The Twins

"Whoa! Why are there so many flowers?"

"They're so pretty…."

In the afternoon, Lucy and Rumi came by for a visit.

Ever since visitation had been allowed on Tuesdays, the twins had been dropping by every afternoon. You could call them regulars of Lee Ho-yeon's hospital room.

"Uh… Professor Lim Sol left them."

Nam Da-eun had actually been the one to bring them, but Rumi had no idea Da-eun and I were on good terms. All she would have seen was us fighting during the group project.

"Ahh. So the professor came by too."

Fortunately, throwing Professor Lim Sol under the bus got me through it cleanly.

While Lucy and Rumi looked over the flowers, I pulled out my leave pass. I hadn't had anything planned for today's outing and had been thinking of just heading back to the dorms—but hanging out with the twins sounded better.

"Have you two eaten? Want to grab a meal together?"

"Where? The hospital cafeteria?"

"No. We're going outside. I can leave now. Starting today."

"What! Then let's go!"

"I'd like that too."

Since Lucy and Rumi were both fine with it, we decided to head out.

"I'll find us a place. Hold on."

While Lucy busily searched for restaurants on her smartwatch, I felt Rumi's gaze on me. When I turned my head slightly, my eyes met hers—she had been staring at me intently.

Rumi, the only heroine with a conscience.

Every other heroine I'd had sexual contact with had jumped me in this hospital room, but Rumi was far too kind to even think of making demands here. That was Rumi for you—genuinely good.

"…."

"…."

…Or was she?

Because those kind eyes of hers were beating me half to death. She looked like a virgin ghost who'd died with the bitter regret of never having gotten laid.

Just thinking that much is more than enough for me.

It was a lot better than the women who'd taken one look at my face, decided nothing was wrong, and piled on.

I gave Rumi a slight nod. Our private signal.

Rumi's eyes went wide, then she broke into a small smile.

Okay. Message received.

"Let's go here! What do you think?"

Just then, Lucy—who had been happily hunting for restaurants this whole time—showed us a place. An all-you-can-eat meat buffet.

"Sure. Let's go."

"Yeah. I'm good with that too."

And just like that, we left the hospital.

After the meal, we even grabbed snacks at a café.

Time to get ready for the main event. And the main event was, of course, secret friend activities with Rumi.

"Today was fun. My hospital leave time's almost up, so I should head back. Get home safe."

"Take care, Ho-yeon."

"Mm-hmm. Bye! I had a blast today too! I'll come again tomorrow!"

I fed Lucy the excuse I'd prepared ahead of time, and she waved hard as she told me to take care.

I waved back at the twins as I headed toward the hospital. Once I'd passed the alley and was out of sight, I dropped my hand and slipped into the side street to hide.

…Sorry about that.

Watching Lucy see me off so enthusiastically left a sour little knot in my chest. It was all because I didn't have enough bandwidth. I should have been taking care of her ages ago, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠but with so many people demanding my attention, Lucy—despite her high affinity—had kept getting pushed down the priority list.

Pushed back, and back, and back, until now I had no idea what to do with her. Her affinity was high, but I had no feel for the next step. A confession would probably win her over, but I wasn't built to take the pure-love route while confessing.

"I should… wait until everything's settled, right?"

Once I cleaned up the Nam Da-eun situation right in front of me and got discharged, I could go back to academy life. Trying to win Lucy over from that point on… was going to be a headache.

"Ho-yeon."

"Oh—hey. You're here, Rumi."

At the voice behind me, I turned and found Rumi's face, wearing a faint smile. She'd already ditched Lucy and made it here—that was impressively fast.

"Where's Lucy?"

"She went back to the dorms. I said I had something to buy and came this way."

"Mmm. Good work. Uh… want to hit a motel?"

Honestly, I wanted to go to the hospital room. It was safer and better secured than a motel. But I had to think about it from a woman's perspective too. Hearing a guy suggest going to the room he was hospitalized in to have sex… would not feel great.

"…Okay."

I put on the mask I'd brought and headed for the unmanned motel I'd looked up beforehand. The mask had recognition-dampening magic on it, so anyone who didn't see me regularly would have a hard time identifying me.

We entered the motel together, and the moment we stepped into the room, we kissed as if we'd planned it.

"Mm… mnh…. Ho-yeon…."

"You've been waiting a long time. Come here."

"Y-yes…."

I peeled Rumi's clothes off one piece at a time as I guided her to the bed. When I stripped away her blouse, breasts that were large for her small frame spilled free of her clothes.

"Hah… ah…."

I took in Rumi's body as she lay back on the bed, undressed. The thought that I could do whatever I wanted with that fragile frame—so delicate it looked like it might snap if I poked it—filled me with a surge of conquest.

Even at a glance, Rumi's panties were soaked through. She'd probably been like this from the moment we walked into the motel.

"You were looking forward to this a lot, huh?"

"Ah, aah… I-I'm sorry."

Squelch. Squelch.

Lying on the bed, Rumi twitched with every movement of my fingers. Before long my cock stood tall, and while I kept tormenting her pussy with my fingers, I settled between her legs.

We always did oral first before sex, but today I just wanted to put it in.

"I'm going straight in."

"Okay. Okay…."

Schlick—

My tip sank into her thoroughly soaked pussy. As the dry head pushed inside, Rumi's juices began to swallow my cock whole.

"Hah. Ahh…. Aahn."

Her rippling walls rubbed along my shaft, and wet heat climbed the length of it. The passage was as tight as her small body suggested, clamping down hard, and I forced through that grip until I was buried to the hilt.

"Ha, haah… Ho-yeon. I'm so full… hngh. I-it feels so good…."

"Hoo. Me too."

Rumi panted, her whole body trembling. She lifted both shaking arms and reached for me, as if asking to be held. I lowered myself into her embrace.

"Khh. Ahh…. H-Ho-yeon… I have something to say. Hn."

"Yeah. Tell me."

I moved my hips while soaking in Rumi's warmth, and she looked up at me and opened her mouth.

"W-what do you think of Lucy…?"

"Why do you ask?"

Lucy's name coming up out of nowhere caught me off guard, but Rumi's expression was quite serious. We looked at each other with our lower bodies still joined.

"…I love Lucy. And of course I like you too, Ho-yeon."

I listened quietly.

"And… Lucy likes you too. We can tell just by looking at each other's faces."

"…Yeah."

"But I get to have this, and… Lucy doesn't. Lucy is precious to me too. So, Ho-yeon. I want… Lucy to be with us too."

"…."

"Would you… go out with both of us? I'm sure Lucy feels the same way."

"Rumi…."

Rumi's words meant a lot. Knowing her personality, I could also tell how much she'd agonized before bringing this up.

If it worked out, it would be an incredible offer for me. Being able to have both flowers—Lucy and Rumi—in either hand would be more than I could ask for.

But I'd planted far too many flags for that. Even if I dated Lucy alongside Rumi the way she wanted… those two wouldn't be the end of it. What she imagined a relationship to be was nothing like the reality.

"Heh… it's okay."

But Rumi watched my conflicted expression and kept going.

Schlick—

She locked both legs tight around my hips. My cock, which had been slipping out little by little, sank deep into her pussy again, and Rumi smiled with her eyes faintly scrunched. An incredibly impish, adorable smile.

"We're strong, you know. Even if there are other girls… in the end, the two of us will win. Because we're twins."

"Rumi…."

Could this actually work? I had no idea. But if Rumi was laying the groundwork like this… I at least had to try. With her help, it might go more smoothly than I expected.

"But who said you get to talk about another girl in the middle of sex. Focus on me."

"W-what? H-Ho-yeon… that's not what I—ahh…. I-it was important, so… hngh."

Of course, we still had to finish what we'd started. I put everything I had into moving my hips, gratitude poured into every thrust.

Lucy headed back to the dorms beaming. It had been so long since she'd gotten to hang out with Lee Ho-yeon like that.

"Hehe…."

Looking at the photo they'd taken together at the café, Lucy couldn't stop smiling. She was in the middle, with Rumi and Lee Ho-yeon on either side. She was keeping this one forever.

Humming to herself, Lucy peeled off her outer layer and flopped onto the bed.

Ding—

Ding—

Messages started coming in. It was the group chat with her friends. Before Lucy could even check, several messages were already flying up the screen.

Lucy frowned at the messages. They had hung out as a trio today, but they'd been together from start to finish—they hadn't split up once. She fired off a reply.

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Lucy's hands froze mid-reply.

"…Rumi said she was going shopping."

And Lee Ho-yeon had said he was going back to the hospital. There was no way those two could have met up five minutes ago.

"Academy Road 3…."

A sudden wave of unease washed over Lucy. She got up from the bed and pulled her outer layer back on. She wanted to see it with her own eyes.

Lucy hurried out of the dorms.