Chapter 49
Translator - Zofu
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After leaving the board game café, I was hungry again, probably because of the intense sex with Yuri-noona.
Conveniently, on my way home, there was the convenience store where Lee Yubi worked.
"Is she working today?" I wondered.
I wanted to see the bagel girl Lee Yubi's cute, baby-like face again, and those huge cow-like tits that didn't match it.
Ding-dong!
As I opened the glass door of the convenience store, the bell rang.
"Welcome~... Oh? Si-won."
Thankfully, the bagel girl Lee Yubi was working today.
"Hey, Yubi. I was passing by and decided to drop in."
"Oh, really? Good to see you."
Yubi greeted me.
But her expression wasn't bright.
"Yubi, what's wrong? You don't look good."
"Yeah... No, it's not that."
Yubi hesitated, watching my reaction.
"Yubi, it's fine. Tell me what's up."
When I kept pressing her to talk, Yubi finally said what was on her mind in a slightly disappointed tone.
"I sent you a lot of Kakaotalks..."
"Huh? Kakaotalks? You?"
"Yeah. You didn't reply. I was being too clingy, right? Sorry for acting like we're closer than we are."
"Really? That's not it. Just a sec..."
I opened my phone and checked Kakaotalk.
Gasp.
While I was having sex with Yuri-noona, I had gotten 108 unread Kakaotalks.
[Son Na-eun: 28]
[Shin Se-kyung: 18]
[Protein Thief Boss Lady: 35]
[Han Ji-hye: 20]
[Hyun-joon: 3]
[Other... miscellaneous: 4]
But there were no Kakaotalks from Lee Yubi.
I tilted my head and said to Yubi,
"Yubi, there's no Kakaotalk from you?"
Yubi blushed and bowed her head, then checked her phone.
"Si-won, look. Here are the Kakaotalks I sent you?"
I took Yubi's phone and checked.
The Kakaotalk ID Yubi had registered wasn't me.
I scratched my head and said to Yubi,
"Ah, Yubi. Sorry. I must've given you the wrong Kakaotalk ID. This isn't me. I'll re-enter my Kakaotalk ID."
I quickly entered my Kakaotalk ID into Yubi's Kakaotalk.
And I sent a "HI!" to my Kakaotalk.
*Kakaotalk notification sound*
Since the "HI!" message went through to my Kakaotalk, it seemed the ID was entered correctly this time.
Yubi was beaming like a puppy that met its owner, staring at my Kakaotalk profile on her phone.
"Really? Si-won. So you weren't ghosting my Kakaotalks because I annoy you?"
"Huh? Why would you annoy me? When a cute girl like you sends Kakaotalks, I always reply. Don't be silly. I just gave you the wrong ID like an idiot."
Yubi excitedly started typing on her phone.
And then.
*Kakaotalk notification sound*
A Kakaotalk came to me right away.
[Lee Yubi: Hi! Si-won! ◕‿◕✿. Sorry I misunderstood and thought you were ghosting me!]
I looked at Yubi standing in front of me and said with a smile,
"Yeah, it's fine. But Yubi, why send a Kakaotalk when I'm standing right in front of you? Why not just say it?"
Yubi said in a shy, shrinking voice, her face flushed.
"Um... When I'm in front of you, Si-won, I get too embarrassed to say what I want to say and end up saying weird stuff... Anyway, Si-won, did you eat dinner? My treat. Eat whatever you want from the convenience store."
"Ah, Yubi. The convenience store hourly wage is so low."
And yet you say you'll treat me every time I come.
Jeez. Being kind is nice, but she's so pure and innocent that I need to fix this habit before she gets completely taken advantage of by bad people.
I walked around the convenience store, putting expensive-looking items in a basket.
"Since you're buying everything, Yubi, I'll eat comfortably."
Yubi watched the items I was putting in the basket and said in a trembling voice,
"Uh... yeah. Pick, pick whatever you want without worry, Si-won."
"Cream Cheese Castella Injeolmi. Is this good?"
There are only 4 pieces of injeolmi in it.
But it costs 5,000 won.
Is the price high because the product name sounds fancy?
"Ahaha. Ah, no. It's just... it doesn't sell well. I haven't tried it either, so I don't know. It's not cost-effective..."
Well, Yubi was a girl who valued cost-effectiveness.
Last time I came to the convenience store, the products she mainly recommended were extremely difficult to sell, but she recommended the ones on 1+1 sales.
She was a thrifty, cost-conscious regular person.
But today, for some reason, I wanted to tease Yubi.
I put two of the fancily-named Cream Cheese Castella Injeolmi in the basket and said,
"Ah, really? Then I'll try it today and give you a review."
"S-sure, Si-won..."
Yubi was forcing a smile, but her face was stiff.
And she had every reason to be.
The two packs of injeolmi I just picked cost more than Yubi's hourly wage.
And next, I picked bulmakchang, which is famous for being expensive for the small amount.
It's only 100g, but it costs 10,000 won.
I held up the bulmakchang and said to Yubi,
"Yubi~ Can I heat this up in the microwave?"
Yubi's face became visibly stiff when she saw the bulmakchang I was holding.
"Uh... you can heat it up and eat it, but..."
"Uh. Got it. Okay! Looks delicious, this."
I put two bulmakchangs in the basket.
Yubi looked at me and muttered to herself without realizing.
"Huh. Gasp. Two of them."
Then I grabbed a few more Hoegaarden beers that looked refreshing and headed to the convenience store counter.
Yubi forced a smile and scanned the barcodes on the products.
*Beep! Beep beep!*
The convenience store register screen showed 53,000 won.
That was probably about a day's convenience store wages for Yubi.
Yubi smiled with a stiff, hardened face.
Her mouth was smiling, but her face was stiff, giving off a slightly grotesque feeling.
"Ah... haha. F-fifty-three thousand won. You really p-picked without worry, Si-won."
"Huh? What? Yubi? Did I pick too much? Are you burdened too? Should I put some back?"
As I reached to take back some products from the counter, Yubi grabbed my hand with a smack!
"Ah, no! Don't take them back... It's just that you, you picked too little. You can, can pick more."
"Really? Then... how about a box of Marlboro Lights over there?"
Yubi's eyes widened in surprise.
"Si, Si-won!"
Yubi called out to me urgently.
I finally looked at the flustered Yubi and said with a smile,
"Oh my god, Yubi. Seriously. I was just joking. Hey! I can clearly see how much a convenience store part-timer makes, yet you say you'll treat me every time I come. I picked all that stuff over-the-top to try to fix your goodie-two-shoes habit."
Yubi turned her head away, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Hey. I'm. I'm really fine..."
"Ah, that's enough, Yubi. Honestly, I also came today because I was wondering how you were doing. I just came for a simple late-night snack."
I held up the Yeomra-Daewang Ramen, mint chocolate drink, and the fancily-named Cream Cheese Castella Injeolmi that I had picked.
"Yubi. Just ring these up. And I'm paying, so don't say you're treating me. Got it? If you say you're treating me again, I'll really take everything on this counter! And even a box of Marlboro Lights."
Yubi covered her face with one hand and nodded, embarrassed.
It was cute, like a middle schooler getting scolded by an adult.
Really, no matter how many times I saw her, Yubi looked so young you wouldn't believe she was 20.
On top of that, her skin was so clear and translucent, she had a baby-like, clean appearance that would be perfect as a model for Johnson's Baby Lotion ads.
But contrary to her clean, young-looking face, her body was the exact opposite.
Even though she was just wearing a white tee and jeans, not trying to expose anything, Yubi's voluptuous body announced its presence, radiating an aura.
On another girl, it would have been a plain white t-shirt, but on Yubi, it looked like a luxury brand shirt that models wear.
The clothes were elevated by Lee Yubi.
Lee Yubi just seemed like she was born to be a model.
Even without alterations, the white t-shirt and jeans fit Yubi so smoothly, as if they were custom-made just for her.
Her sharp collarbones, her full, perky tits rising up.
In contrast, her waist was slim, and the hip line connected to her pelvis was perfect.
In a word, even without consciously looking, anyone would turn their head for that baby face with full tits and ass. S-line.
The perfected form of a bagel girl.
It was questionable why Yubi, with such a pretty and perfect body, was working a part-time job at a convenience store.
Yubi suddenly looked at the convenience store products I had picked and said with a slight, cute smile,
"Si-won. You picked the foods I recommended again? How are they? They're good, right?"
To be honest, at first, I thought, what kind of weird combination is this! Is she trying to kill me?
But when I actually ate it, it was addictively delicious.
So when I crave junk food more than a proper meal, these are the foods I can't help but want.
"Yeah, Yubi. It was weird at first, but after I ate it and went home, I kept thinking about it. Is this what they call addictively bad-for-you taste?"
"Right? See. I told you it was good."
After paying Yubi for the food, I sat down at a convenience store table and opened Kakaotalk on my phone.
Son Na-eun, Shin Se-kyung, Protein Thief Boss Lady, Han Ji-hye...
The girls' messages, well. They'd probably be the obvious stuff, so I decided to check them later and looked at Hyun-joon's Kakaotalk messages first.
[Hyun-joon: Hey. Call me when you see my Kakaotalk.]
[Hyun-joon: Hey. Are you ghosting my messages? I'm already in a shitty mood.]
[Hyun-joon: Hey! You, call me. Call me quickly when you see my Kakaotalk.]
Fuck!
What the hell. Did he find out I fucked his mom?
Or that I fucked Yuri-noona.
Surely Yuri-noona didn't tell Hyun-joon, right?
All sorts of crazy thoughts ran through my head.
I had too many things Hyun-joon could hold against me.
Without delay, I called Hyun-joon via Kakaotalk voice chat.