The Couple's Seat
Next day, around 2 PM, I met Lee Yeondo. It was definitely different from the image I had when I saw her at the shop. Her long, straight hair was voluminous at the ends, curled nicely, and she had applied more makeup. She was wearing a blingy pink striped one-piece dress that clung to her body tightly, which seemed to be the trend lately, highlighting her figure. It looked like she had put in quite a bit of effort, as her previously flat chest was now prominent.
As soon as she spotted me, Lee Yeondo swayed her body left and right, like a fox trying to please. It was definitely fox-like behavior to score points. Even though I knew it, my heart started racing.
She glanced at my hair once, then reached out to adjust my clothes for a moment.
“You look great today.”
“You bought new clothes and went to the salon just for me. I searched the internet for a long time and picked clothes that suit your small frame. A somewhat comfortable yet neat outfit. Joggers as the lower part, which is trending now, and a sweatshirt over a white tee layered on top.”
“Neat. Do you always dress like this?”
“You can’t just say you pick whatever you see, right? Actually, I looked at the internet and picked clothes that would look good on a mannequin, but I nodded. Lee Yeondo smiled and seemed satisfied. I probably gained a point here.”
“Let’s go. The movie starts in 30 minutes.”
“Did you reserve seats?”
“I didn’t know what you’d like, so I just picked something. The title is ‘What Happened at the Hiking Club’ or something.”
“... Is that an adult movie?”
When I saw the movie details she showed, there was a clear 19+ rating. It wasn’t explicit adult movie, but rather a 19+ romantic comedy.
“Do you like this kind of thing?”
“Yeah, what. Serious stuff is boring.”
I liked light movies full of sex scenes too.
“I like this kind too, good for me.”
We entered the theater, got our tickets, and sat for a while waiting for the screening time. At the shop we chatted a lot, but outside meeting, my heart was pounding and I was trembling, not knowing what to say.
Lee Yeondo was the one leading.
“What do you do when you have free time?”
“Ah, me...”
“Damn. I can’t even say I watch porn and I haven’t made proper hobbies.”
“Surfing the internet? Watching webtoons.”
“Foot? Just zoning out?”
“Yeah. Haha... What about you, Yeondo-ssi?”
I called her Yeondo-ssi instead of Oppa, and she seemed a bit surprised.
“Recently I’ve been doing something different.”
“Huh? What?”
“Um... I wanted to be a cartoonist since I was little.”
“You draw well.”
“Yeah, a bit..? I just draw as a hobby, went to academies occasionally.”
“Do you draw comics at home?”
“Um, to be precise, just copies?”
“Can I see?”
She seemed a bit taken aback by my words. It seemed she didn’t expect such interest. She shook her head with a troubled expression.
“I can’t show it to anyone.”
“But I’m curious. Show me. As I said earlier, I like watching webtoons, so I’m interested in comics too.”
“Uh... really. It’s really embarrassing to show.”
“Hmm. Is it not lewd?”
I asked out of the blue, and Lee Yeondo’s face flushed. It seemed I hit the mark.
“Really? Is she drawing really lewd comics?”
“Ah... no.”
“Right. Right.”
It was the same reaction as if someone asked me if I watch lewd videos when I said I watched videos at home. She seemed not good at lying.
But why do I like Lee Yeondo more and more? Drawing or writing lewd things is not embarrassing. Some people would see it and develop pure fan love. There’s a saying that supply follows demand. It’s not a crime or anything.
“I like lewd things.”
“Do you? Unexpected. I thought Junhyun-ssi would be very innocent.”
Yeah. At least the old me was really innocent. A man who hadn’t lost his virginity until 29 is very rare in this era. Before that, my sexual fantasies were almost born from adult videos, but now that I’m practicing it in real life, I should say I’m far from innocent.
“I am completely open. Do you know Pixiv?”
“Huh... you know Pixiv?”
“Yeah. Especially like lewd pictures. I look at my favorite artists’ illustrations sometimes. I get excited looking at 2D.”
I said boldly, and a spark appeared on Lee Yeondo’s face. Her eyes sparkled as if she had met her soulmate.
“You know Pixiv... I like some artists too...”
She seemed to open her heart a bit, and she was checking her smartphone. It seemed she was looking for pictures she could show me. She was so focused that she didn’t notice when I moved to sit next to her.
“Oh, this is good.”
I pointed to a female body sketch with elegant lines and Lee Yeondo jumped and exclaimed.
“When did you come over?”
“Just now. I asked if I could sit next to you...”
“Hah. You startled me. Did you see all of them?”
“No, um. Hah. I didn’t know these were Yeondo-ssi’s drawings, but since it’s a sketch, I thought it was. Have you been drawing all this time?”
“Ah, no! No! Ah, this style. Um, what do you think?”
“Good? You draw female bodies really well. Very detailed. But the breasts feel a bit small. Is this a cover from some artist?”
“Ah... this isn’t a cover...”
“What? Then?”
She hesitated for a moment, then barely spoke.
“This is what I drew looking in the mirror... coloring was hard.”
...
My face also reddened, and I quietly went back to my seat.
We started chewing on the awkward atmosphere while avoiding eye contact.
I had only vaguely imagined Lee Yeondo’s silhouette until now. But with that drawing, reality was given to my imagination. Then I started amplifying it with all kinds of imagination in my head, and finally I was captivated by the huge desire to see her naked body.
“Movie time’s up!”
Lee Yeondo suddenly stood up from her seat with exaggerated energy, raising her voice.
I stood up too.
“Let’s watch the movie.”
She grabbed my arm and pulled me. Holding my elbow, she headed to the screening room, and because of her body and face, I became conscious of the stares from surrounding men. It was the same feeling as when walking with Jin Ayoung in the distance. Lee Yeondo was no different. That’s why the saying that beautiful women are troublesome is not unfounded.
The part-time worker checking tickets also looked at her alternately. Why, is it unbelievable that a guy like me is with such a woman? I wanted to ask, but I held back. Until we entered the screening room, she kept grabbing my elbow. Occasionally when moving, her chest touched my arm and got squished.
This effort really feels different.
“H... H...”
She mumbled while looking for the seat, and finally found it.
But what? It’s a couple’s seat?
“Eh! Why couple’s seat? Hah... I reserved wrong? Um, what do I do?”
I wanted to tell Lee Yeondo why she couldn’t act. But I didn’t hate it.
Lee Yeondo felt grateful to me. I had solved Kim Yujin’s case yesterday and opened a reconciliation path with Shin Iseol. And she saw many things I handled that she couldn’t.
It might be my misunderstanding, but this couple’s seat seemed intentional. I barely suppressed the impulse to stroke her head. Cute... all of it.
“It’s fine. Couple’s seat is just no divider in the middle, right? Easier to eat popcorn.”
“Huu... I was worried you thought I did it on purpose.”
“That’s my intention. I’ll go along with the misunderstanding?”
“Th-this... I knew this would happen. Anyway, no choice, sit! Popcorn, Junhyun-ssi, okay?”
“As you wish.”
We sat side by side in the couple’s seat.
The movie previews appeared on the screen. But because my heart was pounding so much, I couldn’t tell what the content was. In a couple’s seat, unless the bodies are forced apart, they would touch. Her arm touched mine, and if I wanted, my thighs would be close too.
As I kept holding the popcorn awkwardly, Lee Yeondo giggled beside me.
“What? Honestly, tell me. First time at the movies with a girl?”
Direct hit.
When I didn’t answer, she apologized sincerely.
“Really? Oh, sorry.”
“No... why apologize for that.”
“Wow... I didn’t imagine.”
“That’s payback. Double death.”
“Hah. Then, like this. Um... I’ll get closer, put your arm here. Yeah, like that. Better?”
“Ah... yes... comfortable.”
“Swallow.”
When the bodies got too close, I became cautious without realizing. Every breath.
I acted like a god at the shop, but here a virgin?
Haha, even if virgin, I want to do this every week. And I want to be like a virgin every week. Somehow I feel like I’m benefiting from this virgin act.
Lee Yeondo, knowing I didn’t have much experience with women, did bolder skinship.
“Hah, a bit uncomfortable, can I put my hand here?”
??
She put her hand on my thigh without answering.
I turned my head to look at Lee Yeondo’s face.
This woman...?
Did she catch me?
“What, what?”
As I stared for a while, she naturally turned her head to the screen.
“Normally when sitting in couple’s seat, this is natural. Single seats have armrests.”
“That’s true.”
“Junhyun-ssi is uncomfortable so relying on me. Same.”
The face was quite close.
I kept staring at her side profile.
Beautiful.
Jin Ayoung is beautiful, Kim Seoa is beautiful, Park Yuyoung is beautiful, but from the face alone, Lee Yeondo is the strongest. Especially the side profile was almost like a doll. Sharp nose, round eyes, jawline that drops from the side of the ear. And the large eyes with double eyelids that make up about 1/3 of the small face. If not blinking, it would be mistaken for a doll.
A woman like this decided to seduce me.
The movie started, lights went out. At the same time, Lee Yeondo turned her face towards me. Her lips were moving as if asking if I was still staring.
“Ah, because you’re pretty, I couldn’t help but...”
I am not purely innocent either.
After a while, Lee Yeondo rested her head on my shoulder. A fresh thrill I couldn’t feel with Jin Ayoung or Kim Seoa.
A woman like Yeondo resting her head on my shoulder in a situation where we were trapped alone after the flood at the hiking club... but no, the movie is fun?
I ate popcorn and got absorbed in the movie.