Chapter 26 – Sister (Haeun) – The Humiliation Of A Masochistic Nature
* Sister (Haeun) – The Humiliation of a Masochistic Nature (2)
Time passed, and Junseo forcibly picked up Haeun, who was on her way to her club after class, blocking her path and taking her home. Naturally, Haeun screamed at her younger brother, insisting she was going to her club, and Junseo, trying to dissuade her, took a taxi straight home.
Whether it was simple fatigue, Haeun was exhausted as soon as she got home. Seeing her like that, Yeowon and Seowoo stuck to her, trying to force her to sleep, and eventually, Haeun had no choice but to close her eyes, spending the rest of the day sleeping. It was rare to see the three girls hugging each other while sleeping, but it seemed surprisingly okay, and a sense of relief quickly settled on Haeun’s face.
It was a literal knockout.
The three of them were snoring away.
That evening, Junseo was left to eat delivery food alone due to their long sleep.
Unlike Junseo, Yeowon and Seowoo had an idea why Haeun couldn’t sleep and looked so tired. And as if their guess was right, Haeun’s condition returned to normal the next day. Trying to overcome it by sharing family affection worked surprisingly well.
But was it because she was too okay? Haeun’s condition after waking up was a little strange. It was rare for her to even get close to Seowoo, creating a lesbian-like atmosphere, so Yeowon had no choice but to give her a warning. Haeun, belatedly realizing what she was about to do, turned red and regained her senses, starting her day by listening to what happened yesterday from Junseo.
‘Hmm, is this the slacker Junseo was talking about… A senior in the same department but a different age, that’s awkward… Normally, I’d just cut it off, but…’
After regaining her senses, Haeun’s mind was clear and clean. It was her fault for not managing her condition. She felt bad for causing trouble for her younger brother and worrying her sisters, feeling like she owed them a debt.
‘If I just cut him off, Junseo might feel awkward… Should I try to end it smoothly?’
Surprisingly, a very sisterly thought. The problem was that she felt like she owed them for what happened yesterday. Junseo thought she could just cut him off and end the story, but she, not knowing that, decided that she could meet him once and talk.
‘It’s good to do something sisterly sometimes. And…’
Just as she was thinking of doing something nice for her brother, she checked the profile picture on the app linked to the phone number she received. He looked like a blatant slacker, but that part didn’t seem unpleasant, as Haeun narrowed her eyes.
‘There’s a smell of violence.’
Could she have expectations for this man?
Could it be possible with this type of man?
Maybe.
She secretly harbored such expectations…
A week had passed since she heard the unpleasant news that the slacker, Kim Yudong, was meeting her sister. Realizing that bad premonitions were always right, she spent her days in deep thought about her sister Haeun’s taste in men, but that didn’t last long.
Haeun kindly suggested to Yudong that they should get to know each other, and the slacker, also liking her, acted gentlemanly, which was unlike him. He had never thought he had truly liked someone before, but Haeun was different. From her appearance to her behavior, she was completely his type, so he couldn’t act like a delinquent from his high school days.
In the past, he would have bragged about his fights.
But he didn’t.
In the past, he wouldn’t have been so obviously considerate.
But he was considerate.
In the past, he would have left quickly if it was awkward.
But he endured and tried even when it was awkward.
In the past, he wouldn’t have seriously worried about love.
But this time, he was serious.
If Junseo had been watching, he would have thought that he was trying too hard, unlike his appearance, but unfortunately, he was out of luck. The needs she desired and his efforts were completely opposite. Haeun’s body was completely masochistic, and even though she wondered if this man could satisfy her desires based on his slacker attitude, he was too gentlemanly.
‘He’s too kind. It’s completely different from what I thought. I thought it might be okay since he’s Junseo’s acquaintance, but it’s really not. This man is out.’
Eventually, her patience ran out that night after a week. She liked his appearance and had a sense of his past, so she dug into that part, but when he said, “I don’t do that kind of thing anymore,” there was nothing to see in him. In Haeun’s words, “If he had been crazy and aggressive like he was in heat, I would have liked that part,” she said. She thought he was a violent man, but he was a man who was very rational in front of women, which was not appealing to Haeun at all, so she ended up confessing.
“Excuse me.”
“Yes?”
“Can I ask you something?”
“Yes, yes, yes. Go ahead.”
Yudong stopped on the street at night, looking down at Haeun. They had been meeting for a short week to get to know each other. Yudong also thought that Haeun was about to make a decision, so he stood straight and spoke carefully. It was natural since Haeun was his senior, but even that posture didn’t appeal to Haeun at all.
“Can you hit a woman if you get pissed off?”
So, she gave him one last chance.
Haeun loaded and fired a question that was not logical in any way.
It was as if the air had frozen.
“Huh?”
Yudong’s face hardened, not knowing what she meant.
He had no idea what her intention was.
Usually, anyone would give a similar answer in this situation.
“No? No matter what, how could I actually hit a woman?”
But, that was the end.
“Too bad.”
“Huh?”
Unlike Haeun’s smiling face, her mouth was closed.
“……………”
His first love ended there.
* Sister (Haeun) – The Humiliation of a Masochistic Nature (3)
I was dumbfounded after hearing the whole story.
I was sharing this story with Yudong hyung in a private room at a comic book cafe, and I was completely out of it.
“So, you’re whining to me because Haeun noona dumped you?”
“Yeah…”
We had exchanged numbers and were talking to each other through private messages. Maybe it was because of my sister and the fact that we had been talking almost every day for a week, but we had become closer than before. I still didn’t like his style, but it wasn’t as uncomfortable as when I first met him, but the story coming out of his mouth was hard for me to accept.
“It’s so frustrating… I don’t know why she asked that question… Does your sister happen to be a feminist…? It feels like she was testing me with that…”
“No, not at all? My sister doesn’t do that kind of thing. I think she had a different meaning?”
“She dumped me because I answered NO to the question of whether I could hit a woman, what the hell does that mean… Ah, seriously… Seriously, seriously, I really, really, liked her… Ah, damn it, I’m so frustrated I could die…”
Yudong hyung slammed his fist on the table in the room, expressing his frustration. He said he was platonic, unlike his appearance, but he didn’t respond to my words and kept hitting the table with a voice that sounded like he was about to cry, as if he was truly wronged. It was so loud that I was worried if it could be heard outside. But that reckless hyung wouldn’t listen to me and just kept whining.
“Hey, am I the only one frustrated? Did you call me because of that? It’s awkward for me to be your punching bag. Frankly speaking, we’re not that close, and this is really awkward, you know?”
“I know! I know that! Why would I take it out on you?! It’s not taking it out! More importantly! Hey, you, can’t you? Can’t you? Send a message to Haeun noona and find out the answer? I can’t send a message because I got dumped yesterday! I’m so embarrassed, damn it!”
“Well, I’m not going to tell you. If I ask her that, it’ll be obvious that I talked to you about what happened yesterday. It’s not me who’ll be embarrassed, it’ll be you, do you know that?”
“You son of a bitch~! Please~! Just help me out~! Huh?!”
“Why are you yelling at me? Ah, damn it, did you get snot on my hand?!”
“Junseo-yaaaaak!!!!”
I pushed the hyung who was clinging to me with my foot, telling him to get lost, and cornered him. Maybe it was because we had become closer than when we first met a week ago, but the hyung didn’t mind the touch, and I didn’t hesitate to curse at him. In a way, you could say that I made a good friend in the department, but this distance is a bit awkward. I wish he hated me, but he’s already treating me like a younger brother.
“If you live together, you must have a sense of it! Don’t you have any idea why she said that?! Really?! Not even a little?!”
“Ah, damn it, how would I know that?”
“Did Haeun noona fight with anyone recently? With some bitch in the same department? Did she want a man to beat up that damn girl for her, so she said that?! I know it’s a stretch, but didn’t she want a reliable man like that?!
“What do you think of my sister? She would have beaten them up herself.”
“But if you think about it that way, it makes sense why she asked that question! I think that’s it?! If I had said I could beat them up for her, wouldn’t she have said OK right away?”
“Your delusions are on par with a hentai manga. If you’re so confident, why don’t you send a message to noona and ask her to reconsider instead of yelling at me?”
“Please, please, just once for me! Just once, please! Really!”
“Sigh…”
I calmed the hyung down and stepped back. To summarize what Yudong hyung said, Haeun noona’s intention behind that question was, “Can you beat up a woman for me?” She was looking for a man who could do anything for her, but he said no without any sense. So, he was saying it was his fault. Honestly, I wanted to tell him to stop with the delusions, but it made sense if you thought about it that way, so he was convincing himself.
But I’m different.
I’m a member of that perverted family, so I already had a sense of it.
‘Our Haeun noona… could it be that she just has a thing for bad boys… If I think about it, every guy she’s dated has been a popular guy who doesn’t fit in with her, who’s an outsider… and she never hangs out with guys who seem like they’d be her type…’
The women in our family all have hardcore sexual preferences, so if I apply that to Haeun noona, that question makes sense. Thinking about it now, that signal was probably, “If you can hit me in this spot, you pass.”
‘Wait, maybe that’s too much of an overthink…’
It’s not like a typical pattern in a chaebol drama, and it’s funny to think that hitting someone would be a pass.
‘Is it because my stepmother and Seowoo noona’s preferences are too strong… that I think Haeun noona would be like that too… But Haeun noona is definitely hiding something… Yeowon mother and Seowoo noona both said that Haeun noona was the worst…’
The doubt doesn’t go away.
So, I ended up opening my mouth.
“Hyung, hyung, let’s do this. I’ll try to find out for you today, so don’t ask me about this anymore. It’s a bit awkward to get involved in someone else’s love life, and it’s even more awkward to ask your younger brother how to date your sister, you know?”
“Ah, of course, if you ask her this time, I won’t do it again! So please, I’m begging you!”
“I’ll ask her as soon as I get home and send you a message, so let’s calm down.”
“Oh, okay! Thank you! Thank you!”
Fortunately, Yudong hyung, who calmed down quickly, went out to buy drinks and headed to the counter. I picked up a few comic books on the table and pretended to look at them, while thinking about how to find out my sister’s true nature today.
‘Since she might pretend not to know with just one try… I’m sorry, noona, but should I be a bit more daring… If I’m wrong, I can do a full dogeza and apologize…’
If Yeowon mother or Seowoo noona had told me, I wouldn’t have to do this. But they didn’t tell me, and I’m the type who can’t stand not knowing. Moreover, if there’s a landmine in the same house that I don’t know about, it’s natural to want to find out its identity, right?
‘Let’s make it easy and do it with that. Seowoo noona made one, after all.’
To do that, I sent a text message to check Haeun noona’s schedule.
To find out if Haeun noona really has that kind of preference.
I made up my mind to do something that could potentially hurt each other’s feelings.
