1-Won't you... cheat with my girlfriends...?
1-Won't you... cheat with my girlfriends...?
After finishing my workout at the gym on the first floor of the dormitory, I took a quick shower and headed straight to the lecture hall.
Even though it was early in the morning, the seats were already quite full.
Saddling up near my friends, I opened my bag to take out my tablet and textbooks.
"Ah... I totally forgot to check the numbers on this."
Just then, a lottery ticket I'd bought with my friends while drunk popped out.
I bought it last Friday, so it had been sitting forgotten at the bottom of my bag for exactly a week.
"Ah, fuck..."
Because it was all crumpled up, the QR code wouldn't even scan properly.
After smoothing it out flat with my hands and scanning the QR code with my camera app, I saw five colored balls lined up dead straight on the screen.
"Huh, huh...?! roomId?"
"What. What's all the fuss about?"
"Did you win the lottery or something?"
At my noisy reaction, the friends who had been chatting among themselves came over.
"Hey! Lunch at the cafeteria is on me today! Order all the expensive stuff!"
"Ooh! What is this?!"
"Did you really win the lottery?! Can I buy something worth 100,000 won?!"
"Order away, order away!"
In an instant, the atmosphere became rowdy.
The lecture hall got loud, but nobody really seemed to mind.
There was still plenty of time before the lecture started, and instead of previewing the material, everyone was either chatting or playing on their phones.
"......"
Then, I made eye contact with a classmate with whom I had an ordinary, amicable relationship.
When I shrugged my shoulders heavily and subtly flashed the lottery ticket, they covered their mouth with a small snicker before giving me a round of applause.
"Our Taeyang!"
"Our light!"
As I started feeling embarrassed, I calmed down my friends—who had somehow turned into my cult-like followers—and finished prepping for the lecture.
A day starting with a lottery win... you could honestly call it peak living.
Could there ever be a luckier day than this?
The good fortune continued even after that.
An abrupt quiz from a professor notoriously famous for giving esoteric questions.
Right now, not long after the new semester started, it was the most jarring timing possible.
However, since it happened to be the exact part I had intensively reviewed yesterday, I was able to solve it without much difficulty.
On top of that, buying freshly baked bread as a snack, getting an extra drink due to a vending machine glitch... truly minor bits of luck that put me in a good mood continued well into the afternoon.
Honestly, by this point, a sense of unease started creeping in.
'There was a similar day a few months ago...'
The day I tried to confess to the person I liked.
On that day too, though not quite like today, minor bits of luck had kept rolling in since the morning.
Plus, Rin laughed heartily and loved even the casual jokes I threw out.
The place was... the Student Council Room.
Even thinking about it now, the location was crappy, but I thought the timing itself was good.
Finals were over, busy schedules were wrapped up, and the mood was great.
If there was one variable...
'It was the fact that the senior liked girls.'
Getting rejected didn't matter.
Even if my grades were good, she was someone with a background far too out of my league for an ordinary, solo orphan like me to ever reach for.
Still, agonizing alone without confessing wasn't my style, so I tried my best to leave a good impression on her before confessing.
I figured getting rejected over social status, ability, or looks couldn't be helped.
But I never dreamed I'd get rejected over gender.
'And on top of that... it wasn't just ordinary yuri.'
The Student Council at Chungrin Academy, restricted only to top academic achievers.
Having to see her almost every day there was already agonizing enough... but the fact that all the members belonging to it were her girlfriends was an even bigger problem.
'Not a girlfriend... but girlfriends, plural.'
That's right.
The senior I liked was running a yuri harem.
"Hoo...."
A yuri harem.
Yuri, harem.
Just hearing those words felt completely hopeless.
Everyone except me was dating the senior... and I had no idea.
'Back then, I really wanted to die....'
Anyway, well... even after finding out about their relationship, nothing changed.
Just like usual, everyone just laughed and chatted while doing shitty paperwork and hanging out.
Fortunately, thanks to the vacation, I was given time to sort out my feelings.
If not for that, I might have just bolted straight out of the student council midway.
Anyway, today slightly overlapped with that day.
Anxiety crept up and my stomach started to ache.
'Somehow, this feels a bit uneasy...'
Just how massive of a misfortune is about to happen for such a huge stroke of luck like winning the lottery to find me?
I pretended to be as nonchalant as possible and opened the door to the Student Council Room.
Inside, four women were sitting at their respective desks.
The total number of Student Council members was five.
Among the top academic achievers selected from five departments, those who wanted to were given the option to enter here.
In our department, since no one else wanted to do it, I took it on.
They say there are separate filtering departments for the primary and secondary screening stages, but since there was quite a lot of work for a mere student to handle, it wasn't very popular.
'Still, since it's brutal, the scholarship pays out handsomely....'
"Hello there-!"
"...Ah! Taeyang, you're here?"
"Hi-."
"......Hi."
"Heya."
...They all accepted my greetings, but somehow they looked like their minds were wandering elsewhere.
Ever since the vacation ended, it had always been like this whenever we gathered.
No, it felt like it was getting worse and worse.
The only one acting normal was the underclassman looking up at me with a triumphant face while pulling her hoodie down over her head.
"What is it?"
"Senior- get me some coffee before you sit down."
"Impudent brat. Am I your slave?"
"Hehe, once you hear what I have to say, you'll want to brew me coffee right this instant."
"What are you exaggerating about this time?"
"It just so happened that there was an overlapping part, so I took care of 20 percent of your share for you."
🇷"...Do you like me?"
"As if. So, where's my coffee?"
"Wait right there. I'm going to the cafe right now to buy the signature menu."
I don't know what kind of coffee beans they use, but a single cup costs a whopping 30,000 won.
Awakeners are basically high-earning individuals, and even students who aren't yet active in the field are making considerable money through apprenticeship activities.
Besides, their natural family backgrounds were often loaded to begin with, so everything at Chungrin Academy was fundamentally expensive.
I sprinted straight to the cafe and ordered signature coffees for the exact number of people.
Even though she did my work for me, it would've been awkward to buy just for one person, plus I had the lottery winnings.
'......Anyway, what is up with everyone?'
While waiting for the coffee, I pondered over their somewhat strange reactions.
Did they fight with each other or something?
Fights between lovers are common.
On top of that, it wasn't an ordinary relationship, but a yuri harem centered around Rin.
It was a composition where a catfight breaking out at any moment wouldn't be strange at all.
However...
'Saying they fought didn't quite fit, considering how they were strangely watching my reactions.'
While talking with the underclassman, they clearly showed signs of keeping an eye on me.
The lingering suspicion kept growing larger.
As I stood there with my face heavily scowling, people passing by flinched and put distance between us.
"......"
I returned carrying the coffee.
A much colder atmosphere hung inside than before I left.
'What the hell happened in that short span of time?'
When I handed out the coffees, everyone thanked me while avoiding my gaze.
As I took my seat, the three of them looked at Rin as if telling her to hurry up and start.
Rin didn't have her usual bold and dignified demeanor... instead, she was fidgeting anxiously like a child confessing a wrongdoing to her parents.
"Rin-ah. Are you not going to say it? You just said that today was the day you'd tell him."
The vice president senior spoke to Rin in her characteristic soft and sweet voice.
Despite the tone, her voice was somewhat pressuring.
"S-Sorry...."
The other two people also looked at her with a look that said, "Hurry up and tell him."
What is this... what on earth could have happened for them to send such gazes toward Rin?
What the hell happened during that brief moment I went to the cafe for the mood to sink this coldly?
"Taeyang."
"Ah, yess!"
"I-I want you to listen without panicking...."
"Y-Yes...."
Even if she told me not to panic, I was in a state where doing so was utterly impossible.
Swallowing saliva repeatedly, I focused entirely on her mouth.
"You know I like girls, right?"
"I... suppose?"
"And that I'm dating the three people here."
"I know that too...."
Just what is she planning to say that she's dragging this out so much?
"Actually, I have one more secret...."
"A secret?"
"Yeah.... Truth is, I have a netorare kink."
"What the fuck did you just say?"
Cursing burst out of my mouth before I could stop it.
That's how flabbergasting her words were.
For a split second, I checked the expressions of her girlfriends.
Everyone had their eyes closed, lips tightly shut, listening calmly.
Even the usually playful underclassman wore a serious expression right now.
"I think you'll be super flustered hearing this kind of talk out of nowhere."
My heart was pounding like crazy.
It was worse than when I presented my thesis in front of the professors.
The sound of my own heartbeat was making my head throb.
Even in that situation, Rin's clear diction hammered straight into my ears.
"——I've already talked with the other kids too. There's no one as suitable as you, Taeyang. Your grades are stellar, your peer relationships are great, your personality doesn't have a single jagged edge... and you're a guy who has kept our secret until now."
Rin's words seeped into my dizzy mind one by one.
...That phrase meant soon—
"So what I'm saying is, Taeyang. Won't you... cheat with my girlfriends...?"
"What the fuck, what did you say?"
I had no choice but to curse once more.
Did I hear her correctly just now?
Could this actually be a hidden camera prank by them?
'No... there's no way they'd pull a trashy prank like this.'
Neither the victim nor the planners would gain anything other than damage, and nobody would find it fun.
"Hold on, I don't really understand this right now, so... everyone gave permission for that?"
"Yeah...."
Her voice trailed off completely.
At Rin's answer, I looked around at the three people.
None of them would meet my eyes.
🇷"......She knelt down and begged us over and over again, so we just reluctantly agreed."
At that moment, my classmate Doha spoke bluntly.
Doha was resting her chin in her hand, staring only out the window.
The underclassman acted slick while slurping the coffee I bought her, and the two senior members quietly looked into my eyes.
My heart was beating so hard that my blood vessels felt all tingly.
I remembered something a friend had said once while dead drunk.
A story from back when I still didn't know that Rin and these three were dating.
-There are so many girls around you, why can't you eat a single one?
It was a joke that crossed the line a bit, but since he was dead drunk, I just let it slide without saying much.
Those words from back then overlapped with today's situation.
A lucky day where a lottery ticket hit big right from the morning....
Could this also be considered one of those strokes of luck?
If that's true...
'Am I seriously about to die on a terminal countdown?'
I couldn't think of it any other way.
"Seeing that you aren't... instantly rejecting it, you aren't completely against the idea, right?"
At that moment, Rin asked in a trembling voice.
"Huh...?"
Lost in my own thoughts, I could only give a blank response.
When Rin nodded her head, the other three people got up from their seats and walked outside.
At a complete loss for what to do, I had no choice but to alternate my gaze between them and Rin.
"Hey, wait... where are you suddenly...."
Before I could even finish speaking, Rin approached close to me.
Her signature refreshing body scent brushed against the tip of my nose.
Rin began slowly unbuttoning the front of her black shirt with her slender fingers.
"No, what is, this...."
"Since I'm asking you to cheat... I can't ask my girlfriends to do something I can't even do myself, right?"
Rin spoke with a heavily excited expression.
However, rather than because she was going to do lewd things with me... she looked like she was anticipating what would happen next.
'Is she... that into netorare?'
Was the person I had a crush on... such a pervert?
"......"
For now, my dick felt like it was about to burst.