Chapter 45 – 9. With My Sister’s Boyfriend (2)
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A flowery age of 20.
I, who spend my time working part-time at a cafe, am wondering if I should have a boyfriend now.
“You sure you have all the money, right? You even added some change or something.”
“Yes, yes! I think you can leave work.”
“Hmm… Wait a minute. I think there was something else that needed to be handed over…”
Ah. I didn’t just want to have a boyfriend from the beginning.
My parents said that if I go to college, I will be able to find a boyfriend in no time.
That is… Should I call it envy?
Jealousy is a much vaguer emotion than that.
Oh, it’s amazing?
I think this is correct.
Lee Ji-yoon.
It’s been about two months since I started working with this person?
Meanwhile, things like ‘Jiyun isn’t good at smiling’,
‘But it doesn’t matter because she’s pretty’,
I used to think like that every time my working hours overlapped.
This person.
I laugh a lot these days.
… And I think I know why.
“Oh, the boss asked me to pay a little more attention to cleaning the second floor. There’s a strange accumulation of dust on the window frame on the other side of the stairs.”
“Oh. Yes. I’ll pay attention. I think I forgot about it recently and didn’t do it at all…”
“That’s possible. There are a lot of places to clean.”
That~gi.
Is there a male customer sitting in the corner of the cafe?
It’s been a while since I haven’t seen you in a few days, and judging by the way you laughed and talked with Jiyoon the other day, you disappeared out of the cafe…
It’s definitely not my brother.
He’s probably not even my younger brother.
There’s no way they’re just ordinary male friends.
Boyfriend.
This is it, right?
I haven’t seen him since Jiyoon started working part-time, but he suddenly appeared a few days ago.
It must be the boyfriend you recently dated?
Then, the reason Jiyoon started laughing recently is,
So the reason it looks so much prettier is,
Of course it’s because of that person… Isn’t it?
“Other than that, I don’t think there was anything else.”
“I understand. Thank you for your hard work today!”
“Yes. Then I’ll have to get off work now…”
Mmm.
But, isn’t it amazing?
I can’t believe Ji-yoon is smiling brightly even though she only has one boyfriend.
He was handsome in his own way, but considering Jiyoon’s appearance, I felt like they were just meeting each other.
Do you have a lot of money? Jiyoon doesn’t seem like the kind of woman who would be tempted by something like that.
Is it really true that a person’s facial expression will change just because ‘I have a boyfriend’?
“Hmm…”
Oh, now that I think about it, the guy’s body is quite…
…
… Aha.
It was something like that…
45
“Mr. Woojin.”
While I was swirling the flavorless Americano with a straw,
The voice of Lee Ji-yoon, who had returned from her uniform to civilian clothes, was heard.
A pitch-black ball cap that has been pressed down tightly.
A loose khaki jumper.
It’s the same as the last time I saw it.
At most, the clothes worn underneath and the pants are slightly different.
The original is pretty, so I think it would be nice to decorate it a little…
Later, when we get closer, I think I should at least give him some clothes.
It’s full of my tastes.
I pointed at Lee Ji-yoon with a straw and said.
“Mr. Woojin? Are you here now?”
“It’s different when you’re talking to someone’s face, right? Because you have to mentally prepare.”
“Is that so?”
“It’s different. Anyway, just wait.”
Lee Ji-yoon clears her throat as if preparing for something big.
Her eyes looked at the remaining couple of sips of Americano, then she turned to my face.
“… Well, there is treatment.”
“Uh.”
“Rather than doing it in an alley, I think it would be better to do it in a place without people.”
“Really?”
“It’s embarrassing. Everyone passing by is staring.”
I like that.
If I actively brought it up, I couldn’t say anything because I was afraid you would be wary and cower.
I thought it would take at least a month, but I feel like things are going faster than I expected.
I asked playfully, resting my chin and smiling faintly.
“It’s good, but… “Can you go with me?”
“But what?”
“A place without people.”
“… It doesn’t really matter. We’re ‘friends.'”
“Hmm…”
“It’s actually weirder to be conscious of every single thing like that.”
“Is that so?”
“… Don’t you think I’m just a friend? Because I’m dating your sister.”
No.
I think it’s a woman.
“That’s right. To be exact, Hayoon’s younger sister and friend.”
“Me too. Her her sister her her her her’s boyfriend and friend.”
“Then where are you going? “Your house?”
“What about a house… Don’t cross the line.”
Also. Do you think we are not there yet?
Well, it doesn’t matter.
Lee Ha-yoon, going home alone with you secretly is the last course.
Until then, I have to play outside.
For example…
A PC room you might like,
Like my new house that I signed a contract for but no longer need because of Yozora.
Even if you don’t have the little things there, most of the things you need are there.
Something like a bed.
“I’ve already been there once, why? I don’t think it’s really crossing the line.”
“What will my sister think if she finds out later that we were both at home?”
“They’ve become very close friends?”
“… What a pure idea…”
Jiyoon Lee frowns and quickly crosses her arms under her chest, under a tightly pressed ball cap.
“Anyway, I have something else in mind, so follow me.”
It’s definitely not a motel.
Is there any other place where an adult man and woman can be alone?
After worrying for a moment, I got up from my seat and followed Jiyoon Lee out of the cafe.
*****
The noisy evening air passes by my cheek.
After school, small groups of people gather together and go home for a small meal.
Digital signage next to the building busy informing people of recent transcendental crimes.
An airplane slowly descending with colorful lights flashing.
A motorcycle that weaves between cars and pedestrians to make a little more money.
If you want to search, search alone, under the crackling noise.
“Here.”
“… ?”
Lee Ji-yoon arrived in front of a large building, opened the first floor door, and went inside.
Where am I?
Right now, the only things I see nearby are cosmetics stores and optical stores…
… Ah.
As I looked closely, I noticed a small sign saying 3F Coin Karaoke.
I guess that’s the destination.
“What’s great about this karaoke bar is that the door is almost completely hidden, so you can’t really see the inside from the outside. Of course, you can only see it from the outside.”
Just then, Lee Ji-yoon comes up the stairs and talks to me.
Looking at the reaction, it seems like it would be okay to have a part-timer to watch what the two of them are doing on the CCTV screen.
Well, it would be better to get caught by just one person than to be seen making fun of several guys in an alley.
Jiyoon Lee accepts it with a light shrug, and soon opens the door to the karaoke room on the third floor and enters.
As I followed him inside, various sounds of pigs slitting their throats came out noisily from inside.
It’s a hobby I can’t understand.
“There are a lot of people today too… I guess it’s because school starts soon.”
“Today? Do you come here often? I thought you would just play games.”
“Sometimes my sister drags me there.”
“… Ah. It looks like Hayun noona likes it.”
“Yes. I’ll use it for therapy today, and I’ll also use it for a date with my sister later.”
“I can’t sing. I don’t even like doing it.”
Moreover, there are many bad memories.
When Yozora was in a good mood, she would sometimes drag me to a karaoke bar and perform an hour-long Japanese song concert just for me.
Well, now that I think about it, it was fun. That’s because he can’t call me dirty like me.
If you want to hear it again… , Absolutely not.
“She doesn’t sing well to her sister, so there’s no need to feel pressured. And she says she’ll sing it all to her sister?”
“The level of difficulty also varies widely.”
“Is this that difficult?”
“You wouldn’t know if you just listened quietly, because it’s strange to sit still next to your sister while she’s calling.”
“Then you can call me.”
“I don’t like it. I won’t do it. Unless my sister forces me to go to the karaoke bar, I will have to come to the karaoke room only with you.”
“…”
A picture can only come out if someone sings well,
A song by a person without talent can be nothing more than a laughing matter.
Why do you do such a shameful thing? .
After talking about my sister for a moment, I pointed to the most corner of the room next to Jiyoon Lee, who was smoothing her hair.
“Let’s go over there. I think the best corner will be the best.”
“…”
“Jiyun?”
“Uh, uhm… ! Let’s go…”
*****
Seo Woo Jin is a friend.
She came to karaoke with her friend
There is nothing strange about this behavior.
I have no intention of going to karaoke with my sister,
And that you only come with me.
It’s not particularly strange.
I heard you hate singing.
It doesn’t matter if you just come here for treatment.
There is nothing strange.
The strange thing is that I am busy trampling all kinds of imaginations to death while being nervous for no reason.
With my sister’s boyfriend,
A secret from my sister,
Like coming to a karaoke room just the two of us,
Anyway.
Such idiotic things.
“If I don’t pay, will my part-time job come and kick me out?”
“Wouldn’t it be like that? I’ve never seen it before, so I’m not sure.”
“Then you can just put in 1,000 won and play any song.”
“Anything…”
“Should we at least play the national anthem?”
“Boo, doesn’t the atmosphere become too pious?”
“Then just pick something from the popular charts and play it.”
“… Yes.”
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
She said she hates karaoke, but surprisingly, Seo Woo-jin knows how to use machines.
After pressing the machine for a moment, the lights inside the karaoke booth turn off.
The accommodation of a song that was somewhere on the popular charts began to flow from the speakers.
Ah, it’s this song.
I know because it’s one of the songs I listen to while moaning when I have a headache.
The refreshing accommodation of the guitar base is quite…
And, the consciousness that I had been forcing to turn suddenly falls.
“…”
Next to a large window with a clear view of the street.
This is why Seo Woo-jin sat next to me, who was sitting in a stiff posture.
… Over there.
Even if we are friends, isn’t this too close? .
Well, of course it can’t be helped because the sofa is narrow.
Then just stand up and do it…
For a moment, I groaned inside like that.
“… Wait a minute. You…”
“It’s narrow, so my posture is a little weird. Sorry.”
He is hugged and gently stroked by Seo Woo Jin.
“… No. It’s okay. I know the reason.”
“I’ll finish it as soon as possible, so please be patient even if I’m upset.”
Friends.
Friends.
Friends.
My sister’s boyfriend.
Friends.
My friend.
Hiccup, swallowing the embarrassment that was about to escape,
I pretended to be calm and listened to the karaoke accommodation.
The body does not move, as if it has frozen.
All he did was rest his forehead in Seo Woo Jin’s arms and glance sideways at the door of her karaoke booth.
Fortunately, no human shadow was visible.
Of course, it doesn’t really matter if you see it.
There’s a couple in there cuddling, fuck… I will grumble and complain while thinking about things like that.
It doesn’t matter if it’s just an illusion.
Anyway, both parties know very well that this is an act of treatment.
You must be mistaken,
Either say it or not.
No matter what the fools think,
What should I do?
However,
Even if there are no eyes around you,
In the arms of a ‘friend’,
This situation of being lightly held in the arms of ‘sister’s boyfriend’,
… To be honest, it’s awkward.
“… Hey.”
“Why?”
For no reason, I raised my voice.
“You often do this to your sister too.”
“… Sometimes?”
Sometimes?
Oh no way.
Is that possible?
These days, she knows how hard my sister packs her lunch box every morning.
There’s no way we can’t just hug each other.
Not even elementary school kids.
“Really? Sometimes?”
“… Every day. But why are you suddenly asking that?”
“It’s just that the feeling of being hugged feels oddly familiar.”
“Hmm…”
Now that I think about it, you are truly sincere.
Of course, a meat-filled lunch box for Seo Woo Jin every morning,
Now that it’s vacation, she says she has the shower room to herself, and she puts on her underwear, and suddenly starts to dress her up and down beautifully,
Sometimes, when I passed by my sister’s room on my way to the bathroom, I could hear a sound that sounded like she was on the phone with Seo Woo Jin.
… Especially number 2. Underwear fit.
It was so obvious what was going through my sister’s head that I thought it was so cute that I died.
Even if something like that happens with Seo Woo Jin, she prepares in advance so that it will be okay.
Sister, she says this is her first relationship so it will only be a kiss at most.
“…”
“…”
… So.
I need a little help.
Right now, I’m being hugged by Seo Woo Jin without my sister knowing,
It’s awkward and awkward,
It’s true that she feels a little guilty towards her sister.
“… Hey, I have a question.”
“Uh.”
“How far did Jin go out with you?”
“If it’s Jindo…”
“Did you kiss?”
“…”
When asked outright, Seo Woo Jin’s voice suddenly disappears.
… Also. They even kissed.
After all, they are both adults. That might be enough. Yes.
If you think about her older sister, she probably wouldn’t have done it until then.
“Did you kiss me?”
“…Treatment is almost over. Let’s go out quickly. It’s hot.”
Seo Woo-jin slightly changes his tone instead of answering, perhaps because he is embarrassed.
Looking at the reaction, it is 100% stopped at the kiss.
Then, if I just give you a little push on the back…
A little bit of guilt towards her older sister.
Even my dull heart.
I guess I can erase it.
“Hey, Seo Woojin.”
“Why?”
Hold.
I grabbed Seo Woo Jin’s coat as he tried to get up, and continued speaking in a stern voice, pretending that nothing had happened.
“I know your taste in porn.”
“…”
“… Shall I teach you?”
Damn