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◈ My Platinum-Blonde Childhood Friend Is Too Pretty ◈

Chapter 88: 33. Sweet Cohabitation with My Platinum-Blonde Girlfriend -6

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Any guy worth his salt has some kind of fantasy about doing that sort of thing in a car.

So naturally I'd looked it up on my own at some point, and the reactions generally fell into one of two camps. Either it was thrilling in the best possible way, exactly like Bini-noona had just described, or it was so uncomfortable it barely felt worth the effort.

In my opinion, those two reactions are really saying the same thing.

Sure, getting tangled up inside a cramped car is obviously going to be awkward. But maybe that awkwardness is precisely what makes the romance and the fantasy feel worth it.

Anyway. After rambling through all that in my head, the conclusion I arrived at was simple:

"I kind of want to try it too."

I glanced over at Elli. She was sneaking little glances back at me with this odd expression, which made it pretty clear she was thinking the same thing.

"Can we please just drop this already... God, I'm going crazy."

"Sorry~ I'll leave it there for now. But if anyone's curious, feel free to reach out to me separately later~"

"...I'll do that later."

"Well... setting aside what noona said, the point is we need to get our licenses first."

Bini-noona had always been kind to us, a genuinely good noona. But whenever I watched her show up perpetually tipsy like this, I couldn't help thinking of her as a cautionary tale.

Now that we were adults, though, she'd turned out to be surprisingly practical help for Elli and me.

I already knew that most of the things Elli tried out so boldly when we were together she'd first heard about from Bini-noona.

In that sense, she really was a noona worth being grateful for.

"Don't be too mad, hyung. Let me pour you one."

"I swear Seon Woo-bin is going to be the death of me... Go ahead and pour."

I poured a drink for Jeong-woo, who swept back his hair. It was long for a soldier, though still noticeably shorter than before he enlisted.

Speaking of which, he looked good even with short hair.

He gave off a bit of a playboy vibe... well, he genuinely did play around a lot. Which was probably exactly why he was so popular.

"You said you're doing performances again before your leave ends, right?"

"Just some street busking. Why, you want in?"

"Oppa, do you want to die?"

"I was just asking... so why not?"

"If you've got the time, let's just do a set together, the two of us."

"Fine by me. Check my schedule tomorrow and I'll let you know which day's free, then you work around it."

-Clink!

"Oh, me too, me too! Drink with me~"

"Good grief."

-Clink!

"Cheers~"

We clinked cans and locked in a plan with hyung. I used to watch him and noona drink from the sidelines sometimes, but now here I was sitting right alongside them, and something about it made me feel a little strange. Warm, but strange.

It reminded me of the first time I had drinks with my parents. The fact that I was really an adult now was hitting me all over again.

"Puhh~ Should we all go to the beach together this summer~? After my husband gets discharged~"

"He's not your husband."

"Aish~ Anyway, what do you think?"

"Elli, do you want to go?"

"Sure. As long as we definitely get separate rooms."

"Hah... Look at him, checking his girlfriend's face first. How long are you going to live under her thumb?"

"Mm, forever?"

"...Never mind."

A drinking session with people you care about is always a good time. Whether it's family, friends, or Bini-noona and Jeong-woo hyung.

Drinking too often probably wasn't great for the body, but a night like this was welcome any time. The kind where you lose track of the hours just laughing and talking.

And Elli, right in the middle of this lovely little gathering.

Got drunk again.

"Mnn... Lee Do-yoon's mouth... come on..."

"Elli, can you hold on just a little until noona and hyung leave? Be good~"

"No! Kiss me already...!"

"Hey. Don't ever let her drink outside without you... actually, scratch that. Without you around she probably wouldn't even think about drinking in the first place. Still, she's... surprisingly aggressive when she's drunk."

"She's so cute though~ Do-yoon, Do-yoon! Look over here~"

-Click!

"You're actually taking a photo... Send it to me later. I'll tease her with it when I'm back at the base."

"Noona, send it to me too!"

"Ok~"

She'd deny it herself, and being the type who drank simply because the mood was right, it was hard for me to fully understand.

But Elli liked alcohol.

Bini-noona kept quietly nudging her toward another glass, and every time, Elli caved in with this practiced little air of being helplessly persuaded. It was obvious.

Whatever taste she was getting out of it, Elli drank happily regardless of what was in the glass.

If anything it seemed like the higher the alcohol content, the more she enjoyed it. Was it the Sweden blood in her veins? Or was she just her father Uncle Mark's daughter through and through?

Anyway.

The moment hyung and noona left in the early hours of the morning, Elli immediately stripped off her clothes and stood there in only the lingerie Mina-noona had given her as a gift.

"What's your deal... are you going to pounce on me or not...!"

"You want me to?"

"Do it, hurry... pounce on me... devour me..."

"Then I'll come for you, and while I do, you kiss me."

"No!"

"You don't want to?"

"You do the kissing too!"

"Ah, okay."

"Mmn..."

She was being this adorably, irresistibly coy with me, so we enjoyed each other well into the early hours.

Though in the morning Elli woke up clutching her face and immediately grabbed me by the collar.

A cheap price to pay for the sight of drunk Elli being cute with me.

* * *

The day after the drinking session with Jeong-woo hyung and Bini-noona.

Valentine's Day.

Elli, who had practically announced she'd skip the chocolate this year and just wear sexy lingerie instead, was in the kitchen early in the morning melting chocolate.

Granted, what she was wearing was a black slip that left everything underneath pretty much on display.

I washed my face and brushed my teeth, then went to the kitchen and wrapped my arms around her from behind as she focused on the double boiler.

"Elli. Are you trying to seduce me this early in the morning? Why are you so pretty?"

"Save it, Lee Do-yoon."

"Yeah."

"Which do you want first, the chocolate or me?"

"Can't I have both at the same time?"

"So greedy..."

Elli answered coolly, but I did end up getting both at the same time.

She set aside a small amount of the melted chocolate and put the rest in the fridge.

Then she said, "Here, eat up," spread a little chocolate across the top of her chest, and flicked her tongue over her lips with a look that dared me to come take it.

"Hah..."

Naturally I couldn't hold back and rushed at her like a puppy.

We tangled together like that in the morning, and at lunch we ate the finished chocolates while tangling together again, and in the evening, after dinner, we were naturally heading toward wrapping up Valentine's Day with one final round when.

"Oh."

"What?"

"We're out of condoms."

"I ordered more the day before yesterday."

"They haven't arrived yet..."

"......"

"...Is today a bad day?"

"A really dangerous one."

"Hmm..."

"What are you sitting there deliberating about. Do you want to make me a mom? Hurry up and get ready to go out."

"Right, okay."

"...I mean, if you really want to... making me a mom would be fine too, but..."

"......"

"Hmph. Look at you hesitating again. Forget it. Just put on your padding jacket."

"Yes..."

Out of condoms, we bundled into our long padding jackets like a normal couple and stopped by the nearest convenience store.

While we were there we browsed around and picked out some snacks.

"Oh, ABC Chocolates, haven't seen these in a while. Remember how we used to eat these all the time back in elementary school?"

"Get those too."

"These too? Okay."

We grabbed the bag of individually wrapped chocolates as well.

"Which kind should we get?"

"Just pick. We're only using them tonight anyway."

"Then this on-"

"...Get the thinnest ones possible."

"Guess it's that one then."

After picking out the night's condoms we headed to the register.

"...I'll help you check out."

-Beep, beep...

The male part-time worker kept sneaking glances at us as he scanned everything, radiating thick envy... well. Understandable.

Elli was just that pretty.

Back home, Elli slipped the see-through slip back on, and we sat together unwrapping chocolates one by one and sharing them.

"Mm... smooch..."

A chocolate that had melted just a little from Elli working it around with her tongue, passed from her mouth to mine.

That kind of sticky, sweet kiss.

"...Let's just skip the condom."

"You said it's a dangerous day."

"I don't like it. Let's do it without and you can finish outside."

"I... want to, but let's hold on just for tonight. Okay?"

"Hmph. Coward."

I talked her down from that genuinely risky suggestion, which she'd thrown out with real feeling behind it, and we spent another burning night together.

* * *

Starting that weekend, Elli and I attended driving school together.

The written portion was surprisingly tricky. It seemed easy at first, but there were quite a few questions where the correct answer didn't match what I'd always assumed was common knowledge.

We sat through two days of theory classes, took the written test, and then on the following weekday we finally got to sit behind the wheel for the first time.

And driving, even after only a few hours on the on-site driving course, was more fun than I'd expected.

Enough that I found myself thinking I'd love to take Elli out on drives all the time, if only we had a car.

We practiced two hours a day for two days and took the skills test on the third. Both Elli and I passed without any trouble.

I would have liked to jump straight into the road driving portion, but the Freshman orientation camp was only three days away, so we agreed to pick it back up afterward.

"So now we stop by my parents' place and pick up some side dishes, and tonight we swing by the place So-yeon and Joo Hye-ryeong signed the lease on..."

"You know the deal, right? Starting tomorrow, three days at home with just me."

"I know, I know."

Elli fixed me with burning eyes and repeated her instructions several times for emphasis. Do not even think about leaving the house for three days.

As for me, I was just happy that my girlfriend was this enthusiastic about being together like that.

It did wear me out physically, those days and nights tangled up with Elli around the clock, but the joy of being wanted that much by her more than made up for it.

The next day.

Three days before the Freshman orientation camp.

Phones off. Every curtain in the apartment drawn. Lights out. Only the mood lights scattered around the place glowing softly.

Elli, wearing the white lingerie I'd picked out for her, cute and pure and just a little dangerous all at once, sat on the bed in a languid pose and waited for me.

"Don't plan on sleeping starting today. I'm not letting you."

"I'll stay awake for you. I love you, Elli."

"I love you... smooch..."

From that moment on Elli truly did not let go of me for even a second.

But three days went by in a flash.

Before I knew it the morning of the Freshman orientation camp was here, and Elli was seeing me off at the front door.

"...Just don't go."

"Yeah?"

"...Dummy. Idiot. Just hurry up and leave already."

She was gripping the front of my shirt with this little sulky face, and she was so unbearably cute.

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