Chapter 81 (Se-hee, Seon-ju)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 81 (Se-hee, Seon-ju)
"Wow~ I’m so glad I came. It was incredible, wasn't it? Did you see that crystal ball? It looked like state-of-the-art equipment."
Cheol-jin spoke as they stepped out of the building after finishing their visit to the academy and began walking home.
"What did you and Seul-gi talk about during the crystal ball fortune-telling?" Si-woo asked, his curiosity piqued.
"Ah~ I was shocked. She already knew everything I was going to ask."
"What did you ask?"
Cheol-jin narrowed his eyes and stared at Si-woo for a moment.
"She told me to leave my secrets buried in that room, didn't she? Why are you asking about that?" Cheol-jin dodged the question teasingly.
"I never imagined something like that actually existed," Si-woo said, sounding genuinely stunned.
"You never know... usually..." Cheol-jin replied, playing along.
"Superpowers... wow..." Si-woo let out a deep sigh, looking as if all the energy had been drained from him.
"What the hell are you talking about...?" Cheol-jin suddenly whipped around to look at Si-woo, wearing a bewildered expression.
"What?" Si-woo felt something was off when he saw Cheol-jin's face.
"You don't actually believe that, do you?" Cheol-jin frowned slightly, looking at Si-woo with a "no way" expression.
"Huh? Cheol-jin, didn't you just say it was amazing a second ago?"
"Wa... wait a minute~ Are you saying this right now because you actually think those were real superpowers?" Cheol-jin asked, sounding dumbfounded.
"What...? They're not?" Si-woo asked, looking utterly confused.
Cheol-jin stared at Si-woo in disbelief for a long while before bursting into loud laughter.
"Pwahaha! Pwahahaha!"
Cheol-jin’s laughter grew louder and louder.
"Stop laughing! It’s annoying!!!" Si-woo barked, offended by Cheol-jin’s mockery.
"Sorry, sorry... but~ pfft, did you really think those were superpowers? There's no way that kind of thing is real~!" Cheol-jin said, barely stifling his laughter.
"Then what was it? Didn't you say it was amazing because you experienced it yourself?" Si-woo still couldn't understand Cheol-jin's reaction.
"Pwahahaha! No, no, that's not it!!"
"What?"
"Pfft, oh, my stomach~ pfft~ Magic starts before you even step onto the stage! They probably got information about us from Se-young and Su-a in advance. They even had them playing the shills~ Didn't you see them sticking to us like assistants and guiding us around?"
Cheol-jin explained to Si-woo while trying to hold back his snickering.
Se-young and Su-a were acting as shills...?
"That's... that's impossible!" Si-woo stammered, unable to believe it.
"Even so, I couldn't help but be impressed that they even researched me, since I only decided to go at the last minute. That’s what I meant by 'amazing.'" Cheol-jin continued to explain why he had been impressed.
"Cheol-jin, weren't you the type to believe in this stuff? This is so different from how you were talking with the other guys at the academy!!" Si-woo said, feeling wronged as if he were the only one being fooled.
"That's just because it's more fun to talk that way~"
Just like when he had secretly taken photos of Se-hee Noona before, Cheol-jin once again explained his incomprehensible behavior patterns with such simplicity.
"But she definitely knew things that no one else could possibly know unless they were the person involved!!" Si-woo resisted until the end, unable to accept Cheol-jin's words.
"Ah~ that's why I'm saying they're skilled! That's how fortune-telling works. They probably gathered every scrap of info they could from the people around you beforehand. And think about it~ even the things you think only you know... if you use your head a little, couldn't someone figure them out?"
"Even so, would they really invite people to the academy for a parent-teacher meeting and then trick them like this?"
"Pfft~ are you a total idiot? They probably don't expect people to be completely fooled; they're just putting on a magic event!!"
Hearing Cheol-jin's words, Si-woo felt as if he had been struck hard on the head.
Cheol-jin enjoyed himself for a while longer, explaining things while holding back his laughter, before heading toward his own house with a playful parting remark.
"Can I tell the other kids at the academy about this tomorrow? Pfft!"
All the way home, Si-woo chewed over the events at the academy with a sense of embarrassment and unease.
* * *
When Si-woo arrived home, Se-hee Noona was nowhere to be seen.
He tossed his bag into his room and went out to the living room to send her a text.
[Noona, where are you?]
A reply from Se-hee Noona arrived shortly after.
[Out with friends. Why?]
[Where?]
[Why do you need to know?]
[I should come pick you up or something!!]
[I'm going to hang out a bit longer! And I'm with Shin-bi, so don't worry about it!]
Se-hee Noona’s texts were cold.
Si-woo wondered if, just as he had heard at the academy, Se-hee Noona had actually unlocked his smartphone last night and looked through it.
Inside that smartphone were photos of semen splattered on Mom's face and photos he had taken of Se-young with his penis in her mouth.
Furthermore, there were the lewd text messages he had exchanged with Mom that should never be revealed.
And the photos of Se-hee Noona that Cheol-jin had taken while stalking her.
Se-hee Noona, who had been suspicious and worried about the uncomfortable sexual relationship between Mom and Si-woo.
She had hoped that Si-woo would get a girlfriend quickly so that his awkward relationship with the family, especially with Mom, would be resolved.
—At that time, she didn't seem to have any certainty that Mom and Si-woo were actually having sex—
What did Se-hee Noona think when she saw the conversation Si-woo and Mom had right before they went to sleep?
Even though they had framed it as a roleplay in the chat, Mom now spoke to Si-woo with an almost submissive attitude.
Regardless, Se-hee Noona had had sex with Si-woo last night, feeling like they were lovers.
—And it was her first time—
Si-woo was certain that the feelings they shared at that moment were absolutely real.
Did Se-hee Noona feel jealousy or betrayal after seeing Mom's photos and their conversation?
Is that why she wants to get revenge on him?
Si-woo barely suppressed the urge to ask Se-hee Noona if she had secretly looked at his smartphone and sent another text instead.
[What about dinner?]
[I'm going to eat before I come home, so don't worry about it~]
[Aren't you staying out too late?]
[Mom's not even here, so what does it matter?]
Another cold text from Se-hee Noona.
[But I'm all alone!!!]
Si-woo sent the reply with a feeling of hurt.
[What are you talking about? You're perfectly capable of feeding yourself.]
[I want to eat with you!]
There was no reply from Se-hee Noona for a while.
[I'll try to get back as soon as I can... don't wait up!]
Si-woo felt comforted by even this much of a response from her.
[Come home safely~!]
After finishing the chat, Si-woo took a quick shower and changed his clothes.
* * *
Si-woo entered Se-hee Noona's room.
On the bedside table next to the bed, he saw the condom box he had brought over yesterday.
It was almost the only trace left of last night.
Si-woo walked carefully across the messy room toward Se-hee Noona's bed.
He picked up the condom box on the bedside table and checked the number of condoms.
Five...
It seemed Se-hee Noona had taken two condoms with her when she went to the academy this morning.
Could there be a guy among the friends she was hanging out with right now?
The more he thought about it, the more his chest tightened.
It looked like the sheets and blankets on her bed had all been changed.
Si-woo flopped down on Se-hee Noona's bed and stared up at the ceiling.
The events of the day flashed through his mind.
The conversation with Teacher Oh Ye-rin.
Seul-gi's crystal ball fortune-telling.
Was it really just a special event for parents, like Cheol-jin said?
If he had asked a different question, would she have given him a different answer?
Did Se-young and Su-a know about his secrets too?
Perhaps everything that happened there was just Si-woo's own delusions and assumptions.
Just as Cheol-jin said, maybe they used state-of-the-art equipment that could display text or whatever inside the ball, and they had originally written down Se-young's birthday, which meant nothing to begin with...
Si-woo gradually drifted off to sleep.
* * *
Si-woo woke up to the sound of his smartphone ringing.
He picked up the phone and checked the caller ID.
It was Aunt Seon-ju.
Si-woo answered the call.
"Aunt Seon-ju?"
"Si-woo, what are you doing? Were you sleeping?"
"Ah~ I think I dozed off for a bit. What's up?"
"What do you mean 'what's up'? I'm just stopping by to see your face~ You're at home, right?"
"Uh... yeah, I am...?"
"Have you eaten?"
"Not yet."
"Great~ I'm nearby, so I'll be there soon. See you in a bit~!!"
Aunt Seon-ju hung up the phone.
Si-woo recalled the sight of Aunt Seon-ju in her underwear that he had seen yesterday.
Then he checked the photos of Aunt Seon-ju and Se-young in their underwear that he had received yesterday.
Large, luscious breasts.
The Y-shaped fissure between her legs.
Aunt Seon-ju often made sexual jokes to Si-woo.
But the photos she sent yesterday were, by anyone's standards, jokes that went way too far.
One could say it was a prank possible only because of Aunt Seon-ju's personality.
But on the other hand, it was the kind of prank where she couldn't complain even if Si-woo pounced on her, pretending to have misunderstood it as a signal of temptation.
I wonder if she's bringing side dishes like yesterday...
She was an aunt who resembled his mother.
If he thrust his massive cock into the mound of her groin, into that split fissure, would she let out moans that sounded just like his mom's?
At that thought, Si-woo's cock began to throb as blood rushed into it.