daffodil

07

(The night after watching the opera, Seo Jaehee's room)

Seo Jaehee: "Uwaaa!!"

Seo Jaehee was kicking the blanket in embarrassment.

Seo Jaehee: "Why did you run away like that, you idiot idiot idiot!!"

Seo Jaehee covers her flushed face with her hands.

Seo Jaehee: "Did he see my face all red..?? What do I do... why am I really like this....?"

The image of Lee Han looking down at her from above wouldn't leave Seo Jaehee's mind.

Seo Jaehee: "I'm crazy... Seo Jaehee...?"

In the end, Seo Jaehee only managed to fall asleep at midnight, exhausted.

(The next day)

As Seo Jaehee steps out of the front gate, she bumps into a man.

Seo Jaehee: "Ow... who...... huh!"

It was Lee Han.

Lee Han: "Did you just wake up?"

Seo Jaehee had been rubbing her eyes, but she takes her hands away and stares blankly up at Lee Han.

Seo Jaehee: "Y-yes...? Ah... um..."

Seo Jaehee turns her head slightly to hide her face.
Her puffiness hadn't gone down much, so she was a little embarrassed.

Seo Jaehee: "Nnngh... I only just woke up..."

Lee Han gives a slight smile and tucks Seo Jaehee's falling hair behind her ear.

Lee Han: "Looks like you need to tie your hair again?"

Jaehee's hair was a mess.
It was the kind of hair she had hurriedly tied with a danggi before coming out, and the danggi was gradually loosening, with strands of hair sticking out.
Seo Jaehee touches the back of her head, taking the tie out and redoing it over and over.

Seo Jaehee: "Ah... this....."

To be honest, Seo Jaehee had practiced like crazy, but she wasn't good at tying her hair.
Seeing Seo Jaehee clumsily tying the tie, Lee Han smiles faintly and does it for her.

Lee Han: "Want me to do it for you?"

Seo Jaehee lifts her head.

Seo Jaehee: "You will?"

Lee Han nods and deftly wraps the danggi around his left hand.

Lee Han: "Turn around."

Seo Jaehee obediently turns around.
Lee Han combs through Seo Jaehee's hair with his fingers and smooths it out.
His fingers brush lightly against Seo Jaehee's neck, ticklish.
Lee Han gathers her hair neatly and ties it with the danggi.
As Seo Jaehee's white neck is revealed, Lee Han swallows slightly.
He carefully settles his heart and finishes tying the end.

Lee Han: "There. How is it, do you like it?"

The hair Lee Han tied was neat, yet it highlighted Seo Jaehee's white neck.

Seo Jaehee: "Yes, I love it. How are you so good at tying hair?"

Lee Han: "I told you before that I had an older sister. I used to tie her hair a lot."

The two of them faced each other at the front gate and smiled faintly.