The Last Day
He was making excuses when, at last, she bowed her head in mortification, too embarrassed to even lift her face.
“What was that just now? You made the cutest little sound.”
“...You’re just teasing your big sister.”
One thing was certain: the mood had changed.
From a cute little brother to a cool younger man. From a cool younger man to a man.
The way she looked at me had changed.
“Can I hug you?”
“...Are you drunk?”
“You know I’m not.”
“What kind of man asks first?”
She pouted adorably. Maybe because the alcohol had gone to her head, even her voice had turned soft and cute.
I held the flustered elder sister, Yeonwoo.
As I thought.
She looked big from the outside too, but...
Even through the loose, baggy pajamas, her chest had seemed outrageously full. But once I held her myself, I could feel just how monstrous it really was.
This was the real thing. I could barely even feel the lingerie beneath it.
It was softness incarnate.
I was about to bite her ear again when she flinched and pushed me away.
“Mm...”
“Why?”
“Ssshh. Doyun, you really do seem like the kind of guy who’s got a lot of women around him.”
“...”
Seriously, why were women always so devious?
Why did they always bring up something like this right before the most important step?
Most of the women I’d met so far had been the same.
Other people would probably hear a question like that and be delighted, eager to promise anything and everything. But for me, it was a brutally difficult question.
Because I knew all too well that I wouldn’t be satisfied with just one woman.
“The longer today goes on, the more I feel myself changing my mind... Doyun, you’re practically a player. You’re definitely not the shy Doyun you used to be.”
“...I’m an adult now.”
“That’s hard to explain with just that, though... You do have a woman around you, don’t you?”
“...”
“There’s no way you don’t.”
I was at a loss for words. For a moment I considered lying, but the fallout terrified me.
If, on the off chance, she said she wanted to come visit Signiel and there really was someone like Shihyun...
I hated the moment I’d have to scramble for an excuse just to get out of that situation.
“Want to hear what I think?”
“You’re not saying it isn’t true, so what is it?”
“I’m not going to force you. I’ll just say what I can. Even if there is another woman, I can still take care of you properly, sis. Better than most men, at the very least.”
“...”
“A man who looks only at you, who comes running whenever you call, twenty-four hours a day. And another who, whenever you meet, gives you experiences you’d never get in ordinary life. Which one sounds better is up to you.”
“...”
I didn’t force her.
I told her exactly how it was.
Honestly, what man my age could offer those kinds of experiences?
Even a chaebol wouldn’t find it easy.
They had limits to what they could spend on pleasure.
I, on the other hand, didn’t have that kind of limit.
I didn’t need to grow a business any further, and I didn’t have much in the way of labor costs. Most of my fixed expenses were covered by the monthly rent from my buildings.
“...You should’ve just forced me instead.”
“I can’t do that. I’ll respect your decision. Do I seem lacking as a man?”
“Not at all. If anything, that’s the problem—you’re more than enough. Honestly, I thought a relationship would be hard. Especially with the distance... I’d probably be anxious every single day.”
“You could always move to Seoul.”
“That’s not it. Uprooting myself and coming to Seoul just for you... that’s not something I can do, not with my values.”
“I like that you’re careful.”
“Right now it’s just making me miserable, though.”
She had no choice but to be careful.
After all, this was her first time.
Giving that to someone who wasn’t her boyfriend, but me...
That meant sharing one of the most precious moments in her entire life.
“Can I ask you one thing?”
“What is it?”
“Back in school, did you ever like anyone besides me?”
“No.”
“Then I’m your first love?”
“I can answer that clearly. Yes.”
“...Then I guess I won’t feel as wronged. I took your first love, and you’re taking my first time.”
I was doomed.
For a second, she looked so beautiful it almost hurt.
I kissed her, as if she’d made some decision of her own.
I even caressed her breasts.
And when I was about to prepare for what came next—
“...”
Damn it...
I was losing my mind. Maybe I’d drunk too much, because there was no strength at all left in my cock.
Separate from the arousal, I just couldn’t get hard.
Probably because I’d forced myself to drink too much, all for the sake of getting my little sister drunk.
I swallowed hard.
“Why...?”
“Because I want to cherish you. This is your first time, sis. At least let you spend your time in Seoul comfortably. If it’s your first time, the next day’ll probably be a little uncomfortable too. Your little sister might notice.”
“...I had no idea Doyun was this considerate. I think I made a very good decision when I decided to give you my first time.”
“Because I’m your first love.”
On the contrary, things had turned out well.
Before, her face had been full of tension.
Now, that had been replaced by a gaze fixed on a man.
I’d only touched her chest.
That part was separate, wasn’t it?
***
The next day.
We woke up in the late afternoon.
We’d been drinking until deep into the night, so there was nothing to be done about it. Everyone was a wreck from the hangover.
“Ugh... kill me...”
“Is this what passes for mercy when we drink expensive liquor...?”
“Haa...”
Knowing we’d been drinking, the chief secretary brought us hangover food.
My favorite spicy soup, rich and red.
And, just in case, a pale, milky broth too.
“Wow... I’m alive again. Seoul really is great. You can get hangover food right after waking up. There aren’t many places in Gwangju that deliver in the morning...”
“Sis, do you really like Seoul, or is it just Doyun you like?”
“Come to think of it... if it were you, Doyun, I guess nowhere would be bad. I thought I was the first one to fall asleep yesterday, but did you two drink a lot?”
“We drank a reasonable amount and went to sleep right away.”
“Right?”
“Yeah, right.”
Why were you interrogating us?
At the very least, we hadn’t carried out any real operation last night.
“By the way... what you said yesterday, was it really true? That you’d set up a place for our family to stay if they came to Seoul?”
“Why don’t you go check for yourself? A place you like. A penthouse.”
“C-could I really do that, Mr. Doyun?”
“Yeah.”
“Th-thank you. I’m deeply, deeply grateful.”
After we’d finished the hangover cure, we rested for a long while before starting to get ready to go out.
We were in Seoul, after all; we couldn’t just stay cooped up in the house all day.
Today’s schedule was in Gangnam.
I called for the driver.
With the hangover still lingering, there was a risk I’d end up driving drunk.
“Wow... you even have a driver? My little brother is amazing.”
“I mean... you said something about the chief secretary earlier. Doyun, you’re so cool.”
“Come to think of it, that makes sense. Your house costs, what, thirty billion won?”
“Yeah...”
Apparently this was a world apart from me driving myself.
Once the driver picked us up, neither of them could hide their amazement.
After a while, though, they got used to it.
Compared to everything we’d experienced yesterday, this wasn’t enough to keep us shocked forever.
We arrived in Gangnam.
That was when my little sister clapped at exactly the right moment and asked me a question.
“Oh, right! Didn’t you say you had a building in Gangnam?”
“I do.”
The moment she asked, I couldn’t keep the corners of my mouth under control.
I’d been embarrassed to bring it up myself...
But my little sister had started the conversation first.
“Can I see it?”
“Of course.”
We moved a little farther along.
“Why is this place...”
“This is it.”
Both of them stared at me with utter disbelief.
They looked almost offended, as if they thought I was joking.
The driver backed me up.
Only then did they accept it.
After all, even yesterday’s experiences hadn’t prepared them to believe something like this easily.
And even with all those experiences, it was still hard to accept what stood before us now.
The building in front of us was on another level entirely.
It wasn’t just some five-story structure in the heart of Gangnam, but a massive tower.
It was more than enough to leave anyone stunned.
There were different kinds of things to boast about when showing off to someone.
A penthouse, a car, a department store, and so on.
But above all else, the best thing I owned was...
Without question, a building.
It took up a huge share of my assets.
“T-this is yours, Doyun?”
“Yep.”
“This is way beyond anything you’d ever see in Gwangju...”
“This is Seoul.”
“That’s not what I meant... wow... something like this has to be worth several hundred billion won...”
“Huh, Haeun? You’re jumping way too far if you’re saying a hundred billion won. This building is impressive, sure, but...”
“It’s over.”
“Y-you mean over?”
“...”
It wasn’t just over.
It soared past that number with room to spare.
Ever since I bought real estate, its value had kept climbing steadily upward.
“A-and that other building you said you had in Yeouido...”
“It’s even more expensive, and bigger.”
“...”
“...”
“Then that one is over a hundred billion too...?”
“Obviously.”
An unbelievable fact, even after the experience of yesterday.
Both of them kept opening and closing their mouths, unable to process it.
It really was the sort of thing I could be proud of.
“Mr. Doyun, you do know we’re family, right...?”
“Of course I do.”
“It’s an honor.”
“Yeah.”
My little sister tilted her head back and looked up.
She seemed to be sizing up the building.
A symbol of my standing.
“So cool...”
This time, Yeonwoo also found herself muttering it under her breath.
Honestly, that “so cool” felt completely justified.
It was my pride and joy, after all.
Her earlier words came back to me.
That I could give her better experiences than other men, at the very least.
Maybe...
Yeonwoo really did agree with that now.
Judging by how much warmer her eyes looked than they had yesterday.
It made me happy.
***
Evening came.
We were aboard the yacht I’d bought recently.
We floated above the Han River, where darkness had already settled.
“This is really nice...”
“I never imagined you could feel something this romantic in Seoul...”
“There’s a saying, isn’t there? If you’ve got money, Korea is the best place to live.”
“I can absolutely agree with that. But... I never imagined my younger brother would be the one saying it. I still can’t believe it.”
Fair enough.
I still couldn’t believe it either.
While my little sister lay on the deck of the yacht, staring up at the night sky, I secretly played with Yeonwoo’s hand.
I even slipped my hand into her panties.
Damn it...
I shouldn’t have said it was the last day.
I regretted the words I’d thrown out yesterday just to escape that crisis.
“This is nice...”
“Yeah...”
Another day passed safely.
Then several more days slipped by, and before I knew it, the last day I’d thought would never come was here.
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