I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

120. Not the end, but the beginning (2)

1.

“Hey, don’t be so annoying.”

“…I’ve never been upset.”

“Then should we pull down the blanket and talk? When people talk, they should talk while looking at each other’s faces. It’s not that hard to make eye contact, so why are we talking under the blanket?”

“This, this is…….”

I was very happy to comfort Eileen.

No, is it correct to say that it is comforting?

I just corrected a huge mistake that Eileen was making on her own. The reason she reacted like this is because she was beating the drums and janggu all by herself, and then realized that she was mistaken and was struggling with a sense of guilt.

I’ll probably be kicking the covers off my body for at least a month when I think about this, but that’s Eileen’s problem and there’s nothing I can do about it.

Well, of course, I can’t just leave Eileen to wallow in self-loathing like this.

“Okay, stop. Don’t cry. If you shed tears over something like this, you won’t have anything to say to your child later.”

“…….”

“Hey, isn’t that right? When you were little, your mom used to make mistakes and when she corrected you, you got so embarrassed that you even cried───”

“I’ve never had luck!”

Eileen finally threw off the blanket with a scream.

She looked very angry and sullen, and her face was completely red. Eileen’s skin was originally very white, so sometimes I thought she looked like a porcelain doll, but now she looks completely different than usual.

Anyway, since I don’t know what will happen later if I just leave it like this, it was my job to calm it down.

It’s similar to how I comforted Elena a while ago.

Pat pat.

Considering that we were going to get married soon, this level of skinship was natural. So, without thinking much about it, I patted Eileen on the shoulder.

“……Ugh.”

But every time that happened, it felt unnatural for Eileen to flinch strangely.

Even though Eileen was upset because she was mistaken, I couldn’t just leave her to continue to be upset.

I’m the kind one, so I have to appease him.

“That’s why I told you to pull down the blanket and talk a long time ago.”

“……That’s why I can’t bear to look at your face.”

“Aha, you don’t have the face to see it?”

“……I didn’t mean it like that.”

I decided to roughly estimate how embarrassed Eileen might be feeling.

So, you were so excited about your honeymoon that you even wore s*xy underwear. You smelled something strangely sweet, and you saw a bottle of cork on the table, so you drank alcohol to get your courage up. You were so excited about your first night together, but I corrected your delusion.

“…I was spying on my ex-girlfriend’s profile after getting drunk, and I accidentally pressed the one where the number goes up when you press it. I could see who pressed it, so I had to clean it up, and I didn’t know what to do, so I ended up sending her a message saying, “Are you sleeping? You’re sleeping… Good night…”

“Ludrick, what does that mean…?”

“No, it doesn’t really mean anything. I was just trying to understand it from a different perspective.”

Eileen asked cautiously, as if she was puzzled, but after a brief explanation, I succeeded in completely understanding Eileen’s current position.

If I were in that situation… … .

I was probably searching in the green window for things like how to commit suicide without getting hurt, how much sleeping pills to take when committing suicide, etc.

When I think about it from a different perspective, I can understand the extent of Eileen’s hypocrisy.

Wow, this isn’t easy.

“…Then Eileen. Let’s sleep together for today.”

“Huh…?”

“It’s perfect because the bed is wide.”

“Whoa!”

I laid down on the bed, holding onto Eileen’s shoulders and lying down with her. Thanks to that, Eileen let out a single scream in a new voice, but anyway, I got the composition I wanted.

I went to comfort Elena and even gave her a pillow to put on my lap, but is it okay for them to just sleep in the same bed, holding hands, without anything else?

I’ve wondered why I ended up in this position, but whining isn’t going to solve the problem at hand.

“…….”

As soon as I held her hand, Eileen flinched, her stiffness unnatural. Looking at her flinching as if she was being electrified and tingling, it seemed cute.

“But Eileen.”

“Uh, uh……”

“If you think about it, we just haven’t had the wedding ceremony or registered our marriage yet, but we’re going to get married soon anyway.”

“……But that’s true.”

“If you think about it that way, isn’t it natural to sleep in the same bed together? If we’re just holding hands like this now, then we’re sleeping together.”

He deliberately lowered his voice and spoke in a whisper.

Since ancient times, the funnier the reaction, the more you want to tease them. In that sense, Eileen’s reaction couldn’t have been more immediate.

Even now, just holding hands makes my body stiff like a log, so what are you going to do if you slow down a bit more?

“That, that’s it……”

“Is it weird for a married couple to sleep in the same bed?”

“Ludrick, stop… I’ve already reflected on my mistakes enough, so don’t tease me any more… “

“I’m not kidding. Eileen secretly likes it too.”

“Ugh……”

A flushed face that was clearly visible even in the dimly lit room. Eileen’s face, unable to hide her embarrassed expression, was briefly visible above her flushed skin, making it hard to believe that a person’s face could turn that red.

It can’t be fun when you get a reaction like you’re being electrocuted just by touching your skin.

“Then like this.”

“……?”

“Shall I sleep while holding you like this?”

“……!”

As soon as I playfully put my arm around Eileen, I got an immediate response this time too.

An immediate reaction that made me think it was cute without even realizing it.

Of course, Eileen, with her usual blushing face, spoke in a crawling voice.

“……No, don’t tease me.”

“I’m not teasing you. Should I just hold you and sleep like this?”

“If you keep doing this…….”

Eileen’s voice became increasingly quieter.

And then, for a moment, my vision flipped upside down and I saw Eileen on top of me, looking down at me.

No, wait a minute. What was that just now?

Before I could even recognize or accept the sudden change in circumstances, Eileen looked down at me with tearful eyes and said.

“…Ludrick, I should have warned you. Not to tease you.”

“Uh… I mean, I wasn’t really joking.”

“Then that means you are so careless that you sleep in the same bed as another woman.”

“……Strictly speaking, since we are about to get married, she can’t be another woman, right?”

“So, strictly speaking, since we are a couple, does that mean that if I attack you like this, it won’t be considered a crime?”

“Well, if there is no consent between a married couple, it is a crime…?”

“Then you just wake up tomorrow morning and sue me in the Imperial Court.”

Skin so pale that the expression “white as snow” would be appropriate.

Eileen’s hand, who was sitting nearby in a slightly awkward place, slowly moved up to the nape of my neck.

And I thought.

This is fucked up. I should have just teased him a little.

2.

To cut to the chase, nothing happened last night.

Eventually, Eileen exploded after crossing the threshold, but while Eileen hesitated, not having the courage to cross the last line, Ludrick took the initiative again.

The two of them reached a dramatic agreement to just sleep together, hugging each other tightly, in order to build up Eileen’s tolerance, and they spent the night together, in the literal sense of the word.

It was a night of lessons for both of us.

For Eileen, it was a lesson that if you tease her too much, she too will have the courage to do ridiculous things. For Ludrick, it was a lesson that if you don’t tease her enough, you’ll be in real trouble.

“Huh huh……”

Eileen smiled with satisfaction.

Morning had already come, and both of them were wide awake. However, Eileen didn’t seem to want to get up.

Eileen buried her head in Ludrick’s arms and smiled contentedly with a happy face.

Just as being in a relationship isn’t the only form of love, just lying in the same bed like this was enough for Eileen to get emotional satisfaction.

“Eileen, it’s time to get up now.”

“…Just five more minutes.”

“Usually that line is said when waking someone up from sleep, not when you’re already wide awake.”

“But the problem is that your embrace is so comfortable. It makes people hungry.”

“……What a ridiculous excuse.”

Ludrick muttered, then paused as he recalled the events of last night.

It was a meaningful day where I learned a lesson.

If you don’t tease Eileen enough, she will eventually explode. After exploding like that, Eileen becomes more courageous than usual. However, even after exploding, she is a fool who can’t cross the final line.

I learned many lessons.

Still, he thought it was fortunate that all of Eileen’s tantrums had been resolved overnight, and Ludrick slowly soothed Eileen, who was reluctant to wake up.

“But it’s time to get up now. I should get up and go to work.”

“……I don’t think it would be a problem if we postponed it for half a day or so? So how about you just lie down here with me until noon?”

“Will that work?”

“Tch……”

Eileen, who clicked her tongue slightly, buried her face in Ludrick’s chest for the last time and took a deep breath. Just smelling this faint sweet scent filled something in her chest and gave her a sense of satisfaction. Eileen, whose usual cold and stiff expression had already disappeared, was enjoying happiness.

And around the same time.

Inside Ludrick’s room in the Imperial Villa.

A cat was looking at the door and was quietly hitting the floor with its tail several times, as if expressing its discomfort.