Chapter 3
Chapter 3
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 3
Chapter Title: A Past Full of Women
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"Oppa asked me to find him a place to hide for a while. As it happens, the studio my brother used to live in was empty. The lease hasn't expired yet, so that's why you're here."
"What was I hiding from?"
"He didn't say. But I'd guess it was a woman?"
"A woman?"
"You know how many women are obsessed with you, Oppa. You were always sick of it."
"Then what was that promise we made earlier?"
"I confessed to you a while ago, Oppa. But you turned me down."
"...I did?"
Is this the life of an incredibly handsome guy?
A girl like that confesses first, and he just coldly shoots her down?
And even after that, when he asks for a place to hide, she gives him her own brother's studio without a second thought?
"Oppa said that once he rejects a girl, it's too awkward to even stay friends. When I begged him to just let me stay by his side, he told me not to confess again until he gave me permission."
"That's the promise? When was this?"
"A little over a year ago."
Wait, a year ago? She was nineteen? A high school senior?
Incredible, Lee Chang-woo.
After that, Jung Hye-na calmly explained what kind of person Lee Chang-woo was.
"Oppa always had this... precarious, vulnerable aura about him. That's what made my heart flutter, and I'm sure it was the same for other women."
"He was always surrounded by women. The number of girls I had to get rid of by pretending to be his girlfriend, just because he asked me to, is fifty-two."
"And the number of women who wouldn't leave even after getting into hair-pulling fights is eighty-three."
Amazing, Lee Chang-woo...
"He always struggled because of all the women who flocked to him. He suffered from social anxiety, and recently, he even found it hard to go outside. There were times he was shocked because stalkers followed him right to his front door..."
"Hye-na. I get that I had a lot of women. Tell me something else. What kind of guy was I?"
"I don't know that either. He never told me."
"How were my finances?"
"You never seemed to be short on money."
"How did we first meet?"
"I was performing at an event, and Oppa was in the audience. I fell for you at first sight, so I rigged the prize drawing so you'd win, got your number, and contacted you. You were really annoyed back then."
Wait a minute.
Something strange is starting to slip into this story.
"An event? The audience? What are you talking about?"
"Oh, right. You don't remember. That was when I was active as an idol."
"So you were performing at an idol event, and I was just someone in the crowd? And you made the first move?"
"Yesss."
"Wait, shouldn't you not be following me around then? You're an idol, right?"
"Ex-idol. It's been over a year since I quit. The company went bankrupt."
If my company went bankrupt and I had to retire from being an idol, I think my mental state would have shattered.
But she seems perfectly fine.
Even after all this time, there's no sign of regret.
"So what do you do now?"
"A YouTuber with four million subscribers..."
"That's great. A YouTuber with four million subscribers is way better off than most mid-tier idols."
"...I work as a staff member in their studio."
"Staff?"
"Yes. I saw all sorts of things during my idol days and got completely disillusioned. But I find video production fun, so I got a job as a staff member for a corporate YouTuber."
Jung Hye-na knew less about Lee Chang-woo than I thought.
Apparently, he wasn't the type to open up about himself in the first place.
She said he absolutely hated being asked a bunch of questions.
"It wasn't like he had a past he had to hide. Oppa just hated being bothered."
"Then you probably don't know about my family either."
"No. But I never once saw you contact your family, Oppa."
I'd heard more than enough about what kind of girl Hye-na was.
But there wasn't much substance when it came to Lee Chang-woo.
Women flocked to him, he was constantly getting scouted on the street and asked for his number, and he never had to worry about money.
"You own a huge apartment in Samsung-dong. That place is incredibly expensive."
"I own a huge apartment in Samsung-dong? I own it? Not renting?"
"When I first visited, I was shocked and said the rent must be insane. You told me you owned it, so instead of rent to a landlord, you paid a fortune in maintenance fees to the management office."
"Listening to you, it sounds like the old me was a total hysteric. You're telling me he invited you to his home?"
"He called me over sometimes to clean. Oppa said he liked that I wasn't clingy, so he contacted me often."
Fuck. Lee Chang-woo, you son of a bitch.
What the hell were you lacking that made you want to die?
Was life on easy mode so boring that you decided to rage-quit just to try hard mode?
Anyway, she's really, really pretty.
Suddenly, the feeling of that kiss came back to me, and I rubbed my lips without thinking.
When I glanced at Hye-na's lips, she flinched.
I feel a sudden wave of embarrassment, like she read my mind.
"Do you... still like me?"
"Of course!"
Her eyes filled with anticipation.
Even a dickless virgin who died after getting castrated would know this is the moment.
If I asked her to be my girlfriend, she'd say yes without a second thought.
I could probably even have sex today.
The thing I wanted to do so badly before I died, the thing I regretted not doing to my heart's content before the surgery, crying under my blanket every night.
That sex.
"...Do you have any advice for me?"
Why is it so hard to say, 'Do you want to go out with me?'
Even if my body is that of a handsome stud, I guess I can't shake the ingrained experience of a lifelong virgin.
"Me? Advice?"
"For the Lee Chang-woo who's lost all his memories. Things I should be careful about, things I need to pay attention to, that sort of thing."
"Um... to be careful around women?"
"That's a given."
"Oppa. If any other women contact you, absolutely do not let them know you've lost your memory. You have no idea how they'll try to gaslight and manipulate you. I can guarantee that."
I couldn't help but let out a dry laugh.
"Hey. What if you're actually deceiving me too, using my memory loss as a chance to gaslight me?"
"No, no! There's absolutely nothing like that!"
Jung Hye-na looked startled and frantically shook her hands and head.
Her desperation was kind of cute, and if that was just an act, she could probably be an actress.
Lee Chang-woo would probably have a seizure if he heard this, but if a girl like this was gaslighting me because she liked me, I think I could willingly endure it...
"I can swear it. I would never lie to you or hide anything, Oppa. Not now, not ever."
"Alright, I get it."
The way she puffed out her chest and spoke like she was taking an oath was so cute that I patted her head a few times.
Her expression changed instantly.
A mix of curiosity and anticipation, a look that hoped for something to follow.
...I'm right, aren't I? I hope I'm right.
"Oppa. That was... my first kiss, you know."
"Uh, yeah."
"I'm not trying to pressure you. I just wanted you to know."
"..."
She was so shy she kept looking around at the ceiling, but she still managed to say what she wanted to say.
What am I supposed to do with this awkwardness?
Ah, screw it.
I pulled Jung Hye-na into a sudden hug. This way, we wouldn't have to make any more uncomfortable eye contact.
So this is what a woman's body feels like. So soft.
I could hold her for ages and not get tired of it. I want to take off her clothes right now, run my hands over every inch of her skin, and breathe in her scent. I want to cover her with mine.
I cupped Jung Hye-na's slender jaw with both hands.
Beneath trembling eyelashes, her large eyes looked up at me without a word.
How can she be so beautiful?
I thought she had the visuals of a celebrity, and my gut was right, even if she was a mid-tier idol.
Cupping her cheeks with my hands, I pressed my lips against hers.
Her sweet, plump, and soft lips covered mine, moistly stealing my breath.
As I caressed her lower lip, as if sucking it in, Jung Hye-na gently bit my upper lip with her own soft ones.
When I pushed my tongue inside, her soft tongue wrapped around it, caressing it.
The moist membrane against the tip of my tongue sent an electric jolt of impulse through me.
There was no room to maintain my composure.
With our mouths locked as if trying to devour each other, I kissed her greedily, like a man who hadn't eaten in days.
It was like saltwater.
The more I drank, the thirstier I became, and a lustful desire boiled up inside me.
My dick was already hard as a rock.
She must have felt it. It had been poking her in the stomach for a while now.
I can't take it anymore.
I want to see and suck her breasts, but right now, I feel like I need to resolve the grievances of my past life's dick's soul, which fell off before it ever got used.
I need to stick this bursting dick into this pretty ex-idol first.
Otherwise, the soul of my poor dick might hold a grudge against me.
Maybe the status window is the evolved form of my dick's soul, chosen by a god after its unjust death?
I fumbled for the zipper on Jung Hye-na's pants.
Our lips were still greedily locked.
Grunting, I managed to pull her skinny jeans down just enough to expose the top of her butt.
I groped the front of her panties, but wait. What's this?
Some kind of thick, soft cottony thing... Ah?
"Ah, I'm sorry, Oppa."
When I pulled my lips away in confusion, Jung Hye-na looked lost, as if she had committed some great sin.
"I, um, started my period yesterday..."
Her voice trailed off.
I may have lived a dickless, virgin life, but I know some things.
This is when the blood flows heaviest.
And forcing it now would be terrible for her health.
Shit, I feel like I'm about to cry.
It feels like the bullshit luck from my past life has followed me here.
"But it'll be over in three days, no, two days. So..."
That expression...
It's the one I made when my crush asked me to buy her dinner, but I happened to have a prior engagement with a professor.
My expression back then, that's what it was.
-It's definitely not because I don't want to, it's just that I have a prior engagement with a professor today, so I can treat you to a full course meal tomorrow, or the day after, whenever you want! Please don't misunderstand!
So this is the life of a handsome man.
An ex-idol center desperately trying to convince me with that expression that her period will be over soon.