Heroine App 188

Chapter 188 – 188 – Is It? (2)

“Hah, hah, hah, phuh…”
“You did great. Here.”

As I lay sprawled on the mat, gasping for breath, Joo Ha-rin brought me some cool water.

“Hoo, thank, gulp, gulp…”
“Ah, but don’t drink too much water. Just a little.”
“Phew, okay.”

Min Ji-ah gulped down the water, then nodded at Joo Ha-rin’s words and parted her lips.

Sweat poured from her body like rain.

Working out always feels so refreshing.

Glancing at Joo Ha-rin, I saw that her hair was wet, probably from sweating, but she didn’t seem out of breath.

Joo Ha-rin’s body was incredibly toned.

I admired her body for a moment, and I noticed Joo Ha-rin’s face slightly flush.

It was a very small change, but Min Ji-ah, who had been with her since middle school, could catch it.

“Why?”
“Oh, nothing.”

Min Ji-ah took a moment to catch her breath, then opened her mouth.

“Ha-rin.”
“Yeah.”
“Should we go out tomorrow?”
“Go out?”

Min Ji-ah spoke as Ha-rin looked at her with a question mark on her face.

“You need to rest too. It’s so boring if you just study and work out all the time.”

A shadow briefly crossed Ha-rin’s face before disappearing.

“This is all going to end this year anyway. Once I graduate, I’m going to do whatever I want starting next year.”
“Ooh~ Is the elite finally leaving home? Still, the facilities here are amazing, it’s a bit of a shame.”
“It’s better to leave than to be stuck here just studying and working out.”
“Well, yeah, that’s true.”

Min Ji-ah took another sip of water and said to Ha-rin.

“Hehe. If you have nowhere to go, should I take you in?”

Min Ji-ah said with a grin. Ha-rin chuckled.

“No thanks.”
“Then where are you going to go? Have you even decided what you’re going to do after you leave?”
“Of course, I have.”
“What is it?”
“It’s a secret.”
“Ah. Everything’s a secret.”

Ha-rin smiled and asked Ji-ah, who was pouting.

“But why? Are you worried I won’t have a place to sleep?”
“No, I just thought you’d be a hit if you went on TV. If you did a collab with me, or made some videos, we’d all go viral. Hehehe.”
“Ugh. Me on TV?”
“Hey, it doesn’t have to be live. If you just filmed yourself working out in a sexy outfit and uploaded it to YouTube, you’d easily get a million views, you know? Money in the bank! Smiles on our faces!”

Although she was exaggerating a bit, Min Ji-ah was sincere.

Joo Ha-rin chuckled at Min Ji-ah’s tone, but waved her hand and shook her head.

“No way. I’m not doing it.”
“But, why… then what are you going to do?”
“I told you, it’s a secret.”
“Ugh. It’s my fault for asking. But you’ll still play games, right?”
“Yeah. Sometimes. You said you’d teach me.”

Ji-ah smiled again at Ha-rin’s nod.

“That’s right. Who else would teach you if I didn’t~?”
“Why do you sound so weird?”
“You don’t have any other friends but me, right?”

Ha-rin’s body flinched slightly at Ji-ah’s accurate statement, but she denied it.

“No, I have friends.”
“Oh, who?”
“I’m going to meet them after I graduate. They’re overseas too.”
“Ah~ That childhood friend from elementary school?”
“Yeah.”

Min Ji-ah asked as Ha-rin nodded.

“So, is that the only close friend you have?”
“No… um…”

Ha-rin hesitated before continuing.

“I used to have one more, but we lost contact.”
“Who? Don’t tell me that one was also a friend you played with in elementary school?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow, you probably don’t even remember them.”
“Well… they might have forgotten me.”

Ha-rin said with a slightly gloomy expression.

Even now, her emotions weren’t very visible on her face. It was just that Ji-ah was exceptionally good at picking up on them.

Min Ji-ah said with a smile.

“Don’t worry, this big sis will take care of you better than 100 friends.”
“Big sis? You’re my younger sister.”
“I’m your younger sister?”
“Of course.”

Min Ji-ah used a cute voice again as Ha-rin spoke with her arms crossed.

“Then~, please do this little sister a favor.”
“What favor?”
“Let’s go out tomorrow!”

Ha-rin looked conflicted at Ji-ah’s words, which were the same as before.

“Well… where do you want to go? You know I can’t stay out late.”
“Not far~, let’s just check out this place!”

Min Ji-ah showed Ha-rin two YouTube videos she had watched this morning on her phone.

A video of a pork belly restaurant that looked incredibly delicious, and a video of the recently trending cafe, Cafe Delia.

There were two places she really wanted to visit that weren’t too far away. Ha-rin swallowed unconsciously after watching the videos.

Of course, even though she liked working out, Ha-rin was also a big fan of delicious food.

However, after clearing her throat again and shaking off her desires, Ha-rin looked at Ji-ah with narrowed eyes.

“But you said you were trying to lose weight.”
“Come on, it’s okay to eat for one day, right?”
“Didn’t you say you ate chicken today too? And it wasn’t even for a mukbang.”
“Ah, that’s…”

Ha-rin smiled and handed the phone back to Ji-ah, who was at a loss for words.

“Okay. But two hours of exercise tomorrow.”
“Ah.”

Min Ji-ah had a mixed expression, not knowing whether to be happy or sad at Ha-rin’s words.

******

“Hmm…”

Tap, tap, tap.

Friday.
It had already been four days since my first time having sex with Ye-hwa.

Sitting in a chair in the cafe office, I tapped on the desk, feeling bored.

Ah~.

I have nothing to do.
I’m bored.

The process of making money through stocks was so fun at first because I felt like my returns were increasing, but now it was a bit boring because I was just clicking along with the Lucky Tracker Glasses.

Of course, making money is always fun.

Maybe it’s because my bank balance is so full that it’s overflowing. Just working on stocks all morning was a bit too monotonous.

Yesterday, I went to Ye-hwa’s house in the middle of the day and we had sex and played around…

[Me: Can I come over now?]
[Jang Ye-hwa: Ah, I’m not home today. ㅠㅠ I went to my parents’ house and I’m staying overnight… I’ll be back around lunchtime tomorrow, would you like to come over tomorrow evening…?]

A text I exchanged with Ye-hwa 10 minutes ago.

I sighed with disappointment.

◆ Current Status
– [Favorability: 86]
– [Trust: 54]
– [Affinity: 46]
– [Sex Drive: 32] [Appetite: 34] [Fatigue: 22]

My strategy with Ye-hwa was going smoothly.

If I kept whispering sweet nothings and having sex with her every day, it was only a matter of time before I reached 100 favorability.

Of course, I had already talked to Su-jeong about doing a 3P with her to finish things off, but I was planning to do that when her favorability was in the late 90s.

Before that, I was planning to stick close to Ye-hwa to get as close as possible, but unfortunately, today was the day she was visiting her parents.

Su-jeong was busy with her broadcast. Yu-jeong was diligently running the cafe, and Da-jeong was studying at school.

I had already kissed and cuddled with Delia an hour ago, so it felt a bit awkward to go back. Besides, she had recently become obsessed with plant design and was busy trimming and touching plants, so I didn’t want to interrupt her concentration.

“Should I help out with the cafe work?”

Sometimes, when I helped out with the cafe work, giving the part-timers a little time to breathe, they were very happy.

I was getting restless from just sitting still.

I left the office and went down the stairs.