Chapter 152: The Hotel Pool
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 152: The Hotel Pool
This group was already full of ridiculously beautiful people to begin with.
And now, with everyone changing into swimsuits and revealing their figures…
It was no wonder she looked so shocked.
“I know how you feel.”
And next to her, Naek had appeared at some point.
The two, having already introduced themselves, felt a strange sense of kinship.
Just then, Naek’s eyes landed on someone.
She spotted a figure fidgeting in the corner.
When Naek approached, she saw it was none other than Juksim.
Having been practically dragged here, she'd received a bikini-style swimsuit from the counter, which was now causing a problem.
The shoulder straps of the swimsuit, which barely covered Juksim's chest, refused to go up.
“Juksim, need some help?”
Seeing Juksim give up with a frustrated look while pulling at the straps, Naek sat beside her and asked.
Juksim nodded, and Naek grunted as she tried to pull the straps up for her.
“...It’s not working?”
Naek muttered, looking shocked.
Watching this from afar, Si-ho slowly lowered her gaze.
The blue one-piece swimsuit with a black base that Si-ho was wearing had no such problems.
With a slightly sulky face, Si-ho quietly went outside and hugged Ha-chan.
Ha-chan was puzzled by her dejected mood, but she cheered up after he complimented her, saying she looked pretty.
“What do we do about this?”
While Si-ho was doing that, Naek fiddled with Juksim's swimsuit this way and that before finally giving up.
No matter what she did, her chest kept asserting itself, so there was no solution.
[ She says it's fine to go like this. ]
Juksim, looking like she was getting annoyed, just grabbed the shoulder straps with her hands.
“No way. Juksim, if you walk around with those out, you'll definitely get arrested.”
Juksim protested, but her complaints fell on deaf ears.
Even now, just from moving a little, one of the things that shouldn't be out was already peeking out.
“Juksim, I'll lend you one of mine. Just wear that.”
Unable to watch any longer, Seol-hyang took another swimsuit out of her bag.
“Why did you bring two?”
As Ahyu watched from the side with a baffled expression, Seol-hyang puffed out her chest, which was clad in a bikini with white fabric crossed over the center.
“Because I didn’t know which one Ha-chan would like.”
“Stop puffing out your chest. It’s overwhelming.”
“Wait, don't try to hit me! It'll leave a handprint!”
As Ahyu raised her hand, Seol-hyang quickly covered her chest and turned away, causing Ahyu to click her tongue.
Then she snatched the bikini Seol-hyang was holding and froze at the sheer lack of fabric.
“What is this.”
Momentarily dumbfounded, Ahyu held up the swimsuit and glanced down at her own chest.
This was… just monstrous.
As Ahyu, who had been looking down at her own chest, raised her head, she saw Se-hee and Ji-eun standing there side-by-side.
Seeing Ji-eun in a boy-short style bikini with lace on the front, and Se-hee in a black rash guard with only bikini bottoms, she suddenly felt at ease.
That’s what’s normal.
“Juksim, try this on.”
Ahyu handed it to Juksim, who fumbled to take off the other bikini.
When she put on Seol-hyang's swimsuit, her chest was finally fully covered.
[ She says it's comfortable. ]
“With that size, it's more comfortable to have it tied with strings.”
Just as Seol-hyang said, the string ties at the top held everything in place nicely.
“From now on, you two should stick together.”
Ahyu looked at the two of them with a fed-up expression before her gaze shifted.
Over there was Yua, who had changed into a pink bikini at some point.
“Gasp.”
Ahyu froze as if in shock and approached Yua, who coughed awkwardly, looking embarrassed.
“Ahyu, your eyes are scary.”
“My bias is wearing a bikini. It's like a gravure shoot.”
“You're exaggerating.”
As Yua let out a small laugh, Ahyu quickly grabbed her phone.
“I have to capture this in a photo!”
Her fangirl instincts flaring up, she quickly sidled up to Yua and raised her phone. Yua smiled playfully and posed with her.
Watching the two having fun, Seol-hyang shook her head and quietly slipped away.
She planned to get to Ha-chan before anyone else.
But when she went outside, she realized she was a step too late.
Because in that short time, Si-ho had already gone out and was splashing around with Ha-chan, holding his hand and pretending she couldn't swim.
“That sly fox!”
It probably goes without saying that the moment she saw that, Seol-hyang charged in to join them, kicking up a huge splash.
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After all the girls came out, I enjoyed swimming for the first time in a long while, feeling completely relaxed.
They say that because people are born from the amniotic fluid in their mother's womb, just floating in the water can make you feel at ease.
Just as I was floating around, enjoying that exact feeling, I felt a tickle at my feet.
Wondering what it was, I lifted my head and saw Ahyu underwater.
Wearing a red, floral-patterned swimsuit and shorts, she grinned the moment our eyes met and pulled me down by my feet.
“Gah!”
I yelped at her otherworldly strength as I was pulled under. Ahyu then gracefully swam through the water and came up in front of me.
Then, she cupped my cheeks and, with a smile, pressed her lips against mine.
An underwater kiss.
I was momentarily stunned, but I could feel the breath she passed to me from her lips.
Of course, some pool water came in with it.
A moment later, when Ahyu and I surfaced, she rested her chin on my chest and grinned.
“This is romantic too, right?”
“Romantic, my ass.”
Just then, Seol-hyang, who had approached us at some point, glared at Ahyu with displeasure.
“Aren't you ashamed? What are you two doing in the water in front of everyone?”
“I'm not ashamed at all. It was great. Right, Domi-oppa?”
I cleared my throat and avoided Seol-hyang's gaze.
At that, Seol-hyang made a pouting face, came right up, and wrapped her arms around mine.
My arm was pressed right between her breasts, and I froze for a second at the soft sensation.
Seol-hyang paid it no mind and looked up at me.
“Do it with me, too.”
The moment she said that, I was already being dragged underwater.
Having been subjected to two underwater kisses in a row, I figured I'd get dragged under again, so I walked out of the pool.
“...I can't let those two be near each other.”
Their competitiveness just kept getting worse.
Deciding I needed a break, I plopped down on one of the provided lounge chairs.
“Manager, are you resting?”
In that time, Si-ho had come over.
Damp from the water, she let her wet hair down before tying it up again.
Because of that, her figure in the black and blue one-piece swimsuit was on full display, making it a little hard to know where to look.
“Then I'll rest too.”
Whether she knew what I was thinking or not, Si-ho sat down on the same chair as me with a lovely smile.
“Can I lean on you?”
She asked, looking up at me slightly, and I nodded.
Having received her confirmation, Si-ho rested her head on my shoulder.
For some reason, the lights on the ceiling, made to look like an artificial sun, felt a little hot.
The smell of chlorine and the sound of water.
Added to that, the warmth from Si-ho on my arm felt ticklish for some reason.
“Manager.”
Just then, Si-ho called my name again.
“Can you hold me?”
For some reason, I swallowed hard.
Hearing Si-ho's question, asked without looking at me, I quietly lifted my arm and wrapped it around her shoulder. She then leaned her head against my chest.
“Manager, your body is wet.”
“...Well, I was just swimming.”
After saying that, Si-ho raised her hand and traced a finger through the water trickling down my stomach.
I froze for a moment, and Si-ho gently looked up at me.
“I'm wet from swimming, too.”
Saying that, Si-ho held up her slender arm.
Looking at the droplets of water beaded on her skin, I suddenly felt a little dizzy.
“I think I'm cold, Si-ho. Should we go inside?”
“Go inside where?”
This time, Ahyu popped out of nowhere.
Having somehow shaken off Seol-hyang again, she looked at Si-ho and clicked her tongue.
“You keep trying to sneakily get Domi-oppa all to yourself, don't you?”
Si-ho glanced at Ahyu as if she were an intruder, then turned and buried her face in my chest.
Since I was shirtless for swimming, I could feel her forehead and face directly against my bare skin.
“This girl, seriously! Domi-oppa, say something!”
When Ahyu looked at me, I averted my eyes for a moment before letting out a weary sigh and gesturing to her.
“You come here too.”
“Hmph... Okay.”
Knowing she was just acting out of jealousy, I said that, and Ahyu came over and hugged me from the side.
I wondered what the hell I was doing, but since both Ahyu and Si-ho seemed happy, I figured it was fine.
As I leaned back in the chair, basking in the light of the artificial sun, I saw Jo Si-a and Seo-ho in the distance.
It looked like Jo Si-a had tried to play a prank on Seo-ho and gotten caught; he was in the middle of throwing her into the pool.
“Si-ho, how are Seo-ho and Jo Si-a doing these days?”
I asked Si-ho quietly, and she glanced over at her brother.
“They're... okay. But he does talk about Jo Si-a-unni a lot lately.”
I guess things are going well for them.
I looked away from Seo-ho and turned my gaze to Naek and Do Hwa.
The two of them were just dipping their feet in the water, talking about something I couldn't hear.
But the atmosphere didn't seem bad at all.
“Ahyu, does Do Hwa ever talk about Naek?”
“I don't really talk with Do Hwa much in the first place.”
She's still awkward with him, huh.
Without even glancing at Do Hwa, Ahyu had already climbed up to my shoulder and was wrapping her arms around my neck.
Meanwhile, I could see Hyeok-seo-hyeong pushing Juksim, who was floating around in an inner tube.
Eva-noona was following alongside them, and for some reason, the sight was comforting.
I also saw Ji-eun playing in the water while holding Geumjok, and Yu U-jeong lounging in a tube, complete with sunglasses.
Just then, I heard footsteps.
I looked up and saw Seol-hyang standing there, brushing her wet hair back.
Her figure, clad in a white bikini visible through her silver hair, was so beautiful that my gaze was instantly fixed on her, even though I'd already seen her completely naked before.
She glanced back and forth between Ahyu and Si-ho on either side of me, clicked her tongue, then walked right up and plopped down on my lap.
Startled by the soft sensation on my knees, I jumped, while Ahyu and Si-ho's eyes went wide.
“What the—! Iron-Blood, what are you doing! Get off!”
“Manager, you're making him uncomfortable.”
“Both of you, be quiet. You've already taken both his arms, what are you complaining about?”
With that, Seol-hyang leaned her head against my chest.
As her silver hair seemed to envelop my entire body, Seol-hyang looked up at me and asked.
“I can stay here, right?”
“...Yes.”
I couldn't exactly tell her to go away when the others were here, so I just answered like that.
Right. In the end, this is all my fault.
“Moron.”
Only Baeksan's quiet curse somehow felt familiar and comforting.