Fifteen
Fifteen
"Will you be okay on your own?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
In front of the apartment complex where Ye-seo-nuna lives.
I couldn't drink because I had to drive, but Ye-seo-nuna was pleasantly tipsy.
I wondered if I should walk her all the way inside, but.
"I had fun today, Jin-man-ah."
"Me too."
Ye-seo-nuna waved her hands, saying there was no need for that, so I only went as far as the front of the complex.
"Get home safe, nuna."
"You get home safe too."
I watched her back as she walked away, then started the car again.
Ye-seo-nuna never asked me until the end.
Who the owner of the female voice in my house was on the day Se-na passed her part-time job interview.
She probably guessed it, too.
That we weren't meant to be.
If I had feelings for her, I wouldn't have dressed so casually today; I would have put in some effort.
By dressing casually, I indirectly expressed my feelings, and nuna must have accepted them.
I parked the car in my apartment parking lot and checked my phone; Ye-seo-nuna's message had arrived, probably sent as soon as she got in.
Come to think of it, I didn't ask which school she works at.
I sent a message asking her to tell me where it is next time, and walked into the house.
"Oppa!"
Se-na, who must have been playing a game in the living room, stood up happily to greet me.
"Oh, meat smell~ You must have eaten something delicious today?"
"Nuna treated me. Looks like you were playing a game."
"Yeah!"
But the screen on Se-na's laptop looks somewhat familiar.
I couldn't help but look, and on her monitor was a very familiar graphic.
A female character with red hair is lying down with a dagger dropped next to her.
"Uh, this is?"
"I started playing too, bleh. It looked fun watching you play, Oppa!"
For a moment, I was about to shout 'Newbies are always welcome!', but then I remembered the amount of money this game requires you to spend.
I then prayed that this newbie would adapt well, went into my room, and turned on my computer.
"But that character is difficult."
"Eh, really?"
"You don't even have a macro mouse, do you? I have a spare one, so bring your laptop and come to my room."
An energetic "Okay!" response.
Suppressing a smile that came naturally, I took out a mouse I had bought as a spare.
"Whoa! Is this gaming gear? The grip is totally different!"
Se-na, your laptop is a gaming laptop too.
That counts as gaming gear if anything does.
I swallowed those words and started teaching her how to use the macro mouse.
"First off, if you press the right-click and the number 4 key with your hand, you're going to wreck your wrist..."
That's how I spent the night talking about games with Se-na.
*
The next day.
The room was filled with the usual sunlight.
But nothing could stop me from lazing around in bed on a weekend morning.
Click.
I heard the front door open and close outside.
Since I'm in my room, it must be Seo Se-na leaving.
'Ten... o'clock?'
What the.
It's only ten o'clock.
It looks like Se-na is leaving in the morning.
Where is she going?
Did she meet up with the older sisters from the hair salon she works at, starting in the morning?
No, that can't be it.
It's not easy for a rookie to get that close to senior coworkers so quickly.
And as if to prove my worry was unfounded, I heard the front door open again, though I don't know what she was doing.
Wondering what she'd been up to, I overcame the urge to keep lazing around and left my room.
"Eh? Oppa?"
Why are you the one acting surprised?
"Wasn't 1 PM your wake-up time on weekends, Oppa?"
"Someone kept coming in and out of the house, so I couldn't sleep because I was bothered, yawn."
I yawned and stretched.
But looking at the dark circles under Se-na's eyes, it seems she pulled another all-nighter today.
"But what did you do while you were out?"
"Me?"
"Obviously. There's no one else in our house besides you and me."
Se-na fidgeted with her hands, looking embarrassed.
Come to think of it, her outfit... wearing a hoodie that would clearly be too hot to walk around in, plus sunglasses.
What on earth did she go do?
"I went to sell figures."
"......Figures? The merchandise that was in your room?"
"Yeah. Maybe because they were female character figures, they sold really well."
Didn't you cherish those more than your own life?
"You know, there's this dungeon I want to go to, but people wouldn't let me join because my specs were too low, so..."
"So you've also learned the true nature of the game I play."
"Ugh. People who have worse control than me. Even though I do better damage than the bastards who come to the dungeon with their alt characters."
She had become a perfect veteran gamer in just one day.
The mindset of wanting to spend money when filtered out by spec requirements—she's a true RPG gamer.
"Hey, hey, Se-na. Still, don't spend money right away; why don't you learn a bit more about the game first?"
"Why? Aren't RPGs just about being strong if you have good items?"
"That is the truth, but you have to spend money efficiently."
Se-na clasped her hands and looked away at my words.
That reaction.
It's the reaction she gives when she's embarrassed.
"For now, hold off on spending money until you learn the game, and let's go somewhere with me today."
"Huh?"
"You don't have any clothes to wear right now, do you? Since you've got money, let's take care of real life first. The game comes after."
As I said that, Se-na grinned, unzipped the hoodie she was wearing, and threw it off.
"Since I've already been fucked by Oppa, maybe I don't need clothes at home?"
Your breasts are still as cheeky as ever today.
Seeing her breasts half-exposed, wearing only a spaghetti strap top, tells me what kind of outfit Se-na was wearing all night.
Still, she's wearing short hot pants, probably because she went out for a bit.
"I meant clothes to wear when going outside, not at home."
"Oh! Does specifying 'outside' mean you want me to walk around naked at home too, Oppa?"
"I'll take pictures of you naked and spread them all over the neighborhood."
"Then, even if my life is ruined, I'll just stick to you for the rest of my life. Hehe, if I have sex twice and become your lifelong hole-wife, that might be happy in its own way?"
I still don't have the confidence to take responsibility for someone, Se-na.
So I'll have to decline that.
I'm not going to have my life made difficult by being leashed to her for the rest of my life just because I poked my dick into a girl who isn't even my girlfriend twice.
"Anyway, it's true that you don't have many clothes."
"How do you know that?"
"The photos you sent me."
Se-na recalled what kind of photos she had sent and nodded.
Actually, it wasn't the composition of the photos, but just the sheer number of photos she physically sent, so I had already figured out what kind of clothes she had.
And.
'That dress that was there when I went to buy my clothes last time, I wonder if it's still there.'
The criteria by which people are evaluated in society have a not-insignificant connection to appearance.
No matter how much Se-na's mask and atmosphere have a glamour that's hard for anyone to ignore.
Even so, for someone who spends time close to her, it wouldn't take long to figure out what kind of person Seo Se-na is.
"Oppa, don't tell me you weren't working at the company and were just looking at my photos?"
"It's because my housemate is a selfie addict. You'd be sad if I didn't look at them."
"Ugh."
She couldn't refute it, as if hit in the bullseye.
Se-na fumbled and picked up the hoodie and threw it into her room.
"Anyway, let's go. There will be times when you'll meet people in private settings later, and people will notice quickly if a part-timer wears the same clothes every day."
If you're a regular employee, they won't ignore you or anything, but if you're a part-timer, it's a different story.
Since they are, after all, one of the people in the lowest social position.
"Then are you going to pick out my clothes today, Oppa?"
Se-na, who followed me to my room, snuck up behind me and back-hugged me.
Why can I feel the sensation of her breasts and nipples so well, even with her wearing only a spaghetti strap top without underwear?
"I don't have an eye for picking clothes."
"For someone who says that, the female characters in the novel illustrations you read dress well, don't they?"
I froze.
I turned my gaze and looked down at Se-na.
She was stuck to my back, looking up at me with a smile that said she had won this time.
"What the. When did you peek at me reading my novel? And I didn't dress those characters."
"What do you mean, what? When I'm playing games and you're just giving half-hearted answers, you're always reading novels. Did you think I wouldn't know?"
"Uh, well, yeah. Anyway, get ready quickly. And stop rubbing your tits on my back."
I kicked Se-na out of the room and changed my clothes.
I came out of the room and waited for Se-na while using my phone, and she came out of her room wearing a dress.
When did she put makeup on her face again?
"Let's go, Oppa!"
Today, as always, Se-na took my hand and led me.
I got in the car, entered the address Se-na gave me, and the shopping mall I had visited before appeared.
"Here again today?"
"Even if it's a little expensive, it's the best for getting a variety of clothes when you have absolutely nothing to wear!"
Se-na started leading me around here and there.
If we mainly went into men's clothing stores before, the place Se-na is entering this time is a women's clothing store.
"Se-na, look at some clothes."
"Where are you going?"
"Just, we were busy running around last time because we didn't have time. I'm just going to look around while you shop."
"Okay, got it, Oppa! I'll contact you later."
Leaving her to her shopping, I moved my feet and headed to the store where the clothes Se-na had glanced at when we were picking out my clothes before were.
At the time, the desire to have this flowy-looking dress was strongly visible in Se-na's eyes.
Since the season hadn't changed yet, fortunately, the mannequin was wearing the clothes Se-na had seen at the time.
To my eyes, it's just an ordinary dress with a light sky-blue color and a plain pattern.
But to Se-na, it's a pretty dress she wants to have.
"Welcome, customer. Is there a specific item you're looking for?"
"This one, please give me one size smaller."
I turned on the pay app on my phone and handed it to the clerk.