Episode 17: Choi Si-eun Has Returned
Episode 17: Choi Si-eun Has Returned
17Choi Sieun Returns
Park Haru returned to Choi Sijun's office with the sandwich she'd packed, and was about to press the doorbell when she noticed the door was slightly ajar. She carefully pushed it open.
"Manager Choi?"
She found him sprawled on the sofa, apparently having lost the battle against drowsiness and simply lain down after she'd left.
"Heup!"
Park Haru gently straightened out the collapsed Choi Sijun, tucking his legs onto the cushions, and nudged him lightly to make a little room for herself.
After checking the window and door locks once, she cautiously lay down beside him.
"You smell... really good, Manager Choi."
She carefully, ever so carefully, swept his bangs aside and smiled softly.
"What's wrong with me?"
She didn't understand why she was doing this.
Choi Sijun was handsome, yes. But was he more handsome than the lead actors she'd seen on set? No, not really.
He also wasn't the type she'd always dreamed of. If she had to put it into words, Choi Sijun gave off a warm, gentle vibe like a church oppa.
But that very warmth and gentleness had stolen Park Haru's heart.
"Next time, speak casually with me... oppa."
"Ah... and it'd be even better if you ate..."
The last part was barely a murmur, so quiet it was almost inaudible.
Park Haru's cheeks flushed at her own confession, and she carefully stood up, placed a light kiss on his forehead, and left the office.
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"I'm home."
"You're back?"
"Yeah."
"Huh??"
Two voices answered instead of the expected silence or a single reply.
"Sieun-nuna?"
"That's right, it's your nuna."
I pulled the nuna who had come to greet me at the front door into a tight hug.
"Aigoo~ our puppy. Still such a baby. You're that happy to see your nuna?"
"Of course I am. You haven't even been answering my messages..."
"The reason we haven't been in touch is because you never called, you little brat."
Her words were blunt, but the hand stroking my back was incredibly gentle.
"Let me look at you. They said you'd gained weight, but it looks like you've lost some? Has Eunhwi been giving you a hard time?"
"Me, give him a hard time?! When I do, he always turns the tables on me!"
We'd only been apart a few months, yet I couldn't understand why I was so overjoyed to see her. Sieun-nuna lifted her head, buried her nose against the nape of my neck, and inhaled deeply.
"It kind of smells like Eunhwi..."
"Oh, come on!"
The breath from her nose made my skin prickle, so I quickly pushed her away.
"Oh-ho? You're pushing your nuna away now? Come here."
I grabbed Sieun-nuna's hips as she tried to pull me back, lifted her slightly, and hugged her tight. Clinging to me like a koala, she planted kisses all over my face.
"Smooch! Smooch! Smooch! Smooch!"
"Tch, now that your own nuna is here, I'm practically invisible."
I set Sieun-nuna back down and embraced the mildly pouting Eunhwi-nuna as well, giving her a light kiss on the lips.
"So, what's the occasion?"
"What do you mean, occasion? Filming wrapped, so I'm here."
"Already? You said you wouldn't be back until autumn."
"I just happen to be pretty good at my job."
She bragged that while other people kept getting NGs and had to reshoot, she'd nailed everything in one take.
"Still, I can't stay long."
"Why?"
"I have promotions and other stuff to do."
"Ah..."
We moved to the sofa, settling in a row with me between them as we continued talking.
"How's work been? Bearable?"
"Well... same as always, I guess..."
"Your aunt mentioned she'd gotten you appointed as Department Manager for Department 4, too?"
"How did you know about that?"
The conversation mostly revolved around work until Sieun-nuna suddenly lifted the hem of my shirt.
"Hey... Eunhwi?"
"Hmm?"
Eunhwi-nuna, who had been eating grapes, turned at Sieun-nuna's call.
"Manage Sijun a little more tightly, will you?"
Sieun-nuna poked at my belly repeatedly.
"A leading actress saying 'tightly'—what does 'tightly' even mean?"
I tried to nitpick her wording, but the two nunas paid me no attention whatsoever.
"I've been feeling like my stamina's picked up a bit lately, so I was about to start training him."
"Good."
My opinion was completely disregarded, and they immediately began crafting my workout routine.
"Uh, excuse me..."
"Excuse me?"
They acted as if they couldn't even hear me and carried on a conversation I had absolutely no desire to follow, with me stuck between them.
"Oh, right. Do you ever call your mom and dad?"
"I do. It's just that they never pick up."
I shrugged in response to Sieun-nuna's nagging question.
My parents are truly one of a kind. They're a completely different breed from the typical parents who lose sleep worrying about their children.
That doesn't mean they abandoned me or don't love me. It just feels like they worry a little less because Sieun-nuna is around.
"Are they doing well? Still traveling these days?"
"Yeah, I didn't even get to see them when I arrived."
"Huh?"
"What?"
Eunhwi-nuna and I both asked at the same time, our voices tinged with surprise.
When Nuna was heading to the U.S., they'd insisted on going along, saying they'd be worried about sending a young woman by herself.
"By the time I got back, they'd already left for Canada. They said it was too hot here."
"Wow... they really are something else..."
It probably wasn't so much that they were anxious about Nuna living alone in the U.S.—it was more that they just wanted an excuse to travel comfortably by themselves.
They didn't just travel, either. My father ran a business on the side wherever they went, while my mother silently supported him. The phrase "match made in heaven" might as well have been coined just for the two of them.
"It's just a late-life romance, honestly... How can a remarried couple be that lovey-dovey..."
"So what? As long as they're happy, that's all that matters."
It's not like my father and mother had thrown everything else away except each other. They took excellent care of me, of my nuna, and of each other's families. I was the only one who occasionally felt a little lonely, and that alone was hardly a reason for me to criticize them.
"What? Where are you going?"
While Sieun-nuna and I were talking, Eunhwi-nuna had gone into the room, packed her bag, and was quietly preparing to leave.
"Giving you two siblings some time to catch up?"
Sure, she called it "catching up," but what she really meant was for Sieun-nuna and me not to feel like we had to tiptoe around her and just be comfortable.
"Do you even have somewhere to go?"
"Hey, I have my own place too, you know."
Sieun-nuna had asked sharply, clearly unhappy with the idea, but Eunhwi-nuna answered as if it were no big deal.
"Nowhere."
I snatched Eunhwi-nuna's bag away, then scooped her up gently from behind and sat back down on the sofa.
"No, I just... want a little time to myself too..."
That's what she said, but a smile tugged at the corners of her lips, clearly pleased that we'd stopped her.
"Alright, alright. I'm tired."
Sieun-nuna took both mine and Eunhwi-nuna's hands and pulled us toward the bedroom. Even on the bed, the two nunas ended up on either side of me.
One with blonde hair, one with black.
"Uh... Nuna."
"What."
Even without saying a name, they each knew which one I was calling. The nunas claimed my tone was different, but I honestly couldn't tell.
"I should re-dye my hair."
"Really? My stylist did say it needs touching up. Might as well do it while I'm here."
I wriggled downward, slipping between the two of them.
"What are you doing?"
I turned my head to the right and caught the familiar scent I'd long associated with Eunhwi-nuna.
"Heup... hmm..."
Turning my head to the left, I inhaled the slightly awkward yet utterly comforting scent of Sieun-nuna.
"Hmm..."
"What's this? Why are you acting so clingy all of a sudden?"
"Same person, but it's interesting."
"What are you talking about? We're different people, so of course we're different."
"You've gotten into scents lately, haven't you? Sniffing people's skin like that."
Eunhwi-nuna sounded mildly exasperated. Even so, she gently stroked my hair.
"You crazy pervert. Choi Sijun?"
Sieun-nuna pulled back slightly and gave me a strange look, then she buried her nose into the crook of my neck and took a whiff herself.
"Hmm... it's actually nice."
"So you're a pervert too, Nuna."
"Hey, in the States all I smelled was Western body odor and perfume. It genuinely gives you a headache."
"Is it that bad?"
"Yeah... with some people, you feel like throwing up just from standing next to them."
Sieun-nuna shuddered as she spoke.
"Go ahead, smell all you want."
Somehow I'd ended up in her arms, my head cradled against her chest as she pulled me closer.
Even being with just one of them felt like more than I deserved. Wrapped in the warmth of two breathtakingly beautiful women as if I owned the entire world, I eventually squirmed back up.
"Why are you coming up? I said smell all you want."
"Are our scents not good anymore?"
"Stuffy... hot..."
The scents themselves were wonderful, but the heat radiating from their bodies was always more intense than I expected.
Once I was up, they both rested their heads on my shoulders and snuggled close.
"This is nice..."
Sieun-nuna left that quiet murmur behind and promptly fell asleep.
"Nuna?"
"Sieun's asleep, shh."
"She must've been exhausted."
"Sijun-ah."
"Yeah?"
Eunhwi-nuna turned my head and kissed me.
"Heup, chuup, chp, chup. Pwah-ha~"
"Pwah-ha~ Is this really okay?"
"What's the matter? Why? Do you feel like you're cheating?"
"What are you even talking about? Come here."
Holding the instantly dozed-off Sieun-nuna in one arm, I turned my head the other way and kissed Eunhwi-nuna. It was more electrifying and sweeter than any kiss we'd shared before.
"Eek, no."
Eunhwi-nuna's hand slipped inside my underwear, but I caught it and stopped her.
"Whyyy?"
"It's still stinging..."
The aftereffects of the waxing still lingered, leaving a prickling sensation even from morning erections.
"Really? Want me to put some ointment on it?"
Eunhwi-nuna slowly dragged her tongue across her lips and gazed down at me with a thoroughly naughty expression.
"No."
"Whyyy?"
"Nuna, you're not going to use ointment. You're going to use spit."
"Tch. Nothing gets past you."
"Nuna."
"Hmm?"
"Are you really low on stamina?"
"All of a sudden?"
I finally asked the question that had been nagging me ever since our serious talk last time.
"No, it's weird. Someone who claims to lack stamina keeps seducing me constantly like this..."
"Sijun-ah."
"Yeah?"
"Stamina and sex drive are two different things. You don't drink, so maybe it's hard for you to understand."
Nuna closed her eyes for a moment, searching for the right analogy.
"Ah! It's like how you still eat spicy food sometimes even though you know your stomach will hurt and you'll suffer the next day."
"I do."
"That's what it's like. My sex drive and my stamina."
Nuna shrugged matter-of-factly and burrowed back into my embrace.
On one side, the steady breathing of someone already asleep. On the other, the somewhat rougher breathing of someone whose heat had yet to fully cool. Listening to both sounds, I felt a slight stir in my cock, but I simply pulled them both closer and decided to be content with just that for tonight.
[ Illustration: Choi Sieun ]
