< Ending Maker SS #20 To Earth (13) >
Ending Maker SS #20 To Earth (13)
The night before.
While Hong Yu-hee was excited about buying clothes for tomorrow – or rather, about dressing up in her new clothes and meeting the guy next door – Kang Jin-ho was facing the beautiful woman from Banra.
“Drink, drink. Isn’t the alcohol too weak for you?”
“Because I didn’t have anything to drink.”
“I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but life is so bleak. Poor Gino.”
Natasha, her face flushed and she was trembling, pretended to cry, and Yuder turned his head to look away from the loose tank top that exposed her cleavage, and naturally looked at the empty bottles piled up on the table.
‘I’d rather have a beer can.’
All that’s on display are bottles of vodka.
“Anyway, Gino. Our Gino. That’s lucky.”
“what.”
“Stay healthy. And… Hehe. Hehe. It’s been 6 years, hehe.”
Kang Jin-ho knew why Natasha was smiling like that.
That’s understandable, since everyone spoke honestly.
“Wow, seriously. No one would believe it. That Gino competed with the girl next door for six years to win first place in a game. And on top of that, he lived the past six years just for the fun of teasing her.”
“···As I said before······.”
“I told you, but?”
“The one next door… I recently got a girlfriend.”
As Kang Jin-ho spoke in a low voice, Natasha burst out laughing even louder.
“Oh, my goodness. Look at Gino being embarrassed. Hehe. Yeah, it’s embarrassing. You know it’s embarrassing, right? Right? Our Gino.”
I was holding my stomach and laughing so hard that I started rolling around on the floor.
“Ha, ha. This is really funny. It’s funny. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Gino Torajin’s face, so it’s really nice that I came.”
“You didn’t tell me?”
“Yeah, right. If that’s what you’re saying, then that’s what it must be.”
As Natasha giggled again, Kang Jin-ho silently filled his glass.
It seemed like the right answer was to feed him more quickly and put him to sleep.
“How long are you going to stay?”
“tomorrow.”
“uh?”
“I’ll be back tomorrow.”
Natasha answered briefly, then crawled back onto the chair and hugged her knees.
“tomorrow?”
“Oh, tomorrow. I’m pretty busy, too.”
Natasha laughed again and started gulping down the vodka in her glass.
Kang Jin-ho, who had been blankly staring at the sight, blinked and said.
“Is it really tomorrow?”
“Oh, tomorrow. Tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow. I have to go back tomorrow. I see you’re okay and doing well, so I’m okay now. Alexei will definitely be relieved. I’m sure he’ll pat me on the head and say I did well.”
Natasha said this with slightly reddened eyes, either from the alcohol or from longing.
“Natasha······.”
“But not tomorrow morning. I’m going at night, so let’s go on a date during the day for the first time in a while. Okay?”
When Natasha tilted her head coquettishly and spoke, Kang Jin-ho narrowed his eyes instead of nodding.
“Excuse me, you’ve never dated before?”
“Oh my, have you forgotten about that day? The day Gino stole my naked body at the night pool······.”
“Wait a minute! You were peeping! That was an accident!”
“Yeah, if that’s what you’re saying, then I guess so. I’ll think about it that way.”
“No! Why are you thinking that! I’m telling you, seriously?”
“Yeah, that’s right. Gino is right.”
Natasha’s smile was like that of a benevolent saint, but Kang Jin-ho felt like his insides were going to burst.
“Hey, don’t be so stubborn.”
Natasha, laughing and acting cute again, stood up from her seat and continued speaking.
“Anyway, it’s tomorrow. Let’s have fun for the last time tomorrow. Okay, Gino?”
“Natasha?”
Kang Jin-ho asked again without realizing it.
It was an extremely ordinary thing to say, but it felt somehow uncomfortable.
tomorrow.
last.
But the thought didn’t last long.
Because Natasha immediately shrugged her shoulders and spoke again.
“Hehe, anyway, I know that, so I’m going to go to bed now. I’ll leave the door open… You know what I mean? If it’s Gino, I’m okay with it anytime.”
“Oh, yes. Sleep well, Sister.”
“Ugh, you’ll regret it later.”
Natasha laughed again, waved her hand seductively, and went into the bedroom.
And the next afternoon.
Hongdae Street.
“Oh, it’s the girl next door. Hong Yu-hee.”
Kang Jin-ho was startled by Natasha’s words and quickly turned his gaze, which is why their eyes met.
Hong Yu-hee and an unfamiliar woman looking this way.
And Kang Jin-ho and Natasha looking over there.
Is it possible to run into someone like this on the streets of Hongdae without any plans?
But there was no time to worry about these odds.
Because Natasha took action before Kang Jin-ho could even open his mouth.
“Hello! Are you the girl next door? I’m Natasha.”
As he walked briskly while speaking in a friendly manner, the unfamiliar woman flinched and fidgeted, and Hong Yu-hee, who was standing next to her, faced Natasha with a flustered yet somehow expressionless face.
“The girl next door?”
“Yeah, the girl next door. Hong Yu-hee. I heard a lot about her from Gino last night.”
Natasha, who had said that, hurriedly ran over to Hong Yu-hee and hugged her, regardless of whether Kang Jin-ho was embarrassed or not. Hong Yu-hee thought about it in the meantime.
‘The girl next door?’
Is that how my brother introduced me?
girl.
The girl next door.
I felt complicated for a moment, but this too could not last long.
Anyway, it was because it was a situation where I hugged someone I saw for the first time on the street.
further-
‘What, what is it?’
It’s big, soft, and just awesome.
‘Oh, you’re a foreigner after all?’
Besides, he was tall, so I thought he would easily exceed 170 cm.
“Natasha!”
“Yeah, Gino. I said hello first. He’s really cute and lovely, just like you said.”
When Natasha hugged Hong Yu-hee tightly and spoke, this time everyone there was taken aback.
It wasn’t because Natasha, who was obviously a foreigner, spoke Korean fluently, albeit with a slightly awkward pronunciation.
The contents.
What Natasha just mentioned.
‘Ears, are they cute and lovely?’
Buried in Natasha’s chest, Hong Yu-hee pursed her lips and blushed, and Namman Cat – that is, Kim Hye-eun – covered her lips that were smiling without her knowing and looked at Kang Jin-ho.
And Kang Jin-ho shouted in embarrassment with a bright red face.
“When did I, when did I do that!”
It was Russian, not Korean.
And in response, Natasha laughed devilishly and replied in Russian.
“You were making such a fuss yesterday, and now you’re saying that? And why? If you really don’t, why are you denying it in Korean instead of Russian? Huh? What’s the reason?”
Actually, I knew it.
The reason was so obvious.
But Kang Jin-ho couldn’t bear to admit it.
“Ugh······.”
“Look at how red our Gino’s face is. He’s really become a civilian now.”
Natasha, who giggled again, looked down at Hong Yu-hee, who was buried in her chest and unable to move, her face red and her lips pursed.
I felt like I could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his face.
‘Oh, my brother said I was cute and lovable······.’
Oh. Maybe it’s okay.
Natasha, who played Hong Yu-hee’s voice in her head, very naturally grabbed Hong Yu-hee’s cheek and said.
“I wanted to meet you because Gino praised you so much, and here we are. My name is Natasha Molotov. I’m Gino’s older sister.”
“Sister…me?”
When Hong Yu-hee asked with her eyes wide open in surprise, Natasha nodded immediately.
“Yeah, of course she’s not my real sister, but she’s like a real sister to me. My Gino and I… Thank you so much for being together for the past 6 years.”
The story started out lightly but became very serious towards the end.
Hong Yu-hee blushed without realizing it at Natasha’s expression full of affection, and slowly nodded her head.
It was a strange feeling, I don’t know if this is the right way to put it, but it was a feeling of being acknowledged in some way.
Natasha stroked Hong Yu-hee’s head again and then asked Kim Hye-eun, who was standing next to her and looking at her with an excited expression.
“But who are you?”
“Oh, that··· Yuhee is my close friend. Gino··· and Kang Jin-ho··· are also acquaintances.”
At Kim Hye-eun’s answer, Natasha looked back at Kang Jin-ho, and Kang Jin-ho furrowed his brows for a moment.
And then he opened his eyes wide and asked.
“Could it be a Southern cat?!”
“Oh, right. No, that’s right.”
I knew it the moment I saw it.
Kim Hye-eun was clearly older than her.
“Oh my god, I······.”
“Outboxer 009, right? No, right?”
When Kim Hye-eun spoke with a rather proud tone, Kang Jin-ho looked back at Hong Yu-hee, who smiled awkwardly.
It was Hong Yu-hee herself who told the chatroom members to keep it a secret.
“Hehe, judging from the story you’re telling, I guess you’re also an internet game friend? Hero Chronicles 2?”
“yes that’s right.”
Kim Hye-eun, who had barely regained her composure, answered leisurely.
In fact, it was Hong Yu-hee and Kang Jin-ho who found this place awkward, uncomfortable, and difficult to bear, not the third party himself.
No, rather, it was a very interesting insight.
And it was the same for Natasha.
“Then, since we’ve already met like this, should we hang out together?”
“Natasha?”
“yes?”
Kang Jin-ho and Hong Yu-hee spoke at the same time, and Kim Hye-eun clapped her hands.
Natasha felt Kim Hye-eun’s response and smiled brightly again.
“Why, isn’t it fun? Before we leave, I’d like to know a little more about the girl who captured our Gino’s heart.”
“Whew, grab it······.”
Hong Yu-hee muttered softly with her face reddened again, and Kang Jin-ho was in pain from the continued revelations(?).
“Okay, so it’s decided then. Let’s go together. I’ll buy you some clothes and shoes.”
Natasha, who spoke cheerfully, hugged Hong Yu-hee’s shoulder and really started to take the lead.
And the two people left behind.
“Something… he’s like a storm.”
Instead of answering Kim Hye-eun’s words, Kang Jin-ho slumped his shoulders and walked away, squirming in embarrassment.
&
Natasha’s action was truly amazing.
Only an hour had passed, and Kang Jin-ho, extremely exhausted, stood in front of the clothing store’s fitting room, his shoulders slumped, holding numerous paper bags in his hands.
Of course, a heated discussion among Kang Jin-ho and his colleagues continued in Kang Jin-ho’s head.
“How about dying with your nose in a plate of water?”
“Sir, you can’t die by sticking your nose in a bowl of water. It’s like killing yourself by tying your tie.”
How am I going to see Hong Yu-hee’s face starting tomorrow?
Captain Kang Jin-ho was in pain with a bright red face, and the other Kang Jin-hos were the same.
“But Captain. In some ways, isn’t this a good thing? A crisis is an opportunity! Maybe we can make progress!”
“Ji, Jindo?!”
“magnitude?!”
The other Kang Jin-hos began to get agitated by Kang Jin-ho’s cries of frustration.
It was definitely embarrassing, but thanks to Natasha, I was able to reveal a lot of the feelings I had been hiding.
Moreover, Hong Yu-hee’s reaction didn’t seem bad either.
“So, Captain! Today, just do it! Huh?! Do it! Like a man!”
When Kang Jin-ho, who was frustrated, laughed again and insisted, some of the Kang Jin-hos swallowed dry saliva, but not the leader Kang Jin-ho.
His already red face turned even redder and he gave an order with a sigh.
“Hey, pull me out.”
At the same time as the order, soldiers rushed out and captured the frustrated Kang Jin-ho.
But Kang Jin-ho, who was frustrated with his sexual desires, was not just dragged out.
“You hypocrites! I know what you’re thinking inside… sob sob!”
However, it seemed that it was impossible for Kang Jin-ho, a frustrated soldier, to take on all of them by himself. He ended up being dragged out of the barracks with the words, “I’ve endured so much! Yesterday too!”
And a moment of silence.
Just as Captain Kang Jin-ho was about to order a standby, a change occurred in reality.
“Gino, what do you think? Isn’t it pretty? Isn’t it lovely? Huh?”
The ones who opened the locker room door and appeared were Natasha and Hong Yu-hee, who had been her doll plaything for a while.
“Please evaluate it. After all, your impressions are the most important. Right, Yuhi?”
“Ah, no··· Ugh······.”
When Natasha spoke with a bright laugh, Hong Yu-hee tried to deny it but instead lowered her head.
And at that sight, Kang Jin-ho unconsciously clutched his heart.
It was because my heart started beating so fast it felt like it was going to burst.
‘Ha, you’re really having fun. Should I just go?’
And Kim Hye-eun is watching it.
It was fun at first, but as time went on, the splash damage started to apply to the pickling.
“Yuhi, ask quickly. Okay? Quickly.”
When Natasha urged her, Hong Yu-hee bit her lip once and then carefully raised her head.
“Oh, brother.”
“Yeah.”
“Oh, how is it?”
Cute. Pretty. Lovely.
If he were Yuder, he would have said the same thing, but unfortunately, Kang Jin-ho is not as shameless as Yuder.
So I was at a loss and could barely squeeze out a single word.
“Oh, it suits you.”
It was a bit subtle to call it a compliment, but it was enough. Hong Yu-hee wiggled her fingers and laughed, and Natasha desperately suppressed her laughter.
And then time passed again.
One hour, two hours, three hours.
By the time we finished dinner, it had become really dark.
“Ha, it’s too bad, but it’s time to go back now.”
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Natasha, who had been leading the group with continued high tension.
“I have an appointment at 10. I have to stop by the meeting place and then leave the country. I have an early morning flight.”
Hong Yu-hee and Kim Hye-eun nodded with regretful expressions at the list of plain facts, but Kang Jin-ho did not.
“Are you really going?”
“Then are you really going to go fake?”
“then······.”
“No, you don’t have to see me off to the airport. As I said earlier, I have someone to meet. It’s someone you don’t know, Gino.”
Natasha, who was speaking quickly in Russian, lightly pushed Kang Jin-ho’s chest, who still seemed to have some lingering feelings, then turned to Hong Yu-hee and spoke.
“Yuhi. I really enjoyed today. And I’m grateful as Gino’s older sister. Thank you so much for the past 6 years. I’ll be asking you to take good care of Gino in the future.”
“I, I had fun too.”
Hong Yu-hee smiled shyly and answered only the first question, as she didn’t know what to say in response to the words that followed, and Natasha smiled again.
He hugged Hong Yu-hee tightly as if it were truly the last time and whispered something softly in her ear.
‘What, what is it? What are you talking about?’
Kang Jin-ho was anxious because Natasha’s expression was exactly the kind of smile she had when she did something bad – a devilish smile, but there was no way to find out.
Natasha continued to speak, and Hong Yu-hee swallowed dry saliva with a red face, then nodded while looking at Kang Jin-ho.
‘what.’
What the heck.
What on earth were you talking about that led to this?
But Hong Yu-hee didn’t say anything, and neither did Natasha.
She kissed Hong Yu-hee on the cheek and kissed her lips for the last time, then said goodbye to Kang Jin-ho with a hug.
“Hello, Gino. Take care. Okay?”
“Really… are you just going to leave?”
“It’s not just today. We can meet again later, right?”
She was not wrong.
It was true.
But why is that?
Is it because we met for the first time in 6 years?
I felt like I shouldn’t let her go like this.
But I couldn’t hold on to Natasha based on my feelings alone.
In the first place, there was no way Natasha would stop for that reason alone.
“Then really bye. See you next time. Yuhi, don’t forget what I said. Got it?”
“···yes.”
As Hong Yu-hee answered timidly, Natasha, satisfied, turned around.
And then he really started to go his own way without looking back even once.
A stormy entrance and a stormy exit.
In contrast, Kim Hye-eun’s exit was truly quiet and natural.
“Then see you later in the game.”
After saying that, Kim Hye-eun started to go her own way, and this time, the only ones left were the two of them.
“Uh… Then should we go too?”
“Yes, brother.”
Because they were two people who lived next door to each other, and their paths were the same.
Just like the last time we met, we got in the car together and headed home.
And how many minutes passed?
When he stopped at a traffic light, Kang Jin-ho swallowed dry saliva and opened his mouth to speak as naturally as possible.
“Hey… but Yuhee.”
“yes?”
“No, that… that’s what I was talking about earlier.”
“Just now?”
“Oh, earlier. That, Natasha······.”
“Sister Natasha?”
“What did you… say?”
The story Natasha whispered in my ear just before we broke up.
In fact, Kang Jin-ho was not one to talk about such privacy issues, but this time he had no choice but to make an exception.
That was because Hong Yu-hee’s expression as she stared at me while listening to Natasha’s story was so bothersome.
what.
What the heck.
What on earth did you say?
As Kang Jin-ho tried to suppress his impatience and looked straight ahead, Hong Yu-hee pursed her lips and smiled slightly.
“Yoohee?”
“No, it was Natasha who said that. I’ll definitely ask her later when we’re alone.”
Kang Jin-ho felt truly miserable after hearing Hong Yu-hee’s words.
As expected, Natasha.
Indeed Natasha.
If Kang Jin-ho himself was a master at teasing Hong Yu-hee, then she was a master at teasing Kang Jin-ho.
“So, what did he say?”
It was a body that had already been thrown away anyway.
When Kang Jin-ho asked again, despite his embarrassment, Hong Yu-hee pursed her lips again and looked away. She looked out the window and spoke in a small voice.
“···Your girl.”
“uh?”
“My brother likes bunny girls··· that’s also really······.”
Kang Jin-ho was unable to say anything to the words that came out here and there.
No, I screamed in my mind.
‘Alexey! Alexey!’
Help me! Please! Jebaal!
But as always, there was no answer, Kang Jin-ho continued to feel embarrassed, and Hong Yu-hee let out a muffled laugh.
And about half an hour later.
Kang Jin-ho, who arrived at the parking lot after enduring a hellish time, got out of the car, completely battered.
Natasha said, glancing at the sprinkler after skillfully gathering the dozens of paper bags that Hong Yu-hee had bought for her.
“let’s go.”
“Yes, Obye”
I guess the “ㅋ” at the end was just my imagination.
Kang Jin-ho, who tried hard to calm himself down, got on the elevator with Hong Yu-hee.
And after a while.
After getting off the elevator together and putting down the paper bags in front of Hong Yu-hee’s house, Kang Jin-ho spoke briefly instead of making excuses.
“Then have a good trip.”
“Yes, oppa. I saw you in the game.”
This time too, it must be because of my mood.
Kang Jin-ho, who had brainwashed himself, activated the electronic door on the main gate.
Beep beep beep.
Now it should open with a click,
“uh?”
It didn’t open.
After a while, I couldn’t even hear the beeping sound, as if something was broken.
How did this happen?
Could it be Natasha?
‘That, that can’t be.’
There’s no way that’s true.
Oh, that can’t be.
And even if that were true, the situation was different from last time.
Right now, Yuhee’s parents are at Yuhee’s house-
“The door… won’t open?”
Kang Jin-ho, startled by the voice coming from behind him, answered as calmly as possible.
“Oh, yeah. It looks like it’s broken.”
But it was okay.
It was possible to just break down the electronic door and get in, and if necessary, there was also a way to climb the wall and get in through the window.
But right after that.
Kang Jin-ho discarded all of his plans when he heard the voice from behind him again.
“There’s no one at my house today.”
A small muttering that is close to a soliloquy, but somehow seems to be intended for others to hear.
“I suddenly won another trip and lottery ticket, so I left this morning.”
Kang Jin-ho’s ears perked up.
It was an act of God.
And then the last word that followed.
“Honey, do you want to watch Netflix at my house?”
Kang Jin-ho turned around.
And at that moment, a coup d’état was taking place in Kang Jin-ho’s head.
“Let go! Let go! Let go of this! This is a rebellion! A rebellion! A coup d’état!”
“But, Captain, this is the will of all the Kang Jin-hos.”
Captain Kang Jin-ho was about to shout something at the remark of the dissatisfied Kang Jin-ho who had re-entered the barracks, but soon gave up on it.
This is because the Kang Jin-hos in the barracks were not actively responding to the dissatisfied Kang Jin-ho, but they were not opposing him either.
“Just wait a minute, just pretend you don’t know.”
In response to the words of the frustrated Kang Jin-ho, Captain Kang Jin-ho sighed and slumped his shoulders, then gave up his seat to the frustrated Kang Jin-ho.
“What do you want to do?”
“What should I do? Go ahead!”
At the refreshing answer of Kang Jin-ho, who was frustrated with his desires, all the Kang Jin-hos in the barracks simultaneously raised their heads.
And the real Kang Jin-ho answered.
“Should I eat some ramen too?”
“Yes, ramen. I make ramen really well. You’ll love it when you eat it.”
What is Netflix and what is ramen?
Why on earth is the ramen story being brought up here?
If it was Kang Jin-ho, the incarnation of rational reason, it would have been a natural question to think about, but this time it wasn’t like that.
Kang Jin-ho, who had taken control of the barracks, waved his baton with a pleased smile, and the real Kang Jin-ho followed Hong Yu-hee into her house.
to be continued
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