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If there was something that annoyed Seha more than annoying mobs in his video game or dimensional monsters, it would be the summer heat. Normally, that would not bother him in the slightest.

But in this case, today was extremely hot, and it was getting to him.

"Ah…it's so hot today…" he thought to himself as he was playing on his video game console. Currently, he was in the living room of his house as today was his day off, so he had a lot of free time on his hands.

Of course, that included Mirae as well, considering she is living with him.

"Mirae…are you alright…?" Seha moaned.

"Mmmm…I'm fine Seha…but it is really hot…" Mirae replied as she was laying down on a nearby couch. Seha then turned to see Mirae, who was wearing a black sleeveless shirt and white shorts, struggling under the heat as well. For a moment, Seha slightly blushed at Mirae before focusing his attention back to his game.

After a while, Seha was done with his game, but was still struggling with the heat. Eventually, he could not take it anymore and got out of the couch he was on and headed towards the kitchen.

"Seha, what are you doing?" Mirae asked, noticing him.

"I'm going to get some ice cream. Want some?"

"Ice cream…what is that?"

"Well…it's a sweet cold treat for times like this." Seha said as he opened the freezer to see if there was any ice cream. To his dismay however, there was none. "We're out of ice cream huh…"

"Is there something wrong Seha?"

Seha let out a small sigh. "Mirae, we're out of ice cream. I guess that means we're going out to get some. Luckily, I know a good place."

"I see. Let's go then."

The two then dressed in normal clothes and left the house, heading towards a place where they can find ice cream to eat. However, as they were walking, the heat from the sun was getting to them more than before, considering that they were outside.

"Seha, are we there yet? I think the heat is killing me…" Mirae asked while slightly moaning.

"Hold on Mirae, I think we're getting close…" Seha replied as he was searching for the ice cream place he mentioned earlier. "Mirae, we're here." he said as he pointed at a nearby building.

"Mmm? Over there?"

"Yeah. Let's go." Soon, Seha and Mirae headed towards the ice cream shop. As they entered the shop, they were greeted by the owner.

"Welcome! Ah, Seha! It's been a while since I've seen you!" the owner said with joy in her voice.

"Yeah, it's been a while." Seha replied with a small smile. "Anything new happened?"

"Eh, it's the usual. Just some news about dimensional monsters appearing here and there, but nothing new." It was then the owner noticed Mirae, who was behind Seha. "Oh? Who's the girl behind you there?"

"Ah, this is Mirae, a closer just like me." Seha replied.

"Hi." Mirae greeted.

The owner chuckled for a bit. "Wow, I never thought I would see you bring a girl over! What's the relationship between you two? Tell me, is she your girlfriend?" she teased.

Seha blushed immediately upon hearing the owner's teasing. "I-It's not like that!"

"Oh really~?" she said, making Seha's blush grow even further while Mirae was clueless. Eventually, she had enough amusement from Seha's reaction and decided to move on. "Anyways, what will you two want?"

"Well, can you wait for a moment? We're going to need some time for our choices." Seha replied.

"As you wish."

Seha then turned to Mirae. "Which one do you want?"

"Um…Seha, I don't know which one to choose. Do you have any idea what to choose?" Mirae asked.

"Well...hm…I have an idea. How about choosing the one that interests you the most? Choose the ice cream flavor that you think will be good, and go with it." Seha suggested.

"I see." For a few seconds, Mirae glanced at the menu, wondering which choices she should make out of her interest. Eventually, she made her decision. "I'll go with that." she said as she pointed at a certain ice cream flavor.

Seha looked at it for a moment and nodded. "Very well." he said before he turned his attention to the owner. "Excuse me, I'll have a vanilla cone and Mirae will have a strawberry cone."

"As you wish!"

After a few seconds of waiting, Seha paid up the money for his and Mirae's ice cream cones and they went off to a nearby table to have their cold treats. For Seha, it was nothing special as he had tasted ice cream before in his life.

But for Mirae, it was something she had never experienced up until now. As soon as she tasted the ice cream, a flavor she has never tried before exploded in her mouth. At first, she felt cold, but the sweet taste of the strawberry ice cream soon filled her mouth. Not only that, but she also tasted the bits of strawberry in the ice cream itself.

"Well, how is it?" Seha asked.

"It's delicious, Seha." Mirae replied with a smile on her face.

Seha smiled back. "I'm glad that you liked it, Mirae." he said as he took a lick out of his ice cream cone. "Hm, the taste is the same…and the same can be said about the shop as well…" he thought to himself.

"Seha? Is there something wrong?" Mirae asked, snapping Seha out of his thoughts.

"Hm? Ah, it's nothing. It's just that…well, this place hasn't changed one bit ever since I was a kid."

"Really?"

"Yeah. My mom would take me here a few times. Not only that, but she and the owner have been friends since their high school years."

"I see. So that's how she knows you so well." Mirae said as she took another lick of her ice cream. As she was enjoying her ice cream, an idea came to her mind. "Hey Seha, can I try your ice cream?"

"Sure." Seha then moved his ice cream cone towards Mirae. As he did that, Mirae then took a small bite out of the vanilla ice cream. "Mmm, it's delicious."

"Great."

As the two were enjoying their ice cream together, the owner could not help but let out a small smile seeing Seha and Mirae together. "Huh. Never would I have ever seen Seha bring over a girl. In fact, this is the first time I've ever seen someone come with him other than his mom…" she thought as she started to remember the days his mom would bring him to her shop. "I guess things really have changed since those days…"

Back with Seha and Mirae, Mirae looked around the building like a curious child. "This place is colorful." she said, looking at the various painted walls along with the decorations that were placed and hanged.

"Yeah. It's just as I remembered when I was a kid."

"Mmm." Mirae said as she took a lick of her ice cream. "Hey Seha, can I ask you something?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"Well…you mentioned that you visited here with your mom when you were a kid. So…how do you feel visiting here again after a while?"

Seha let out a small sigh. "To be honest, coming back here does bring back some memories from my childhood. Those memories…well, are mixed in my opinion."

"What do you mean?"

Seha sighed again. "Let's just say…there are some memories I wish to forget."

Upon hearing Seha's words, Mirae realized she unknowingly brought back some unpleasant experiences from Seha's past with her questions, and she felt guilty because of it. "I'm sorry Seha. For bringing up some memories you want to forget."

"Hm? Ah, it's fine. That's all in the past now. Let's just move on." Seha said reassuringly.

Mirae let out a sigh of relief, now knowing that she did not hurt Seha by bringing up his past. However, a small tinge of guilt still lingered in her, as she now knows that his past was a subject that he does not want to talk about. After all, she did have her share of bad memories from her past as well.

Immediately, she quickly changed the topic of the conversation. "Seha, want a taste of my ice cream?"

"Are you sure? You don't mind sharing some of your ice cream with me?" Seha asked.

"Yes. After all, you did share some of yours with me, so it's my turn to do the same." she said as she held it in front of his face. "Here."

"Well, if you insist." Seha then got closer to Mirae's ice cream and took a small bite out of it.

"How is it?"

"It's good." Seha said with a small smile on his face.

Upon seeing Seha's small smile, Mirae let out a small smile as well. "I'm glad that you like it, Seha."

Soon, the two were done with their ice creams and were heading out the door. "Thanks for the ice cream!" he said to the owner.

"No problem Seha! Make sure to come back sometime in the future! Especially with your girlfriend!" the owner replied with a bit of teasing at the end.

Seha blushed at the last part of the owner's sentence. "H-Hey!"

Both Seha and Mirae then left the ice cream shop while hearing the owner chuckle at the same time. As the door closed behind them, Seha let out a small sigh from the embarrassment he just went through. "Jeez, even the owner hasn't changed one bit…but I don't mind that." he thought as he let out a small smile.

"Seha?" Mirae said, snapping him out of his thoughts.

"Hm? Ah, sorry. I was just thinking about something. Anyways, do you like the place?"

"Yes. I like the ice cream place, and I wouldn't mind coming back here sometime in the future." Mirae said with a smile on her face. "Would you?"

"Yeah. Next time when we have a day off, let's come here again. Is that good?"

"Yes. And next time, I want to try the other flavors."

"As you wish."

And the two headed back to their home…