My Dearest Sisters
At Tang Ga-in's sudden, demanding insistence for the truth, Tang Ga-hui's lips felt as if they were glued shut.
She had to make up an excuse somehow to escape this situation, but she couldn't bring herself to speak.
She wanted to say that she had only done it to treat Tang Hwi, and that she wouldn't mind revealing this to Tang Suryeon and handing him over.
For some unknown reason, after he ejaculated, there really were faint signs of his internal injuries improving.
If she used that as an excuse, Tang Suryeon would understand and hold only her accountable.
No matter the reason, her sexually exploiting Tang Hwi was an unforgivable act.
Of course, she wouldn't face extreme punishments like having her limbs severed or her dantian destroyed.
Yet, the reason she couldn't voice the answer she had prepared was because of Tang Ga-in, who stood before her with eyes blazing.
Her fierce, sharp eyes gleamed as if they would tolerate absolutely no lies.
A burning hostility, as if she might treat her own sister as a sworn enemy, sent ripples of unease through Tang Ga-hui's heart.
Did she really have to lie, even if it meant turning her own family into an 'enemy'?
So... let's just reveal a part of the truth to convince her.
There was no need to disclose that she loved Tang Hwi as a woman.
Though her heart ached at her youngest sister's hostility, she steeled herself and looked her straight in the eye.
"Don't worry. I only did it because there were signs that doing this helps alleviate his internal injuries. Hwi... *ahem*. Perhaps because he's regressed to a child, he doesn't know how to release it on his own."
"Really? So it's not because you like him or anything?"
"Of course not. We are blood-related family. At the very least, I have no intention of ever ending up with Hwi."
As Ga-hui shrugged and spoke calmly, Tang Ga-in's eyes trembled.
Her senses and intuition told her that Tang Ga-hui wasn't lying.
'I didn't lie in the first place.'
They were indeed blood family. Furthermore, Tang Ga-hui had no intention of marrying Tang Hwi.
...While she did love Tang Hwi as a woman and wished they could be together, it was true that she had no plans to actually act on those desires.
She was cleverly twisting her words to speak only the literal truth.
For the clever knew how to mix ninety-nine percent truth with just a single percent of deception.
Tang Ga-in, who had yet to experience the wider Jianghu, seemed confused by Tang Ga-hui's sophisticated rhetoric, her expression turning bewildered.
Seeing her hostility fade, she might have accepted the current situation as 'something Tang Ga-hui was forced to do to treat Tang Hwi.'
If so, that was actually for the best.
The soft-hearted Ga-in might forgive her, pity Tang Hwi, and bury what she had just witnessed.
"Then that's fine."
But Tang Ga-in's next words completely defied her expectations.
"Then it's fine if I date him, right?"
"...What?"
Had she heard correctly? As Tang Ga-hui doubted her own hearing, Tang Ga-in spoke again, confirming she had heard perfectly.
"Our useless brother~ At this rate, he won't be able to get with any other woman for the rest of his life. So, as his kind and pretty little sister, I'll take responsibility and live with him. ...*Smooch*."
"???"
She suddenly leaned in and planted her lips on the sleeping Tang Hwi's cheek.
After pulling away, a faint blush dusted her cheeks, fully revealing her face as a woman in love.
Her behavior, which made it obvious to anyone that she viewed Tang Hwi as a man rather than a brother, threw Ga-hui into a state of panic.
'How can she act like that? First of all, it's bizarre that Ga-in likes Hwi. Didn't she hate him? No, even if she does like him, proudly confessing her love for one family member in front of another is a huge problem in itself! And kissing him is weird too. If she likes him, shouldn't she have gone for his lips first? No, wait—before all that, shouldn't she have criticized me for using my breasts to stimulate Hwi's penis? Maybe Ga-in felt jealous of that and demanded the truth from me because of it...?!'
If anyone could peer into Tang Ga-hui's mind right now, they would have described it as absolute 'chaos.'
Too flustered, her thoughts refused to align.
Her logical circuits, which should have been operating in an orderly fashion, were as messy as a child's ruined playroom.
"What a relief~ It would have been troublesome if you had your eyes on him, Sister."
*Snuggle.* Saying so, Tang Ga-in snuggled into the sleeping Tang Hwi's arms, rubbing her face against his firm chest.
Watching this, Tang Ga-hui felt something hot and indefinable boiling up from the depths of her chest.
She wanted to do that too, but she was holding back and trying to draw a line—yet Ga-in was crossing that line without a care in the world, thoroughly enjoying Tang Hwi.
Yes. This was jealousy.
Tang Ga-hui had no choice but to label it as such.
A dark, unfamiliar emotion felt as though it were consuming her vision.
Seeing her once-adorable younger siblings pressed so tightly against each other and rubbing together made her strangely irritated, her nerves fraying.
Even if she had declared she wouldn't end up with Tang Hwi, wasn't it far too lewd for them to rub their bodies together right in front of her like this?
At the very least, as the eldest, she needed to exercise some control over her youngest sister's indecent private life.
"Ga-in... I understand well enough that you like Hwi... so pull away from him now."
"Why~? Even if you're my older sister, I won't let you off if you try to tear us apart!"
"Sigh... It's not that... What do you think Mother would say if she saw you two like this?"
At the excuse Tang Ga-hui desperately conjured to separate them, Tang Ga-in tilted her head and replied confidently.
"A little sister who just really loves her big brother?"
"..."
Indeed, unless one suspected 'incest,' that was exactly how it would look.
Who would ever think she was treating her own blood relative as a sexual object and licking him all over?
It was only because Ga-in had boldly declared her incestuous intentions that Ga-hui's mind had gone straight to the gutter; to anyone else, they would just look like exceptionally close siblings.
With that, she could no longer think of a good way to pry Tang Ga-in away from Tang Hwi.
"So, you've done enough, Sister. I'll take charge of Brother from now on."
"What? What do you mean by that?"
"Well~ unlike you, Sister, I love him, so I want to be with him. Since things turned out this way, I'll take care of him by myself so you won't feel uncomfortable. You've been looking much livelier lately anyway, so Mother probably won't object either."
"...I see."
Tang Ga-hui felt an inexplicable shock at Tang Ga-in's declaration to separate Tang Hwi from her.
Why was Ga-in doing this to her?
Even though she had already stated she had no intention of ending up with Tang Hwi, what was the meaning of trying to snatch him away regardless?
Ga-in received the love of the clan through places like the Amsugak, but Ga-hui had nothing but Tang Hwi.
She had finally found a man—her younger brother—who accepted her despite her scarred face, and now she was going to steal even him away?
This... was simply too cruel.
"Then we'll do that, okay? Sister?"
Think, realize. Even if the heavens fall, there is always a way out, is there not?
Even if you are dragged away by a tiger, you can survive if you keep your wits about you.
There was absolutely no reason she couldn't stop her younger brother from being taken away.
She had only failed because she panicked. If she calmed down and thought it through, she could come up with plenty of justifications to stop this.
...She didn't care about stopping Ga-in from being with Tang Hwi, but she would not tolerate him being stolen away from her side.
"Ga-in. I'm afraid I can't allow that."
"...Sister?"
As her youngest sister frowned, Tang Ga-hui offered a relaxed smile and spoke.
"I understand your feelings well. However, looking at your behavior, it wouldn't be surprising if Mother caught you at any moment. It's best we keep our current arrangement as it is."
"Heh."
Tang Ga-in's eyes narrowed venomously.
"Sister. What are you going to do when Brother gets his memories back? Do you really think he'll still treat you well after finding out you molested him while he was amnesiac?"
"And do you think Hwi will accept you?"
"That's for me to handle."
"I'll return those exact words to you. Healing the sense of betrayal Hwi might feel and earning his forgiveness is also for me to handle."
The sisters glared at each other.
If anyone had been caught in the middle of this tense psychological warfare, they would have suffered greatly.
"..."
"..."
The confrontation dragged on, and silence stretched between them.
They stared each other down without yielding an inch, as if they were sworn enemies meeting on a narrow bridge.
It was Tang Ga-in who finally broke the suffocating standoff.
"Hmph. Fine, have it your way, Sister. I'll just seduce Brother all I want at night."
"Don't hurt Hwi too much. He's practically a child right now."
"Heheh! It's called early education. Early. Education. When his memories return later, he'll enjoy my body to his heart's content and drown in carnal pleasure!"
...This is dangerous.
As Ga-in spoke and struck a pose that accentuated her figure, Tang Ga-hui knitted her brows.
Her breasts were certainly lacking compared to Ga-hui's, but they weren't small by any means.
They were slightly larger than average, a perfect handful for an adult man, and her slender body possessed a supple, elastic plumpness.
If she offered that body naked, even the regressed Tang Hwi would helplessly get an erection and succumb to her.
On the other hand, Tang Ga-in felt an equal sense of crisis.
'Those breasts... they're way too big, even if Brother does love big breasts!'
The scar on Tang Ga-hui's face was certainly a flaw, but she doubted the regressed Tang Hwi would care much about it.
Moreover, her breasts were so massive, it was as if she alone had inherited Tang Suryeon's genes, carrying a pair of watermelons on her chest.
If she seduced him with that vulgar body, even after his memories returned, Tang Hwi would naturally be drawn to her like a bee to honey.
'I have to milk him dry all night so Sister can't extract a single drop!'
'I need to keep draining his fluids so Ga-in won't have anything left to take.'
As if proving they were indeed sisters, the two of them reached the exact same conclusion.