I Wished for Non-Face-to-Face Lectures

Had I been scratched by Jiwoo’s claws when he sat on my head in bat form?

As I was walking toward the convenience store after leaving the apartment, I started to feel a stinging pain in my head.

It wasn’t enough to say it hurt, just slightly irritating.

But looking at Jiwoo’s sulky face made me feel heated, so I glared at him and scolded him.

“What have you done right to make such a face? Someone’s scalp is stinging from claw scratches.”

“…Even so, just throwing me off like that was too much! If you had nicely asked me to get down, I would have immediately…!”

“You wouldn’t have gotten down. Haven’t I known you for ages?”

“I-I was going to get down! If someone heard that, they’d think I have no conscience, you know?”

“Weren’t you?”

When I acted surprised and made a fuss, he puffed his cheeks and then turned his head away as if upset.

He looked like a hamster with his mouth full of seeds, and I briefly considered poking his cheeks, but.

If I did that, I’d probably lose my nickname “Grumbler” to him until at least tomorrow, so I desperately suppressed my rising desire.

…It’s really amazing that until just two weeks ago, that was a muscular male frame.

I muttered to myself and began to think of ways to appease the sulking person.

What would be a good method?

The best method would be… solving the root cause of the problem.

“I already have a hat at home, so that’s fine, but do I need to get epaulettes separately?”

“What?”

“Nothing. It’s not related to you, so don’t worry about it.”

“What are you talking about? I wasn’t worrying.”

Jiwoo exhaled sharply through his nose and looked elsewhere.

As I chuckled while searching for epaulettes online, I suddenly had a doubt.

Why am I doing this right now?

A moment of dissonance.

Barely holding onto that eerie sensation, I immediately sank into thought.

Have I ever taken care of someone else like this?

I asked myself, but the answer “no” came back immediately.

I’m already busy taking care of myself, how would I have time to care about others?

Especially Han Jiwoo, that person is someone I have even less reason to care about.

He’s someone who does everything well on his own, and is even overflowing with composure, so what would be the point of caring about him?

Someone I had never cared about until now… no, a vampire.

It felt strange that I was trying to indulge the whims of such a being, but soon I erased the doubts that arose in my mind.

…That guy has also played the role of an emotional trash can for me many times.

I might as well think of it as repayment for that. We’re going to be living together for at least a few more months, so I need to accommodate him to some extent.

After finishing my thoughts and ordering what looked like sufficiently sturdy epaulettes, we arrived at the convenience store.

Standing in front of a display marked “White Day Gifts♡,” we began to contemplate what gift to give Hye-eun.

“She gave red ginseng candy instead of chocolate on Valentine’s Day, right? Do we need to give her a normal gift?”

“…I guess not.”

“Honestly, I think even cinnamon candy would be too generous for her. But since she specifically asked for chocolate…”

After muttering for a moment, Jiwoo seemed to make a decision and picked something up from the display.

Then, showing me the black-colored object with an evil smile, he said:

“I heard angels don’t particularly like bitter things. With 70% cocoa dark chocolate… couldn’t we take revenge for the red ginseng candy?”

“…Can you handle the consequences? You said your compatibility is the worst.”

“That’s a problem for the future me to deal with. And we’re friends, surely she wouldn’t kill me?”

Seeing him laugh “muahaha,” I somehow felt uneasy, so I bought milk chocolate just in case.

Whenever I get this uneasy feeling, something always happens. I’ve experienced it several times already, and if I fall for it again, wouldn’t that make me an idiot?

So after buying the chocolate, when we arrived at Hye-eun’s apartment and rang the doorbell?

[It’s open, come in!]

[N-no! Don’t come in! This is hea… no, heaven… Aaaaargh!!!]

Hearing that terrible scream suddenly, I had no choice but to stop as I was about to open the door.

…What on earth is happening in there? Is it really okay to go in?

As I was contemplating just leaving the chocolate and going back, the apartment door opened and a pure white angel appeared.

“You guys haven’t brought anything strange, have you? It would be unfortunate if you brought something like dark chocolate.”

The angel looked at us with murderous eyes, waving a buttered oatmeal bread in her hand.

What should we do, Han Jiwoo?

It seems like today might be your memorial day.

Out of concern, I looked to where he had been, but he was already nowhere to be found.

No, correction.

He had already transformed into a bat form and was hanging on my back, trembling.

A desperate struggle for survival.

But I couldn’t offer the dark chocolate on his behalf just because I felt sorry for him, so I grabbed him from behind my back and presented him to the angel.

“Scr-screech…!”

A look that seemed to say, “How could you do this to me?”

To this, I smiled brightly and whispered quietly in his ear.

“You reap what you sow, idiot.”

That’s right.

You should have bought milk chocolate like me.

After a noisy time, on the way back to the apartment.

The vampire with disheveled hair glared at me fiercely and spoke.

“Did you really have to… hand me over… to feel better!!!”

It seems he was quite upset that not only did I not help, but I also played a trick on him.

But knowing it was self-inflicted, Jiwoo only complained with a hurt face.

“Hey, there was no other way. I couldn’t sacrifice myself, could I, you crazy woman?”

“Friends are supposed to share pain too…!”

“Stop there if you don’t want your side poked with silver chopsticks.”

“…”

He immediately shut his mouth, perhaps unable to overcome silver even after drinking blood.

His eyes looked like he was going to bite me soon, so I handed him a chocolate to calm him down.

“Here, take it.”

“What’s this chocolate for?”

“It’s White Day. You should receive something too.”

“…I had forgotten. Thanks for remembering.”

Jiwoo took the chocolate I handed him with a bitter smile.

Then, with a face full of mixed emotions, he stared at the chocolate before taking a big bite.

“Mmm…”

“How does it taste? Is it okay?”

“Sweet.”

“Of course it’s sweet, it’s chocolate.”

The atmosphere had softened a bit.

Seizing the opportunity, I quickly changed the subject.

“Phew… By the way, do you think Jeong-hyun is okay? He didn’t look good earlier.”

“Well, nothing has happened for over 5 years, so why would anything suddenly happen? Hye-eun is probably just joking around.”

“Tsk, I guess so? After all, he’s the type to speak up right away if he’s having a hard time, so he’ll handle it.”

He’s so kind that he looks like an easy target, but he’s still someone who says when something is hard.

If something truly difficult happened, he would probably call me or Jiwoo to talk about it separately.

As Jiwoo said, nothing has happened in over 5 years, so it doesn’t seem like anything will happen.

I shrugged it off casually, but Jiwoo’s next remark threw a spark of unease into my thoughts.

“…But come to think of it, those two make quite a good pair, don’t they?”

“What nonsense are you talking about now?”

“No, think about it. Hye-eun has strong character but doesn’t think much, while Jeong-hyun is indecisive but thoughtful. Wouldn’t they offset each other’s weaknesses?”

It made sense when I heard it.

In reality, since Jeong-hyun is the only one who can take care of the tomboy-like Hye-eun, I was nodding in agreement that it was a rare accurate observation, when.

Suddenly, I had a thought without realizing it.

What if I were to spend the rest of my life with this vampire who was smiling broadly next to me?

Such a crazy thought.

“Yoon Jaehyuk, you crazy bastard.”

Smack – !

Embarrassed that I had such a thought even for a moment, I slapped my cheek with all my might.

Even if it’s a beautiful body, and even if it somewhat hits my preferences.

What’s inside is a muscular male, isn’t it?

“Get a grip, seriously.”

The happy time that only men can have, which I hadn’t had for a while since I started living with Jiwoo.

It’s probably a happening caused by not having relieved sexual desire for a long time.

As I covered my stinging cheek with my hand and stared at him intently, the vampire expressed concern with a bewildered expression.

“A-are you okay? You don’t need to go to a mental hospital, right?”

“…I don’t know, I might need to go soon.”

“Hey! How can you take that seriously? That makes me the weird one!”

“Shut up, and it’s not ‘weird one’ but ‘weird woman’.”

As I covered my face with my palm and exhaled a rough breath, he teased me with a lewd expression.

“But why did you suddenly slap your cheek? What, did you imagine marrying me or something?”

“Are you crazy? Why would I imagine something like that? Unlike you with your sharp personality, I like the maternal style that embraces everything.”

“For someone saying that, your eyes looked quite unusual…”

“It’s just your imagination, damn it. Why would I like someone like you? Even if you fixed that dirty personality of yours, I’m not sure I’d give you a chance.”

“Right? Ew, I just got goosebumps for real.”

Jiwoo walked briskly forward, adding that it would be horrifying just to imagine it.

Seeing his back, which seemed to have no particular thoughts, I felt self-loathing once again.

When we get back to the apartment, I should sleep with one foot out of the bed for once in a while.

If that happens, would it be the completion of a true White Day?

Because the end is pure white!

“I really have all sorts of thoughts.”

Maybe I really should visit a mental hospital.