Chapter 31

Sunday.

I lied to my mom that I was coming over to eat after hanging out at a friend's house, and instead went to Brandon's sister.

Brandon said that he had already eaten and went out to not interrupt our alone time.

I ate lunch with Chloe's full attention.

Chloe didn't even think about eating, and she just focused on me, looking at me and then taking the side dishes and putting them on top of my rice.

Every time I looked at her, Chloe smiled with an expression of joy.

For a while, we both kept doing that.

Even after meal time, Chloe sat beside me and held my hand tightly, and while drinking her tea, she handed me a cup of tea as well and chatted with me endlessly with her excited face.

We talked endlessly about what was going on with her job at the bank, what she did on Thanksgiving, and so on.

It was a look that revealed that she was an innocent virgin only 19 years old.

I just stared at her beautiful face.

As if she felt my gaze for a moment, her mouth closed and her cheeks flushed.

As I slowly approached, Chloe peered at my face and closed her eyes.

I teased her a little and didn't go any further and remained silent.

After waiting for a long time and no one touched her lips, Chloe quietly opened her eyes to look at me.

At this moment, I wanted to hug Chloe and kiss her endlessly.

"Daniel, you're evil. Always teasing me..."

Chloe puffed up her cheeks playfully as I giggled and kissed her.

I laid the beautiful Chloe down and shared passionate love.

Chloe screamed so loudly that the whole house echoed the sound of her sighs of pleasure, and I proved my love for her by coming inside her.

As if I would leave if I let go of her embrace even for a moment, she whispers her love while hiding in my arms.

The more I hugged this woman, the more I loved her.

We continued to hold each other until the afternoon, and after that, we went on our first date.

My Chloe dressed up nicely, held my hand tightly, and laughed out loud non-stop during our date time.

We decided to have dinner at a restaurant that was quite popular at this time.

I chose this place to see if there was anything that could help my mom, who was about to start a business.

Chloe loved going out with me, so she hugged me and rested her head on my shoulder the whole time as we rode the bus to our destination.

As I got off the bus and walked into the restaurant, I could feel the men's eyes on my Chloe.

It must be because my Chloe is looking pretty today.

Even so, she just looked at me and smiled, as if she didn't feel the men's gaze at all.

I deliberately detoured from the road to reminisce with Chloe.

Chloe said let's go somewhere, but since this was a place I frequented in my previous life in college, I took in the overall atmosphere and walked slowly, drowning in memories.

The present was more lively and noisy than my memories.

Of course, as the mid-1990s wore on, fast food like pizza and fried chicken began to proliferate.

Meanwhile, many local foods were on the decline.

Surprisingly, when I was in college, I liked the local cuisine more than the fast food menu before.

As I recalled that memory, I decided to go on a date with Chloe at a restaurant that served a lot of local food today.

So I went to the restaurant that I had frequented before.

I could see the female owner who looked much younger than back then when she liked me a lot and took care of me.

It was nice to say hello, the restaurant owner's aunt welcomed us both, but she was confused as to who I was as I must have looked while getting to know her.

However, since it was a Sunday afternoon, there were no seats available for the two of us.

I had no choice but to say hello and that I would come next time and get out and go to the biggest restaurant in the center of this area.

There was a DJ box in the left corner facing each other, and the DJ was playing music while wearing headphones and commentating.

'Step By Step by New Kids On The Block' was playing.

It's one of the songs from the golden age of pop in the 90s.

As soon as the music started, a warm smile appeared on my lips.

It was a pop song from the 90s that I hadn't heard in a long time, and I was drowning in memories without realizing it.

As we entered the entrance, our eyes met with the DJ, and he was surprised to see us.

There are quite a few DJs like this in the region nowadays.

I think it might be due to the influx of music cafes from other areas coming here.

Everyone I saw here was in their early 20s, sometimes in their late teens, but they were definitely in their teenage prime.

Chloe and I sat down and ordered.

"Auntie, please give me one rice cake, two chewy noodles, two ramen noodles, and also two Fanta."

"Daniel, do you come here often?"

Chloe, who was here for the first time, was wondering what to do after seeing the menu, but when I ordered naturally, she was surprised and asked.

"No, I only order what's on the menu."

I laughed to myself and pretended like I never came here.

"This is the next requested song. U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer."

"Oh!!!"

Another one of the best songs of the 90s came out.

I screamed in excitement involuntarily, and Chloe gave me a strange look.

"Chloe, you don't know this song?"

"Hah! I don't listen to music..."

"How could you not know U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer? This song is a complete masterpiece."

As the food was served, I excitedly talked about music.

Chloe just rested her chin on the table and looked at me happily as I excitedly talked about music.

It must have felt good to hear me talk.

The food that was served for the first time in a while was really good.

"Chloe, what do you think, is it good?"

"Huh. So delicious. I only heard about it before, but I didn't expect it to be so delicious."

"Haha. As expected you must have liked it, plus your presence here makes the food even more delicious."

"You could be right, I'd love a date with you too, Daniel."

When I saw Chloe smiling, it felt like the inside of the store was brightening up and my heart was beating very fast.

I somehow felt a little sorry for Chloe, who had to study and work at such a young age.

"This song is dedicated to my ideal type of girl at Table 5. From A Distance by Bette Midler."

Unexpectedly, the DJ confessed to Chloe through the microphone on stage.

As we watched, he shamelessly brushed his hair back and winked gently at Chloe.

Seeing that, I pretended to whine and immediately looked away to see Chloe.

"Oh!!! Chloe, that handsome DJ over there is playing music while confessing to you."

As I spoke while laughing in circles, Chloe frowned as if she had seen something bad, then looked at me and smiled and ignored the DJ standing on the stage winking at Chloe again.

"Ah, that poor guy, you ignore."

As I giggled, Chloe stuck out her tongue and pretended to pout with my earlier teasing.

While eating, DJ continued to tease, and in the end, Chloe stopped eating and drinking and got up from her seat.

When we both wanted to leave, I tried to pay, but Chloe jumped up and said that she would pay herself.

In the end, I couldn't beat Chloe in paying and did what she wanted, but I didn't forget to kiss her to please her

Unlike the way she looked at DJ with neglect before, she was currently looking at me with love and passion.

After that Chloe crossed her arms and tried to leave, but someone blocked us.

It was the DJ from before.

"Hey, my name is Sammy Sang. I fell in love with you at first sight. Can you tell me what your name is?"

DJ spoke to Chloe while ignoring my presence.

Even though there was a guy next to the girl he was talking to he had the face to flirt with a girl who might have a boyfriend, and in my heart, I admired his courage to talk to a woman on the street like this.

I was having fun before, so I just observed DJ and Chloe in turn while laughing.

Chloe looked at DJ for a moment, then turned her head and dragged my arm to try to leave unceremoniously.

"Can't you leave after telling me your name? If you have time, I'd like to buy you a cup of coffee."

The DJ spoke again, blocking our front.

I thought how confident this DJ was talking to a woman to the end even though she had a boyfriend next to her.

"What are you doing? Can't you see my boyfriend is next to me?"

It was only then that the DJ looked back at me.

He stared at me for a while and as if my appearance seemed unremarkable, he ignored me once again.

What a stupid move on his part, there was no way Chloe didn't notice the look this man was giving me.

"Okay. I'm not asking you to break up, I just want to know your name. For some reason, I feel like you and I are meant to be. What's your name?"

"Go ahead. I hate people who feel superior to others like you. To be clear, I have met my destiny. The man next to me is the one I love. So I can't give you my name, so get out of my way."

Chloe sighed, held my arm tighter, and walked past him, blowing cold energy at DJ.

DJ just stared at Chloe's back with an absurd face, probably because it was his first time being rejected by a girl.

I looked back and smiled at Chloe.

Before I thought she was just a silly girl who was pure-hearted and kind, but looking at her today, she seems to have a very intelligent personality.

Ugh, even though she didn't show her intelligence during our meeting.

But it was nice to see a beautiful girl like her just being kind and gentle to me.

"Oh! Chloe, you're cool for having the courage to push that guy away, if I were you, I would've gotten stiff and run away."

"Of course, I'm brave because I have an amazing boyfriend. But why are you talking like that."

"Ah, it's not that. To be honest, that guy is better looking, better dressed, and cooler."

"No! In my eyes, Daniel, you are the most handsome and cool."

"Okay. My girl loves me, doesn't she? Then where are we going now?"

"Since we've come this far, let's go to the shopping center."

So we went to the shopping center and walked around looking at clothes.

Chloe asked me to pick out her clothes, so I bought some clothes for her to wear when she went to work.

Maybe because I was talking about the DJ earlier, Chloe insisted on buying me a T-shirt and jeans.

But if I accepted the purchases made by her, my mom would ask where I got them, so I could only refuse for now.

Hearing my refusal, Chloe pursed her lips and pretended to pout, as if she was sad that she couldn't buy me a new shirt and pants.

Seeing that, I patted her ass and asked her to buy them later when she got a lot of money.

After that, I took Chloe to the Seoul Theater to watch one of the movies and went back to her house.

Chloe said that today's date was so good and happy that she asked me to go on another date next week.

I laughed and told her to meet me when the time was right, and after that I went back home, leaving my beautiful girl in tears, who didn't want to part.