Chapter 274: First Experience
In An Han’s home, they usually drank small bottles of mineral water. They used to have a water dispenser, but her mom once read some article or watched some video saying water dispensers were very dirty, so she switched to small bottles instead.
But this time, her little sister needed hot water.
Her father paced nervously downstairs for a few minutes.
When he finally heard the kettle make a soft “pop,” he quickly took a cup from the cabinet, rinsed it, and carried the whole kettle of boiling water upstairs.
He walked quietly, without even wearing slippers, trying not to make noise as he pushed open the bedroom door on the third floor.
“An Han, how is your sister doing?”
He came in with worry, put the kettle on the computer desk, then turned and froze.
An Han sat on the bed with a pale face. Her sister was already lying on her side, curled up and asleep.
“She’s fine now.” An Han lifted her eyebrows and forced a small smile. “She stopped hurting just now and fell asleep right away.”
“That’s good. Watch her for the next few days. Don’t let her eat random things.”
“I know.”
Unconsciously, An Han pulled up her legs and curled her body, looking small and fragile.
Her father noticed something was wrong. “What’s wrong?”
“D-diarrhea…” she whispered.
“What did you eat this time?”
Her father frowned, poured half a cup of hot water, then filled the rest with mineral water to make it warm. He put the cup on her bedside table.
“I’ll go downstairs and bring some medicine?”
“No need. Just go sleep early.”
Her father still looked worried, but An Han stood up, pushed him gently toward the door, and shut him out.
He heard the sound of the door being locked and couldn’t help sighing.
She clearly looked uncomfortable, yet she didn’t want to tell him anything...
“If you feel really bad, call me.”
“Okay~”
Even though they had become much closer during this time, years of weak communication still left a barrier between them.
Her father even started thinking about quitting his job overseas. Now that there was no son at home, he didn’t need to live far away just to earn money for a house, a car, and a future bride price.
Inside the room, An Han leaned pale-faced against the door. She held her lower belly, weakly sliding down to sit on the floor, as if the few steps she walked earlier had used up all her strength.
She couldn’t bear watching her sister be in pain all night. And she worried her sister’s carefree personality and thin body might mean she would suffer bad cramps every month in the future.
So she chose Option One, fixing the problem at the root, but now she was the one hurting so much that her legs shook when she walked.
“But… my little sister didn’t seem this painful…”
This pain didn’t really feel like an electric drill in the stomach. It felt more like extremely intense stomach-cramp diarrhea pain, but in a slightly different place.
If it were only a short moment, she could handle it. But it just kept going and going, nonstop, with sudden sharp twists inside her belly…
Grimacing, she forced herself to stand and pressed the hand warmer against her lower belly, but it didn’t help at all.
“Oh right… I have the ‘sensitive’ attribute…”
That attribute made her feel pain much more strongly than normal people.
She forgot that completely!
If she really had to go to the gynecology department someday…
That thing people say is the worst pain humans can feel…
She might actually faint on the spot.
An Han sighed and shakily sat back on the bed. Then she pulled her little sister, who was sleeping in a messy position, over and fixed her posture a bit.
“Sister… I’m so tired~ don’t touch me~” her sister mumbled in her sleep.
Her sister usually got sleepy around ten o’clock, but today she forced herself to stay awake until midnight because of the period pain.
A few minutes after An Han chose the task that moved the pain onto herself, this girl fell asleep instantly, breathing heavily, almost snoring.
Pressing her lips together, An Han put the hand warmer, useless for her own pain, onto her sister’s lower belly, gently massaging in circles.
Mm… the pain really did lessen a bit.
The source of the cramps was her sister, so the massage, warmth, and warm water should all be used on her sister to help her feel better.
An Han let out a hopeless sigh.
“Who told you to be the kid I grew up watching since we were little.”
“You always make trouble.”
Even though the pain was strong, it wasn’t completely unbearable. An Han wouldn’t whine like a little girl or act pitiful, she still had the stubbornness from when she used to be male.
Curling herself into a ball, she kept one hand massaging her sister’s belly, and with the other hand she texted Su Peng.
“My period hurts (crying emoji). It hurts so much, I can’t sleep / crying emoji”
“Stop playing. Isn’t your period already over a few days ago?” Su Peng replied instantly, hitting the truth right away.
“You remember it that clearly?”
“Of course I do. I had to hide pads in my closet and secretly pass them to you on the balcony like some spy…”
An Han paused, then typed, “Period being a little irregular sometimes is normal, okay?”
“Really?”
Su Peng clearly still thought she was joking.
She sent a pitiful cute emoji, then fell back onto the bed and pulled the blanket over her head.
“Hmph~ stupid boyfriend, you’re supposed to be comforting me!” she muttered, setting her phone aside.
The pain exhausted her brain, and resisting it slowly drained her energy. Normally she only fell asleep around 1–2am, but this time she quickly became drowsy.
But every now and then she was shocked awake by the pain.
Then she got used to the pain with her eyes closed… then fell asleep again…
Then woke again…
………………………
An Han finally woke to the sound of someone getting up.
She had faint dark circles under her eyes.
Yawning, she poked her head out of the blanket.
The pain was gone! Her belly only felt the strange heaviness of having a period.
But… where was the mission completion message?
“Sister! It doesn’t hurt anymore!”
Her sister was putting on a sweater. When she saw An Han wake up, she proudly put her hands on her hips. “Not painful at all!”
“Mm, I can see that,” An Han frowned.
Did the mission mean she had to endure the whole period with her sister?
Girls’ periods usually last two to three days, but sometimes up to a week… Everyone is different.
If her sister was the type whose period lasts eight days…
That would be terrifying!
Last night’s pain once or twice was okay, but many times? She couldn’t handle that!
Her sister finished putting on her sweater, then stood up and casually took off her pajama pants right in front of An Han, showing her white underwear. She wasn’t shy at all, and quickly put on thick pants.
Back when An Han was still her older brother, the sister would at least avoid doing this. Now she didn’t care anymore.
Then the sister jumped off the bed, ran to the desk, poured herself a cup of water, and gulped it down.
An Han froze.
Her sister poured another cup of cold boiled water.
“STOP!” An Han screamed suddenly. “You can’t drink cold water during your period! Go downstairs and boil hot water!”
“Eh?”