Chapter 297: Beach
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 297: Beach
“Sigh, I really can’t believe this.”
While Kim Woo-jin and the others spent the day chatting away in their room, Min Ju-hee stepped into the room Kim Woo-jin was originally supposed to stay in alone.
Though all her luggage was in the other room, she was technically an employee following her employer’s orders, so she planned to sleep here tonight.
“I’m so tired.”
Come to think of it, she had been running around non-stop since getting off the plane without even adjusting to the time difference.
She needed some rest. As soon as she lay down on the bed, a faint, familiar scent wafted toward her.
She didn’t even have to wonder whose it was. Though it was mixed with the hotel’s deodorizer, Kim Woo-jin’s scent clearly lingered on the sheets.
“…….”
Is it really okay to sleep like this?
Min Ju-hee hesitated for a moment, but she couldn't exactly sleep on the floor or the sofa just because of a scent.
As she pulled up the covers and closed her eyes, a similar situation suddenly flickered through her mind.
‘It was like this at Gold One.’
The moment she had seen Kim Woo-jin enjoying himself with those two women, she had felt possessed by something.
After the two of them had left for work, the fact that she had lain down beside Kim Woo-jin was, in hindsight, absolutely insane.
‘Why did I do that?’
She didn’t know what it was, but the sight she had witnessed back then was nothing short of shocking.
Seeing him enjoying himself with two women beneath him—should she call it an overwhelming sense of masculinity?
To her, except for her younger brother, men had always been beings she had to fight or compete against.
But in that moment, she felt like he was someone she could never defeat, no matter what she did.
‘Get it together, Min Ju-hee.’
She needed to snap out of it.
He told her she could do whatever she wanted tomorrow, but she couldn't afford to let her guard down completely.
As she closed her eyes, her sense of smell became even more acute. Without realizing it, she began to sniff the air, and just as her hand instinctively slipped inside her pajama pants—
Knock, knock.
A knock sounded from outside the door. Min Ju-hee jumped up, startled.
“Who is it?”
“Why are you in here all by yourself?”
“Come play with us!”
When she opened the door, Oh Yun-ji and Choi Jin-ah, who had been in the other room until just a moment ago, were standing there.
The two of them seemed to have had quite a bit to drink; their faces were flushed red as they pushed their way inside without waiting for an answer.
“You can’t just barge in like—”
“Whoa, it smells like Kim Woo-jin in here.”
“This room is amazing for a single.”
Oh Yun-ji flopped onto the bed while Choi Jin-ah looked around the room with a bottle of booze in her hand.
Min Ju-hee considered kicking them out immediately, but then she thought better of it.
‘Fine, everyone’s going to wake up late tomorrow anyway.’
She decided to let it slide, rationalizing it to herself.
To be honest, she was also afraid that if she stayed in Kim Woo-jin’s bed alone, she might end up doing something she’d regret.
* * *
The next day at noon.
The hangover I felt when I woke up had mostly faded. I wanted something spicy and refreshing for brunch, but they didn't really have anything like that here.
In the end, the best I could find was some rice noodles they were selling as "exotic cuisine."
‘Maybe I should suggest going to a Korean restaurant for dinner.’
But if I said that, I knew the girls would nag me, asking why the hell I’d go to a Korean restaurant all the way in Hawaii.
‘But when are they coming?’
I was at the beach.
I had already changed into my swimwear and was waiting for the girls under a paid parasol on a sunbed.
Since we were in Hawaii, we couldn't just stay cooped up in the hotel; we had to get out and play.
‘Hawaii really is Hawaii.’
Just look at this sense of freedom.
Exotic bodies that you’d rarely see at a Korean beach were covered in scraps of fabric that barely qualified as swimsuits.
Men and women were enjoying the beach in swimwear that probably cost less than five dollars in raw materials.
Now I clearly understood why people worked hard to save up for a trip to Hawaii.
I took a few photos with my phone and sent them to the Idiots' group chat.
So Chan-woo was traveling in Japan.
Looking at his atmospheric travel photos, he was definitely a better photographer than me.
I guess when you swap girlfriends as often as he does, you’re forced to learn how to take good pictures.
‘Their reactions are top-tier.’
Anyway, everyone’s reaction was great. Of course, halfway through, they stopped being jealous and started bragging about what they were doing instead.
Pyo Jin-ho even reached the peak of petty bragging by saying he was going to grill pork belly for dinner tonight.
“Hey!”
Just then, a woman called out to me.
Wearing a bikini, she had a toned body that looked like it came straight out of a magazine or a porn flick.
“Yes?”
Despite being an English Literature major, I reflexively answered in Korean, but she didn't seem to mind.
She babbled something in English while pointing toward her friends in the distance.
‘Is this... a pick-up?’
My shoulders puffed up a bit at the thought of being hit on by a foreign hottie. The girls were used to being hit on all the time.
Whenever I saw that, I used to lose a bit of confidence in myself.
The feeling of being small because men flocked to them even when they were just standing still.
“No! No! Sorry! I have girlfriend! But thank you! You so beautiful!”
My English skills were so poor it made me wonder how I even passed my English Literature exams.
When I actually met a native speaker, the only things that came to mind were simple, basic English phrases.
Solving problems on a test paper or giving a presentation was definitely different from actual conversation.
But hey, communication was possible, so wasn't that enough?
The woman kept rambling for a bit before finally gesturing to her friends.
A group of women came swarming over.
I wondered what was going on, and then one of them suddenly pointed at the empty parasol and sunbed next to me.
“What? I rented this.”
Frustrated, the woman brought over her phone, said something, and held it out to me.
Chinese audio burst from the phone.
“I’m Korean, you bitch. Korean. South Korean.”
“Oh!”
The woman immediately switched her translator and showed it to me.
[Please lend us the parasol and sunbed.]
“Why should I?”
When I asked back with a look of utter incomprehension, the woman replied with a bright smile.
[We will take pictures of you.]
[You can post them on SNS.]
[Brag to your friends.]
“Fuck you.”
When I raised my middle finger and told them to get lost, they finally spat out some curses at me and walked away.
“Are those bitches crazy?”
I guess because I was sitting alone at a rented sunbed and parasol, they thought I was some rich sucker.
It was only because the girls hadn't arrived yet.
“When are they coming?”
“We’re already here, you idiot.”
Yoo Ah-rin’s voice came from behind me. I glanced back to see her standing there with her arms crossed, wearing a yellow bikini.
“A bunch of women suddenly swarmed you, so I was watching to see if you were doing something stupid, but you handled it well.”
I stared blankly at Yoo Ah-rin, who was grinning with satisfaction. I walked up to her, placed both hands on her shoulders, and made a proposal.
“Should we go back to the hotel?”
“What? Why? We just got here.”
“I’m... I’m in pain.”
“Suddenly? Where does it hurt? Is it because you drank too much last night?”
“My... my cock hurts.”
“…….”
“Ah-rin, you’re seriously beautiful. Yeah, you’re so pretty it’s making me horny. I don’t think I can stay on the beach.”
Yoo Ah-rin glanced down at my crotch and replied with a look of pathetic disbelief.
“Yeah, I guess you can’t stay like that. Why the hell did you wear such tight swimwear and put it on display like that?”
“I didn’t know it would be this tight before I put it on.”
This was the disaster that happened because I didn't try the swimsuit on before buying it.
“It won’t show once you get in the water, so just endure it until then.”
I agreed and waited for the others, but Yoo Ah-rin frowned.
“Sit down and wait. People are staring at you as they pass by.”
“Never underestimate an Asian man again.”
“Sit down, you’re embarrassing me!”
Only after taking a body blow from Yoo Ah-rin did I finally sit down on the sunbed.
Then, Yoo Ah-rin sat on my lap. Since she was only wearing a bikini, I could feel the sensation of her bare skin.
“What the—what am I supposed to do if you sit there now?”
“I’m trying to hide it for you. Move it to the side a bit. It’s poking my butt!”
“You’re the one who sat down.”
I tried to shift positions, but it was difficult with Yoo Ah-rin already sitting there. Seeing her face slightly flushed and her being this proactive, she must have liked the compliment from earlier.
I wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close, and she didn't pull away, leaning her body against mine.
I was enjoying the feeling of our skin touching when the next person appeared.
“It’s so stuffy……”
I naturally thought Seo Ye-rin would wear something revealing.
But what she was actually wearing was a rash guard that covered her entire body.
It was a swimsuit that didn't suit her at all.
Though seeing it tightly constrict her voluptuous breasts had its own dangerous charm.
Anyway, knowing Seo Ye-rin’s personality, I expected her to choose something much more revealing.
Yoo Ah-rin quickly cleared up my confusion.
“She bought that back when she was doing that 'Confucian girl' concept.”
“Ah……”
So that was the reason.
Right, come to think of it, the girls had started picking up those concepts back at the department store.
“It’s so stuffy.”
Seo Ye-rin grumbled as she sat down next to me. She didn't seem to mind that Yoo Ah-rin was sitting on my lap.
“Is that the only swimsuit you have?”
I was wondering if I should buy her a new one if it was that uncomfortable, but Seo Ye-rin shook her head.
“I have others, but I’m saving those for the hotel pool. They’re a bit too revealing.”
“Ah.”
I had misunderstood.
Seo Ye-rin didn't enjoy being seen by others; she enjoyed being seen by me.
‘Hmm?’
Wait a minute.
If the reason Seo Ye-rin bought a rash guard was because she was doing the Confucian girl concept at the department store...
“What about Choi I-seo?”
As soon as I mentioned her name, the two of them smirked. The answer to my question appeared immediately.
“Whoa……”
Back then.
Even though I had strongly recommended a rash guard, Choi I-seo had gotten angry and bought an underboob bikini instead.
“Ahem, hmmm!”
Wearing a tiny blue bikini, Choi I-seo walked over hesitantly, drawing everyone’s eyes.
I had assumed she would wear something over it, but she hadn't.
“I-seo, you look amazing!”
“Wow, now that is 'never underestimate an Asian man' right there.”
The two of them commented as they looked at Choi I-seo’s fit body and the highly revealing bikini.
Choi I-seo tried to cover herself with her arms out of embarrassment, but she kept glancing at me.
The fact that she hadn't put anything on over it meant she wanted to hear my opinion.
So, I shared my honest feelings.
“I-seo, my dick hurts.”
“……I’m going back.”
Unable to bear the embarrassment of my blunt exclamation, Choi I-seo tried to turn around, but I quickly ran over and draped the thin outer garment I had brought over her shoulders.
“It’s okay. You look incredibly beautiful.”
“Ugh, it’s just embarrassing having other people see me like this.”
“I guess.”
But honestly, at this point.
“Is that even a swimsuit? Isn't it just a nipple cover?”
A fist flew at me instantly, but fortunately, the ground was sand, so it didn't hurt when I fell.