Hwan was truly perplexed.
Everything was a perfect moment.
Pure white snow covered all sides. We held the hand of the most lovable person in the world and walked on it together. As if taking a picture of the future between the two, two pairs of bird footprints were placed side by side on the white snow.
I did everything I could with my eyes. I also heard the kite's laughter spreading in my ears several times. Yeon was obviously delighted.
In the end, I even politely sent it back.
If I had the same temperament, I would have hugged her right away and set up a wedding room.
'Anyway, this is the body that will become my woman before spring arrives.'
I thought that I would not be able to stand it again this time, as if I was chanting Buddhist prayers all winter.
Because I know that you will be in my arms after this night. Today, when you must be tired, I just wanted to let you go. I even felt a little proud of myself for thinking that.
So Hwan was proud that the moment was perfect for them.
Except that the roasted sweet potato was a bit cold.
That is, until Yeon grabbed the hem of his sleeve, shedding tears like jade beads.
"Hey, Mr. Yeon. Why do you do that? Did I hurt Yeon?"
Hwan asked, stunned.
He hurriedly put his hand on his tear-soaked cheek. Then the kite started to cry louder.
"Sigh, huh… . It's all my fault. There is nothing wrong with Hwan-nim... ."
So Hwan was in awe.
"Oh, no… . why are you crying Are you wrong? Mr. Yeon... . Mr. Yeon... ?"
My heart pounded, and it seemed as if it had fallen right in front of the general in the underground.
"Let's just go in. Let's go in and talk... ."
It must be cold for now, so I calmed my crying teeth and entered the big room.
But the tears showed no signs of stopping.
He grabbed my sleeve and started crying.
'By the way, why are you pretty even when you cry... . Fantastically.'
My heart ached so much that I was crying.
It was the first time in my life that I was so heartbroken seeing someone cry.
My heart seemed to break even more when a woman who was normally very strong was crying so sadly.
Even if it wasn't, he was the one who gave his whole heart this winter. Seeing such a person shed tears in front of me, Hwan seemed to finally know what it was like to have his heart ripped apart and tattered.
This.
This… .
'I'm sorry... .'
It was the first time Hwan had ever felt like that. He wanted to cry too.
"Yeon-nim, Yeon-nim… . don't cry My chest, Mr., is also in pain... ."
Hwan had a hard time because it was the first time he had comforted him, even though he had teased others more when they cried.
For now, I wiped away these tears with both hands. Still, it gushed like a pompom spring. I even licked it with my tongue just in case. Then it starts to flow like a waterfall.
"Our Yeon is nice. You don't cry anymore, pop!"
They even hugged and rocked each other as if to soothe a child.
She pressed her lips to her nose, which had been reddened by the cold weather, took off her socks, and wrapped her hands around the cold soles of her feet, squeezing them. My feet were so cold, and they seemed so small in his hands, all the more pitiful.
Then, Yeon-nim buried her face in his chest and wept loudly. In the end, Hwando lowered his head and cried out.
"Miss Ha... . Really, Mr. Yeon... . Why are you crying?"
Just like that, the two of them did all sorts of crazy things before finally calming down.
Hwan locked Yeon, who had started to hiccup, in his arms and continued to wipe his wet face.
"Why on earth were you crying? Didn't she just smile like a child? It is said that if you laugh and cry, hair grows in areas where you cannot speak. You surprised me."
I thought he was going in after having a good time, but he cried so much that hurt Hwan's heart. He felt sorry for Yeon and couldn't say anything sinful. What the hell was wrong, did I make a mistake, I thought about it for a thousand times.
Then, the lips of Yeon hidden inside the sleeve of the ring twitched.
"… Whoa, it's snowing... ."
"yes?"
Hwan was perplexed.
No, how can a person who is usually so smart and sensible to reason cry like this just because it snowed a little?
I couldn't understand Hwan's head.
"You said you cried because it snowed? why?"
The answer did not come easily this time.
Once again, Hwan shook the woman in his arms like a child. Only then did her published face, which had been hidden under the hem of her sleeve, come out.
"When it snows, spring comes. When spring comes... ."
Hwan had to strain his ears to hear Yeon's words. Yan's voice was small enough to fit into a rat's hole.
"… Hwan-nim will go away, right?"
As he spat out the last word, tears welled up in Yeon's eyes again, as if just imagining them.
"Huh… ."
Hwan wiped his face with the palm of his hand.
He was dumbfounded for a while. Feelings that cannot be expressed in words flooded me.
Soon, the corners of Hwan's lips twitched. It's affectionate, and it's also unique. Also, even if I was about to laugh because I was dumbfounded, seeing my wet face makes me feel like crying.
Hwan just hugged the kite and muttered.
"… I don't know where to start fixing the wrong part. Mr. Yeon."
"Just, don't fix it, gup!"
Yeon, as if embarrassed by what I said, buried her face in his chest again.
From Hwan's point of view, it was a matter of weeping.
What is this?
'I didn't intend to leave.'
Rather than leaving, he intended to coil himself in Yeon's heart and entangle him for the rest of his life. If you allow it, I was planning to start mating right away and see a row of offspring from this spring. You can't run away anywhere.
But I thought you would let me go when spring comes.
'With whom?'
I also felt a bit resentful.
Can't you see the man who fell on his feet while flirting with me until now? Where are you going to go alone, leaving behind a man whose life has been shortened because he did something he wouldn't normally do?
At that time, the kite was prickly in his arms, and he stuck out his head.
The tears had already stopped. There was something like determination in his widened eyes.
I felt like I was starting to get a sense of what I had done. Yeon's cheeks were slowly recognizing the reality and heating up. He had done something he wouldn't normally do, drunk from the night before and the outing a little while ago.
Yeon, who was flustered, was just as lovely.
'Ha, Mr. If I kissed you right now, I'd be slapped on the cheek.'
Hwan had been hitting his bat since before, pressing Na-Dae's heart and watching the amount of love.
It felt like a hot fireball had landed on my chest. With the same mind, I wanted to immediately press down on that delicate body and do more than I could bear to say.
It was a woman who had already been identified as mine. It was as if they had confirmed their feelings for each other.
That's how Hwan was in the middle of a rare worry.
The kite wriggled and came down from Hwan's lap.
"Please drop me off."
Hwan tried to sit on the floor again and again, refusing to pull and hug him again and again.
The ondol was still warm, so Hwan put up with the woman who wanted to sit on the floor.
The woman with her head down looked like a criminal. I don't know why her face is a mess from crying and her lips are swollen again.
Huan's fiery gaze was fixed on the crab. I wanted to ask about that.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
The soles of Hwan's impatient feet pounded the ondol floor.
Either that or not, the kite put the hwan in front and bowed first. Hwan awkwardly bowed and bowed.
I was blown away. what else is this Do you want to raise a wedding ceremony? However, once the kite came together, I did it too.
Kite sniffled, wiping away mucus.
"I will go out. Not right now... . I will leave after this winter passes and when spring comes."
The moment he heard that, Hwan jumped up.
"I beg your pardon!"
Unable to see his astonished expression, Yeon muttered as he wiped away his tears.
"I can't live like this. I can't harm you. I will go out."
Hwan lost his temper.
No, what the hell is wrong with this time?
Hwan cleared his throat and took a deep breath.
"Once, that… . Can you tell me why?"
Yeon raised her head. Her face was red. As soon as her eyes met, he immediately put them down.
"I am… . Hwan... ."
A cry filled Yeon's throat again. she shouted, making her face red with her new face.
"I fell in love. I'm in love with Hwan... !"
Hwan opened his mouth wide. Any mistake she made would almost roll her eyes. Her throat clenched and her heart pounded like crazy.
No, that's not a slope.
Even if you drink holy water, bow to your ancestors, and hold a wedding ceremony, you leave when it's not enough.
"I still don't know. Then shouldn't we live together more?"
Hwan asked with patience. I didn't even show off the fact that I wore a sarira along with my molars.
When I asked why, tears like chicken droppings fell from Yeon's eyes again.
After sobbing, Yeon, who wanted to take a deep breath, finally spoke.
"I actually… ."
The sound of the winter wind hitting the window paper echoed with the kite's voice.
Yeon confessed all the circumstances to Hwan.
In just a few minutes, Yeon told Hwan the story of her life in every detail.
Born as the younger brother of Rang, the head wolf. The story of a parent who was bitten by a mad bear. Work with brother-in-law Daegwang. In the meantime, he was kicked out of the group. From almost going through this winter alone without any connection, to meeting Hwan-nim, who was like a benefactor, and regaining her energy like this.
Hot tears flowed non-stop from Yan's eyes.
"Hwan. I am… . I'm actually not a human, I'm a beast. I pretended to be such a lowly beast and longed for Hwan-nim. I know I've done a bad thing. You did something really shameless."
Yeon knelt down in front of Hwan and cried. Lamentably, he squeezed her chest as if it were about to explode.
"You see? Actually, actually I am a beast. Wolf. It means you are not human."
While doing so, Yeon bowed her head, saying that we cannot achieve this.
Hwan stayed still for a while. In a way, it looked like someone who couldn't hear Yeon's words. He looked like he was thinking hard about something.
'It's over now.'
Yeon guessed from his reaction. Even if he was kicked out now, he had nothing to say. However, as Yeon straightened his posture and began to wipe away his tears, a low voice was heard.
"… Still, where should I do it?"
"… yes?"
sniff Yeon raised her head, not understanding what Hwan said.
Hwan's normal face smiled at me.
"Is there another beast like me here, I mean."
"yes… ?"
Yeon asked like an idiot.
"Yeon. You know I won the bet I made yesterday, right?"
Hwan said something different, like someone who couldn't understand what I was saying.
It was true that Hwan beat her in a bet that it would definitely snow.
Yeon nodded her head slightly.
"Do you remember what you bet on me yesterday?"
Yeon searched for the memory of the short story that came to mind only then.
"A sachet… You said you would take it."
"Then may I take this sachet?"
Yeon was bewildered. I couldn't understand how Hwan was strangely calm even while the tears were covering his eyes.
Until now, the person who took care of me thinking she was a poor woman was a beast, a wolf at that. How could she be so calm?
The kite, which was expected to be kicked out right away from the seat, hardened as it was. she answered at once.
"Yes, yes… ."
And then it was.
You can take it. As soon as Yeon gave permission, Hwan reached out his hand.
widely-!
The sachet, which had been sitting like a scar on the nape of Yeon's neck, fell off in an instant.
There was nothing to do. Yeon opened her lips when she saw that the sachet that had fallen from her body was in Hwan's hand.
"ah… !"
Unknowingly, Yeon hugged her chest as if defending her hands. The fact that her sachet came off made her feel as if she had been stripped off her feet for some reason.
Hwan held the sachet and smiled. I glared at the sachet as if it were my enemy, and was crushed by the scented candle in the room.
Chi-Ik-!
The sachet in Hwan's palm burned up in an instant. The smell of burning sachets and burning flesh tickled Yeon's nose.
"Wow, Mr. Hwan!"
Yeon jumped out in surprise and examined Hwan's hand.
"What, what are you doing!"
I cried and looked at Hwan's hand. Sure enough, the sachet pouch left in his hand had turned to a handful of black ashes.
"It's like defeating enemies."
Hwan smiled at her.
A normal human would not have been able to see anything because the candlestick that had just been burning had gone out, but the kite was different.
"You won't need this sachet from now on."
Hwan said in a clear voice.
The candle had been extinguished, but his eyes, looking at the kite, were burning hotter than ever.