Chapter 68
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 68
Chapter Title: It'll Be Me Lying in Bed with You
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Even if I say I'm comfortable, the moment she senses anything suspicious, she'll put her guard up right away.
That's how solid her feelings for Lee Jin-seong are.
Instead, I need to use those feelings to my advantage.
"Ji-hyun. You're a total one-track fan, you've never even kissed anyone. Zero experience."
"……."
"So how do you plan to appeal to him? He's so famous, he's probably met countless women."
"……."
[Yeah. That's... exactly what I've been most worried about.]
I'd already seen her self-blaming inner thoughts earlier. This should hit home.
"If you want to meet him, don't you think you need to put in some effort?"
"Ef...fort?"
"Yeah. Study what guys like, figure out how to make it happen. Right?"
"Yeah. You're right. That makes sense."
"And have you been making that effort?"
"……I've gotten pretty famous myself, haven't I? He must know about me by now. When he sees me, won't he think I'm doing well?"
"At best, he'll still see you as that little kid from the neighborhood he knew back in the day."
"……."
[Yeah... that's probably it. Right. To him, I'm just the neighborhood kid. He even calls me that.]
That's an unexpected detail.
He calls her "neighborhood kid" sometimes, treating her affectionately like that.
"Don't make that disappointed face. It's not time to give up yet."
"……Is there a way?"
"You still meet up occasionally, right?"
"He's so busy, we hardly see each other. Only when we bump into each other by chance near where we used to live after parting ways."
"Occasionally, huh. So opportunities are pretty rare."
"Yeah... I know."
"That's why you have to make the most of those rare chances. Hmm. There are two ways."
"Two ways?"
Song Ji-hyun's eyes go wide and round.
"Yeah. One is to keep waiting like you are now and meet through a project. That way, you can get much closer and show off your charms."
"……But that's not easy. I don't even know what projects he's doing. And he's already in a drama."
"Then this is your only option."
"What is it?"
"Does Lee Jin-seong see you as a woman at all?"
"Well... "
"He just sees you as the neighborhood kid, right?"
"……Yeah."
"Then you need to break that image."
"Exactly! That's what's been bothering me. I've grown up like this, but in his eyes, I must still look like a little girl."
"You were such a cute neighborhood kid."
"So, what should I do?"
"Sexy appeal. That's the most effective."
"W-what?"
"I'm not a kid anymore. I'm a woman. Look how mature I've become. Appeal it directly like that."
[Ugh. How do I even do that? It's embarrassing and shy.]
"I guarantee it. If you do that, Lee Jin-seong will definitely be shaken. 'When did this kid grow up like this? She's a full woman now?' Something like that."
"……Really?"
"Ugh, sorry to say this, but... your, uh, breasts. They're a killer weapon."
"Ah... "
"Use them as your weapon to seduce Lee Jin-seong. Then he might start seeing you as a woman and react differently."
[Yeah. The one thing definitely different from when I was a kid... is these breasts. I've heard no guy hates breasts.]
She's convincing herself without me even using the Conviction ability.
"How do you seduce with your breasts...?"
She's embarrassed but clearly wants to know.
"You said you're a one-track fan, right?"
"You're one too. Wait, you probably don't know either."
"Still, I'm a guy, so I know what works."
"R-really?"
This one might convince her on her own, or not.
To make sure, I decided to use the D-grade skill.
"The key is skinship. Skinship using those breasts."
"Skinship? I... I'm not bold enough for that."
"Then some other girl will snatch him away. These days, it's not like the old times where you wait for the guy to confess."
"I know that, but."
"Then let's do this. Practice on me."
"O-on you!?"
"We're friends. Friends help each other out."
"Ah... "
"You're an actress, so acting's your strength, but real life is different, right?"
I blocked any potential excuses in advance.
"You want Lee Jin-seong, don't you? Then put in the effort, Ji-hyun."
And when I urged her,
"Yeah! Let's do it!"
Surprisingly, Song Ji-hyun bought it right away and jumped to her feet.
The alcohol must be making her more decisive.
A pleasant chime rang in my mind.
'Let's have a little fun first.'
"So, how should we start? What do you think would be good?"
"First, next time we meet. Link arms and... appeal with these breasts."
"How exactly?"
"Come here and link arms."
She doesn't see me as a guy at all.
She walks over confidently and links arms naturally.
"Not like that. Pull my arm in strong so your breasts press against it."
"Like this?"
Squish-
'Deadly pressure.'
It felt good when I touched them with my hand before, but this is nice too.
Her pulling my arm herself made the breast pressure against it even better than expected.
[This is... kinda embarrassing. Did I pull too hard? But it seems effective? Min-seong's face is red.]
Honestly, with an actress's breasts pressing against my arm, how could I not react?
Even just the touch conveys their softness and squishiness, getting me aroused.
"Good. You did well. Next time you see him, call him friendly and do this."
"He'll really like it, right?"
"Absolutely. That breast pressure will make Lee Jin-seong think different thoughts for sure."
"I hope so."
[I've seen stuff like this in dramas before. It should work like Min-seong says.]
Her positive reaction satisfied me. Time for the next step.
"Let's practice something else."
"There's more?"
"Of course."
I found a chair without a backrest and sat down.
"Imagine Lee Jin-seong sitting like this, reading a script. What if you hug him from behind all casual-like?"
"Th-that seems too embarrassing."
"You have to make the effort. Think of me as Lee Jin-seong."
"Mmm."
[Fine. Whatever. Let's try it.]
Song Ji-hyun, having steeled herself, cautiously hugged me from behind.
The pressure of her breasts pressing into my back and her scent slowly built my excitement.
'What kind of breasts are these, seriously.'
Just the pressure let me imagine how soft and springy they were.
"Is this... right?"
"Say your line too."
"Oppa... hi? Like this?"
"Make it bubbly, so it doesn't seem intentional."
"Got it."
"Try again. From approaching from behind."
"Mmm."
[Doing this to Min-seong is embarrassing... but it's practice. Practice. Effort, Song Ji-hyun.]
Song Ji-hyun backed away, then bounced over energetically and hugged me tight from behind.
"Oppa! Hi!"
'Kuuh. Perfect.'
Even stronger breast pressure than before. Lee Jin-seong wouldn't stand a chance.
I racked my brain for more contact ideas.
"Good job."
"He won't be embarrassed, right?"
"Deep down, he'll love it."
"I hope so."
"Let's practice the next one."
"More?"
"No matter how shy you are, you have to be bubbly with Lee Jin-seong. Treat him like your comfy neighborhood oppa."
"So? What do I do?"
I stood up casually.
"When Lee Jin-seong's standing like this, just run up and hug him."
"Just? Straight-up?"
"Yeah. Call him oppa, like a cute little sister jumping into his arms."
"……That's really embarrassing. Not easy with my personality."
"Try it. That's why we're practicing."
Song Ji-hyun hesitated, biting her lip lightly.
[If I'm doing it, might as well do it right. Yeah. If I suddenly hug him, it'll shake his heart.]
Good conviction.
"Oppa!"
The fresh, bubbly Song Ji-hyun ran up, slipped her arms under mine, and hugged tight.
'Wow.'
Intenser than any skinship so far.
Because her big breasts were pressing into my whole body.
A top actress was hugging me.
"Uh, uh, hi Ji-hyun."
[He's playing along? But now... what? Like in dramas, maybe.]
"Oppa, buy me tteokbokki. I'm hungry."
"Should I? But Ji-hyun, could you back off a bit?"
"Sorry. Ah!"
I flicked her forehead as she pulled away.
"Ow. Why'd you hit me?"
"Dummy. If you back off right away when he says to, what's the point? Stay hugged up, look at his face, make eye contact, appeal sexy."
"Ah... that's what you mean?"
Truth is, I just wanted to feel that pressure longer. An excuse I came up with.
"Let's... try again. Oppa! Hi!"
"Uh, yeah. Hi, Ji-hyun."
"I... "
She's an actress, alright.
She adapted fast, subtly shaking while pressing her breasts.
That made their raw softness even more vivid.
The cleavage was crystal clear from above.
This is... gonna make me hard.
"Hm?"
She glanced down where it touched her lower body, freaked out, and jumped back.
[W-what? M-Min-seong... what are you thinking? It's just practice.]
Times like this, you need thick skin.
"Ji-hyun. What if Lee Jin-seong reacted like that?"
"Ah... oppa got excited?"
"Yeah. Excited from the skinship. Means he felt you as a woman."
"So it gets bigger?"
"Exactly. If it does, stage one success. Think you can handle up to here?"
"Uh... y-yeah. I think so."
"Let's practice more anyway."
"Should we?"
I taught her a few more moves.
Like casually putting a hand on his thigh.
Or showing cleavage to appeal.
[If I do this... he'll definitely see me as a woman, right? Even I think these are good ideas.]
[Min-seong gave good advice. Gotta try it next time I see oppa. But... that thing on Min-seong is still bulging.]
Timing feels ripe.
"Keep this up, and you'll definitely get with Lee Jin-seong once he sees you as a woman."
"Hehe. I hope so."
"Now for the surefire method. You can feel he's seeing you as a woman, right? Invite him home right then."
"Here? T-to my place?"
"Yeah. Say let's eat. Offer to cook. Or make an excuse about a script coming in and wanting to practice acting."
"Ah... that's brilliant?"
[Just thinking about it makes my heart race. Oppa coming to my place. Sounds amazing.]
Even as a one-track fan, she's read countless scripts and seen dramas and movies, so she knows love psychology in theory.
But theory crumbles when it's your own situation.
And with no experience, she'll flounder with just basic common sense.
Her shy personality means seducing Lee Jin-seong will be clumsy.
I'm exploiting that gap. Under the guise of training and practice.
And the intensity of this training will ramp up. I'll convince her it should.
[What should I make if oppa comes over? What dish? Ah, acting practice would be so fun too.]
Watching her innocent thoughts stirs a twinge of conscience.
'It's those breasts' fault.'
Looking at them chases those feelings far away.
"But Ji-hyun. Once you bring him home, you won't just eat and practice acting and send him off, right?"
"……That... yeah. We have to do naughty stuff too?"
Good, she gets that much.
"Obviously. Him coming to your place means he sees you as a woman. He'll be expecting it."
"Th-that stuff."
"Sex. No need to be shy between friends."
"Ugh... it's embarrassing. Even as friends."
Her cuteness made me chuckle, then I continued.
"You worked hard to get him there. You don't want to just let him go, right?"
"Yeah. I admit it."
[To have oppa... I definitely need courage.]
"Good. After dinner and a glass of wine, nice buzz going. What's the final step?"
"Final... umm."
"Take him to the bedroom."
"Ahhh. Right."
"How will you do it?"
"……."
"You don't expect Lee Jin-seong to carry you in, do you?"
"That'd be... tough?"
"You seduced him, so see it through. Can't look like a kid. Show maturity to be seen as a woman."
"R-right."
"Super easy way."
"What?"
"TV's in the bedroom, right?"
"Yeah. For lounging and watching alone."
"Perfect hook. Say let's watch a movie, take him there. While listening to your acting worries."
"Aah!?"
"Genius, right?"
"You're the best!"
[I can do this! A little courage, and I'll be in bed with oppa.]
Sorry, but that bed.
It'll be me lying there with you, not Lee Jin-seong.