73. Ha-na Is a Baby
73. Ha-na Is a Baby
73. Ha-na Is a Baby
Room cafe.
The medium-sized room had only one entrance and one exit.
Yu Ha-yeon was leaning against the door, trapping us inside.
I cautiously asked the woman who had locked Ban Ha-na and me in.
"...What on earth are you thinking?"
"Th-that's right...! I didn't do anything...!"
Yu Ha-yeon had gone into a blind rage over the button and imprisoned us.
It was my fault for leaving the button at Lee Seol-ha's place, but
no matter how I looked at it, Yu Ha-yeon's reaction was over the top.
"You're asking because you don't know?"
"..."
When a woman says 'You're asking because you don't know?' while angry,
it means things are very bad.
"Of course I know why. I cheated."
I knew why she was angry.
If I gave that textbook answer, the next thing out of her mouth would be:
"Then why did you do it, knowing full well?"
It would lead straight to the question of why I'd done something she'd get mad about.
This was a pattern I'd learned from dealing with Yu Ha-yeon ever since middle school.
So, was saying 'I don't know' the right answer?
'I don't know. How could I know what's in your heart?'
No. That was also wrong.
If I said I didn't know, it would only make things worse.
"Why don't you know how I feel? Are you even human?"
A woman's heart you can't win by knowing or not knowing.
If I answered, I would definitely fall into an infinite loop of questions.
Faced with Yu Ha-yeon, arms crossed and radiating displeasure, the only thing I could do was stay silent.
"..."
"So you're still going to play it that way, huh?"
Tch.
Yu Ha-yeon clicked her tongue, disappointed.
She'd clearly been planning to trap me with endless questions.
Yu Ha-yeon glanced at me sitting with Ban Ha-na, then spoke.
"Are you wondering why I locked you in?"
"Of course I am."
"...You pervert who takes off your clothes in someone else's house. You shut up."
"...Yes."
The reason she'd trapped me was because Lee Seol-ha had my button.
A button can only come off while you're putting on or taking off a shirt,
and there was no way I'd been putting on a shirt at Lee Seol-ha's dorm.
So naturally, it meant "I took off my shirt at Lee Seol-ha's dorm."
That was Yu Ha-yeon's conclusion.
Maybe because she was a future S-rank hero,
she was needlessly sharp about anything involving other women.
Amid all this, Ban Ha-na cried out, sounding wronged.
"Th-then why did you lock me up...! I didn't do anything wrong...!"
She insisted on her innocence in an aggrieved voice.
Yu Ha-yeon walked up to Ban Ha-na.
"You really didn't do anything?"
"Of-of course...! Ha-na doesn't know anything...!"
"Hmm... You definitely look empty-headed..."
"Wh-what's that supposed to mean...!"
It was an undeniable fact.
Ban Ha-na didn't have much in her head.
If you had to list it: me, rabbit, chicken?
Still, she seemed happy even with an empty head.
Yu Ha-yeon leaned her face in toward the innocence-proclaiming Ban Ha-na.
Her black eyes met Ban Ha-na's frightened pink ones.
"No, you did do something wrong. You just don't realize it."
"I... I did something wrong...?"
"Yeah, a huge mistake."
What the—why is she coming at me?
After telling Ban Ha-na she'd done wrong, Yu Ha-yeon turned toward me.
She stood in front of me,
then turned her head to where Ban Ha-na was.
"Little girl. What if I took your rabbit doll away?"
"...No! It's mine!"
Ban Ha-na shouted as if she didn't even want to consider it.
Yu Ha-yeon lowered her head, drawing closer to me.
"Then a question. Whose is Han Si-jun, sitting right here?"
"...?"
Ban Ha-na didn't seem to understand the question,
because the concept of owning a person didn't exist in her head.
All she could do was blink her innocent eyes.
"Hey, I belong to myself."
"Shut your mouth, Han Si-jun. You've been rolling around with another girl and you dare open it?"
But you gave me permission.
However, Yu Ha-yeon's eyes were so icy that I decided to leave it unsaid.
Because of the fallen button, she seemed to think Lee Seol-ha and I hadn't just kissed,
but had done something else.
"She won't believe me even if I tell the truth..."
Her reaction would clearly be "Liar. I don't believe you."
So I just prayed for this moment to pass quickly.
Ban Ha-na looked back and forth between us with bright, clear eyes, then opened her small mouth.
"Then, whose is Si-jun...?"
A question asked out of genuine ignorance.
Yu Ha-yeon firmly covered my mouth with her hand so I couldn't ruin the mood.
Then she declared to Ban Ha-na,
"Han Si-jun is mine. Before, now, and always. That will never change."
"...?"
Is that so...?
Anyway, Yu Ha-yeon announced to Ban Ha-na that she owned me.
"...?"
Ban Ha-na also seemed not to understand what that meant.
Yu Ha-yeon began to explain kindly for the head-tilting Ban Ha-na.
"Watch closely. Han Si-jun is mine."
"Hey, Yu Ha-y— Mmph...!"
She pressed down on my shoulders and crashed her lips against mine.
Her tongue tangled with mine even more passionately than usual.
"Chu... slurp... Haah..."
"Uh... what...?"
Was Yu Ha-yeon insane today? She moved with the most passion I'd ever seen from her.
She flipped her long hair back,
sticky enough to make your salivary glands run dry.
Beside Yu Ha-yeon's face, Ban Ha-na was watching with a shocked expression.
"Chu... slurp... Haah... Only look at me, Han Si-jun. I'm the one kissing you right now."
Of course, Yu Ha-yeon didn't permit any eye contact with Ban Ha-na.
I had no choice but to wave my hand, signaling her to look away.
But Ban Ha-na had no intention of listening and kept watching us.
"...I'm going crazy."
Yu Ha-yeon sat on my lap for a better position,
then glanced at Ban Ha-na's reaction and adjusted her pace.
She seemed to be aiming to intimidate Ban Ha-na while she had the chance.
Ban Ha-na spoke in a hollow voice.
"Si... Si-jun. Th-that's my reward... Why...?"
Ban Ha-na hadn't known I kissed other women.
To her, kissing was simply an act of reward,
something she did because it felt good and fulfilling.
She hadn't known I shared that act with someone else.
So, with her low Will stat, she must have been deeply shocked.
"Chu... slurp... Did you think you were the only one doing this with Han Si-jun? Haah... Don't get the wrong idea."
Yu Ha-yeon kept provoking Ban Ha-na,
angling herself so she could see it all vividly.
She must have built up a lot of anger over my constant cheating.
And so, Yu Ha-yeon and I kept kissing.
I tried to escape somehow, but I couldn't overpower her.
So I had no choice but to enjoy it as best I could.
"It'd be faster to just tire her out."
With my practiced technique, I could wear Yu Ha-yeon out quickly.
With that confidence, when I took the lead, she looked flustered.
"Heup...! St-stay still... Han Si-jun...!"
"Isn't this what you wanted?"
Sorry to Ban Ha-na, but to get out of this, I had to move.
I teased her mouth, skillfully maneuvering her passionate tongue.
"Haah... You... You're this good because you did it with her, right...?"
"..."
"You... bastard. Die..."
Despite her words, Yu Ha-yeon kept tangling herself with me.
After about ten minutes of that, just as planned, she showed signs of exhaustion
and pulled back.
Then she flashed a victorious smile and shouted at Ban Ha-na.
"Haah... See? This is me and Han Si-jun. There's no room for you."
"..."
Even though she'd been overwhelmed and forced to retreat, Yu Ha-yeon was radiating immense confidence.
Ban Ha-na just hung her head without a word.
"But why isn't Ha-na saying anything...?"
Normally, Ban Ha-na would definitely shout, "Th-that can't be...! That's unheard of...!"
But that she wasn't reacting like that meant this wasn't the usual Ban Ha-na.
I was a little worried about what she might do.
"Si..."
Si...?
Si-jun?
Ban Ha-na finally spoke.
She reacted in a way neither Yu Ha-yeon nor I expected.
"Si... Si-jun. You're so mean... How could you... Hic... sob..."
"...Are you crying...?"
Droplets fell from those bright pink eyes.
Ban Ha-na started crying, her shoulders shaking as if heartbroken.
"You... sob... did that... sob... with me... and then... sob... with... someone else..."
Ban Ha-na sobbed and cried right then and there.
Seeing this, the instigator Yu Ha-yeon looked extremely flustered.
"I didn't expect this reaction... Doesn't this totally make me the jerk...?"
"Sob... Go away... I want to be alone..."
Yu Ha-yeon tried to console her at the unexpected response,
but Ban Ha-na had closed the door of her heart to Yu Ha-yeon and pushed her away.
"Wh-what do I do...?"
"Sob... Go away... I just did it because it felt good... Hicc..."
I silently hugged the sorrowfully crying Ban Ha-na.
Beside us, Yu Ha-yeon didn't know what to do with herself and was panicking.
"Now Yu Ha-yeon will understand."
That Ban Ha-na is just a baby.
She hadn't done that to steal me from Yu Ha-yeon.
"Ha-na is a baby."
Ban Ha-na just wanted to do it again because that moment made her happy.