Honolulu (Huh Yunjin)

Chapter 20

09.04.23

- I can't stand this heat anymore, Sakura complains as we arrive at the villa.

- It's because you're no longer used to it.

- It is rare for it to still be more than twenty degrees after nineteen o'clock in Seoul.

I lick my ice cream while nodding my head. It is true that in recent days, the temperature is stifling and I feel that a thunderstorm will certainly not be long in coming. I don't point out to her the big black clouds coming from the South and the wind that rises, knowing that she is afraid of it, and I just follow her into the house.

- We're back, she shouts as she leaves her shoes.

A vague answer reaches us from the living room and we find the girls, a huge salad bowl of popcorn on the coffee table, looking for a movie to watch.

- Another ice cream? Sighs Yunjin as he stares at my cone.

- It's okay, I know I shouldn't, you've already told me, but you know how much it's outside?

- Why don't you have to eat ice cream? Eunchae is surprised by extending his hand so that I can make him taste.

- I have to go on a diet. Here, by the way, finish it, I don't want it anymore.

- On a diet? Kazuha and Eunchae exclaim at the same time.

- According to whom? Increase Chaewon

- Yunjin and my reflection. Now, it's absolutely not a discussion I want to have with you so we'll kindly change the subject, okay? Where are the girls?

- Min Soo sleeps with her parents, Kylie and Karina have a manicure evening and Sa Ra is sick, informs me Chaewon

- Is Sa Ra sick? What does she have?

- Indigestion most certainly.

- I'm going to go see her. Save me a place but don't wait for me, I'll join you later.

I go up to my room and find my roommate lying in her bed.

- Are you okay? I ask her when I see that she is not sleeping.

- Bof, it's not the great shape but it will be better afterwards.

- The girls said it was indigestion, did you eat something not fresh?

- No, it's not that, it's just that I followed several falls while surfing after eating so it turned my stomach a little. However, I know that rollers and digestion don't go well together.

She makes a little laugh before grimacing.

- Have you taken any medication?

- Yes, don't do it Unnie, it will pass with a good night's sleep.

- Okay. I'm downstairs with the girls. If you need, can you send me a message?

She nods and I put on cotton shorts and a tank top before going back down. Seeing me arrive, Yunjin shifts and signals me to sit next to her.

- What are you watching? I whisper as I settle down.

- A horror movie.

I take a look at her as she starts laughing silently.

- Don't worry, I'm here, she whispers to me, passing her arm behind my shoulders so that I can get closer to her.

I want to push her back and put distance between us to allow my little heart to calm down, but I scream by hiding against her chest when a black shape appears behind the protagonist. I squeeze her T-shirt between my fingers as she gently caresses my back.