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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 14: Oppa, How Do I Look?

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“Ah.”

When I looked troubled, Sia finally realized she was holding the chopsticks strangely and hurriedly put them down.

“W-What was I doing just now...? Oppa, I mean, it’s not like that...”

Sia waved both hands, insisting she had not meant anything by it.

But I knew it had not been intentional. More than that, Sia’s face had turned red as a tomato in her panic, and it was adorable.

Maybe I should tease her a little more.

“It’s okay. Things like that can happen when you panic. But you weren’t really going to stab me, were you?”

“No, no, no!”

If I teased her any further, she really might stab me.

Telling her not to worry about it, I picked up a king crab leg that had not been picked clean yet.

Sia could easily remove the meat with magic, but it probably felt different when her boyfriend carefully did it for her.

I picked every bit of meat from the leg, placed it in a dish, and handed it to Sia. She showed her satisfaction with a sweet smile.

We finished our meal in a warm atmosphere.

“Phew, that was good.”

Sia cutely patted her stomach.

“Sia, should we head back to the villa and rest now?”

“Yeah. I’m already looking forward to it. You are too, right, Oppa?”

“Very much. It looked really nice in the pictures earlier.”

We had taken a few trips together since we started dating, but we had never stayed at a pool villa before. That probably made it more exciting.

Since it was nearby, we walked to our accommodations.

“Wow.”

“We picked a really good place, Oppa. Right?”

“Yeah. Our Sia really has an eye for things.”

Dazzling lights lit up the dark night, with charming little gardens beneath them.

And slightly above, the private pool where we would swim shone brightly under the moonlight.

After checking in quickly, we headed up to our room.

A beautiful night view and a gorgeous pool reflecting the moonlight welcomed us.

Since this was a pool villa, all that was left was to go swimming.

But because we had planned this trip on the spur of the moment, neither of us had swimsuits.

Just as I was about to go down to the lobby and ask whether we could rent some, Sia stopped me.

“I brought them.”

There was nothing in Sia’s hands when she said that.

But she was a dragon, so maybe she had stored them in some kind of pocket dimension.

“Then I just need to rent one for myself.”

“No. I brought yours too, Oppa.”

“...Mine too?”

Our Sia had really been serious about swimming.

When had she prepared mine too?

No, had she even had time to prepare it?

I was a little confused, but decided to let it go for now.

“Sia, if you wanted to swim, you could’ve told me sooner. I really wouldn’t have minded.”

“Actually, I wanted to swim alone with you. Just the two of us, somewhere without anyone else.”

Sia’s face was gradually turning shyly red.

“Just the two of us, where nobody else can see.”

So that was why she chose a pool villa even though she had said it was fine when I suggested swimming.

“Right. Oppa, I have something to take care of, so wait for me a moment.”

“Okay. Do you need to be back soon?”

“Don’t worry. It’ll really only take a moment.”

* * *

After making sure Minjun had gone up to the room, Sia quickly left the villa and used Teleport.

The errand she had mentioned was none other than buying swimsuits.

She had not prepared any swimsuits in the first place.

How could she have bought any when she had only recently returned to Earth?

There was only one reason she had lied to Minjun and said she had prepared them.

‘I need to go buy them now.’

She wanted to choose the swimsuits herself.

Swimsuits.

They might seem like nothing more than clothes worn for swimming, but there were no better clothes for showing off one’s masculinity or femininity.

Sia wanted to show off hers through a swimsuit. At the same time, she wanted Minjun to show off his masculinity in a swimsuit she had chosen herself.

But swimming alone together in some cheap, standard rental swimsuits?

‘Maybe the old me would’ve been fine with it.’

But she could not accept it now.

It would be one thing if they were wearing them somewhere with family or friends.

But it would completely ruin this romantic atmosphere.

Since her grandfather had given her a generous allowance, she used Teleport and arrived at a department store in Seoul.

‘What kind of swimsuit would suit my Oppa best?’

And what kind should I wear to make my Oppa blush?

The Jeong Sia who had shyly said she wanted to swim alone with him was nowhere to be found now.

“Hehe. I can’t wait. I should buy them quickly and get back to Oppa.”

She had already narrowed down a few candidates on Minjun’s phone earlier, so buying them probably would not take long.

Sia’s eyes curved like crescents.

* * *

While Sia was away on her errand, I went up to the room first and looked around inside.

“This really is paradise.”

It felt like a waste to see this fantastic view alone without Sia.

“When is Sia coming back?”

It did not seem like something that would take very long.

After I had waited alone for about ten minutes...

“Oppa, I’m back!”

The doorbell rang as Sia called from outside, and I immediately opened the door.

Sia was carrying a large shopping bag.

“What’s... all this?”

“Snacks! I bought some in case we get hungry after swimming. Snacks, some drinks, and a few cans of beer. The swimsuits are in here too.”

“So that was your errand. I could’ve gone with you.”

“No, it’s okay.”

Sia started taking things out of the bag.

Snacks, drinks, alcohol, and finally...

My swimsuit.

“But Sia, where did you even get this swimsuit?”

I had let it slide earlier, but now that I thought about it, something seemed suspicious.

Why was Sia carrying around a man’s swimsuit?

“Actually, I just went to a department store and bought it.”

“You went out just to buy that? We could’ve worn the ones they rent here.”

It seemed like quite a hassle to me.

“I didn’t want to wear rental swimsuits today. So I bought one for myself and one for you too, Oppa.”

I did not completely understand, but I decided not to dig too deeply.

Sia said that was what she wanted.

“You bought all this... in that short time?”

“Yep.”

Two swimsuits, plus snacks.

I wondered whether that was physically possible in such a short time, but then I remembered that physical distance was not much of a limitation for someone who could use Teleport.

“Then I’ll go change over there.”

Without showing me her swimsuit until the very end, Sia trotted into the room carrying the shopping bag with her swimsuit inside.

She really knew how to make someone curious.

I decided I would see what Sia was wearing soon enough, then went into the room to change as well.

“So this is Sia’s taste.”

We had picked out clothes for each other a few times while shopping together, but we had never picked out swimsuits for each other.

Maybe that was why it felt so strange.

Wondering what design she had chosen, I took out the swimsuit Sia had bought for me.

‘Is this it?’

A simple pair of black swim trunks appeared.

Maybe abroad was different, but in Korea, did people not usually wear a rash guard too?

I preferred wearing one when I swam, so I felt a little awkward about swimming in only trunks.

But then again...

‘If Sia wanted me to wear one, she would’ve bought it as part of the set.’

If she had only bought trunks, that probably meant she wanted me to wear only those.

I decided to wear what Sia had bought me.

It was a little embarrassing, but it was not like anyone else was here.

After changing into my swimsuit, I went out to the pool villa and waited for Sia.

‘What kind of swimsuit did Sia choose?’

The Sia I remembered was closer to a modest, conservative girl.

She did not like revealing clothes in daily life, or even when we had gone to a water park together in the past.

That was why there was a good chance she had chosen a swimsuit that covered as much of her body as possible.

Maybe something like a full-body swimsuit that you would only see in a swimming competition.

‘...But if that were the case, she probably would’ve rented one here.’

Since there was a good chance she would not wear anything flashy anyway, I did not think she needed to stop by a department store to buy a swimsuit.

Unless she had a specific design in mind.

Then...

“Oppa!”

Sia called to me after apparently finishing changing.

But the moment I turned my head, I could not help being startled.

Where had the modest Sia I knew gone?

Sia, dressed in a black bikini like the kind you could easily see at a water park, was waving at me as she walked over.

There were no special decorations.

It was just a simple black bikini.

But did they not say simple was best?

“How’s the water? Is it too cold?”

Without mentioning her swimsuit at all, Sia lightly sat down beside me.

That only drove me crazier.

‘Why is she so sexy?’

If Sia had normally enjoyed wearing swimsuits like that, it would not have affected me this much.

But I was seeing a different side of Sia that I had never known.

And of all days, I was seeing that side of her today.

I opened my eyes wide and fixed my gaze on Sia.

‘How am I supposed to endure this?’

When I stared at her without saying a word, Sia did not grow embarrassed. Instead, she seemed to enjoy my attention and gave me a seductive smile.

Her eyes traveled over my bare upper body.

‘Did she not buy a rash guard just for this...?’

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I felt like I had fallen right into Sia’s trap.

Sia openly kept her eyes on my abs.

“Ah, I can’t take it anymore.”

Grabbing my shoulders, Sia pushed me straight down onto the ground.

As if this were not the poolside floor, but a bed.

“Uh, um...?”

Starlight filled the sky.

And beneath it, Sia was looking down at me with alluring eyes.

Sia’s warm breath. Sia’s hands resting softly on my shoulders.

She was not really planning to do something here, was she?

We had not even gone swimming yet...

When she saw how flustered I was, Sia finally burst out laughing.

“I’m joking, I’m joking. Oppa, do you know how cute you are when you’re flustered?”

“You...”

Sia giggled and stuck out her tongue teasingly.

I had been had.

“We still need to swim, so you can’t use up all your energy already. I know you want to, but hold back a little.”

Sia smiled like a much older woman taking the lead.

She was totally acting like an older sister.

* * *

Summer was nearly over, but we spent a night as hot as midsummer.

After happily finishing our swim, we became intimate right away.

Then we came back outside to enjoy the view again.

Each of us held a cup of instant ramen with hot water poured into it.

We had not even taken a single bite yet, but I knew it would be delicious without tasting it.

We placed the cups on a small table by the pool and waited for the noodles to cook.

“Ramen really tastes best after work.”

“Work? We didn’t work, Oppa.”

“Night work is work too...”

“Eek, that’s embarrassing. What if someone hears you?”

We chatted about trivial things as usual, but even without saying it, we both knew.

There was not much time left for us.

Once this time passed, no matter how much we missed each other, we would only be able to spend three hours together a week.

How long would we have to wait before we could spend such long, unhurried time together again?

Acting as though nothing was wrong, I picked up my wooden chopsticks to eat the ramen.

“Oppa, let’s take a picture together before we eat.”

Perhaps because she wanted to leave behind as many traces of our time together as possible before we parted, Sia wanted to take pictures.

I handed her my phone, and Sia happily took photos.

Afterward, Sia naturally checked the time on the phone.

I did not ask how much time was left.

I could vaguely guess it myself, and Sia did not want to say it aloud.

By unspoken agreement, we did not talk about the remaining time.

Instead, we ate our ramen and took in each other’s faces.

After we finished eating, we checked the time.

There were not even ten minutes left of the time we had been given.

“Should we wash up and lie down in bed for a little while?”

“Under the covers, with the air conditioner blasting.”

“Heh. There’s no greater paradise than that.”

After cleaning up the empty ramen cups, we washed up together and lay down in bed.

I shook my head and fought off the sleepiness washing over me.

“Oppa, are you sleepy?”

“A little.”

Actually, I was very sleepy, not just a little.

But I could not fall asleep like this.

Even if I did fall asleep, it would only be after all six hours we had been given had passed.

“Today was really fun. Right, Oppa?”

Sia pressed herself close to me.

“I was happy enough that I never want to forget it.”

“I’ll never forget it either.”

“You said you’re a dragon, so you can’t forget even if you want to.”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

Sia smiled brilliantly.

“I love you.”

“I love you too, Sia.”

“I love you. I love you, I love you, Oppa. I love you enough to die. I love you so much. Enough to give you everything I have...”

As if she had to say all the words of love she had not been able to say until now.

Or as if she were whispering in advance all the love she would want to whisper to me during the week we would be unable to meet.

Sia gently murmured that she loved me, over and over.

“I love you too. Truly. So, Sia.”

I took Sia’s hand.

“I’ll do everything I can too. So please wait just a little longer.”

I did not know whether it would take years, decades, or whether, in the worst case, I would fail even if I devoted this entire life to it.

“When that day comes, let’s get married, just like you said. I’ll give you an amazing proposal.”

Sia softly embraced me.

After a conversation that might have sounded ordinary, but was anything but ordinary, my eyes slowly closed.

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