“Hmm…”
The snacks in front of me were shimmering. Even though I had a hearty dinner, it didn’t matter. I don’t know if it’s because I have great digestion or if there’s a beggar living in my stomach. Watching TV, I slowly got up.
It was time to carry out an important mission. I got off the bed and quietly headed outside. My destination was the office. Blaming myself for giving Haru some snacks earlier, I slowly made my way to the office. It was clear that Haru wouldn’t be there at this time.
Haru usually takes my hair somewhere by 9 PM, so during that time, there’s no one in the office. Everyone else had already left for the day.
Once inside the office, I frantically started looking for the snack box. Since I had given some earlier, the box had to be somewhere in the office. After rummaging around, I grinned. I had found the snack box.
The snack box was tucked away in a corner of the office. Managing the snack box so carelessly… this was good news for me. I rushed to the box and started digging through it. I planned to find small, high-calorie snacks since taking too many would be obvious.
After finding a few snacks, I was about to leave the office with a big smile when a huge shadow appeared in front of me. I couldn’t help but shiver. A shadow this big could only belong to someone like Haru, an adult woman. I slowly turned my stiff neck to look behind me.
There stood Haru, smiling. I froze like ice.
“Ha… Haru…”
“Ha~na~?”
My mind went blank. I needed to say something, but nothing came to mind. Watching Haru’s expression, I put the snacks I was holding back into the box.
“I… I just wanted to see what the snacks looked like.”
“Really? But why do I feel like Hana was going to take some snacks?”
“It’s a misunderstanding, Haru!”
I clung to Haru’s leg, putting on my best aegyo. Haru seemed to soften and picked me up. As my view got higher, I met Haru’s eyes. Feeling a bit awkward, I turned my head slightly.
“Hana, it’s okay to eat snacks if you’re hungry.”
Haru said that while looking at me. I knew it was a devil’s temptation, but it was so sweet. Maybe just for today? It’s not like eating a little would kill me…
In the end, instinct won over reason.
“Really, I can eat?”
“Yeah. No one said you couldn’t, so there’s no reason for Hana not to eat.”
That was true. No one told me not to eat. Haru really knew how to push my buttons. I smiled brightly and got down from Haru’s arms. Then, I started rummaging through the snack box in earnest.
Haru watched me with a satisfied expression. It felt like I was being treated like a child, but my actions were so childlike that I couldn’t argue. My mind was completely focused on the snacks.
It had been almost 6 hours since I last had snacks, and I was experiencing serious withdrawal symptoms. My body was trembling from the lack of snacks.
I took out a few snacks. Feeling my arms full, I smiled and headed back to the room. Haru followed me, probably tempted by my snacks. I planned to share them generously with Haru.
“Hana, aren’t you taking too many snacks?”
Haru said, seeing me with both hands full of snacks. Sure, it was a lot, but it was an amount that would disappear quickly if shared. So, I confidently replied.
“This much is fine!”
“Hmm…”
Haru seemed to ponder, resting her chin on her hand. Afraid she might say more, I quickly put the snacks on the desk and started eating. My body was craving snacks after not having them for so long.
As I stuffed my cheeks full of snacks, Haru took out her phone and started taking pictures. I posed with a V-sign, happy to be Haru’s model. Eating snacks had put me in a great mood.
I struck various poses while eating snacks. Haru nodded with a satisfied expression.
“Can I have some too?”
“Of course!”
It was only natural. I had brought this many snacks to share with Haru. Even with my hunger, eating all these alone was impossible.
So, I shared the snacks with Haru, and we enjoyed them together.
I had a fantastic night. As expected, I could never give up snacks.
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“Hana, you’ve gained another 2kg?”
“Uwaaa!!!”
I stepped on the scale and screamed after checking my weight. I didn’t expect my weight to decrease. If only I had grown taller, there might have been an excuse, but my height stayed the same. I slowly started to feel a sense of crisis.
At this rate, getting fat would happen in an instant. From now on, it was really all about dieting. But it felt a bit awkward to tell Haru and Bora. It wasn’t that my willpower was weak, but I didn’t want to risk having my snacks or rice confiscated like last time.
I decided to go on a solo diet. I didn’t need any helpers. Dieting is supposed to be a lonely journey anyway. From today, I resolved to lose weight.
However, I decided not to return the box of snacks. A snack or two should be fine as a reward for my hard work on the diet, right?
So, I ate as little as possible for lunch and went up to my room. But an uninvited guest was waiting inside.
“Hana!”
Boss Sehee and Boss Seyoung were waiting in my room. And the bosses never came empty-handed. They always brought something delicious with them.
“Ugh…”
I wanted to leave the room, but the delicious smell made me unconsciously move toward the food.
“We brought chicken, Hana’s favorite!”
Boss Sehee, unaware of my inner turmoil, brought chicken that made my mouth water just by looking at it. And next to her, Boss Seyoung brought a box of delicious donuts for dessert.
“Hana, you can eat the chicken and then have some donuts, right?”
Since I had eaten little for lunch, there was still plenty of room in my stomach. Holding back tears in my heart, I started eating the chicken. It was important to eat it deliciously so the bosses wouldn’t be disappointed.
If I refused to eat what they brought as a gift, how disappointed would they be? Of course, I could have chosen not to eat, but my hand automatically reached for the chicken.
“It’s delicious!”
It was my favorite seasoned chicken, and it melted in my mouth. With every bite, the juices flowed abundantly. I savored the juices with my eyes closed. And somehow, the chicken was still steaming as if it had just been fried.
“Eat a lot, Hana. When you’re young, all the fat goes to your height~”
Kim Seyoung added to Kim Sehee’s words.
“I think I ate a lot when I was young too.”
“Unnie, I know you ate until you got fat!”
“Now I manage it, so it’s fine!”
The two sisters were bickering, but I didn’t hear any of it. My attention was entirely on the chicken. The crispy batter was incredibly savory. No other chicken could be as delicious as this one right now.
With a happy smile, I finished the chicken and reached for a donut. I didn’t know when it was brought, but I downed a glass of cola in one shot and started eating the donut.
I was in a state of blissful oblivion. Except for occasionally responding to the bosses’ comments, my mouth was solely dedicated to eating.
Doom was slowly approaching. But even though I vaguely knew it was coming, I couldn’t gauge the speed at which it arrived, and I paid the price dearly.
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“Huh…? Hana… you’ve gained too much weight!”
Bora showed me the medical report and said. I couldn’t help but jump when I saw the report. Obesity was now just one step away.
But when I wore clothes, I never felt like I had gained weight…
Shouldn’t clothes feel tighter if you gain weight? But I never felt that way.
However, the scale doesn’t lie.
