My Sister's Friend (5)
Bang.
The moment Kim Jiwoo disappeared into his room, the dining table was left to just the two of them.
"Mmm-!"
Park Seoh-ah popped a piece of sundae liver into a dab of salt and let out a soft, pleased hum as she chewed.
"This place is always delicious no matter when I eat here, right?"
No matter how many times she came back for more, she ate with the same ravenous delight as the very first bite. Her appetite was enormous for someone of her frame.
Catching Kim Chaeeun's blank stare, she tilted her head.
"What's wrong, Chaeeun?"
"You ate here yesterday too. Isn't this already a full week straight?"
"But this house feels new and thrilling every single day! Oh—did it get a little boring? I could've ordered something else. Sorry."
"No, I still thought it was good. I haven't been eating it every day like you."
"I really should hold back more… but I literally can't live without tteokbokki. I'm so lucky I made a friend like you so I can keep eating this well. I love you, Chaeeun. You're the only one for me!"
With exaggerated flair, Park Seoh-ah threw her arms around Kim Chaeeun.
"Oh, should I thank Jiwoo oppa too? He loves his little sister so much he just showers her with allowance."
"No need to thank him. If anything, he should be thanking us for letting him offer us money."
"Hehe, true. Chaeeun, try this fish cake too. The broth is so spicy and perfect, isn't it?"
In the middle of that warm, cheerful atmosphere, Park Seoh-ah suddenly seemed to remember something and slipped a hand into her pocket.
"Ah, right. You used to chew gum all the time. Oppa gave me a piece today and my focus went through the roof."
She held up the Memory Gum like a prize.
"Maybe because Jiwoo oppa gave it to me? It even tasted way better."
Kim Chaeeun stared fixedly at the Memory Gum. Seeing that, Park Seoh-ah pulled another piece from the container and held it out.
"Want one? Seriously the best gum I've ever had! If there were tiers, this would be tier zero. Wait—is this the same one you always chewed?"
"No. This is different from what I used to eat."
Kim Chaeeun peeled the wrapper with her slender fingers and slipped the gum into her mouth.
The instant she bit down, a clean, cooling sweetness bloomed. It was so smooth and refined she felt she could never go back to ordinary bubble gum. The more she sucked the sweetness out, the more her brain seemed to wake up, her field of vision widening. A buoyant high rose in her chest—like she could do anything right now.
One corner of Kim Chaeeun's mouth curled up.
Yeah… this is the one he gave me back then.
She murmured it under her breath.
Park Seoh-ah watched her for a moment, then asked,
"What's wrong, Chaeeun?"
"Nothing. Oppa's just taking a while."
Once I got to my room I just sat there blank for a long while. When I finally calmed down a little, I went to the bathroom and washed my cock and underwear. Just imagining what had happened earlier was enough to make my lower half twitch again.
My eyes drifted to the long pants I'd left on the floor. The lingering heat kept whispering to me.
Go ahead and cum one more time. Her scent is still on those pants. Smell them.
I forced my reason back into place and barely held on. I did press my nose to the fabric—but I didn't jerk off.
By the time I returned to the living room, the table had been cleared completely. The dishwasher beside the sink was humming away. Park Seoh-ah and my little sister were sitting on the sofa watching television.
"You're out, oppa! Dinner was so good. Thank you so much."
The second she saw me, Park Seoh-ah stood up and beamed. Just looking at that smile made something warm and soft unfurl in my chest. Facing her was enough to set my heart racing all over again.
When I came back to myself, I was staring at her smooth bare legs. She gave me a sultry little eye-smile and mouthed the words at me.
Per. vert.
My face went scorching hot. I tried to hide the embarrassment as I spoke.
"You didn't have to clean up. Sorry I came out late."
"Not at all! I freeloaded a whole meal—if I didn't at least do this I'd feel even worse."
I glanced at my sister still sitting on the sofa. Had she helped this time since her friend was cleaning? I almost assumed she would have, then immediately leaned the other way. My sister's personality was pure… queen. Every boyfriend she'd ever had must have spoiled her rotten and danced to her tune. The fact that she stayed close with Seoh-ah was probably mostly thanks to Seoh-ah's gentle, accommodating nature.
"Oppa, I should head out now. Thank you so much for today. You'll look after me again tomorrow, right? I already miss you. Hm?"
"Of course. Come again tomorrow."
She was leaving already. A flicker of disappointment hit me, then my shoulders tensed with sudden energy. If I drove her home, we'd be alone together. My head was already spinning and my heartbeat was hammering harder.
I own three cars total. I bought them and then barely ever go out, so they've just been sitting there collecting dust. Even I feel a little bad saying it, but parking them in the good spots and never moving them is pure freeloading. If not now, when would I ever use them?
But my sister moved first.
"I'll take Seoh-ah home. It's not that far."
"That's right. Oppa, just rest comfortably at home!"
Park Seoh-ah licked her lips as she spoke.
"We've got girl talk to do. Stuff a guy shouldn't hear."
I felt disappointed, but I kept it off my face as best I could.
"…Yeah. See you tomorrow then. Be careful, Seoh-ah."
The two of them walked to the front door. Then Park Seoh-ah suddenly pattered back.
"Ah, right! Oppa, let's exchange numbers. And you have to follow me back on Instagram. Promise!"
She held out her phone. My cooling heart started pounding all over again. How many times had my chest risen and fallen like this in a single day? Was I really this easy?
While I was typing my number, a sweet scent suddenly drifted right under my nose. Park Seoh-ah had puckered her full lips and was blowing her breath at me.
Sniff. Sniff sniff.
My body reacted on its own. She'd offered the scent, so of course I inhaled it. What do they call this again?
Being trained like a dog.
Yeah—it felt exactly like being conditioned. Blow breath at me and I automatically lean in to smell it. Was she chewing gum right now? The fragrance was even richer than before.
While I worked the phone, she kept subtly puffing her breath toward me. My fingers gradually slowed. I dragged the process out, wanting just a little more of that scent.
The second I finished and handed the phone back, she immediately called me and hung up.
"Oppa, save my number too."
While I was saving her as "Park Seoh-ah," she stared straight at me. Then she turned her screen around and held it up for me to see.
It took me a second to process what I was looking at. A contact name that anyone would recognize as something you only set for a lover—set on my number.
I slowly raised my eyes to her. Park Seoh-ah had been waiting; she mouthed the words at me.
Mine.
She pointed at me with one finger, then brought that finger back to herself. She puffed her cheeks out in a cute, shy little pout—while still making the gesture crystal clear that I belonged to her.
Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump♡
My joints felt like they were creaking. My face went past flushed and straight into burning. What do I do? I think I'm going crazy. Am I Seoh-ah's now?
She blew another soft breath across my face. Naturally I inhaled the scent and waited quietly for whatever she would do next. Then she made a cute little "beehh" sound and stuck out her bright red tongue. On top of it sat the gum she'd been chewing—soaked, glossy, dripping with her saliva. Her tongue tip swayed back and forth as if deliberately seducing me.
My vision swam and my mind went hazy. I leaned in and took the gum with my mouth. In the process, the tip of her tongue brushed my lips.
"Nngh…♥"
The moment that lewd little sound reached my ears, the sensation multiplied several times over. Electricity crackled through my brain.
"It tastes even better because I fed it to you, right?"
She whispered right against my ear without the slightest regard for the state I was in.
"Chew it nice and thorough until all the sweetness is gone. No thinking about anyone but me today. Got it?"
My brain felt like it was melting into warm syrup. In a daze I managed to answer,
"…Yeah."
"See you tomorrow then. Oppa♥ Your red face is so cute♥"
Even after Park Seoh-ah and my sister stepped out the front door, I stood there for a long time just chewing the gum. Strangely, I kept catching the scent of her pheromones.
As Park Seoh-ah stepped out the front door she smoothed her clothes into place.
Click-clack. Click-clack.
Two sets of footsteps echoed down the hallway, and the corridor lights flicked on at the same time.
Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The neighborhood with the highest standard of living in all of Gangnam. Especially this newly redeveloped ultra-high-rise complex—both exterior and interior were flawless. Cutting-edge facilities and construction built exclusively for the ultra-rich.
Riding the elevator down from the 43rd floor, Park Seoh-ah couldn't help but marvel.
"Wow. You can literally smell that only the richest of the rich live in this complex."
"Smell?"
Park Seoh-ah smiled sweetly. From her expression alone she looked like an angel who had never heard a single vulgar word in her life.
"Jiwoo oppa completely lost it over the smell of my breath. I wonder if he felt something like this too?"
She didn't seem to be waiting for an answer.
"Chaeeun, how much is your place worth?"
"Hmm. Around twenty billion won, I think."
"Eh? For real? Twenty billion? I can't even wrap my head around that amount…!"
"Uncle bought it for us, so I don't remember the exact number."
"Uncle… you mean the debt-collection enforcer from that loan company?"
"Yeah. That enforcer."
Park Seoh-ah's eyes rolled thoughtfully as she processed something.
"It's weird. The guy who was trying to completely destroy your family—how did his attitude flip so suddenly? He acts like he can't live without Jiwoo oppa now."
Park Seoh-ah and Kim Chaeeun had met in high school. By then the relationship with the enforcer had already changed and the household had stabilized. The Kim Chaeeun that Park Seoh-ah knew was so rich money practically rotted in the house, and she was an untouchably haughty queen. Everything about the old days was just something she'd heard secondhand.
For Kim Chaeeun herself, those days had already become a past she could laugh off lightly. The reason it could remain nothing more than a single memory was entirely because her older brother, Kim Jiwoo, had worked and cared for them in every possible way. That was why they were still close siblings.
However.
"I was curious too. It was weird how Uncle suddenly turned so friendly. Well… I'll find out soon enough."
Kim Chaeeun often thought back to that time. The man who had treated her and her brother like toys now cherished and protected them as if they were his own children. A bizarre situation where his attitude had flipped a full 180 degrees overnight. And the most suspicious figure inside that mystery.
"Hm? How? Do you have a way?"
Park Seoh-ah perked up like a rabbit, ears pricked.
Kim Chaeeun answered as if it were nothing special.