Chapter 7
Chapter 7
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 7
Chapter Title: Delinquent Girl and the Total Loser (Not)
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Yoo Harin, age 20.
With her long, wavy hair and sharp features, she gave off an intensely striking first impression.
She was a beauty you couldn't easily forget after seeing her once, but especially her cold gaze and aura carried an overwhelming charisma that dominated those around her.
In reality, Yoo Harin had a bunch of her peers wrapped around her finger.
She was a student at Stella Academy, belonging to Hunter Class 2, and known as the school's delinquent girl.
"Where are you at? Huh? You can't make it? Ah, whyyy!"
Yet there she was, whining cutely at whoever was on the other end of her smartphone.
"Aren't you being too much? We had a deal! I've already told all my friends!"
It was astonishing.
"Fine, I get it, you're busy and all... But if you can't stay, can't you at least swing by for a bit and show your face? Please?"
Yoo Harin kept adding nasal whines to her voice, showing a side completely opposite to her usual image.
"Yeah? Yeah? Please, Si-hyeok."
The truth was, she couldn't help it.
They say it's human nature to turn weak in front of someone you like.
No matter if she was labeled a delinquent girl or whatever, in front of the guy she liked, she was just an ordinary woman.
"You really can't?"
Her counterpart wasn't helping matters either.
The man Yoo Harin had a crush on, the one on the other end of the phone, was none other than Choi Si-hyeok.
Stella Academy's Golden Sun, flawless in every way.
It was no wonder Yoo Harin clung to him.
She herself had an impressive background as the youngest daughter of a famous guild master, but comparatively, her feelings for Choi Si-hyeok ran much deeper.
That's why she always ended up on the losing side.
"Are you seriously gonna do this?"
And this time, the situation was particularly bad.
"I've told everyone you're coming. If you bail now, what am I supposed to look like in front of my high school friends I haven't seen in ages?"
Before the meetup with her friends, she'd bragged big time about something.
"What? Just one minute? You messing with me? Hey, screw you! If that's how it's gonna be, don't bother coming!"
But even her patience had limits.
"Forget it! Don't even contact me! Get lost, you jerk!"
With that, Yoo Harin yelled into the phone, then huffed angrily and chucked her smartphone onto the sidewalk.
"...Ah, damn it. This thing's expensive."
She picked it up and checked the screen from every angle, letting out a deep sigh.
"What the hell is this? All because I said I'd bring my boyfriend..."
Yoo Harin swiped up repeatedly on the cracked screen.
'Anyone else besides Si-hyeok I could bring?'
She scrolled through her contacts, desperately hunting for a guy.
Someone she wouldn't be embarrassed to show off to her friends.
To be precise, since Choi Si-hyeok wasn't actually her boyfriend, she had no qualms about finding a stand-in.
"None. No one. Did I really not have anyone decent around me?"
Gripping her phone tightly, Yoo Harin muttered self-deprecatingly.
If she'd known it'd come to this, she should've paid more attention to other guys besides Choi Si-hyeok...
'Maybe just grab some decent-looking random passerby.'
Regret hitting her late, Yoo Harin shifted her target to people walking by. She took a seat at an outdoor café table and kept craning her neck around.
"Huh?"
It was right then.
"Woo-chin?"
That's when a familiar face caught her eye.
* * *
Spotting Yoo Harin from a distance, I blinked.
'Why's she here?'
Tight jeans and a leather jacket—Yoo Harin.
First time seeing her in casual clothes, but recognizing her wasn't hard.
Thanks to Park Taesoo faithfully relaying all sorts of info in his dedication to his "mission."
Truth be told, Yoo Harin didn't appear much in the original story.
Her role was negligible, even less than Park Taesoo, who was just a minor side character.
She showed up when Choi Si-hyeok was doing a threesome after stealing Cynthia away.
Or when he flexed his masculinity in front of the protagonist.
'Honestly, she was hot though.'
Not much screen time, but every appearance packed a punch.
Trampling the protagonist who'd lost Cynthia while mocking him...
Shoving her toes in the mouth of the guy who'd lost Cynthia and forcing him to serve...
Even someone like me, with utterly vanilla tastes, nearly awakened to foot fetish and femdom play.
Ah, just thinking about it again is getting me hard. Damn.
I shook my head and greeted her.
"Hey, hi."
Then turned to leave.
Maybe because my memories of Yoo Harin were so intense.
Being around her felt like it might turn me into someone else.
Especially since at this point in the story, she hadn't awakened to her femdom side yet.
"Hey, where you going?"
...But she, with her inherently dominant personality, called me back.
"Let's talk for a sec. Come sit here. I'll buy you coffee."
Yoo Harin forced her hospitality with a commanding tone.
"...Sure."
After a brief hesitation, I entered the café and sat across from her.
Better to let her get her business over with. Whatever it was, given her personality, she wouldn't let me go easily.
"What'll you have? Latte?"
"Just an iced Americano."
"Okay? Woo-chin, you like cheesecake? I'll get dessert too. Coffee alone's kinda bland."
"Whatever you want."
What was this woman's angle?
I couldn't figure it out, but on the surface, I calmly ordered and sipped my coffee.
"By the way, you look totally different now."
Soon, Yoo Harin opened up again.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Your casual clothes."
"Well, we have to wear uniforms at the academy."
"Cut that shaggy hair too? Should've done it sooner."
"..."
"And you working out these days? You used to be all skinny for your height."
Yoo Harin openly scanned me up and down.
"What's with you showering me with compliments? And aren't we not close enough for chit-chat like this?"
"You don't have to be close to compliment someone. That's why you got no friends."
Without warning, she stabbed my chest with her words, then crossed her legs as she shifted position.
Sensual and provocative in a subtle way.
"I don't need friends like you."
"What? Haha..."
Yoo Harin let out a hollow laugh, then suddenly sharpened her gaze.
"Wasn't it just the other day you were crawling on all fours in front of Si-hyeok? Now you're talking back? You've grown a lot, Woo-chin."
"Puberty hit hard."
My dick grew a lot too.
Wanna see?
Feel like stepping on it?
"Puberty my ass. Don't you remember? A month ago, I was stepping on your head."
"Was I?"
Stepped on, yeah. And it felt good.
Especially when she wore stockings.
"Pretending not to remember? Want me to step on you again?"
"What?"
Yes, step on me.
Not my head—my dick this time.
"Anyway, spit it out. What's the deal? You didn't call me here just to harass me over coffee."
I sighed dramatically and pressed for the point, upon which Yoo Harin flashed a meaningful smile.
"Woo-chin, be my boyfriend for the day."
"...?"
"Not as good as Si-hyeok, but you clean up nice. And now I see you can talk decently too."
"One day?"
"Got a friends' meetup soon. Just pretend to be my lover there."
Finally getting her intent, I smirked.
This puts me totally in the driver's seat, doesn't it?
"For free?"
"I bought you coffee. And cheesecake."
"Know how much boyfriend-for-hire goes for hourly these days?"
"So, what do you want? More money?"
"What I want is to step on..."
"Step on? You want me to step on you? You perverted freak, you into that?"
Yoo Harin looked at me with utter contempt.
Actually feels good... No, damn it. Snap out of it. This isn't me!
Get out of my head! Go jerk off to your defeat or whatever, you loser Kang Woojin!
"I want to step on Choi Si-hyeok, that bastard."
I hurriedly corrected myself and spat out my real goal.
"What the fuck did you just say?"
At my outrageous statement, Yoo Harin hissed coldly.
"Kidding."
"Kidding? You're crossing the line."
"I know you like him. Why would I say that seriously?"
"W-Who likes who?!"
"Huh? What's with the reaction? Was it a secret?"
"Shut up, you psycho! Don't blab about it whether it's a secret or not!"
I had no idea she thought I was this crazy, she added.
"You asked what I wanted out of nowhere, so I panicked. Give me time to think too."
I shrugged and gazed at the distant sky, smiling inwardly.
'Play this right, and I can really use her position to my advantage.'
Being close to Choi Si-hyeok, getting her help would make revenge a lot easier.
"Ha. Fine, here's the deal. If you play boyfriend well today, I'll make sure no one messes with you from now on. That good enough?"
"What about Choi Si-hyeok?"
"...Stop bringing up Si-hyeok. Anyway, I'll tell him to leave you alone. How's that?"
Yoo Harin proposed, considering my situation in her own way.
Of course, it didn't satisfy me.
"I'll handle that myself."
"...Guys are such picky bastards."
"We'll figure out the boyfriend act's price later."
"I'm warning you now—decide by end of today. Tomorrow, no dice. Don't whine I was unfair."
Setting a clear deadline, Yoo Harin ended the talk and shot up from her seat.
"Oh, and no weird talk or antics in front of my friends."
"I'll be like wallpaper."
"Good, nice. First decent answer from you today."
Of course, that was a blatant lie.
The wallpaper bit.
A bit later, after changing venues, I grabbed Yoo Harin's hand the moment we entered the bar.
"...!"
Startled, she looked up at me with wide eyes, cursing me with her glare.
"Gotta do at least this much to look like a couple."
Unable to argue, she glared daggers but didn't pull her hand away.
"Harin-ah! Over here~!"
One of Yoo Harin's friends called us, so I headed with her into a private room at the whiskey bar.
These barely-legal kids sure knew how to party fancy.
"Kang Woojin."
I greeted Yoo Harin's four friends and their boyfriends, then took a spot at the table loaded with drinks.
"..."
Alongside Yoo Harin, who looked full of dissatisfaction somewhere.
Just a hunch, but tonight was probably going to get interesting.