chapter 32
32 – Girlfriend at a dinner party (3)
Soon, we entered the restaurant in good company.
There was a lively atmosphere inside, with employees gathered in groups of twos and threes chatting.
“Hey….”
I tried to drop a single wave in the middle of all the commotion.
At that moment, everyone’s heads turned towards us.
And then it was like a scene from a horror movie.
Everyone’s eyes glanced at Ruina.
“My girlfriend just came over. hahahaha….”
He pointed to Ruina next to him with the blade of his hand and gave an awkward introduction.
All the employees who had been so lively and chatty had their faces set and said nothing.
Everyone, including the manager sitting at the head of the table at a distance.
“Uh…. Hey, that is. Mr. Yuri Lee?”
“Yes! Hello!”
In response to the manager’s stuttering question, the lively Ruina’s answer jumped out.
Nearby, Gyeongtae said, “Look. Is it real? “It’s real, right?” A loud voice was heard.
The moment when Ruina revealed her existence to everyone.
The atmosphere of the day was ruined.
It was a natural result.
Even I, who shared the same bed with her, was stunned for about 5 seconds the moment I first encountered Ruina, who even had the special feminine skill of putting on makeup.
So, this was a natural reaction for people seeing Ruina for the first time.
She could confidently say that my girlfriend’s current appearance could easily slap the face of most visual celebrities.
“Mr. Yuri. “Please come to the empty seat over here.”
Only her Kyungtae, who had faced her Ruina first, survived the wide-scale stun, and was tapping the seat next to her with her hand.
“Thank you so much, Mr. Gyeongtae?”
And I quickly occupied that seat and sat down.
“You’re welcome, Jo Seong-hoon, see… ?”
Gyeongtae clenched his fists and gave an unexpected answer.
How dare you sit next to Ruina?
Finally, when Ruina sat down next to me, the silence of the employees began to ease little by little.
However, the burdensome gaze was still focused on Ruina.
“Over there. I know it’s rude to say that. “You’re really Seonghoon’s girlfriend, right?”
Her senior, who was sitting next to her, Ruina, asked her with an expression full of suspicion.
Okay, well… …. I understand.
I, along with Gyeongtae, have been in charge of the original solo of Hero Country.
I suddenly brought a girlfriend with such heavenly tier looks.
“hehehe. It’s been a while since we started dating, but it’s true♡”
Louis I crossed my arms and smiled brightly.
Her bright and pretty smile was enough to make even female seniors of the same s*x blush.
“Okay, well, then. Shall we start soon?”
The manager, who was very relaxed, stuttered and announced the start of the company dinner.
I wonder if everyone can eat and drink properly in a situation where even the manager is so conscious of Ruina…….
* * *
Bright red raw meat is placed one by one on the table.
Alcoholic beverages are an essential part of company dinners.
Contrary to my worries, the somewhat tense atmosphere gradually began to ease.
After all, drinking is the best way to relax.
“Yuri, what is it about Seonghoon that you like so much?”
Her employees, who had a hard time with her in the beginning, were now comfortably talking to her.
“All my wealth!”
To her fellow employee’s question, Ruina gave a truly grateful answer.
“Hey…. “This is an answer that only someone who is truly infatuated with can give.”
“Sung Hoon is truly amazing. After all, he is a strong person who shouts ‘Stop’ in front of a villain. “It’s worth getting a girlfriend like this.”
“hahahaha…….”
Actually, I was kidnapped and forced into a relationship with Ruina…….
She let out an awkward smile as she recalled her secret that should not be revealed to anyone.
“Hey. Mr. Yuri~?”
At that time. Gyeongtae pushed me away roughly and pushed her face towards Ruina.
“Eh. Gyeongtae’s face is very red.”
“hahahaha. “I did it a little fast.”
It is just as Gyeong-tae himself said.
This guy was a fool who got drunk quickly and drank as much as anyone else.
“Don’t treat him seriously because he’s already halfway there.”
“Hey Cho Seong-hoon! “Isn’t it true that we stole the medicine!?”
“Promise?”
Gyeongtae’s nonsense, reeking of alcohol and using a pointer.
Ruina blinked her eyes at me and expressed a question.
“Nun, num. This guy is telling me to do it. “I said I could ask Yuri if he had any friends.”
“Umm… …. Friends…….”
It’s something you can just ignore.
Ruina appeared to be thinking deeply with a surprisingly serious expression.
Could it be that I have a friend who is actually better than I expected?
No… …. That can’t be possible.
Just a couple of months ago, Ruina and Hero had a fierce fight with each other.
Where would there be time to make friends in such a situation?
“Yes. There is. “It may be my one-sided opinion.”
“!?”
I was momentarily startled by Ruina’s answer that came out before long.
Do you really think Ruina has a friend?
Some kind of big guy made friends with an SSS level villain?
“Oh my gosh. “Is that friend a girl?”
“Umm… …. What would it be like, hehehe?”
“…… !?”
It was the second shock.
No way, Ruina has a friend of the opposite s*x…… ?
I had a gut feeling that this was not something I could just ignore.
“Oh, what kind of friend are you talking about…” ?”
I asked her, pushing her flushed face away from her neck.
“I’m sure she knows it too, right?”
“Huh?”
I know Ruina’s friend?
At her difficult twenty questions, my mind, which had been slowly becoming anesthetized by alcohol, began to spin.
“Well, I know who that friend is…” … ?”
“There is that friend. He’s hot-blooded like a fool, always covering her face with something, saying childish things to her when we meet her, and…….”
“…… “There’s no way that person is that friend.”
[Are you talking about Masquerade, Masked Hero?]
Because I couldn’t bear to say the answer to Twenty Questions out loud.
I gave her my thoughts through her communicator.
[Correct answer!]
“Ah… ….”
As Ruina’s lively answer stuck directly in her head, all the tension in her body was instantly blown away and she let out a sigh.
Is that because Masquerade is your friend? ….
Well. Until recently, he was a hero who fearlessly fought against Ruina.
Because he was so passionate and full of justice.
Although Ruina clearly knew what abilities she had, he was the only hero who approached her and blocked her.
Also, as Ruina said, Masquerade always wore a mask with a voice modulation function.
Thanks to that, the gender of that hero, like Ruina, was unknown until now.
Anyway, I’m glad we’re not ordinary friends…….
It is said that when a lover says that he has a friend of the opposite s*x, she naturally becomes wary.
I never dreamed that I would feel this feeling too.
“So, can you introduce me?”
While feeling relieved.
Gyeongtae grinned and brought out the purpose of the question.
Ruina winked cutely and clapped her hands together.
“I’m sorry. “I haven’t been in contact with that friend much these days.”
“Well, I see…” . Ah… ….”
Gyeongtae let her shoulders slump and put her stretched out neck back in.
It’s a shame it happened.
But now that Ruina has disappeared. She’s a Masquerade and all, so it’s true that we can’t meet her.
“I’m going to go to the bathroom for a moment.”
As the tension eased, my hamstrings began to tingle.
When I slowly got up, Ruina followed me.
“Oh. “I want to go with you.”
“Uh, that’s right.”
“Hey. I’m sure you’re not going to pretend to go to the bathroom and do something weird with Yuri…… ?”
Gyeongtae, who is lying face down on the table, looks at me with suspicion.
This guy.
I never thought he would show this level of jealousy even when he was drunk…….
“Oh, no, dude. What do you think of me…. “Let’s go, Yuri.”
“Yes, yes. “I’ll be back~”
Louis I followed closely beside me, waving her hand gently to the staff around her.
A narrow hallway leading to the bathroom, far away from the dinner table.
“…… Ha.”
I leaned against the wall and let out a sigh that had built up in my heart.
“hehehe. “Honey, have you ever wondered who my friend is?”
In response, Louisa hugged my arm and showed her bright smile.
“I guess you said he was your friend. Also, they said it could be a man, so what…….”
“Were you jealous because I was a man?”
“Well, that’s the obvious thing to say…” ….”
“Ehehehe. “Don’t worry, you’re the only one who can call me ‘man’.”
Well, that’s a good thing…….
When you sigh repeatedly.
Ruina’s soft lips lightly touched my cheek.
“This is proof♡”
Ruina’s cuteness was so cute that it made her heart ache, and a faint smile appeared on her face.
I wanted to engage in deep skinship right now like Gyeongtae said.
“But honey. “I’m talking about this bathroom.”
Ruina gently stretched out her long index finger.
As my eyes followed her fingers, she spoke her words.
“Does the fact that the male and female marks are drawn at the same time mean that they are shared?”
“Yeah, right?”
Is it because there is not enough space for a bathroom?
This was a category that was quite common in restaurants.
“Well then… ….”
Ruina holds on to my arm even tighter and looks up at me closely.
“Shall we go in together? It’s like this… ♡”
Exciting!
It was clearly nothing special.
But my heart was pounding and racing.
I went to the bathroom with Ruina…… ?
Really, all kinds of imaginations came into my head.
Because there was a situation about a bathroom in my collection, which Team Leader Lee Tae-seok arbitrarily deleted,
That kind of imagination was stimulating me even more.
“Ah…. That…. Ah….”
“hehehe.”
Ruina’s blushing expression is sincere.
If I say OK here, we can really go in together.
But.
But I…… !
“Trigram. Are you okay… …. Go there first…….”
I barely managed to grab hold of her opposite s*x and invited her to go to her bathroom first.
“…… Huh. Okay. “Then I’ll go first.”
Ruina released her hand from holding my arm and quickly walked into the bathroom.
Anyway, I think the disappointed look passed for a moment…….
My mistake…… This is it, right?