I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C95
#95
After encountering Kwon Taebeom during the late evening hours, I started heading to the boxing gym as late as possible. Fortunately, I had a good excuse of helping out at grandmother’s store, so the coach allowed me to change my schedule without much fuss.
“Yuwon, you’ve improved a lot, haven’t you?”
“Thank… you… sir.”
But I was still far from matching an average person’s stamina. Unlike the coach who seemed unfazed, I was gasping for air as if I might die at any moment. Breathing heavily, I quickly took off my gloves and reached for water. My legs were wobbly as I barely managed to pick up the water bottle, but it was empty.
“Haa, ha…”
As I headed to the water dispenser with the empty bottle, the door opened and Kwon Taebeom appeared. Though I had no energy left, some strength seemed to come from somewhere, and I changed direction to run towards Kwon Taebeom.
“Hyung, you… came?”
I tried to greet him casually, but seeing hyung after a long time, I unknowingly gasped for air. My ears burned at the thought of showing such a strange sight in front of him.
As he had said he only comes occasionally when he has time, hyung couldn’t come every day due to his busy work schedule. Still, waiting for him wasn’t boring at all. Just being able to see his face like today was enough to fill the wait with excitement.
“Looks like you worked hard?”
“Huh? Ah, yes… a bit.”
He put down his bag familiarly, put on his gloves, and called me.
“Come here.”
“Yes…”
Every time he came to the boxing gym, hyung called me for sparring as if to check my skills. Even though I was far from being a suitable practice partner for him. My legs were shaking and I had no strength left, but not wanting to refuse his offer, I silently followed him onto the ring.
“If you score even one point today, I’ll buy you something delicious.”
“You always buy me delicious things.”
“Is that so?”
Kwon Taebeom thought for a moment, then told me as if he wasn’t sure.
“Then how about one wish?”
“Really…? Can I say anything?”
“Sure.”
Seeing him agree unconditionally without even knowing what wish I might make, my motivation flared up. A strong determination arose to somehow score at least one point from him today.
“Start.”
As soon as I put in my mouthpiece and put on my headgear, he approached as if he had been waiting. I dodged his hand coming in instantly and stretched my arm long towards his chest.
Kwon Taebeom turned his body with a quite satisfied face and extended his fist towards my side. Thwack- my body shook at that punch.
“Ah!”
“Does it hurt?”
“…Not at all.”
I could have avoided it. Damn…
It didn’t hurt, but Kwon Taebeom’s smirking face annoyed me. I straightened my tilted body and put strength into my hands inside the gloves. Looking for an opening beyond the gloves, I immediately rushed at him.
But Kwon Taebeom skillfully dodged and instead stretched out his arm chasing my opening. Once again, I ended up giving him a point, but my body was heating up and my mind was becoming clearer. I felt like I needed to score at least one point to feel satisfied.
I adjusted my turned headgear and bumped my gloves together.
“Oh, are Taebeom and Yuwon sparring?”
The coach came up to the ring, saying he’d referee. The coach cheered for me.
“Yuwon, hang in there.”
As I bowed my head towards the coach, a black glove suddenly came into view. Startled, I stepped back.
“You need to focus.”
“Hey, go easy on the kid.”
While speaking… Tch, this ahjussi.
I wasn’t upset that he didn’t go easy on me even once, but this time I felt a bit hurt. Can’t a person talk a bit, it’s not even a real match.
The term ‘hyung’ disappeared somewhere, and I called him ahjussi in my mind. I narrowed my eyes enough to feel it myself and glared at him. He smirked in response. Annoyed, I launched a surprise attack.
“Oh, Yuwon~”
As I rushed at him relentlessly, extending my hands one after another, the coach clapped. Kwon Taebeom also seemed slightly flustered, stepping back before bursting into laughter.
“Ding- End of round one.”
The coach who called the end of the round handed water to me and Kwon Taebeom. As soon as I took off my headgear, I spoke while watching Kwon Taebeom drink water.
“Why, huff, why are you laughing?”
Kwon Taebeom, who had gulped down water, wiped the water that had flowed down his neckline and brushed up his sweat-soaked hair.
…W-why am I like this?
My intention to get angry disappeared momentarily, and seeing that sight made my face flush and my heart pound. Surely, I must have exercised too much today and my heart was malfunctioning.
I quickly emptied an entire bottle of water and lightly slapped my cheeks.
“If you fill up on water, you won’t be able to eat something delicious later.”
“Nag…”
I muttered to myself so Kwon Taebeom couldn’t hear and put on my headgear again. I wanted to quickly score just one point and proudly go eat a delicious dinner.
“I won, right?”
Seeing him not answering, I asked again.
“Hyung, right? You’ll really grant any wish, right?”
“…Yeah.”
Kwon Taebeom lightly tapped my head, not hurting me, then got down from the ring.
It was a bit cowardly, but scoring 1 point was still scoring. As the end time approached and I still couldn’t score even 1 point until the 3rd round, I had no choice but to pretend to fall and tilt my body. Then Kwon Taebeom reached out to me with a surprised face, creating a small opening.
Not missing the chance I had barely created, I extended my fist towards him. By the time Kwon Taebeom read my thoughts, it was already too late. Finally, my glove touched him, and the coach raised his hand towards me.
That’s how I ended up scoring 1 point. Though I felt a prick of conscience even myself, I was very happy with the wish I had earned from him.
“Aren’t you going to shower?”
“I’ll shower when I get home.”
Fortunately, I wasn’t the type to sweat a lot originally. I was worried ‘What if hyung thinks I’m dirty?’, but I didn’t have the courage to shower in the same space as him.
“Then sit and wait.”
“Okay.”
As he playfully ruffled my hair, I could smell his faint sweat.
Why is my heart pounding so much… I tightly gripped the water bottle he had given me and turned my gaze away from him heading to the shower room.
***
“Ugh.”
As soon as I opened my eyes in the morning, I couldn’t put strength in my legs. My body wouldn’t move as if it was broken. I thought I had gotten somewhat used to muscle pain from exercising every day, but I ended up overdoing it.
“What should I do…”
I need to go to the boxing gym to see hyung today too… How can I go in this state? I let out a long sigh without realizing it.
“No. It’s just because it’s morning. Let’s try moving little by little first.”
I put strength into my arms, which were in a relatively better state, and got out of bed. My thighs trembled with every step so I couldn’t move quickly, but at least I wasn’t in a state where I couldn’t stand at all.
“I guess the burpee test last night was too much…”
Seeing hyung’s perfectly formed abs had inspired me to do extra exercises last night, which was the problem. Indeed, people should know their limits.
As I crawled out to the living room, grandmother asked me with a surprised face.
“Yuwon, why are you walking like that?”
“I think it’s muscle pain…”
At my answer, grandmother looked at me with an incredulous face. Feeling awkward, I rubbed my messy hair and sat next to grandmother.
I helped grandmother prepare for business early in the morning, peeling garlic and grinding potatoes. By the time my fingertips started to ache, all the preparations were done.
“Grandma, I’ll take this to the store first.”
“Are you going to exercise again today? In that state?”
I shook my head at grandmother’s words telling me to rest at home today. Before grandmother could say anything, I quickly washed up, came out, and got dressed.
“Then I’ll be going! See you at the store later.”
“Oh my… Alright. Be careful on your way and if it’s hard, rest at home today.”
“I’m fine. I’ll be back.”
After moving continuously, I felt better than in the morning. I left the house with both hands full of plastic bags. If I stopped by the store first to put things in the fridge and then went to the boxing gym, the timing should be about right.
My body was heavy, but my heart was light.
“Hi, Yuwon.”
“Hello.”
“Why are you walking like that today?”
Is my walk really that strange? As soon as I entered the boxing gym, the coach asked me.
“I think it’s muscle pain.”
“Then rest today. Is it because of Kwon Taebeom?”
My face heated up at the coach’s direct question. When I nodded slightly, the coach brought a muscle pain patch and sat me down.
“Roll up your pants a bit. If you apply this, it should feel at least a bit better.”
“Thank you.”
As I rolled up my pants to my thighs, the coach sprayed cold spray on my legs. Then, saying he would loosen my muscles, he sat in front of me and grabbed my calves. Soon after, when the coach pressed on my calves, the knotted muscles hurt terribly.
“Ah…!”
“It hurts, right? But bear with it a little.”
“It hurts, huff, too much…”
It hurt enough to make tears come out. Just as I was about to push away the coach’s hands, unable to endure the pressure on the knotted areas any longer, and was about to cry, the door opened and hyung came in.