Chapter 168: His Secret Taste
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 168: His Secret Taste
Just as I’d expected, Oppa’s contact list was squeaky clean.
I’d called it an inspection, but honestly, I hadn’t really suspected him of anything.
I trusted him, after all.
But my trust was about to be shattered in a completely different way.
“...What is this?”
I couldn’t tell what the content was exactly, but the title alone seemed dangerous.
Next to the name [I Imprisoned Her] was a bright red 19+ label.
In the picture, which I assumed was the thumbnail, a woman dressed in a way that was somehow lewder than being naked was biting her T-shirt.
“Ah… uh… that’s…”
Oppa’s eyes darted around nervously. He looked like he was about to say something, but then he snatched my phone right out of my hands.
“Oppa! Give it back! What are you doing!”
“No. Hey! No. You said you were only going to look at my contacts!”
“It’s not like I was snooping around trying to find it, you know?”
That was the truth.
I’d only found it because I’d accidentally hit the back button.
Oppa held the phone high above his head, blocking me from getting it back.
The pose reminded me of my dad playing around with me when I was little, and I huffed.
“So you’re going to watch stuff like that while you have an idol for a girlfriend?”
“Th-that’s… I wasn’t the one watching it.”
“Then who was?”
“Y-Yoonje recommended it, so I just said okay and left it at that.”
“...But there was a ‘Continue Watching’ button?”
“That’s because Yoonje insisted I had to watch it.”
A strange tension filled the air between us.
Oppa stood there, at a loss for words, while I glared at him.
“So, were you going to watch it?”
“No way. I wouldn’t. Why would I watch something like that when I have you?”
“I don’t know about that, Oppa. I know you’re actually a huge pervert.”
“Hey, for a guy, I’m a real gentleman. A gentleman. You just don’t know.”
We couldn’t just stand here in a standoff forever, so I decided to be the one to back down.
“I won’t take your phone. Just come and sit down for a bit.”
“Hold on. I’m just going to go wash up.”
As Oppa headed straight for the bathroom to wash his hands and feet, I decided I’d sneak another look at the phone. The moment I heard the water running, I unlocked it.
[Novel World]
[I Imprisoned Her]
[Han Gyeoul]
He’d said Yoonje oppa recommended it, but that seemed to be a lie.
Because I doubted Yoonje oppa was the one who’d paid for the ‘Purchase Complete’ mark next to the title.
The second the water stopped, I put the phone back in its place and played innocent.
“Oppa.”
“Yeah?”
“I think I need to have a stern word with Yoonje oppa.”
I had him sit on the bed, then climbed on top of him and met his dark, black eyes.
“Huh? About what?”
“To tell him to stop recommending weird things to you.”
“Ah… no. You don’t have to do that. From now on, I’ll just be better at saying no.”
“No. You’re too nice, you’ll just agree to everything again.”
The true nature of the man who seemed to put up walls against the world was that he was actually a soft, tender-hearted person, and I knew that better than anyone.
Wasn’t this the same guy who’d holed himself up in his room, struggling with a tablet just to make a song as a gift for his girlfriend?
“Still, don’t say anything to Yoonje. He’ll just start whining and ask me to go drinking with him again.”
Tch. Taking his side.
Not wanting to nag him any further, I sensed it was time to move on to the next topic.
“So, Oppa.”
“Yeah?”
“Setting today aside, this is just something I’m curious about.”
Oppa gulped.
“Even after we started dating… do you still watch… lewd stuff…?”
It might have been a slightly embarrassing and delicate question, but this kind of conversation…
We could have it now, couldn’t we?
We’d slept together many times and I thought we’d been completely honest with each other, so I hoped he would answer without hesitation.
“Uh… well… sometimes? Very rarely?”
“...You do?”
“Ah, but really! I barely watch it! There’s no need to, not when you’re watching me like a hawk.”
His answer was so funny that I let out a small laugh.
“Hey, saying I’m ‘watching you like a hawk’ doesn’t exactly sound like you find me attractive.”
“No, hey. You know how much I like you.”
“...Really?”
“Of course.”
Perhaps he wanted to prove his love with his body.
He lifted me from his lap and laid me down flat on the bed.
“See? Look. I want you so badly right now, that’s why I’m doing this.”
Usually, looking up at someone from this angle makes even a handsome person look bad.
But his flawless, pale skin was enough to make even me, a woman, jealous.
“Talk is cheap.”
Feeling mischievous, I provoked him, and his reaction took me by surprise.
Oppa’s hand slid right under my T-shirt.
“...Oppa?”
I could feel my ears burning up.
“I don’t just talk.”
His lips pressed down on mine.
A morning that began with the warmth of each other’s bodies.
I opened my eyes in the crook of his chest and let out a long yawn, my eyes half-closed.
“Haaah… hmm…?”
As I tried to close my mouth after the satisfying yawn, I felt a strange foreign object inside.
My eyes shot open in surprise. There was Oppa, his index finger stuck in my mouth, looking at me with a playful expression.
“Ah, what are you doing!”
“A good morning greeting.”
“Ptui, ptui, ptui.”
When I made a spitting sound, he pinched my cheek affectionately as if he found me cute.
“Are you going to eat breakfast before you go?”
“Yeah, I’m hungry.”
“But there’s nothing in the house.”
“Not even ramen?”
“Isn’t ramen a little much for breakfast?”
He had a point, but then why did he even ask?
“So what do you want to do?”
“Let’s eat out.”
“Okay.”
We washed up quickly and went to a small diner.
Oppa ordered the spicy squid over rice, and I got the udon in a hot pot.
“Are you busy today?”
“I have to go to class after this.”
“Are your classes going well? Nothing too difficult?”
“Yeah. The teacher is really laid-back, so it feels more like I’m learning for fun than for a grade.”
The look on his face as he said that was so relaxed that I realized I’d been worrying for nothing.
“What about you, Doah? Are you busy today?”
“Not much during the day… but I have a broadcast tonight. And our music video comes out the day after tomorrow, so I need to talk with the other members.”
“I see.”
“Yup. So don’t go watching any weird stuff just because I’m in a meeting, okay? Hmm?”
Caught red-handed, Oppa coughed and nodded.
“Of course not. Let’s both do our best today.”
We said our goodbyes in front of my building, and I went back inside and flopped onto my bed.
“Ugh… I don’t want to work…”
It wasn’t like I had to do anything right this second, but what could I do? The feeling was there.
Lying in bed, I hummed our new song and scrolled through social media on my phone.
Ah, maybe I should check that out.
The thing Oppa got caught with yesterday.
Having memorized the name, I went to the site called Novel World.
The tagline read: [A Webnovel for Everyone!]
When I searched for [I Imprisoned Her], all that came up was a mosaic-censored cover.
I tried to tap it, but a message popped up telling me to sign up to verify my age.
Sigh… Do I really have to sign up for something like this?
For a moment, I had a reality check, but I changed my mind and dutifully completed the verification process.
Right.
This was the least I could do to see the secret hobby Oppa couldn’t bring himself to tell me about.
I wondered if I’d have to pay, but it said the beginning was free, so I figured I’d just read the free chapters and be done with it.
[Illustration Collection]
I’d seen my fair share of comics, and my job wasn’t entirely unrelated to illustration, so I clicked it without much thought. I immediately gasped.
It’s lewd.
No, ‘lewd’ isn’t even a strong enough word for this…? This is…?
How can someone draw like this…
I quietly hit the back button and clicked on the chapter labeled ‘Prologue.’
Already reeling from the first shock, I was left speechless by the content of the novel that followed.
No… this is…
[Bark.]
[As if amused, Jinseong yanked her leash toward him.]
[She couldn’t breathe properly and it was agonizing, but Suyeon had no right to refuse.]
[W-woof…!]
[In a barely audible voice, Suyeon made the sound of a dog.]
[She had no pride left to shatter, no courage left to defy him.]
[Suyeon could no longer perceive Jinseong as a human equal to herself.]
[He was a being who reigned over her.]
[And she was a being who existed only to serve him from below.]
[Cute.]
[A single word of praise from Jinseong was enough to make her body tremble uncontrollably. She was that broken.]
[To demand the posture of a dog was to strip her of human language.]
[Suyeon could no longer even respond to praise with words.]
[W-woof…!]
[Watching her cheeks flush crimson, Jinseong just grinned with amusement.]
This… This is what Oppa’s into…?
Biting my nails, I couldn’t help but feel deeply disturbed.