Yes, It’s Me. The Obsessive Side Top

#037

Somewhat calmed by Sun Woo’s kiss, I checked the time. Over an hour had easily passed since the time I was supposed to meet him.

‘Oh no, Grandma must be waiting without even a call.’

I now looked at Sun Woo with a composed face. Sun Woo, who had been solely focused on my condition, smiled faintly as if relieved. That smile seemed to soothe my heart, making me feel even calmer.

“Where should I go?”

“To Grandma’s house.”

“Grandma’s house was here?”

I shook my head and swallowed the tears welling up again. Thinking of Grandma automatically triggered a physical reaction.

‘Let’s not think about it. Ah, please stop crying.’

As I was tearing up again, Sun Woo reached out his arm, grabbed my shoulder, and pulled me towards him. Then he brought his face close to mine and once again kissed me.

“It’s the best way to comfort a crying child.”

“……”

The tears disappeared as soon as he kissed me.

It’s indeed effective on a crying child, as Sun Woo said. But why is he using that on grown-up me?

“Do you want to put in the address? Or guide me as we go?”

“You probably know the way.”

“Me?”

“Since it’s Kim Ok-bun’s house.”

At my words, Sun Woo first looked like he didn’t understand, then soon looked at me with a surprised face.

“You?”

I just gave Sun Woo a weak smile.

Grandmother’s house with a spacious yard felt familiar, even though it was my first time coming. Come to think of it, it was the house Sun Woo had fled to in the webtoon to avoid Ha Jin. Damn this webtoon.

Grandmother, who must have been waiting for us, warmly greeted us in the yard. As if she might disappear, I immediately got out of the car, ran to her, and hugged her. Even though a large man bowed and embraced her, that embrace felt comfortable and cozy.

Unlike my worry that I might burst into tears again upon seeing Grandmother’s face, I was able to smile brightly.

“Oh, Jin-i. It must have been hard coming all the way here.”

“It wasn’t hard at all. I was happy the whole way here.”

“You’re still the same. Our Jin-i. Did you greet our grandson? He has a kind heart, but he can be a bit blunt.”

“Not at all. He was really nice. He even drove for me when I said I was tired.”

“You two already became close?”

When I nodded, Grandmother looked extremely happy and pinched my cheeks like rice cakes. As Sun Woo, who had gotten out of the car at some point, approached us, I put my arm around his shoulder as if to show off how close we were. Sun Woo, who I thought would naturally reciprocate the shoulder hug, wrapped his long arm around my waist instead. It was an ambiguous action, almost like an embrace. Standing side by side and looking at Grandmother, she was smiling proudly with joy.

“Oh my, you two look great together. You got that close already? Grandma was worrying for nothing. Well, with our Jin-i’s affable personality, you’d be friends with the whole world. Right?”

“Right? What can I do? I’m just worried he might fall for me too deeply.”

There’s no way that would happen. Sun Woo falling for Ha Jin would be this webtoon going off the rails. Perhaps finding my nonsensical words unpleasant, Sun Woo’s expression distorted. See, I knew it. Seeing Sun Woo’s reaction like that, it felt strange that he kept kissing me. I wondered if it was his way of punishing me for saying I wanted to taste men.

“Our Jin-i must be hungry. Go leave your luggage in the room. Grandma will make you something delicious.”

“I’ll help you.”

“No, it’s all ready. I just need to set the table. Darling, show Jin-i to the room.”

“Bring your luggage and follow me.”

Sun Woo showed me to the room. The small room only had a closet and a low table. A blanket was neatly folded on one side. I quickly put down my luggage and went outside. Seeing them setting the table on the wooden bench in the middle of the yard, I also carried side dishes out.

The table was so full there were no empty spots. I wondered when she prepared so much food.

“I finally get to feed our Jin-i. I’m not sure if this country meal will suit your taste.”

“It looks really delicious.”

“Eat a lot.”

“Thank you for the food.”

I spoke energetically and started eating. The side dishes that weren’t too salty and the seasonal greens were incredibly delicious. Wrapping perilla leaves with steamed pumpkin leaves and strong doenjang with freshwater snails in them, it was a taste you couldn’t buy even with money.

Grandmother was pleased to see me eating well, calling me blessed, and Sun Woo also stopped eating and looked at me. I felt his gaze constantly directed towards my eyes.

“Oh my, how is Jin-i so pretty even when eating?”

“The food is really delicious.”

“Grandma feels full just watching Jin-i eat.”

I wrapped a small perilla leaf wrap and held it out to Grandmother.

“Please have this.”

“Oh my, I’m being treated like royalty.”

“It’s good, right?”

“Of course, who made it for me?”

While eating, I kept feeling a gaze on me. Sun Woo, who had been intently looking at my eyes, now had his gaze fixed on my rice bowl.

When I mouthed “Why?” to him, he pointed to his mouth with his finger.

So is he telling me to make a wrap for him too now? Why? As I was puzzled by his behavior, he pointed to the pumpkin leaves with his eyes. Sitting upright without even eating.

I felt conflicted because I wanted to slap him hard somewhere, but I couldn’t do that in front of Grandmother. Then, remembering how he had comforted me when I was crying today, I decided to make him a wrap, thinking ‘Fine, this is payback’.

A very big one.

I made it so big it would be hard to eat in one bite and brought it to Sun Woo’s mouth, but he just looked at it.

“Our Sun Woo, eat up.”

When I spoke cheerfully in a ‘sol’ tone, Sun Woo smiled brightly and gobbled up the wrap. The way he chewed and ate felt too straightforward…

‘Wow, Sun Woo is also quite crazy.’

It wasn’t so big that he couldn’t eat it. But still, he could have split it or taken some out himself before eating. He just ate it as it was given. Clicking my tongue at Sun Woo, I was about to continue eating when a wrap as big as the one I just made was held out in front of me.

“Sun Woo…”

“Ha Jin. Eat.”

You crazy bastard. When did I ask you to make me a wrap? Is his motto to pay back what he receives? Is he someone who can’t stand losing, doing exactly what I did? Pouting my lips, I also ate the wrap he offered. As if I would lose to this.

“Kids, your mouths are going to rip.”

Grandmother looked worried but also laughed as if she was having fun.

“Sun Woo, should I make you another one?”

“Sure, go ahead.”

He retorted nonchalantly. Instead of making another big wrap, I decided to fill it with a lot of peppers. Giggling, I held out a small wrap filled with peppers. Sun Woo, who had been watching what I was doing, ate it even though he knew it was full of peppers. Perhaps because Ha Jin couldn’t handle spicy food, his brows automatically furrowed.

“Isn’t it spicy?”

I asked worriedly instead. It looked extremely painful.

“It’s bearable.”

“Really?”

Well, that’s a relief then.

Then, before I knew it, Sun Woo had made a wrap and held out one the size of a baby’s fist to me. I broke out in a cold sweat.

“I can’t eat spicy food.”

“I know.”

“You know? You’re sure you know?”

I ate the wrap while being very wary of Sun Woo’s words. Fortunately, Sun Woo didn’t do the same cowardly thing as me. Feeling sorry for no reason, I made him a proper wrap again.

‘……?’

This strange wrap-making exchange continued for a while. The more our rice bowls emptied, the more I wondered why we were doing this, but I couldn’t stop. Because Grandmother was watching us with the happiest face in the world.

“You two are a match made in heaven.”

A match, you say. Ha Jin is just someone who adds misfortune to Sun Woo’s life.

The completely emptied rice bowls seemed to represent the fierce wrap-making battle.

With the long summer days, smoke was rising from various places in the still brightly lit rural village. After finishing the meal, the two men had taken over the kitchen, saying they would do the dishes, making the small space feel cramped.

The space was too narrow for two people to stand, so in the end, I was chased out by Sun Woo’s eviction order. Leaving the cleanup to Sun Woo, I took a light stroll around the village with Grandmother. Walking along the unpaved road barely wide enough for one car to pass, we saw the village hall and an ancient village well that had been there for a very long time. Grandmother didn’t forget to introduce me as her grandson’s friend from Seoul to the elderly villagers we met along the way.

After finishing the light walk and returning while holding Grandmother’s hand affectionately, Sun Woo was waiting for us obediently in the yard. My heart fluttered seeing his handsome face waiting patiently. To think such a good-looking protagonist was waiting for me. It was enough to be moved. Perhaps trying to hide those feelings, playful words unknowingly came out of my mouth.

“Did you guard the house well?”

Calling out to him like a mutt, Sun Woo looked at me with cold eyes. Grandmother approached him and slapped his back.

“What’s with those eyes towards your friend?”

“Hit him more. Sun Woo always glares at me like that.”

“Oh my? Really? This kid! How dare you do that to Grandma’s pretty grandson!”

Grandmother beat her own grandson mercilessly for my sake. Sun Woo didn’t take his sharp gaze off me even while being hit. When I laughed out loud at that, he also chuckled, perhaps finding the situation funny.

Grandmother had me sit next to Sun Woo and brought out a tray full of Korean melons. Sitting on the wooden bench and eating the melon Grandmother peeled and fed me, Sun Woo picked one with a fork and held it out to me.

“You eat it.”

“But I don’t have hands.”

When I playfully hid my hands behind my back and said that, Sun Woo shoved the melon on the fork into my mouth.

“Hmph, Sun Woo is bullying me.”

“Oh dear. Darling, why do you keep bothering our Jin-i?”

Grandmother immediately took my side and held the melon in my mouth to make it easier for me to eat. After taking a bite, I rested my head on Grandmother’s shoulder.

“It tastes good because of your touch. Right?”

Grandmother laughed warmly and put the melon I had bitten into my mouth again. As I chewed openly as if to show off to Sun Woo, he wiggled his eyebrows. As if he was sulking that I had stolen his grandmother.