NOVEL NEXT chapter 35
35. Mother’s drunkenness and photography
After talking with the people outside.
I am in my place… No, I went back to my mother’s seat and sat down.
After sitting in the chair, I sighed.
Not a sigh from disappointment or worry,
It was a sigh that came out because it was really difficult.
I hoped.
Until now, I never thought that my mother would be weak to alcohol.
I never thought you would get drunk with champagne…
I should have stopped drinking too much right away.
As an aside,
It was only later that I learned that champagne is an alcoholic beverage with a higher alcohol content than I thought.
I was a stranger to alcohol,
At the time I was eating out with my mother, I was mistaken to myself if the alcohol content was about the level of beer.
So, I mistakenly thought that my mother was weak in alcohol.
Come back to the present,
When I was regretting in my heart that I couldn’t stop my mother from drinking too much,
“Ahhhhh~~~”
It looks like you’ve finished talking to the people outside,
My mother was running towards me with her arms outstretched.
As if I had learned to see her mother like that, I stretched out her arms without realizing it.
As I spread her arms, my mother pulled me into her arms with a smile on her face.
“Um~ My pretty son~ Uhm~ On the other side~”
My mother used her lips and she bit my cheek. And on purpose she had been kissing her loudly and long.
I stayed silent even with that sticky skinship.
I had already experienced that it would be a big deal if I refused skinship. So I just kept quiet until my mother’s skinship was over.
Mother’s sticky expression of affection, not knowing when it would end, had finally come to an end.
My mother sat down in her chair, still holding me on her lap.
My mother, who sat down like that, stroked my hair and said.
“Um~ It’s so nice to be with my son like this~”
“Ahahahaha.”
“Huh?~ Do you hate your son?~ Why don’t you answer?~”
“No, I like it too.”
“Isn’t it?~ My son is good too~ Kyahahahaha~”
My mother kissed me on the cheek again, then reached for the champagne glass on the table.
As the mother lifted the glass, the golden champagne in the glass trembled.
Looking at the champagne flowing in the glass like waves, I thought that this couldn’t be the case.
Just by the way you lift your glass,
I could tell he was very drunk.
It wasn’t that her mother was drinking, she was worried that her mother was being swallowed up by alcohol.
And the biggest problem of all…
I am too hard. Sincerely.
My mother’s drunkenness gradually reached a level that I could not handle.
Physically, the pressure was no joke.
Even now, it’s quite daunting, but if you’re drunk more than this…
Perhaps my collapsing from exhaustion comes before my mother collapses from drunkenness.
In the end, I decided that I could no longer watch my mother drinking, so I immediately took action.
“Mom, Mom. Stop eating.”
As I said that, I carefully reached out my mother’s hand, which was holding a glass of champagne.
Then my mother twisted her body and refused my touch.
“Ehh?~ Let’s talk~”
It wasn’t enough that she refused as she twisted her body. Her mother even mixed in her snoring and began to lash out at me, her son.
Hmm, honestly…
She’s cute even though she’s my mother…
I was so ashamed.
Of course, it’s not that I’m ashamed of my mother.
Just… It was embarrassing that this was a situation between mother and child.
To be honest, I don’t know if it’s a relationship between a man and a woman…
… ….
Wait, what am I thinking?
Wake up, Jinhyo!
The opponent is the mother who gave birth to you!
After fighting with my inner self,
I persuaded her mother again.
“Come on, Mom. You were too drunk.”
“Don’t get drunk~”
“You’re drunk.”
Are you dissatisfied with my claim that I was drunk?
My mother said cutely puffing out one of her cheeks.
“Seeing… I wasn’t drunk… “
“The more drunk people are, the more they say they are not drunk.”
“Yeah~ Mom, get drunk~”
“You were drunk after all.”
“Hey! How can you do that~ My son is a grump! It’s arbitrary~”
The more I spoke to her, the more her mother’s drunkenness did not improve.
Eventually, I decided to change my plan.
By turning her mother’s attention away from alcohol to cooking.
“Rather than that, Mom. Look at this.
Here’s my mom’s favorite fish dish. Isn’t it a waste if it gets cold?”
In order to divert my mother’s attention, I turned my eyes to the fresh fish dish and explained it.
Fortunately, after hearing my explanation, my mother turned her attention to cooking.
Confirming my mother’s gaze, I leaned toward the table and picked up a fork.
Picking up my fork, I carefully shredded the flesh of the fish on the plate and divided it into bite-sized pieces.
After breaking it into bite-sized pieces and holding it up with a fork, I placed my other hand under the fork and carefully moved it to my mother’s mouth.
“Come on, Mom. Please eat.”
“… ….”
Despite my efforts, my mother didn’t even dream of opening her mouth.
My mother was looking at me as if she was lacking something. And in her mother’s eyes, there was also a certain anticipation.
I saw that mother’s eyes,
I could understand it at once.
What my mother wants.
Since I had no idea what to do now, I risked my shame and opened my mouth slowly.
“…… Aang-.”
“~~♬ Aang~”
It was only then that mother opened her mouth with a happy smile.
So this time I fed my mother, just as she did to me.
Before I knew it, my mother put down the glass of champagne she was holding, and she began to focus on the food I was feeding her.
Such an act was repeated three times,
My mother seemed satisfied.
“Yeah~ I think it tastes better because my son feeds it~”
“Ahahahaha, that’s good.”
“Then, mom will feed you this time~”
After saying that, my mother carefully took the fork I was holding.
And my mother, like me, began to portion out the fish fillets in a way that was easy to eat.
He cut the flesh of the fish into bite-sized pieces with a fork…
“―Ah! Okay!”
“…… ?”
Mother made an expression as if she had just woken up and then she set the fork down again.
After putting her fork back on the plate, the mother moved her hand into her trouser pocket and pulled out her smart phone from her pocket.
Why are you taking out your phone all of a sudden?
Oh, are you trying to take pictures?
You must have taken pictures earlier when your favorite caviar dish was served.
But I already tore the flesh of the fish with a fork, so the picture won’t come out pretty….
My mother took out her phone and looked at it for a moment, then she looked at me and said.
“Son~ Do you want your mother to stop drinking?~”
“Yes? Ah… yes.”
My mother’s question was so sudden,
I wondered if I had heard it right, so I couldn’t answer right away, so I thought for a while before answering.
After hearing my answer, my mother presented me with a suggestion.
“Yes, son. Can’t you just listen to Mom?”
“Please?”
At my mother’s request, I tilted her head and looked at her mother.
My mother made eye contact with me and pointed the phone in her hand to me.
She said after pointing the camera lens mounted on the back of her phone at me.
“My son, can I take a picture?”
“… A picture?”
Photo? Suddenly?
To be honest, it doesn’t matter much…
Why did you suddenly talk about photography?
Curious, I asked my mother directly.
“Uh… a picture? It’s fine, but why all of a sudden?”
“Yeah~ Well, actually…… “
Like, is it okay for my mother to bring this up? As if she was thinking
, She gave off a hint of thought for a moment.
You seemed to have concluded that it would be okay soon,
She said to me with a slightly awkward smile.
“Um~ Do you remember when mom took the picture earlier?”
“Yes, of course.”
I nodded and replied.
“Actually, the picture I took earlier was in my mom’s group chat room…
Ah, your son doesn’t know what a group chat room is, right?”
“Dantok, room?”
It’s a group chat room.
That’s a word I miss.
Apparently, there were mobile messengers like KakaoTalk in this world as well.
Also…
It seemed that there was also O KakaoTalk, just as the old O and New O existed in this world under different names.
Although the dimensions are different, I felt all over again that the world line was roughly the same.
Then, group chat room means group Kakao chat room, right?
For now, let’s pretend we don’t know.
“Hmm, I don’t know.”
“Ah~ As expected… I see hmm… So this…
Umm… Ah! It refers to a room made so that close people can gather inside a smartphone and have a conversation easily.”
“Ah~ I see. Are you doing it over the internet?
I heard about it at the shelter.”
“Yes! After all, my son is smart, so he understands me well~
I’m really glad~”
My mother stroked my hair as if complimenting me and continued her words.
“I posted the picture earlier in that group chat room.”
“Hey…… Huh?”
You posted a picture?
… What?
In the context of this conversation, no matter how you look at it…
Is that what you meant?
“… Do you want to post my picture in the group chat room?”
I thought nothing of it, so I carefully asked my mother.
At my question, my mother opened her mouth with her slightly embarrassed face.
“Um~ To say the conclusion first, it’s like that… “
“Ummm… Can I be honest with you?”
“… Huh! Would you rather?”
I was lost in thought for a moment while choosing my words.
After I finished my thoughts, I spoke to my mother.
“To be honest, taking pictures is fine.”
“Huh? Really?”
“Yes, but… Sending my photos now is a bit….”
To be honest,
It was a bit embarrassing to take a picture of myself and show it to others. No, it was very embarrassing.
The reason for my embarrassment was simple.
Now I’m on my mother’s lap like a child!
To be honest, it didn’t matter if you took as many pictures as you like and send them as long as you like.
But…
The picture was taken while sitting on her mother’s lap,
It was a bit embarrassing! No, it was very embarrassing!
When I expressed my refusal, my mother said as if she was very sorry.
“Ah… Even if it’s a son, the picture looks a little like that.”
I couldn’t help it at my mother’s reaction, so I opened my mouth to ask for understanding.
“Yes… However, sending a picture to someone you don’t know is a bit….”
“Huh? Stranger?”
My mother said in a voice filled with doubt. And then she put on a look that seemed to have forgotten and she smiled.
“Ah~ I see~ I should have brought that up first~ Mom forgot.”
“Yes? What are you talking about?”
In response to my question, my mother added that she was sorry for forgetting.
“I should have told you first who the people in the group chat room you mentioned are, but I forgot. I’m so sorry, son.”
“Umm, the person in the group chat room?”
Who the hell are you talking about?
“Yes! The people in the group chat room my mom talked about,
My family.”