166. Swimsuit Festival (7)
166. Swimsuit Festival (7)
"Hngh♥ Haah! Hnng─! Th-that's not allowed! No more squishing me—♥"
Shin Se-hee let out a suggestive moan.
Her whole body was drenched in sweat.
Shiver—
Her body twisted as if wracked by spasms.
"Feels good?"
"......G-good! It feels good! It feels good! So p-please, no more!"
"Huh? We're only halfway done, aren't we? There's still about ten minutes left. Let's just hold on a little longer."
At Jin Yu-ha's words, Shin Se-hee's pupils quaked as if an earthquake had struck.
'......You're going to keep doing this for ten more minutes?'
I'm going to die.
I'm seriously going to die.
Even though there was no life-threatening danger whatsoever, Shin Se-hee felt terror.
'......It's too good. Yes, it's too good, but...... this.'
She honestly felt so good she could die.
The scenario she had first imagined had been nothing more than her own delusion.
But she didn't even have the time to feel embarrassed about that.
Because Jin Yu-ha's rough hands had begun mercilessly violating her body.
She had received various spa treatments before, so honestly, she had initially looked down on this.
The touch of that Jin Yu-ha—she had accepted it with a willing heart, seeing it as a form of reward.
The very fact that he thought of her that much was enough to move her.
She figured it would just hurt a little and stop.
She thought he'd just knead her a bit and be done with it.
But oh, how wrong she was.
Everything she had received until now had not been the real thing.
If an ordinary massage feels like being rubbed on the surface of the skin, the massage Jin Yu-ha gave felt as if it was washing her cleanly at the cellular level, stripping away each individual muscle fiber.
Her shoulders that always felt stiff, her chronically sore back, even the twisted bones that never straightened no matter how carefully she fixed her posture—all of it.
It was no exaggeration to say she felt completely reborn!
However, the problem was the pleasure.
Every single time his hands kneaded her body, an intense pleasure that blanked her mind exploded with a bang.
It was refreshing and pleasurable, so why reject it?
Pleasure is only good when it pops once. When it comes flooding in excessively, like a raging storm, it's torture.
Shin Se-hee learned that for the first time.
It felt like eating a delicacy at a Michelin restaurant—you're fully satisfied and stuffed,
yet the meal doesn't stop and keeps being shoved down your throat, bite after unwilling bite.
Jin Yu-ha did not stop.
Swoosh—
Flinch─!
As his damp hand glided lightly down her back, Shin Se-hee's waist bent and arched.
"Eep!"
'A-at this rate, I'm really going to become weird!!!'
Shin Se-hee spoke in a pleading tone.
"I-I've had enough, so please stop......."
But Jin Yu-ha, as if he couldn't even hear her voice, headed for his next destination.
That destination was her feet.
The bizarre sensation of his fingers interlocking with her toes.
Shin Se-hee once again bit her lower lip hard.
Embarrassment and shame, supreme rapture and pleasure, and the wish for him to just stop now—these complex emotions whirled ceaselessly inside Shin Se-hee.
"I-I'm not a vanguard who uses my body! There's no need for you to go this far—!"
"It's fine. It's fine. Just leave it to me."
"It's not fine!! And my f-feet, my feet are embarrassing! Aahng─♥"
That was when it happened.
Bang—!!
The door suddenly flew open.
Shin Se-hee and Jin Yu-ha turned their heads toward the abruptly opened door.
"......Huh? Sunbae?"
"G-Ga-eul sunbae?"
Eyebrows shooting up into a sharp V. Shoulders heaving roughly as she sneered.
"I-I heard everything from outside! You hoobaes!! W-what kind of disgraceful act is this?!"
Without warning, she thrust the tornado potato in one hand forward.
"A-as your sunbae, I-I absolutely cannot permit anything indecent—!"
"......."
"......."
And then Im Ga-eul, who had been slowly observing our appearances, tilted her head to the side.
"......Huh? What are you guys doing right now?"
Just as Im Ga-eul was taken aback.
"G-Ga-eul sunbae!!!"
Shin Se-hee called out desperately to Im Ga-eul.
"Uh, S-Se-hee hoobae?"
"Did you come because the time was up?!"
"No, there's still a little time left?"
"F-from now! Do Ga-eul sunbae's turn from now! I-I mean, since there are two of you, you must be short on time anyway?"
"......Uh, w-well, that's true."
Im Ga-eul still couldn't figure out what was going on.
For now, she had received Sofia's urgent message, relayed it to all the party members, and come running right away.
Perhaps because she had been the closest, no one else had arrived yet.
She was about to wait for the other party members outside the building, but upon hearing the suggestive moans coming from inside, she couldn't hold back and opened the door.
And when she actually saw the two of them drenched in sweat, she was furious to the tips of her hair.
'But what are these kids doing? It's definitely kind of weird....... Yet they're both fully clothed. Feet?'
"Hoobaes, I think I need an explanation here. What exactly were you doing?"
The answer to that question came from Jin Yu-ha.
"Ah, I was giving a massage."
"......A massage?"
"Yes. Shin Se-hee has always worked hard behind the scenes for the party. So I was just helping her relieve some fatigue."
"Ah....... I see."
While relieved that it wasn't the weird kind of development she had first imagined, Im Ga-eul's gaze shifted to Shin Se-hee, pinned beneath Jin Yu-ha.
Haah—
Haah—
With a melted expression, Shin Se-hee was panting roughly.
Im Ga-eul firmly shut her mouth.
A massage personally given by Yu-ha hoobae's hands.
Just how good must it have felt for her to make that kind of melted expression?
Her usual haughty lady demeanor was gone. From her dazedly unfocused eyes and her slightly gaping mouth, a transparent line of drool trickled down.
Looking at the situation, it seemed he had gone completely all-out.
It would probably be on a totally different dimension from a massage chair.
But since she was here with Sofia, she wouldn't be able to enjoy such luxury.
'......I'm jealous.'
Honestly, she was jealous.
Insanely jealous.
'Is working hard behind the scenes the only thing that counts as hard work...? I-I've worked hard too! I train every day, and not long ago—huh? I caught a Demonized Human too! Honestly, I suffered too!!'
Burning with jealousy inside, Im Ga-eul's expression scrunched up in a sulk.
At that moment, Shin Se-hee's eyes suddenly sharpened.
Even in a situation where her mind had gone blank, she had caught Im Ga-eul's expression!
"Sunbae......."
Shin Se-hee called Im Ga-eul with a weak, exhausted voice.
"......What."
"......If you don't mind, would you like to receive it now too, sunbae?"
"......Huh? Me?"
"Yes, you said our time isn't even up yet. And Sofia hasn't come either. And it's really, really refreshing. Better than any massage I've ever had. A massage chair? You won't be able to go back to that after this."
At that, Im Ga-eul gulped dryly.
Since her daily routine after training was to munch on snacks in the massage chair, she knew full well how pleasant that state-of-the-art massage chair was.
She knew it well enough.
But she wouldn't be able to go back to that massage chair?
"......I-Is it that good?"
"Yes! I've received countless aesthetic treatments, so you can trust my word!"
"......Ahem!"
At that, Im Ga-eul let out a bashful, fake cough.
And then she side-eyed Jin Yu-ha.
"H-hoobae, won't it be hard for you......? Your hands must be weak from doing it all this time."
"......Shin Se-hee, your foot massage is still left, but well, I can do it next time. Yes, come here, Ga-eul sunbae."
"W-well, then I guess I'll give it a try......?"
Pretending she couldn't refuse, Im Ga-eul entrusted her body to Jin Yu-ha.
And Shin Se-hee immediately escaped from her spot, sat at the table, and started drinking tea.
Haah—
"I'm alive......."
* * *
"Hngh!? ......Ngahh─♥ H-hoobae! W-wait! Hold on! Just hold on! Hooold onnn─!!! Not there, oh, not there!!! I-I'm going crazy!!!"
Im Ga-eul writhed and spat out moans.
And she immediately thought the exact same thing Shin Se-hee had thought moments ago.
'I-I'm going to die! I'll die! This is so good I'm going to die from how good it is!!! Stop, stop! Please, stop!!!'
That was when it happened.
Bang—!
The door flew open once more.
And this time, the ones who appeared were Kang Do-hee, Lee Yu-ri, and Sofia—all three of them.
"......Sunbae?"
"Sunbae......?"
"......."
Even worse, unlike moments ago when he had just been holding Shin Se-hee's foot, Jin Yu-ha was now mounted completely on top of Im Ga-eul, clasping her neck.
A composition anyone would inevitably misunderstand.
Kang Do-hee and Lee Yu-ri's expressions sank coldly as they looked down at Im Ga-eul.
At their faces, Im Ga-eul shook her head frantically with a flustered look.
"N-no, no! No! I-it's a misunderstanding!!! It's a misunderstanding!!!! I-I wasn't—! It was Se-hee hoobae!"
She cried out with such a wronged voice.
At that, Shin Se-hee averted her eyes and chugged her tea.
Glug—
* * *
The incident was only settled after Im Ga-eul, tears brimming in her eyes, dragged them outside and prattled on for a long while to explain the circumstances.
"......I was just giving an innocent massage."
"Uh-huh, there's no way I'd lie. Come on, trust me!"
"......But still, it's a bit much. Isn't the proper duty of a sunbae to stop Yellow Dog from doing that sort of thing? I wonder about the propriety of jumping in to get one yourself on top of that."
"......."
Im Ga-eul ended up covering for Shin Se-hee, taking on that excuse, because she had been doing that at the end, even though Shin Se-hee was the one who started it all.
Feeling as if she had become a human shield, Im Ga-eul felt deeply wronged.
That was when it happened.
"Hey, everyone, are you done talking? If you're done, come in already!"
Jin Yu-ha poked his head out from inside the building and spoke.
"Oh, h-hoobae, we're coming! We're all done!"
As if those words were her chance, Im Ga-eul quickly slipped back inside the building,
and Kang Do-hee and Lee Yu-ri clicked their tongues but followed inside as if they had no choice.
And finally, only Sofia remained.
Her face pale white, she gnawed anxiously on her fingernails.
'I-I'm doomed....... What do I do? If Jin Yu-ha asks me how I knew...... I'm finished!'
Taking photos was allowed by his permission, so that was fine, but eavesdropping was definitely bordering on stalking!
Imagining how terribly disappointed Jin Yu-ha would be in her when he found out, her heart pounded like crazy.
'Alright, somehow, I have to make sure the conversation flows away from that topic!'
Sofia vowed firmly and nodded with a resolute expression.
*
Clap—
Once all the party members had gathered inside the glass building like that,
Jin Yu-ha clapped his hands, seemingly to clear the air.
"Hm, good. You all gathered right on time. I was planning to call everyone when Shin Se-hee's turn ended anyway, so it all worked out."
"......Pardon?"
Shin Se-hee answered, and the party members tilted their heads in confusion.
At that, Jin Yu-ha countered with his own question.
"Huh? Weren't we splitting into pairs today specifically to bring Sofia into the party fold?"
When Jin Yu-ha asked that.
Ah.
The party members bit their lips as they realized how he had understood this rotation.
'This guy, seriously, he's so clueless......!'
But no one could say he was wrong.
Except for exactly one person, Im Ga-eul.
"......Wait, there's still an hour before the festival starts!"
"Come on, for the first three hours, Sofia would have met Shin Se-hee, Lee Yu-ri, and Kang Do-hee anyway, right?"
"......Yes, yes, that's right! We hung out like that!"
Sofia, who had been waiting only for a chance to go along with the mood, nodded in bottomless affirmation.
"Right? So the rest is kind of 'why bother?' anyway. Sofia's already been with me since the Midterm Evaluation, and Ga-eul sunbae got close to Sofia during that operation the other day."
"......Th-that's!"
"Unless...... there was some other reason?"
"N-no, there wasn't! I was so happy today, I felt like I got close to all the party members!"
Im Ga-eul's hands were trembling.
She had expected Sofia, who was similarly missing out, to take her side,
but Sofia just kept nodding along with everything Jin Yu-ha said.
When Im Ga-eul sharply turned her head toward Sofia, Sofia averted her eyes and feigned disinterest.
"Well, anyway, that's not the important part. The festival is in an hour, right?"
As if the main point had just arrived, Jin Yu-ha looked around at the party members.
Then, with a light voice, he spoke as if it were nothing at all.
"Once the festival starts, a monster wave will probably hit this place. And the festival will become a complete mess."
"......!?"
At those absurd words, all the party members' eyes widened and their mouths fell open.
