82. Lee Eunbi
Time passed, and I became a second-year student.
As the school year changed, so did our classes. But of course, Nayoung was still firmly planted by my side.
The disappointing part was that Mijin and Chaeyeon got placed in different classes.
Still, the silver lining was that those two ended up in the same class.
Anyway, because of this, the only people I could call friends were my girlfriend and best friend Nayoung, and Eunbi.
Shy Eunbi's situation didn't seem much different from mine.
Since the only people she'd gotten close to were me, Nayoung, Mijin, and Chaeyeon, she showed no sign of leaving our side at all.
Ding-ding~!
The smartphone I kept carefully tucked in my pocket vibrated insistently.
When I pulled it out, it was a notification from the four-person group chat.
Because of Eunbi, we could barely have sex at school anymore, and Chaeyeon was getting sexually frustrated.
Mijin, who was also in the chat, was just as frustrated as Chaeyeon and suggested we just forcefully make a move on Eunbi.
What an insane suggestion.
I fell into deep thought after reading Mijin's message.
She was right.
Even if Eunbi had feelings for me, if I didn't make a move myself, this standoff would just drag on.
And worse — if things went badly, Eunbi might try something to forget this seemingly hopeless love. And if that approach actually worked, the worst-case scenario would unfold: the existence named "me" that filled her heart would simply disappear.
Eunbi wasn't like Chaeyeon or Mijin — she didn't have that kind of mental fortitude.
Just like her petite frame, she was someone I had to handle carefully. I couldn't just rush in and say I wanted her, that she had to become my fifth girlfriend. I had no idea what kind of negative effect that might have.
And even if, luckily, she was just surprised and then jumped at the chance, the odds of that were slim.
More than anything, even though I wanted to make her mine, I was already stretched thin keeping four women happy.
That was another reason the plan to have Eunbi kept getting postponed.
In the end, Chaeyeon's solution was this: two people would stay behind with Eunbi while the third person went and had sex with me.
Nayoung, who'd been just reading the messages without joining the conversation until now, finally spoke up.
For a moment, the two of them fell silent, as if something had happened.
Then, right after.
And so the order was decided.
As soon as break time came, Chaeyeon and Mijin, who were now in different classes, burst into our room as if they'd been waiting.
The moment they set foot inside, every guy's gaze locked onto them and showed no sign of letting go.
"Yahoo! Wallet boy! Bet it's bittersweet without me by your side, huh?"
Chaeyeon approached with a playful face and patted my back.
"Can't be helped...! Fate, that unavoidable force, has torn us apart!"
"Yeah, right. If anything, it's better without you here."
"Gasp...! No way!"
I ignored Chaeyeon's shocked expression — her eyes wide as saucers.
Nayoung, drowning in sexual frustration, grabbed my wrist and pulled.
"N-Nayoung...?"
"Let's go... let's go quickly."
Since my parents had been handling a fair amount of company work lately, they were home more often these days.
As a result, Nayoung and I's depraved relationship had naturally slowed down.
Normally we'd be locking hips and exploring each other's bodies at every opportunity.
But with my parents home, I felt hesitant to just do those things without a care.
Not that we didn't do anything at all, of course.
We did show affection within bounds that didn't cross the line.
It was just kissing and secretly touching each other's genitals.
We just couldn't keep going with the kind of wet, squelching sex that would fill the whole house with moans of pleasure.
So both of us were full of pent-up desire.
But Nayoung's frustration seemed even worse than I'd thought.
I smiled wryly at the fact that I was the one who'd made her this way.
It was noon — a lunch break that was barely an hour. But for us, it was nothing short of golden time.
So I resolved to fuck Nayoung hard enough to satisfy her during this time, to release all that pent-up desire in one go.
But then.
"Where... are you going?"
A small voice stopped us in our tracks.
"Just... stepping out for a bit. Why?"
Nayoung forced a bright smile in response to Eunbi's question.
"Well... can I come with you.....?"
"......"
A faint crack formed between Nayoung's beautifully arched brows.
As time passed, the crack grew wider.
"U-Uh, Eunbi! Did you watch yesterday's drama?! The male lead, he was like.....!"
Chaeyeon, spotting Nayoung's stiff expression, hurriedly tried to strike up a conversation with Eunbi, but it was no use.
"Okay... I got it. Let's go together."
In the end, Nayoung had no choice but to take Eunbi along.
The sex she'd been longing for.
We'd been about to go up to the rooftop to lock bodies for the first time in ages, but instead, we ended up heading to the cafeteria to eat food none of us had any appetite for.
"Jihoon... what's up with Eunbi?"
On the way to the cafeteria.
Mijin whispered a question about Eunbi's sudden behavior.
"Tch... I'm not really sure either? If I had to guess... hmm... maybe it's because of that time I helped her out?"
"Helped her?"
"Yeah. Back in our first year, you and Chaeyeon were always around, so the other girls in our class couldn't get close to her, right?"
Eunbi was incredibly pretty and cute.
She was popular not only with guys but with girls too.
But while in first year, Mijin and Chaeyeon never left her side, making it impossible for anyone to approach her. Now that we were second-years, the bodyguards protecting her were practically gone.
So some girls, charmed by Eunbi's cuteness, started bothering her.
And timid Eunbi couldn't even bring herself to tell them to stop, just silently enduring their harassment.
"I watched for a while, and when I figured it wasn't going to get better, I stepped in. So my reputation hit rock bottom, but Eunbi's love for me... I guess you could say it grew even stronger?"
"Is that so.....?"
Mijin tilted her head, completely unable to understand the situation.
Unless she put herself in Eunbi's shoes, there was no way to know what was so moving about it or why it would make her fall in love.
Or maybe — her feelings for me were already so overwhelmingly huge that even something trivial amplified her love for me.
At least, that's how it looked to me.
So I decided — when the time and mood were right, I'd make Eunbi mine.
Not just me, but my women were also suffering from the inconvenience, so I thought it'd be better to resolve it quickly.
The three women put their heads together and tried to come up with various plans, but in the end, it just ended up being a waste of precious time.