First Date
First Date
One month later, Seoyun had recovered enough to walk without assistive devices.
Though she exercised diligently every day, her muscles hadn't built up as much as she'd hoped, and her strength was still weakened.
As a discharge gift, she received a heavy bag of medication—over ten different pills she had to take with every meal.
And one more thing: an adult toy disguised as a medical device.
"Ugh... They gave me this to use?"
Seoyun secretly took out the medical device in her room and was utterly shocked.
It was a black, hard silicone dildo, about 10cm long and as thick as a 500-won glue stick.
The smooth, straight rod had a rounded tip for easy insertion.
It seemed to be modeled after a glans, which felt strangely unpleasant.
"How on earth am I supposed to insert this..."
She had to insert this hideous, frightening object into her genitals for one hour every night before bed.
Seoyun was the one who had said she didn't want the humiliating chair examination because it was too shameful.
Although her body had completely changed to female, since her sexual function might not have fully stabilized yet, there was a possibility the internal cavity could contract.
Simply put, the amount of vaginal fluid secreted regularly was very low, meaning the inside was dried out.
She was given a frightening warning: if she didn't want to periodically visit the hospital and spread her legs, she had to diligently use love gel and the dildo every day to expand the cavity, because who knows when it might suddenly contract and close up.
She said she understood in words, but when it came time to actually do it, she was scared.
The conclusion was inside her body...
In other words, she had to repeatedly insert and remove that hideous rod inside her... inside her squirming internal organs... for an hour?
"Ugh..."
She couldn't possibly muster the courage to do it alone.
Should she ask Junwoo for help?
"I must be crazy."
Seoyun, who had briefly entertained that strange thought, shook her head and dismissed it.
Even when she was male, she was shy and careful about physical contact. Now, as a woman, asking Junwoo to spread her legs wide and insert a dildo?
She'd rather have sex naked with him—that would be less embarrassing than that.
Come to think of it, when she first opened her eyes in the hospital, she was held in Junwoo's arms and cried pathetically.
Even now, thinking about it makes her face burn.
Ding-dong—
While lost in thought alone in her room, someone rang the doorbell.
Junwoo, who had promised to go out together after her discharge, had come to visit.
The long-awaited moment of meeting.
As soon as she opened the front door, Junwoo smiled brightly and waved.
"Seoyun-ah, hi. Your hair grew back quickly?"
"Mm-hmm... Wait a bit."
For some reason, it was hard to meet his gaze. Seoyun responded curtly to his greeting and turned away.
"I'm not even ready yet..."
Returning to her room, Seoyun hurriedly ran around preparing to go out.
Unsure what to wear, she found and put on the jeans and oversized hoodie she used to wear when she was male.
The oversized top covered her chest, and though the pants were a bit tight, she could wear them without much trouble.
"Did something get smaller?"
Seoyun stared at her reflection in the full-length mirror, moving her body left and right.
She felt an illusion that she had become even shorter than before, but it was probably just her mood.
"Seoyun-ah, not done yet?"
"Mm-hmm, I'm coming out now."
Junwoo, who would normally have barged right in, knocked and called for Seoyun.
His careful behavior stood out as charming and trustworthy.
"I'm all ready now."
"Oh~ You're pretty as always, huh?"
"Mm-hmm..."
Whenever he gave her empty compliments, Seoyun reacted with embarrassment.
Every time he saw her cutely shrinking her body and secretly grinning, he wanted to tease her.
"Is there anywhere you want to go?"
"I'm fine with anywhere."
"Really? Then quietly follow where I say to go. Promise."
"Mm-hmm... Okay!"
Anywhere was fine as long as she was with Junwoo.
Seoyun, with a bright smile, enjoyed her first date with Junwoo.
She wished this happiness would last forever.
The first place the two headed to was the Department Store.
They entered a women's clothing store she would normally never have glanced at and shopped together.
"Any clothes you want? You'll look pretty in anything since you have good proportions."
"Mm-hmm... Not really..."
Unlike Junwoo, who confidently browsed clothes, Seoyun, still unfamiliar with this, acted dejectedly.
Even though they came all the way to the Department Store to buy clothes for her, Seoyun just hung her head low and followed Junwoo's tail.
"What? No clothes you like? Should we go somewhere else?"
"No... It's not that... It's just kind of embarrassing..."
Seoyun, shrinking back and grabbing Junwoo's sleeve, blushed while conscious of the surrounding gazes.
Even though they were just shopping normally, she somehow felt like she was committing a crime in a place she shouldn't be.
Well, her body was female, but her mind was still male.
Moreover, just a few months ago, she was a hikikomori holed up in her room playing games.
Coming to the Department Store to shop was a first in her life.
She mustered courage to enter the Department Store, but she couldn't hide her timid personality.
"Seoyun-ah, I think you're too conscious of other people's gazes."
"Still..."
Because of her experience of being bullied in school, she always checked people's reactions first wherever she went.
It was a personality flaw she knew better than anyone, so pointing it out was meaningless.
"I understand... but don't you think you need to be a bit more confident now?"
"Mm-hmm..."
"Straighten your shoulders and act confidently. The you from when you were male doesn't exist anymore, right?"
The bullied Seoyun from the past wasn't here now.
There was no need to trap herself in school trauma and restrict herself.
"You've become such a pretty woman, after all."
Junwoo affectionately stroked Seoyun's cheek with his hand.
The unreserved skinship was burdensome, but she avoided his gaze, mumbling without retorting.
"Okay..."
"Good. Then pick out some clothes now. They're clothes you'll wear, so you should choose them yourself, right? You can't keep wearing shabby outfits forever."
Junwoo kept noticing the clothes Seoyun was wearing.
Since she was wearing a hoodie she used as pajamas at home as outdoor clothes, it was bound to catch his attention.
She had plenty of clothes she could wear if she wanted, but she probably chose that oversized outfit because she didn't want her chest to stand out.
Seeing her upper body shake with every movement, it seemed like she wasn't even wearing a bra.
"Seoyun-ah, just in case I'm asking... did you wear underwear?"
"What? O-of course...!"
"The top one, not the bottom. Bra."
"Ah, that, that..."
Her flustered look as she checked her surroundings was cute.
Seoyun whispered in a voice so small no one else could hear.
"Can you tell?"
"Pfft!"
Her reaction was so cute that Junwoo burst out laughing without meaning to.
Not understanding the meaning of his laughter, Seoyun subtly covered her chest with her arms and whimpered.
"Why, why are you...! It's embarrassing."
"No, it's not like anything's visible. It just seems like you're conscious of it."
"That may be, but if it's not visible, it doesn't matter, right..."
"Do you not have a bra at home? Should we go to the underwear store too?"
"Mom bought me some, so I have them... No, do we really have to have this conversation...?"
This didn't seem like a conversation friends should be having.
Junwoo, who found Seoyun's embarrassed reaction amusing, deliberately grinned mischievously and teased her.
"This won't do. After we finish clothes shopping, let's go buy underwear too."
"I don't want that... It's fine!"
Going into an underwear store with a man, just the two of them, in a woman's body?
Ugh, just thinking about it makes me want to run away from embarrassment.
"Well, if you don't want to, I won't force you. But you have to pick out and buy clothes you want to wear right now. Got it? Promise."
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm..."
Somehow it felt like she was being treated like a child, but whatever, it was fine.
Seoyun linked pinkies with Junwoo to promise and continued shopping.
"How on earth do you wear something like that?"
It was when they finished about two hours of shopping and were leaving the Department Store.
Holding shopping bags in both hands, Seoyun recalled the shocking sight she saw in the clothing store and let her imagination run wild.
It was clearly the adult clothing section, but most clothes were as small as children's wear, and some were so tiny she suspected they might be dog clothes.
No matter how stretchy the knit was, the armholes were barely big enough for her forearm to fit through.
There were also clothes shaped so strangely she didn't know how to wear them, and clothes made of mesh material clearly designed for exposure.
"Ugh..."
Walking around the streets in clothes like that?
Seoyun shuddered, saying she wouldn't do it even for 100 million won.
"But is it okay if I just buy this?"
"Mm-hmm... I like it. Thank you."
Seoyun had chosen five outfits in total.
At first, she just picked a noticeable t-shirt and one pair of jeans, but gratefully accepting Junwoo's consideration that she could buy more, she picked a few more.
Every time she picked up clothes, she'd look at the price and gasp in surprise, then ask with wide, sparkling eyes, "Can I buy this?"—how could he possibly say no?
She probably didn't think much of her actions, but to Junwoo, it looked like she was cutely acting cute.
In the end, five high-end Department Store brand outfits totaled 1.02 million won.
Thinking he had bought Seoyun's happiness for around 1 million won, Junwoo didn't feel the money was wasted.