I Unknowingly Rejected My Favorite

༺ Same Bed, Different Dreams ༻

[So, when will you go?]

On the way back home.

Once again, I was urgently seeking advice from Hanbit unnie.

[he asked me to go tomorrow.]

[Wow, that guy’s going all out.]

[b-but did he really mean it that way?]

I had a nagging feeling that things wouldn’t develop in the direction we expected.

There was no basis for this, but my gut feelings told me so.

[Look, Luka-tan, there’s the thing that happened before, right?]

[That guy returned the condom and he went, ‘let’s take it slow’, no?]

[mhm]

[After that you’ve been getting closer, and he suggested that place when you asked him where to watch the movie. Tell me, after considering that, what else could it be, hm?]

  Gulp.

My saliva went down my throat.

[t-that… is it really…?]

[Yes, yes it is. That guy wants to get some action with you, Luka-tan.]

Even though no one was watching, I could feel my face getting hotter after reading Hanbit unnie’s messages.

Ugh, seriously.

I swear, lately, my cheeks had been going through some rough things.

Ever since I got involved with Taemin oppa, they had to suffer through different temperatures every single day. Normally, they only had to experience this whenever I got too annoyed during my streams.

[so, um… in a dvd bang… normally, how far do people go?]

They didn’t go all the way, right?

Doing it in a public place was a little…

[Ah, well, it depends on the people, but yeah.]

My pupils trembled at her following message.

[Normally they go further than kissing.]

Kissing…

My fingers naturally traced my lips.

That meant… His lips would be touching mine…?

In my mind, a scene of two shadows overlapping inside a dim theater was being played. I could feel my cheeks getting even hotter.

[jjdjdkjfdkd]

With nowhere else to vent my embarrassment, I poured it all in the chat.

[Hahaha Luka-tan, tell me how it goes later, okay?]

[Like, if this date goes well, it’s all thanks to me! But you know that already, don’t you?]

[Ah, but you are so fucking cute, Luka-tan! No wonder that guy likes you so much~]

[…no, oppa never sees me like this…]

I stopped walking in front of the building where my place was and stared at the building next to it.

Oppa’s face didn’t leave my mind for the rest of the day after that.

* * *

Doah and I were supposed to meet at 7 pm.

We agreed to meet after dinner at our respective homes, so I got some fried rice and wolfed it down quickly.

“Ah, hello.”

When I saw Doah pushing the glass door open, I let out a smile. My mind wandered to yesterday’s stream.

「Chat, have you seen the Demon Slayer movie?」

「Oooh~ Is it really that good?」

「A lot of people said it’s good… Ah! I’ll ban you if you send some spoilers!」

This girl was looking forward to it!

Honestly, the trailer alone was already exciting enough.

The fact that she brought the topic up during her stream already made me feel proud.

It was such a shame that she couldn’t watch it back when the movie was still in theaters.

“Hi.”

She wore a pure white knit.

And a red-checkered skirt.

She also wore black stockings, but she looked a little cold.

We were just going to watch a movie, why did she dress up so much?

It made me feel awkward because I only wore jeans and a hoodie.

“Why did you come out looking so pretty?”

As I complimented her, Doah scratched her head, as if embarrassed before she stood next to me..

“I’m just in the mood, I guess.”

Well, I understood why. Of course you’d get in the mood when you were about to see Rengoku hyung-nim.

My heart swelled with excitement at the thought of showing Doah all those great scenes.

“Alright, let’s go.”

Hastening our steps, we headed toward the back side of the campus and stopped at the crosswalk.

“Why are you blowing your hands?”

“My hands are a bit chilly, but my clothes don’t have any pockets.”

I see, that was why she brought a bag.

As I watched Doah blowing into her cupped hands, I pondered for a moment and then put my thoughts into action.

“W-Won’t this be better”

I slipped her right hand into the left pocket of my hoodie.

It was a small pocket made for only one person.

Through the back of our hands, we shared our body heat.

“…Ah.”

Doah’s eyes widened in surprise at my action.

I wasn’t brave enough to act like a real man and hold her hand tight, but I could do this at the very least.

“…T-There’s a better way.”

I could feel her fingers twitching.

Then she slipped them between my fingertips.

“D-Do you mind…”

Her last little finger settled on the back of my hand.

“I-If I do this?”

Our fingers were now perfectly intertwined. Thanks to that, it was hard for us to make eye contact, and we could only stare off into the distance.

“Ugh! T-This is why you should have dressed more warmly!”

Not wanting to make things more awkward by keeping my mouth shut, I raised my voice with a forced-sounding pitch, as if I was a streamer.

“A-Ahaha… I-I didn’t know that nighttime would be so cold these days….”

Her voice as she responded sounded almost like Luka’s. Despite our words, we tightened our fingers’ grips even more.

After that, our conversation died down.

It wasn’t until we reached the elevator inside the DVD bang building that I slowly pulled our hands out of our pockets.

“…You’ll be fine now, right?”

“M-My left hand is still a little cold…”

When Doah slowly moved her body to face me, I silently grabbed her left hand.

  -Ring ring

The bell on the glass door jingled, and the man I assumed to be the owner rose from his stool behind the counter.

“Welcome.”

“Ah, hello.”

“Take your time looking around, let me know when you’re done picking out your movie.”

I was about to ask for the Demon Slayer right away, but Doah’s behavior stopped me.

“Whoa.”

Standing alone in front of a shelf of organized DVDs, she gestured for me to come over.

“Have you watched this?”

The movie she pointed to was directed by a world-famous director.

Even I, a non-movie geek, had watched it.

“Yeah, I have.”

“You know, I really like this director.”

“Well, he does make good movies.”

Like a child in the toy aisle, Doah wandered left and right, describing various movies that she enjoyed.

“What about you, Oppa? Anything you like here?”

“Me?”

Actually, except for the time I watched movies with my parents during the holidays when I was a kid, and when I went to the theater alone to watch anime movies…

“I don’t usually watch movies.”

I panicked a little when my eyes were locked with the cover of a particular chronic otaku’s idol anime movie’s cover, but I still managed to calm myself down and ask Doah to pick out our movie in front of the counter.

“We’d like to watch Demon Slayer, please.”

“Please go to room 5 in the back.”

This was the first time I had ever been to a DVD bang, but it gave off a similar vibe to karaoke.

“Huh, this is interesting.”

Yeah, this was the perfect place.

The couch resembled a bed, it was fluffy, and there was the big screen, perfect.

“I’ve never been here before either…”

I sat down and got myself comfortable first, then Doah scooted over and sat next to me.

“You brought tissues, right?”

Watching this movie would definitely bring tears to her eyes.

I said this with a smile, obviously in a joking tone, but Doah squeaked nervously.

“…Y-Yes?”

“Just in case you need to wipe, you know. Do you want me to get some for you?”

Since the movie was about to start, this was the only time to get some.

Seeing that she didn’t answer me, I stood up, thinking that I should get some tissues for her.

“…I brought it.”

Her hand clutched my shirt.

“It’s… in… the bag…”

Huh? What did she sound so nervous for? It was just tissues. Anyway, I nodded to her and sat back down beside her.

“Alright, time to watch the movie then.”

Finally, the movie started. Even though this was the second time, I was still awestruck.

Look at that animation… Crazy.

I’ve seen some of these scenes on clips, but it still looked amazing.

Then came the famed jaw-dropping battle scene.

The swordsman cut through the demon’s tentacles and he charged forward.

Look at that animation. Damn.

The way they animated the main character’s movements made me feel like I was actually moving together with him, deepening my immersion in the movie.

“Kkyaa!”

But, Doah buried her face in my chest. The scene either grossed her out or scared her out of her wits.

Well, I guess this wasn’t something girls would enjoy.

Or maybe it was just because I was immune to such things while she wasn’t.

Anyway, I understood why she was like this, but the next scene that would come up was really cool.

I definitely wouldn’t let her miss this.

“Doah.”

I stroked her head, hoping it would reassure her.

She slowly raised her head.

Her face was slightly flushed, but she didn’t look scared enough to faint.

She seemed to have stopped screaming as well.

I moved my hand from her hair to her cheek and…

“This is where the fun begins.”

I turned her head back to the screen.

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