Chapter 44 (1/2)
Chapter 44 – With the Night’s Protection
“Thank you. Here.”
The taxi arrived at his house and Jageun and Suhee left the taxi.
Jaegun went first and opened the door for her. Rika, who was sleeping on the floor came up to Jaegun and raised her tail.
“Were you resting well? Today, I came with Suhee.”
“Rika, h.e.l.lo. Remember me?”
Suhee, who came up behind Jaeugn, greeted her.
Rika had the face that said she didn’t dislike Suhee, but she didn’t like her that well either.
She slowly turned around and went farther into the cat tower.
“She doesn’t like me.”
“This means she does. She’s really selective so. Come in.”
“OK.”
Suhee took off her boots and came in.
Jaegun quickly closed the door and turned on the laptop. He put up the draft on the screen and then he put his shoes back on.
“I’ll go buy some beer and something to eat, so read it while I’m gone.”
“There’s a store nearby?”
“There’s no convenience store, but there’s a small supermarket. I’ll be back”
“Ok, go ahead.”
It was Rika and Suhee alone in the house when he left.
Suhee sat down on the chair in front of the laptop and said to Rika.
“Rika must have been bored today. He only knows writing, he doesn’t play with you, right?”
Suhee turned her glance to the laptop.
Jaegun’s story filled the screen. She put down her bag from her shoulder, and started to read from the first paragraph.
“Hm, what’s this? The male main is just like Park Jongjin?”
There was the feeling of being pulled into the book even in the beginning.
Suhee was already deep in the book with just a few pages.
She drank a few bottles, and she was a bit tired because she came in to a warm room, but the story was keeping her entranced throughout it.
“How is it?”
It was about 50 pages, when Jaegun came in with a bag. Suhee answered with a smiling face.
“I read until the part they met and it’s really good.”
“Really?”
“Ah, yeah, but…”
Suhee hesitated and continued carefully.
“Maybe it’s because I heard you say it, but the female main character really feels a bit weird. There are some parts where I can’t connect to her as a girl.”
“Ahhhh…. Is it.”
Jaegun sighed and sat down on the floor.
Suhee, in addition to Professor Han Hesun, was saying the same thing. It was a problem that couldn’t be avoided.
“Try and revise it with a calm mind. You write well.”
“Thanks, I should but…”
Jaegun sighed heavily like the floor was gonna collapse.
Suhee’s encouragement was nice, but truthfully, it didn’t help much.
‘Look at that, Rika. He brought me in here, but he’s only thinking about writing. Am I right? He only has writing on his mind.’
Suhee complained in her mind and took a can of beer that Jaegun bought in her hand. She was about to drink one out of politeness and leave.
‘I came for no reason.’
It felt like Jaegun was only concentrated on writing.
It slowly dawned on her that maybe her existence was making him distracted.
Suhee opened the bottle and turned around to the cat tower. Rika was lying on the tower, with her back to her.
‘Does he have no feelings for me?’
A question with an answer she could not bear to hear, a small drink of beer was going through Suhee’s throat
Just then,
Rika slowly turned her head around.
Rika’s two eyes had Jaegun and Suhee images put together in her two eyes.
The two people’s figures were becoming clearer by the second.
‘Ah? This, this?!’
Jaegun quickly lifted his head. With wide eyes, he was looking at Rika and Suhee.
“Jaegun, what’s wrong? Does your head hurt?”
“W, wait.”
Jaegun, holding his forehead, slowly walked towards the laptop. His two eyes were glaring at Rika on the cat tower.
‘We’re connected? This is Suhee?’
Rika’s face seemed like it was smiling
Jaegun’s face had a smile on it.
“Suhee, I have favor.”
“Favor?”
“I thought of a way to write about the female main. Just wait 2 hours, no 1 hour. I’ll quickly finish it and give it to you.”
“Don’t do that. Just concentrate. I’ll be leaving.”
“No!”
Jaegun’s voice unknowingly became louder.
He stood up and held her two shoulders and continued.
“You need to be here>”
“I… why?”
“I thought of it by looking at you. I thought of how to write because of you. So just be with me. You’re a great help just by being here. Really.”
Jaegun’s face looked determined and confident.
Suhee was looking at Jaegun with a entranced look.
“I…”
Suhee breathed.
“I’m a help…. Just by being here?”
“Yes, please help me.”
Jaegun’s two hands were holding more tightly.
Suhee slowly turned her eyes downward.
As she looked at her foot, she slowly nodded.
“Ok.”
As she said that, Jaegun smiled widely.
“About 2 hours is fine.”
“Thank you. Just be comfortable. You can watch the TV and there’s the new laptop over there. Use that for Internet.”
“I’ll do whatever .Just write.”
Suhee pushed him towards the laptop.
Jaeugn opened the drawer and pulled out Se Gunwoo’s gla.s.ses. And looking at Rika, he cheered himself.