Chapter 57: A Home for Two: The Unspoken Confession.

Yu Sieun, having just sent off the first guest she had ever brought home, slumped down in the same spot in front of the door where she had been seeing them off.

Yu Sieun’s own figure was reflected in the mirror installed in the hallway.

Since it was a familiar sight, she could immediately pinpoint what was different from usual. In fact, familiarity wasn’t even necessary. It was a change that anyone who could distinguish colors could find.

The woman in the mirror, with her hands clasped together and brought up to her chest, had a face so red that you could recognize the redness even at a glance.

Yu Sieun thought that there was no way she could have become like this in just a few seconds after sending off Ha Eunsol. Her face must have been flushed red from before.

‘Ugh…’

She was already embarrassed, but thinking about it made her even more embarrassed.

Yu Sieun could feel a groan of “Eugh…” rising from the depths of her heart.

But for Yu Sieun, there was something more important to prioritize right now than twisting her body like this.

Yu Sieun sat down and diligently recalled her memories.

It was to recall the sentence she had heard a few minutes ago. The sentence that had the biggest stake in making her like this now.

[You thought that if you asked me to live here together, I would naturally say yes, so you did this, right? That’s what makes me happy. I feel like I know how you think of me, unnie.]

In fact, her actions today were somewhat impulsive.

“Stay over.”

If she was going to say such words, she should have said that it was a guest room, not a warehouse, when she first introduced that room.

If she was going to hide it completely, she should have hidden it completely, and if she was going to reveal it, she should have clearly informed her of the intended use of the room that she had been thinking about.

But to bring up such words right away when she showed signs of struggling.

It was a choice that wasn’t calculated. She couldn’t think of more delicate and safer methods, such as saying that she had cleaned up the warehouse room the next morning, so she could pack her bags and stay.

If she had done that, Ha Eunsol would have felt something strange, but she wouldn’t have been able to conclude that this room was hers.

She ignored Ha Eunsol’s perception too much.

She never thought that she would immediately draw a conclusion based on Yu Sieun’s small lies and the appearance of the room. What just happened was a progression that wasn’t in Yu Sieun’s assumptions.

‘Haa…’

But Yu Sieun knew that thinking about such things was useless right now.

The process was dangerous and irrational.

But what she had in her hands now was such a brilliant success. So, the danger of the process was not a big problem. It wasn’t something she had to repeat. One success was enough.

Yu Sieun felt like she was about to shed tears of joy.

The night of the day when the 100,000 Q&A with hope was held was already five months ago. In other words, five months had passed since she first started making grand plans for her love.

How much thought and effort had she repeated during that time?

The original plan had continued to be broken.

Yu Sieun originally planned to achieve Grandmaster within a month after the Q&A and conduct a cam broadcast.

Although she didn’t think it would be a big factor, the fact that her lover’s information was known would also be something that had to be included in Ha Eunsol’s choice.

Moving was next, and after that, she was planning to actively increase the time she spent with Ha Eunsol for a few months, and confess when she saw the possibility.

There was also a plan to propose living together if the confession was successful and the relationship deepened. To coincide with the time when Ha Eunsol moved her residence.

But Yu Sieun had never achieved Grandmaster.

The score fluctuated like a virtual currency, but the tier was always Master. Whenever she was about to achieve her goal, it was as if her account had a curse on it, and the score headed back to the starting village.

So things went wrong.

Because she didn’t achieve Grandmaster, she couldn’t do a cam broadcast, and because she couldn’t do a cam broadcast, she couldn’t go on dates. So she couldn’t confess.

Because of the growing desire for love, she was only decorating a room where no one lived.

Even that had a problem.

If she passed December without confessing her feelings, Ha Eunsol, who seemed to have the thought of renewing her original room, would sign another one-year contract.

If that happened, even if they could become lovers next year, they would not be able to live together for a long time.

The fact that time was dragging on and the period of being friends was getting longer and longer also kept stabbing her heart that Ha Eunsol would only define her as a friend.

‘Heueu, sniff…’

But all those worries were solved thanks to the choice made by her impulsive and stupid self today.

To be exact, those gave her the opportunity, and they were solved by Ha Eunsol.

[This is my room, right? You prepared my room? Is that why you asked me about the contract period before? Really?]

It was like all the walls that were hiding her affection were pierced through.

Seeing her heart that was revealed like that, Ha Eunsol clearly smiled brightly earlier.

Saying, ‘I’m happy. Because I feel like I know how you think of me, unnie…’

The hope she had when she heard the words about her ideal type five months ago was not her delusion.

The fact that Ha Eunsol, who must have received countless confessions during her school days, rejected them all.

The fact that she didn’t see men as her ideal type.

The fact that she said that she fit her ideal type well.

And the words she heard earlier.

All of this was pointing to one fact.

Confession is the work of finishing after confirming the feelings of both parties. The stage of confirming emotions, which she thought would be the most difficult of the processes towards him, was just over.

They seemed to have been misaligned.

Because they didn’t know how their love would be received by the other.

But now all those misalignments are over.

Yu Sieun repeated the ecstatic words she had heard earlier once again. As she did, she trembled slightly with happiness.

“I’m happy. Because I feel like I know how you think of me, unnie.”

Even hearing it in her own voice, it was so good just to think about that feeling from before a little.

Happiness. Exaltation. Excitement.

Yu Sieun sat down in front of the door and thought.

She felt like she could do anything right now.

Living with someone who is not a relative for a few days is not the kind of experience that you can easily have. Sleeping at a friend’s house is only for about a day, not for a week.

I was facing such a rare experience.

Having returned from work to Yu Sieun’s house, I was taking out a storage box and putting things that I would use for a few days inside.

Yu Sieun said she would let me sleep at her house.

Even throughout the tutoring period, which I don’t know how long it will be.

Thinking back to today’s memory, the probability of being proposed to live together when I move my house later was almost 100%.

‘Hehe.’

I smiled even while packing my bags.

I had been in a very good mood since I heard Yu Sieun’s words earlier.

Yu Sieun considers me a person who is so comfortable and close that she can even live with me.

Of course, it wasn’t a fact I didn’t know at all. Because she is my best friend.

But knowing it vaguely by feeling and being confirmed by action came with quite different impressions.

Yu Sieun was an angel.

She was even trying to provide a living environment for her editor and friend.

Seeing that she made the room and filled it with furniture without even negotiating the conditions, it seemed like she didn’t even think about the additional living expenses that would occur when I entered the house.

Of course, I would have to insist on giving it to her when we live together a month later.

‘Haa…….’

I took the opportunity to imagine the days ahead a little.

Living together means that the physical distance is extremely reduced. That change would also create big changes in the relationship between people.

First of all, the time we spend facing each other would increase tremendously.

The evening phone calls would be replaced by talking together until we fall asleep.

Even if it’s a type of work that needs to be recorded, when we’re having a meeting about the YouTube channel, we could use the method of sitting together in the living room and talking instead of making phone calls.

There would also be changes in lifestyle.

The number of times I eat alone will decrease.

Since there are two people, unlike when living alone, we can also create an ideal life of stocking up on ingredients at home and cooking ourselves.

There were so many changes that would occur even if I only thought about it briefly.

If I actually live there, I will learn about the many changes that I can’t think of right now.

In short, changes like having one more family member.

The warmth of a family-like person felt inside the house.

This was a really exciting thing for me just to imagine.