Love for Love's Sake - Chapter 60
Chapter 60
Cha Yeowoon cupped his hand above my forehead.
As a shadow cast over my eyes, the sight in front of me became clearer.
His golden eyes, burning with jealousy, were brighter than the sunlight they reflected. Without attempting to mask his surging anger, he took a deep breath and spoke in a remarkably soft voice, never once averting his gaze from me.
“My qualifying match is tomorrow morning.”
Despite me carefully pondering my response and missing the moment to address Cha Yeowoon’s petty jealousy, he shifted the conversation by bringing up the competition.
“I’ll come cheer you on.”
“I’ll win.”
“Yeah, I’m looking forward to it.”
“I didn’t forget to give you a gold medal.”
Hearing Cha Yeowoon’s overflowing confidence, I felt as if he would certainly be able to do that.
“I have something to give you too.”
“What is it?”
“I’ll give it to you after you win.”
I looked forward to Cha Yeowoon’s reaction after receiving it. My lips eased, forgetting the earlier tension.
“Senior said you like people that are cute.”
Cha Yeowoon, who had been watching me for a while, pouted.
“Cute, diligent, kind, and a pretty smile, right?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Senior said it was your ideal type.”
I vaguely remember saying something like that when we were studying for the midterm. Although it was vague to me, Cha Yeowoon seemed to have remembered every little detail.
“So, you probably don’t like the mature and sexy type?”
What was Cha Yeowoon talking about? The roulette in my mind spun around until it stopped at an answer. Mature and sexy, he must be talking about Choi Jinseo.
While talking about something else, his thoughts seemed to be on this.
I grabbed his hand that had been resting against my forehead and lowered it.
“Yeowooon, you’re going to get a sunburn.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Cha Yeowoon retorted grumpily.
“Also, Choi Jinseo came to see you.”
“Why would she chase senior if she’s here to see me?”
Cha Yeowoon heard that? He had good ears.
Worried about the sunlight, I led him to the shade beneath the trees. Since the shadow was short, we leaned against a tree shoulder to shoulder.
“She said you turned down the opportunity to be an advertising model.”
“I might have.”
“You might have?”
“I don’t remember the details; it was a hectic time.”
“She came this time to ask something similar.”
“You two were talking about that?”
The way Cha Yeowoon answered became strangely crooked again.
“I was going to ask you what you thought.”
“Senior like kind people.”
“Huh?”
“Cute and kind people don’t get jealous easily.”
Cha Yeowoon seemed more interested in the fact that Choi Jinseo and I had a conversation than the topic itself.
“So, I’m holding back.”
When I heard Cha Yeowoon’s serious tone that didn’t fit the situation, I was about to laugh.
“Jealous?”
Cha Yeowoon stared at me expressionlessly without answering.
His cool, stoic expression made him appear mature beyond his age. It was different from the irritation he had shown earlier. It was an expression I hadn’t seen from him until now.
The surrounding scenery blurred as if I was in a fast-moving car. My stomach felt uneasy.
This symptom wasn’t good.
My instinct was warning me: ‘Don’t get swallowed, Tae Myeongha.’
After resolving myself, I looked at Cha Yeowoon again.
The lump in my throat pounded. Maybe I was surprisingly weak to the sexy type.
“Are you staying with me?”
“…I guess so, probably?”
“I’ve never spent 5 days and 4 nights with senior before.”
“…”
“Annoying…”
Even complaints that were eventually voiced sound cute. Perhaps I was infatuated.
“I don’t want to act like a child.”
No. I was also vulnerable to the childish type.
Cha Yeowoon sighed in distress, leaning against me.
I wanted to kiss him.
He pointed to the tree as if reading my thoughts. Now we weren’t standing side by side but facing each other. That was always the case when our lips met.
In the distance, cicadas cried. The moment our lips touched, everything in front of me became hazy.
For the first time, when we brought our lips close, Cha Yeowoon naturally adjusted the angle. The tip of his tongue lightly licked my lower lip, emitting a warm breath.
“W-We can’t.”
After I pushed away the tightly approaching chest, Cha Yeowoon sent me a deep gaze with dewy eyes. I quickly lowered my gaze. I thought I would yield if I looked.
“We haven’t done anything yet. Just a kiss.”
“A kiss isn’t nothing.”
“Senior was planning to do more than this.”
“I haven’t? I don’t remember such a thing?”
As I tried to recall, Cha Yeowoon gently brushed his lips against my cheek.
“I told senior not to scam people.”
Cha Yeowoon’s voice was terribly attractive. It was precisely the voice he would use when he wanted to be persistent.
“It’s too bright now.”
I took a step back and escaped from the shade of the trees. I was afraid that if I didn’t do that, we would end up doing something in the park.
Cha Yeowoon sighed, expressing regret, and followed me, holding my hand. We had stopped and nothing happened, but I kept conversing with myself internally until we returned to the lodging. Ah, I was going crazy.
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What was love?
“Is it that amazing, Gyeonghun?”