15 – Emotion Walk (1)

Song Soo-yeon took turns telling me about each and every difficult thing.

From very trivial things to serious stories.

I learned why she had no choice but to go up on the roof and what kind of people her parents were.

It was different from what I expected, thinking that school problems were her greatest pain.

She had quite a lot of pain she was hiding, and it wasn’t a light story.

This is why the kid becomes the villain.

In the end, the reason she became a villain was because of her parents.

Of course, if you end up enduring all the bullying and suffering and take away the money you have accumulated, you will be in despair.

Maybe if it wasn’t for me, she would have jumped.

Jumping down, living with a crippled leg, he must have awakened his ability.

After that, becoming a villain would have been inevitable.

Of course, I didn’t mean to do anything to stop her from becoming a villain.

Just because I decided not to be a villain, I had no intention of matching the obsession to others.

Some people have no choice but to live as villains. I honestly understand.

I just thought it would be better if Song Soo-yeon didn’t become a villain.

So, what I feel worthwhile now is not because I stopped Song Soo-yeon from going to villainy.

It’s not because they prevented the appearance of Villain Luna.

How she will live in the future is her choice.

What I felt rewarded was the fact that I was able to lend a helping hand to her.

I was more than happy that this child finally cried and told me what was difficult for me.

I think it helped in some way.

I feel like I’m living as I promised.

That pleased me the most.

“…….”

I heard the story earlier, but it was hard because I was choked up.

After realizing that there was no one around her to help her, and in the end, she was struggling with loneliness, it felt like she was looking at me.

She and I seem to have a lot in common. So I guess they both walked the path of villains.

In fact, now self-satisfaction is also self-satisfaction.

I want to help if I can.

Before I knew it, I was getting support from her.

We’re not that close yet, but I’m the only person in this life with whom I share feelings.

If we move forward like this, wouldn’t we be able to get closer?

Like being the friend you’ve been longing for.

Well, you’ll have to try, though.

Song Soo-yeon stopped sniffing and leaned on my back.

Her arms, which had been around my neck, had now untied and disappeared, but that didn’t mean I was asking for them to come down.

I don’t know if he’s doing this because he wants to lean on me, or if the shock from earlier doesn’t go away, or if he’s just going because he doesn’t have shoes, but it was good.

“…Did you ever fall asleep?”

I speak up again Earlier, I didn’t even think about having this kind of manners, so I just came out with short words, and I don’t want to speak short words that would make her uncomfortable.

“….no.”

she answered. I shrugged and moved on.

*****

Song Soo-yeon was hanging on his back as if dead.

Now, I felt ashamed to die.

As she spit out all the tears and the pain inside her heart, her heart began to calm down.

And as the hot head gradually grows colder, the emotionally moved past becomes only embarrassing.

It was embarrassing that I cried out loud in his arms. Every time I recalled the words I had spoken, I felt my body twist.

Seriously, why is he only revealing all his embarrassing side to this person?

He knew everything about her that no one else would know.

Of course, it wasn’t as gritty as it used to be.

Rather, it was heartbreakingly reassuring to have someone who fully understands me.

…..But shame is shameful.

I wanted to be on his back for the rest of my life. Then I won’t see your face.

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However, they soon arrived at the store, and the store lights, which had been turned off, turned on brightly.

A shop fire that was turned on only for oneself.

The warmth makes you forget your shame for a while.

“Come on down.”

Song Soo-yeon, who tried to bury her face in his shoulder while clinging to his back until the end, finally had to move.

If he made fun of me even once after coming down from his back, I felt like I would have to hide in a rat hole.

Song Soo-yeon moves off his back with an awkward movement.

He said to her who couldn’t raise her face.

“Sit down. I will make you something.”

Then, without looking at himself, he went into the kitchen.

Realizing that it was his consideration, Song Soo-yeon stood blankly, biting her fingers, and slowly sat down.

I hear the sound of something starting to happen in the kitchen.

And other than that, there was no sound.

Song Soo-yeon found this silence even more painful.

I wanted it to go over as if nothing had happened before.

She finally breaks the silence.

“…..that…”

“….Well?”

At the sound of her small words, he poked his head out of the kitchen.

Song Soo-yeon asks, still avoiding his eyes.

“…So how did you know?”

“…Ah, that.”

Talking about something, Song Soo-yeon felt like she could breathe. Of course, when I recalled the previous situation, I felt embarrassed again.

“…It was a coincidence. He passed by the death penalty, so I followed him.”

“….why?”

“It’s night…and I’m worried because I know that you’re being bullied at school, and that your circumstances are complicated enough to come to my store. I was afraid that someone who doesn’t normally make that kind of expression would make a foolish choice to pass by like that. My expectations were not wrong.”

“……”

“…To be honest, I’m the only one I know right now, so I’m more concerned.”

Song Soo-yeon felt her heart fill with warmth. If I had heard it normally, I would have responded with swear words, but this time I couldn’t.

And at the same time, I was ashamed this time too. In the end, I was ashamed again.

It was my first time receiving favors from people, so I wasn’t used to it. I didn’t know how to react.

How can you open your heart like that? Isn’t this a sign of affection?

If there was no heart, who cares whether it passes through death or not?

At that moment, it felt like my heart was about to drop.

“….ah.”

Then when he said he followed me, it meant he saw everything he did.

The screaming on the street, the tearing of the bankbook, the walking in a daze, and the torn shoes are all.

really. Your embarrassing appearance is all exposed.

Her face started to turn red with shame and embarrassment.

In the end, all he could do was pretend to be strong through harsh words.

“……I feel really bad.”

she muttered.

“…..yes?”

“…S, you were stalking.”

“Eh, say whatever you want.”

He smiled at his words and continued cooking. Song Soo-yeon wanted to build up her self-esteem in any way, so she spoke freely as he said.

“…..A fucking perverted sexual molester.”

His movements stopped for a moment. I patted his back with a nervous heart. Contrary to his words to say whatever he wants, his shoulders seemed to be breathing even more.

Song Soo-yeon had to swallow a smile. It wasn’t that I was proud of the fact that I had given him a shot, but that kind of reaction now…it just made me look a little cute.

Besides, it seemed that I would live in a much softer atmosphere than before.

A counterattack returned to her who had been so relieved.

“……You don’t have to attack me because you’re embarrassed that I cried. I don’t care anyway.”

“It’s not like that!”

Completely stabbed to the point, she could only scream.

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Food comes out soon.

It was vegetable porridge. It was a food that was not unreasonable to eat late at night or after making a lot of noise.

Perhaps even this was his consideration.

In a more casual atmosphere, the man sits at a nearby table.

Song Soo-yeon hesitated for a while before saying.

“…..thanks.”

Then he picked up a spoon and started eating.

Again, the uncle pauses. Song Soo-yeon secretly looked at him secretly.

A big smile soon appears on his face.

Song Soo-yeon stared blankly at that expression without even realizing it.

I don’t even know how many seconds I’ve been looking at it.

But, now I can say for sure.

I liked that smile. It was a truly addictive smile.

I don’t know how he does that. How can I give you a smile like that just by saying thank you?

……Is it because I heard that I was grateful to myself? Do you feel more excited when you hear it from someone you like?

Soon, Song Soo-yeon took her gaze away from him and moved her spoon briskly.

I asked him with a smile on his face if he had a change of heart.

“Can I ask for one?”

“……Please?”

“It is not difficult.”

“……What is it?”

“I think we’ve gotten a little closer, but isn’t the old man too affectionate?”

Song Soo-yeon’s expression slightly wrinkled at those words. It was because of the vigilance that had been established as a habit.

Was it too blatant?

Seeing her reaction, the uncle scratched the back of his head shyly.

“The age gap isn’t that small…”

Song Soo-yeon asked.

“……How old are you?”

“…so…22 years old.”

It was 3 years old. Song Soo-yeon put a new fact into her head.

To be honest, it wasn’t a difference to be called an uncle.

But even so, I didn’t want to change the name right now.

It wasn’t because he didn’t like it.

Again, it was because of shame.

If you change your attitude toward him all at once, what will he think of you?

He didn’t know how to be approachable, and he didn’t want to find out that he had a lot of influence on him.

As much as I have this kind of heart, I feel even more ashamed of the past that I cried in his arms earlier.

As if trying to make up for the past, Song Soo-yeon said as if arguing that it was too emotional at the time.

“…If you have a 3-year age gap, you will be a man.”

“…..yes…?”

“Besides, I am a minor and you are an adult. All adults are uncles.”

“…Uh…isn’t it?”

I could feel that he was quite upset with his own reaction.

Song Soo-yeon wanted to embarrass him.

she asked teasingly.

“What, are you asking me to call you brother now? If that’s the case, it’s disgusting.”

“…No, I’m not asking you to call me oppa… You’re a bit like that, aren’t you…? I don’t think it would be a bad thing to change the title before it’s established… once it’s established, it’s hard to change… it’ll be awkward… and it feels like there’s a wall…”

“…I’ll call you Uncle.”

He slapped his knee as if he had an idea.

“ah! yes, it’s uncle But what about Mr. Gyeom? That way, it doesn’t feel too far away.”

His name is Jeong-gyeom, Mr. Gyeom. not bad.

But if I was persuaded by him now, I felt like I would lose. Even if it meant changing the name naturally later, I didn’t want to say that I would know now.

“….It’s noisy. I do not like it.”

“Ah, okay.”

With that, he coolly gives up. Her expectations, which he thought would convince her a little, did not come true.

he says lamentably.

“Lonely, lonely.”

Was it something you were saying to yourself?

Song Soo-yeon felt embarrassed for no reason, but it didn’t save face to correct her words again.

I just thought it would be better to change it naturally later.

cum uncle She called him inwardly.

****

When Song Soo-yeon finished eating, she let out a long sigh.

I asked looking at her.

“Why, again.”

Of course, it was a fight, but it seemed that she had a problem again while having a conversation in a friendly atmosphere.

She didn’t raise her eyebrows the way she used to in response to my question. If it was like before, I would have written the impression first.

She hesitated for a while before speaking.

“…….no. Just… thank you. But now I have to go back.”

“Are you going back?”

“…I have to go home.”

This time it was my turn to frown. Come to think of it, I didn’t tell her the plans I had made for her.

“…going home?”

“…Gotta go, fuck. What do you do..”

I don’t know if I should call it brave or foolish to see him go back after having suffered enough to die.

“Why are you going there?”

I asked.

A question arises from Song Soo-yeon’s expression.

“…Then…what how-“

“-Sleep at my house.”

Song Soo-yeon’s eyes widened. It’s shocking how beautiful she is even when she’s embarrassed. Well, she was pretty even when she was crying.

“You don’t want to go home. sleep at my house It’s not far from here.”

I continued to speak to wake her up.

Soon after, Song Soo-yeon spat out words that were fragmented like a broken machine.

“No…ah… that…”

Then, as if to promise, he bit his lower lip. The expression crumpled.

She said.

“…… Mister, don’t think that I can do whatever I want just because I helped you.”

“……yes?”

Just like when she was pretending to be strong, she forced herself to speak louder.

“……As expected, it’s perverted. What kind of uncle is a perverted man?”

When I realized what she was thinking, I laughed out loud.

“…Do you really want to keep doing this? What does it have to do with being a pervert and telling me to sleep in my house?”

“Oh that…”

With just one question from me, her mask of toughness shatters, and she appears again restlessly unable to answer.

I could only sigh. yes, what’s wrong with her

It’s the people she’s been seeing all along that’s the problem. Or maybe that beautiful appearance is the problem.

However, even though I have consistently shown myself, it seems that the goal of the wound is deeper than I expected.

He looked at her sadly and said.

“…..Ehh. done. What, did you do something wrong? It must be because of the experience I have accumulated so far.”

“……”

“I promise you one thing.”

“…A promise…?”

I say to Song Soo-yeon, who looks at me carefully.

“I will never do anything that you hate.”

“…Is that… something like that?”

“We are just friends. Okay.”

Song Soo-yeon’s eyes softened. The limbs also creaked awkwardly. If she could, she wouldn’t want to go into the house either.

My offer couldn’t have been sweeter.

She said as if making a last stand.

“…But I’m going to call you a pervert man.”

I chuckled. I was very happy that I didn’t refute the word to be friends.

“Call me whatever you want. So, wake up. go home.”