There is no better opportunity than what a jealous woman takes
I hadn't been observing Hyein for a long time, but there was something I realized just today.
It was the fact that Hyein secretly cared a lot about her image.
Glasses of soju started being downed, one and two at a time.
Hyein's face turned a little red.
Even in the process of getting slightly tipsy, I decided to leisurely enjoy that time.
Of course, I got drunk too... so I had no choice but to reload my save.
Reload 1.
"You were low-key paying a lot of attention to Minyoung-noona, huh? I didn't know."
"No, isn't she kind of? That eonni?"
"Why? I couldn't really tell."
"Whoa. You are really clueless. Have you never heard any rumors about that eonni?"
"Well. Where would I even have friends at school? I don't really know."
Hyein glanced sideways at me.
Haa.... As if deciding not to say a lot of things she wanted to say, Hyein downed her soju again. I refilled her soju glass.
This very moment. It wasn't bad so far.
I saved the dinner spot where we were drinking soju again.
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"Seriously, don't you know that eonni is fucking obsessed with guys?"
"Really?"
"Yeah! Didn't you see back at the department gathering?"
"I was super drunk back then, so I don't really know."
Was there something that happened at the department gathering?
I hadn't heard about it separately.
There wasn't a single close person among my peers, and the only person I could call close, if any, was Hyein.
But accidents were bound to happen at department gatherings, or places where people gathered all together.
"You know Jaewook, right?"
"Yeah, I know him. Handsome, tall."
"She was hitting on Jaewook so aggressively, it was seriously so annoying to look at."
I quietly listened to Hyein's story. As the alcohol's warmth rose, she took off her outer layer for a moment.
Her lightly dressed black outfit. And a deeply cleaved cleavage was visible. It felt like it was bulging out as if it were glowing.
I slyly gazed right between that cleavage.
I hadn't known before, but they say women know those kinds of gazes well.
"Is that so."
I needlessly pretended not to see and downed the soju. My gaze heading toward the cleavage without me realizing.
Two chunks of flesh split straight into a single line between the cut clothes.
A line drawn as if tightly gathered into one. There wasn't an empty spot anywhere, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were right on the verge of spilling over.
"So that eonni sat right on top of Jaewook, and..."
"Uh-huh."
I tried reacting, but my gaze couldn't help but heul-kkeut - heul-kkeut - glance over.
Holding the soju to her lips, Hyein cast a sideways glance at me.
"Hey."
"Huh?"
"Where are you staring so hard?"
It had been a while since her face had flushed red because of the soju. Setting down her glass, Hyein stared blankly at me.
One corner of her mouth was slightly raised.
"Focus -"
"I'm listening to your story."
"Without looking at my boobs?"
"Ahem, I did look, but. Focus again. Got it."
Oh jeez - Hyein filled my glass with soju. Her face was already bright red.
Hyein's long fingers headed toward my chin. I flinched (heum-chit -) and dodged away.
Hyein, too, flinched (heum-chit -) and was startled. Right around when awkwardness lingered.
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I loaded the save file.
Reload 2.
"Why do they only look at boobs like this? Men?"
"There's a saying like that, too. That it means take a look once."
Hyein's fingers headed toward my chin.
Anyone could tell it was a gaze stealing glances at Hyein's cleavage. She lifted my chin slightly upward.
"Now, fix it in this state."
"I gotta try."
"Huh, well. You're quite a pervert, aren't you?"
"This much is normal."
My insides slowly trembled. Hyein could have covered up, but she absolutely didn't.
Hyein continued her story.
Cursing Minyoung-noona's boy-crazy nature, she didn't seem to think much about the things she herself had done.
But her chest trembled every time she spoke with excitement.
"So you don't like her much?"
"Hey, how could anyone like that eonni? She causes a huge nuisance to people for no reason. Seriously."
"Is that so. I didn't know."
I looked into Hyein's eyes. The strength embedded grain by grain in her eyes had completely (ssaak -) unraveled.
Her cheeks were ripening bright red.
Rather, after comfortably placing her hands on the table, she was letting out a puu - sound. She was somewhat drunk, but it didn't seem like she was that drunk.
I checked my phone notifications.
Cursing Minyoung like that, I couldn't recklessly check my phone.
[ Yeah! Let's do that, when do you want to meet? ]
[ Well. Morning feels a bit awkward. ]
[ Then shall we see each other in the afternoon? ]
[ Yes! Sunbae-nim! ]
[ What's with sunbae. Do you want to just call me noona? It's burdensome! ]
I was having a bit of conversation with Minyoung piece by piece.
[ I don't have your contact. Could you give me your phone number? ]
[ Yes, sure. One moment. ]
I sent my phone number through a message.
Hyein's notice. Until just earlier, she had been giving off a drunken vibe, but not anymore.
Or rather, should I say she had become a bit sharp?
Tap tap (tok-tok) - Hyein tapped the table with her finger.
"We're in the middle of a conversation."
"Huh? That's true."
"Looking at your phone is bad manners. You know that, right?"
"Huh?"
You weren't like that originally.
Let's think back to the beginning. Whenever I was always together with Hyein, women's traits tended to stand out.
Didn't you always hold your phone and frequently contact other people?
I wanted to argue back about something, but I needed to step up confidently.
There was nothing to feel inferior about anymore.
"Wait a second. Let's just finish the talk..."
Before my words could even finish, Hyein's phone started ringing.
The oppa who called today. I hadn't looked closely at the name, but I felt like I could figure out who it was.
"Answer the phone."
"Huh?"
"I'm going to go make a phone call too."
I slyly got up from my seat.
Hyein didn't bother to catch me. I went outside to make the call.
As soon as I sent my phone number, Minyoung sent her own number to me as well.
Balance was important. Minyoung and Hyein were the exact same kind of people to each other.
Because they were people who absolutely couldn't stand being looked down upon.
"Ah, hello."
[ Oh? Did you call already? ]
"Yes, yes..."
My voice trembled involuntarily.
I had already decided. To target Minyoung, the method of keeping distance didn't seem like it would work well.
There was also using Minyoung in order to pretend to keep a sense of distance.
As I answered the phone, I cast a sideways glance at Hyein sitting in her seat.
Hyein was taking a call, but she was turning her head this and that way, not properly concentrating on something.
[ Are you outside? The surroundings are noisy. ]
"I'm trying to eat a meal for a moment."
[ Anyway, what's going on? Suddenly? ]
"Uh, um, what should I say. Investment succeeded."
[ Investment? ]
[ Yes, I earned quite a lot. To the point where I wonder if it's okay to have this much. ]
I left a little room.
Minyoung-noona didn't dig deeper either.
[ Really? But who are you trying to give a gift to? ]
"There's someone I want to give it to."
[ Women's clothing? ]
"Yes, well, we're not a special relationship or anything, but."
[ But you're giving such expensive clothes? ]
That was right.
The reason I took this stance was also simple.
A pushover with a sudden lot of money. But what Minyoung didn't know was simple. Looking like a pushover,
but that I had the cheat ability to turn everything back.
"You never know."
[ What? ]
"Whether they might give me their heart if I buy them expensive clothes... you never know, right?"
[ Hahaha! What is this. You're not even a kid! ]
"No, it's just that I'm completely clueless when it comes to that kind of stuff."
An attitude of probing the mood.
She was letting out bright laughter right now, but Minyoung-noona, whom I had heard about through rumors until now, wasn't the kind of person to be like that.
I didn't know that Hyein and Minyoung-noona were on bad terms, but
what was certain was Minyoung-noona's boy-crazy nature.
To put it accurately, it wasn't that she liked men, but she was someone who liked what men possessed.
In a way, she was transparent.
"Still, I don't really know. Whether that's right?"
[ Are you giving it to someone I know? ]
"It's not like that."
[ It'd be nice if you have someone in mind. ]
"Well, actually I do want to give it to her when the time comes."
Haha - I let out an awkward laugh.
Minyoung-noona also let out a cackle - laughter, but it was hard to understand her true feelings. I turned on Minyoung-noona's SNS again.
A red bikini, and though not right now, blunt-bobbed brown hair.
Swiping (seuk - seuk -) with my finger, I even intentionally zoomed in on her white belly.
[ No, it's great that you succeeded, but? ]
"That's right. I have money, but. There was no one to share it with."
[ Is... Is that so? ]
"Study and whatever, it's to the extent that I can play around a bit comfortably..."
It was in the middle of making the call.
Glancing slightly behind, Hyein had placed her phone down on the table as if her call had ended.
She was looking outside, and I looked at Hyein.
As soon as our eyes met, Hyein came out of the shop with bright red cheeks.
"What are you doing?"
"Ah, on the phone for a second."
"With whom?"
"A friend. A friend."
Calling Minyoung-noona was more urgent.
It actually worked out well. I deliberately tried to continue the call with Minyoung-noona.
"So we're meeting tomorrow afternoon, right?"
[ Yeah~ ]
"I've never done this before, so I think it'll be a bit hard to choose."
[ Still, since I know a bit about it, I'll help you a lot. Don't worry! ]
She must not have liked the sight of me continuing the call.
Or perhaps it was because she could use being drunk as an excuse.
To snatch my phone, Hyein spread her hands wide open.
Hand it over - ! Hand it over - ! Grahh - !
"Alright. Alright."
[ Is something wrong? ]
"No, a friend is beside me, and they're making a fuss telling me to hang up all of a sudden."
[ Ah, is that so? Yeah. Then. We're meeting tomorrow anyway. Whatever. ]
"Yes, I'll do that. Then I'll see you tomorrow."
Even until before hanging up the call, Hyein did her best to snatch the phone.
Saying I hung up the phone, I put the phone back into my pocket.
"That's Minyoung-eonni, isn't it?"
"An appointment came up for tomorrow."
"What? Seriously? You're close with Minyoung-noona?"
"No, not close at all."
Then what is that?
I didn't give a refreshing answer to Hyein's question.
But if I pushed further here, Hyein might stop answering first.
Facts I've known up until now.
Hyein really hates Minyoung-noona. And,
the reason Hyein hates Minyoung-noona is because she has the ability to play queen while possessing the exact same disposition as herself.
"Why are you going to see her?"
I decided to answer this question honestly.
"Since I got money too, I said there's someone I want to give a gift to."
"Are you trying to give it to Minyoung-eonni?"
"It's not like that. I gotta think about it a bit."
"You're low-key shameless, aren't you?"
I answered as if I hadn't known anything until now, but.
I casually answered no.
Hyein, who started downing soju like that, began cursing at Minyoung-noona.
"You might not know well, but...."
Almost like giving a lecture.
Not even an hour had passed.
"Hey shit... You punk! Even if you fucking love women, you don't meet up with a bitch like that...!"
She got completely wasted.
Carrying Hyein on my back, I barely managed to bring her all the way to her house.
The moment I laid her down on the bed.
Hyein, having taken off her cumbersome coat, flopped flat onto the bed.
"Y-You're going to go see that bitch tomorrow..."
"Minyoung-noona?"
"You fucking love women so much... but since you've never done it before, you're getting played like a pushover by a bitch like that..."
"Oh jeez."
It was at that moment.
"Wanna do it with me?"