Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: Afterglow and Expectations
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"Why didn't you come find me yesterday?"
"Ah, sorry. There you are. The dumbbells went missing, so I was asking for a little help. Hahaha!"
It was for a really trivial reason that he'd called me over.
"Is Ye-won okay? She looked like she couldn't even stand up properly earlier."
"Seems like she overdid it and got muscle cramps. I gave her a massage to loosen them up."
"Good job. You're so reliable. So, if you're short on cash, how about being our gym trainer..."
"No thanks."
I slipped away like I was fleeing.
Worried the smell might linger.
Her scent.
And the smell of my release reaching someone else. I dashed to the showers in a panic.
A lingering stickiness still clung to me.
"Damn, you came a lot."
My underwear bore the traces of our mutual deed.
Fresh white semen stained inside the fabric.
Seeing it brought back the image of Choi Ye-won stroking my cock through my pants.
Her flushed face gazing at me.
The hand that rubbed my cock up and down through my pants while saying those words.
I recalled that time when we were entranced, devouring each other.
"Haa..."
If the boss hadn't called, would we have gone all the way?
Stripped each other and done it right there beyond the wall where people were working out?
We would have.
The mood was like that.
We'd crossed the singularity where no more brakes could be applied.
That's why it felt so unsatisfying.
Ending it there.
But picking up where we left off would be way too awkward.
Restarting a mood that's been broken isn't easy.
Besides, she'd gotten up and left after we finished.
"Not simple, huh."
But one thing was certain.
The abilities from this system.
Hashtags and Sponsored.
I could clearly see the effects of those two powers.
No matter who the target, if the conditions align, the results are tremendous.
Shoooo...
I quickly ditched my underwear and hurried into the shower.
The cold water cooled the heat I'd felt moments ago.
"Hoo..."
As I let out a deep sigh, a message appeared before my eyes.
Talking big after setting it up so I'd die if I failed.
No point arguing; I'd just skip the pointless back-and-forth.
An item?
Direct Mind?
They obey my words unconditionally?
"..."
Do I even need this?
My followers right now were just Choi Ye-won and Han Chae-ah.
Both already wouldn't refuse me if I set the mood right.
They're my only followers, and they already accept most suggestions. Do I really need this power?
"They wouldn't give it for nothing."
They gave it because it'd be useful someday.
An ability that might come in handy later, even if not now.
'If it's an item, it's probably consumable.'
How many uses does it have?
As expected.
Limited use.
Meant to be used just once, where it counts.
Fine.
I don't know when, but there'll be a time for it.
I tucked the new reward away in a corner of my mind and finished showering.
After changing, I stepped outside.
"Boss, where's Ye-won?"
"Huh? She rushed off after washing up earlier."
"She left already?"
"Yeah."
Anyone could see she was avoiding me.
Just like that morning.
She must be embarrassed.
I get it.
Me too.
"Got it."
I considered heading to her place.
"Nah, let's drop it."
What would I even do if I went?
Try to glue the broken mood back together?
She wouldn't even open the door.
She fled because facing me was too embarrassing. No way she'd let me in.
"Next time, maybe."
Swallowing my regrets, I left the gym.
"Haa, haa."
Back home, Ye-won examined her body, which still hadn't settled down.
Her nipples stood erect, making their presence known.
The mutual deed in the break room.
We hadn't touched skin-to-skin directly, but...
"Even that feels this good."
She had witnessed Kim Jinwoo's release firsthand.
The regrettable part was that his cock had been inside his pants when he came.
She'd seen it twitching and throbbing through the fabric, but not seeing it directly was such a shame.
"S-Should I have made him take it out, even if it was embarrassing?"
But that would've been too embarrassing.
Asking to see his cock and stripping a guy first?
That'd make her a total pervert.
She'd called Kim Jinwoo a pervert the whole workout.
Doing something pervy first? No way.
"S-Still, seeing that dominant guy freeze up when I touched his cock was unexpected. So cute."
"Was I cute too?"
Did she look as cute as Jinwoo had, surrendering to pleasure without resistance?
Is that why he'd tormented her so much?
"If I looked cute... that'd be nice."
She gazed at her reflection.
Her body, still excited with stiff nipples despite fleeing in shame from what they'd done with Kim Jinwoo.
Her body leaking juices from arousal.
Even though she'd just showered at the gym, sweat and fluids had already soiled her again.
"G-Gotta wash again..."
Her hand slowly slid downward.
Ye-won rationalized her self-pleasure with a lame excuse.
Normally, she'd slip her hand inside her panties or take them off entirely.
Recalling her time with Kim Jinwoo, she touched her pussy over her panties.
The wet fabric clearly outlined her slit.
A woman's sex organ.
She remembered Jinwoo's voice calling it slutty.
"Am... I slutty?"
Hearing Jinwoo's imagined voice, Ye-won repeated those words from before.
It even felt like Jinwoo was standing beside her reflection.
The imaginary Kim Jinwoo embraced her, rubbing her lower parts with his fingers.
Rough yet gentle.
"Haa, haa. Th-There, it feels good..."
Imagining it was Jinwoo doing it, she began masturbating.
It felt good.
So good.
Better than any masturbation before.
Better than fingering herself.
"Euuut!!! C-Coming! J-Jinwoo, I'm gonna cum. Rubbing it like that... Squeeze♥!!"
Rubbing over her panties felt even better.
The friction through the fabric heightened the sensation.
Her mind tingled with extreme pleasure.
And when that tingle peaked...
"Urgh!!!"
Her strength gave out as she squirted.
The clean bedsheets were soaked with her fresh squirt.
Legs splayed like a crab, she lay on the bed, panting heavily for a while, savoring the afterglow.
It was unsatisfying.
Really good, but...
Not real fingers from a man.
If she'd stayed at the gym...
Would she have done more with Kim Jinwoo?
Taken him home for all sorts of things?
Or...
'Would I have gone to Jinwoo's place?'
Thinking that far made her fleeing seem so foolish.
At the same time, hesitation lingered: were they still just friends? Was this okay?
She didn't know.
Couldn't be sure.
That line.
The friend line kept tripping her up.
It had bound their relationship tightly so far, yet erected a massive wall.
They'd done so much already; excuses were wearing thin.
Still, Choi Ye-won hesitated.
But that wasn't an immediate issue.
Right now...
"H-How do I clean this up...?"
Choi Ye-won fretted over the embarrassing mess she'd made.
"Why didn't you come find me yesterday?"
The next day, the moment I arrived in the lecture hall, Han Chae-ah plopped down beside me and glared.
Professor Choi Ik-hyeon's class.
As class rep now, I'd come early to deliver materials the professor needed handed out.
(Sadly?) Ye-won was absent. I set the prepared materials on the desk and returned to my seat.
And now this situation.
Don't know why, but Han Chae-ah sat next to me with a sulky face, clearly pissed, staring at me.
"Why would I go find you? We don't even have overlapping classes. I don't think we share any on Mondays."
Why's she mad?
Because I didn't visit yesterday?
The quest for her was too tough, so I went to Ye-won instead and cleared it smoothly.
Which led to something insane.
Mutual handjobs in the staff break room, bold as hell.
We were so close to going further.
Just thinking about yesterday made my crotch twitch.
Anyway, Han Chae-ah seemed seriously displeased I hadn't come.
She always tried pushing me away calling me a perv, so I figured she'd be glad I skipped her.
"W-Well, someone who shows up suddenly stops, so it's weird!"
Apparently different from what I thought.
"..."
I stared at her silently.
"W-Why look at me like that."
Meeting my eyes, Han Chae-ah stuttered.
"You..."
"..."
"Were you expecting me?"
"Wh-What?! D-Don't be ridiculous! Wh-What would I expect? You think I en-enjoy getting sexually harassed by a sunbae?!"
She was so shocked she kept stammering.
"Then why that face?"
"Wh-What face?"
"You look super dissatisfied. Like you're bummed I didn't come yesterday and sat here to complain about it?"
"Th-This... We're in the same group now. Need to share class notes, that's why."
Solid excuse.
"If you're not bummed, no reason to ask, right?"
"..."
"So why'd you ask? Why I didn't come yesterday."
"B-Because I was worried!"
Han Chae-ah puffed her cheeks and yelled.
"Someone who comes every day suddenly doesn't, so I asked out of worry. Happy now?"
Damn, her reaction makes it hard to tease.
The hesitant hashtag from the cafe came to mind.
Worried I'd tormented this unexpectedly fragile kouhai too much.
"...Sorry."
"Why's sunbae apologizing all of a sudden?"
"Nah, thought you were asking 'cause you were horny from the cafe thing. My bad."
"Sunbae!"
Didn't know she had this side.
Didn't expect her to care this much.
"Anyway, since it's not shady motives, sunbae is happy for his kouhai's growth."
"...You're planning to do it again today, right?"
"Huh?"
Not today.
No quest popped.
That was the message I got this morning.
A life free of quests.
I'm thrilled.
Relieved.
All that pervy crap against my nature had weighed me down.
Today, I could roam campus freely.
Feels great.
Too great!
"Huh?"
But Han Chae-ah's reaction was odd.
More intense than when I'd teased her about being a perv.
She stared blankly at me, then dumbly opened her mouth.
"Why, why?"
Why?
You were expecting it, right?