Side Story - Married Man Kangcheol (1)
Side Story - Married Man Gangcheol (Part 1)
They say that for children, parents are like a vast universe.
Meaning that children see their parents as their entire world, learning about and growing in the world through their parents' love and attention. Having grown up as an orphan without parents, I tried my best to give our children all the love and attention I never received, without any shortage.
And as a result...
"S-stop this...!"
A house where six family members have lived together for 25 years.
On the second floor are the individual rooms of the three children, now 25-year-old adults.
On the first floor are the living room, kitchen, Selena's study and work room.
And though we're a married couple, thanks to Selena and Ye-rim who pounce on me day after day, there are three separate bedrooms.
And on the bed in my only sanctuary among those three rooms, a blonde woman was pouncing on me.
"Stay still...!"
Even in the dark dawn, her brilliantly shining blonde hair and blue eyes that seemed to contain the sky.
Her naturally strong physique easily subdued my struggling body as she climbed on top of me, and with one hand gripping both my wrists and lifting them above my head, a greedy smile spread across her lips as if she greatly enjoyed this situation.
At first glance, she resembled Selena, one of my two wives.
But...
"Rina! I'm your father! Your parent?! This is something we shouldn't be... Ugh?!"
Rina Kim.
My only daughter born between Selena and me, my proud first daughter with perfect abilities as if she were a perfect copy of Selena in her youth.
And it was Rina who was pouncing on me!
In that absurd situation, I stopped struggling out of bewilderment and confusion and tried to persuade her, but that attempt was also thwarted when her lips pressed firmly against mine.
"Mwah... mwah♡"
Her soft lips pressed against mine like a stamp.
The light father-daughter pecks we used to share filled with daddy's love when she was little.
But as if not satisfied with just this, a pink tongue slipped out between her red lips and tried to force its way into my mouth - an action that could never be interpreted as father-daughter love.
"Hhng?! Uuungg!!"
I have to stop this.
I have to stop Rina here.
If I don't stop her beyond this point...
Throb!
"Eek?! ...Uuuh?!?!"
As I desperately tried to prevent the situation from escalating further by clenching my lips and resisting the tongue trying to invade my mouth.
A sharp, needle-like pain stabbed through my groin, abdomen, and the organs within, causing my lips to part involuntarily, and her tongue didn't miss that brief opening as it pushed in.
"Slurp slurp~ Schloooorp~♡"
It felt like my very soul was being sucked out.
That tiny baby I held in the delivery room...
That child who drank formula from a bottle in my arms...
That child who eventually outgrew my embrace, smiling cutely at mom and dad while hugging me on her own...
"Pahaa... Hehe~ I 'love' you, Da.ddy♡"
Was 'loving' me...
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"Hmm... Oppa. This might sound a bit strange, but aren't you... not aging?"
It's already been 25 years since I've been living in this gender-reversed world.
At Ye-rim's question while looking at me, I also look at Ye-rim.
Her appearance, staring intently at my face even while eating, had lost the vibrant look of her mid-20s from 25 years ago and now had the appearance of a woman in her early 50s that could be described as an ajumma.
And what about me who was asked if I wasn't aging?
"That's right, why do I still look exactly the same as before...?"
I hadn't aged.
To be precise, I remained exactly as I was when I first came to this world.
You might say not aging is a good thing?
But there are limits to everything - I'm over fifty years old and the father of three children, yet I still look like a young boy?!
If I were to list all the things that happened over these 25 years due to this unchanging appearance, talking for a whole day wouldn't be enough.
To name just a few representative examples: the time I went to a parent observation class and got harassed by students.
Or when I met the homeroom teacher for career counseling about the children and she pounced on me, getting herself fired.
Oh, for reference, that damn teacher was a young teacher at least 20 years younger than me.
And she probably said something like, "So a young male dog whose blood hasn't even reached his head got into trouble and got someone pregnant quickly! I'll show you how scary adults can be!"
Or the time I saw some delinquent women trying to assault my sons who had become adults and started college, lost my temper and charged at them, only to almost get 'poked' myself instead.
For reference, that day Rina saw that scene, went crazy, and beat those delinquent women to a pulp.
Saying something about daddy being hers or whatever...
Or the time I went to visit Rina who, at 21, said something incomprehensible like "If I stay at home any longer, I won't be able to hold back" and immediately left to serve in the military, and almost ended up filming a sticky adult video with the officers in the visitation room.
All because I just wouldn't age.
The women of this world were bloodthirsty to devour me!
And recently...
"Don't worry, First Mother. I'll protect Daddy now that I'm here."
The look in Rina's eyes as she said that and looked at me...
Gasp!
At the fragments of the nightmare-like terrible memory from the previous night, I unconsciously shudder.
"That's right. You're a grown adult woman now, so you should protect your father instead of us mothers. That's a good attitude, Rina."
Selena, who has now entered her 60s and naturally exudes a chairman aura, praises without noticing the sticky look in Rina's eyes.
No, kids.
Rina... our lovely daughter... is...
"Daddy? Are you okay? Your expression..."
At the worried voice of my first son Kim Seul, who was eating beside me, I snap back to my senses.
No.
I mustn't talk about what happened last night!
'If I do, this happy family will...!'
"I-I'm fine. It's nothing, Seul-ah~"
"Really? Your expression hasn't been good since this morning, so I thought something was wrong."
My lovely sons who I wouldn't mind putting in my eye.
My wives who have started to get wrinkles on their foreheads with age but are still lovely in my eyes.
And finally...
"Daddy. I'll take good care of you today too♡"
Blue eyes filled with twisted love, exactly like Selena's in her youth, were staring straight at me...
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"Ye-rim-ah, shall we sleep together in your room today? Or you could come to my room and sleep together."
"What's going on? Oppa making such a suggestion first?"
After having dinner with the whole family.
While first son Seul-i and youngest son Rio went to their respective rooms on the second floor, I ask Ye-rim, who's helping me with the dishes while keeping an eye on Rina sitting at the dining table closest to us fiddling with her smartphone.
'Please say yes! You always nod right away saying you'd love to, Ye-rim-ah!'
Though I suggested it lightly as if it were nothing, inside I was burning with anxiety.
She was definitely going to come to my room today.
I saw that sticky gaze of Rina's during dinner earlier...!
When I glance sideways toward the dining table.
I see Rina's gaze, which had been focused solely on her smartphone until just moments ago, now directed precisely at me.
I can't read the emotion in those blue eyes of the child I've raised for 25 years.
Just two days ago she was still my lovely daughter, so what exactly is this emotion contained in that gaze...!
It feels like déjà vu, as if I'm facing Selena from 25 years ago again, back when she was still hiding her true feelings and had those sticky, twisted emotions toward me.
So naturally I suggested sleeping together to Ye-rim, believing without doubt that she would agree, but...
Clatter
"That might be difficult, husband. Kim Ye-rim will probably have to go on a business trip to Japan with me later."
I'm stunned by Selena's words as she comes out of her work room where she had gone earlier saying an emergency meeting came up, even putting down her half-eaten meal.
"W-what are you talking about? A sudden overseas business trip? And not just you going, but Ye-rim too?!"
I ask almost accusingly at this news of both wives leaving the house for the first time since we've all lived together.
"Is this something to question like that? Kim Ye-rim here made a huge mistake in the broadcasting business that idiot set up in Japan. Don't question me, question Kim Ye-rim, husband."
Let me explain now - after giving birth, Ye-rim said the main wife couldn't just live off the concubine's money and that she needed to earn her keep too, so she asked Selena for help and jumped into the broadcasting business. Maybe because she was originally an internet streamer, she was quite successful.
But of all times, she made a big mistake right now, at this timing?
"Then just Ye-rim should go. There's no need for you to go too, Selena? Sleep with me tonight, Selena. I'm, I'm scared so...!"
Glancing repeatedly toward where Rina is, I make my plea that's not really a plea, and my wives smile as if it's cute, their smiles deflating with amusement.
"Aww~ our Oppa. You've only aged in years but you still look like you're in your 20s~ Were you scared because the wives who always protected you are leaving the house?"
"The man who never lost his nerve in front of gangsters when he was young has become more fearful with age. Don't worry, husband. We have a grown daughter to replace us in this house now, right? Isn't that so, Rina?"
It's that daughter who's scary, you women?!
"N-no. Replacing you, such words shouldn't be said carelessly... Eek?!"
It happened in an instant.
From my blind spot where Ye-rim and Selena facing me couldn't see, Rina strongly grabbed my butt as if to tell me not to speak another word, with enough force to make it burst, making me jump in fright.
"Of course, mothers. I'll take care of Daddy 'instead' of you mothers. Hehe~"
Rina smiles brightly, particularly emphasizing the word 'instead' when referring to her mothers.
Seeing Rina's reliable appearance, my wives who don't know what she did yesterday dawn quickly prepare to leave saying 'Take good care of Daddy!' and before I can say anything, they're out of the house.
And Rina, who had been smiling brightly while seeing them off...
"Why did you do that earlier, Da.ddy?"
Was no longer smiling...