No matter how close you are, looking into each other’s eyes for a long time without saying a word is awkward.

It’s even more so when there’s a screen emitting groans.

A hazy yet dreary atmosphere lingered in the room.

“…..”

I felt awkward because I kept looking into Jibin’s eyes without saying a word.

But he didn’t seem to be like that.

Jibin stared into my eyes clearly and didn’t blink once as if he wouldn’t give in.

Then he said to me, “What is this? Is this a staring contest?”

“Where was that atmosphere just now… What the…”

Wasn’t it definitely awkward?

His sudden quarrel made me feel empty, as if my heart was pounding.

Anyway, if I stayed in this space, this awkward feeling wouldn’t go away.

So I asked him for his opinion to lighten the mood.

“Can you stop for a moment? I need to go to the bathroom.”

Jibin made a suspicious face.

“…A bathroom at this time? That’s suspicious. This.”

He asked me that.

At first, I couldn’t understand what was suspicious at all.

Then I realized it when I saw his strange gaze, alternately looking at the screen and me.

I realized it was Jibin’s usual nonsense, so I answered,

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but just die. It’s better for society if you die.”

“Why? Do you know what I said?”

“You don’t have to know. Just die.”

No. Actually, I understood what he meant.

It was just a joke that I didn’t want to understand.

Jibin ignored my diss and still froze the screen.

But he really listens to me at times like this.

After confirming that the screen had frozen, I quickly took off my feet to head to the bathroom.

But maybe it was because I was in a hurry…

“Huh..?”

I took my first step wrong and twisted my ankle slightly.

Naturally, I felt a slight pain and lost my balance, falling forward.

The pain in my feet wasn’t severe, so it was okay.

I was thankful, but the problem was that I had already completely lost my balance.

If this continued, I might just hit my head on the floor…

That was the moment I expected.

Suddenly, something roughly pulled my arm and yanked me to the opposite side.

Of course, my body, which had already lost its balance, changed direction and fell down as it was pulled.

I fell down.

“What a surprise. Why did you suddenly fall down and make a fuss? I barely caught you.”

…I ended up sitting on Jibin’s lap.

Of course, it was Jibin who pulled me up and helped me not to fall.

However, this position was a little awkward.

What kind of position is this?

It felt like I was sitting on Jibin, using him as a chair.

I was hugged by him like a teddy bear that had quickly entered the girl’s arms.

Whoa.

Jibin’s light breathing tickled my ear and sent shivers down my spine.

My heart was pounding so loudly that I was afraid he would hear it.

Ahh… why in this situation…

Maybe because I was watching a strange scene just now, it was even more awkward and embarrassing.

I had thought about not letting go of Jibin’s arms earlier, but my wish came true in a strange way, like a monkey’s paw.

I had no idea how I could get out of this situation.

Should I pretend not to know and quickly get up?

I couldn’t find the timing, so I crossed my legs for a moment, but Jibin whispered in my ear,

“… Don’t move too much from above. Or get up quickly.”

“Huh?” I turned my head and looked up at him, flustered by Jibin’s request.

Jibin was looking at me with a slightly troubled expression.

And I soon realized.

Why was Jibin, who was usually so calm and witty, sounding so troubled?

We weren’t in a relationship where we should be so flustered by this level of skinship.

And my thoughts were right.

I felt the firm texture through my shorts… I felt it.

If I were a kid who didn’t know anything, I would have asked if I had put something in my pocket.

But I am an adult woman, and I have a good understanding of male physiology through various creative works.

So… I also knew what was going on.

“You, you, you, you, you, really…?”

“I told you not to move. It’s dangerous.”

“Ugh, ugh. Ugh.”

I was so flustered that my lips let out a strange sound like a broken recorder.

Beep.

As if the kettle was boiling, the heat was rising from under my feet.

And my face was blushing as red as it could be.

I screamed in his arms, “You pervert!”

“Hey. There’s nothing I can do! When men see things like that, they just reflexively react.”

“T, but… ugh.”

Jibin pointed to the scene on the screen in front of him and explained to me as if he was being unfair.

It wasn’t that I didn’t understand Jibin’s words.

The man knew to some extent that it was an act of God.

That… what should I say… I heard that you can’t control the rush of blood… but… aaaaaahhhhh…

And what he said after that was even more bizarre.

“And you were on top of me and rubbing yourself. What do you want me to do?”

“Rubbing? What do you mean rubbing yourself! Are you crazy! Haaaaaaah!”

Unable to overcome the shame, I jumped up on his lap.

I really felt like my butt was going to explode.

The slight sensation I felt under my shorts was so vividly etched into my mind.

Maybe it was a feeling I would never forget.

“Enough! Just skip that scene while I go to the bathroom!”

I thought that if I saw that scene any longer, I would only have strange thoughts.

So I gave Jibin an order, and he hurriedly ran to the bathroom.

I can’t handle this heat if I don’t wash my face with cold water.

I should go to the bathroom and wash my face with cold water a hundred times.

As I walked around the sofa, I heard Jibin’s voice from behind me.

“Okay. But this is a bit strange.”

I turned around to respond to his words.

Then Jibin pointed to the scene on the screen that hadn’t been turned off yet.

“Isn’t that a very similar position to ours just now? That one?”

By that, he was referring to the position I had been sitting on his lap.

Honestly, I didn’t want to admit it, but it was too similar.

That’s why my steps towards the bathroom stopped in their tracks.

It’s similar… why are you telling me this now…!

After all, that just happened!

“Die die die die! Just throw it away!”

“Hey, don’t throw toilet paper! It’ll be a pain to roll it back up if it comes loose!”

“Then don’t say things like that! You crazy pervert!”

I grabbed the toilet paper roll on the desk and threw it at him.

[Listen carefully. I’m not talking to you. I’m a human.]

…Wow. That’s cool.

Park Ki-hoon hung up the phone with that cool line and left the airport again.

And soon enough, the ending credits rolled.

The screening that lasted over 8 hours was over.

It was quite a long time, but I felt like I really watched it without taking a breath and was absorbed in it.

I looked at the names of the cast and crew falling on the screen and asked Yua,

“How was it? Honestly, was it fun?”

“…Yeah. I think I know why people told me to watch it.”

As a salesperson, I felt satisfied that I had successfully sold another person on the octopus game.

Her eyes were already wet.

That’s because she had already cried once before.

“But where on earth was the point of crying? I don’t understand.”

Does she just cry in every movie?

Does she have a disease that prevents her from controlling her crying, the opposite of Joker?

I didn’t cry when I first saw it.

When I asked her out of curiosity, Yua sniffled and answered,

“That North Korean defector girl dying earlier… sigh… when the little kid named Cheol was left with her grandmother… when was my sister coming… sigh… what should I do…”

That’s it.

Well, honestly, it was a bitter part.

I didn’t know that was the point where she would cry so much.

I’ll skip over Rikyuel’s zero-back tears because they were so famous.

Even when playing a story game, she would cry whenever there was a slightly sad scene and couldn’t progress.

I handed her the tissue she threw at me earlier.

“Just wipe away the tears.”

“Yeah, thank you.”

Maybe because she was emotional, she honestly expressed her gratitude.

She dabbed her tears with a tissue and blew her nose clean.

“Oh. It’s refreshing. It’s loud. It’s loud.”

And at my words, Yua paused for a moment, holding a tissue to her nose.

Only then did she remember that I was there, and she turned to me with a creaking motion.

“… Pretend you didn’t hear that.”

She said that, embarrassed.

It was a scene she’d seen countless times anyway.

Well, it wasn’t like the illusion was going to break now.

But it didn’t end there.

Growling.

I heard the sound of a hungry person crying for food.

“What? Did it thunder somewhere?”

“… Ugh.”

I looked out the window covered with padding as if I didn’t know.

Yua covered her face with an indignant expression.

“It’s really the worst… blowing her nose and making a gurgling sound… Ugh.”

We’ve been together for over 10 years, and she’s still embarrassed by something like that.

It’s strange, but it makes me think that she’s a woman.

I can’t just leave Yua feeling frustrated, so I change the subject.

“If you’re hungry, eat something. Actually, I’m hungry too.”

“…Yeah. I only drank cola for 8 hours…”

Actually, all we drank was a can of Zero cola.

I was so exhausted from watching the drama that it was over by the time I came to my senses.

So I couldn’t even think about what to eat.

“What should I order? What do you want to eat?”

“Anything, I don’t really care…”

The most difficult menu came out. Anything.

But I knew how to deal with this situation.

The moment I said I’d eat anything, I’d immediately say the magic line.

“Really? Then I’ll have a hamburger.”

It was a secret I learned from the internet.

If I said anything, I’d just order a hamburger.

If I said anything, she’d panic and say no…

That’s what I was thinking.

“A hamburger? Yeah… I’ll have that.”

Yua really didn’t care about anything, so she answered like that.

What the. She wasn’t a hamburger.

After finishing the awkward shadow boxing alone, I really ordered a hamburger.

After talking a little with Yua about the octopus game, the delivery man received a message right away.

It said that the shared front door call wasn’t working.

“Right. The shared entrance. I’ll just step out for a bit?”

“Oh, yeah.”

I forgot that again.

It’s quite annoying.

I get up from my seat and drag my slippers outside.

Since we live in a shared studio apartment, it’s kind of awkward to tell them the password.

Even if I had it delivered, I had to go all the way to the first-floor entrance to get it.

“Huh. I wonder when they’ll fix that.”

I get my hamburger from the delivery man and get on the elevator.

Then I press the door lock number on my door again and go inside.

There it was.

A pink twin-tailed succubus model.

Or to be exact, Yu-ah standing right in front of my closet, holding a Rikyuel SD acrylic stand.

When she noticed me opening the door and coming in, staring at her with a bewildered expression, she looked at me in surprise.

Yu-ah looked at the acrylic stand in her hand with trembling eyes… and opened her small lips.

“Hey. Yoon Ji-bin. What… is this?”

Why on earth is that in Yu-ah’s hand…?

While I was bewildered and my hands were loose…

With a thud, the hamburger bag I was holding fell to the floor.