Sohee's Choice
Sohee had skipped morning practice, but that didn't mean she could blow off school entirely.
She wasn't the brightest, so her lecture grades were already abysmal. The only reason professors hadn't flunked her was that she showed up faithfully and turned in every assignment—even if they were a mess—and that earnestness made her look endearing in their eyes. Skip a class now and an F was basically locked in.
"Ugh... how am I supposed to face Dohee-sunbae...."
Hoping against hope, she finished tidying her room and headed for the playground she'd gone to the day before. The lewd traces of what Dohee and that man had done were still there, proving beyond any doubt that yesterday hadn't been a dream. Facing Dohee now felt impossible.
"No... I have to get to the bottom of this! What if that guy is blackmailing Dohee-sunbae?"
She simply couldn't accept that Dohee had always been that filthy. So she swung her suspicion hard toward the man instead.
As far as Sohee knew, Dohee had never been close with guys or even shown interest in them. Seeing her with one at all felt completely off.
"Yeah—he must be blackmailing her! Dohee-sunbae has no choice!"
She declared it like she'd cracked some great riddle, utterly convinced after a whole ten seconds of "deduction" that she'd solved the mystery.
"That man is the one who made her like that!! Ugh!! I won't forgive him!"
Hostility and pure rage toward the guy flared up inside her. A normal person wouldn't leap to conclusions this fast, but Sohee couldn't stomach the idea of her respected sunbae acting that way. Her pure, simple mind locked onto the wrong track and refused to stop, neatly arranging every thought in that direction.
"Right. I'll settle this properly at school!!"
Having worked herself into a near-delusional sense of mission—that she had to save Dohee—Sohee marched off toward campus with confident strides.
After lectures she headed to the field for track practice. Dohee was already there, stretching with her usual cool expression.
"Hello, sunbae!!"
"Hey."
Sohee greeted her louder than usual to hide how nervous she was, but she'd always been energetic, so Dohee didn't find it strange.
Ugh, just looking at her makes me remember yesterday—I can't even look properly!
Normally she would have stared, drinking in Dohee's form, but the second she saw her the events of last night replayed so vividly it was like they were happening again right in front of her. She couldn't meet Dohee's eyes at all.
I have to say something—but how do I even start?! Uuuugh!!
Back home she'd been burning with righteous purpose to rescue Dohee. Now that the moment was here, she had no idea what to do.
Do I tell her I saw everything at the playground? Or say I know she's being blackmailed?
No matter how hard she thought, she couldn't figure out how to bring it up. She dithered the whole time until practice ended and they parted ways.
"Ugh... I never said anything...."
She left campus without a single word, dragging her feet toward home.
"!!!!!!!!!!! Th-that man?!"
She'd just resolved to speak up tomorrow for sure when she spotted him near the convenience store by her place—the same man from yesterday, about to go inside.
"Y-you!"
"Hm? Me?"
"Y-yeah, you!"
The instant she saw him her body moved on its own and she called out.
What do I even say?!
She'd managed to stop him, but nothing came to mind for how to start.
Screw it!!
Her head spun until it overflowed, and words just spilled out of her mouth on autopilot.
"I know what you did with Dohee-sunbae yesterday!"
I was heading to the convenience store for milk so I could give Dohee and Seohee milk enemas today—their school day was almost over. Mom had messaged that work was piled up and she'd be late, so I figured I'd enjoy some quality time with the two of them first. I was just about to step inside when someone called out to me.
"Y-you!"
"Hm? Me?"
"Y-yeah, you!"
Who is this?
I tried to place the unfamiliar face, but the words that came out of her mouth froze me solid.
"I know what you did with Dohee-sunbae yesterday!"
!!!!!!
"What exactly do you mean by 'what I did'?"
I kept my expression as blank as possible. She was shorter than even Seohee, with a childish build that made me wonder if she was still in middle school—until I noticed the university track jacket she was wearing. Same school as Dohee, then.
"D-don't even think about lying! You tricked Dohee-sunbae into... into... doing those dirty things!!"
"H-hold on, keep your voice down!"
This girl—clearly Dohee's junior—couldn't control her emotions and was shouting right out in the open. Panicking, I clapped a hand over her mouth.
"Mmph!!!!!!"
"Stay quiet and I'll let go!"
She tried to yell again the second I covered her mouth, but screaming now would only make everything worse. I ordered her firmly to shut up. Only after she nodded did I pull my hand away.
"We're going somewhere quiet first."
"O-okay."
I led the tense girl to a quiet café. The second floor still had people, so we went up to the third. Empty. I picked the most secluded table and sat her down.
"You're Dohee's junior, right?"
"Y-you knew?!"
"You called her sunbae, so yeah......."
"O-oh, right...."
She was denser than expected. I stared at her, half exasperated. She still looked half-grown, yet she was a full adult—an absurdly unbalanced little package.
Is this what they call a legal loli? Something like that?
I was spacing out looking at her when another ridiculous line tumbled from her lips.
"Stop blackmailing Dohee-sunbae!"
"Blackmailing?"
"Yes! I know you're forcing her to do those... those things!"
What kind of misunderstanding is this?
I'd never blackmailed Dohee. I had forced myself on her once... but even that had been something she ultimately wanted, so it barely counted.
I'll have to talk this over with Dohee first.
"What's your name?"
"W-why do you need my name?!"
"We should at least introduce ourselves."
"Ah... I'm Sohee..... Lee Sohee."
"Mm...... alright. We'll talk about this later. I've got somewhere to be."
"O-oh, okay."
I bolted out of there in a hurry.
"Ah! What's your name?!"
Only then did the girl named Sohee realize she'd given her name and gotten nothing in return. She called after me, but I was already racing home and simply ignored her.
When I got back, Dohee and Seohee were already there. I called them into the living room and told them everything that had just happened.
"S-Sohee?!"
Dohee flushed bright red and clutched her head, clearly shocked.
"Oppa as...... a blackmailer?.."
Seohee, listening beside her, didn't look nearly as flustered. She'd already been treated like a sex slave and fucked in front of her friends, after all. If anything, the idea that I was some evil blackmailer seemed to turn her on; her face pinked as she clearly started imagining future play scenarios.
"Uuuugh, how am I supposed to face Sohee tomorrow?"
She must have been a pretty close junior. Dohee hugged her head and fretted. If Sohee had seen everything at the playground yesterday, she'd witnessed Dohee at her most vulgar and slutty. Dohee wasn't thick-skinned enough to just act normal around someone after that.
"What else can we do...... We have to show her you aren't being blackmailed."
"O-Oppa?"
Dohee saw the wicked look on my face and swallowed hard, cheeks burning as she realized exactly what kind of future was waiting for her. She didn't look like she hated the idea at all.
The next day I had Dohee contact Sohee.
"D-Dohee-sunbae?! What do you mean?!"
At school, face still red, Dohee spoke to her junior.
"I'm not being blackmailed...... I'm doing it because I want to."
Even with a close junior who had already seen every filthy side of her, saying it out loud while still in her right mind was hard for Dohee. Shame painted her face scarlet, but it was an order from Oppa—her Master—so she carried it out as best she could.
"I'll prove to you that no one's forcing me..... So after school today, come to this place."
Dohee gave Sohee the address of a hotel, then headed off to track practice like nothing had happened.
"Sunbae....."
Sohee watched her leave with a tangled mess of emotions, swearing to herself that she would learn the full truth no matter what, and waited for the final bell.
"Th-this is the place?!"
The hotel on the address looked ridiculously nice—far too luxurious for an ordinary student. Growing up in a normal household, Sohee hesitated just standing outside it.
"Dohee-sunbae... okay. Let's go!"
Still, the chance to learn the truth about Dohee gave her the courage. Heart pounding, she walked in.
"This is it."
She gulped.
Following the staff's directions, she stopped in front of the room. Tension spiked again; she was afraid to open the door. Part of her still refused to accept that Dohee had done those things of her own free will—not under blackmail or force. But the words had come from Dohee's own mouth, and Sohee's mind was a storm of confusion.
With trembling fingers she gripped the handle and stepped forward into a brand-new world that would completely rewrite her life.