## Chapter 276 – (5)
“Hmm, doesn’t smell anymore.”
After putting the new air freshener in the car, the strange scent from yesterday had completely dissipated.
I started the car and began driving towards the place where Narin and I had agreed to meet.
I wondered where she lived, but it turned out to be only about a 10-minute drive from my place.
Of course, Seoul’s traffic is no joke.
If you hit the wrong time, a 10-minute distance could easily become 20 minutes.
Or even more.
And traffic wasn’t the only problem in Seoul.
“Oh.”
Screechㅡ.
“…Do you want to go to another world or something?”
I saw someone brazenly jaywalking, even though cars were passing by.
I could understand why people say drivers become violent.
You really have to experience things to understand them.
“Is this it?”
I arrived at the meeting place about 20 minutes early.
It was cold, so I didn’t want to make her wait.
It’s fine for me since I’m in the car, but waiting outside wouldn’t be easy.
There were a lot of cars parked around, but…
My car is pretty eye-catching, so I didn’t think Narin would have trouble finding it.
“Oh.”
I waited for about five minutes.
Narin popped out from between the buildings.
She looked around at the parked cars a few times, then spotted my car right away and hurried over.
She could have taken her time.
Her steps seemed light.
Was she a little excited, maybe?
“H-hi.”
“…?”
She was different from yesterday.
Excessively nervous, with a bulky bag.
Biting her lip and fidgeting her leg.
“Are you nervous?”
“I-is it obvious?”
“Very.”
She’s a completely different person from yesterday, so of course it’s obvious.
Now I wonder why she’s so nervous.
It didn’t seem to be because of me, at least.
“What’s in the bag?”
“Um… a towel, workout clothes, a photobook, a marker, and white-out.”
I understood the first two, but not the last three.
Could it be that she’s also…?
“Are you a Hanna fan?”
“I’m not really a fan… well, I wasn’t, but since I’m meeting her, I guess…”
So that’s the feeling.
She’s not really a fan, but now that she has the chance to meet a celebrity…
She wants to get an autograph or something.
Wouldn’t that make her a fan?
‘Hanna’s autograph.’
…Honestly, even though I’ve been with Hanna for a long time, I don’t remember ever seeing her sign anything.
Should I get an autograph too?
I started driving, thinking about such trivial things.
Our destination was the gym where I first met Hanna.
It was a nostalgic place, and as I drove, the scenery brought back memories.
Back then, I was filled with revenge.
Now, I was going to see Hanna with anticipation.
“Haa…”
My anticipation probably didn’t compare to Narin’s.
She couldn’t sit still for a second.
Was she always like this?
Anyway, her whole world is Hanna right now.
Of course, I didn’t mind at all.
After about 20 minutes, we arrived at our destination.
“This is it?”
Narin asked, sounding surprised by the unexpectedly ordinary gym.
“Why?”
“I thought it would be a more special place… like a hotel gym or something…”
“This is a special place too.”
At least, it was for Hanna and me.
I grinned, and Narin looked at me strangely.
I took Narin up to the gym.
There were several rooms in the gym.
A PT room, and spaces for Pilates and bodyweight exercises.
Hanna had rented out an entire Pilates room.
It was something only Hanna could do.
Normally, it wouldn’t be allowed, but the gym kept many customers thanks to Hanna.
So they allowed her this special privilege.
“Oppa!”
“Yeah, I’m here.”
Hanna smiled and ran to me as soon as she saw me enter the room.
She was wearing a familiar outfit.
“Nostalgic.”
“Do you miss it? Should I act like I used to?”
Then Hanna slowly hardened her expression.
Like the Hanna of the past, who had anorgasmia.
Thenㅡ
“Heu…”
Then her lips twitched and she smiled.
She shook her head, saying she couldn’t look at me with that emotionless expression anymore.
Because we’re in a different kind of relationship now.
“…Ahem…”
Narin stood awkwardly in the doorway, watching the couple’s display of affection.
Hanna apologized to Narin, who was scratching the back of her head, looking embarrassed.
“Oh, I’m sorry…”
“Oh, no, it’s okay. I understand, since I’m in a relationship too…”
When Narin said that, Hanna’s gaze subtly shifted to Narin’s left hand.
She smiled with her eyes as she saw the ring on her ring finger.
I stepped forward and introduced Narin to Hanna.
“Hanna, this is my classmate Narin, who I told you about.”
“Ah~ Hello. I’m Hanna~”
“Yes, yes… I watch your broadcasts and Instagram… I’m a fan…”
She said she wasn’t a fan.
Narin greeted Hanna with a stiff body, as if she were a robot.
Hanna led the conversation naturally, as if she were used to that kind of reaction.
“I heard from Oppa that you’re in a dance team…?”
“Yes… it’s not a famous one… but we were on that dance competition show before…”
“Ah~! I saw that!”
“R-really?”
Narin’s expression brightened at Hanna’s words.
She looked genuinely touched.
A dance competition show.
Someone came to mind.
Hanna glanced at me and asked.
“By any chance, is it Ella’s…”
“Yes! That’s right!”
“I knew it~ I was rooting for you so much!”
I knew it.
The suspicion I had was confirmed.
Narin was in Ella’s dance team.
I thought the timing was too perfect.
It was real.
What a small world.
I gave a bitter smile, and Hanna and Narin smiled brightly at the same time.
It looked like a heartwarming scene on the surface.
“Then, change into your workout clothes before we start. The locker room is outside to the right.”
“Yes!”
Narin, who had brightened up, went outside as Hanna told her.
She definitely is a fan of Hanna.
They almost looked like an owner and her retriever.
Narin’s slightly intimidated, haughty demeanor from yesterday was nowhere to be seen.
We talked while we waited.
“Oppa.”
“Yeah.”
“Did you look at her hands?”
“Huh? Oh, you mean the ring?”
“Not that, the fingers.”
The fingers?
Was there something strange about Narin’s fingers?
I honestly hadn’t paid any attention, so I didn’t remember.
“Didn’t you see? Only her middle finger was wrinkled.”
“So what?”
Don’t your fingers wrinkle when you take a shower or something?
Maybe she took a shower right before coming to the gym.
When I said that, Hanna shook her head.
“No. If she took a shower, her whole hand would be like that, but only her middle finger isㅡ”
Hanna slowly approached and stood on her tiptoes, and I bent down for her.
Hanna whispered softly in my ear.
“It’s from masturbating.”
“…What?”
I looked at Hanna with a surprised expression.
“Masturbating. Masturbating.”
I must have misheard.
But I heard correctly.
Hanna raised the corners of her mouth, saying that her words were accurate.
No way.
But that was the only explanation.
There’s no reason for only her middle finger to be wet for a long time.
So that means Narin was doing that right before getting in the car?
My head was spinning.
Squeak.
“I’m here.”
Narin came back after changing into her workout clothes.
She was just wearing workout clothes, but when Narin wore them, it looked like she was preparing for dance practice.
But I didn’t notice her outfit.
My attention was only on Narin’s hand.
The middle finger of her left hand, where she wore the ring.
“…”
As Hanna said, her middle finger was a little wrinkled.
“Then I’ll start by teaching you some warm-up exercises!”
While I was staring intently at Narin’s hand, the lesson began.
I couldn’t concentrate on the exercise at all.
***
“Haa, haa…”
Narin was holding her knees and struggling.
The effect was certain.
Narin, who was trained in dance, was sweating and hanging her head.
“This is the first time… haa, I’ve sweated this much so quickly. Hanna-ssi… you seem fine?”
Narin said to Hanna.
Hanna seemed more okay than I thought.
Did she always have this much stamina?
Well, she’s been exercising for a long time, so maybe she’s used to it now.
“That’s because Sunghan-ssi and I exercise every day.”
“Ah~”
Narin looked at my body and nodded as if she understood.
No, maybe the exercise Hanna was talking about…
Was a slightly mischievous joke.
Hanna looked at Narin and smiled playfully.
“Besides that exercise, there’s another kind of exercise.”
“Another kind of exercise…?”
“You know. That.”
Hanna pointed to Narin’s ring.
Then Narin’s face turned red and she laughed awkwardly as if she understood.
“Ah, ah… that exercise.”
Then Narin made a complicated expression.
Hanna narrowed her eyes and nodded.
“Let’s stop the exercise here for now.”
“Ah! Thank you for your hard work.”
Narin bowed her head, and I went downstairs to drive her back.
Narin’s expression from just now remained in my memory.
Narin’s expression, which seemed a little sad and troubled.
Grasp.
I felt resistance on my sleeve for a moment, and when I turned around, Hanna was holding my sleeve.
“Oppa, I think Narin-ssi is sexually frustrated.”
“Huh?”
How did she know that?
Was it a woman’s intuition?
“Would a woman with a boyfriend masturbate early in the morning when she has an appointment?”
“…Wouldn’t that be possible?”
From a man’s point of view, it was definitely possible.
But Hanna seemed a little firm.
“No way, even if she did, wouldn’t she do it after finishing everything, or with her boyfriend?”
Hmm.
Is that how it is for women?
“…Maybe…”
Then Hanna carefully brought up something as if she had realized something.
“Is it possible that her boyfriend can’t perform at night?”
It was very rude, but…
It was a possible story.
