88 – mixed bathing
“……it’s okay.”
I reflexively looked at Hyena.
As if conscious of what she had said belatedly, Hyena blushed and slightly turned her head.
Still, he didn’t let go.
“That, you sweated a lot too, and since you came in now… I think it’s okay…”
“Ah, yes. That’s right.”
Swept away by the atmosphere, I replied like an idiot.
nothing is okay
But even if you say this, going away
I thought that maybe it was an act of not being too considerate of Hye-na.
Eventually we got into the bath at about the same time.
The sound of splashing water spread calmly in the bathtub.
‘It feels good.’
Although in the hotel it was easy to wash in hot water.
I haven’t been able to shower properly since I came back.
After soaking in hot water for the first time in a while, I felt my muscles relax.
“Whoa.”
Hyena let out a hot sigh with a pleasant expression.
Maybe because of her flushed cheeks, she looks prettier than usual.
Let’s look at Hye-na’s chest hidden by her gown.
Unknowingly, I closed my eyes tightly.
‘I’m going crazy.’
Hye-na’s white skin and wet appearance do not disappear as if it is stuck in her hair.
It’s nothing new, but Hyena is pretty.
If you were lucky, you might have been an idol or a magazine model.
It was a situation in which the two of them were in the bath alone with such a beauty.
To be honest, it’s strange that I’m not conscious of it.
‘……Was Hyena originally like this?’
Hyena’s outfit did not compare to the swimsuit she had seen before.
Thanks to this, the outline of the attractive body was revealed almost intact.
A white nape, a slightly raised chest, and smooth stretched thighs.
Every time I become conscious of it, it feels like my throat is burning.
‘Let’s sing the national anthem.’
That’s how I sang the national anthem that I didn’t usually sing well until the fourth verse.
Foot! And Hyena burst into laughter.
“Oh sorry. It’s the first time I’ve seen you so nervous, Jihoon.”
Hyena laughed like a child.
Looking at that expression, I can feel the tension release too.
‘Was I being too nervous by myself?’
it’s tension
It’s a slightly unfamiliar feeling since metafiction was created.
We faced each other as usual.
“I thought Jihoon didn’t care about things like this.”
“Can it be?”
“Didn’t Yuri just take off her clothes in front of you before?”
“Hey, even then, I was only looking at other places as much as possible.”
“Hmm~ Really? Didn’t you actually steal it?”
Hyena’s narrow mischievous gaze is directed at me.
It was only then that I could finally face Hyena.
“……You’ve grown a lot of hair.”
“Ah, yes. I wasn’t even in a position to go to the hairdresser.”
Hyena ran her fingers through her wet hair.
Originally, Hyena’s hair was pretty short bobbed.
It was long enough to almost reach my chest.
It’s a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of
Even that is what Hyena is doing, so it feels attractive.
There are parts that I was not conscious of because we were always together.
Little by little it felt like it was coming into my eyes.
‘……The fever is rising again.’
Probably not because of the hot bath.
I thought I shouldn’t admit it, but I have no choice but to admit it.
A strange color flowed from the present Hye-na.
“I’m asking this just in case.”
“yes?”
“Jihoon, what kind of hairstyle do you like? After all, do men prefer long ones like glass?”
That’s a bit of a difficult question.
It’s not that it’s hard to answer, it’s just that I don’t know.
I’ve never thought about women’s hairstyles.
No, I don’t even know what I like.
To be honest, how could I, as a solo otaku from birth, know that?
“I don’t think it really matters… … .”
After talking without worrying about it, Hyena caught my eye again.
It’s not the Hyena from when we were together at school.
Hye-na awakens as the best driver and runs through the destroyed world together.
I don’t hate Hyena now.
Rather, it’s closer to what I like.
However, it would be a lie if I said I didn’t miss that time at all.
Unlike me, he doesn’t distance himself by saying he’s an insider.
I wonder what it would have been like if I had been closer with my childhood friend Hyena.
Because I know better than anyone that I can’t go back now.
It is that kind of lingering that makes you cling to memories even more.
“……Bobbed hair would be fine.”
“Oh, um, oops! Hmm… that, is that so?”
“It goes well with you. Oh, it’s not that I don’t have a lot of hair, of course. Hyena, you will be pretty in any style.”
“Huh~”
Hyena’s face turns red.
At the same time, the corner of his mouth was about to rise slightly.
I’m trying to endure it somehow, but I can’t control it at all.
I can see it with my own eyes that I feel better.
Hyena stretched her arms upwards.
Unknowingly, I turned my head again at the motion that naturally emphasized my chest.
‘No matter how defenseless he is.’
Surely you’re not doing this on purpose?
“lol! Then, should I ask Mina if anyone cuts her hair?”
“Is there a hairdresser here?”
“Umm, maybe it’s because there’s a bathtub too?”
Well, if there are so many people, there might be at least one hairdresser like that.
Of course, there’s no guarantee that it will cut well.
“Or how about asking Yuri to cut it?”
“uh? Did Yuri cut her hair too?”
“no. Still, wouldn’t it be pretty cool to see him using zombies?”
“Hmm, I guess that would be a little different.”
In fact, it doesn’t seem to matter how you cut it.
Because Hye-na’s beauty is not to the point of disappearing just because she cut her hair badly.
“Oh, Mina said she could give us a mission!”
“mission?”
When I asked, Hyena splashed the water lightly as if playing a joke.
“Nothing great. It’s just a matter of researching somewhere, or going to find something. There must be a lot of places that haven’t been investigated yet.”
“Well, I guess.”
Maybe I couldn’t afford to go there because I was only concerned about survival.
Moving too far can be exhausting.
In that sense, it is safe to have Hyena’s ‘Best Driver’.
Any vehicle, wherever it is.
Because it’s not a big problem for Hyena.
“I thought Mina would just let her unnie rest.”
“Ah, I’m sorry about that. And I don’t want to be seen as special. That’s why you were so reckless.”
“Well, yes.”
Noh Kyung-kyung kept us in check by giving nonsensical reasons.
Contrary to his intentions, it helped us quickly gain recognition in the Haeundae group.
Although I don’t like the fact that the action was quite emotional.
They are human beings who need to be together, so there is no need to scratch them to make a boil.
‘As long as it kills zombies well, it doesn’t matter if it’s the same monster.’
Of course, if it annoys me more, I plan to press it with force.
Fortunately, judging from the reaction I showed you earlier, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
“Because it is a village that Mina made difficult. I want to protect you as a sister.”
“I see.”
Mina seems to have said something similar.
The reason she made this town was for her sister.
Before getting along, they are pretty similar sisters.
“I am. It was really nice to meet Mina.”
Hyena leaned her back against the bathtub wall and smiled.
Like really happy.
“Honestly, I didn’t really expect to meet you. Because the odds were so dire. So I thought about giving up on everything.”
“… … .”
“By the way, Jihoon met Mina again thanks to you. Thank you very much.”
“…I didn’t do it alone.”
I replied with a slightly embarrassed feeling at the sudden greeting.
Hyena shook her head from side to side.
“No, without you, I would never have survived. Even if I had survived, I wouldn’t have had time to think about meeting Mina.”
The trials given by ‘destruction’ are never light.
It is difficult for Hyena to come to Haeundae by herself.
Of course, no one really knew what it would be like.
Maybe we arrived at Haeundae sooner than now.
But now, here and now, somehow, the two of us met because we were alive.
That’s all I can say with certainty.
“Here, Jihoon. Can I ask just one question?”
“What?”
“The day zombies first appeared in the classroom. Why did you bother to save me?”
In the beginning, I didn’t know anything about this world yet.
I chose to run away from the zombies.
With Hyena by her side.
‘Why did you do that?’
It was a bit of a special choice.
From start to finish, I prioritized only my survival.
Although I did not attack or steal others first.
It’s rare that I’ve ever tried to help.
Because I thought it was normal in the first place.
And. It is no different now.
Still, I’m sorting out people based on ‘useful’.
The act of viewing a single human being as a ‘chess piece’ or ‘resource’.
No matter how much I am a ‘main character’ who perceives this world as a simple novel.
It is a truly arrogant way of thinking.
Why did I treat only Hyena special from the beginning?
Because it’s a childhood friend that I’ve known for a long time.
I don’t think it’s just an extra.
There must have been several reasons.
After all, this was the only decisive moment.
“Because Hyena you believed in me.”
“uh?”
Hyena narrowed her eyes for a moment.
As if the answer was unexpected.
“Is that all?”
“At first, I thought we would survive together, regardless of anyone. I judged that the survival rate was high. He gave me all the information I knew.”
If you think about it, it was the same when you first used the comment search.
I told everyone the things I found out.
But people didn’t listen to me.
It failed because of bad timing.
No one believed me even on a test.
“I can be here because you believed in me and were with me. I didn’t save Hyena, I just survived together.”
Except for Hyena.
“That was lucky for me too. Because I met someone like you.”
Hyena’s face turned red visibly.
Then he turns his face to the side.
When I looked closely, steam was rising from my hair.
“Ugh, ugh! I see! Well, that’s true.”
Soon Hye-na slammed her face into the bathtub.
Bubbling and bubbling, bubbles flowed out.
Isn’t that kind of behavior in the bathtub?
In the end, Hye-na came out only after her ears turned red.
“……hot.”
“I know.”
After that, we quietly enjoyed the bath without much conversation.
Just like before, only the quiet sound of water could be heard sparsely.
I didn’t feel awkward anymore.
****
‘Whoa, did Jihoon say things like that sometimes casually?’
Ji-hoon wasn’t the only one who cared about the fact that he was naked and wearing only a gown.
It was embarrassing to see Ji-hoon not wearing a shirt even for Hye-na.
It’s like the thread veins that are clearly revealed on the arm that has become thick without knowing it.
The abs that grew on my stomach while I couldn’t see them.
As I kept looking at those places, blood rushed to my head.
‘Ah, was I originally this lewd?’
Fortunately, Jihoon was also clearly conscious of himself.
It seems that Jihoon tried hard to hide it.
There is no way that a woman can fail to notice that the man’s heated gaze is directed at her.
The sweet yet thrilling gaze that scans the body gradually heats up the heart.
Hyena didn’t feel bad about that gaze.
No, on the contrary… I was a little relieved.
It meant that Ji-hoon clearly saw himself as a woman.
To be honest, Ji-hoon’s actions and reactions in the meantime were lowering the confidence of women, including Hye-na, knowingly and unknowingly.
I appealed this far, but there is no response.
Am I that much of an unattractive woman…?
But now, Ji-hoon is clearly conscious of his body.
That fact made Hyena happy.
‘I think it’s a little cute.’
It is not easy to see Ji-hoon who is so flustered and nervous.
Because Ji-hoon always calmly judges the situation even in front of dozens of zombies.
They say that if the object of your love looks cute, the game is over.
I was already worried about what to do if this happened.
‘I’m glad though.’
Jihoon looked at his body and his heart fluttered.
Just feeling that makes me feel better.
Hyena secretly smiled lovely next to the man she had a crush on.