I Ended Up Living with Four Women * "In This Life, I'm Your First Kiss..?"
After Seung-ah's bombshell, silence fell over the room.
Of course, Seung-ah and I weren't dating or anything. What she was talking about was more like an accident.
A year ago, on the day she returned after going missing for four years, the first person she saw was me.
I'd been about to ask what the hell she'd been doing all that time, tell her everyone had been desperately searching for her—but before I could, she pulled my head toward her and planted a deep kiss on me.
To someone like me, with thousands of kisses under my belt across lifetimes, it felt pretty clumsy. But that wasn't the point. The point was that Seung-ah had kissed me, deeply.
I had a ton of things I needed to say, but her sudden move made me forget every single one.
For a teenage boy in the throes of puberty, a surprise kiss from a classmate girl hit like a truck.
And her reaction afterward was even wilder. She'd been the one to kiss me, but she freaked out way more than I did—letting out a weird "Hieeek!" before bolting. Then she avoided me for a whole week.
I finally got her to talk after telling her I'd hear out any excuse, just please meet me. Even now, it was a baffling incident.
Her carefully prepared excuse after that week? She'd been overwhelmed with emotion seeing the first familiar face after four years missing, so she just... kissed me.
No matter how emotional you get, you don't kiss someone unless there's feelings involved—but she was fresh back and confused, so I let it slide without pushing.
Things got a bit awkward, but we eventually went back to normal, never mentioning it again, and hung out as a trio with Shin-woo like old times.
But today. Today, Seung-ah brought up the incident we'd all deliberately avoided. And in front of all my ex-wives, no less!
Everyone waiting for my response. All eyes on me.
Dragging it out wouldn't end well, so I decided to just spill.
"Yeah... that kiss with you was my first in this life..."
The very first kiss across all my lives would mean something, sure—but for many women, the first kiss in this final life would carry huge weight too.
I couldn't even imagine how my ex-wives would react knowing my childhood friend from this life had claimed it instead.
Liera raised her hand again.
"Not just the kiss... nothing else has happened, right, darling?"
She fixed me with a look like she was about to devour me whole.
It was scary as hell, but I answered anyway.
"Yeah. Nothing but the kiss."
"In that case... we should make it a done deal right now..."
Liera said the most terrifying thing, then reinforced her body with magic and accelerated with aura, closing the distance in a flash.
She pushed me back into my seat, straddled me, and started peeling off layers one by one.
"Stay still... I'll make you feel good..♡"
I could overpower her if I wanted, but her strength was around C-rank hunter level right now. Mess up the force control, and I might hurt her—that thought kept my hands glued.
"Someone help..!"
At this rate, I'd fall to the pregnancy attack. I desperately needed backup.
"In Korea, if a guy touches a girl..."
That jerk Shin-woo covered his face with both hands—but was peeking through his fingers. Babbling nonsense from that position, just grinding my nerves.
'I wasn't expecting shit from you anyway, you punk...'
Then Ha-yeon appeared behind her, black energy surging from her hand as she struck Liera's nape, knocking her out cold in one blow.
No matter how off-guard she was, taking out a peer in one hit? The Heavenly Demon was still the Heavenly Demon.
"Phew... nearly lost my virginity there."
I wasn't planning to stay chaste forever, but at least until academy graduation, right? Murim and fantasy worlds counted you adult at 16, but Earth said 20.
"Is what that girl said true..? That she took your first kiss in this life?"
Ha-yeon pointed at Seung-ah, glaring like a rival in love.
"Y-Yeah...?"
Her stare made my tail tuck instinctively, voice trailing off. Totally different from the affectionate face she'd shown me.
"I figured women wouldn't leave a man like you alone—but this many? Still, with no emotions left, you probably never even thought about staying pure."
That was a misunderstanding. I'd turned down tons of confessions citing Ha-yeon's existence, and my two other wives had basically forced me into marriage.
'Well, Ha-yeon pretty much strong-armed me with her power too...'
She'd slotted her direct guard right into husband position via Heavenly Demon authority. Things just happened that way, but in those memories, I'd truly loved them.
The agony was that not a shred of those feelings remained with me.
Explaining wouldn't help—it'd just sound like excuses. And this was my last life anyway; I needed a partner eventually. No confidence in 100+ years solo, and if marriage happened, maybe it'd be Seung-ah.
But then my three ex-wives tore through dimensions, turning everything into this mess.
"First, let's put Liera to bed. Once she wakes, I'll explain this world. And I wanna hear how you all crossed dimensions too."
"Got it, oppa."
Estelle, the only calm one, replied. Situation stabilizing a bit, so I'd send friends home and have a serious talk with the ex-wives.
"Ah... the chicken's all cold."
After laying her down, I looked around—dead-cold chicken staring back. And behind it, Shin-woo and Seung-ah.
"I'll explain everything in detail later, so head home for today."
Tales of reincarnation could wait. First, these women ignorant of this world's common sense needed a crash course.
"Sure. Warm up the chicken and eat together when that lady wakes. Film their reactions too—'Otherworldly beauties try K-chicken for the first time' on YouTube? Easy million views."
Right, Shin-woo did internet streaming on YouTube. 200k subs or something? No way I'd pull aggro with my wives, so rejected.
"You want me to send it?"
"Tch..."
The tongue-clicking punk headed to the door first. Next, Seung-ah.
"If I leave, you'll be alone in this huge house with just those women?"
"Yeah?"
"That black-haired one, the redhead—they both looked ready to eat you alive. You okay..?"
Fair point; my chastity was clearly at risk. Two close calls already.
"That was just portal lag or whatever. They're calmer now, right..?"
Passionate women like them? No guarantees.
"Nah, can't do it. I'll stay too. Can't leave you here alone; too worried."
Actually, having another woman here would help a ton. Girl clothes, products, womanly common sense I couldn't teach.
"Fine by me, but your parents okay with it? Sleeping over at a guy's place?"
"You? Totally fine."
Felt like I was some human condom. Seung-ah immediately called her mom.
"Mom, can I crash at Yu-won's for a few days?"
-Yu-won okay with it?
Voice calm from the phone—like talking to her high school daughter about a sleepover.
"Duh, that's why I'm asking permission."
That tone implied yes, but I hadn't agreed yet.
-Put Yu-won on?
"Yeah."
She handed me the phone.
"Long time no talk, ma'am."
-Hey, Yu-won. Doing well?
"Yes. Prepping for academy entrance exams, hanging with the gang."
She knew about me, Shin-woo, and Seung-ah's academy plans.
-Take good care of our Seung-ah. She's a rascal, but good at heart.
Sounded like talking to a son-in-law. Seung-ah yelped.
"Mom!"
-Sigh... who she get that noisiness from?
'Pretty sure I know...'
Spitting image of her mom. Then, a tiny whisper just for me.
-This time... gobble him u—
I hung up right there. What a menace.
"What'd Mom say?"
"Nothing. No big deal."
Even "nothing" had to stay nothing.
"What? So everyone's crashing here except me?"
Shin-woo sulked.
"You wanna stay too?"
Couldn't leave just him out, so I offered.
"Nah... squeezed between you all? No way I sleep. And Seung-ah's glare... Gahk..!"
Shin-woo took another hit to the spot I'd punched earlier, courtesy of Seung-ah. Consistent guy.
"Quit yapping and go."
"For her crush, she'll beat her friend without hesita— Oof..!"
Another smack mid-nonsense.
"Then I'm off, bro. Enjoy your happy life..."
Shin-woo slouched out, belly aching or envious—who knew.
But that phrasing had a flaw.
'Happy life? Really?'
Living with three ex-wives and my childhood friend. No clue how this would play out.
My one true wish: no more chaos.
Sincerely.