Regression is Good, but Why This Body? (4)
You messed up my head again.
My head feels like it's about to explode!
Mom's watching too.
Since you know I'm greeting the kid, I can't decide on any actions when I'm about to do something.
Gayeon helped me.
“Siyeon-ah~ This scary sister says so. Do a belly bow.”
“Ah, ah! Yes!”
Bowing 120 degrees.
It was a bit grateful, but doubts remained.
‘Is this helping..?’
But...
The word “scary” makes me a bit angry though...
What can I do?
Originally, there should be Mom...
And that kid who is probably my brother.
Yeah, this house itself should have been my home ground!
Now, clearly, I'm the outsider here.
That means this house is now a foreign land to me....
So, I need to change places.
More than anything, I don't know how to act in front of Mom yet.
I grabbed Ayoon's hand and went out and said.
“Um, I'll borrow Ayoon for a bit. Mom!”
Aha, one thing right after that.
“Puhup, cute. Ayoon? Still using third person in front of Gayeon?”
Ah, damn...! I said it wrong....
“Ah, no. I misspoke..”
“Yeah~ Don't be too late?”
Tsk. She's still laughing....
‘Good...’
Thinking I didn't get any suspicious thoughts, we left the house and headed to the park.
2.
“So what the hell is that guy!”
I'm already fuming!
Did I lose my memories from regressing?
Ayoon's memories are also a bit gone.
It might not be nonsense.
But!!
No matter how much I search every corner of my brain.
No!
No, no.
I mean, there's nothing!
Yeah.
I'm an only child with no siblings at all.
There was no way there was a younger sibling like that.
But there is one.
Since I can't deny the fact, I tried to open various directions.
In this world line where I became a woman, maybe my parents' matchmaking was even better and they had one more child.
Or I begged for a younger sibling as a woman.
Or adoption...
While I was pondering that way.
Ayoon opened her mouth hesitantly.
“Um.. When we were separated, there was a girl we were separated with? Maybe it's her.”
Oh? That makes sense.
But it's not 100%?
So I asked.
“Why do you think that?”
“Huh? Because there's no other way to say it? I remember too. You were an only child.”
Yeah, thinking about it, the fact that there's a younger sibling is important in itself.
The reason isn't that important.
But there's something curious, and since I'm not the type to hold back,
“But there's one question. We regressed 6 years, right? When we were separated, that kid was probably a high school student... So even if reincarnated, she should be around 11 years old? She's too young...”
I thought that was a reasonable question.
However, Ayoon's counterargument was even more reasonable.
“You and my soul regressed together, and your body became female, so it makes sense?”
Eh.. Yeah.
After that, we decided not to think deeply or worry about related matters.
After all, this situation was already absurd.
Rather than fantastical worries that might lead to meaningful conclusions by overthinking, it was more rational to think about how to build our future in our current situation.
So, we came to that conclusion.
So, we set rules for each other.
Mostly...
They were rules I had to follow..
‘Haa...’
Bad woman...
The first thing we decided was the rule about the shower, which was a big ordeal today.
I repeatedly tried to convince her to agree to just closing my eyes and showering, but due to Seo Ayoon's iron will, I lost.
But taking a shower next door every time is a nuisance, and I also don't know how to deal with my parents yet.
Finally!
We agreed that every time we go to the bathhouse, Ayoon will wash me. (It was actually blackmail...)
At this point, I agreed to compromise.
With that, I thought the shower issue was settled.
Then, Ayoon asked quietly.
“By any chance.. Have you never had a bad smell in your previous life?”
It was a bit out of the blue..
But after thinking for a bit.
“Yeah. I don't think I've ever had that.”
Actually, if it had a scent, it had a scent.
It seems I've never had a bad smell even once.
“Maybe you sprayed perfume that doesn't smell bad?”
If so?
I wouldn't have to be dragged to the bathhouse by Seo Ayoon every day.
So, I was expecting!
“No, it's not that..”
No? Then why ask?
“My body odor is almost non-existent.. I don't sweat much, and I dry quickly.. So I don't have to bathe often.. Just wrap my hair and clothes and wash my body.”
Uwaa......
Ah, I'm really going crazy!
Why the hell do I have to control even this one thing after entering this body......
I didn't know that the moment I thought that was the happiest moment until then.
After several more discussions.
Not only the bathing restriction, but also not wanting to see me too fat, so limiting eating, and telling me to bring products for skin care when going to the bathhouse next time.
Of course, it didn't end there.
Not wanting to see underwear, if I want to change underwear, I have to call my own.
When going to the bathroom, whether at school or home, since the paths overlap anyway, always call my own.
It's going to be that I can't be apart from you like in the previous life...?
So, just as a joke..
‘If that's the case, why don't we go out and live alone?’
I said?
Then, the guy suddenly started digging into the internet to look for monthly rent houses!
“Yaa, I was just saying...”
“No. Wait.”
Since I know that when she has that expression, it's useless to say anything, I just waited.
After a long time.
Ayoon pushed a screen in front of me.
There, it was written like this.
Baekcheong Art High School.
Recruitment brochure.
“What is this?”
If you're not an idiot, you wouldn't not know what it is.
But I blurted out a word for no reason.
To hide the slightest bit of the excitement and nervousness that blows in like spring breeze, which can't be stopped.
But I am me and she is she.
We've been living together for years....
‘We know each other too well.’
So, yeah.
The excitement was revealed.
“What else. It's a preparatory school entrance exam. We practiced hard, right? In the previous life, it was a pity, but I had experience going to auditions, how about it? Doesn't it pull you?”
It pulls more than I can say, the first thing that came to mind when the topic of acting came up in the bathtub earlier.
After all, I started fitting model part-time by persuading Mom... because it was to get into Baekcheong High.
Earn money, try posing in front of people... it was a bonus.
“But.. What date is it today?”
“Uh.. September 28!”
“Then the practical for Baekcheong High?”
“So.. Let me see. October.. 25th.”
“Exactly one month. Unlike you who had Yeon with the acting department... My last acting is the audition I saw in my last year of high school.”
After that, I had done some monologues, but honestly, it had no meaning.
I don't remember how to act.
So, I don't have a proper sense of acting, voice, anything.
One month later practical?
Honestly, I'm not confident....
As much as it's the dream I've longed for, the disappointment and self-doubt when failing was beyond imagination.
Those emotions, of course, make me not believe...
Squeak—
“Hey!! What are you thinking!”
Seo Ayoon hit my cheeks again.
Squeak, and said.
“Again, what am I lacking~ what should I do~ what~ that~ I hit you with a delusional expression? Isn't what you said before still valid? When you can't get your senses, hit me. Beat me up.”
Once more.
Squeak—
‘Ouch..’
It hurts like hell, but I just listened to Ayoon's words that came out like a machine gun without being able to say anything.
“Ahhu. Just do it! This bastard. And you passed the exam in the previous life too! Passed, but um, I think it's a bit lacking by my standards. That guy who was fussing and declared withdrawal in front of me who failed... He's doing this again! Just do it, don't worry about anything. Do you know that the body I'm using is my own body? So just do it.”
Um.. Strictly speaking, it's probably not going back anyway, but isn't it my body? I thought, but.
Without time to think, instinctively feeling crisis, I answered.
“U.. Yeah. I'll do it. Let's do it. Uh.. Thank you? Th.. thank you!”
But as I said earlier, I can't hold back my curiosity!
“But.. Didn't you pass then too?”
“Yeah. That's right. But I think I was a bit lacking in qualifications too? I thought so and gave myself a fail~. Is it okay?”
Hmph.
No words.
“Ah, I get it.. Then let's try.... Instead, if one of us fails and the other passes, the one who passes must go? With that condition, I'll do it.”
Ayoon, who was pondering for a moment, said this.
“What? Both of us will pass. Worrying is really a lot.”
“Yeah.. Sorry.”
I ended up shrinking for no reason.
And now the sky is getting dark.
“Shouldn't we go in soon? It's already 8 o'clock.”
“A bit regretful. PC bang after a long time? It's been a really long time. The ramen here is tasty.”
Um....
It was a bit of a dilemma.
When you were in high school and 2nd year, you had a short romance.
I often came to eat.
Actually, even when in the military, when on vacation and couldn't see you, I often came here to eat.
I can't say that, right?
It can't be said, right?
Fortunately, since I entered a female body, it seems the somewhat nostalgic and affectionate feeling I felt when seeing Ayoon before regression has almost disappeared.
But I want to avoid statements that could cause misunderstandings.
But if I go there together, won't that feeling come back? Afraid, I eventually refused.
“Let's go next time. Instead, I'll treat you.”
The slightly pouting lips were cute, almost making me waver.
When she smiled brightly as if to say "when did I ever", we each went home.
... We met three more times without sleeping.
Changing underwear once, bathroom twice. That was the reason.
... Is living like this right? I wondered.
But at least, I thought to follow the agreed rule for at least a week.
And it's still a bit.. no, a lot!
It's embarrassing.
Especially in Ayoon's body......
So, it was a hard day, but that day was slowly ending.
I lay on the bed and reminisced about today's events.
It was only one day, but there were so many things that happened.
Mostly, it was because I regressed into Ayoon's body, so things happened because of that.
I had thought a lot that because of Ayoon's body, it was so hard.
But lying there thinking deeply, my thoughts changed again.
Today, after a long time, I was stuck to Ayoon more than before?
But surprisingly, it wasn't affectionate, not passionate, not exciting.
Rather, it made my heart pound more with those four letters Baekcheong High School?
Guessing from that.
The fact that I regressed into a female body.
Especially into Ayoon's body, whom I liked, because it's her body, maybe that's why.
Normally, you don't love yourself rationally?
If this hypothesis is correct, my feelings for Ayoon are diluted in many ways.
In the end, because I regressed into Ayoon's body again.
That feelings that couldn't be sorted for years started to be sorted in this way....
It was too absurd, and a laugh came out.
“Puhah...”
‘A bit.. it's a bit sad.’
Well, whatever.
Since both me and Ayoon are women anyway.
More so, the probability of getting along well with Ayoon is gone.
It's okay if the emotions that could ruin getting along with Ayoon.. or rather, Gayeon.. disappear like this.
I thought that.
Thinking about it, physically and mentally, Ayoon's body seemed more comfortable than Choi Jiwoo's body.
‘Ayoon.. body. In many ways.. good...’
Compared to always complaining, it was really a pretty good body.
Actually, even when complaining.
It seemed like I thought it was good.
But humans believe the side that just wants to be true rather than their true heart.
Now, Ayoon's body is good! Half, I'm angry, half.
Believing that, I slowly fell asleep.
.
.
.
No.
I was about to fall asleep.
If Ayoon's mother hadn't suddenly come in with a stern expression.
Uwaa......
Why! My Choi Jiwoo's day doesn't end!