My Platinum-Blonde Childhood Friend is Too Pretty - Chapter 113

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Translator: ZERO_SUGAR

◈ My Platinum-Blonde Childhood Friend Is Too Pretty ◈

Chapter 113: 41. My Platinum-Blonde Girlfriend Who Wants a Baby -6

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"Hey."

"......"

"Just imagining being apart from you makes me hate it. I want to spend every day like this too, wrapped up together like we have been, just having fun like always."

"......"

"I know that's why you said what you said. And I know it's not only that, I know you genuinely want a baby with me. That part is real too."

"......"

"Besides, we're going to get married anyway, right? We just haven't decided when. In that sense, a baby is more a question of sooner or lat-"

"...I'm fine with today."

"So am I. But are you okay with getting married without a proposal first?"

"Do you want to die?"

"Sorry. Anyway... even so, even though I feel the same way... having a baby right now because of the army, it would put too much on our parents, and I don't want that. Even if they said they'd help, I didn't want us to end up in that situation to begin with."

"......"

"You hate putting our stuff on our parents too, don't you, Elli? They already helped us so much just by letting us move in together right away."

"......Yeah."

If an accident had happened, whether because we'd gone without one our first time or because one had somehow failed against all odds and she'd gotten pregnant.

Something like that, and of course I would have done what needed to be done. I would have given everything for our child.

Or, if things had been different.

If we'd been in a position to raise a child on our own, naturally I would have wanted that too, a real product of what Elli and I had together.

But we weren't there yet.

I didn't think of myself as especially mature, but I at least understood that rushing into having a baby right now would put the burden on our parents far more than on us.

Earlier they'd gone along with it in a kind of easygoing way, but it felt strongly like they were just giving in to Elli, a daughter-in-law they adored. Either way, it was obvious it would be a burden.

I always put what Elli wanted first, always. But not when it came to problems neither of us could handle on our own.

Like this baby thing.

And it wasn't just a financial burden either.

"And if we had a baby this way, before we're even married, there'd definitely be people saying things."

"...I don't care."

"I do."

"......"

"People can say whatever they want to me, but I hate the idea of our family, or you, having to hear something bad."

"......"

"Someone saying a thousand things to me hurts me less than a single word you might happen to overhear."

"......"

"You feel the same, don't you?"

"...Yeah."

There probably wouldn't be many people brazen enough to say it to our faces, and we could tell ourselves that as long as we were happy it didn't matter, but.

Even as young as we were, we both knew the world wasn't that simple.

Elli understood all of it too.

Even if she said she didn't care, she knew that caring only on her own end didn't fix anything.

My girlfriend looked like she did whatever she pleased, always, but she wouldn't push things through while ignoring talk like that filtering back to me or our families.

This time she'd just gotten a little caught up in keeping me out of the army.

And on top of that.

"And, Elli."

"......What."

"You enjoy your modeling work, don't you? Getting to wear new clothes, doing those shoots."

"......"

"You even made plans to go to a concert with Lee So-yeon and Joo Hye-ryeong at the end of summer."

"......"

"Remember how we were talking about going to a hot spring this winter? We said we'd go somewhere domestic, or if we could manage it, somewhere in Japan."

"......"

There was so much we still wanted to do.

Not just me, but Elli was genuinely enjoying her modeling work these days, and she'd been making quite a few plans with Lee So-yeon and Joo Hye-ryeong lately too.

And then there was the Busan trip we'd just taken, or even just ordinary days, driving around together to wherever caught our eye.

We both loved going out and having fun together, just the two of us.

"If we had a baby... of course, if it was our baby, just looking at the little thing would make us incredibly happy, and I honestly can't wait for when they grow up and the three of us can go places together."

"......"

"But it would mean you'd have to give up so many things right now. That's what worried me."

-grip

The moment I finished, Elli's hand tightened on my clothes.

We were pressed together like a single person, the faint mix of sweat and warmth filling the space under the blanket, when Elli slowly lifted her head.

She hadn't cried, but her face had gone quieter than I'd ever seen it.

"Can you really... go a whole year without seeing me...?"

That was what she asked.

It wasn't as if Elli hadn't thought about everything I'd just said.

But this, the fact that she wouldn't be able to see me for so long, was what had made her dig her heels in.

Well, technically, we could still talk on the phone, and there would be leave, and she could come visit, so saying over a year without seeing each other was a pretty big exaggeration.

But I didn't bring that up. Instead I pressed my forehead to hers and answered.

"It's going to be hard. I don't even want to think about it."

"......"

"But... yeah."

I didn't have any real solution to this either. Whether it was a year or a month, once I enlisted there would just be time spent apart, and there was nothing to be done about that.

"I'll miss you like crazy too, so I'll come back as fast as I can."

That was all I could do, really. Just hold her close and say the soft things.

"I'll reach out every chance I get, and whenever I'm on leave I'll spend every second of it with you and no one else."

"......"

"Until then I'll listen to everything you say and do whatever you want. Stay right by your side. I'll miss you just as much as you miss me, so this is me stocking up on you ahead of time too."

She loved me so much, cared about me so much.

She hated being apart even for a minute, and all I could do was let her know I felt exactly the same.

"So will you wait for me? At home. Our home."

"......"

"What's the term for it... a military sweetheart? You'll be my military sweetheart, right?"

"......"

"And you'll come visit when you can?"

"......"

"Elli, you're not going to come? I'll be waiting for you every single day."

"...I'll go. Every week..."

"Thank you. I love you."

"......"

"I love you."

"......"

"I love you~"

"...I love you too, so please be quiet."

"......"

"Who said to go completely silent."

"I love you."

"You're only saying it with words. Why are you only doing kram. You said you'd give me bisou and everything while you talked, so what are you doing right now... mmph..."

Maybe the hurt had finally started to settle.

She'd gone back to her usual grumbling, flustered by her own behavior from before, and I stopped her complaints with a kiss.

Warmed by each other's body heat under the blanket, we shared a long, deep kiss.

"hah... smooch..."

The pure kram from back then had become an adult's embrace, hands wandering over each other with thoughts that were anything but innocent.

Our innocent, shy bisou had become an adult's kiss, tongues tangled and slick together.

Somehow enough time had passed since that day that we were worrying about military enlistment and having little incidents like this.

Every day had been rich and full, nothing wasted, but looking back it felt like it had gone by in a flash.

The army would probably feel the same way.

I hoped so, at least.

Honestly, I really didn't want to go either.

"smooch... mmn..."

Elli, who had been lying quietly in my arms, wrapped her arms around my neck and ran her tongue over my lips.

She shifted slightly, and rather than trying to climb on top, she was pulling me up and over her.

I followed her lead and moved above her, hovering over her, looking down at her.

Lips still touching, eyes meeting.

"......"

The argument about a baby, if you could even call it that, was probably over now. Elli knew she'd been pushing too hard, but it had come from nothing more than loving me too much.

There wasn't a separate solution to find anyway, so just holding her like this and talking it through was enough.

Which meant now she was making up for all the kissing we hadn't done, working my lips over with real dedication.

Then, at last, she spoke again.

"...I'm sorry about today."

"Don't be. I'm the one who's sorry. I know how you feel and there's nothing I can do about it."

I told her it was fine, in a small embarrassed voice she rarely used to apologize with.

And I meant it.

I didn't know what anyone else would have thought, but to me it had only looked cute. Especially the part where, even in the middle of venting to her friends because she was upset and frustrated, she'd still been worried about whether I'd eaten, and when I said I hadn't, she'd come straight back in the evening to make food for me. That was the part that had made my chest feel the warmest.

"Feeling a little better?"

"...It's just, I still don't want to send you away. I don't want to, but... I'll think about it again when the time actually comes."

"Okay. And I'll do everything I can to make sure you're not lonely, so you won't even have time to think about anything else."

"That's always been the case. You've always... listened to everything I wanted. Except this one time."

"You know how I feel, right?"

"...I know."

-smooch!

A short kiss, and a smile drifted onto Elli's lips.

"Your feelings... I know all of them."

The face of my girlfriend smiling prettily filled my whole field of view.

It was a small incident.

Too small to be a long one, and besides, I didn't think of it as a fight, but to have it go any further than this.

I knew Elli's heart too well, and she knew mine.

"Lee Do-yoon."

"Yeah."

"Take my pants off."

"Just your pants?"

"Are you going to keep saying dumb things?"

"Sorry. Want to practice making a baby?"

"I do. We'll have a baby that looks like you later, so..."

"We'll have one?"

At my question, Elli, still with her arms around my neck, smiled at me with those slow, sleepy eyes.

"Tonight, make it feel like... you're trying to get me pregnant."

"......"

"All the kissing got me ready already, so... right now, fill me up."

"......"

"And my chest, you can squeeze it as much as you want... you can suck on it like a baby and play with it however you like, so... hurry..."

"...Elli."

"Love me a lot."

She was asking me to hold her, now.

I looked down at my girlfriend, her whole body flushed and completely surrendered to me, and while I held her, I reached down and started pulling her pants and underwear down together.

And whispered against her ear.

"Elli."

"What..."

"I put a condom under the pillow too. Can you wait just a second?"

"......"

"You're not disappointed, are you?"

"...No. I said we'd have one later."

"Right?"

"I got so impatient I forgot."

"I know, I know. I'll be ready in a second."

"......Who stashes them in every little corner..."

"Elli? What did you say?"

"Nothing."

I trusted my sweet, clever girlfriend.

There was no way our Elli, after talking things through with me like this, after saying she'd have a baby with me later.

Would have kept trying to find that angle at the very last second.

* * *

The little pregnancy squabble, small but slightly disruptive to everyone around us, was over. The next day, Elli and I went around making our apologies.

To our parents, sorry for saying something so thoughtless. To Lee So-yeon and Joo Hye-ryeong, sorry for the trouble.

Then we came back home, and Elli said to me.

"I'm sorry."

"You don't have to keep saying that."

"I wasted a whole day getting worked up over nothing. We were supposed to spend yesterday at home all day doing it."

"That is a little sad, honestly. Maybe we can today... oh wait, you have a shoot later."

"Lee Do-yoon."

"Yeah?"

"I'm ready. We can't today, so do it tomorrow. That thing."

"That thing?"

"And since I do feel bad, I'll really make it worth it."

"What kind of... oh! Is it maybe... puppy...?"