"Ah."
"Ah."
"Ah."
After the situation was roughly settled.
I finished a quick morning shower.
Splashing cold water on myself made my head feel a bit clearer.
As I came out to the living room, drying my hair with a towel, Kang Ji-eun sitting on the sofa caught my eye.
She was frowning slightly, pressing down on her left shoulder with her right hand.
She looked visibly exhausted; it seemed like her shoulder was stiff.
"What's wrong? Is your shoulder hurting?"
When I asked while approaching, Kang Ji-eun lifted her head and looked at me.
Her expression remained calm as usual, but she couldn't hide the fatigue around her eyes.
"...Yeah. My shoulder's a bit stiff."
She let out a small sigh and started massaging her shoulder again.
Her black pajamas slipped slightly to the side, revealing her white shoulder line.
'Well, she worked overtime yesterday, and she's always busy.'
I pondered for a moment if there was anything I could do.
...I decided that just offering direct help would be best, so after hesitating, I spoke up.
"Want me to give you a massage?"
Kang Ji-eun looked flustered for a moment.
Her pupils wavered slightly, but soon she signaled her acceptance.
"...Okay."
Kang Ji-eun leaned her body against the sofa backrest and tilted forward slightly.
The thin fabric of her black pajamas settled softly along her back.
I walked behind the sofa and placed my hands on her shoulders.
At that moment, Kang Ji-eun's shoulder flinched slightly.
'Were my hands cold? I did take a cold shower.'
Thinking nothing of it, I started massaging, wrapping my hands around her shoulders with my palms and fingers.
I could feel the tightly knotted muscles at my fingertips.
I slowly loosened her shoulders, applying the right amount of pressure.
At first, there was no reaction.
Kang Ji-eun was just sitting quietly, accepting the touch.
But as time passed, I could feel her shoulders slowly loosening up.
The muscles that had been hardened by tension softened, and her body gradually leaned back into the sofa.
"...Ugh."
Every now and then, a small, stifled moan seemed to leak from her lips.
For some reason, that moan felt strangely erotic, so I tried my best to focus only on the massage.
However, Kang Ji-eun's warm body temperature, the soft skin felt beneath the black pajamas, and her subtle scent kept distracting me.
After some time passed.
Thinking her shoulders were loosened enough, I asked carefully.
"Is your shoulder feeling a bit better?"
Then, Kang Ji-eun answered in a languid voice.
"...Yeah."
At the same time, she moved her shoulder slightly, so I, taking that as a sign she was fine, tried to pull my hands away.
At that moment, Kang Ji-eun suddenly stammered in a bit of a rush.
"A-ah, no! I-I'd like it if you... did a little more..."
Flustered by Kang Ji-eun's sudden reaction, I quickly put my hands back.
"O-oh, okay..."
And so, I started massaging her shoulders again.
Seeing her ears, visible through her hair, dyed red, it seemed she knew she had reacted excessively.
After a bit more time, her shoulders seemed almost completely loosened, so I naturally moved my hands toward her neck.
After brushing her hair aside, I started massaging by pressing softly on the back of her neck with my thumbs, and Kang Ji-eun's reaction changed drastically.
"...Haa... ugh."
More clearly than before, stifled moans leaked out frequently.
Her nape trembled slightly, and her shoulders repeated the cycle of tension and relaxation.
I tried to stay as calm as possible at that subtle reaction and moved my hands.
But just then, while I was moving my hands somewhat unnaturally due to being flustered, my index finger brushed against Kang Ji-eun's ear.
Then.
"Hiyak?!"
A completely unexpected, cute, and high-pitched moan popped out of Kang Ji-eun's mouth.
Her body flinched for a moment, and her shoulders went up.
I was surprised, so I quickly pulled my hands away and watched.
Kang Ji-eun had her head bowed slightly, and her ears were flushed red.
"Th-that... ah, no... you can keep going."
She tried to erase her flustered look and leaned her body back against the sofa again.
But she was definitely more tense than before.
Her breathing became a bit rough, and her ears and nape were flushed so red I wondered if they were cooked.
Just when I was about to continue the massage, both of us flustered.
Bang!
There was the sound of a door opening from the hallway.
Kang Yu-na burst out of her room and entered the living room.
She looked at us with wide eyes and asked urgently.
"What?! Are you okay?!"
...It was a reaction as if she had come out because of Kang Ji-eun's scream just now.
To Kang Yu-na, who was looking around cautiously without knowing the reason, Kang Ji-eun started to explain.
"Ah, I'm fine. Just, Si-woo was massaging me and I was startled for a moment..."
Kang Yu-na, who had been tense thinking a bug might appear, let out a sigh of relief.
"Ah, haa... You scared me."
She brushed her chest, then shifted her gaze back to us, and Kang Yu-na's eyes widened slightly.
She looked back and forth between me standing behind the sofa and Kang Ji-eun leaning against it with her shoulders entrusted to me, then the corners of her mouth slowly went up.
"...Ho-oh."
Playfulness seeped into her voice.
...It was an expression like she had found prey.
"Eonni, did Si-woo's hands feel that good?"
Even for Kang Yu-na, Kang Ji-eun was usually so thorough that she rarely teased her, but this time, she attacked immediately as if she had caught an opportunity.
Kang Ji-eun answered with a flustered look.
"...N-no. My shoulder was a bit stiff... and Si-woo said he'd do it for me..."
It was a scene of her rambling and explaining, seemingly quite flustered not just by Kang Yu-na's pressure, but by the situation itself.
Kang Yu-na approached the end of the sofa, crossed her arms, and looked down at us.
Her gaze swept over Kang Ji-eun's neck where my hands were, and then to Kang Ji-eun's slightly reddened ears.
"Hmm... Eonni's face is a bit red? Kang Si-woo, where did you touch?"
She pressured me in a tone like she was acting as a detective in a movie.
"I was just massaging Noona's neck and my finger brushed her ear, and she was startled because my hands were cold."
When I stated only the facts without lies, Kang Yu-na, who had an expression that it was boring, added as she went back to her room.
"Yeah, yeah. Keep up the good work, and will you do it for me later too?"
"...We'll see."
Click!
"She's not even listening."
The way she closed the door without even listening to the end of my sentence was extremely annoying.
"..."
"..."
Once Kang Yu-na disappeared, silence filled the living room.
The posture and situation had become awkward due to Kang Yu-na's intrusion.
As we stayed still in that awkward atmosphere, Kang Ji-eun made the first move.
"...?"
That movement, contrary to expectations, was not to get up—
Tap.
It was to grab my hand and carefully place it back on her ear.
"J-just a little more..."
"..."
A voice smaller and slightly more cracked than usual reached my ears.
She was still sitting leaning against the sofa, with her head slightly bowed.
I hesitated for a moment, then slowly moved my hands.
While gently stroking her ear with my index and middle fingers, I pressed softly on the back of her neck and behind her ears with my thumbs.
"...Ugh."
From Kang Ji-eun's lips, a clearly erotic moan leaked out.
Her ears were burning hot at my fingertips.
I tried to stay as calm as possible and started pressing softly on the back of Kang Ji-eun's ear.
As time passed, Kang Ji-eun's breathing became increasingly rough.
She leaned her body deeper into the sofa backrest and occasionally trembled slightly.
"...Haa..."
The moans became sweeter and harder to suppress.
Now, I couldn't even tell if this was really a massage, because of Kang Ji-eun's erotic reactions.
Her neck and collarbone line, revealed beneath the black pajamas, moved as if twitching minutely in response to my touch.
After continuing like that for a long while, I carefully stopped my hands.
"..."
Kang Ji-eun didn't speak for a while.
With her eyes closed slightly, she seemed to be catching her breath.
Then she slowly nodded.
"...Thank you. Please... do it again next time."
Kang Ji-eun slowly got up and looked back at me.
Her cheeks and ears were still dyed red, and her gaze was slightly unfocused.
'Next time...'
Can I promise a next time?
Actually, I had poured immense effort into trying not to have strange thoughts while watching Kang Ji-eun just now.
I don't know what kind of massage I'll end up giving her next time, but...
I felt like I needed to be firmly prepared.
After a simple breakfast, I returned to my room and was stuck on my assignment.
I had earphones in and music playing, but I couldn't focus at all.
"Haa..."
I let out a sigh and closed the assignment window on my laptop.
I thought it would be better to clear my head and start again.
There is one effective way to clear my head.
I pulled down my pants and underwear at the same time and searched for a familiar porn site.
I roughly played a popular video and wrapped my hand around my already hard cock.
"Hoo..."
With earphones in only one ear, I started moving my hand up and down, listening to the moans in the video.
Just when I was in the middle of trying to 'clear my head'.
Knock knock.
Suddenly, I heard someone knocking on the door.
"...!!"
My heart dropped.
I tried to pull my pants up quickly, but in the sudden situation, my pants got caught on my knees.
Knock knock knock.
The knocking sound was heard one more time.
Knowing that I couldn't let anyone catch me like this, I quickly pulled my pants up again and answered nonchalantly.
"C-come in!"
As soon as I answered, the door opened.
Standing in the gap of the open door was a completely unexpected person.
It was Kang Seo-ah.
"O-oh. Why?"
I asked as nonchalantly as possible.
Kang Seo-ah opened her mouth as if to say something—
Suddenly, her gaze was fixed on the monitor on my desk.
At that moment, my spine turned cold.
'...Did I turn off the monitor?'
When I heard the knocking sound, the action I took was...
Pulling up my pants.
...
"Ah."