Let's Stop Now (2)
Faint light crept in through the window. The early morning sunlight. In the end, I had pulled a complete all-nighter.
I looked at Soyeon noona, who was gasping for breath as if on the verge of death.
Noona's body was a complete mess. Her hair was splayed in every direction and her whole body was stained with white fluid. The circles under her eyes were dark and dried tears lingered like hangnails.
Of course, I looked like hell too, though less so than noona.
I pulled my aching cock out of noona's pussy. The thing that had been forced to stay erect quickly deflated. Now it truly had no energy left.
I brought a wet towel and wiped noona's body down. Her genitals were red and swollen from being tormented for so long. Because I'd spent the whole night going at it with the mindset that it was the last time, the all-nighter had basically amounted to outright torture.
I roughly wiped us down, but it didn't mean much. The entire bed was a disaster. Wouldn't the motel complain? I'd have to sneak out later.
Feeling deeply fatigued, I lay down on the bed. What time was it now? Six o'clock.
"Still, I can get a little sleep......."
With those words, I passed out as if I'd fainted.
*
We truly slept like the dead. If it weren't for the alarms I'd set to go off at five-minute intervals, we might have slept the whole day.
Fortunately, Soyeon noona and I woke up not too late and went to our respective homes to change clothes. Even after sleeping so deeply, my body felt heavy.
'Staying up all night is something only possible in comics.'
No, it actually was possible. Since I did just pull an all-nighter. But the next day was the problem. The immense fatigue made me not want to do anything.
'How many times did I come last night?'
Last night, until my refractory period refused to end, I had greedily devoured Soyeon noona, endlessly repeating rest and sex. Thinking back on it now, I was no different from a beast in heat.
Throughout the morning lecture, I slept, and I only picked at my lunch. Now the afternoon lecture, where we had to present our group project, was starting.
When I arrived at the lecture hall, I saw Soyeon noona, who had arrived first. We exchanged a brief glance as a greeting and sat down together.
"Are you okay?"
"Not okay......."
She looked it. The deep dark circles under her eyes couldn't even be covered with makeup.
Feeling sorry, I handed her the coffee I'd bought on the way.
"Drink this. I bought the hazelnut one you like, noona."
"Thanks......."
Noona, who accepted the coffee weakly, sucked on the straw. It looked less like she was savoring the taste and more like she was just ingesting caffeine to survive. Would she even be able to give a proper presentation like this?
The worry was pointless.
"The topic our group has selected is Korean Food. Currently, Korean cuisine is gaining global attention, and......."
Soyeon noona's presentation was clean. Her posture was upright, her voice was at an appropriate volume, and her pronunciation was sharp.
Soon, when the video I had edited played, everyone in the lecture hall focused. At the part where Soyeon noona and the Canadian were talking at cross-purposes, which I'd made the highlight, laughter erupted as intended.
The presentation ended.
"Well done. The PPT was neat and the presentation was good, too. Especially, the video editing was excellent. Who did it?"
"I did it."
As for who else could have done it, there was no one in our group except me and Soyeon noona. The three nuisances had apparently dropped the course entirely, as they weren't seen.
The professor looked at me and smiled with satisfaction.
"A project that should have been done by five people was well finished by two. Don't worry, the small number of group members won't count against your score."
"Thank you!"
The group project was finished safely.
And the physical relationship between me and Soyeon noona came to an end as well.
*
A few days passed.
Soyeon noona, who had said we should end our physical relationship, kept that promise strictly. She no longer approached me casually as before.
That didn't mean our relationship became estranged. What we ended was only the physical part. When we ran into each other in the department, we greeted each other happily and had conversations.
"You know midterms are in a month, right? Let me know if you need past exam papers."
"As expected. I was counting on you, noona."
"Then, hang in there."
"You too, noona."
However, there was definitely something different from before. An invisible distance. We no longer made unnecessary physical contact.
It wasn't regrettable. It hadn't been sudden; we'd already talked about it, and I wasn't particularly hurt either.
Soyeon noona had said it.
What she felt for me wasn't romantic interest, but interest in me as a person.
I felt the same.
I had never viewed Soyeon noona as a romantic interest. Of course, I'd gotten excited and went at it when we had a physical relationship, but now I knew—that the object of sexual desire and the object of romantic interest didn't necessarily coincide.
Of course, it was also a pity. That I could no longer have sex with noona.
'Was I always this much of a horndog?'
After entering college, I'd craved women's bodies to a degree that even surprised myself. Now, when I saw a woman, I'd find myself scanning her figure first.
In fact, even before, I was aware that my sex drive was stronger than most. Even when I was holed up at home, I'd masturbate three or four times a day, so there was no way I couldn't know.
However, I didn't know exactly how I compared to other men, but according to what I heard from Soyeon noona, it was abnormally strong. So much so that she even suggested I get it checked out at the hospital once.
Well, I had heard that from Areum too. But back then, it wasn't credible. Neither I nor Areum had ever been in a relationship, and we were both virgins.
But when I heard the same thing from Soyeon noona, who had dated men before, it carried a different weight. I came to accept it—my libido was abnormal.
'There is a problem, indeed.'
It felt like my sex drive had exploded after getting to know women intimately. To what extent? To the extent that sex caused problems in my daily life. Since it wouldn't end in an hour or two, I was running out of time.
For example, my hobbies, including exercise, were ruined.
When I was heavily involved with Soyeon noona, I didn't go to my morning workouts. It was because I'd always have relations with noona until late at night and then sleep in.
Then, a message came from Seora noona.
- An Seo-ra: Cheol-jin, why haven't you been coming to work out lately?
- An Seo-ra: Have you given up? Aren't you sorry about the progress you've made so far?
- An Seo-ra: Don't give up. You said you wanted to lose weight until you hit 80kg. You can do it. I'll help you.
Once I allowed myself one break from exercise, it quickly became a chore. I hadn't completely let go, but I became negligent with my diet and my motivation waned. Because of that, my weight, which had dropped to 93kg, went back up to 96kg.
I stared blankly at the ceiling and muttered.
"Exercise... I've got to start again. All the progress I've made so far will be a waste......."
I forced myself up. Since it was the first time in a while, it was incredibly bothersome, so I consciously muttered to myself, I have to go, I have to go. Once you start skipping even once, it's annoyingly, incredibly hard to pull yourself back.
Just then, my phone vibrated. Didn't I turn off the alarm?
[Seora noona]
I answered the call.
"Hello?"
- Cheol-jin, it's Seora noona. Were you sleeping?
Come to think of it, Seora noona's voice was a little hoarse herself. Had noona just woken up, too?
"No. I woke up to go work out."
- Oh, you woke up on your own? That's commendable. I called in case you couldn't wake up.
"Actually, my eyes were open, but I was fighting with myself because I didn't want to get up. But getting your call woke me right up, noona."
- Ahaha. I'll give you a wake-up call from now on. Since we've started, we've got to reach your target weight!
She'd even give me a wake-up call? We were just people who met by the stream, so it was both amazing and I was grateful that she cared this much about me.
Of course, there was no reason to refuse.
"I'd be thankful for that."
- Okay. Then put on some clothes now and come out to Cheonggyecheon. I'll head out soon, too.
"Just go to the usual spot, right?"
- Yeah. We're going to run a lot today, so bring a tumbler.
"Yep. See you in ten minutes."
I hung up and moved immediately. If I lay back down now, I felt like I'd fall asleep. I roughly brushed my teeth, washed my face, and wet my hair down to make myself look human.
"I'm grateful......."
With her giving me a wake-up call, I had no choice but to go out. A forced wake-up. It was incredibly annoying, but at the same time, I was so grateful.
"Uaaaa."
I came outside and stretched. The dawn air filled my lungs. The cold wind chased the sleep away.
Indeed, the hardest part of working out is stepping outside the house. Once I was out like this, my motivation to exercise suddenly ignited.
"As expected, working out is great."
There was the goal to lose weight, but also, after running like this from the morning, my mood for the day changed. Most of all, it was a huge outlet for my sex drive.
Come to think of it, to vent my libido, it seemed like I'd also have to increase the intensity of my workouts. It wasn't just exercise that I neglected while indulging in sex. I'd started half-assing my college life, and I'd also dropped the drawing, reading, editing, and modeling I'd been self-studying as hobbies.
Really, a man needs to control his lower half. If you're swayed by lust, you're literally fucked.
Just then, a familiar voice called out.
"Cheol-jin!"
"Ah, noona. Long time no see."
Not far away, Seora noona was running over while waving her hand. But something about her speed was off. She was getting closer, so why was she going faster?
"You punk! Getting all lazy and shit!"
"Oof!"
Seora noona, who had run at full speed, tackled my body. I didn't fall over, but my shoulder hurt from the impact. It was nowhere near comparable to getting hit by Areum's feather-light fist.
There was a silver lining, though.
Seora noona put me in a headlock. Her chest pressed against my face. However, it was hard to call it a pure reward when it was still agonizing.
"Kek, ketcch. Noona, I surrender! Surrender!"
"Are you going to come to workouts diligently? Huh?"
"I'll come! I'll be there!"
"Do you want to die if you don't keep your promise? I'll gather up the guys from our department and hunt you down."
"Eek. Please have mercy on that one."
Please really have mercy. Just the thought of those burly hyungs chasing me was terrifying.......