Yes, It’s Me. The Obsessive Side Top

#040

Grandma tended to a small field, and on market days, she said she harvested various things and sold them. One day, she asked me to go see the pepper field together, and as I got up from my seat, Sun Woo called out to me and stopped me. He gave me a pair of work pants and a long-sleeved t-shirt and told me to put them on.

When I came out wearing the clothes, he even tied a handkerchief around my neck and put a hat with a curtain-like cloth attached to it on my head. With a gentle touch that made it hard to believe he was the same beast who nibbled, sucked, and ravished me every night.

“You’re fully armed.”

“The sun is strong.”

It was funny seeing Sun Woo standing in the same outfit. With his long legs, his ankles were sticking out of the pants, and he had a basket tucked under his arm.

At Sun Woo’s words about the strong sunlight, I took out sunglasses from the car and put them on.

“How do I look? Cool?”

I leaned against the car and posed like a model, but Sun Woo ignored me and passed by.

At night, he’s so persistent, but during the day…

Clicking my tongue, I caught up with him and swiftly passed by him as well. Then, I linked arms with Grandma, who was walking ahead, and tattled on Sun Woo’s behavior.

“I think Sun Woo doesn’t like me. He’s totally ignoring what I say.”

“Oh no, that’s not it. He’s just not talkative, but he’s a deeply caring child.”

“And he called me ugly. I asked if I was pretty, and he glared at me like this.”

“Where are you ugly when you’re this pretty? Darling! Treat our Jin-i a bit better.”

Sun Woo walked towards Grandma, who turned around and scolded him, with large strides. A hint of playfulness flickered across his face before disappearing. Feeling a bit uncomfortable, I watched him warily, and his face suddenly came close and stood in front of Grandma, looking at me with honey-dripping affectionate eyes as if to show off.

As I grinned back at that gaze, Sun Woo laughed.

“Ha Jin. I think I told you every night that you’re pretty. Maybe you have a bad memory?”

“Oh my, yes, yes, don’t you two look great together?”

Sun Woo walked ahead with a refreshed smile on his face.

Flustered by Sun Woo, who brought up what happened at night without any shame, I took off my sunglasses and put them on Grandma.

“Look at him smiling like a devil. Ok-bun, just look at the good things.”

“Huh? I like it though?”

Grandma laughed happily and walked with me, following behind Sun Woo.

The pepper field we arrived at was small in scale. I picked the moderately grown peppers as Sun Woo instructed me and put them in the basket. Sun Woo even brought gloves, worried that I might find the peppers spicy while picking them. If it weren’t for last night’s events, I would have praised the protagonist, but I had suffered too much for that.

I didn’t forget to glare at Sun Woo, who acted nonchalant as if nothing had happened. As if he found my behavior amusing, Sun Woo responded with a relaxed smile.

While picking peppers, I suddenly remembered that firm thing pressing against my butt. I had seen it in the webtoon, but actually feeling it was a huge shock to me. Is the main lead’s thing supposed to be that big?

“Ugh…”

I let out a groan involuntarily, and Sun Woo, who was harvesting a little distance away, approached me.

“Is it spicy?”

With a worried face, he took the pepper from my hand.

“Yeah. Very.”

An unnecessary complaint slipped out. There’s no way it would be spicy when I picked them leaving the stems and even wore gloves. At my answer, Sun Woo moved my body away from the pepper plants.

“Go out and rest.”

“It’s bearable.”

“Isn’t it uncomfortable?”

“It’s fine.”

Seeing Sun Woo meticulously checking if I was in pain, a sense of betrayal suddenly arose. Where did the person who pushed forward every night despite me telling him not to go? And now he’s making such a caring face that makes people doubtful. As if he’s a different person day and night.

As I started picking peppers again, Sun Woo, who had stayed by my side for a while, returned to his spot.

The pepper field was small, so it didn’t take long to harvest. The work that would have taken Grandma half a day alone, we finished in an hour with the three of us. We filled the two baskets we brought with peppers and put them out by the roadside. Moving clumsily at this unfamiliar task, my lower back ached dully.

Rubbing my back, I sat in front of the baskets we put down and fiddled with the peppers.

“There’s so much… Are we going to eat all of this?”

“Oh my, how can we eat all of this? I’m going to sell them at the market tomorrow.”

“Is tomorrow a market day?”

“Yes. Grandma will sell everything tomorrow and buy you something delicious.”

“Then buy me some country-style fried chicken!”

“If Jin-i wants to eat it, I have to buy it for you.”

Grandma promised to buy it for me with a happy face and told us to go home first.

“I’m going to hang out with my friends here for a bit, so you two go ahead and have lunch.”

The way she left wearing sunglasses was extraordinarily hip.

We went home, put the peppers in a cool place, and took off our hats. Sun Woo made cool ice water and handed it to me. I hope Sun Woo continues to maintain this bright appearance. His kind personality is charming.

Thinking that, I suddenly thought of Sin Yeo-un, the male lead who ends up with him in the webtoon. The Mercedes boy who can’t even be compared to that dog Ha Jin. He would be able to make Sun Woo happy…

I sat still on the wooden bench and drank what he gave me, and it felt like heaven.

My back, which had been bent the whole time in the field, hurt, so I lay down on the bench, and Sun Woo spread his hand to create shade for my face.

“It’s fine.”

I mumbled with my eyes closed. Still, Sun Woo didn’t remove the shade he made with his hand.

“You should lie down too. It’s really nice. Warm.”

“Ha Jin, you really don’t get hot easily. It’s not warm, it’s hot.”

“Do you get hot easily?”

“I do.”

Then what’s with sticking close to me every night? Tightly attached without any gaps, it must have been hot with our body heat.

I opened my closed eyes and looked at him, and Sun Woo had beads of sweat on his forehead. Even though he was sweating like that, he was quietly holding up his hand to create shade for me.

He’s really different from the Sun Woo in the webtoon. Grandma’s death must have been that shocking. As that thought reached me, my heart calmed down.

Feeling sorry for Sun Woo, I sat up.

“Should we go to the shade?”

I got up, brushed myself off, grabbed Sun Woo’s arm, and headed towards the wooden floor where the eaves extended to create shade.

I turned on the fan on the floor and made it face Sun Woo.

As if he didn’t know there was sweat on his forehead, he just stayed still, so I directly wiped his forehead with my hand.

“You must have been really hot.”

As I touched his face like I was caressing it up close, he grabbed my wrist. Thinking I had done something unnecessary, I looked at Sun Woo. My face was reflected in his pupils. The moment I thought how clear it was in those pupils where my appearance was distinctly visible, that gaze quickly turned murky.

Startled by the suddenly changed gaze, I was simultaneously pulled by my grabbed arm and ended up in Sun Woo’s embrace. Sun Woo, who was sitting upright, held me, who had fallen diagonally, in his arms and lowered his head to kiss me.

Surprised by the lips that descended with hot breath, I first checked the surroundings.

That crazy bastard, on the wide-open floor.

Unless someone opened the gate and came in, there was no way we would be seen, but my startled heart pounded loudly. As I pushed him away and stood there, forgetting even my words in bewilderment, he reached out to me again.

“Why are you looking around like that?”

“I’m surprised because you did it so suddenly. What if someone sees?”

“So what if they see? We were just affectionately kissing.”

“What?”

“You seemed to want to show off how close we are. I just did that for you.”

“What does being close have to do with kissing?”

Sun Woo was smiling as if he was in a good mood. It was clear he was enjoying my flustered appearance. I sat far away from Sun Woo, and he stretched his arms back, leaned his body back with his hands on the floor, and closed his eyes.

His hair fluttered in the fan’s breeze, and his lips were curved in a pretty arc as if he was in a good mood. It was like a scene from a refreshing commercial.

“Ha Jin.”

“What?”

When I spat out sharp words, Sun Woo chuckled and opened his eyes to look at me. His hair was fluttering as if it were a special effect to highlight the protagonist’s appearance.

After calling my name and staying silent for a while, Sun Woo spread his arms wide.

“Come here.”

“…”

He’s crazy, completely crazy.

When I looked at him with a rotten expression, Sun Woo said “ah” and changed his words.

“Hug me.”

“Why would I hug you?”

“Can’t you hug me?”

Sun Woo asked me one more time. As I approached him, pretending to give in to his pitiful expression, he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly.

His hand patted my back, tapping it.

“Pat me too.”

“Okay, okay.”

As I patted him back, Sun Woo deeply buried his face in the nape of my neck and took a deep breath. And the breath he exhaled was very hot and ticklish, so I slightly pulled away, but he came close again without any gaps.

After staying like that for a long time without saying anything, Sun Woo, still with his face buried in my neck, threw a question.

“Do you know that even breakups need preparation?”

“…”

My hand, which had been playfully hitting his back, faltered. A chill ran down my spine at the words that came out of his mouth.

“You told Grandma. That even for goodbyes, you need time to prepare.”

“That… Why?”

When I asked, stammering, Sun Woo pulled me even closer into his arms. His heartbeat was transmitted to me from his chest pressed against mine. My heart was beating even more violently than his. Perhaps because of the tension, my heart pounded loudly in my ears as if it was right next to them.

“I’m doing that right now. With Grandma and me. Preparing for goodbye.”

“…”

As I stayed silent, Sun Woo lifted his face from my neck and looked at me.

“Say something.”

“How do you know if you’ll break up or not?”

“…I went to the hospital.”

“When?”

“Right after the break started and I heard from Grandma.”

I spoke to him calmly.

“Let’s go… to the biggest hospital together.”

At my words, Sun Woo nodded as if it was difficult.

“Yeah. Let’s do that.”

I hope a miracle happens. Mumbling that, Sun Woo buried his head in me again, and I stroked him as affectionately as I could. So that my touch could provide him with even a little comfort.