I Unknowingly Rejected My Favorite

No, why did Doah keep on drinking?

I chewed on my popcorn in annoyance.

It seemed like everyone was having fun playing the drinking game, but Doah’s name kept getting called, so she was the only one drinking among them all.

Seriously, her gaming skills were something else…

Well, I didn’t really know if drinking games and video games were the same, but she never had good reflexes.

I knew she was a better drinker than me so I wasn’t that worried, but seeing her like this…

You know, seeing her in this lively and friendly drinking atmosphere where both men and women were together…

Also, that hoobae guy who kept overreacting every time she took a shot? Yeah, I hated him.

I kept getting tempted by the alcohol that I couldn’t handle well even though I’ve already drunk about eighty percent of my capacity.

When I saw Doah go to the toilet, I let out a sigh of relief and picked up my phone.

I sent her three texts, but she still hadn’t checked any of them!

Feeling resentful, I was about to send another one.

But I saw that she read my previous ones already.

[im at sapal pocha, the one i told u about earlier.]

[it’s a bit too chaotic here, so i didnt have a chance to contact u :<]

[where are u oppa?]

Five o’clock from your seat, deep in the corner.

I wanted to send that, but I didn’t want her to catch me here, so I just typed out the name of a random bar I knew.

Anyway, that bastard Yoonje said he was going out for a smoke, but why hadn’t he come back yet? I was looking around when…

“...This isn’t Hanseong Pocha.”

A familiar voice that made my heart drop and put me at loss for words entered my ears.

“...Um, hi?”

…W-When did she get there?

I swear I took my eyes off her just for a moment, but somehow she was already here!

Cold sweat dripped down my forehead because of the shock.

“Why did you lie?”

“Uh? Me?”

“Yes, sir, you, the guy who just happened to be drinking at the same pocha as me, you. So, why did you lie, hm?”

As she confronted me, I started feeling depressed.

Maybe because I drank a little bit too much, a wave of intense emotions swept over me. Fuck.

“I just wanted to see if you were having fun.”

“...Huh?”

She didn’t seem to understand my first answer, so I decided to just confess my inner thoughts to her.

“I was worried that the other kids might make you drink a lot and pass out, so I came to check on you.”

“Oppa. I’m not a kid or anything.”

“What do you mean you’re not a kid?!”

I downed a shot of soju before shouting at her.

“Wh-what?”

“Kim Doah, you are...”

Luka-tan was...

“A baby!”

So, I had to protect her!

I reached out to squish her soft cheeks and gave her a convincing explanation on why she was a baby.

“Look! These squishy cheeks!”

“Stop! What are you doing, Oppa!”

They stretched out like rice cakes.

Ahh her cheeks were as soft as always.

“If you weren’t a baby, there was no way your cheeks could be this squishy!”

“Wow, look at this bastard, he’s totally wasted.”

When I turned my head, I saw Yoonje looking down at us in disbelief.

“Hey, Doah.”

“Yes?”

When I heard him calling Doah name, I pulled her closer to me instinctively.

How dare you talk to her!

“Just take him home, quickly.”

“Huhhh?? Who are you to tell me to go home?!”

“What are you even on about? You’re so drunk you can’t even speak properly.”

Yoonje grabbed his coat from under the chair and took out his wallet.

“Listen, I’ll pay for now, so pay me back later, okay?”

“Ah, Seo Yoonje. Why are you just walking away?”

“Tell me about it, would you keep drinking with your drunk self? You don’t even let me talk, just freak out by yourself and tell me to drink quietly.”

Because if you talk, I couldn’t hear what Doah was saying!

Was that not obvious?!

“Anyway Doah. Please take care of the aftermath.”

“Oh, okay. Have a good night, Oppa.”

“Hey you bastard! Where are you going?!”

When I shouted at Yoonje’s back as he walked away, Doah punched my head with her tiny fist.

“Ugh, seriously, get up. We’re going home together.”

“Sure, but why are you hitting me…?”

What did I do wrong…? Ugh, I wanted to cry.

I came here because I liked you so much. Why did you do this to me, Kim Doah?

Doah made a face like she couldn’t handle me and grabbed my arm to make me stand up.

She led me to the table in the middle where she had been drinking just now.

As soon as they saw me, the hoobaes bowed their heads.

“Oh? Taemin hyung! Hello!”

“Ah! Taemin oppa! When did you come?”

“Kya! Did you come to pick up Doah?”

Hearing those people who I wasn’t even close with calling out to me, I felt like curling up to a ball.

These extremely social drunk girls were like poison to me.

I needed to get out of here quickly.

“Ah, well, I got a call that Oppa got drunk while drinking somewhere, so I’m leaving a bit early today.”

Doah smiled apologetically and waved at them.

“Ah, really? Okay, see you next time.”

“Go home safely Doah~”

Unexpectedly, they let her go easily, and Doah grabbed my arm as we stepped out of the pocha.

Tap tap.

Leaving the big street lined with bars, we entered another block. The silence that you’d normally find in residential areas settled on the asphalt.

“How much did you drink?”

Good question. How much did I drink?

“I don’t know, just a bit?”

“You should’ve just stayed home. I would’ve gotten home fine.”

“...But you don’t know that.”

Feeling embarrassed that I had chased Doah and got caught, I pulled her shoulders a bit harder towards me.

“...Is it okay that you left early?”

“You probably already saw me drinking with them for a while.”

“Still.”

It felt like I had taken away her fun time, so a sense of self-loathing washed over me.

“Do you want to drink more at home?”

Actually, I felt like I was reaching my limit, but my pride and desire to impress her didn’t allow me to back down from here.

“When you’re already wasted like this?”

“No! I can drink more!”

To show her how far I could walk by myself, I removed my hand from her shoulder.

Then, I ran for about three seconds.

My hot breaths turned white and puffed out like smoke.

“See! I told you I’m fine!”

But for some reason, she laughed at me, as if she found me funny or something.

“What’s so funny? Tell me.”

Though I asked her that, she just hugged me without answering, so I hugged her back tightly with both my arms.

“Look! I can even carry you like this!”

“No, no, Oppa! You’ll get hurt! Stop!”

As I staggered while lifting her up, Doah hurriedly squirmed out of my arms, seemingly scared.

“So! What about now? Still don’t wanna drink?”

Accepting her fate, Doah simply nodded and went along with my suggestion.

So we went to the convenience store nearby and bought some alcohol.

“Let’s just buy two bottles.”

Inside the convenience store.

I grabbed some potato chips and beef jerky to eat as snacks while Doah grabbed two bottles of soju in both hands.

-Gulp

Saliva went down my throat.

Actually, I was already way past the tipsy stage, so I was genuinely scared of the hangover I’d experience tomorrow if I were to drink one more of those.

“I’ll pay for this.”

After I nodded as a confirmation, Doah inserted her card into the machine. Then, we took a plastic bag and went to my house.

Maybe it was because I was too tense.

After being around a lot of strangers for so long and went back home, it felt like I was getting even more drunk.

After Doah brought out the glasses and I drank the first shot, my memories suddenly got cut off.

And I only realized it when morning came.

* * *

Even at a glance, I could tell that Oppa was drunk.

I bought all this alcohol because he said he wanted to drink a bit more at home.

But after we finished setting the table and sat down, Oppa’s eyes became cloudy as he leaned against the bed frame.

I could tell that he’d fall asleep after one or two more shots, so I decided that I’d just watch him sleep for a bit then go home.

“Cheers.”

He didn’t have soju glasses in his house, so we used a water cup instead. I only poured a small amount into the cups, but as soon as we toasted, Oppa immediately gulped everything down.

“Huh? Drink a bit slower.”

I estimated that I poured more than a single soju glass into each of those cups.

So I was wondering if I should gulp everything down too when…

Screech

Oppa pushed the table aside and tried to get up using his right arm as support.

“...What are you doing?”

Thinking he might be going to the bathroom, I was about to move aside to give him space, but at that moment.

-Slurp

I felt a foreign sensation on my ear.

It happened so suddenly that my body just turned frozen stiff.

-Sllurp

Maybe because I didn’t resist, he took it as a sign that he could do more than that.

So, he licked his earlobe again, this time his tongue traveled from top to bottom.

“W-What are you doing?!”

When I came to my senses and pushed him away, I saw him making the kind of face I had never seen before.

His half-dazed eyes were seductively charming.

The hand I had pushed away tried to caress my face again.

“...You don’t like it?”

Today I learned.

The reason why Oppa tried so hard to not drink too much.

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