I'm a Virgin! Ahem!
I caught a glimpse of a kiss mark—a hickey, or jjogari. Of course, it could've been my imagination, but.......
'That was exactly what it looked like when Areum found it fascinating and left one on me.'
Areum's sexual curiosity was intense. There were times she'd suggest trying things she only knew in theory, and because of that, she'd once left kiss marks all over my body.
'So Bam Nuna has a boyfriend.'
Thinking that, I naturally averted my gaze. It was surprising that she had a boyfriend, but it wasn't really any of my business.
Come to think of it, it was stranger for someone as pretty as Bam Nuna not to have a boyfriend. Even considering that Bam Nuna was a bit plump and had some meat on her bones, she was more than beautiful enough.
For starters, her exotic appearance was incredibly striking.
It was the fact that she was half-white. Her hair was a natural red-brown color. Deeper eye sockets than a Korean's, clear and distinct features, and teal-colored irises on top of that. She was unavoidably someone who stood out in every way. Though, of course, what stood out the most were her absurdly huge breasts.
'Ugh. Control your gaze.'
They were so large that my eyes kept drifting toward them even when I wasn't trying to look. At least an E cup, or maybe an F? I'd heard that women with big chests were really sensitive to men's stares... I had to be careful to avoid an awkward situation.
But it seemed I was already too late to be careful.
Bam Nuna suddenly burst out laughing.
"Ahaha. Cheoljjin is funny."
"Huh, huh?"
"Your eyes keep rolling around because of my chest. It's fun watching them go back and forth."
"N-no, this is—!"
Even if I'd been caught, I hadn't expected to be called out so blatantly, and I couldn't hide my confusion.
I decided to start with an apology.
"I'm sorry......."
Just as I was about to bow my head slightly.
"Do they make you that self-conscious?"
Bam Nuna said that as she folded her arms, emphasizing her chest.
"Cough! Hack, hack!"
With her already large chest emphasized, the visual effect was tremendous. Areum was on the bigger side herself at a D cup, but Bam Nuna was simply off the scale.
When I sputtered in confusion, Bam Nuna laughed fit to burst.
"Ahahahaha! Your reactions are so big!"
"N-no, if you do that, anyone would be really flustered."
Bam Nuna smiled with a peculiar expression and said,
"Cheoljjin is so innocent. It's fun to tease you."
"...I'm not exactly innocent."
Even as hollow words, I was no innocent guy. Saying that now felt like committing a sin.
Bam Nuna sat down in the seat next to me and said,
"You don't have to try so des-per-ately, des-per? Ah, des-per-ate-ly. Desperately try not to look. I don't really care."
"......."
All of a sudden, I'd obtained a viewing pass for her chest.
"Of course, I'd hate it if you openly licked them."
"...Huh? L-lick them?"
When I panicked, Bam Nuna tilted her head. Then, as if she'd realized something, she clapped her hands and spoke again.
"I meant looking at them like you're licking them would be bad."
"Ahh......."
So it was a language barrier. That startled me. This nuna, for all her excellent vocabulary, often had grammar or pronunciation that made things confusing.
"Is Cheoljjin a cherry boy?"
"...Cherry boy?"
I tilted my head, wondering what that meant.
Bam Nuna made a "Hmm~" sound as if thinking of the word, then suddenly blurted out,
"Is Cheoljjin a virgin?"
"Cough!"
She really knew how to fluster a person several times in one day. Had this nuna always been this kind of character? I'd gotten a bit of a 4D vibe from her, but I never expected her to ask something like that so casually.
I calmed my flustered heart and said,
"Uh, nuna? First of all, you don't use the word 'virgin' for men."
"Oh? If you haven't done it once, aren't you a virgin?"
"That's a word only used for women."
"Aha. Then what is it for men?"
"That's......."
Come to think of it, what do you call it for men? I definitely knew it, but maybe because I was flustered, the word just wouldn't come to mind.
"Ada...?"
"I see! I learned something new!"
Bam Nuna beamed brightly. Thinking something had gone terribly wrong, I urgently waved my hands.
"Ah, no, wait a minute. It's not ada. That's kind of a vulgar term, and... Ah! It's called being a virgin. Dongjeong."
"Ddong-jjweong? Do-ong-jeong? Pronunciation is hard. Ada is easier."
"Th-that's slang, so... like a slang word. A bad word."
"Ooh, slang. A word friends use with each other. Do-ho-jeong is hard to say. Ada is good. Women are virgins, men are ada! I've perfectly understood!"
"......."
I buried my face in my hand. It seemed that thanks to me, her Korean patch had gotten corrupted.......
'Well, I guess it's fine since we smoothly sidestepped an awkward question.'
"So is Cheoljjin an ada?"
"......."
So we hadn't sidestepped it. I had no idea why she was asking something like that. Was it maybe a natural question in foreign countries? It didn't seem like it.
I'd teach her some Korean etiquette.
"Nuna, casually asking just anyone that kind of thing is rude."
"Cheoljjin isn't just anyone, though?"
"...Huh?"
I stared at Bam Nuna with flustered eyes. What? Could it be that this nuna was interested in me?
"He's a precious member of our club. And a special talent at that! He's a first-year but he's as good as a fourth-year!"
Ah, so that's what she meant.
My face flushed hot at the realization I'd misunderstood. It seemed I'd caught a case of dokki byeong. A sickness born from hearing people call me handsome lately.
"...Anyway, you shouldn't just ask people things like that."
"Eehhh. Then I'll tell you mine too."
"Huh? No, that's..."
"I'm a virgin! Ahem!"
Bam Nuna said it proudly, puffing out her chest. I didn't know why she was so proud of it, but anyway, her chest was impressive. No, more than that, what was with the kiss mark on her neck if she was a virgin?
"Ah, you looked again. Cheoljjin, staring at someone's chest is also rude!"
"...I'm sorry."
No, she'd said I could look earlier. She really did whatever suited her.
"Fufu. Since Cheoljjin was rude, I'll be rude too. Is Cheoljjin an ada? I told you I'm a virgin."
It seemed better to just answer. It wasn't exactly a huge secret anyway.
"...I have experience."
"Ooh, as expected! Bad person!"
"......."
Keeping up with the flow of conversation was a little taxing. I didn't know why the reaction was "as expected," nor why I'd become a bad person.
The reason became clear from Bam Nuna's next words.
"In my country, sex before marriage is not allowed. Purity is important. Ugh, it's a really inconvenient, old-fashioned country."
So that was why she was proud of being a virgin and called me a bad person. Now I could understand.
"Speaking of which, nuna, what country are you from?"
I'd heard Bam Nuna was half-white, but I didn't know exactly which country. I'd asked before, and back then she'd definitely.......
"It's a secret! Secret!"
Right, she'd said that back then too. Honestly, I was curious, but I didn't have a hobby of prying into things someone didn't want to talk about, so I just nodded vaguely.
Maybe she felt bad about keeping it a secret. Bam Nuna brought her palms together in an apologetic gesture. Then she shifted the topic back again.
"Anyway, so Cheoljjin draws such lewd pictures so well because you have experience, right?"
"?!"
"I want to see the picture again. You drew it really well!"
I thought I'd switched screens before she saw, but apparently not.
Bam Nuna beamed a sunny, innocent smile and said,
"I like lewd things. I want to see the picture in detail."
"......."
She'd already found out, so hiding it would've been pointless anyway.
Ttalkak.
The screen switched. On the monitor appeared a sports-type female character with her hair tied in a ponytail.
Her outfit was leggings and a sports bra.
The pose was holding one leg stretched straight up.
The angle was a low-angle shot from below.
The focal point was the sweltering heat and the emphasized cameltoe on the leggings.......
"Woahh!"
Bam Nuna admired my drawing as she looked at it. To borrow her expression, she observed the picture as if licking it.
It was an incredibly unique reaction, and a conversation that was hard to follow, but on the other hand, I honestly felt relieved.
Well, wasn't it? The lewdness level was a bit milder than what I usually drew, but still, I'd been caught drawing yajjal in the clubroom.
A situation where I'd have no excuse, even if met with contempt.
So the fact that she admired and liked it made me feel lucky.
'If Saebyeok sunbae had caught me.......'
Just thinking about it sent a cold sweat down my back. I had no confidence I could endure a contemptuous gaze that would surely be colder than an ice floe. It was a relief that Bam Nuna had caught me instead.
"Cheoljjin, send me this picture."
"Huh?"
"I can't?"
"It's not that, but... fine."
I'd been planning to upload it to Trickster, but that plan was out the window now. It was just a sonpuri practice sketch anyway, so it wasn't a huge loss. It just felt weird to send a yajjal to a girl.
'Hmm. Is it better than sending nude photos?'
When I thought of Hana, who sent me nude photos of herself almost every day, it didn't feel like a big deal. Amazing, Ju Hana.
When I sent the picture via KaTalk, nuna looked at me with a face full of glee and said,
"Thank you! Hya, it's been so long since I saw Kkang-cheol's art!"
"?!"
I flinched. I'd really been startled many times today. When I looked back at nuna in shock, I saw a grinning face.
"Cheoljjin is Kkang-cheol, right?"
"Th-that's..."
"Because you're Kang Cheol-jin, it's Kkang-cheol? Nope. It's not just a nickname, it's Trickster Kkang-cheol, isn't it?"
"......."
"I was confused because the art style was different, but after seeing this, I'm sure. Eheheh."
Bam Nuna looked at me with a smirking face. Her teal irises seemed to gleam brightly. For a moment, I felt like she was a bit scary.
"Cheoljjin, I have a request. Won't you hear me out?"