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Chapter 14,
Water play
Around 2 o'clock, after enjoying the lunch Jun-hwi, Mingyu, Seok-min, and Myeong-ho had prepared and digested it to some extent, we headed out to the beach with three dogs, a rabbit, and an otter to play in the water. Chan-i went straight into the water in otter form, while the others all went in human form. I went into the water with a tube with a hole in the middle.
"What? Sister, you can't swim?"
"No, I just don't do it..."
"Lies, Ayoung can't swim, Minkyu hyung."
"Hey! Choi Han-sol!!"
When Hansol told Min-gyu that he couldn't swim, Min-gyu and Seok-min exchanged glances and came closer to me, who was hanging on the tube.
"Why are you guys here... Go away!"
"Sister, it's more fun to play without a tube!"Min-gyu
"Yeah, Min-gyu, it's not like that at all, so can you please not come near me..?"
"You and Seokmin are very threatening..?"
"Ayoung, come play with us. Chani plays well without using a tube."Seokmin
"Of course, Chani is an otter!!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Min-gyu and Seok-min snatched my tube away. Instinctively, I clung to Chan-i, the otter swimming beside me. Chan-i, startled, suddenly transformed back into a human form. Fortunately, there was no one around.
"Ayoung, I was surprised."
"Sorry Chan... They took your tube..."
"Oh really..? Wait, I'll bring the tube."
"Huh?! Then me?!!"
"Seungcheol hyung!!!"
At Chani's call, Seungcheol came swimming closer. Chani handed me over to Seungcheol and went over to the kids to get my tube. Seungcheol, who had been holding me tightly around the waist to keep me from falling into the water, looked at me with eyes that seemed to be dripping with honey and brushed away the hair stuck to my face due to the water. It's... burdensome.
"You look like a puppy that got splashed with water."
"You're the puppy. A big puppy."
"I'm not fully grown yet."
"But Seungcheol, I'm really worried that you're holding onto my waist right now..?"
"Huh? Really?"
"Can't you hold it properly..?"
"Yeah, well."
Seungcheol turned my body away from me and hugged me tightly around the waist. I felt quite safe, so I didn't say anything. After a while, I saw Chani swimming towards me with my tube from afar.
"Ayoung!! I brought it!"
"Our Chan did well."
I escaped Seungcheol's embrace and clung to the tube Chani had brought me. As I clung to it again, Seokmin, Mingyu, and Hansol swam toward me from the direction Chani had come from. I hugged it tightly, worried they might take it again.
"Noona, I'm not taking it. You can relax."Min-gyu
" ...Is it okay to believe that?"
"Have you ever seen Min-gyu lie to you?"
"No, there isn't..."
As I relaxed my grip on the tube, it wasn't Min-gyu, but Seok-min, who was watching from the side, who snatched it away. My precious tube was snatched away once again. Before my body could sink, I grabbed Min-gyu, who had been staring blankly from the side.
"That's bad. Take my sister's tube. Right."Min-gyu
"You took it away earlier too."
"It's not like that anymore... I'm holding my sister like this?"
"Yeah, you're good."Seungcheol
"Oh my... Bring me my tube!"
***
"Did you have fun?"
"So much fun. I love playing in the water!"
After playing to my heart's content in the ocean, I returned inside. I gently picked up Seungkwan, a hamster who was running away from the four cats. I gave the cats, now human, a pat on the forehead before putting Seungkwan back down. I grabbed a change of clothes and went into the bathroom.
***
I don't know when he came in again, but Chan-i, who must have been tired of playing in the sea earlier, was swimming in the bathtub in the guise of an otter. Chan-i, the otter, glanced at me and continued swimming without paying me any attention. I put my change of clothes in the drawer and went over to Chan-i with my wet clothes and grabbed them with both hands. As if he didn't want to go out, he kicked and when I grabbed Chan-i, he lost his balance and screamed as he fell into the water.
"What are you talking about!!"Seung-gwan
"Huh…"
"Oh my god!! I didn't even take my clothes off, what is this, Lee Chan!!"
"Ahhh...hyung!!"cold
"Boo Seung-kwan, come out."
"Why, what is it? Didn't Ayoung come in to wash you?"
"Hey, everyone, get out. Lee Chan, wash up and then talk."
***
After a refreshing shower and heading out to the living room, I immediately looked for Chani. Perhaps tired from the day, Chani was curled up in a otter-like state, sleeping.
I sighed deeply, picked up Chani, who was still sleeping, and placed him on the fluffy bed. Then I sat down on the floor in front of the living room sofa. Jisoo brought me a fluffy towel and a hairdryer and dried my hair.
"Wasn't that what Chan was trying to scold me for?"jisoo
"I'm sorry for waking you up while you're sleeping. Just watch."
"Be good, child."
"Ah, Yoon Jung-han, go away. Why do you keep picking on me?"
"It's comfortable.. If I show some aegyo, will you just let it go?"
"No, just shut up, don't do anything."
While I was chatting with Jisoo, who was drying my damp hair, Jeonghan came over to my side. He tried to be cute by resting his head on my leg, but I told him to just lie down.
"Ayoung is the most comfortable and I like her the most."
"I'm uncomfortable..."
"I'm comfortable so it's okay."
" ... It's cute when it's a meow, but when it's a person... oh my..."
"He was handsome when he was a human."
"Why are you like that? It's pathetic."