Chapter 47
Chapter 47
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 47
Chapter Title: 9. With Sister's Boyfriend (4)
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"Sis."
"Mm."
"When was your first kiss?"
Pfft.
A few grains of rice sprayed from Lee Ha-yoon's mouth as she ate her breakfast.
I'd expected it, so it wasn't all that surprising.
That's why I'd timed it for when she wasn't scooping stew.
Lee Ji-yoon peeled a bit of rice off her cheek and stuck it to the table, continuing listlessly.
"You're not a kid anymore. Why make such a fuss over a little kiss?"
"K-Kiss? Me? With who? Woo-jin? No way?"
"You two are dating. Anyway, when did it happen?"
"...It hasn't."
"For real?"
"......"
"Should I text Seo Woo-jin right now and ask?"
"...We did it...! A few days ago..."
"A few days ago, huh."
"Why are you suddenly asking? Like you said, we're not kids. Kissing happens..."
Lee Ha-yoon rubbed her lips furiously as she asked.
Lee Ji-yoon glanced at her sister's flushed ears, then shot a look at the large lunchbox on the sink counter before sinking into thought.
Sis is shy.
Having watched her for nearly twenty years, she'd always been an obvious extrovert by MBTI standards—lots of friends she got along with all around—but that was it.
She'd only ever spectated other people's romances; this was her first time actually dating a guy.
Lee Ha-yoon herself had never been one for casual flings anyway.
With her part-time jobs keeping her busy, the odds of her sneaking around dating behind my back? Zero.
Okay, fine, up to here.
More guys prefer a girl who fumbles awkwardly from inexperience over one who's too slick and experienced. ...Probably.
But Seo Woo-jin worried her too—he wasn't as sly as she'd expected.
You know...
The type who can't quite take the reins.
Ah, right. He can't lead.
Asking me, the little sister, about what Sis likes instead of her directly.
Or yesterday at karaoke, freezing up just from her sitting on his thigh for a moment.
Yeah, he definitely had that side to him.
At this rate, the two of them would just dawdle around, making everyone else jealous while progressing at a turtle's pace.
Like how I'd pushed Woo-jin from behind yesterday, maybe I needed to give Sis a nudge too.
So that even if he pounced on her in the dead of night per my advice, she'd just squeal and go along with it meekly...
"Hm."
It was Lee Ji-yoon's claim, oddly biased after finishing that game with Seo Woo-jin last night and 'accidentally' reading some romance novels afterward.
Her chopstick tip pointed at Lee Ha-yoon's face.
"So, what about sex? Motel on the 100th day? Or your one-year anniversary?"
Pfft.
This time, saliva splattered the table instead of rice.
Her precious Spam-mayo got a little dirty, but she ignored it as best she could and pressed on.
"These days, plenty of couples do it first and date after. Isn't that a bit late?"
"......"
"Woo-jin's twenty. Fresh out of uniform, hormones raging—think a kiss is gonna cut it?"
"Ugh, I'll handle it... You're one to talk, you've never even dated..."
Lee Ha-yoon wiped her lips again, squeezing her eyes shut as she chomped on the stir-fried odeng.
...Seemed a bit aggressive in her chewing.
Early morning hit her with a yawn. Lee Ji-yoon poked at her side dishes with her chopsticks.
"I've been gaming with him lately, gotten closer. I could ask for you."
"A-Ask what?"
"His tastes."
"......"
"You know, like maid outfits. Uniforms. Swimsuits."
"...Ah, that kind of taste."
"Porn's full of cosplay like that. Anime character stuff too."
"I said I'll handle it myself."
Handle it yourself, sure.
If you could, you'd have lost your V-card ages ago.
Lee Ji-yoon watched her sister, whose gaze darted every which way.
She piled steaming doenjang jjigae over her rice, mixed it roughly with a fried egg, and shoveled it in.
Standing to get ready for work, she glanced softly at her sister, face red as she poked at her food.
"Should I just casually mention it to Woo-jin?"
"Mention what?"
"That time in your second year of high school? When I caught you with that rape play porn..."
Clang, clang.
Chopsticks and spoon flew at Lee Ji-yoon, bouncing off the wall and rolling across the floor.
Probably held back from throwing the bowl since it'd break.
Dodging into the bathroom amid shouts of 'Lee Ji-yoon, you crazy bitch!!', she hummed a tune and grabbed her toothbrush.
No denial to the end, so her tastes hadn't changed.
"......"
Now I feel relieved.
That lingering unease? Consider it settled.
Beneath the crisp brushing sounds.
A quiet sigh slipped down the sink.
Rumbling softly.
47
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Ha-yoon sis? Of course she comes often. She gets hurt a lot.
─We eat together too.
In the bustling cafe.
Lee Ji-yoon fiddled with her phone during a brief breather, pondering Woo-jin's reply.
Late February.
Less than a week until school starts.
Her cafe job would end right then too.
Her only worry...
The infirmary wouldn't be this quiet once students swarmed back.
Before that, shouldn't there be some naughty event there?
A chance for a special memory no one else could have—miss winter break, and it'd be summer before another shot.
Having taken on the cupid role between Woo-jin and Sis, passing up a special event felt like a waste.
Thus.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─You gonna pounce?
She sent it without much thought.
Slurp—the sweet vanilla latte coated her tongue.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Pounce what? It's not just Ha-yoon sis who comes.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Still, only a few people visit the infirmary, right?
[Seo Woo-jin]
─More than you'd think.
─Principal and a few teachers whose names I still can't remember.
─Guess they all wanna get on my good side.
─Age gap makes it hard to talk, though.
Makes sense. A healing Transcendent's touch fixes most injuries, yours or family—you'd want that too.
Shame.
Infirmary sex is off the table then. Next option...
Ah, right.
First, lock this down.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Come to our house and I'll freeze you solid and kill you.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Why?
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Why? Were you seriously planning to do it at our place?
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Not necessarily, but unless we rent a room, it's there or my place.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─You want me listening to you lock the door and bang my sister and friend? Soundproofing sucks.
He's rethinking it now that I point it out? Reply's taking a while.
Customer came just in time; she made drinks while checking her phone.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Yeah. My bad, short-sighted.
She smiled faintly at his compliant reply.
On the other hand,
"...Hm."
The thought that he wasn't very manly crossed her mind.
The type Sis liked was a beast who pins your head to the pillow, forces your hips up, and pounds deep relentlessly.
Face and body? Passable enough.
What's in the pants? Unknown.
Personality left.
Too nice to act like the porn Sis watched.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Hey.
─When I said pounce on Sis.
─Can you actually do it?
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Depends on the situation.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─So, if the moment comes, you'll pounce?
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Grab her wrist and force a kiss. What's hard about that?
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Can you do it?
─Even if she pretends to hate it, can you push through?
─Practice in the mirror or something?
Reply stops again.
Probably drafting and deleting over and over.
Sipping her handmade vanilla latte, staring at her phone—thud, a message pops up.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Thinking about it, might be tough.
Yup.
Knew it.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Said it was easy... Sigh, scaredy-cat.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Easy for you?
─Easy to say pounce, but screw up and your sis might kill me.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Told you that's her thing.
─She'll act hate it but her heart'll race inside. What's the problem?
─Scaredy-cat confirmed. Saw it when you shot the gun.
─Aim shakes like an earthquake against enemies...
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Enough. I'll handle it.
─No need to match her tastes that hard yet.
Handle it yourself.
Same as Sis. Meant to be?
Both want sex deep down but hesitate. Frustrating.
Lee Ji-yoon chuckled unwittingly, thumbs flying over her phone held in both hands.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─You don't wanna do it with Sis?
─Asking me her likes means you're 10000% down, right?
[Seo Woo-jin]
─What's that.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─You know. That.
─The naughty stuff.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Ah.
─Just say sex. Why 'that' now. You were blunt earlier.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Never said it outright? Just asked if you'd pounce.
─Anyway, no need to detour—close your eyes, grab her wrist.
─She blushes fast; mouth says no but it'll show.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─I said I can't.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─If I were you, I'd have forced her on the infirmary bed the second she walked in.
─Be a man with some guts.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─Does the cafe owner know you slack like this? Get to work.
─Thought you were quiet at first... Turns out you're just picky with strangers.
Get to work? How hard was I working till now?
Lee Ji-yoon tossed her empty cup in the sink, about to send a middle-finger emoji.
"......"
Precisely, she was about to.
Before reading Woo-jin's late reply.
[Seo Woo-jin]
─If it's that bad, help me practice a bit.
"......"
Practice?
Help?
What practice?
......
...Ah.
That practice...?
I demoed it once yesterday at karaoke, right?
That should suffice—no need for more...
[Seo Woo-jin]
─If you can't, forget it.
─You'd be embarrassed helping anyway.
"......"
...Fine. Not cheating or anything.
Just teaching him how to do it to Sis.
Strictly dating advice.
'Do it like this' instructions.
He's dating Sis, so that's the intent behind the message.
Nothing weird.
I'm just overthinking.
After thirty seconds evaporated like cold sweat.
[Lee Ji-yoon]
─Embarrassed? That's weird.
─I'm not embarrassed at all? You worried about me or
─I'm not embarrasse
─I
─
─Come to the cafe after.
Huddled small behind the counter, Lee Ji-yoon slowly tapped the screen.