. If you tell me to cover it up, then cover it up!”

… That’s because it doesn’t work! You idiot.

How can you not understand when I say it once?

Then Ji-bin glared at me and quickly threw the towel back at me.

I stared at him, dumbfounded.

“What? Why are you giving it back? I told you to cover it up.”

“…If you’re going to cover it up, then cover it up. You idiot.”

“What?”

“Cover up your dress.”

… My dress?

At his words, I lowered my head and looked at my dress.

Because it was summer clothes, the thin material of the one-piece dress was soaking wet even though it was black and clinging to my body.

My pure white bra was visible through the gap.

“Gyaaaah!”

I screamed and covered the front of the one-piece dress with the towel Ji-bin gave me.

… Huh, since when did I start seeing inside?

I was so worried about Ji-bin that I didn’t think that I could see through it myself.

Why do you think about something so simple… Are you really an idiot?

Of course, since I was as wet as Ji-bin, my clothes would be showing through too.

Maybe I let my guard down because the one-piece dress was black.

I was embarrassed to raise my head, so I lowered my head and asked him in a low voice.

“Did you… see…?”

There was no comment on what he saw.

Ji-bin was embarrassed to look me in the face.

He turned his head and answered me, “It was white? Black and white is a national combination.”

“I asked you if you saw it. When did I ask you to tell me the color?”

“But is it true that women don’t wear matching underwear? Wait a minute, isn’t that white underneath?”

“You crazy bastard! Listen to me!”

…Ahh… Where on earth did you hear that information?

I threw the wet towel I was using to wipe my hair at his face.

I was confused by the sexual harassment that didn’t know the line.

My face heated up again in embarrassment.

Even the bad guys among the viewers watching the broadcast couldn’t do it as much as Ji-bin.

…Hehe. Anyway, you saw it! Ji-bin saw my underwear…

No matter how long we’ve been together, it’s embarrassing to show your underwear to the opposite s*x.

Especially if it’s a guy you like.

“…Forget it… Yoon Ji-bin… Just empty your mind… Or I’ll empty it for you.”

Is there something bothering you? I can’t see my head to see you.

“I’m not so scared of it.”

There is no chest! I don’t want to be breastless either.

If there was a problem, it was my mother’s fault for giving birth to me like this.

As I was arguing pointlessly with Ji-bin, I could feel my body getting colder.

… It’s a little chilly.

Anyone would feel that way if they got rained on, but it was my constitution that was the problem.

My body would cool down and heat up very quickly.

Ji-bin would notice my strange behavior even while joking around and then say with a slightly serious face, “Hey. Are you cold? Right now.”

Huh? Uh… A little…”

“Your lips are blue now. Hurry up and wash first. You’ll catch a cold.”

Where did the mischievous boy go just now?

Ji-bin, who was worried about me like a mature older brother in an instant.

… How can people change so quickly?

No matter how much I wanted to hate him, I couldn’t hate him.

“No… But you’re wet too… Wash me first.”

Since we lived alone, there was only one bathroom.

It would be the same for both of us to feel cold.

I felt guilty about washing up first.

“I’m fine, so wash up first. Your body cools down really quickly. I don’t want to see you whining because you got wet in the rain.”

…That’s why you said things like this annoy you.

Why do you remember and take care of all that? You usually act like you don’t care about me at all. Only at times like this.

I bit my lip and asked him, “Then what are you going to do…?”

But I felt uncomfortable leaving him shivering outside while I was washing up.

I thought about turning on the boiler and telling him to stay inside.

“Me? I should go outside.”

“Outside? Why outside? It’s still raining right now.”

Ji-bin said something so out of the blue as if it were a given.

I wondered what he was talking about, so I asked him back.

“Dam and your mom are still outside. Why don’t you go get an umbrella while you’re wet?”

… Ah. Did Ji-bin think about that for a moment?

I didn’t even think about my mom because I was focused on my own discomfort.

Unlike his usual behavior that seemed rough, he was delicate and considerate.

I couldn’t help but admire Ji-bin’s behavior.

“No. You should wash up. I’ll go and see Mom.”

No matter what, I couldn’t make Ji-bin do something like that.

Even though we were like family, Ji-bin wasn’t really my family.

As I said that and tried to head to the front door, Ji-bin grabbed my arm with his cold hand and pushed me back to the other side of the room.

“Oh my. You’re a filial daughter. That’s enough. Hurry up and wash up. I’ll be back.”

“Hey! I’m really going!”

“That’s enough!”

And before I knew it, he quickly put on his shoes, grabbed his umbrella from the shoe rack, and disappeared out the front door.

He left me alone, staring blankly at his back.

The house was empty.

The air had become quiet.

“Haaah…”

I grabbed my arm that he had been holding with one hand and felt the remaining warmth.

I leaned against the wall and squatted down on the floor as if it was dripping down my body.

My face turned red as if I had a bad cold or something.

“…You said I wasn’t that great. But why are you so kind to me… Yoon Ji-bin… you bad kid…”

If only you had treated me rudely, if you had treated me badly, I would have just given up.

No, even if he wasn’t bad, if he hadn’t been this nice to me… bad guy.

Yoon Ji-bin. Bad kid.

I held my reddened face with my hands and just muttered these words, resenting Ji-bin.

… Recalling again that this was the reason I couldn’t give up on him for 8 years.