39 If I defeat you, you will become my girlfriend (1/2)
”Cold!”
Nam Ji Won regrets coming to the roof now. But, the other option is to clean the bathroom. Who can argue with her elder sister when she is being stubborn? She blames it all on Tae Il.
Tae Il awkwardly looks at the moon. He isn't wearing warm clothes either. He doesn't appreciate Go Eun's help either. What is he supposed to do at the roof in this cold weather? He peeks at Ji Won who is sighing to herself.
”Do you like him?” He blurts out.
”What?” The cold is getting to her head. She wraps her arms around herself. This is a punishment, alright. ”What did you say?”
He looks at her with a poker face and slowly speaks each word at a time.
”Do you like Choi Min Ho as a man?”
”Ha Ha!” She lets out a strange laugh. ”Me like him? That fox? Only if I have hit my head.”
”You have hit your head.” He gets irritated. ”Five years ago, you hit your head.”
”That...” She kicks his leg. ”I don't like him. Don't say strange things.”
”That's a relief.” Tae Il rubs his leg and murmurs.
She pulls his ear. ”Why are you relieved? Do you think that I will start liking you?”
He slaps her hand. ”Yes.”
His blatant honesty disturbs her. She awkwardly looks away and sees Choi Min Ho standing in front of the house. He is staring at the shadow. She wonders what he is doing.
”Do you dislike me?” He stands in front of her, blocking her view. ”Am I not handsome?”
”I always wanted to date a guy who is taller, stronger, and older than me,” She tells him absentmindedly while trying to look at Choi Min Ho. He looks like he is talking to someone. She can't see someone else there.
”Why?” Tae Il hasn't noticed what she has been trying to see.
”My ex-boyfriend broke up because I was taller, stronger, and older.” She explains in a low voice. She notices another man standing at a distance from her home. Choi Min Ho seems to be talking to that man. Can they hear each other at this distance? Super ears?
”Look at me.” Tae Il wraps his arm around her waist. ”I am taller than you. I am older than you. I am also stronger than you.”
She doesn't hear him. She is trying to guess what Choi Min Ho and that man are talking about. Is he meeting a friend in front of her house? Why the distance?
”Ji Won, do I fit to be your boyfriend now?” He whispers in her ear. His tickling breath snaps her out of it. She pushes him away.
”What are you doing?” She snaps at him.