Chapter 21: Sweet Intoxication and Unspoken Feelings.

Due to a large amount of advertising and experience, the sound of opening a can containing a drink is etched in the minds of modern people as a symbol of refreshment.

The weak metallic sound that comes from opening the can.

The carbonation that escapes through the created hole, and the faint scent that rises from the can.

I slowly poured the beer in the can into the glass placed in front of me.

In the meantime, Yu Sieun had finished making a glass of Korean-style cocktail with one green bottle and one can of beer.

“Okay, then… Cheers!”

I made a mood by tapping the glass once, and I brought the alcohol to my mouth after a long time.

A feeling similar to what I felt with the previous senses was transmitted through my sense of taste.

It was the same taste of beer that I remembered, but the feeling I felt while putting the glass back on the side table was the most ecstatic even when I returned all the memories.

In fact, the size of the joy felt when drinking alcohol is determined by the surrounding environment rather than the taste of the alcohol itself.

The feeling of drinking in front of a boss from a client and the feeling of drinking with a girlfriend are different.

So, it was, in a way, natural that the alcohol I was drinking after a long time felt sweet with Yu Sieun in front of me.

The preference for spicy food that I vaguely answered with the word “probably” when Yu Sieun asked me had not changed.

The unfortunate event that I couldn’t eat the food I liked because it was too spicy due to the changed taste did not occur.

Even the taste was good, I don’t know how she picked out a restaurant in our neighborhood that I didn’t even know about and ordered it.

Since those small facts were very enjoyable, I swallowed a chicken foot, raised my glass again, and emptied it completely this time.

As I was smiling brightly, I heard Yu Sieun’s voice from the front.

“How is it. Is it okay? People who drink alcohol for the first time usually say it doesn’t taste very good.”

“I’m having an incredibly good time… I guess I don’t fit in with the usual. It’s delicious.”

“Really? Still, it’s hard to become an alcoholic.”

“Ehh. I won’t. I like uploading videos more than drinking alcohol. If we drink together… Hmm, I don’t know about that. Hehe.”

The cup that Yu Sieun and I had brought in front of us could hold about 2/3 of a chubby canned drink.

Since I filled it to the brim and drank it, I drank about half a can of beer almost at once.

But I didn’t feel any alcohol coming up or anything. It ended with the feeling of just drinking alcohol, where I felt refreshed.

Perhaps, like I still eat spicy food well, my alcohol tolerance hasn’t changed either.

I originally didn’t get that drunk even if I drank beer until I was full.

I gained confidence in that fact and came up with the idea of asking Yu Sieun to hand me the green bottle next to her.

There are people who simply have a can of beer or a bottle of soju when drinking alone, but there are few people who make and eat Somaek.

I don’t like beer without carbonation, and there is a feeling that soju is not good to store and eat once the lid is opened.

But it’s hard to empty that much amount while drinking alone. Usually, most of the time, you just want to drink simply when you are alone.

Therefore, Korean cocktails were a special luxury that can only be enjoyed when two or more people are drinking.

To be honest, I haven’t drank it much, so I don’t know if it tastes better than drinking soju and beer separately, but there was no reason not to enjoy it when I could enjoy it.

But after thinking about it a little more, I thought it would be better to go and get it myself than to ask for it.

I moved my position from the position facing Yu Sieun to the seat next to her.

I tapped Yu Sieun’s shoulder lightly, as if knocking, and conveyed what I wanted by speaking.

“Unnie. I want to mix and drink too.”

“Okay. Give me the glass, I’ll make it for you.”

Yu Sieun, who had taken the glass from me, soon handed me a glass of cocktail made with the same recipe as what she was drinking.

In fact, since Korean cocktails only mix a small amount of soju, unless you’re a very sensitive person, you can only get the feeling that the original beer has a little more alcohol taste.

“Haaheue….”

“How is this?”

So now that I received the glass that Yu Sieun handed me again and drank it, the fact that it feels like a little sweetness has been added to the beer taste I drank earlier was probably because of the sweetness created by the current situation.

Does it matter? If you ask me, it doesn’t.

Whether the alcohol is sweet because of the taste or because of the atmosphere, isn’t it just sweet?

“…This is delicious too.”

It seems like my thoughts are all over the place, but simply put, I was in a good mood.

After repeating a bite of snacks and a sip of alcohol, I emptied the glass again completely when it was half full.

I felt the sweetness double than when I took a sip at a time, so I smiled brightly once again.

I felt like drinking a little more.

I got up, headed to the refrigerator, and took out two more bottles of soju.

I originally liked soju with spicy food, so I was thinking of drinking one bottle, and I prepared the other one so that I wouldn’t have to go there again later.

Yu Sieun, who saw me taking out more alcohol, said in surprise.

“Eunsol, are you going to drink more?”

Even the sound of her voice ringing in my ears made me feel good, so I smiled again and nodded.

No matter how expensive the audio equipment you listen through, you have to say that nothing beats hearing it directly.

I thought the feeling would be better if I talked a little closer, so I stuck a little closer to the position I was sitting in earlier.

“Yes. It’s a bit much to drink more beer… I think one bottle of soju would be perfect.”

“Hmm…. Eunsol, aren’t you dizzy or anything?”

“I’m just feeling incredibly, incredibly good right now.”

“Hmm… You look okay, but something feels different from usual-“

“I’m very fine. And even if I pile up the things I bought, I won’t drink them alone anyway. I like working more than usual. It’s good because we’re drinking together.”

Alcohol has many effects on humans.

The most representative of these is to cloud reason.

By mixing the boundaries between instinct and reason, it allows you to look at the emotions contained within you more intuitively.

When I had almost emptied a bottle of soju, I brought my body a little closer to Yu Sieun.

I can feel my heart beating fast. It seemed like I was a little drunk.

A strange sense of elation is running through me and my cheeks are slightly flushed.

I thought I should drink a little less than this later.

It seemed like I was not in a state where I could only think normally when I was thrown outside.

It’s not a state that I can show to other people.

But I thought it would be okay to show it to the person in front of me right now.

So I drank the last glass left in the bottle.

‘…Haaheue.’

The so-called wrapping that wraps the heart is easily washed away by pouring a few bottles of alcohol.

I was able to feel the reason for the comfort and liking that I felt for Yu Sieun a little more intuitively than before.

I took out the true feelings that were immediately revealed on the outside and put them into sentences.

“Thank you, unnie. For always telling me that I’m good at editing, that it’s because of me that you’re doing well now…”

“I’m saying that because it’s the truth. People call you the founding contributor, right? My broadcast wouldn’t exist now without you.”

“Other people don’t do that.”

“Huh?”

“Originally, people only find the reason why they’re doing well in themselves, and only find the reason why they’re not doing well in other people. Almost all the people I’ve seen were like that. It’s gossip that those people wouldn’t even hear… But I won’t talk about it anymore.”

Yu Sieun didn’t seem to be able to relate to the theory of humanity that a twenty-year-old had brought up, so she made a long sound of “hmm”.

It was a part that Yu Sieun didn’t need to understand at all, so I just continued what I wanted to say.

“You tell me that I’m lucky to have met you, that you’re thankful, right? But I think it’s the opposite. I’m lucky, I’m so recognized for the first time that I’m happy, and that’s why I want to do better….”

I carefully turned my body and gently wrapped my arms around Yu Sieun’s waist, who was sitting next to me.

It was an action that I wouldn’t normally do, but I thought that this might be the best way to convey my meaning right now.

Something that might be a little strange between men, or between men and women.

However, I thought that there was now a friendship and camaraderie between Yu Sieun and me that would allow this level of skinship.

And now I’ve also drank alcohol, so even if it’s just my own delusion, I thought she would forgive me.

I was hugging Yu Sieun lightly.

The transmitted sensation mixed with the intoxication that rose to the end of my body, amplifying the sense of elation and happiness.

“I’ll do really well in the future too. Let’s go for a long time, unnie.”

When I looked up while saying that, my eyes met Yu Sieun’s.

It seemed that she had been looking at me since I had buried my face in Yu Sieun and was talking.

‘Eh……?’

In the next moment, I felt something soft touching my forehead.