I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C14
“You’re so nice? Cute, hehe.”
Although the white tiger turned its head to avoid my touch as if bothered, it looked so cute lying obediently next to me and yawning.
This time, I grabbed the white tiger’s face with swift hands so it couldn’t avoid me. As I was squeezing its cute cheeks and kissing the bridge of its nose, I noticed a large scar under the white tiger’s face on its neck.
“Tiger, how did you get hurt? Did that weird mister do this to you too?”
He was recklessly wielding that knife, so maybe the white tiger got hurt because of that. When I tried to touch the white tiger’s neck, it stuck out its tongue again and licked my face.
“Aish! Ugh! Wa-wait a second, tiger!”
With the white tiger constantly licking around my mouth, I finally gave up and lay down next to it.
“But have you seen the owner of this house? His eyes are sharp like this and really scary, his nose is really high but his lips are pretty? But overall, he is handsome.”
I narrowed my eyes and tried my best to imitate Kwon Taebeom’s expression as I spoke to the white tiger.
“Yeah, he really looks like this. Especially when glaring. Pft-“
Laughter burst out on its own and I giggled for a while, clutching my stomach. The white tiger stared at me intently with a face that seemed to find my appearance curious.
“Anyway, he’ll probably be wearing black clothes today too, have you really not seen him, tiger?”
The white tiger lay down languidly at my question, only waving its tail.
“Tsk… What kind of tiger is like this.”
Despite saying that, its huge body, tiger stripes, and glittering golden eyes were so cool. Watching the tiger’s tail move slowly left and right like a feather fan swaying, drowsiness naturally came over me.
“Taebeom said not to sleep anywhere… But anyway, tiger. Don’t go anywhere. I’m a bit scared alone… You got it…?”
Then the tiger opened its mouth wide to yawn and closed its eyes following me. It was a truly magical tiger just looking at it. Seeing it as if understanding everything I said, I didn’t want to let go of this tiger.
“Tiger… Don’t go… Got it? It’s a promise…”
Before completely falling asleep, I hugged the tiger and closed my eyes.
***
“…won.”
“Mmh… Tiger… Don’t do that…”
“Cha… won.”
I’m still tired, tiger.
With the constant shaking, I finally lifted my heavy eyelids and grabbed the tiger’s front paw.
But why is it so… hard?
When I opened my eyes, instead of the tiger’s fluffy front paw, Kwon Taebeom’s firm back of the hand was in front of me.
“Gasp, when did you come? Wh-where’s the tiger?”
Looking around, the colorful flower garden had disappeared somewhere and black furniture filled its place.
“Tiger?”
“Ah, no… It must have been a dre-dream…”
At my sudden words looking for the tiger, Kwon Taebeom made a puzzled face and I shook my head saying it was nothing. The white tiger… It was so cool and cute, but it was a dream. Feeling disappointed, I looked up at him blankly.
“But how long did I sleep?”
“It’s a bit past 12. We should eat lunch.”
“Ah right. What’s the menu today?”
Even after asking, I felt a bit startled inside. It had already been about a week since I came to this house, but all I did here was eat, sleep, eat, sleep. I was going to study a bit today, but I even took someone else’s bed to sleep like this. My conscience pricked at my chest.
“Braised short ribs.”
“Pardon? Braised short ribs?”
Gulp. Picturing the appetizing braised short ribs glistening with sauce, saliva automatically went down. I hurriedly got out of bed, urged Kwon Taebeom, and took the lead.
“Hurry up. I’m really hungry! Quickly!”
The fact that my conscience was pricked became a thing of the past. It’s not even pork ribs but beef ribs, so what!
Swallowing my drool at the sweet aroma of braised short ribs wafting from afar, I quickened my steps.
Coming down to the 1st floor dining room, the table was set with so much food that it was hard to find an empty spot. In the center, today’s main dish, the short ribs, were nicely placed in the dish in easy to eat sizes.
“Thanks for the food.”
The moment Kwon Taebeom picked up his chopsticks, I also picked up my chopsticks as if I had been waiting. The chopsticks naturally headed towards the steaming braised short ribs.
“Wow, delicious.”
The tender short ribs with the sweet and savory marinade were the best. They melted in my mouth and disappeared in an instant without much chewing.
When the braised short ribs started to feel a bit greasy, I put the sweet and sour bellflower salad in my mouth. It was just bellflower salad but it was so delicious.
Not only that, all the side dishes had the proper seasoning and the inherent flavors of the ingredients could be tasted, so the rice went down smoothly.
I ate rice diligently as if I had been starving for three meals a day to anyone watching. As I was disappointed by the rice bowl gradually showing the bottom, Kwon Taebeom had someone bring another bowl of rice. He told me to eat a lot without minding, and although I should have declined out of courtesy, the temptation of the braised short ribs was too strong.
“Thanks for the meal…!”
It was hard to even breathe with the amount of food exceeding my capacity. Rubbing my full stomach and putting down the chopsticks, I noticed the small mountain of bones piled up in front of me.
In contrast, there wasn’t a single bone, let alone any sauce from the braised short ribs, to be found in Kwon Taebeom’s bowl. Feeling embarrassed, I crushed the small mountain made of bones and opened my mouth.
“You don’t like braised short ribs? Why didn’t you eat any?”
When I asked in surprise, Kwon Taebeom’s eyes turned to the empty braised short ribs dish.
“Ah… I-I’m sorry.”
I must have eaten too much… so there was nothing left for Kwon Taebeom to eat. Not knowing what to do out of embarrassment, I lowered my head and just blinked, and he reached out his hand towards me.
“Eek!”
I squeezed my eyes shut at the approaching hand, but a soft touch landed on my right cheek.
“Cha Yuwon.”
“Ye-yes?”
Kwon Taebeom removed the rice stuck on my cheek and stared at me intently. For a moment, I thought he would hit me so I closed my eyes, but when I met Kwon Taebeom’s gaze, I felt that wasn’t the case. With an apologetic heart, I chewed my lips and gauged his reaction, and Kwon Taebeom grabbed both my cheeks and examined them this way and that.
“Have you been exercising lately?”
He applied force with his hands and lightly squeezed my cheeks. My lips naturally puckered like a fish.
Tsk…
I thought my face with lips sticking out like a fish would look really uncool. I urgently tried to push Kwon Taebeom’s chest and escape, but far from being pushed away, he made an amused face and loosened his grip, then tightened it, playing with my cheeks as he pleased.
“Looks like you gained some weight.”
If someone who sees me every day says this, I must have really gained weight. At the shocking words, I dropped my arms limply and made a sad face.
I trudged up to the 2nd floor, feeling drained of energy. Sneaking into the bathroom, I firmly locked the door and looked at my face reflected in the mirror from various angles.
Did I gain some weight? I can only see a cute face. I did eat a lot today, but to make an accurate judgment, I took off my top and threw it, heading to the full-length mirror.
“Uh… I think my stomach is sticking out…”
Standing sideways and looking in the mirror, my stomach that used to be taut to the point of being slightly skinny was now protruding roundly. It could be because I ate a lot, but my thigh fat also seemed a bit…
“I did eat well all this time.”
Unlike my initial worries, living here was too comfortable. Every day, I ate until my stomach was about to burst and slept whenever. With such a daily routine repeating, I must have gained weight.
“This won’t do. Let’s exercise, Cha Yuwon.”
Come to think of it, the ultimate reason I came to this house was to transform my skinny and unsightly body into a muscular one to protect Cha Yuwon and Grandma from those bastards. But in reality, all I learned was how to hold a knife, how to shoot a gun, how to stab vital points, etc., just the basics. I was playing around learning all sorts of weird methods…
“Should I just go back?”
Since all I did here was eat and sleep anyway, it seemed like I could just go back. Grandma said she would go down to Jecheon soon too. Wouldn’t Grandma be happy if I stayed with her until then?
“Right. Let’s just go! I need to go to an academy anyway.”
Actually, I thought the self-defense techniques I had learned so far were strange methods, but they seemed good to use when it was really dangerous. Yup. There’s no better way to deal with those guys. They said the first thing in fighting is a preemptive strike, and it was true.
Anyway, once I concluded to go back home, I thought I should strike while the iron is hot and go home today.
“Should I pack my bags first?”
I came out of the bathroom and approached the closet to take out the bag I had put at the very bottom, inserting my hand to reach it.
“Huh…?”
Even sticking my arm in deep and waving my hand, I couldn’t grab anything. My eyes naturally widened and a hollow sigh burst out of my mouth.
“Huh… Where did it go?”
I definitely put the bag here. I even put my ID and extra money inside the bag just in case, but it was nowhere to be seen no matter how much I looked, as if it had grown legs.
“Could it be… the obsessive’s emperor’s confinement… Is he doing this to do something like that? Like tying me up tightly so I can’t get out, locking me up.”