Mecha-BJ Nabi?
Academy restaurant, inside the academy.
It was buzzing with customers.
“13th table, ten T-bone steak sets! Medium-rare steak, the outer crust crispy, the meat aged at least twenty-one days — prime grade! With bearnaise sauce, and add extra truffle oil…”
“Uwa, what the hell are four of us supposed to eat that much?!”
At first, all those orders poured in, and everyone worked together with full effort to prepare the food.
But that was only when the first order came.
“Uwaaak!! My arm!!”
“Hey! No time to feel pain! There are other orders too!!”
“What do you want me to do?! How many orders is this now?!”
“Um… 18?”
“I know! So don’t say anything! Just shut up!”
“While you’re counting, move your hands!!”
It was like that.
When the first order came, it seemed like that would be the end, but by now it was the 18th order.
A blonde woman kept ordering one T-bone steak set after another, and the other two men continued placing complicated orders as if they were checking with Michelin. The remaining two had ordered normally, so at least they could vent their frustration.
“Uwa! Shit shit shit! I need to watch the broadcast!!”
“Where do you have time to watch it?! Just cook the meat already!!”
“I want to watch it too, but I can’t!! Just hurry! The ingredients will run out soon anyway!!”
“Really?! Uwaaaaaaaaah!!”
At the mention of the ingredients running out, the man who had said to watch the broadcast sped up his hands, and the others followed suit without hesitation.
Speed Enhancement
They all thought the same thing.
Before the broadcast ended, they moved their hands as fast as possible to finish the ingredients.
Everyone was male.
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“Haaa~~ It’s best when it’s free, right?”
“Uung… I still want more.”
“Hae-sol, stop eating already. Ah! I told you not to eat the bones!”
Yoo Hwa-young, who had leaned back in her chair with her stomach full after saying free food was the best, glared at Lee Cheon-seong who snatched the bones from Hae-sol, who was chewing on the last bit of bone.
Cheon Seong wiped his mouth and said.
“Let’s go now. I’ll pay as I said earlier.”
“Hey~! Thank you!”
“Uung… Will you buy snacks too?”
Ignoring Hae-sol’s question about snacks, Cheon Seong stood up. Lee Yuna, sitting next to him, followed and asked.
“But Cheon Seong-ah, are you okay? It seems like you went a bit too far…”
“I’m fine, Yuna. There’s still enough money. No need to worry.”
Yuna, who knew exactly how much money Cheon Seong had, looked at the scene and found it concerning.
Even though the academy facilities were cheaper than outside, and the monthly stipend for students was 30 million won, this scene still looked like it cost more than a single student could afford.
Outside, a plate of food cost 100,000 won, but inside the academy it was sold for 20,000 won.
The academy paid students 30 million won monthly for maintenance.
In terms of academy prices, that was quite generous, but seeing Cheon Seong devour two T-bone steak sets until the restaurant’s ingredients ran out, it was clear he had gone way beyond his means.
The orders that had consumed minutes for Cheon Seong and Yuna had taken only minutes for Hwa-young, who secretly grabbed the bones while eating.
The server, who had been smiling brightly at the first order, sat exhausted on the floor when the 18th order arrived, and she cheered that it was finally over.
“Thank you. Have a safe trip home.”
“Huh? Where did the bones go…?”
“…Thank you. Please take care.”
The staff rushed out, searching for the missing bones.
Checking the receipt, the total was 3.79 million won, far exceeding the academy’s maintenance fee.
Considering the normal orders of Yuna and Cheon Seong, Hae-sol’s share was 89 percent, and Hwa-young’s was 10 percent.
“Wow~ I really ate well! Hey, thanks! Thanks to you, my stomach is full.”
“Dessert…”
Hwa-young, who said she ate well and thanked them, had grabbed every bone even though the pocket expanded by the expensive space-expansion spell, but still looked at Hae-sol pleading for dessert.
“If you ate well, that’s good. Then I’ll go.”
Again ignoring Hae-sol, Cheon Seong told Yuna.
“Let’s go, Yuna.”
“…Yeah. I know, Cheon Seong-ah.”
“Hey, take care! You’re not going to do something weird in the dorm, right? You’ll get expelled if you do, ~”
“I won’t do that.”
Cheon Seong glared at Hwa-young, who was smirking and teasing him.
He had learned while eating that his dorm and Yuna’s were right next to each other.
He hadn’t known because he had come straight to the dorm after class yesterday with Hana, and Yuna hadn’t known because of separate Lucinus training.
Probably Beatrice already knew…
Cheon Seong had chosen not to tell Yuna to surprise her, or because if she knew he might visit often or she might come to him.
“In… dessert…”
“Ha… Dessert, I’ll buy it next time. Stop already.”
“Really? Really?”
Cheon Seong told Hae-sol, who kept saying “dessert dessert,” that he would buy it next time and to stop, and Hae-sol’s face lit up as she extended her finger.
“Really? Promise.”
Looking at Cheon Seong with questioning eyes, Hae-sol said he had to make the promise.
It was the finger promise they all used to do when they were little.
“Do I really have to?”
“You won’t keep your promise?”
Cheon Seong asked if he really had to because he was reluctant to touch Hae-sol, and Hae-sol’s face darkened again, her chest caving in.
“Hey, don’t do that. What’s so hard about it?”
“Ha… I get it. I’ll do it.”
With her chest caved in, Hae-sol’s finger still refused to lower, so Cheon Seong hooked his finger with hers.
“There. The promise is made, right?”
“Yeah. It’s made. Thank you, Cheon Seong.”
“It’s not Cheon Seong. It’s Cheon Seong.”
Cheon Seong corrected the name again and headed to the dorm with Yuna.
Walking silently without a word, unlike usual, Yuna made Cheon Seong glance at her from the side.
He kept getting restless, not knowing why Yuna’s mood had soured, and the situation continued until they reached the dorm.
In the end, without a word, they arrived in front of their dorm and Cheon Seong opened his mouth cautiously toward Yuna standing there.
“Um… Yuna. Today… that was fun.”
—Shiver.
At the word “fun,” Yuna’s body, which hadn’t moved at all, shivered faintly, and Cheon Seong, not noticing, opened the door with a heavy heart.
When Cheon Seong entered the room, the darkness slowly filled the space.
The light from the hallway seeped in through the door and gradually disappeared as it closed.
Click—
Just before fully closing, the door opened again.
Click.
“Eh, Yuna… mmm!”
Cheon Seong turned his head, and Yuna’s slender white hand quietly covered his mouth.
Quiet
‘Don’t say anything.’
A whisper reached from the tips of her fingers.
Click.
The door closed, and complete darkness enveloped the room.
He could have seen through the darkness if he gathered mana into his eyes, but Cheon Seong didn’t do that.
Somehow, he felt it wouldn’t be right.
In the quiet silence, Yuna’s voice cut through the darkness.
“Cheon Seong-ah.”
Her fingers still covered his mouth.
She didn’t want an answer.
She just wanted to confirm.
“You… know that I love you?”
Silence from Cheon Seong.
Then, a little strength entered the tips of Yuna’s fingers.
Doubt
‘That’s not it.’
Her silent protest reached, and Cheon Seong slowly nodded.
Only then did a little tension leave Yuna’s fingers.
But Yuna spoke again.
“No. You don’t know how much I love you…”
Cheon Seong couldn’t hold back and grabbed her hand.
“That can’t be.”
Yuna’s love for him was deeper and warmer than anything in the world.
It was like family, sometimes like parents, and above all, heavier than a lover.
Not knowing about that love was something he couldn’t accept.
But Yuna quietly shook her head.
“You don’t know. No, I want to believe you don’t.”
Power entered Cheon Seong’s hand.
His fingertips trembled faintly on their own.
“No. I… know. Really…”
Her trembling voice.
The anxiety and confusion at the end of her sentence were fully conveyed to Yuna.
At that moment.
Yuna quietly pressed her lips to Cheon Seong’s.
Cheon Seong stiffened, but Yuna didn’t pull away.
Instead, she hugged him more deeply.
As if she wanted to embrace even his trembling heart.
Cheon Seong stopped resisting.
A small tremor spread through his whole body, and the warm touch that slid between his lips struck his heart.
At the end of the long kiss, their breaths intertwined.
In the darkness, fingertips touched.
Yuna’s hand gently stroked the front of Cheon Seong’s shirt.
Thud.
One button came undone.
Cheon Seong looked at Yuna.
His eyes carried a silent but certain question.
‘Are you really okay?’
Yuna closed her eyes for a moment and opened them again.
Her golden-brown eyes, touched with gold, gazed straight into Cheon Seong’s eyes.
There was no wavering in that gaze.
She didn’t answer, she just smiled.
Then she whispered lowly.
“…Love you. Cheon Seong-ah.”
With those words, everything was opened.
Buttons came undone one by one, and Cheon Seong’s shirt was slowly peeled away.
Yuna’s touch was careful yet deep.
The warmth and emotion wrapping her body spread throughout the room.
Desire was hidden, and what remained was only love.
Perhaps that love was so tenacious it burned so hot it could be called madness under the name of love.
But even so, Cheon Seong did not reject Yuna’s warmth.
Within that warmth, he felt love again.
He wanted to be sure and to confirm it.
The two people silently hugged each other.
Deeper emotion than a kiss or even a body’s tremor enveloped them.
This night was an answer.
Clumsy, but the most truthful confession.