68 – 068. One question and a handful of courage.
The calm cat goes up to the stove first.
At the proverb that suddenly flashed through his mind, Ahn Su-ho looked at the vegetable-yeon. Indeed, it was an appropriate word for the situation. The vegetable kite in front of me wasn’t particularly calm or even a cat. Seeing that she, who seemed to be the first to reach out, is leading this drinking party with a shrewdness, I thought there was no more appropriate analogy than that proverb.
“Ugh.”
Ahn Soo-ho rubbed his chest to soothe his nausea. On his left side, Kang Ha-neul was covering her mouth with a reddened face, and on the right side, Ji Ye-won was holding a half-left glass and letting out a heavy sigh. Seeing her like that, Chae-yeon sat across from her Ahn Su-ho.
“What are you doing? Aren’t you drinking right now? Originally, punishment is a one-shot drink, but did you look at it specially?”
And laughs wickedly. Ye-Won Ji, who was fed up with the smell of alcohol, which was disgusting because it was not good enough, finally couldn’t win her eyes and took a glass.
Gulp.
Her breasts were bewitchingly pulsating. She groaned in pain and glared at her vegetable kite. Either that or not, Chae-yeon just hid and pointed at her bottle.
“Now then, let’s decide the next questioner! Who will turn it this time?”
“…… I will do it.”
Kang Ha-neul turned the bottle. The snout, which had rattled around on the table, stopped and pointed at the vegetable lotus. Then, a deep smile appeared on her lips.
On the other hand, the faces of the other three were even paler. Kang Ha-neul, who turned the bottle around, said yes and sighed.
“Me again? Lol. I’m sorry it seems like I’m the only one asking a question. So who’s going to take it this time? Ehehehe.”
Chae-yeon grabbed her bottle and turned it around again. Tension flashes across the faces of the remaining three.
‘How did this happen?’
At that moment, by chance, the same impression came to the minds of the three people. Looking at the bottle spinning round and round, Ahn Su-ho recalls what happened a little while ago.
…… 30 Minutes ago. Kang Ha-neul and Ji Ye-won, who could not agree on whether the order of the questioners should be clockwise or counterclockwise, eventually enacted a new rule. It was a rule that the questioner who asked the question right away was also decided to spin the bottle.
It was a minor happening up until that point. The problem was then.
Turning the bottle to choose the second questioner. It was the first questioner, Chae-yeon, who turned the bottle around. No one disagreed with that decision. With the tacit consent of everyone in the place, Choi Ga-yeon turned the bottle with joy. As a result, she became her second questioner, asked her Ji Ye-won the color of her panties, and fed her her punishment.
Until there, it was an understandable happening. However, the real problem was then.
Up to the third, fourth, and fifth questions that follow. The wine bottle that determines the questioner undoubtedly pointed to the vegetable lotion. By that time, the other three felt something strange. As a result, someone else turned the bottle and tried to change the bottle, but strangely, the mouth of the bottle that determined the questioner continued to point only at the vegetables.
That’s already the 13th.
Under the leadership of the Suspiciously lucky Vegetable Yeon, Suho Ahn was asked three times, Yewon Ji was asked four times, and Ha Neul Kang was asked six questions. And the three of them were punished for most of those questions. I had no choice but to drink. To that extent, Chae-yeon’s questions were lethal at best, and cruel at worst. For example, if I had to pick one of the questions she asked Ahn Su-ho…….
‘Kang Ha-neul has bigger breasts than Ye Ji-won and Ye Ji-won has bigger hips than Kang Ha-neul! Then Ahn Soo-ho! Are you boob or butt?’
…… How would Ahn Soo-ho, who cares about the relationship between the two women, answer such a question? Even though Chae-yeon was stupid, she was good at making trouble for others. As a result, the spirits, which boasted an insane alcohol content of 96 degrees, were emptied in an instant, and now she was making punishment by properly mixing the remaining alcohol.
At this point, there were bound to be people who wanted to quit, but no one, except Ahn Su-ho, wanted to quit this painful game. Chae-yeon couldn’t stop because she was enjoying herself, and Ji Ye-won and Kang Ha-neul were each enduring with evil, determined to reveal the truth about her relationship with An Su-ho from the other person. In the midst of that, even if Ahn Su-ho asked to finish the game alone, he couldn’t listen.
“Okay! This time, Ye Ji Won! Wait a minute! I’ll think of a question now!”
However, Ji Ye-won and Kang Ha-neul were not happy with the solo drink of the vegetable-yeon. If you drink punishment wine at this pace, you might end up stretching before your opponent.
“Huh.”
But their concerns were soon resolved. As only others continued to be punished by her, Chae-yeon, bored, began to break her drink by herself, and soon afterward, she fell drunk on her own.
“Ugh, heheheeng… …. It’s my turn again……. hehehehe…….”
Her pupils turned round and round, and she lay behind her as if she were collapsing. If she was in Yongin, she could have endured her moderate drunkenness, but her transformation was immediately resolved. That was the moment when Chae-yeon took the right to ask her 20th question.
Ahn Su-ho spoke politely as he looked at the vegetable kite lying on his back and making colorful breathing sounds.
“Since So-yeon has also collapsed, it’s about time to end it-“
“What are you talking about? This is just the beginning.”
“Right. Are the nights still long?”
It was an immediate answer. Neither of them had ever been a questioner, and there was no way they would stop. The two people, who lightly ignored Ahn Su-ho’s opinion, tried to grab the bottle at the same time. Soon, their eyes met, and the two men, who were staring at each other, handed the bottle to Ahn Su-ho.
Ahn Suho groaned with an uncomfortable face. Although drunk, he thought that if he played the game of truth any longer, a division would fly between the two now that the vegetable-yeon, which served as a breakwater, had spread out. So I just looked down at the bottle in front of me, and the two opened their eyes as much as they could. In the end, he reluctantly turns the bottle around.
-Fangrrr.
The roulette to choose the 21st questioner is spinning.
Soon, the tip of the snout pointed at Ji Ye-won.
“Okay. Turn.”
After a while, the snout pointed to the river sky. In other words, Ji Ye-won got the right to ask Kang Ha-neul a question. That this moment has finally come Ji Ye-won took a deep breath and looked sharply at the river sky.
“Kang Haneul.”
At her call, Ha-neul Kang met Ye-won Ji’s eyes. I was nervous about what kind of question I was trying to ask.
“Are there any people here that you like?”
The moment he heard that question, Kang Ha-neul’s heart sank. It wasn’t openly asking whether he liked Ahn Soo-ho, but the meaning of the question was clear. Because there was only one male in this room, Ahn Su-ho.
After receiving the question, Kang Ha-neul broke out in a cold sweat from tension. It was the same with Yewon Ji. One was nervous to reveal his mind, and the other was nervous to know his mind. And Ahn Su-ho, caught between the two, also swallowed dry saliva in the atmosphere that gradually escalated.
“I… ….”
Kang Ha-neul blurted out his words with a blush.
Shall I just tell you? Take this opportunity to say that Ahn Soo-ho likes you. Shall I reveal it right in front of my eyes? If so, will he accept his heart? If so, the woman in front of her will no longer approach him. A thousand thoughts crossed Kang Ha-neul’s mind.
Kang Ha-neul looked at the glass in front of me. He was reluctant to answer that he had no one he liked, even if it was a lie. Then, all that was left was to answer yes or drink punishment, but I wondered what the difference was between the two. Even if he evades the answer and inhales the punishment, whether it be Ahn Su-ho or Ji Ye-won, he will be able to easily guess his feelings.
‘In that case… ….’
I’d rather be clear. Let’s confidently answer that we like Ahn Soo-ho. I thought so, but my lips didn’t move. No voice came out. Because of anxiety.
Yes. Unrest.
When he revealed that he liked An Su-ho, he wondered if he would reject him.
Maybe Ahn Soo-ho is already in a relationship with the girl in front of him, and he thinks that he is just a close friend of a junior girl or a younger sister.
I couldn’t proudly say that I liked him because of this anxiety that came up slowly and squeezed my heart. She could have done it with a handful of courage to say a word and take a step, but she did not have that handful of courage.
– Knock!
In the end, Kang Ha-neul drank the punishment. It was an escape from reality. I closed my eyes and was aghast. At the point of not denying the question, whether it was Ahn Su-ho or Ji Ye-won, they must have already guessed her intentions. However, since she did not reveal it herself, they would be embarrassed to say it out of her mouth. That was exactly what Kang Ha-neul was aiming for.
If you don’t clearly reveal your mind, you won’t be rejected by Ahn Su-ho. At least the worst case can be avoided. It was such an escape from reality.
“… ….”
At that prudent yet foolish decision, Ji Ye-won put on a bitter expression.
“…… I’ll turn it this time.”
Kang Ha-neul, who had emptied his glass, turned the bottle with a staggering motion. Her eyes were already wide open. In addition to the punishment she had been drinking, that one drink was the decisive blow. Even though she reset her intoxication once using her avatar ability, Kang Haneul has already reached its limit. She reached, but she was heavy, and with one hand supporting her head, she turned the bottle around. It was a slow but desperate movement.
The spout of her bottle pointed at herself. Then she turned again and pointed at Ji Ye-won as it happened.
Kang Ha-neul got the right to ask Ji Ye-won a question. Ji Ye-won could never avoid that question. It was such an agreed upon place. At least as long as Kang Ha-neul had accepted Ji Ye-won’s question a moment ago, Ji Ye-won had to do that as well.
“Jiwon unni… ….”
The words that came up to her throat linger in her mouth. Again, she lacked a handful of her courage. She was lacking, but she just took advantage of her drunkenness and threw it out to ask her.
“Jiwon unnie, is there someone you like?”
At that question, Yewon Ji lowered her head. She was troubled After thinking about it, he raised his head and looked at the ceiling, looked down at the river sky, looked at the bottles of wine lined up next to the table, looked at the vegetable kite with a bewildered face, and then looked at himself with a troubled expression. I looked at Ahn Soo-ho who was watching.
Thousands of thoughts crossed my mind. On the other hand, the time to worry was not long.
“No. I don’t have.”
Ji Ye-won smiled brightly. She laughed funny, but it was a bitter laugh. Ahn Su-ho doubted the truth of the answer.
Of course it was a lie. Ji Ye-won was aware of her love for An Su-ho, even if it was a small one, that she liked him as a member of the opposite s*x. He lied even though he was aware of it.
In the first place, there was no way there was compulsion in this drinking game. If you want to answer with lies, why can’t you lie?
However.
“Hey. Is it so?”
Kang Ha-neul was sincerely delighted with the false answer. Kang Ha-neul laughed heartily. Is it a foolish laugh that came after being so drunk that he couldn’t even tell his own reason, or was it a smile of victory that he made after guessing Ji Ye-won’s worries and intentions? Ji Ye-won, Ahn Su-ho, and even Kang Ha-neul himself did not know.
However, Ji Ye-won’s face became more rotten at that smile.
– Plopped.
Soon, Kang Ha-neul put his head on the table with a satisfied face. Pod! A faint light burst out, releasing her powers. She showed no signs of waking up, however. As if she had fallen asleep, the sound of her even breathing leaked out. Soon, the two noticed that the river sky could not overcome her drunkenness and fell asleep.
-… ….
A silence flows over the drinking party that has suddenly entered a lull. Ji Ye-won and Ahn Su-ho did not make eye contact and only stared at the table and the floor.
“…… Congratulations.”
It was Ji Ye-won who spoke first. Ahn Su-ho asked her as she looked at the little liquor at the bottom of her glass, still not making eye contact with An Su-ho.
“What?”
“The question I just posed. If it’s not, you can just say no. What’s the reason you drank the punishment wine? I must have drank because I was ashamed to say I like you with my own mouth. Isn’t that an obvious story?”
“… ….”
“I heard that a four-year age difference doesn’t even look compatible, but it’s good, it’s good.”
The voice of Ji Ye-won who said that was somehow weak. She seemed sad and she seemed resigned to something. Ahn Su-ho tried to examine her complexion, but Ji Ye-won avoided his gaze with her head turned the other way.
“Ji Ye-won. I am-“
“By the way, what about these guys? I didn’t plan to have anyone sleep at my house today. I’ll start with a regular futon.”
Ji Ye-won deliberately cut off Ahn Su-ho. She tried hard not to direct her gaze to An Su-ho as she pulled out a blanket from her closet and spread it on her floor. And on top of that, he moved half-asleep Kang Ha-neul and Vegetable-yeon.
“I will help you too.”
“Okay. No matter how drunk you fall asleep, they’re girls, so you touch them.”
At those words, Suho Ahn suddenly remembered the memories of the past. The day she first met Ji Ye-won. She passed out from the taser on her vegetable kite and carried her to the next room with her own hands. Where is that? She changed her urine-stained clothes and she even washed them herself. It was unavoidable. I can’t wear my clothes as they are when I’m sticky and dry. She even left, saying that her same-s*x friend, Chae-yeon, was going to get her clothes.
Yes. It was unavoidable. And remembering the memory of that day and feeling hot was also inevitable.
“Come to think of it, you carried me here when I passed out.”
For some coincidence, Ji Ye-won was also recalling the same memory. How embarrassed I was when I woke up in an unfamiliar room, with my bottoms removed and only a single blanket covering me. When she glanced at Ahn Soo-ho, he slightly shyly turned her head to avoid her gaze.
“That’s almost two months ago.”
‘I didn’t expect that we would end up like this at the time.’
He is an academy security guard and he is a member of a heinous criminal organization. He has a good understanding. He cooperates temporarily, but he never thought they would become close friends.
But look at the current situation. Aren’t the two of them close enough to tip a glass together in their own room?
Ji Ye-won looked at Ahn Su-ho in silence. Now that she has left the Dawning Corps and the whereabouts of her closest friend are unknown, Ahn Soo-ho is the one she can rely on the most and the one she can be proud of. As for her friends, when she infiltrated the academy, she routinely had her dating motives, but she didn’t open her heart to anyone. On the other hand, to the man in front of her, she somehow ended up pouring out all the feelings she had inside of her. She, of course, didn’t confide in everything, but…….
‘If you confide in me now… ….’
Ji Ye-won thought while looking at Ahn Su-ho.
Now that the river sky is asleep, if she herself confesses her feelings for him.
If Kang Ha-neul couldn’t overcome his shame and said the words that he couldn’t, that I like you right now.
If you do that, how will the man in front of you react? Will you accept my confession? Or refuse I think of Ahn Su-ho’s reaction when Kang Ha-neul drank beeju a while ago. In her opinion, Ahn Su-ho seemed to have some feelings for Kang Ha-neul. On the other hand, what about herself?
‘Are you crazy enough to put your life in her hands? What freedom is that!’
Yewon Ji recalled her memories of her first day moving into this studio. The appearance of Ahn Su-ho, who was angry and concerned about her own situation, as if it were her own business, that her life was mortgaged by Min Chae-ryeong. Uncharacteristically, she recalled his expression, contorted with intense emotion.
I was happy to see her genuinely concerned about herself. But when she asked why, she was saddened by his hesitation in answering. It was a pity that I reluctantly nodded my head at the sarcasm asking if you were worried about me because you were a security guard and I was a student. Of course, that wasn’t the only reason, but I still wanted him to give me a different answer as to why he was worried about me.
I didn’t know at the time, but now I can say for sure. At that time, she didn’t just seek love from him. He wanted to find a spiritual sanctuary through him. At that time, when she betrayed the organization she had been in all her life, lost even her closest friend, and had no one to rely on, she tried to find peace of mind and body by relying on Ahn Su-ho and fooling around.
However, it is only your own feelings and your own needs.
Relations between people should not be one-sided. Ji Ye-won knew very well that even if she recklessly leaned on and poured out her emotions on someone who was not prepared, it would only become a burden. In other words, what mattered was not her feelings, but what feelings the man in front of her had towards her.
‘Then, Suho Ahn.’
Will the man in front of me give me his breasts if I want to lean on him?
They’re probably willing to give you that breast. If you’re having a hard time, I’ll comfort you, and if you’re in pain, I’ll take care of you. On the outside, he’s always ticklish, but Ahn Soo-ho was that kind of guy.
However, I was afraid that the kindness might have come from sympathy, not romance. He was afraid that he was being kind to himself, just as a human being. Kindness, patience, and consideration derived from sympathy will have limits. If you do not realize this and try to rely on Ahn Su-ho and lean on him, in the end, wouldn’t you be considered a nuisance to him?
I was afraid of that.
But even that fear seemed to be negligible now that he was drunk. He thought that there was nothing he could not do if he wanted to confess his feelings, pretending to be drunk, pretending to have said it casually.
“An Su-ho.”
Ji Ye-won called An Su-ho. Contrary to the flushed cheeks, Ahn Soo-ho adjusts his expression at that voice that has calmed down.
“I have something I want to tell you. Can I go to your room?”
Static.
“…… Okay.”
Soon, Suho Ahn nodded as if he half guessed. Ji Ye-won was relieved by that affirmation, but at the same time worried. She shook her head vigorously, trying her best to erase her worries.
The two roughly arranged the traces of the drinking party, turned off the lights out of consideration for those who were sleeping, and quietly moved into the next room.
In the studio with the lights off, only the breathing of two women who were drunk could be heard.