The Unit's Yuri Pursuit Drags On
Haah...
Yeon Byeori let out a sigh.
The sigh was so heavy with emotion that it felt like the air itself was sinking into the ground.
"You lost it again, Yeori? You lose everything all the time?"
"It's not always. I lose sometimes too."
"How much?"
"...About 150,000 won? I don't lose big amounts, you know."
"So how much do you lose exactly?"
"At least over a hundred."
"Then just stop. You know you're getting hooked, right? You keep winning tiny amounts and losing big ones."
"I know. But there's this saying—you can't quit once you've already fallen too deep."
"Ah— I get it."
Kim Heejin spoke as if she completely understood.
Could she really be gambling? Right now Kim Heejin wasn't exactly in a strong position, so gambling would be dangerous.
"Superhuman Kim Heejin, are you gambling?"
I quickly jumped into the conversation and received stares from all three of them at the same time.
It was the feeling of someone tightening a noose from three different directions.
There was no hostility or malice in their eyes.
Yeon Byeori had always been like that—barely paying attention to anything. Kim Heejin had started acting a little kinder to me recently. Han Jihye always just smiled, no matter what she was thinking. But the pressure was still overwhelming. I felt like I might throw up from the weight.
It was the price of being sandwiched between the three seniors.
"I'm sorry for interrupting!"
"Huh? I didn't even say anything."
"Since you apologized, I'll forgive you. I was actually about to scold you. Hehe..."
Yeon Byeori and Han Jihye were going with the flow as usual, but Kim Heejin gave a slightly different reaction.
"Ah, well..."
It sounded like she was actually about to do something. This was dangerous!
"But if it's on a site that got official approval and is a toto game..."
"No, it's not about gambling."
"What? Heejin?"
"Superhuman Kim Heejin. What do you mean?"
"You fought with Harang?"
"Did you say fought?"
"Don't repeat yourself twice."
"We didn't fight. What kind of sudden nonsense is this?"
Han Jihye kept glancing between me and Kim Heejin.
"No, it's just that the vibe is weird. You two were arguing and then suddenly reconciled, and it feels so awkward."
"Husband and wife...! No way! What kind of thing is that! Who said we're married?!"
She was rejecting it way too obviously. I was so upset.
I swept my closed tears away inside. I didn't actually cry. I had decided once that if I cried back then, I would never cry again.
"Why are you so oversensitive?"
"You don't like Superhuman Kim Heejin?"
"...Harang will be hurt."
Jeong Seung-a jumped in.
"Harang, are you okay?"
"Superhuman Seo Harang. I'm fine."
"No, you're not."
Jeong Seung-a was sure I wasn't okay even though I had said I was.
"Then here."
She called me over while sitting with her legs stretched out.
"Come rest with your head on my lap. You'll feel better."
"No, I'm really fine."
"Hey, Heejin. What are you doing? You'll take my wife away."
Han Jihye grinned mischievously and poked Kim Heejin with her elbow.
Was I really the one playing the wife role? Anyone could see I was the husband type. I was the tallest here, and I had the heart of a beast.
Even Kim Heejin knew Han Jihye's words were just a joke. After all, they were all girls gathered together—would she seriously take "wife" and "husband" things to heart?
"...Hey, Seo Harang. We've already gotten married. Why would you do that to another woman?"
That's why Kim Heejin accepted the playful line without trouble.
To become a capable junior, it was important to handle situations like this well.
I got flustered and embarrassed by scolding words, but in this kind of situation I could handle it fine.
"I'm sorry... but I can't get away from Superhuman Jeong Seung-a's embrace..."
I moved my body slightly toward her as I said it. Even I thought it was a smooth response.
"Ufufu... Yeah, if you come to me, it's fine. I can make your body and heart comfortable."
The voice wrapped in warmth. It seemed Jeong Seung-a was going along with the act too.
An itch started. It was because the main character of this play was me!
"As expected from Jeong Seung-ah."
The moment I tried to continue acting, the sound of air leaking out came naturally. If it had been real, the audience would have been buzzing.
But anyone in this situation would have made that sound.
Kim Heejin's eyes were completely different. She stared at me with dark, sunken eyes. It felt like she was saying, 'Is it real? Are you crazy? You're abandoning me and going to the other side?'
Yeah, I thought this was just a lively comedy play, but in reality it was a windblown betrayal murder thriller play!
"Whoa, Seo Harang. Is this real?"
Han Jihye's hand reached out to me.
"You changed your senior's name and even used informal speech? That's how you talk to Jeong Seung-ah."
Was the reaching hand correct? At least the mood had shifted, which was a relief.
"I'm sorry!"
"Hey, Harang. I'm really disappointed in you. How can you attach yourself to the other side when there's me... Well, whatever. The match senior is the best. Those who always point out flaws should just go straight to the trash bin. Right?"
"I only have Superhuman Kim Heejin! Superhuman Kim Heejin is the best!"
"Harang... really? When I gave you my heart, it was just because I felt sorry for you?"
"I want to spend time with Superhuman Jeong Seung-a! I really like Superhuman Jeong Seung-a!"
"Hey, I said I like you. We agreed not to say things like that in front of others, right?"
"I want to stop this play right now..."
It felt like something huge was happening.
It wasn't just the unit. Outside, people with rare abilities like Jeong Seung-a and Kim Heejin, whose names were well known.
Being caught between these two while faking a windblown lover was seriously weird.
I wanted to say I was done honestly, but of course no one would listen.
"Are you really done? It's fun. Let's keep going. Heejin and Seung-a seem to be enjoying it too."
The world was cold.
"Anyway, there's no departure signal, right? I want to see what happens."
Yeah. Even the gates didn't show up when it was this obvious.
Thanks to the two seniors who followed Han Jihye's orders without any intention to stop, the fun play continued.
Still, the reactions weren't bad. My own protagonist mentality was being shaved down in real time, though.
It would have been better if they just teased me. After all, I was used to being praised, so I could handle it.
"This is hilarious. So where did you two learn to act like that? You were really good. No, wait... was Harang bad?"
"I think both of them. Honestly, even I couldn't watch my own acting."
"Really. If it had been a real drama, the homepage would have been flooded with bad comments."
It was too much!
"You completely trash-talked up to page 3?"
It really was too much!
Since I hadn't even thought about acting, I wasn't really hurt.
After letting out a sigh, I started thinking about Yeon Byeori.
Maybe through all this, if I slowly directed her interest in other directions, I could help her break her addiction?
"Superhuman Yeon Byeori..."
Thinking that, I turned to her, but what I got back was indifference. She was sitting there looking at her phone, completely absorbed.
"Stop caring about her. She'll glance at me for a second and then go back to her phone."
Han Jihye said it as if it was normal. But since she had declared, "Let's work together to solve this!", I couldn't just ignore it.
After thinking for a moment, Kim Heejin called to Yeon Byeori instead of me.
"Hey, Yeori."
"Superhuman Yeon Byeori?"
"You really will get into big trouble if you keep doing that. Be careful."
"Aigoo, Superhuman Kim Heejin. You already know that."
"...I know. That's why I didn't say anything big. Well, it was just the usual thing to say. At least you haven't racked up debts, right? Unlike me."
"What did you say? I... heard it all."
Kim Heejin shook her head. Still, her concern made me feel a little shaken, so Yeon Byeori added with a small eye smile.
"Well... I was thinking of quitting soon too. Finding a new shady site is getting annoying, and Harang promised to help."
"Help with what?"
"...Harang?"
Jeong Seung-a and Kim Heejin both looked at me. Han Jihye wasn't saying anything, but she was watching me with interest.
Was she curious what trick I was going to pull this time? Or was she thinking I was about to do something pointless again?
Because of the ever-spinning, unpredictable youngest, the living quarters were always chaotic.
"It's not about stirring up trouble. I just ended up like that after talking."
Even though I said that, saying it's not stirring up trouble made me seem more suspicious.
"Who said what? Do well. I have no intention of stopping you. I couldn't stop Yeori from doing this kind of thing."
If Kim Heejin had said that, I would have thought, 'This is getting really intense...' But Han Jihye's version didn't carry much trust.
I couldn't stop it either. I didn't even touch it in the first place!
But I didn't say it out loud. I had learned to distinguish between what I could and couldn't say by observing the situation.
"So what are you going to do?"
"I don't know either. I'll do whatever Harang says."
"You have no motivation?"
"When did I have any? Except when doing this kind of thing, I have no interest."
Yeon Byeori laughed and turned her gaze back to her phone. It was like a signal to stop talking to her.
Han Jihye seemed to find it familiar and looked away from Yeon Byeori to me.
"So what are you going to do?"
"Um... First, I have to wait until the departure period ends. If I do something and the siren goes off, it will get interrupted."
"Well thought. I'll cheer you on, so do your best. Even if she doesn't seem like it, she's actually pretty stubborn."
Han Jihye's permission came back.
What did the wanggo's permission mean? It meant no one could stop me now!
I swept my gaze over the living quarters. I saw the seniors. There was no one younger than me.
...The words "no one can stop me" were canceled. In reality, I was being held by leash handles from every direction.