Baek Jin-ah's Pathetic Harvest
Baek Jin-ah squeezed her eyes shut at the sight of the meager haul in her backpack. The problem was her big mouth on the way to the coast, bragging that food wouldn't be an issue.
A handful of turtle hands dug from rock crevices. The finger-sized fish caught in the trap basket was too pathetic to show, so she'd released it. In the end, today's rations amounted to just that handful of turtle hands.
'I bragged about stuffing her full on the way back.' Staring down at the pitiful contents of her backpack, Baek Jin-ah imagined Lee Seo-hee's reaction and shuddered in disgust.
'No. I can find more.' The delusion that she too had joined the ranks of proper hunters like Seong-un Lee had quickly swelled into pride. With the grit of a pro athlete, her competitive fire reignited after a lull, she was about to go all-out foraging—
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The beast's roar spreading from deep in the forest swiftly extinguished Baek Jin-ah's fighting spirit.
'...She said turtle hands are tasty. Gotta dig up more.' Excusing it as efficient judgment rather than cowardice, Baek Jin-ah grabbed the backpack at her feet and hurriedly hid behind the coastal rocks.
"Hey, Baek-jjin! Check this out!"
The moment she emerged from the dank, humid forest, Lee Seo-hee came running under the scorching sun, calling out to Baek Jin-ah in a bright, refreshing voice. Baek Jin-ah flinched, Suddenly embarrassed by the digging posture of her hand, like a turtle, but Lee Seo-hee dashed right up to her face and proudly displayed her find.
"Oh, this?"
"Ta-da! Shampoo, body wash, even a toothbrush and toothpaste!"
Lee Seo-hee shook a ziplock bag containing a travel toiletry set. Baek Jin-ah, who had been washing her face with stream water and using her finger as a toothbrush for cleanliness, only to feel utterly miserable each time— to her, this civilized treasure Lee Seo-hee held out so proudly was a shock. She was stammering from sheer surprise.
"H-how'd you find it?!"
"It was hidden in some kelp-like stems~"
How Lee Seo-hee found it wasn't important. Baek Jin-ah just wanted to ditch her stinky body as soon as possible.
"But is that all for food?"
"Uh? Oh... yeah... The weather wasn't great today...."
As Lee Seo-hee peered into the backpack and asked, Baek Jin-ah snapped back to reality and spat out a lame excuse.
"Is that... like clams or something?"
"Uh, turtle hands...."
"We can pick up some coconuts on the way back."
Baek Jin-ah was puzzled. The Lee Seo-hee she knew would scoff at the pathetic food, snap that she could eat that crap herself, or lord it over her with her own spoils. But instead came an unexpected nonchalance. With the last of her doubts about Lee Seo-hee vanishing at that sight, Baek Jin-ah felt ashamed of herself.
They'd divided tasks, but she'd subtly looked down on Lee Seo-hee, believing she wouldn't help at all, even assigning her the signal fire out of arrogance. She reflected on that hubris.
'Her stammering means it worked.' But separate from Baek Jin-ah's touching moment, Lee Seo-hee was just doing a calculated good deed to seal lips about her drunken antics that caused the wreck.
"Wanna wash up as soon as we get back?"
"For real? A... ahem. No, after we prep them...."
Overjoyed at the idea of a shower on this facility-less deserted island, Baek Jin-ah coughed to cover her blurted glee.
"Eh, can't we prep slowly? These are fresh, plenty to go around. It'll get cold at night anyway. No pot to boil water, so better wash while the sun's up."
Even if it was to win her over, Lee Seo-hee's words were spot-on.
"...Not a bad idea."
Swayed by Lee Seo-hee—who for once spoke pure reason—Baek Jin-ah grudgingly agreed, shouldered the backpack of turtle hands, and prepared to head to the cave.
Day 13 on the deserted island, night.
We skewered the prepped turtle hand bodies like kebabs and grilled them over direct flames.
"Mmm. Not bad at all."
"Taste okay?"
"Yeah. Like squid and clams combined."
Seo-hee, who had grimaced in disgust while helping prep them at first, was now hooked on the taste. She rapidly threaded the white bodies onto skewers and devoured them greedily.
Not as filling as yesterday, but it was a fortunate night just to have enough to fill their bellies somewhat. Plus, replacing the grimy stench built up over 13 days adrift with the fresh, varied scents wafting from their bodies—thanks to Seo-hee—lifted their spirits.
Recalling the ordeal of wiping down with wet towels after finding the backpack, this was pure luxury, like a dream.
"Baek-jjin. What about the toothbrush? Gonna use it?"
"A toothbrush from who-knows-where? Nah...."
"Fair. I'll keep it in the ziplock just in case."
She knew how precious a toothbrush was on a deserted island. But unlike squeezing out shampoo or toothpaste like locals might've used, shoving stiff, used bristles in her mouth was a step too far, even in desperation.
"Here, toothpaste."
"Thanks."
Like Seo-hee, who dabbed toothpaste on her finger and used it like a brush, I did the same for my teeth. Not proper brushing, but the fresh minty coolness flooding my mouth felt incredible.
After multiple freshwater gargles, I moved the pre-heated rocks and pebbles from the backpack into the cave depths.
I lay on the mattress, pulling the wild boar hide blanket up to my neck. Before the swarm of stray thoughts could hit, the pleasant cleanliness and stone warmth brought an irresistible drowsiness.
"Yawwn... Night, Seo-hee...."
"Yeah. Night, Baek-jjin."
Unable to fight the sweet pull of sleep, I gave Seo-hee one last goodnight and closed my eyes.
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Not in the weary-but-alert state like yesterday, yet sleep wouldn't come. I tossed and turned, seeking the comfiest position, but that only woke my drowsy mind further.
Todays thorough wash had banished the sticky feeling, but maybe the unusually pungent smell from that jjin-tta loser was keeping me up? The mattress under me and the boar blanket over me reeked too, but worst was the stench from the jjindda bastard lying dead-still beside me.
'This loser probably never properly washed up living wild on the island?'
His body odor was brutal, but sniffing closer, it kinda smelled like a wet dog. A weird musky tang too.... Anyway, not as feverishly hot as yesterday, but oddly, I wanted to touch his hand.
'...It's huge, alright.'
First time seeing a man's hand bigger than mine, first time grabbing one myself...... No, I grabbed it to unwrap pus-soaked bandages, disinfect, and rewrap. Absolutely no other intent.
And he probably never properly held a girl's hand either; if his condition tanked and he died, it'd be pitiful, so out of charity I sacrificed—?!
"Baek-jjin, asleep?"
Startled by the sudden rustle, I hurriedly pretended to sleep as Seo-hee softly called me.
"Hmm... Really out? Baek-jjin. Wake up or I'll grope your tits?"
Eyes shut, I could still vividly sense it. Seo-hee right in my face.
"Whoa, worlds apart from mine...."
I missed my chance to "wake" as she suddenly kneaded my breasts, but I wanted to figure out this crazy bitch's intent. Just teasing me? Or some ulterior motive?
"Nngh...."
I deliberately let out a low sleep-mumble and shifted. Risky for feigning sleep, but better than zero reaction.
"So huge yet perky too. No worries about formula when you have kids."
I wanted to grab her head and make her yap again right then, but her footsteps retreated to her spot by a hair.
"Might wake her anyway, so quiet tonight maybe."
'Tonight too?'
Mulling what that meant, I slowly rolled over like in sleep, cracking my eyes just a sliver.
The cave was pitch-dark, but luckily, tonight's moonlight seeped deep inside. The bluish glow let me clearly see what Seo-hee was up to.
'Why the backpack? Wait, that's... my panties...?'
The lunatic rummaging my backpack while humming suddenly pulled out my panties.
"Baek-jjin's all spandex. And the back's basically just a thong."
Her bullshit about my big ass leaving no choice was the last straw, but then she splashed freshwater on my panties, squirted body wash, and rubbed into a lather.
"This should do. Hey, caveman. Jerking you off with Baek-jjin's panties tonight~"
Before I could react, Seo-hee straddled the jjindda's thigh and used my soapy panties to....
"Reacting quicker than usual~ C'mon, cock, get big, get big~"
Outrageous and humiliating as it was—my panties for that—logic said get up and stop her... but strangely, I wanted to keep watching.
'...Slow strokes feel better, huh. She always just shook fast before.'
Should be furious, yet unconsciously analyzing her technique. If a future boyfriend—not the jjindda—had pervy demands like that, it'd help. Might come in handy someday, so if she crosses another line beyond panties, then I'll jump up and smack her....
So for now, purely observational, I decided to watch Lee Seo-hee.