3. One step, two steps.

After washing and coming out, the room was clean and tidy.

Kyunghee seemed to be waiting for a moment as she was lying on the bed.

I looked in the living room to see if the table hadn’t been set, and the table was set.

To be honest, I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it, but I was surprised to clean up and set the table.

“Are you used to doing housework?”

“Yeah. Is it because Siwoo learned from you? Now I can do well.”

“What do you want to do? Do you want to eat and wash, or do you want to wash and eat?”

“I want to eat and wash up. I set the table for that.”

After Kyunghee got out of bed, she was immediately embraced by me.

Then, as if I liked the smell of my body that I had just showered, I started to smell it.

To be honest, I wanted to keep hugging her, but I couldn’t help it because I was hungry.

So after eating, I said that I would give her a hug, and I started eating with the side dish Kyunghee made yesterday as a side dish.

The side dishes were a little strong, but they were tasty enough.

“Now, Kyung-hee, you can take over the cooking.”

“really?!”

“Yes. To be honest, you’re good at cooking now too. Ah. Come to think of it, I have to keep that word.”

“What do you mean?”

“You asked me to keep you full. You, Kyung-hee.”

“It’s okay. Even if Siwoo doesn’t cook, I’m happy just eating together.”

“Is that going to happen?”

“Even if it’s not that, it’s okay because you bought the ingredients.”

“That’s how it works.”

“yes!”

Kyunghee’s ears perked up.

Every moment spent with me seemed precious.

Looking at it, I felt a little strange, so I quickly finished eating and washed the dishes.

Meanwhile, Kyung-hee started taking a shower.

He came out of the shower and said he would push the vacuum cleaner, so he finished washing the dishes without pushing the vacuum cleaner.

But something was strange.

Usually around this time, it’s time for Kyunghee to leave the shower, but she didn’t come out of the bathroom.

The reason was immediately clear.

“……I’ll ask for you.”

“It’s Kyunghee.”

“yes……?”

“Can I have a little laugh?”

“Ooh, don’t laugh…”

Her hair was too fuzzy, so she called for help.

I honestly thought it was something that could happen.

Kyeong-hee’s hair, which was already down to her waist, was swollen because she was in a good mood.

It was natural that he couldn’t wash it all by himself.

No, even after washing it, it was clear that he would not be able to dry it alone.

“……………………………”

“cute.”

“no.”

I remembered the first time Kyunghee came here.

Even then, Kyunghee sat in the bathtub and turned her back to me.

But now it was different.

Kyeong-hee at that time was really unstable, but now Kyeong-hee looked incredibly happy.

Rather, I thought about it while washing my hair.

It was so hard to wash off.

Sprinkling water did not end it, but I had to wash it from the inside as if making kimchi.

In the end, Kyunghee did half and I did half, so I had no choice but to wash.

After washing their hair like that, the two of them laughed at the same time as if they had been wrung out.

It was because it had become quite funny.

The hair is so long and fluffy that two people share the wash.

Anyway, I washed Kyung-hee’s hair and came out.

Soon after, Kyung-hee came out dressed roughly with a towel wrapped around her head.

“This, it must take half a day to dry? Umm, what should I do?”

“Kyung-hee, do whatever you want. But I hope you don’t cut it.”

“why?”

“Because you’re cute.”

“That’s why I hate cutting it too. It feels strangely nice, and Siwoo likes you too.”

“yes?”

“Ugh, more than that, to dry this, the two of us have to divide it in half, right?”

“Puha.”

“Do not laugh.”

Kyunghee grumbled.

But it was really cute and funny.

It didn’t take long to dry my hair though.

The two of us hung on together for about 10 minutes, so we were able to dry everything.

“If you change into a human form, will your hair get shorter?”

“Yeah. But, this look is also comfortable… Siwoo got your permission.”

“It’s okay to stay that way. Honestly, it’s cute in its own way.”

“J-Really…?”

Kyunghee asked with trembling eyes.

It seemed that he was secretly concerned about his hands and feet.

No matter how you hide your ears or tail, you can’t hide your hands and feet, so it was worth it.

But it was really cute in its own way.

It’s like a rabbit sitting in front of you.

If you don’t hug her, she gets anxious, and if you hug her, she smiles brightly.

“Ugh.”

“Why. You usually hug me this often.”

“But Siwoo’s gaze is disrespectful. I thought it was strange.”

“No, I just thought it was cute.”

“…………”

In the end, he had no choice but to hug Kyung-hee and pet her a lot.

Then, when Kyung-hee said that she wasn’t wearing all her clothes, she had no choice but to hit her head and let her go.

Shortly thereafter, Kyung-hee came out wearing simple clothes and pushed the vacuum cleaner.

“I’ll do the mopping too.”

“yes.”

“By the way, Siwoo. What are you going to cook for dinner?”

“Um. Braised ribs?”

“Oh……. steamed ribs…”

“Have you ever eaten?”

“No, no. As you know, if it’s spicy and salty, it’s irritating.”

“Then this must be the first time I’ve made braised short ribs?”

“yes.”

Kyunghee muttered the word “first time” over and over again.

Kyeong-hee, who blushed as if she liked the word, said with a smile.

“Hey, Siwoo. I’m your first girlfriend.”

“You’re my girlfriend.”

“……no?”

“Let’s call them lovers. That’s a little more romantic.”

“…………………………..”

Kyunghee let go of the vacuum cleaner.

Kyeong-hee, who held her ears down all the way, opened her mouth as if her emotions were rapidly rising and she couldn’t control them.

Then, after putting her hand on her chest and calming her heart, Kyung-hee spoke.

“And Siwoo, you are my first lover.”

“right.”

“You and I had our first date, and we had our first drink together…”

“And I taught cooking for the first time, and watched the first animation together. Keep talking, Kyung-hee.”

“So, please take my first one from now on.”

“Something like braised ribs?”

“Yes. Spending the night together for the first time. First experiences of that kind.”

“There’s nothing I can’t do. From now on, let’s go around and experience a lot. As much as we haven’t been able to in the past.”

“……Hug me.”

There was no reason why he couldn’t, so he hugged Kyunghee tightly.

As usual, Kyunghee brought her ear to my chest and put it on.

Hearing the heartbeat makes me feel relieved, and he said that I feel like I am real.

It was a little childlike, but I could understand it, so I hugged Kyung-hee even tighter.

“There you go, Siwoo.”

“yes?”

“I honestly sometimes wonder if this is a dream.”

“why?”

“You know. As if fate had foretold, things went so… well.”

“ah.”

“It’s also an undeserved happiness for me… so I often have trouble sleeping.”

“For that matter, I sleep well after drinking.”

“Actually, I don’t sleep very well even when I’m drunk. I only sleep an hour or two less.”

“What is it, are you anxious?”

“yes.”

Kyunghee carefully put her hand on my back.

Then he put his chin on his stomach and looked up at me.

Even though you keep touching me like that, I’m worried that I’ll disappear.

Those eyes kept staring at me.

“It won’t disappear. It won’t disappear. I’m going to take care of you forever. Of course, I might not be able to finish it.”

“…………………………..”

“Depending on the situation, there’s nothing you can do about it. But don’t worry, Kyunghee.”

“yes?”

“Because there will be very few things I can’t take care of you. And even if I can’t take responsibility, I’ll be around you.”

“Around me…”

“So that you can come and hug me anytime, okay?”

“Yeah. Thank you.”

“Let’s talk about the dark side of things like this, shall we talk about the bright side? How about watching an anime today?”

“Okay. There’s some popcorn left.”

“Yeah. Let’s have dinner and watch anime.”

Kyunghee nodded.

Then, he hurriedly picked up the vacuum cleaner that had fallen on the floor and put on an anxious expression.

It was like looking to see if the vacuum cleaner was broken, but that wasn’t broken that much.

Fortunately, Kyung-hee confirmed that the vacuum cleaner was fine and started cleaning again.

Meanwhile, I drank a glass of water and started studying.

It is all thanks to the deal with my parents that I can spend money like this.

In exchange for maintaining a GPA of 4.0 or higher, he would pay all school-related money.

Thanks to the deal of such big parents, the money spent for Kyung-hee can be passed on to school-related money.

If it hadn’t been for this deal, I wouldn’t have gotten this much better, let alone take care of Kyunghee.

It probably creaked from the first day, and in the end I had no choice but to ask to leave.

In order to avoid that situation, I had no choice but to study.

Since I was still studying anyway, I just had one more reason.

And several more days passed.

It’s been about 2 weeks since school started.

The moment I thought I had to get organized in preparation for the exam, I heard Kyung-hee taking off her shoes after returning from an outing alone.

So the moment I went out to greet him, Kyung-hee immediately rushed to me and hugged me.

To my delight, hair grew on my arms and legs in an instant.

“Siwoo!”

“why?”

“I’ve got a card!”

Kyunghee raised a card in her hand.

It seemed that he had opened a package from outside in excitement.

It was so cute and like Kyunghee, I couldn’t help but laugh.

Then he stroked Kyung-hee’s head asking if he had anything he wanted to eat.

“There’s nothing I want to eat… Is there a place I want to go?”

“where……?”

“Kyung-hee. By any chance, would you like to go on a date while walking around an island?”

“Okay! Let’s go!”

“And let’s look at the sea at the cafe on the island and eat food nearby.”

“Because tomorrow is the weekend, is that okay?”

“Yeah. Of course, I think I’ll be busy with assignments today.”

“Five…………”

Kyunghee’s eyes lit up.

I couldn’t help but laugh because I felt like I was seeing myself before going to the retreat.

I wondered if I would lose my sleep, but when I opened my eyes in the morning, I saw Kyung-hee with wide eyes.

I guess I really fell asleep.