Comforted by Breasts More Seriously Than I Thought
I buried my face in Min Seo-hye's cleavage and received comfort.
Back when I first joined the company, it would have been the kind of industry perk that every male employee at Hankook Air would have envied. But now that her true identity as the Sky Toilet had been exposed, there probably weren't any men left who still admired her.
If anything, they probably despised her.
Even though she was the woman who had sucked their dicks.
As for me, even now—after drawing no small amount of comfort from her embrace and barely managing to piece together the mental state that had shattered like a cookie—I still felt sorry for her.
We had called ourselves Office Spouses and Office Wife, but we were still the kind of people who never crossed the line we shouldn't cross.
But what about today?
That kiss on the cheek earlier.
Her cleavage just now.
Until now, I had been able to confidently tell anyone—even my wife, Jung Eun-ho—that my relationship with Min Seo-hye, the colleague I had respected and admired as a professional, was above board, even if I felt some guilt in my heart.
[Haha... So there are women like that too. Must be because she lived in America? How bold. I just hope she doesn't get hurt...]
That had been Eun-ho's cool reaction when she actually heard the story about Seo-hye's bold behavior.
She had even worried about Seo-hye.
And she had praised me for not treating her differently because of it.
[It's probably because she has a good senior like you that she's still working in Korea.]
...But not anymore.
I had gotten excited like an idiot over a kiss on the cheek.
While enjoying cleavage far larger than my wife's...
I had soothed my anger toward my wife...
If this wasn't cheating, then what was...?
The first act of betrayal I had ever committed against my wife.
...No.
That was... Eun-ho who...
Did it first, wasn't it...?
[I'm sorry, honey...]
[I love you, really...]
I stared at the KakaoTalk chat window with Eun-ho, who still hadn't replied.
Meeting another man.
Saying she was going to get pregnant with someone else's child using that guy's sperm.
Wasn't that kind of behavior the real betrayal and cheating?
Tap, tap...
Feeling that the guilt sprouting in my heart had found a refreshingly logical excuse, I moved my fingers and typed out a reply.
The answer Seo-hye had told me to give.
[Senior, She's so bluffing! That's what it is, that's it!]
[...You mean she's just acting tough? Then, she doesn't actually plan on meeting a man?]
[Definitely! Has Senior's wife ever been like that? Does she go around meeting guys all the time? just like me?]
Of course not.
...I didn't actually say that out loud.
Clearly, just like Seo-hye said, Eun-ho was just bluffing to push me into having a child.
Whoosh!
I sent it.
[Yeah, sure. Go meet as many as you want, just like Eun-ho wants. Don't worry about me, take it easy~]
A reply approving my wife's infidelity.
* * *
"Team Leader Kim Sung-won...! Where have you been all this time?! And where did Seo-hye go again that I can't see her?!"
"Ah, I'm sorry. I had some instructions to give..."
Since the two of us coming out together might raise suspicions, the other female flight attendants glared at me sharply as I left the rest area first.
They must have been displeased that we had left our posts during work.
"Hmph... You didn't go to the Sky Toilet, did you?"
Even so, I had to respond to this kind of provocation.
"Are you saying that to me right now? To me, Team Leader Kim Sung-won?"
When I responded in a low, firm voice, the women flinched.
The entire company knew that I was the only man who hadn't had anything going on with Min Seo-hye.
"Didn't I assign Seo-hye to the Japan round-trip flight duty before this flight? I gave her special rest time. No matter how much it's among women, if it goes too far, I won't overlook it as team leader."
"...Tch..."
See?
They had nothing to say, so why pick a fight?
While they were abusing Min Seo-hye with ridiculous work schedules.
Even while calling her that ridiculous nickname behind her back.
"But as team leader, I do need to set a good example. From now on, Seo-hye and I will take the corridor, so you all should take some rest."
Whoa~
With a small round of applause, the rebels dispersed.
Half of them grumbled, half of them cheered.
Offering to take the corridor was an incentive a team leader could provide.
With passengers having finished their meals and the flight entering a stable phase, the corridor lights would soon dim and most passengers would fall asleep.
Unless there was some kind of emergency, one or two people would be enough to manage the situation, so this was when the crew could also get some rest.
I looked at my smartphone.
The number 1 had disappeared, but there was still no reply from Eun-ho.
She was probably making a face like she'd been hit, then nervously chewing on her fingers like usual before taking out a can of beer from the fridge to vent her anger.
That was just like my wife.
"I've cleared my head... Alright, time to get some work done."
The plane had grown dark and quiet.
"Senior... you feel better...?"
A little later, when Seo-hye appeared in the corridor, I was able to nod confidently.
"Thanks to you... I'm better."
"Hehe... always works like a charm."
Seo-hye cutely pressed her breasts—which had magically improved my mood—with both hands, and I gave her a slightly embarrassed smile along with a fist bump.
Tap.
Yeah, this was enough.
* * *
After that, I was able to focus on work for several hours.
I quietly walked the corridor, bringing water to a few passengers, fetching extra blankets, and replacing broken earphones.
That's when it happened.
"Um... Could I possibly have a cup of instant noodles...?"
I recognized the lady who had placed her order with an extremely shy and polite attitude in an instant.
A family of three traveling with her husband and child.
The same family whose spilled milk had splashed on my collar earlier when the plane shook.
Thanks to them, I had received help from Seo-hye, which led to my expression and bad mood being noticed... and even receiving that kiss on the cheek.
Should I thank them, or should I say they caused trouble...?
Either way, they were people who would probably stay on my mind during this flight.
"Of course. Will one be enough?"
"Yes..."
Her voice was soft yet truly alluring.
She was a beauty who exuded a mature elegance that would linger in memory, even among the countless passengers I encountered.
The dignity that came from her well-tailored suit.
"My husband doesn't like instant food, and the child is too young..."
Come to think of it, the husband sleeping beside her also looked like a perfect gentleman, from his upright posture to his dignified suit.
Their age... both in their late thirties?
No. They might be in their forties, having taken extremely good care of themselves.
The little gentleman wearing a bow tie looked about two or three years old, yet he was somehow enduring the darkness inside the plane remarkably well.
"Here, the cup noodles you ordered."
"Thank you..."
Following that deep voice, my gaze naturally shifted to the line of her neck as she reached out her hand...
'Whoa...'
I was surprised.
Insane... Those were huge breasts.
Her figure was so violently voluptuous that I wanted to praise my own professionalism for not showing any reaction. That body had been hidden beneath her elegant fingers and lustrous hair...
Slurp, slurp.
"......?"
I made a mistake.
I had absentmindedly watched her eat.
"Please enjoy your meal."
After giving the woman a slight eye-smile in response, I left the family behind and quickly moved on.
A little later, because the smell of instant noodles began spreading through the cabin, Seo-hye and I had to spend a long time tearing open dozens of cup noodles and constantly operating the electric kettle in response to the constantly ringing call buttons.
* * *
Modern transportation is based on anonymity.
There's nothing more uncomfortable for a passenger than feeling like the crew recognizes them.
I had thought that I should avoid approaching that family as much as possible during this flight after their rudeness...
But a little later, something happened that required both Seo-hye and me to respond at the same time.
"Hng... Ing... Hwaaaang..."
"What do I do... The crying won't stop..."
It was the seat where that family had been.
For some reason, neither the busty woman who had ordered the cup noodles nor the husband who had been sleeping were anywhere to be seen.
The absurd situation of only the two-year-old child being left alone and crying.
"Senior, this is... abandonment, right?"
"It could be. The child is too young to be left alone."
Hmm, where could they have gone?
It was rare, but it was possible they had both urgently gone to the bathroom at the same time.
"Then we should bring this baby together..."
That was my thought too.
But the important thing right now was calming the crying child.
"Hiiiing... Hweeeng..."
"Wow... Senior, you are so bad at this."
...That was also the thing I was worst at in the world.
Seo-hye quickly pulled the child into her arms and melted the baby with the bright smile that only a beauty could give.
Anyway, we couldn't leave the child alone in case it started crying again.
"There aren't many passengers today, so the back seats are pretty empty. Let's take the child over there."
Leaving a child alone.
I thought I would have to say something to the couple later.
It was a precious child that I couldn't even have.
Together with Seo-hye holding the baby, the three of us crossed the dark corridor and sat the child in a corner seat to put it to sleep.
...For a moment, I suddenly felt like we were a family.
'If I just replaced Seo-hye with Eun-ho right now...'
No, even if Seo-hye stayed as she was...
It was a decent family, no less than that one earlier...
I found myself thinking that.
"Senior, what are you thinking?"
I came to my senses at Seo-hye's playful tone as she poked my side.
At that moment, something else important came to mind.
"Seo-hye, I... need to go to the bathroom."
* * *
I felt like I was going to burst.
I hadn't gone to the bathroom for a full seven hours.
The tense incidents.
The unusual situations.
The bravado of making the other crew members rest while I took on all the work myself.
It was the result of many things piling up.
But of all times, every single bathroom was occupied!
After completely crossing the plane's corridor, I turned back toward the starting point with urgent steps.
'Huh...? Come to think of it, this bathroom... has been showing as occupied since earlier, but no one's come out...?'
Behind the seat where the child and Seo-hye were together.
The bathroom in the very corner of the plane.
'H-Hey, could there have been an accident...?'
Knock, knock, knock.
"Is anyone there? Are you alright? This is the crew. Please answer."
There was no answer.
The moment I unlocked the bathroom door with the master key given only to the team leader, my mind went completely blank.
Maybe I had only been thinking about wanting to pee quickly, using my duties as crew as an excuse.
But...
'...Huh?'
But...
'.......Huh, huh? Huhhhhhhhh?'
Seeing the scene unfolding before my eyes, I felt a dizziness as if the entire world had truly turned white.
'W-What the hell is this situation?!'
Beautiful hair and figure that I could recognize even with my eyes covered.
Bound inside the bathroom was the very mother of the child who had requested the cup noodles.