Chapter 94 – Park Chaeyeon
"You've been through a lot."
"Yeah... I have been through a lot......"
After finishing the whole story, Chaeyeon was back in my arms, sharing our warmth.
And she didn't stop there — she rubbed her face against my chest, nuzzling me.
"Hey... isn't that Park Chaeyeon?"
"Yeah, that's her...! But who's the guy? What's with the hugging?"
"Isn't he her boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend? I thought that was a lie... So it wasn't?"
As time passed, the students were starting to gather around.
They whispered about us, openly embracing and showing affection right inside the classroom.
"Chaeyeon. Let's sit down?"
We couldn't just keep standing like this forever.
Seems like I'd pushed my body too hard trying to wrap things up quickly.
Right after I got back, I'd hugged Nayoung, Heera noona, Mijin, and Eunbi each, and my exhausted body wasn't getting any real rest.
I figured this was just the weight a man with a harem had to bear, so I was holding on, but sitting down wouldn't hurt, right?
"Yeah......"
Once I saw her nod, I immediately sat down in Chaeyeon's seat.
Chaeyeon stood there blankly for a moment, watching me, then carefully lowered herself onto my lap.
"You want to sit here?"
"You don't like it?"
"No. It's not that I don't like it."
I gently pulled Chaeyeon close, her back fully against me.
Her unique scent hit my nose.
That smell I'd missed and craved.
"J-Jihoon... it's embarrassing... don't sniff me so much......!"
I thought I was being discreet.
Was I being too obvious? Chaeyeon was covering her head, her crown, looking embarrassed.
Seeing a different side of Chaeyeon like this was incredibly arousing, and combined with her soft flesh, I felt like my cock was about to stand right up…
It stiffened.
"......"
Chaeyeon's face, which had been grinning, went rigid.
I'd been caught — after being apart for so long, when we should be spending time together like any other couple, I couldn't control my lust and got an erection.
Feeling the bulge, Chaeyeon turned her head to look at me.
Our eyes met.
"Uh-huh.....?!"
When my hand gently stroked her waist, a faint moan escaped her lips.
Since when had I ever held back my lust?
I had been holding back for two whole weeks, and the pent-up desire I'd accumulated was probably matched by Chaeyeon's own unresolved urges — it was only a matter of time before they exploded.
"Jihoon... we can't do it here......"
She didn't push my hand away, but she expressed her objection, aware that this was a classroom and there were too many eyes.
"You're right."
I checked the clock.
The big hand was already pointing at 9.
About 15 minutes left until class started.
Factoring in the time to go somewhere without eyes and come back, it would be even shorter.
It was too little, and it made me feel regret.
"Everyone can see up front... so we should go to the back......"
Just as Chaeyeon was about to continue.
A boy was quietly setting his bag down at the seat right next to where we were sitting.
My gaze was drawn simply because it was Chaeyeon's neighbor seat.
Short height, small build, and hair falling over his eyes as if he had no interest in his appearance at all. The classic look of a nerd.
To put it nicely, you could call him introverted.
"Oh. Hey, Jaehyeon."
"Yeah... H-hey......"
Chaeyeon greeted him brightly, as if they had talked before because of the adjacent seats.
The boy named Jaehyeon acknowledged the greeting, but his interest wasn't in Chaeyeon — it was completely on me.
His wavering eyes as he studied me were suspicious.
Well, it couldn't be helped.
Occasionally, Chaeyeon's true nature emerged, sharp as a blade, but usually she approached anyone without prejudice, started conversations, quickly became friends, and even joked around sometimes.
How could a guy not fall for such a pretty girl showing him so much interest?
This boy Jaehyeon had definitely fallen head over heels for Chaeyeon's charms.
And he harbored feelings of liking her, but couldn't reveal them, agonizing over it, until one day my sudden appearance as her boyfriend…
From the expression and actions he'd never shown before, he seemed quite shocked and disappointed.
Can't be helped.
By the time you first saw Chaeyeon and fell in love, she had already given her whole body and heart to me.
When I gave him a slightly pitying look, he let out a "Euuh...!" and slumped into his chair.
"Hmm... so there is a seat next to her. And next to that......"
If I couldn't sit in the seat immediately to Chaeyeon's right, I'd have to sit on her left.
But.
"The front seats are taken by people who want to study, so we have to go to the back."
"Oh... really?"
They'd deliberately come to the front to study, so there was no way they'd give up their seats for me.
Besides, I wasn't there to study either, so it felt wrong to take their spots.
"Let's go to the back."
"Should we?"
"Yeah."
In the end, we decided to move to the back.
I gathered up writing utensils and textbooks presumed to be Chaeyeon's from the desk drawer and carried them to the rear.
If possible, I wanted to sit by the window, but that area was already occupied by a group that looked like thugs.
A flinch.
"Huh?"
As we headed to the back, we passed the window-side seats — the same ones.
Seeing the thug group, Chaeyeon's body flinched faintly.
So that confirmed that the three girls she mentioned were indeed those three over there.
Then who was the guy named Geon Daegeon?
I had no idea.
"Let's sit here."
As class time approached, most seats were taken because more students had arrived.
There were only empty seats in mediocre spots.
Despite that, the seat was at the very back by the rear door, opposite the window-side back seat.
"Hmm... this is the only spot left."
Since it was winter, whenever someone entered or exited, the door would open, letting in a gust of cold air that chilled the body.
Plus, the sound of the door opening and closing, and the noise of people coming and going, were quite distracting.
That's probably why, even though it was the very back, this was the only seat left.
Still, we put our stuff down there and pushed the separated desks together.
Thump.
As soon as she sat down, Chaeyeon leaned her body over and rested her head on my shoulder.
"Feels good......"
The murmuring of classmates about her didn't stop, but with me there to lean on, she looked a bit more at ease, gently closing her eyes.
I wasn't used to this either, so I had no idea what to do.
I could try to make everyone realize that all the malicious rumors were lies, but if it were a problem that could be solved that easily, the rumors wouldn't have spread this far.
Lost in thought again, the door opened and cold air swept over me.
A man entered the classroom at the very last minute before class started.
He had a fairly handsome face, though not as much as mine, and as soon as he came in, he noticed Chaeyeon right away and looked puzzled.
"Park Chaeyeon? Why are you sitting there?"
"......"
Chaeyeon, who had already made a displeased face just from hearing her name come out of that mouth, completely ignored him, not even looking his way.
"Hey. Park Chaeyeon. Hey."
He kept calling her as she rested her head on my shoulder, treating him like he didn't exist.
When she still didn't respond, he reached out his hand.
Just the thought of that filthy hand touching my woman made my skin crawl, and I was about to smack it away when—
"Good morning today too~!"
The front door opened and the teacher walked in.
"Tch."
Clicking his tongue, the guy headed to the back by the window where the thug group was gathered.
The way they welcomed him over there.
That bastard must be.
"That's Geon Daegeon, Jihoon."
As expected, that guy was Geon Daegeon.
"Yeah. I figured."
I could tell even without her telling me.
That bastard was the trash who made my woman's eyes tear up.
"Don't worry now. I'm here with you."
"Of course. I'm not worried. I'd say I'm worried about him, actually."
"Geon Daegeon?"
"Yeah. Who knows how badly you're gonna screw him over, Jihoon?"
"Pfft."
My woman — indirectly asking me to screw over that bastard, his lackeys, and the three girls who probably spread the malicious rumors — made me laugh out loud.
"What's so funny?"
My laugh must have been pretty loud because the teacher who was giving the lesson pointed at me, sitting at the very back.
"Ah, sorry."
I immediately bowed my head.
"Hmm. Alright. Be careful next time... Now that I think about it, I haven't seen your face before. You're the new transfer student, right?"
"Yes, teacher."
The teacher spoke, a bit late.
"So what's your relationship with Chaeyeon?"
He looked at Chaeyeon, who had her desk pushed against mine and her head resting on my shoulder, and continued.
"We're dating."
"Oh ho.....?"
A small exclamation of admiration rippled.
The fact that her boyfriend — the center of controversy among the teachers because of her famous steel-wall demeanor towards everyone — had come to the same academy made the teacher smile.
"You two look good together."
"Thank you."
With that, he turned around and picked up the chalk from the blackboard.
"Continuing on, if we substitute this expression here......"
The surroundings got noisy once I revealed we were a couple.
Whisper, whisper.
Whisper, whisper.
"Quiet down!"
When he shouted for silence, the talking finally subsided.
The voices lessened, but the stares remained.
I didn't like all the attention gathering on us.
Especially Geon Daegeon.
Geon Daegeon was glaring at me like he wanted to kill me.