The Marrying The Grim Reaper
Chapter 23: It takes time to be alone.
"Do you have an eonni girlfriend? You're wearing it on your ring finger, which means it's a couple's ring, right??" Search Cae-Rin.
"Emmm, not really, I don't know." Yumi hesitated to answer.
"Then just move it on your index finger." Jae-bom said. *in South Korea, if a person wears a ring on their index finger, it means a ring for friendship.
"Emm. No, I like to wear it on my ring finger." Answer Yumi.
Jae-Bom frowns, initially unaffected by the ring that Yumi wears, but now another, Jae-Bom starts to get curious.
"Oh. Maybe Yumi eonni wants to close herself off from men, so she wears a ring on her ring finger. A lot of women do that." Cae-Rin commented again.
"Is that Yumi??" Ask Jae-Bom.
"Not really." Yumi looked at her ring.
'Yumi's eyes looked different as she looked at the ring, what exactly was the ring she was wearing?' Inner Jae-Bom.
Yumi, Jae-Bom and Cae-Rin chat while finishing their drinks.
"Well, it's like this, I'm going home first. I have an appointment with my friend." Cae-Rin takes out her makeup place, the beautiful girl is obliged to re-dress her face before leaving.
"I also have to go home, I have to continue my novels." Yumi was also preparing to go home.
"Emm. All right, I'll take you to the station." Jae-bom said.
"I took a taxi." Cae-rin.
"I took the subway and the bus. But you don't have to bother driving me." Answer Yumi.
"No fuss, let me drop you." Jae-Bom continues to ask to drive Yumi, finally because it is not good to refuse again, Yumi resigned.
"Or Yumi eonni just come with me, exactly in line with the station." Cae-Rin lies, the direction of the destination is opposite to the direction of the station but she does not want Jae-Bom to drive Yumi, walking both ways.
"No, I can walk." Yumi resolutely rejected Cae-Rin.
'Huh. you sly fox.' Inner Cae-Rin.
"That's a cab." Jae-Bom helps Cae-Rin stop a taxi.
Cae-Rin reluctantly lets Jae-Bom escort Yumi to the station.
"Come on." Take Jae-Bom.
"Actually you don't have to drive me, I'm used to walking alone."
"Don't get me wrong, I want to take you because I want to exercise. All day sitting and staring at a laptop screen is exhausting." Jae-Bom looks for a logical reason, though Yumi also knows that Jae-Bom is just looking for an excuse.
"Oiya... You think this good stuff isn't?" Jae-Bom suddenly thrusts his phone, he shows a floor chair product with a padded backrest that is sold at one of the online sales sites.
"Waaaah.this is my dream chair, I told you. You want to buy it for your house?"
"Hmm.. Which color do you like?" Ask Jae-Bom.
"Dark blue suits you."
"Emm.. If you want what color if you buy it?" Ask Jae-Bom.
"Sama, I like that color too. I don't like bright colors, if it's dirty it'll be obvious, hehe.."
"Emm. okay, thanks for the advice."
"Just help the little things, no need to thank." Yumi returns Jae-Bom's phone.
“It's here, I'm in first, see you again.” Yumi walked into the hallway to the underground station.
After boarding the train and bus, Yumi finally reached her home area.
Yumi kept walking until she got home.
"Hahhh, let's write so that my brain is not just filled with Gyu-Sik.. Gyu-Sik and Gyu-Sik." Yumi turned on her laptop and started writing.
If Yumi is in serious writing mode, she can write endlessly for hours.
"Aaaaaah.a very tired…." Yumi stretched her body.
"Waaaah.it's six in the afternoon. I haven't eaten, hmm.." Yumi looks at her phone she's looking for ordering fast food.
"Done up! Just wait for the food to arrive." Yumi lay on the sofa while turning on the television.
No need to wait long, the food Yumi ordered came. Yumi enjoys her dinner and takes a shower.
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Eight o'clock at night.
The store is empty of customers, Maru has asked her employees to clean up and prepare to go home.
“This is your salary today Gyu-Sik, thanks.” Maru gives money to Gyu-Sik.
“Thanks sajangnim.”
“Yumi is not pregnant?”
“What?” Gyu-Sik is shocked to hear a question from Maru.
“Aaa.. You guys must follow modern couples huh? Couples who delay or even do not want to have children?”
Plaque..
“Aww..” Maru was in pain when her arm was hit by the wife.
“You are, why ask such a personal thing? Sorry yes Gyu-Sik.” Maru's wife also works in the tavern.
“Hehe.. it's okay.”
“This country is in a human crisis because couples today are afraid to have children, even though due to the covid many of these citizens who died. Imagine if it happened one hundred years, it could be that the population in this country is declining and could become extinct, hihh.. terrible, so Gyu-Sik please help this country not to become extinct quickly.” Maru does like to talk about many things to Gyu-Sik, from important things to things that do not make sense.
“It's only natural that today's couples don't want to have children, it's the government's fault too. All things in this country expensive, self-financing and couples alone slit let alone have children.” Maru's wife has more open portrayal than Maru's.
“Hahhh, yes already, the important thing is that you and Yumi are happy and healthy. That's the key you guys can live long and coexist forever.” Maru hugged her wife.
Gyu-Sik smiles, he is indeed amazed by Maru and his wife who look harmonious despite having two children who grow up and everyday in sports with a tavern.
“Then I go home first, thanks.” Gyu-Sik comes out of the tavern, he walks slowly towards Yumi's house.
“Hahhh.. I have to talk to Yumi, I can't avoid it keep.” Gyu-Sik speaks for himself while strengthening his heart in order to face Yumi.
“You came home quickly today.” Welcome Yumi who just sat on the porch chair of her home.
“Oh.. yes.” Answer Gyu-Sik briefly.
“Han Gyu-Sik until when will you avoid me?” Yumi could not stand Gyu-Sik's attitude.
“Huft.. Sorry Yumi, I made you feel uncomfortable. There's something I want to say.”
“Sit first, do I need to make a drink?” Yumi feels Gyu-Sik will say something that is not good, she still sets her heart to be ready to face whatever Gyu-Sik will say.
“I think we need time to be alone, so from that start tonight I will stay at motel.”
To be continued...