## Chapter 152 – Distance (8)
“…Um, excuse me, but who are you…?”
A woman I’ve never seen before is standing next to Chanwoo above the stairs, looking down at Nabi.
Nabi, who’s already shy around strangers, gives the woman a polite bow with an awkward smile, trying to be as friendly as possible, as the unfamiliar person makes eye contact with her.
The mature-looking woman, whom Nabi is meeting for the first time, smiles back and returns the greeting.
A face with an alluring vibe, a mature-looking body flaunting her fair skin,
and even breasts that look to be about Chae-yoon’s size… This guy sure has a specific taste.
“…Seriously, who is she anyway? This person.”
The woman is watching Nabi’s awkward smile as if it’s amusing, a smirk playing on her lips.
Frustration tightens my chest as the two of them make no progress in their conversation.
Nabi keeps giving me looks as if telling me to do something, a silent protest in her eyes.
It looks pathetic, but I’m also curious about who this woman is…
So, I directly shift my gaze from the woman to Chanwoo and ask.
“Huh? Oh, well….”
He doesn’t give me a proper answer to my question, but lowers his head awkwardly, sweating bullets.
What’s with this guy? Why is he acting like this? Like he’s done something wrong…
I’ve never seen Chanwoo make this kind of face before. He keeps avoiding my gaze.
…Did this woman do something? Well, she’s definitely not an ordinary human.
The aura she gives off is very close to human, but she’s definitely not one of our kind…
“…Since it’s our first time meeting, shouldn’t you introduce yourself?”
“Hmm, you guys really have no sense, do you?”
“…What?”
Even if I ask Chanwoo again, it doesn’t seem like he’ll open his mouth again,
so I directly ask the person standing next to him for her name, but instead of answering, the woman is giggling.
…I’m starting to get annoyed. What’s so funny that she’s laughing like that?
If I had met her somewhere, I might know, but no matter how much I search my memory, I don’t recognize her face.
And it’s not like I’ve heard her voice anywhere before…
“…You really don’t know?”
“That’s why I’ve been asking who you are since earlier? I’m seriously going to break your glasses…”
The woman leans down, bringing her face close to mine, still giggling.
By the way, she’s been using informal speech since earlier? But there are a lot of people watching around,
so I can’t punch her like I usually would. I grit my teeth and give her a threat, not a threat,
and only then does the woman pull back her head with a slightly pale face.
She’s trying to hide her fear, clearing her throat, ‘ahem, ahem…’
…But wait, those glasses… I feel like I’ve seen them somewhere before…
“…Ah, you don’t mean…”
This time, I search my mind for the bright-colored glasses frame she’s wearing, not her face.
Among us, two people wear glasses. Chae-yoon wears glasses when she studies or reads,
and also… Lee-ran, who wears glasses almost every day because she’s always staring at the computer screen…
No way, right? If you put her in a school uniform, she looks like a high school student,
and if you consider her height, she might even look like a middle school student. Song Lee-ran with this mature vibe…
“…It’s Lee-ran noona.”
“….”
Chanwoo’s words deliver the final blow to my guess that I was hoping was wrong.
As soon as he finishes speaking, the woman raises her head high with a triumphant expression, as if saying, ‘How about that?’
sticking her big chest out as if showing it off.
Now that I know who she is, I can really see Lee-ran’s usual self in her actions.
“…You, you… How on earth…”
“I ‘grew up’ on purpose to surprise you guys.”
“I was surprised too…”
Next to Lee-ran, who is shouting loudly with a confident expression and tone, Chanwoo’s voice shrinks.
The reason Chanwoo didn’t answer my question seems to be because Lee-ran told him to keep it a secret.
By the way, growth? Can ancients even do that? Then usually she’s like that because…
“Usually, it’s more comfortable being small, and if it’s big like this, my shoulders hurt, you know?”
“….”
Lee-ran answers my question without me even asking, as if she read my mind.
She explains why she usually stays small, gathering her big breasts with her hands.
…Should I kill this guy?
“…Sorry.”
I chase after Lee-ran, who is retreating in fear, as if she read my mind again.
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“…That person is Lee-ran unni?”
“Yeah, yeah. That’s what it seems like.”
As I watch the two of them running around on the sandy beach with Seo-hee,
Nabi and Chae-yoon approach me and watch the two of them playing tag.
“But why are those two acting like that?”
“…It’s Lee-ran unni’s fault for hurting Seo-hee unni’s pride. Nabi shouldn’t do that, okay?”
“…That’s difficult, isn’t it?”
I watch Chae-yoon explaining smooth human relationships to Nabi.
…Wasn’t it no one’s fault in the first place? By the way, noona can become like that too, huh.
I found out for the first time today. After finishing talking with noona, I was going to take her to the beach, but…
The swimsuit that noona brought had a more tremendous design than I thought.
‘If I wear this swimsuit and stay with you, you might get arrested, right?’
‘Ew, seriously, what is that?! Did Lee Chae-yoon pick that out?! Don’t you have anything else?’
If she wore it, it was a swimsuit that would definitely reveal more bare skin than a normal swimsuit.
If noona, who looks like a student to the point where people would mistake her for one if they didn’t see her ID, wore this swimsuit and stuck to me…
As noona said jokingly, even if I didn’t get arrested, I would probably get a lot of stares.
I was thinking that it might create a situation that Korea would have a little trouble accepting yet, when…
‘It’s okay, if I do this…’
Noona’s body started to be enveloped in tremendous light. A short time of about 10 to 20 seconds.
I squinted at the light that was being emitted and was looking at noona’s silhouette hidden by the light, when…
“…So that’s how it turned out like that?”
“That’s right. I was surprised too.”
“…Well, anyway, let’s leave Lee-ran unni and Seo-hee unni like that for a while.
It’s not like they’ll listen even if we try to stop them anyway.”
I can feel Chae-yoon’s warmth wrapping around my arm as she smiles and puts her arm around mine.
Ah, wait a minute. No, this can’t be happening. If I get into that state where my body gets hot again…!
“…More importantly! Where’s Soo-ah? I haven’t seen her since earlier?”
I carefully push away Chae-yoon, who is sticking to me, and quickly change the subject.
I can clearly see what kind of tragedy will happen if I become like that even outside.
She’s already in a state where she can’t control herself, and to make matters worse, if Chae-yoon, who’s sticking to me like this, is next to me…
…I don’t have the confidence not to pounce on her. If that happens, I’ll do it to Chae-yoon in front of everyone…
I can’t do that. Socially, ‘Im Chanwoo’s’ life will be over.
“Soo-ah unni? She was making a sandcastle with me, and then she said she was bored and lay down to sleep.”
Nabi points to the beach with her finger, answering the question I asked casually to change the subject.
I turn my head following Nabi’s fingertip, and I can see Soo-ah lying on the mat in what looks like our spot,
under the shade made by the parasol, using her arm as a pillow.
“…Really? It’s a little surprising that Soo-ah is taking such good care of you.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Well, she looks like she hates little kids at first glance.”
“Those are all stereotypes. Seo-hee unni is the only one who’s mean to me here…
Ah, if I say this, Seo-hee unni will hit me later, so please keep it a secret.”
“….”
Nabi is speaking much more fluently than when I first met her.
I asked the question without much thought, but she’s speaking with a smiling and excited voice, and only then does she look like a girl her age.
By the way, everyone is surprising, huh? It seems like everyone is taking really good care of Nabi.
Humans are so heartless and merciless, but they’re being cute to Nabi, who’s in the maknae position…
Even I had a hard time approaching her because my first meeting with Nabi wasn’t that good.
“…Are you having fun?”
“Yes, I’m having fun.”
I’m relieved to see Nabi’s face smiling brightly, even though she hasn’t been able to see the sea for the few days she’s been visiting Busan.
I didn’t get the fruit here, but I got a doll that can use the power of the fruit besides me,
and I even got a device that can mass-produce dolls, although it’s weaker than Yuri.
And I also found out what I need to do in the future.
“…’The place where I first met him’…”
I’m going to my hometown, which I’ve never been to before, after finishing my trip to Busan…
It seems like it would be better for me to go there alone without the other members. I need to hide it for now.
I have a feeling that I’m going to get tired again soon. So, I need to rest as much as I can now.
“…I wasn’t having fun…”
“Eek!!”
I get goosebumps from the soft sensation I feel on my back.
Chae-yoon, the owner of the thin arms that are wrapping around my chest, has come behind me before I knew it,
and is pressing her chest against my back. Wait, no, this is really not good. Seriously…
“…So, I was thinking of having some fun from now on… What do you think?♡”
Chae-yoon tilts her head to the side and gives me a seductive smile.
I can feel my face getting redder and redder. The blood is rushing to my head quickly…
Ah, this is bad.
