Chapter 6
The feeling of my blood drying up—or no, perhaps it would be more accurate to say it felt as though all my blood were rushing to one place?
Anyway, after forcibly suppressing that fairly unbearable condition, lunchtime finally arrived.
“A, you didn't?”
Lee Hyunseong slightly raised his voice as he spoke right in front of the staircase leading to the locked rooftop of the academy's main building.
“Shh, Hyunseong. Do you want to get caught?”
“Ah……. S-Sorry.”
Of course, the next moment, when Baek Seol-ah half-liddedly opened her eyes and brought an index finger to her lips, he immediately shrank back and watched her reaction.
Meanwhile, Baek Seol-ah continued smoothing her hair as she explained, displaying a far more relaxed attitude than her boyfriend.
“I may say I didn't, but what I mean is that I didn't go all the way……. I did everything else, so don't worry. I made sure to record the video, too.”
Indirectly alluding to what had happened to her in Han Taeyang's bedroom the previous night, she took out her smartphone. Lee Hyunseong swallowed dryly without realizing it.
That very video was in there.
His girlfriend, whom he loved and cherished more than anyone in the world, being held by another man─.
A precious video made because she had so graciously granted his unreasonable request.
He couldn't help looking. Naturally, Baek Seol-ah must have noticed that blatant gaze.
She soon let out a quiet snort of laughter and waved the smartphone with an impish expression.
“Why? Want it? Want to watch it right now?”
“……No, it's just.”
“Since it was recorded at your request, of course I planned to send it to you later……. Can't you wait until school lets out? There isn't much longer to go.”
Lee Hyunseong couldn't bring himself to answer and avoided Baek Seol-ah's gaze.
His face was quite flushed, too.
Baek Seol-ah stared at her boyfriend for a moment, then soon let out a light laugh as if she were dealing with a hopeless case and said,
“Just hold on a little longer. Later, when all the classes are over……. Let's go to the dormitory together.”
“……!”
She hadn't said it outright, but the remark contained a rather explicit appeal between the lines.
Lee Hyunseong swallowed a hollow breath and looked up, while Baek Seol-ah smiled brightly.
She had certainly been disappointed in him in many ways, and his behavior since then had been utterly pathetic, but…….
Even so, judging by how she couldn't help smiling at a sight like that, her affection must still remain.
Feeling that fact anew, Baek Seol-ah gestured toward the stairs below.
“Shall we start heading down? If we stay too long, people might get suspicious.”
“Y-Yeah.”
Lee Hyunseong had always been the one who couldn't win against Baek Seol-ah. And now, this incident had given her a firm opportunity to get hold of his reins.
It was only natural that Baek Seol-ah would now hold complete control of their relationship.
“B-But, Seol-ah. Could you tell me why you couldn't go all the way yesterday?”
“……Huh?”
Even so, Lee Hyunseong couldn't let go of his curiosity about what had happened yesterday.
At his cautious question, Baek Seol-ah, who had been descending the stairs ahead of him, stopped for a moment.
‘……Why couldn't I go all the way?’
It wasn't that she was fed up with him for asking even about that detail……. No, that wasn't the reason.
“Hmm, well, you see.”
She was simply a little embarrassed. Though all of this had begun at Lee Hyunseong's request,
mentioning it indirectly was one thing, but saying it outright in front of her boyfriend was a little……
Baek Seol-ah's snow-white face turned quite red, and she busied herself twisting a strand of her hair around her index finger.
It didn't last long. Under the relentless pressure of Lee Hyunseong's gaze, she eventually let out a dry cough.
“Ahem, it's nothing like that. I just got a little worn out while being pleasured by that Han Taeyang guy.”
“……Huh?”
“He was definitely skilled at handling women. I came several times before we even got started in earnest. I was so exhausted that I fell asleep without realizing it.”
“……”
Perhaps Lee Hyunseong was also uncomfortable hearing such a thing from his girlfriend. It was certainly the sort of thing that would make anyone uncomfortable.
That was why Baek Seol-ah fidgeted with her fingertips and stole a glance at Lee Hyunseong, her face full of embarrassment.
“……Hyunseong?”
“Huh? Ah.”
She had underestimated how perverted Lee Hyunseong was.
Baek Seol-ah blinked, momentarily flustered by her boyfriend's unexpected reaction.
Even though he had just heard that she had climaxed excessively while being pleasured by Han Taeyang—a thing he ought to have found unpleasant—Lee Hyunseong looked completely unfazed.
No, rather……
“Good grief, you're such a pervert.”
“……Urk.”
He looked happy. His pupils were trembling, but the faintly flushed expression on his face made that happiness unmistakable.
Baek Seol-ah soon cast him a sidelong glance containing a hint of contempt and sighed.
Then she lowered her gaze, and at that exact moment, the front of Lee Hyunseong's pants had bulged slightly.
The contempt in Baek Seol-ah's golden eyes deepened even further.
“Haaah.”
Of course, it quickly faded when Lee Hyunseong lowered his head, fidgeting with an abashed expression.
“Honestly, you're hopeless.”
“……Gasp.”
Swish-
Baek Seol-ah soon let out a quiet snicker and, with a furtive gesture, brushed over Lee Hyunseong's crotch.
It was less like lewd fondling and more like a sudden swipe before she passed by.
“S-Seol-ah……”
“……Hmm.”
Yet that alone sent blood rushing violently to Lee Hyunseong's lower half, naturally making his gait even more awkward.
Baek Seol-ah covered her mouth with the hand that had brushed over his lower body and giggled.
Ding-dong-
Just then, a bell rang to announce that there were five minutes left before lunchtime ended.
Baek Seol-ah and Lee Hyunseong looked up at the same time, and Baek Seol-ah was the first to descend the stairs.
She gave Lee Hyunseong a sidelong glance with a faint smile.
“We're late. I'll go on ahead, then? See you later after all the classes are over, Hyunseong.”
“……Ah. Y-Yeah.”
Although they were in the same class, Cheongun Academy also had classes that required students to move between rooms.
And since they pursued different paths as Awakeners, their classes often diverged.
Lee Hyunseong, still moving awkwardly, had no choice but to let Baek Seol-ah go like that.
Baek Seol-ah's attitude somehow seemed to have become even more sly since yesterday.
‘Somehow, she seems even more lewd now…….’
He was wholly at her mercy and constantly thrown into confusion, but Lee Hyunseong couldn't bring himself to restore things to the way they had been.
The truth was, he had no intention of doing so in the first place.
Apart from his flustered embarrassment, the expression on Lee Hyunseong's face as he watched Baek Seol-ah's retreating back looked simply pleased.
The reason was that his girlfriend's changed demeanor suited his tastes perfectly.
****
I had a lot on my mind. Paradoxically, that was almost the same as having no thoughts at all.
When your mind is too tangled, you can't continue any meaningful train of thought in the first place.
‘Good grief.’
That was exactly how I felt right now. My head was pointlessly tangled, so I couldn't think about anything at all.
The reason, naturally, was……
“Hello.”
“Oh, hello.”
It was because of this girl who, despite the lecture hall having plenty of empty seats, had come and sat down beside me during a class held in another room.
I reflexively replied to the greeting of the girl sitting beside me, her snow-white hair swaying, then froze and furrowed my brow.
When I turned my head, Baek Seol-ah was there, setting her textbook down on the desk.
‘What the.’
Why is she here?
Had she noticed my gaze? She turned her head and met my eyes as well.
“Why? Is there something you want to say?”
“……”
Without saying a word, I conveyed the uneasy displeasure I felt at that moment with my eyes.
Why are you sitting here? There are plenty of other seats.
“……Just. I have something to talk to you about yesterday.”
“You're awfully bold, announcing that you're going to fool around during class…….”
“You're not really the type to care about things like that.”
In response to my displeased reply, Baek Seol-ah answered with a leisurely smile.
And regardless of the sidelong glances from the other students, she continued.
“I'll apologize once more, Han Taeyang. What happened yesterday was entirely my fault, with no excuse.”
“……”
“It's not that I fell asleep because I wanted to……. But from your perspective, it must have been pretty annoying, right?”
I didn't answer, but she probably hadn't asked the question expecting a response.
It was obvious enough, after all.
After I'd brought the foreplay to such a satisfying finish, just as I was finally about to release all that heated desire, the person who was supposed to accept it as recompense for the pleasure I'd given her had fallen asleep first.
I couldn't even begin to describe how dumbfounded I'd been when I returned from the convenience store with condoms and found Baek Seol-ah sprawled across the bed.
I silently stared at Baek Seol-ah with a calm gaze that nevertheless held a perfectly reasonable complaint.
Knowing full well that she was at fault, perhaps, she awkwardly cleared her throat and offered an alternative.
“It may be a bit much to call this repayment, but, um, well……”
“Huh?”
“……Is there, um, anything you want from me? Anything at all?”
“……”
I paused for a moment, then opened my eyes wide and turned properly toward Baek Seol-ah.
Inside the classroom, before the teacher arrived, at that disorderly moment when class had yet to begin.
Baek Seol-ah sat demurely beside me, the tips of her ears faintly red as she stole a glance at me.