My Sassy Girl Chapter 19

My Sassy Girl by Kim Ho-sik [English CH.19]

CHAPTER 19


The rain was really pouring on today!!
It really sucks when you have to go outside on a rainy day, right? Your clothes get all wet...
But if she tells me to come out... I go out. Why? Because she'll be mad... well, she'll beat me...

Her: What are you up to today?

Me: It's raining, so I'm going to watch a movie at home... I rented “Touch Me.” ^^ (T/N:Ahh... don't you just love pun humor? The movie... well, porn he rented is apparently called “Jup-chok”, meaning “contact” with a rather lewd implication. She thinks he's saying “Jup-sok”, or “Connection”, which is a romantic/melodrama movie similar to You've Got Mail, but waaaaaaay more sappy. Anyway, I'll be replacing it with something that fits her in the translation.)

Her: “Punch Me”?

Me: -_-;;

Her: I don't have anything to do... you should come out with me.

Me: No! I'm busy! (T/N: Hooray! Another pun humor... this time, he's saying he's busy, or “Bah-Pah”. She thinks he's saying “Bap-Hah”, which would mean he's cooking rice. Gotta love it...)

Her: What business?

Me: No, B-U-S-Y! ... Ugh, damn One-Shot 01X... (T/N: One-Shot 01X is a very old cell phone model that was rather notorious for its unreliable performances. The reason She is confusing what he is saying is because his phone is really crappy and breaking up his voice)

But how can I say no to her? She wants me there... I have to treat her well while I can. ^^;
So I promised to see her at Jongroe in the afternoon.

I casually washed my face, ate something for lunch, put on my clothes, took my cell phone... opened the door, and went outside- Oh wait, I forgot my wallet. Damn...

So I went back to get my wallet. I checked how much I had and... I only had 3000 won ($3) on me... crap..

“Hey, oppa (what girls would call their older brother), I'm borrowing some of your money. Mom's not home, so... I'll pay you back tomorrow!” -_-;

God damn it! She took all my 10000 won bills ($10)! All of them!

Well, there were only three of them in there, but... How can she leave me with absolutely nothing? Over all these years, she probably took few hundred thousand won from me this way.

I called her again.

Me: Hey... I really can't go today. I don't even have money for the bus anymore...

Her: What do you mean you don't have it 'anymore'?

Me: ... it's a long story.

Her: Then just come out... You still have your subway pass, stupid!

So, I went out to see her with a subway pass and three thousand won. This... was not a good experience for me. I would rather not go out than see her without any money on me...

I can't suggest going to get something to eat... I can't suggest going to a cafe... I am forced to just follow her and do whatever she wants to do. Man, this is embarrassing...

It's still raining... Of course, I brought an umbrella. What kind? There are those tiny folding umbrellas, medium sized ones, and big ones that looks more like a parasol.

I brought the big one, and she brought the tiniest type, so we just decided to share my umbrella while she carries hers.

The handle on my umbrella looks kinda like the club head on a golf club...

Even though we had an umbrella, it was still raining hard, and our shoulders and pants got really wet. So we decided to go to a cafe and order two steaming hot coffee...

This cafe was on the first floor, and it had huge windows for walls... it was pretty fun to just watch people passing by.

Outside, a couple was sharing an umbrella. The guy was holding on to the umbrella, and the girl was staying really close to him.

Suddenly, the guy ran away from the girl while taking the umbrella.

The girl? Got drenched in the rain.

The girl chased after the guy, but the guy was really fast. So she kept chasing him for about a minute in front of the coffee shop... kinda like “Catch me if you can!” situation on a beach.

The guy finally let himself get caught, but the girl was already soaked. I thought she was going to get angry, but... she just half-heartedly complained and hit his chest in a very cutesy way.

We left the cafe... it was already getting dark... unlike the summer, the days were getting shorter... but it was still raining.

We were still sharing my umbrella. Of course, I was still holding onto it. After a while... I imitated that guy in front of the cafe and ran away from her.

Her? Also got drenched in the rain.

She started chasing me while screaming that she'll kill me when she catches me...

I got really scared, so I let her caught me... Well, to be honest, she was fast like a freak... so I got caught in less than 10 seconds.

She threw the umbrella she was holding at me. As I picked it up.

“Hey! Why didn't you just use this umbrella instead of throwing it at me? God, you're so stupid-”

And she almost punched me for that...

It was the Bupyung station. I have to take her to her house. Typically, we would take a cab, but we took the bus instead... why? Because I was broke, she used up hers and... We were both broke.

The bus station was a bit far from her house, so we had to walk for a while. The rain had stopped by then...

I carried my umbrella like a sword... you know, like D'Artagnan...

The way to her house from the bus station was really creepy. It was really dark, and the streetlights were going in and out periodically... and the lights were only going as far as the base of the streetlight.

We were about halfway there... about 10 meters ahead, a streetlight was set up right next to a telephone pole.. Near the telephone pole were three guys smoking cigarette.

My intuition told me that they were the local gangsters.

Our eyes met as we approached them. It was too late to backtrack now. She was right next to me. I really wished they wouldn't pick a fight with me.

If there was only one person there, I could do something about it. Unless the other guy was some professional boxer or something, how bad would the fight be?

I am a sergeant in the ROK Army... Reserve, you know.

Even if there were two, I could go all out... and even though I may get hurt, I would be able to protect her. But there were three guys. Short of me suddenly becoming a professional boxer or something, two guys would keep me busy while the third...

In that short time, I tried my hardest to figure out a way to get out of the situation... I took her hand... in case we would have to run.

We got closer and closer to the gangsters...

Aside from the reason that I was holding her hand, my heart was pounding.

As we passed them by, I thought “Thank God”. But then...

“Hey, *beep*

Translated By: BumFromKorea