06. 00 is heavy so I carry it around
Written by Malranggong.
Taehyung, who had made a bombshell announcement asking her not to cook for world peace, came back with a delicious soybean paste stew. Yeonhwa tried to take a bite, but she felt an inexplicable addiction that made her want to have one more bite, and she ended up downing a whole bowl of rice in no time. Yeonhwa had never had an appetite this high. Yeonhwa cautiously asked Taehyung if he had put anything highly addictive in the soybean paste stew. Taehyung burst out laughing at that and waved his hand in denial.
“It was so delicious it was addictive? Well, that's good. From now on, I'll cook. I'll wash the dishes, too. In return, just let me stay until I return to the spirit world. I don't know when that will be, though. Anyway, what do you think? It's a pretty good deal, huh?”
“You can do laundry too. How’s it? I heard you’re good with your hands.”
“I don’t know what the connection between laundry and dexterity is, but if the landlord says so, then I have to do it.”
Yeonhwa smiled contentedly. Taehyung looked at Yeonhwa and thought, "How lovely, how can she smile so contentedly at something like this?" Even just by smiling, Yeonhwa seemed lovely in Taehyung's eyes.
“By the way, Taehyung, how old are you? I’m 25.”
“I’m 25 years old too.”
“That’s surprising. Don’t monsters usually live to be over 100 years old?”
“……Actually, I carry the 00 behind me because it’s heavy.”
“2500 years old…? Is this… my grandfather or my ancestor…”
“Hey, your ancestors were too much.”
“Yes, that’s right, Grandpa.”
"……evil."
After finishing their meal, Yeonhwa and Taehyung took out the apples that had been shoved in the fridge and ate them. Taehyung hesitated for a moment before taking a bite of the apple. Was it okay to eat an apple that had been there for who knows how long…? However, Yeonhwa didn’t worry about that and just bit into the apple. Taehyung was startled when he saw Yeonhwa like that. No, is it okay to eat an apple that had been there for who knows how long…? In response to Taehyung’s question, Yeonhwa chewed the apple and answered with innocent eyes.
“Well… I won’t die, right? Surely I wouldn’t put poison in my refrigerator?”
“……Yeonhwa, food doesn’t have to be poisonous to be dangerous.”
“You’ve been doing well so far, haven’t you?”
Yeonhwa shrugged and said, "I guess so." But Taehyung looked at Yeonhwa with a look of disillusionment, but at the same time, he thought she was cute. Is this what it means to be fooled?
While eating an apple that was quite sweet but somehow tasted suspicious, Taehyung suddenly choked and let out a groan as if he was choking. Then he dropped the apple on the floor and collapsed. Yeonhwa was so startled by the sudden incident that she threw the apple she was eating down on the table and approached Taehyung. Taehyung opened his mouth with difficulty and whispered to Yeonhwa to put her ear closer. Yeonhwa listened to the corner of Taehyung's mouth.
“Ugh, Yeonhwa… I need the prince’s kiss to wake up…”
"…yes?"
“I am Snow White… I ate a poisoned apple and am currently unconscious… Ugh, I need to hurry up and kiss the prince…”
“Wow… You’re a very talkative princess.”
Taehyung grabbed the back of Yeonhwa's neck and pulled her closer to his face.
“So, you’re going to leave me to die, Prince Yeonhwa?”