#53. Orange
#53. Orange
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After the ordinary date with Suyeon ended and I returned, I entered the #Hashtag shop.
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<Character Card pt.1>
<House pt.1> - <Room+1 pt.1> - <Yard+1 pt.1> - <Fence+1 pt.1>
<Fashion Shop pt.1> - <Sports Shop pt.1> - <Lingerie Shop pt.1(Locked)> - <Dress Shop pt.1(Locked)> - <Accessory Shop pt.1(Locked)>
<Furniture Mall pt.1> - <Household Goods Mall pt.1> - <Hobby Goods Mall pt.1(Locked)> - <Cosmetics Mall pt.1(Locked)>
<Customizing Face pt.1(Locked)> - <Customizing Upper Body pt.1(Locked)> - <Customizing Lower Body pt.1(Locked)>
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I'd been busy for a while, so aside from occasionally taking a quick peek at the three mother-daughter characters, I hadn't been able to touch the shop.
Since I hadn't used any points since Hana's 2-Star, I had a total of 4 points now, and one had to be used to purchase a CC.
That left me with 3 points.
Without a second thought, I opened the three Fashion Tech shops: <Lingerie Shop pt.1>, <Dress Shop pt.1>, and <Accessory Shop pt.1>.
Along the roadside, buildings rose up with a kureureung- roar and vibration.
They weren't big-box stores, but small, humble shops you'd see in an old alleyway. I could upgrade to large stores later when I leveled up, but that was a story for another day.
Anyway, I dragged the three buildings and attached them to the other buildings in front of the Currency Tower.
With a decent number of buildings now, the street felt quite full.
I exited the shop and casually looked to see what the three mother-daughter characters were doing. I zoomed in on the house and found it was filled with more items than I thought.
Only four shops were open—Fashion, Sports, Furniture, and Household—but they were enough to stock the basics.
They had a decent supply of basic furniture and household consumer goods, and there were especially a lot of clothes.
Plus, since they were replacing meals with things from the tower, they didn't seem to be lacking anything, even if they weren't exactly living in luxury.
"They haven't reached the 10th floor yet."
After scanning through, that was the conclusion I reached.
Why the 10th floor? Because from the 10th floor and up, just being in the tower drains Fatigue. Naturally, the higher you go, the faster and more it drains.
Seeing that #Lee Ina and #Lee Hana weren't visible, they must be in the tower, but their Fatigue was still at 100.
Plus, if they reach and clear the 10th floor, they get a bicycle and a bike rack as a gift. Since I don't see a bike rack in the front yard, it seems they haven't made it to the 10th floor yet.
Honestly, I'm fucking curious about what kind of structure that tower has.
Ha Suyeon is neatly organizing the food her daughters brought while writing something in a notebook, but unfortunately, it's written in squiggly handwriting, so the player can't read it.
It's probably something like a household account book.
- #$%$
- @@#%
While waiting and watching, #Lee Hana and #Lee Ina came out of the Currency Tower.
Then, seeing the newly created <Lingerie Shop pt.1> - <Dress Shop pt.1> - <Accessory Shop pt.1>, they chatted for a bit before quickly heading inside.
As you can tell from the name <Lingerie Shop>, they sell lingerie.
Surprisingly, there's a wide variety of lingerie. From the plain, elastic-banded underwear we're all familiar with, to functional and sports-oriented ones.
It was only natural that #Lee Hana and #Lee Ina would run to the lingerie shop first.
Since it was a level 1 building, they only had simple items, but the two didn't seem to care.
You couldn't buy underwear separately; it had to be purchased as a set with a bra.
They must have been mining diligently, as the two picked out a few sets of lingerie. Next, they headed to the dress shop.
Dress shop. A dress isn't just a wedding dress. Any one-piece dress that emphasizes the waistline is called a dress.
Here, in the game, I'm not really sure what the use is, but the player can force-purchase them using the currency mined by the heroine characters and make them wear them.
In other words, it's for dress-up.
After examining the dresses, they must have decided they weren't practically useful right now, so they didn't buy anything and headed straight to the accessory shop.
Accessory shop. What comes to mind? Precious metals, right? Like earrings or necklaces. Exactly.
What they sold in the shop were basic earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and the like. And surprisingly, they even sell dolls!
Dolls are accessories too! Like cute teddy bear keychains.
The two lingered in front of those dolls for quite a while before buying one bear and one rabbit doll each, then started walking.
"As expected, they're so cute."
House Tech, Fashion Tech. I'd fully unlocked two tech trees. Now all that was left was Furniture Tech and Customizing.
Soon, the two arrived at #Home, took #Ha Suyeon, walked that long way back to go shopping, and then ate.
Maybe it's because it's a simulation, but just watching it is super fun.
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<Lee Ina>
Pbuk.
"......."
During class, Ina's face turned red at a sound she absolutely couldn't control.
As her belly grew, she couldn't control her bodily functions at all. She didn't even feel the urge to fart, but it just came out.
"I'm sooorry..."
She apologized to an unknown student from another department sitting next to her.
"Oh, no. It's okay."
The student sitting next to her saw Ina's protruding belly and understood.
This wasn't the only biological change Ina was experiencing.
"Ugh."
She just felt like retching. There was no reason. If she had to find one, morning sickness would flare up even if she just smelled food.
Her stomach was uncomfortable, and even when she went to the bathroom, she couldn't properly do her business.
With this repeating, it was hell.
"Ugh~. I'm dying."
"Ina, will you be okay for class later?"
A friend she'd gotten close to at the orientation and even went to the MT with asked with a worried face.
"Should I call your sunbae-nim?"
"Nooo. It's okay. Sunbae-nim is probably busy too."
Ina shook her head with a hollow face, burying it in the lecture desk.
If she called In-mok sunbae-nim, he would come running immediately. She knew that without even seeing him.
But she felt too sorry.
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Ina's 4-Star, (Problem)
- Even though we made a contract, I'm not actually being any help and am just a burden.
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It wasn't just that she wasn't being any help, but she had seen firsthand that he was genuinely busy.
Classes, assignments, part-time job. I went to visit him at the convenience store last time, and he was studying there.
Ugh. Lately, she'd been leaving her seat with Hana during breaks sometimes, and Do-jin oppa seemed to like that. She was curious, but she figured they'd tell her eventually.
"Ugh."
"Gasp! I-Ina?"
Her stomach was upset so she couldn't eat anything, and she was hungry but felt nauseous.
She had been fine up until the MT, but it had been like this lately.
"I want to eat an orange."
"O-orange?"
"Yeah."
She tried to hold it in, but she couldn't.
- Sunbae-nim~!
- I want to eat an orange...
- Are you busy?
- I'll be there soon.
When the break ended and class was in session, the back door opened slightly, and someone crawled toward the back.
"Gasp. Sunbae-nim...?"
Ina honestly thought he would come after class ended.
In-mok sunbae-nim handed Ina a few peeled orange slices, perhaps he had peeled them on the way.
"You there, student, what is this?"
It was a quiet lecture hall, so naturally, everyone saw it.
"Yes, I brought some peeled oranges."
"......What?"
The professor, momentarily stunned, looked at Ina, then soon wore an understanding face and smiled gently.
"Ah~, the sunbae from the same department I've only heard rumors about. It's a time when morning sickness is severe. I had a hard time when I was pregnant too. Take your time giving it to her."
"Ah, yes. Thank you."
All eyes were on them, but In-mok sunbae-nim's face looked calm.
As expected, adults are different.
When he sang in just his swimsuit at the MT last time, she had even thought that maybe he was more of a natural performer than she was.
When the liberal arts class ended, her friends said, sounding a bit envious.
"If a boyfriend took care of me like that, even I would fall for him~."
"He really takes such good care of you, huh? Now I get why you kept saying you wanted to have a baby at the OT."
Th-that was just how it was back then.
Still, ever since she confessed back then, there weren't many guys approaching her on campus.
They would occasionally appear when she went to the cafeteria or other buildings, but as the rumors spread, the frequency was decreasing.
The school seems big, but it's small. Naturally, rumors about a pregnant student with a baby bump were bound to spread quickly.
And now that her belly was big enough to be visible, any guy trying to hit on a pregnant woman was a lunatic.
She was just grateful to In-mok sunbae-nim, who took care of her sincerely even though it was just a contract.
It wasn't a relationship that started with... love, but now, there were many situations that were touching and made her heart flutter.
"Heh."
Besides, the envious gazes of her friends were quite satisfying for Ina, a girl who dreamed of the applause of being twenty.
After class ended, she trotted over to In-mok.
Her short bob had grown quite a bit now, becoming a medium-length cut that brushed her shoulders and swayed.
"Sunbae-nim!"
"Oh~. Did you enjoy the orange?"
"Yes! It was re~ally delicious! And I want to eat tteokbokki."
"Uh-huh, le, let's eat, let's eat."
Strangely, men didn't seem to like tteokbokki that much. From the perspective of Ina, who was now twenty, it was a strange thing.
How could anyone not like such delicious tteokbokki?
In-mok sunbae-nim is always like that. He grants everything Ina wants, even the trivial things. Since she could see him being considerate and cherishing her during dates, she couldn't help but develop feelings for him, even though they started as a contractual relationship.
"Sunbae-nim!"
"Hm? Yeah?"
In-mok sunbae-nim looked at her, surprised by the sudden call.
"You're going to your part-time job in a bit, right?"
"Hm? Yeah, that's right."
"You finish at 12, right?"
"Yeah. Why?"
She knew exactly when In-mok sunbae-nim finished. And with the money he received, he paid for living expenses and rent.
With the remaining money, he always bought food or gifts for her parents and the house.
If she thought this was just natural, she'd be a psychopath.
Plus, even though she was pregnant, she was still a freshman with traces of a high schooler left, so she couldn't consider herself the 'superior' one.
"Okay."
"Hm?"
In-mok sunbae-nim made a confused expression, not knowing what she meant.
She stayed with sunbae-nim after eating tteokbokki until he left for his part-time job, and from then on, Ina started preparing.
"Today, I'll do what sunbae likes..."
She prepared food and cleaned. Her belly now felt quite heavy.
Her breasts were also swollen and sometimes felt tight, but it was still bearable.
She still had time left over, so she did some 'studying'.
"Oh? You had a date with Mom?"
She watched the video of him shopping with Suyeon. And Mom could do things she couldn't.
─ Instead of my husband's pathetic dick, please put In-mok's massive cock all the way... into my pussy.
Satisfying her boyfriend's sense of superiority by comparing him to another man right there was something Ina couldn't do.
And because she was pregnant, she couldn't be handled to her heart's content like Mom in the video.
"I could take it well too..."
On the outside, Ina looked normal and cheerful, but like Suyeon, her way of thinking was gradually becoming twisted as time passed.
As a girlfriend, serving, dedicating herself to, and looking only at her boyfriend was natural.
Even if In-mok sunbae-nim treated her roughly, Ina would consider it natural. Because that's what a boyfriend is allowed to do.
However, since In-mok sunbae-nim is a kind person, he always considers her, so her gratitude doubles.
- Ha-eugh! Ah! Aaaah-! Ah!
The video of Mom, Suyeon, in another video, on all fours like a dog, spreading her buttocks with her hands while getting fucked, was fascinating every time she watched it.
"It's fascinating every time I watch it~. Mom is a woman too, after all."
What did sunbae say? She remembered him saying with a laugh that women can't move when they get fucked by a big cock.
Looking at Mom, it seemed like he was right. Was she like this when she did it with Dad...? Ugh. Let's not think about it.
She quickly turned her thoughts away from something she shouldn't be imagining.
Beep-beep-beep-beep-
Just then, sunbae-nim, who had finished work, opened the door and came in.
"Sunbae-nim~!"
"Oh? What? Weren't you at home? Shouldn't you be sleeping early?"
"Hehe~. Sunbae, you must be pent up! You couldn't even go on a date with Mom today. I thought you'd be pent up since I couldn't relieve you at school."
She said it with a somewhat mature expression, and sunbae-nim chuckled.
"Is that so?"
For some reason, his satisfied face and the look in his eyes that seemed to say he found her admirable made her chest swell with pride for no reason.
Ziip-
When sunbae-nim unzipped his zipper, Ina shook her head.
"Sunbae-nim, not this today! Lie down comfortably! Ve~ry comfortably. Think of it as resting comfortably since you're home. I'll give you a massage and help you release!"