Chapter 12: With the Crush Who Became My Girlfriend and Her Friend Beside Me
“Hye-na-ya.”
“Eung?”
“We… want to date?”
Hye-na turned her head to look at him.
Her pupils trembled.
"O… Oppa."
She bit her lips.
And lowered her eyes.
“That’s…”
“Why?”
“Isn’t it too fast?”
“I was worried it was too late, actually.”
His gaze didn’t waver.
“I… like you.”
After their first encounter, Hye-na’s score never dropped below 50.
The system’s standard for love...
Among couples on the street, it was rare to find both maintaining a 50.
He thought this score showed Hye-na’s feelings for him weren’t small.
So he was certain.
‘Hye-na… loves me.’
And that she would never reject his confession...
“Oppa… you don’t know me well yet. What kind of person I am…”
Hye-na spoke in a small voice, trailing off.
Probably,
the fact that she’d been taken by another man before hearing this confession was making her hesitate.
“Do other couples know everything about each other before dating? No one starts knowing everything from the beginning. Isn’t the current feeling what matters?”
His words were full of conviction,
and that conviction seemed to temporarily suppress Hye-na’s anxiety.
But she still shook her head.
Her lips trembled.
“I… might not be the kind of woman Oppa thinks I am. Pure or… clean or…”
Before she finished,
Yeonwoo cut her off.
“Huh? How old are you… I don’t think you’re pure or… clean.”
“What the hell!!!!”
“Haha, just kidding… I don’t care what kind of woman you are.”
“Oppa is too pure. Or… you’re seeing me too kindly. I’m… really not the kind of woman Oppa thinks I am.”
“Huh? What do you think I think of you?”
“Clean… pure… innocent…”
“I said I don’t…”
“Aigoo… really…”
Yeonwoo looked at Hye-na warmly for a while.
“Do you… hate me?”
Hye-na quickly shook her head.
“No… I… like Oppa too.”
“Then? Why are you hesitating? You like me… but not enough to date?”
“No! Not at all.”
Hye-na shook her head rapidly.
“I… really like Oppa a lot. Maybe… it’s already love…”
Hye-na spoke hastily.
“But why are you hesitating?”
Hye-na was speechless at his words.
She stared at Yeonwoo’s face for a long time.
Her feelings for Yeonwoo alone made her want to accept his confession right away.
But the relationship with Professor Yeon kept making her hesitate.
The day she met him to end their relationship...
She had let him touch her body again.
And now, having accepted Yeonwoo’s body with that same body, she felt disgusted with herself.
The ongoing relationship with Professor Yeon.
Was it the right thing to date Yeonwoo in this state?
Those doubts and conflicts wouldn’t leave her mind.
But her feelings for Yeonwoo were clear.
At this moment,
the feeling that she didn’t want to lose him was also clear.
Finally, Hye-na took a deep breath.
She nodded.
“…I understand.”
“Huh?”
“I understand. Let’s… date.”
“Really?”
“Yes. Really.”
Yeonwoo truly looked happy.
“Thank you… I’ll do well from now on.”
“I’ll… please take care of me too from now on.”
Noisy meat restaurant.
Yeonwoo, Hye-na, and Seon-yeong sat around a round table.
Previously introduced as Hye-na’s crush...
Now officially as her boyfriend to Seon-yeong.
Soy sauce bottles multiplied on the table, and laughter grew frequent.
Seon-yeong spoke a lot to lift the mood, and Hye-na nodded along, smiling.
Yeonwoo alternately poured drinks for both.
“Congratulations. When… Oppa was introduced to me last time… I thought this would happen.”
“Really? Why?”
Yeonwoo asked.
“Back then… the way Hye-na looked at Oppa was unusual. I’d never seen that look before.”
“Really? You should’ve hinted. I… was really anxious not knowing how Hye-na felt about me…”
“Well… anyway, it worked out. Hye-na… you need to treat her well. Or else… I won’t let you off.”
“Hahaha… I guess I have to treat Hye-na well, even if it’s out of fear of you.”
“Well… I don’t expect anything from Oppa. Just… love me like you do now.”
Hye-na said shyly.
“I do too…”
Yeonwoo put down his chopsticks and carefully continued.
“I just… hope we don’t lie to each other. A relationship where we trust each other and support each other.”
For a moment, Hye-na’s expression stiffened slightly.
She was still worried about the secret relationship with Professor Yeon Jeong-ho.
But soon, Hye-na smiled as if nothing had happened.
“Aren’t you being too serious all of a sudden?”
A light tone to brush it off.
Seon-yeong noticed Hye-na’s thoughts and clapped to change the mood.
“Let’s… have a drink. Now you’re really dating. I fully support you.”
“Thank you.”
Yeonwoo nodded with a smile.
Even as they clinked glasses, he carefully observed Seon-yeong’s reactions.
The tone of her words,
the speed of her laughter,
the tremor in her eyes.
In fact, after meeting her and activating the status window, he had manually set her score to 40.
He judged that her favorability toward him was necessary for the atmosphere of tonight’s gathering as Hye-na’s boyfriend to be good.
And his judgment was correct; Seon-yeong showed favor toward Yeonwoo throughout the gathering and sincerely congratulated Hye-na.
The support of a best friend.
It was a sufficient catalyst for Hye-na to solidify her feelings for Yeonwoo.
After a while, Yeonwoo excused himself to the restroom.
As he stood up, Seon-yeong cautiously spoke.
“…Professor Yeon Jeong-ho, does he still contact you?”
Hye-na paused, holding her glass.
“Yeah…”
“What are you going to do about it?”
“Just keep avoiding him. I told him over the phone not to meet anymore and blocked his contact.”
Hye-na tried to sound calm.
“Anyway, there’s only a year left until graduation.”
Seon-yeong sighed and smiled.
“A year… is more than enough time for him to mess with you and torment you.”
After a moment, she added quietly.
“You also want to succeed in this field, right? You have talent. That bastard can’t keep blocking your path…”
Hye-na didn’t answer.
She just slowly drank the remaining alcohol in her glass.
When they saw Yeonwoo returning from the restroom, they closed their mouths.
Seon-yeong naturally changed the topic.
“Oh, we were talking about where to go next. Isn’t it too noisy here?”
“Then, should we drink more at my place?”
At Yeonwoo’s suggestion, Hye-na hesitated briefly before nodding.
The three finished paying and left the store.
Yeonwoo’s studio apartment.
The three continued drinking with delivery chicken as snacks.
Laughter and soju bottles rolled on the floor, and the atmosphere grew hotter.
Then Seon-yeong collapsed onto the sofa first.
“Ugh… I’m dizzy… I can’t drink anymore.”
She exhaled unevenly with her eyes closed.
Yeonwoo checked Seon-yeong’s status window.
Target: Kim Seon-yeong, Emotion Level 22
Even with the automatic mode, the number didn’t drop below 20.
‘Seon-yeong also sees me positively as Hye-na’s boyfriend… Once a good image is set, favorability doesn’t drop easily.’
Yeonwoo muttered to himself.
“I can’t drink anymore either.”
Hye-na shook her head, her face flushed.
The waistline revealed under her black crop top and the curve of her buttocks tightly wrapped in a gray mini skirt glistened under the lights.
She stumbled and sat down in the empty seat next to Seon-yeong.
She sat down in the empty seat next to Seon-yeong, who was lying on the sofa, slightly unsteady.
Yeonwoo watched her, then silently approached and sat in front of her.
On one side of the three-seater sofa was Seon-yeong, and on the other side was Hye-na, with Yeonwoo sitting on the floor in front of her.
Yeonwoo’s hand slowly traced up Hye-na’s calf.
“Huh? What are you doing, Oppa…”
Hye-na shivered slightly and whispered.
Then she glanced at Seon-yeong lying next to her.
“Seon-yeong is here too. Don’t do this…”
“Why?”
Yeonwoo glanced at Seon-yeong’s face and said.
“She seems to be asleep?”
“What if she wakes up…”
“I don’t know… Seon-yeong will understand.”
Yeonwoo replied.
Yeonwoo glanced at Seon-yeong’s face and fixed his gaze on Hye-na.
He lowered his head and pressed his hot lips against her cold ankle.
When he lightly licked up with his tongue, Hye-na’s leg trembled.
“Aigoo… I don’t like this. I don’t want to show this side to my friend.”
She complained, but her thighs slightly parted.
Yeonwoo’s lips slowly moved up her calf.
He sucked and licked the skin, stimulating it with his teeth, and each time Hye-na’s breathing grew heavier.
When his lips touched the smooth skin inside her thigh, Hye-na’s breath quickened.
“Hah! Hah! Oppa… really… why are you doing this… Hah! I’m… getting weird again.”
Target: Kang Hye-na, Emotion Level 55
Her hand unconsciously gripped the armrest of the sofa.
Seon-yeong’s steady breathing sounded like another rhythm nearby.
Yeonwoo slightly lifted the hem of her skirt.
Thin panties were revealed.
The center was already damp and darkened.
“I’m going crazy. Really… what are you doing…”
Hye-na, truly flustered, gently pushed Yeonwoo’s hand away.
But Yeonwoo, without hesitation, grabbed the elastic band of the panties and pulled them down.
The panties slid down to her calves and fell under the sofa.
“Ah!!! Really… why are you doing this, Oppa.”
He spread his knees and buried his head.
His tongue swept up the pubic hair and licked the wet labia.
Hye-na’s body jolted.
“Oppa… really don’t… Ah~ Oppa…”
Hye-na pushed Yeonwoo’s head away while constantly checking Seon-yeong’s state.
Hye-na’s body trembled, and a “Hik…” sound escaped between her lips.
She quickly covered her mouth with one hand.
Her eyes were still fixed on Seon-yeong’s face, checking if she was waking up.
Yeonwoo’s tongue moved more actively.
“Oppa, please… after Seon-yeong leaves… then… Hnn…”
Yeonwoo extended his tongue, exploring, licking, and sucking the wet, hot folds inside her pussy.
Churup― Chap― Churup―
The sounds echoed in their ears.