Episode 29: Park Ha-ru Got Cheered On?!
Episode 29: Park Ha-ru Got Cheered On?!
Chapter 29: Park Haru Was Cheered On?!
The filming set where Park Haru was shooting suddenly grew noisy.
"Hello~"
"Hello."
Ji Eunhwi—the picture of elegant purity—had arrived for a cameo shoot. Park Haru approached and greeted her as well.
"Hello. Professor... no, sunbaenim."
"Oh, Haru-ssi!"
Ji Eunhwi gave Park Haru a light hug and returned her greeting with warmth.
Park Haru was briefly flustered but immediately relaxed her expression, smiling as she welcomed her.
After finishing her shoot, Ji Eunhwi approached Park Haru, who was resting, and nudged her gently.
"Haru-ssi, do you have a moment? Let's talk for a bit..."
"Yes, yes."
Following Ji Eunhwi into her car, Park Haru looked around curiously, as if the vehicle were a novelty.
"Is it fascinating?"
"Ah, yes..."
Ji Eunhwi's car was heavily customized—unlike a standard van, it had a high ceiling and resembled a small camper.
"Everyone reacts the same way. If you unfold this, it becomes a bed, and..."
Apparently finding Park Haru cute, Ji Eunhwi smiled as she introduced various features.
When the car tour ended, Ji Eunhwi gently took Park Haru's hands.
"So... I know this might sound strange, hearing it like this..."
"Yes, please speak."
"Do you, by any chance, like Sijun?"
"Sijun..."
"Department Manager Choi Sijun."
"Ah..."
Park Haru felt as if her heart had plummeted into her stomach. To be fair, Choi Sijun hadn't seemed particularly interested in women.
But she had thought that was just because he worked at Daehanyedae and saw so many beautiful people.
After all, her own aunt was Choi Mi-ae—meaning he'd been exposed to celebrities since he was young. That had to be the reason.
"I'm dating Sijun. It's been almost ten years now."
But contrary to her optimistic assumption, he did have a girlfriend.
"..."
As Park Haru's expression hardened, Ji Eunhwi smiled softly and gently stroked Park Haru's hand.
"Do you like Sijun a lot?"
"Yes..."
Park Haru's reply came out thick with tears.
As Park Haru started to tear up, it was Ji Eunhwi who became flustered. She pushed the armrest aside, shifted closer, and hugged Park Haru, patting her back to soothe her.
When it seemed like the comfort wasn't working even after a long while, Ji Eunhwi gently cupped Park Haru's cheeks, met her eyes, and spoke.
"What I meant... wasn't that you shouldn't see him."
"...Huh?"
The corners of Park Haru's eyes, which had been on the verge of spilling tears, suddenly dried right up.
"What do you..."
"What I meant was this. If I said you couldn't have him because I'm here, you'd either have to give up or fight me... But if you still can't give up on Sijun, then let's share him."
"Sh... Share?"
A sophisticated word from Ji Eunhwi, who had clearly been reading some obscure web novels, only flustered Park Haru even more.
"Yes."
"That... Are you okay with that? What about you, Professor?"
"Mm... As for that... I think it would be better for you to hear about it from Sijun directly?"
Park Haru felt a headache coming on and pressed her thumbs gently into her temples.
"Does your head hurt?"
"A... yes, a little..."
The very person who caused the headache was now looking at her with a worried face.
"Well, we can talk about that gradually. For now, let me say a few things as your senior and professor."
Park Haru found the sudden shift in Ji Eunhwi's demeanor frightening, but the words were so earnest that she found herself drawn in without realizing it.
Especially when she shared her observations about their chemistry, about what she'd picked up—even though it wasn't formal instruction, Park Haru felt she was gaining so much help.
"Well... that's enough nagging from me?"
"Nagging? Not at all... This will be a huge help."
"You have such a pretty way of speaking, too, Haru-ssi."
"Th... thank you."
"And I meant what I said. Think it over carefully, and if you really like Sijun, gather your courage. A tip: that guy is surprisingly weak against direct attacks."
"..."
"To put it bluntly, if Haru-ssi just goes for it aggressively, he'll probably get flustered and then just end up going along with it?"
Park Haru's head started hurting again at Ji Eunhwi's words, but it felt different from the headache before.
And just like that, Ji Eunhwi left the set, and Park Haru went back to filming.
"Oh, Haru-ssi! You were good before, but that feeling just now was incredible!"
Having acted while recalling Ji Eunhwi's so-called "nagging," Park Haru received a lot of praise and felt great.
After receiving Ji Eunhwi's confession and encouragement, Park Haru felt regretful that her busy schedule kept her from coming to the university often.
"Haa..."
But the more that happened, the more the person named Choi Sijun etched himself deeper into Park Haru's heart.
Other people she filmed with were also kind, nice, and some were even good-looking, yet she kept comparing them to Choi Sijun, which she found utterly strange.
And on the days she did manage to go in, Choi Sijun just looked so handsome and endearing to her.
Right before the first semester's final exam period began, Park Haru made a resolution.
"Hoo... Let's do this... Park Haru."
She decided to confess to Choi Sijun.
And then, far removed from her plan to just lightly convey her feelings, Park Haru ended up jumping way ahead of herself.
Having rushed back home, Park Haru buried herself under pillows and blankets and screamed.
Her parents, flustered by their daughter suddenly bursting in and screaming, asked what was wrong, but they couldn't get an answer out of her.
After screaming for a long while, Park Haru fell asleep. The next morning, she still felt regret, but since it had already happened, she resolved again to just make sure the date went well.
"Th... this time, let's not suddenly floor it, Park Haru!"
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"I'm back."
"You're back?"
Only one voice answered. I hugged Eunhwi-nuna, who had come out to greet me, tightly and gave her a light kiss on the lips.
"Did work go well?"
"Yeah... yeah."
"You focused better after I got out of your way, right?"
I couldn't deny it, so I just nodded.
"Go wash up and change your clothes."
"Okay. Oh, but what about Sieun-nuna?"
"Ah, she said she left something in the car, so she went to the parking lot."
"Really? I didn't see her..."
"Must've just missed each other."
Speak of the tiger and it'll appear. Just as I was heading to my room, I heard the door lock beep from behind.
"Oh, Sijun's home?"
"Mwah! Mwah!"
I turned back toward the front door and hugged Sieun-nuna lightly, planting kisses on her just like I had with Eunhwi-nuna.
"Haahk... Haahk... Haahk... Isn't today a bit too intense?"
"Uum... Not in the slightest?"
As soon as I changed clothes and came out, I was dragged off to exercise by my two nunas.
At this point, I figured it was about time to stop, so I just lay down on the equipment.
"L... Let's just rest a bit and then wash up."
When I looked in the mirror, the two demons were whispering next to me.
Demons with needlessly good looks and nice figures. Or is that why they're demons?
It wasn't like they were wearing leggings or tight crop tops. Just ordinary t-shirts and ordinary sweatpants, but their figures couldn't be hidden.
As I was catching my breath while admiring their bodies for a while, one of the demons approached.
"Get up."
"Okay."
Thinking we were going home, I got up obediently and headed to the shower room, but the demon grabbed my wrist.
"Where are you going?"
"Huh? Aren't we done?"
"What are you talking about? Come here."
It reminded me of the red-hat-wearing demon I briefly saw back in the army.
"Ughhh..."
The fact that I thought the exercise was hard wasn't just a feeling.
The moment I got home, I sprawled out on the sofa, not even having the strength to lift a finger.
"Was it really tough?"
Eunhwi-nuna, who had transformed back from a demon into an angel, tidied my hair with a gentle touch.
"Ughhh..."
I couldn't even speak properly.
Eunhwi-nuna smiled softly and gave me a light peck on the forehead.
"I'll go dry my hair."
We washed up at the gym's shower room, but the nunas always had to shower one more time once they were home.
"What the, are you still lying there?"
This time, Sieun-nuna, still possessed by the demon, came over and smacked my thigh.
"Ughhh!!!"
She smacked my thigh, but for some reason, my back hurt.
"Hngghhh."
"Good?"
"Yeah..."
Sitting down and lifting my leg to place it on her own thigh, Nuna started massaging my foot.
"Agh!!"
"Oh! Sorry."
"Ah... No, it's nothing..."
It had definitely felt refreshing, but when she pressed somewhere, an unbearable pain suddenly shot through me.
"That hurt so much out of nowhere..."
"Was it here?"
"Hngghh... Yeah, I think so."
When Nuna pressed again, it wasn't the same insane pain as before, but it still tingled sharply.
"Shouldn't you go to the hospital?"
"I don't think it's that bad, but if it happens again, I'll go."
"Alright."
As soon as I said I was in pain, Sieun-nuna finally turned back from a demon.
"Sijun-ah."
"Yeah."
"Nuna is always rooting for you."
"All of a sudden?"
Sieun-nuna, who had been slowly kneading my calf, moved her hands up to my thigh as she spoke.
"But if you ever abandon Nuna, you're dead."
"Huh?"
My answer was stupid, but my brain understood what she meant.
"Did you, by any chance..."
"Yeah, that's right."
As if she knew exactly what I was thinking, Nuna answered before I could even finish. But that wasn't what I was going to ask.
"No, not about you knowing."
"Not that?"
"I was asking if you made me work out extra because you were mad about that."
"Oh... Hey, no way~ Do you really think your nunas are that petty?"
Her mouth said no, but the way her cheeks reddened slightly and her hands grew hot, it seemed like I was right.
"No, if you're going to be that jealous, you could've just told me not to do it..."
Honestly, I just couldn't wrap my head around it. Sharing my nunas with someone else. I feel like we'd talked about it before, but... I really hate it.
I still don't know if they'll truly become my people, but if Nara and Park Haru also form a relationship with me, it'd feel the same. I wouldn't want to give them to anyone else.
"Nuna has a strong possessiveness... no, I mean, a lot of it."
I'd almost asked a stupid question. Someone with no possessiveness wouldn't say they'd kill me if I abandoned them.
"It's just... honestly, I can't handle it..."
"Handle what?"
"No, this!"
Nuna said, lightly grabbing my cock.
"For something you can't handle, it seems like you two are the ones wanting it more..."
I understood it even less.
"No, if we did it less, that'd be fine... I'm thirty now too, it's killing me, you know."
"Nope... You just don't realize it."
"Realize what?"
"You're better and stronger now than when we first started, back when you were twenty."
Sieun-nuna shook her head side to side as she spoke.
Eunhwi-nuna, who'd finished drying her hair and come back, placed my head on her thigh and spoke in agreement.
"That's true."
"Did you seriously think we made you exercise just because of your weight?"
"Wasn't it?"
"Of course, health management was the bigger reason. And two birds, one stone: we were trying to wear you out a little. But you... just got better at it."
A shocking statement reached my ears.
But I didn't feel all that bad about it.
'Hm, so I'm some kind of monster...'
Thwack!
"Ouch!"
Eunhwi-nuna had flicked my forehead.
"Don't smile, Sijun-ah. It's not a compliment."