Fidgeting her fingers and licking her dry lips Se-Young was thinking what to say and although she did not want to be in a relationship, she did not have any proper reason to refuse him just for a date as he asked it for the sake of their friendship. “Ok, three dates.” she reminded him.
“Yes, three dates.” Jae-In smiled at her again and ruffled her hair and unwillingly she compared his touch with Dong-Hoon’s and her heart did not flutter like last night.
She internally screamed at herself to stop thinking about Dong-Hoon and while they were talking to each other, Yoon-Hwa was listening to everything. “Should I spread the news or not, tee-hee.” she giggled knitting funny stuff in her mind as she had already sensed the attraction both Jae-In and Dong-Hoon held for Se-Young in their eyes.
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Feeling comfortable and warm Tae-Hoon snuggled himself into something, he frowned his eyebrows realizing he was holding onto someone.
Opening his left eye slightly he saw Hani sitting on the bed and sleeping peacefully, getting into full consciousness he widened his eyes and kept staring at her in bewilderment with his mouth slightly ajar and unknowingly, the “o” shape of his mouth changed into a small smile. It was the second time he was staring at her sleeping self and he could not agree more than just her sleeping face could provide warmth to one’s restless heart.
He still had a minor headache and his stomach was rumbling so he quietly was removing his hands from her waist but since one of his arms was behind her back, she woke up. "Oh, how are you feeling now.” she said placing her hand on his forehead.
Tae-Hoon just kept blinking his eyes while observing her gestures. “It is better than before but your temperature is still slightly high. Right, you did not take the medicine.” Hani noticed the tray on the side table.
Meanwhile, Tae-Hoon’s stomach made a rumbling noise and both of them looked at each other into the eyes and burst into laughter. “Wait, I will get the porridge warmed.” she was about to get up but Tae-Hoon pulled her hand.
“It is fine, I can eat it just like that.” he smiled at her.
She swallowed at the contact. “No... no, it will not be that effective. I will get it warmed in five minutes.” and she rushed out of the room taking the bowl of porridge with her.
Tae-Hoon again smiled looking at her back. He saw the bowl of water and wet towel, biting his lips, he could not name the feelings inside of him whether it was gratitude or something else.
Soon Hani came back with the heated porridge and placed it on the side table and helped Tae-Hoon to sit. “Thank you... for taking care of me.” Hani just smiled shyly and gave him the bowl after placing it on the tray.
As soon as Tae-Hoon put the spoon in his mouth, he hissed as his tongue got burnt because of its high temperature, he even spilled some on his chin. “Oh, tsk, give it to me.” she took the bowl from him again and sat beside him.
She took the handkerchief from the side table and wiped the side of his mouth. “You don’t need to.” Tae-Hoon resisted when she was blowing onto the porridge to settle its temperature.
“It is perfectly fine, you took care of me as well.” she kept feeding him and his eyes never left her face. After that, she made him take the medicine and rest again and when he slept again, she kept admiring his face while smiling to herself.
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It was Wednesday and Dong-Hoon was having his meeting with Mr. Choi. The architecture, the scenery, and most importantly the fact that nature around the resort model was not going to be in danger at all, made Mr. Choi really impressed.
"Well, I must say I was going to do a very foolish mistake by losing this deal. My land would stay beautiful in your hands then I don't have any complaints from you." since he was too attached with his land, he felt reassured now that Dong-Hoon was capable.
"It is our pleasure that we could come up to your expectations." Dong-Hoon politely smiled and the deal was sealed there. He could not feel any prouder, he had managed to take the first step in creating the resort, which would be his own first work.
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~A few days later~
“Should I call him?” “What if I will look too desperate?” “Does he even remember I exist?” Yoo-Na kept whining while shaking Yoo-Jin with his arm.
“Sis, my head is spinning, leave me alone and since when do you care about these kinds of stuff. You even kissed him without his consent.” he said rolling his eyes and BOOM, she smacked his head. “You... I will kill you one day with my bare hands.” she strangled his neck and wriggled it.
“That would be better than the regular torture of yours.” he said in a vibrating tone as she was still shaking him. “I will torture you more if you will not tell me what to do.” she warned him.
“What do you want to know?” he asked, getting annoyed.
“Where did you go for your second date.” she asked.
Frowning his eyebrows, he asked, “Why the second date?”
“Because you almost dump everyone after the first one.” she said giving him a sarcastic smile.
“It is not like this is your first relationship, you used to go on dates a lot in the past.” Yoo-Jin cleared his throat as Yoo-Na glared at him for mentioning her ex.
“Ok, fine, fine, you guys should just go watch a movie.”
“Movie.” Yoo-Na frowned.
“Yes, movie.”
“Then tell me what kind of movie he likes.” she asked squinting her eyes and leaving his neck finally. Yoo-Jin was about to say something but an evil idea popped into his mind. “He likes romcom.” and he smirked.
“Romcom, it does not seem to be that way.” she mumbled to herself. “Anyways, I need to go.” she pinched his puffy cheeks tightly and ran away leaving him behind groaning and cursing.