W. Malrang
"Honey, I'm sick today. Please take care of me at home!"
"You look so fine despite being sick?"
"What are you talking about? I'm in so much pain."
"Okay, okay. I'll give you some iced tea, so go home quickly."
Aaaahhhhhhhh!!! Choi Soobin I'm in pain!!!
Even if I yell at a quiet cafe, he's the one who offers me iced tea to cheer me up on a day like that.
..of course I will drink it gratefully - but why doesn't it come over?
I didn't even put on tint or comb my hair to make myself look sick... I failed to seduce Choi Soo-bin again this time.
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"Are you going to the cafe today? Come hang out with me!"
"Yeah... I'd like to do that, but I'm feeling a little weird today."
"!..Hey, you're sweating profusely"
Just as Chaewon had said, a cold sweat was running down my face. Perhaps it was because I slept with the window open last night, but my body was shivering.
Even on the way home after leaving work early, a sudden, childish thought occurred to me.
Why am I sick and grumpy today instead of yesterday?
My parents are coming home late. That means no one's home. Ha, don't think about it. It's too hard. With weak hands, I barely managed to shower and change clothes. I closed my eyes.
I wonder how long I slept, I woke up to a noise outside.
Bang bang bang-!
"Hey lady! Are you inside?"
Wait a minute, that voice is... Choi, Choi Soo-bin?
I forgot all about the pain and sat up straight to look in the mirror.
After I fixed my bangs, checked my face, and quickly opened the door, Subin suddenly grabbed my shoulder and checked my condition.
"Are you... sick? You don't look well."
"..a little. It doesn't hurt at all now!"
"It doesn't hurt at all, just wait a minute."
My brother ran out, leaving me to wait. Where are you going!!
I hated how my brother, who always seemed to be in a hurry to get somewhere, walked briskly even when I called him. If you're that worried, why don't you come in and take care of him?
I trudged to the bed and collapsed. I don't know, I should just sleep... I don't have any strength at all...
I fell asleep again. When I woke up and looked out the window, the sun was already setting. I felt something on my forehead and picked it up with my hand.
There was a wet towel. Huh? What is this?
"Hey, you're awake? Get up and take some porridge and medicine."
"..Choi Soo-bin"
"I told you to call me oppa-"
"Why did you come here, oppa..?"
"I was worried because I couldn't see the dog that had been following me around."
"...Hehe"
At those words, I got up and looked at the medicine and porridge my brother had bought me.
Since my brother bought it for me, I ate it all without a word. I wasn't a picky eater.
My brother finally woke up after enduring the bitter medicine and taking it.
"You've finished eating, so I'll go."
"Are you leaving already? I still feel sick—I have a fever."
"tight"
"..tch"
My brother told me to just lie down, but I insisted on seeing him off. As he was putting on his shoes, he suddenly touched my forehead.
"Huh-!.."
"The fever's almost gone down. Thank goodness."
"Hey, I'm going to go. Good night." Even though my brother left like a knife, I couldn't leave that place for a while.
That's what I just said... Guilty... Life imprisonment
My cheeks felt hot because of my brother, and I felt like I had a fever.