My Unrequited Love Is an Absolute Secret - Chapter 115

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Side Story Episode 10

After a warm meal and cold medicine, my condition improved noticeably.
I was brushing my teeth in the Bathroom, sniffling, when Robin suddenly appeared.
[Sister.]
[What.]
Why was he deliberately speaking to me in Korean anyway?
Aemerus spoke Korean quite well by now, so it was a pointless gesture.
‘It’s bound to be something silly, whatever it is.’
Probably asking me to buy him new Hockey Team equipment or something trivial like that.
I brushed it off lightly, but his next words nearly made me swallow my toothpaste.
[You’re going to marry Aemerus’s Older Brother, right?]
[…Why are you asking that all of a sudden?]
Since I’d just been thinking about marriage while looking at Aemerus, I was more flustered than necessary.
[Why? Aren’t you going to marry him?]
[No, I should marry him. Yes, I’m going to marry him.]
Pressed by Robin’s questioning, I ended up revealing my true feelings.
Only then did Robin nod with a satisfied expression.
[Then you two will have children too? I’ll get a younger sibling?]
[That would make them your niece or nephew, not your sibling….]
[Either way, they’d be like my younger sibling.]
[I suppose so….]
[I’ll take good care of them. Please have a younger brother.]
[That’s not something your sister can choose….]
I shook my head and let out a soft laugh.
To think Robin was talking about taking care of someone.
I realized that the child I’d thought was so young had truly grown.
[Anyway, I’ll handle it. Now go to bed, little one.]
[I’m not little! I’m in elementary school now!]
[Right. Your sister is in university.]
[I’ll be in university too!]
[When? In ten years?]
Robin, thoroughly offended, huffed indignantly and glared at me before turning on his heel.
I wasn’t worried—I knew that by tomorrow morning he’d be clinging to me again, calling me sister.
Of course, once I started nagging, he’d slip away as if nothing had happened.
“Did Robin go to bed?”
I asked Aemerus after finishing my teeth brushing.
Robin was nowhere to be seen, so he must have actually gone to sleep.
At her question, I gestured toward Robin’s room with a tilt of my head.
“We’re doing well. But did you two fight?”
“No, he just said something strange first.”
“Something strange? What?”
Aemerus was curious, but I couldn’t bring myself to answer, my face flushing crimson.
I lacked the confidence to relay Robin’s thoughtless words to him.
“…It’s nothing like that.”
When I brushed off the question vaguely, Aemerus didn’t press further.
“You should get some rest too, Harry.”
“Mm. What about you?”
“If it’s alright, I was thinking of staying the night here.”
Aemerus added carefully, gauging my reaction.
“I already got permission from your parents, so would that be okay?”
“Of course it is.”
Sending him away after all he’d done for Robin would have weighed heavily on my heart.
The Guest Room, which had only been used for storage for so long, was already cleaned thoroughly, so there was no problem putting Aemerus up there.
“But don’t you have morning classes tomorrow? Will you be alright?”
“It’s quick once I’m in the car anyway. And I need to make sure you’re okay before I leave—otherwise I won’t have peace of mind.”
“Thank you, Aemerus.”
I pulled him into a tight embrace.
If only I could express everything I felt for him through words alone.
But no words in this world were sufficient to contain what my heart held for him.
“Don’t mention it. It’s only natural for a boyfriend to do this.”
For Aemerus, who had longed desperately for so long just to be my boyfriend, this moment felt like nothing but a dream.
“It’s time for you to get some sleep.”
After savoring the embrace, he adjusted his hold on me.
“I can walk on my own.”
It wasn’t far—just up to the Second Floor.
But Aemerus didn’t budge an inch at my protests.
“What’s the point of having a strong boyfriend if I can’t spoil you like this? Go ahead and take full advantage.”
I giggled and pretended to resist, wrapping my arms around his neck.
“There is one good thing about being hurt, though. I get to see my busy boyfriend’s face.”
“The busy one isn’t me—it’s you.”
Since he wasn’t wrong, I had nothing to say.
‘They say success can be a problem too.’
The Boy Group that I wrote the debut song lyrics for became incredibly famous right after their debut last summer.
They topped the Music Streaming Platform in Korea as a matter of course, and became famous through challenge videos as well.
Of course, it was thanks to the Music Company’s planning and the individual charm of each member combined.
As a result, I became busy too.
Even while still promoting with the debut song, I was swamped preparing the next album.
It didn’t help that it coincided with midterm exams at the university.
“Don’t push yourself too hard.”
Aemerus didn’t grow angry even when he saw that I had neglected my health and overexerted myself until I fell ill.
He simply revealed quietly that he was concerned about me.
“Is all the busy work finally over?”
“Mm. There is a request to write lyrics for another Boy Group’s title track….”
Thinking about work, my head began to ache again.
As I sighed, Aemerus, who was climbing the stairs, asked with concern.
“What’s wrong?”
“They want me to write lyrics about a boy in love feeling thrilled, but I have no idea how to approach it.”
“Really? It’s quite easy.”
“Easy?”
Aemerus smiled softly and entered my room.
But instead of lying down obediently on the bed, I looked up at him with my brows furrowed.
“What is it? Don’t keep it to yourself—tell me. I’m your girlfriend, after all.”
Even at my childish insistence, Aemerus simply laughed as if I were adorable.
After settling me onto the bed as I stubbornly resisted like a sleepy child, he finally spoke.
“There are certain things in this world that are considered essential for a successful man to possess.”
Lying on my side facing him, I played along.
“Like a summer villa, a white yacht, whiskey—things like that?”
“Yes. Things like that.”
Aemerus agreed, brushing my hair back.
“Before falling in love, I thought those things were the best, just like everyone else…. But it’s only after falling in love that you realize.”
“Realize what?”
“Your bed that still carries your scent. The kayak we rode together on the lake. The banana milk and coffee latte you made for me, saying it was trendy these days.”
“….”
“These are the things that truly make me a real man. Not yachts or liquor.”
Speaking of love without saying the words “I love you.”
Shouldn’t it be Aemerus who writes the lyrics?
He playfully pinched my cheek as my nose tingled and my expression grew tearful.
“Will this help you write the lyrics?”
“More than enough. Thank you so much, Aemerus.”
I kissed his lips but then pulled back in alarm.
“I’m not giving you my cold, am I? That would be terrible.”
He really did worry about the most endearing things.
Aemerus suppressed his laughter and spoke in a serious tone.
“I can’t catch your cold. That would be a problem.”
“Oh….”
Seeing me at a loss, he chuckled and kissed me.
“I’ll give you my cold back. How’s that?”
“…?”
Harry stared at him with a bewildered expression.
Her mind had momentarily stalled, leaving her unable to grasp the situation clearly.
He seized the opportunity to kiss her once more.
“Come to think of it, I’d rather be the one in pain than you.”
“So you just wanted to kiss me…?”
“Caught.”
“You weren’t even trying to hide it.”
Harry let out an exasperated laugh and reached her arm toward him.
It was an invitation for him to come lie beside her.
He didn’t refuse the opportunity granted to him.
As he offered his arm as a pillow, Harry nestled snugly into his embrace.
“If our parents saw us like this, we’d be dead.”
Though Harry said so, neither of them had any intention of parting from each other.
“You have to wake me up before you leave tomorrow morning. I need to see you off.”
“I will.”
Aemerus reassured her, gently patting her back.
Despite having slept all day, sleep began to drift toward her again at his rhythmic touch.
In a voice half-drowsy with sleep, Harry called out to him.
“Aemerus.”
“Hmm?”
“Your mother says something to me every time she sees me.”
“What is it?”
“That we need to book the wedding venue soon.”
Aemerus, who had tensed wondering if Harry had heard something unpleasant, let out a hollow laugh.
“Don’t worry. I’ve already told Mother that I….”
“Let’s do it.”
“What?”
“Book the wedding venue. I want to get married in a beautiful church.”
Aemerus’s eyes widened before softening into a gentle curve.
Pulling Harry closer in his arms, he whispered.
“Should we buy the dress in advance? You said you wanted to wear Elisab.”
“No. There will be new collections by then, so there’s no need to….”
“Right, of course.”
Aemerus calmed his rapidly beating heart and mentally organized everything needed for the wedding.
“But didn’t you say marriage was too soon? Why did you suddenly change your mind?”
….
“Lili, are you asleep?”
Whether it was the cold medicine or not, she had set his heart aflutter and then fallen asleep.
‘There’s nothing I can do about it.’
I couldn’t fathom what had driven her to suddenly decide on marriage, but….
“I love you.”
He whispered the words against sleeping Harry’s forehead, his lips brushing her skin.
“Don’t hurt anymore.”
Aemerus fervently wished he could take her cold entirely upon himself, bearing every ache and fever in her stead.

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