Sia's True Identity
After hearing Sia’s words, my gaze drifted aimlessly around the room.
Sia was never like this. If I had to describe how she looked right now…
Seductive!!!
She had felt even more dangerously alluring ever since lunchtime.
I was still trying to figure out how to handle the situation when—
“Hehe, I’m just kidding. Just kidding.”
Sia laughed, clearly entertained by my flustered state.
“......”
I was still searching for the right response when she stood up from my desk.
“Siwoo, Siwoo.”
“Yeah?”
“What you said earlier during lunch… was that true?”
“What…?”
“About the monsters.”
“Oh… of course it was.”
I wondered why she was suddenly bringing that up.
“I see……”
For a moment her expression turned serious, but it quickly melted into a bright, happy smile.
“You know that senior from last week?”
“Yeah—wait, did he contact you? Give me your phone. I’ll take care of—”
“No, that’s not it. He transferred schools.”
“…Transferred?”
It was extremely rare for a third-year to transfer, and the fact that someone obsessed with Sia had suddenly switched schools made the whole thing hard to process.
What kind of scheme is this? I was thinking when—
“I took care of it myself.”
Sia dropped the bombshell without warning.
“What? Why would you get involved? Who knows what that guy might have done!”
I was worried something might have happened to her, but Sia simply smiled as if it were nothing.
“I’m pretty strong, you know?”
“Even so, you still shouldn’t have done that!”
“Hehe, okay, okay. But… were you worried about me?”
“Obviously.”
“Then… can I take that to mean you’re conscious of me?”
“......”
Her question left me struggling.
Keep deceiving her, or tell her how I really felt?
In the end I chose neither.
“......”
I stayed silent.
The timing felt wrong after everything that had just happened, and honestly… I lacked confidence.
Compared to Sia, I didn’t have any special qualities.
Without any outstanding merits, I couldn’t be sure she would accept my feelings even if I confessed.
So I decided to keep them hidden for now.
At least until I gained more confidence in myself, I would wait before telling her properly.
When Sia heard my silence, she looked disappointed.
“Why won’t you tell me…?”
But I couldn’t say anything—neither a lie to deceive her nor the truth that would reveal my heart.
After watching me remain quiet, she paused, then spoke again.
“Then, you know…”
“......”
“I like you, Siwoo. What do you think of me?”
“Wha—huh? What are you saying?!”
“Exactly what it sounds like. So? What’s your answer?”
I was so thrown off that I could only stammer.
I had never expected her to express her feelings so directly.
Sia liked me…
Something that only happened in dreams was unfolding in reality. My mind couldn’t keep up.
I wanted to answer her confession with my own feelings, but the shock left me speechless, fumbling for words.
Then Sia rose from the desk and slowly walked toward me.
“Why… why are you doing this?”
“......”
She didn’t answer. She simply kept coming closer.
I took a hesitant step back.
Thud.
“Ah…”
My back hit the wall.
The instant I tried to twist sideways—
Thump!
Sia’s hand slammed against the wall beside my head, cutting off my escape.
“Uh… um…”
I was now in the classic wall-slam position.
Unable to turn the other way, I could only shift my gaze.
“Look at me.”
At her gentle command, I obediently met her eyes.
The feeling that I might be devoured in an instant washed over me… but I couldn’t run.
My instincts were screaming that fleeing now would lead to something far worse.
Yet being this close to her face made it impossible to even breathe properly.
While I stood frozen in that life-or-death dilemma—
“So? What’s your answer?”
“To what…”
“Your reply to my confession. Won’t you tell me?”
The line sounded like something straight out of a Japanese manga, but on Sia’s beautiful face it somehow fit perfectly.
That thought lasted only a second before I snapped back to reality.
“Can you move your hand first?”
“No.”
I had asked her to release me so I could escape this situation, but she refused instantly.
Her eyes grew sharper with every passing second. I wanted to flee, yet my body had frozen like prey before a predator.
As my eyes darted around nervously, she murmured—
“The fact that you can’t answer… at least means you don’t hate me.”
I—
Nod. Nod.
—gave a small nod of confirmation.
I couldn’t confess my full feelings yet, but I could at least give her this much.
When she saw me nod, her lips curved into a smile.
“Then… I’ll make you fall for me. Completely.”
“…Huh?”
“Just wait and see.”
Her declaration, straight out of a romantic manga, sent my heart racing.
Thump-thump-thump-thump!!!
It pounded so violently I could hear it echoing in my own ears.
I was still trying to find the right words when—
“…Hm?”
Sia’s eyes looked slightly off.
They weren’t their usual black. They seemed faintly red.
No matter how many times I blinked, the crimson tint remained.
The moment I wondered if I had seen wrong—
“Ah… you noticed.”
“…Huh?”
“My eyes.”
“Uh… yeah… colored contacts?”
I assumed it had to be contacts.
“No… I’m actually a succubus.”
“……What?”
I couldn’t process the words immediately.
A succubus? Out of nowhere?
I thought she was joking to lighten the awkward mood.
But her expression was dead serious.
And then—
Swish. Swish.
Something brushed against my leg. When I looked down, I saw a tail.
Its owner was obviously Sia.
“I can’t bring out my wings because of my clothes.”
After seeing the tail with my own eyes, I had no choice but to believe her.
“It’s… real?”
“Yes. I’m a succubus.”
My head spun.
I had always thought succubi only existed in Greek and Roman myths.
And what were succubi known for? Creatures that entered men’s dreams and drained their life force…
I didn’t know how to process any of this.
Then she made it even harder.
“So seducing men is nothing to me. I’ll make sure the words ‘let’s date’ come out of your mouth.”
She declared it boldly, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
A thought suddenly struck me.
“Wait… if you’re a succubus… can’t you just charm me directly…?”
“Mmm… that part is a secret.”
“Hold on, what does that—”
“Anyway, get ready to fall under my spell, okay?”
“Wait—Sia!”
I reached out to stop her as she turned to leave, but she slipped away from my grasp.
The moment I thought I had failed—
She was suddenly back in my arms.
Chu.
“I’ll settle for this today.”
She planted a light kiss on my cheek, then darted away again.
At the door she poked her head back in.
“See you tomorrow, Siwoo!”
With that, she vanished.
“……What… just happened…”
Once she was gone, my legs gave out and I slid down the wall until I was sitting on the floor.
In that short span of time, too many things had happened.
Sia had confessed she liked me, then revealed she was a succubus… My brain ached from trying to absorb it all.
Yet even through the chaos, one thing kept circling in my mind.
“The kiss…”
The fact that Sia had kissed me.
It was ridiculous even to myself, but the memory of her lips on my cheek overshadowed everything else.
My head was completely filled with that single moment.
Lee Sia said goodbye to Park Siwoo and immediately sprinted out of the school building.
She ran at full speed, afraid he might follow, and reached the bus stop just as a bus arrived. She hopped on without hesitation.
As soon as she sat down, everything she had done came rushing back.
Confessing her feelings, revealing her true identity, and finally… kissing Park Siwoo on the cheek.
The memories hit her all at once.
Puff!
Steam practically rose from the top of her head.
It had only been a kiss on the cheek, yet her face burned with heat.
At the same time, even after she had revealed her identity, Siwoo hadn’t reacted with disgust.
Instead he had asked, “If you’re a succubus… can’t you just charm me…?”—completely unfazed by the revelation itself.
“Hehehe…”
A giddy smile spread across Lee Sia’s face.
Just as Siwoo had said, no matter what she was, he didn’t seem to care at all.
Eager to tell her mother, Kim Jieun, she jumped off the bus the moment it stopped and ran straight home.