Chapter 3 : This is a public place, Yena…!

My life has been ruined today.

My promising school life has been ruined.

I ruined everything from day one.

Oh, my God.

I’m stuck up the teacher’s arse and I can’t stop looking.

I broke down, shaking and embarrassed in front of the huge ordeal of introducing myself.

And the teacher saying ‘that’s it’ in disappointment…

It wasn’t a big deal… No, it was…

Yeah, let’s just bite our tongues and die.

I’ll feel so sorry for the teacher if I die here and now.

I’ll be like a dead rat, and then when I get home from school, I’ll just die.

Frustrated, he continued his strange self-introduction, his eyes darting from place to place.

Hmmm.

A glimpse of someone’s eyes.

A glint of sticky desire.

It was a creepy, creepy, creepy stare that could be described as gaze rape.

I turned my head away immediately.

I think I saw it from the window.

I was too scared to look in the direction of the window.

‘Come here. Here.’

I turned my head to follow the voice and saw the girl right by the window.

I should go over there?

My instincts told me no way.

But, but, but… The look in her eyes is gone, like it was never there.

Ah… I don’t think it’s her. No, it’s not. Do you trust my instincts?

I looked back and forth between the teacher and the girl, torn,

‘…I have a hypnosis app. It works, huh?

I thought of my mobile phone in my pocket and made up my mind.

I slowly walked over to her.

She’s even prettier up close.

So are you… Oh, no, this isn’t it…

She looks like my kind of girl.

I wonder if she’s only good looking.

Lending me a textbook just to sit next to me is practically a confession, isn’t it?

He keeps telling me he likes me, and I can’t seem to push him away.

The only thing that bothers me is that look in your eyes,

I’m pretty sure it’s from this side…

That look…

‘…Huh? Why?’

Hwaak-!

You’re blushing.

Bang, what was that… pretty…

I turned my head to look at her again.

Jena whispers in a small voice.

‘Aren’t you enjoying class…? What’s wrong?’

‘Oh, no…’

My heart is pounding like crazy.

I’d say it’s pounding.

I wonder if Jena can hear it.

Now that we’re closer, I can smell her.

It’s definitely a pleasant smell. What is it, shampoo?

I don’t know, I’ll have to smell it a bit more to tell…

I sniffed quietly, then turned my head towards the teacher again.

‘Hmm. I don’t think so.’

He’s so sweet and cute.

Those eyes are either yes or no.

She’s probably jealous of the seat in front of me or the seat in front of her.

I have big boobs!

Girls are jealous of each other’s breasts.

That’s why she gave me the jealous glare!

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Ding-dong-dong-dong.

This bell…!

Anyone can hear it!

It’s lunchtime!

‘Ah. Shall we call it a day?’

‘‘Yes!’’

‘Okay. You’re going to follow me for a while, and you’re going to study hard.’

‘Okay…’

The glasses-wearing, schoolboy-style girl blushed and followed the teacher out.

…What is that?

Drat-tat.

As soon as the door closed, something happened.

‘Kaaaaa-. You’re so cute!’

‘Ha-yul! I think I have a crush on you!’

‘What’s the matter, he said he had a crush on me yesterday. Ignore him, he’s a total gold digger.’

‘I’m serious with everyone!’

What the hell, dude. I’m scared.

A bunch of girls are surrounding me.

They’re like, ‘Don’t talk to me, be quiet, or that they don’t like you from the start, or that they don’t like you from the start?

No, it could be a sophisticated diversionary tactic.

‘Uh, um… well, yeah…’

But they do answer. Yeah.

I’m not intimidated.

We’re friends!

‘Where did you transfer to? You don’t know any of the kids!’

‘What, what? You don’t look like you’re going to get into trouble. I’m a contemplation master.’

‘Ho, do you have boobs… What, does eating do that to you…?’

‘Hey, look. Who’s the prettiest girl here? Huh? Huh?’

There’s a weird girl in the middle.

I’m the tall one from the beginning! …I feel a little self-conscious as a man.

Transferring schools… I don’t really know why I’m here, so I just blurt it out.

Every breath I take, three questions come at me.

I feel like my mind is going blank,

Is this Girls Talk…?

‘Can we talk calmly, please, girls…’

Kindly…

For example

I shift my gaze to the side.

Jena tilts her head and smiles.

Ugh, that’s too much stimulation.

I turn my head away, but the scene is still there.

I feel a tickle in the middle of my chest. This is what love feels like…

I turn back to Jena and call out for help.

I look at her with the most pitiful expression I can muster.

’…Ha-yul,’

Jena calls out to me, and all the talking stops.

Actually, it doesn’t stop, but all I can hear is Jena’s voice.

It’s just Jena being Jena.

‘Do you want to have lunch… with me?’

‘Yes! Yes!’

I immediately accepted.

We just finished feeding each other,

‘Didn’t she just tell me she likes me?’

‘What, are you stupid? I said it to Jena.’

‘Hmph. Lily. I have to go to the loo.’

That’s great. I want to do this with Jena too.’ Howie said.

’

‘Hey, let’s go to lunch too.’

I heard a strange sound but ignored it.

‘Yeah. Can you just keep everything quiet?

I have an important appointment.

Drool.

I stood up, my chair dragging.

The girls rushed in one moment and scurried out the next.

Before I knew it, Jena was standing next to me.

‘Shall we go?’

‘Yes!’

I follow her out of the classroom.

The staff room and this classroom are all I know.

I was going to ask her for directions to the cafeteria, but it didn’t work out.

‘Why don’t you lead the way?’

‘What? I, I don’t know the way…’

‘That’s okay, I’ll show you the way.’

Why can’t I just walk alongside her, yay yay yay.

I felt like I shouldn’t say no to something, so I walked forward.

Ugh, did I do something wrong?

And then I turn round and I’m all alone and I’m like, Oh, did I do something wrong?

In conclusion, I arrived at the right place.

Although I kept looking back to see if he’d leave me behind.

Wham!

‘Hey, where do I go from here…?’

‘Yeah, to the right.’

‘…?

I saw Jena quickly lower her raised hand.

Raised hand? What?

Looking at the direction of her eyes, she was probably looking at the floor.

Why are you looking at the floor? You’re so off-kilter.

I like that.

Left here.

‘Yes…’

I’ve become her puppet…

Wait, Gakshi?

So I’m Jena’s puppet?

Jena, not yet…! You’re moving too fast!

And I’ll play the role of Seobang as a man.

Cuddling up to Jena on the first night, mmmmm.

I gave myself completely over to Jena as she gave me directions.

Surrendering my body…that sounds erotic.

My body turned to the right and then to the left as she spoke.

I feel a strange sensation of pleasure.

‘Hmph…’

Jena was slightly taller than Ha-yul.

She was now following closely behind Ha-yul.

Up close, I could see her body better.

That’s a nice squirming arse… Will she be angry or scared if I touch her?

An hour after I decided to take it slow and make it mine.

I wondered why I should resist such open temptation.

‘Why don’t you just pretend like you don’t know, just touch her?

I’ve seen girls touching each other’s bums quite a bit as a joke.

Of course, it’s more of a grope than a joke.

I’m not sure how far I’d go.

But you just have to keep it together, right?

I don’t think I’m the kind of person who would stand still if I were hit.

Just a little touch. Just once, really, just once. It’s not like it’s going to wear off, right? Heh.

The moment I’ve completed my self-rationalisation, I put my hand on her bum,

a nervous-looking Ha-yul looks back.

‘Yeo, where do we go from here…?’

‘Tsk,’ I say.

‘Yeah, to the right.’

Phew. I almost got caught.

I still want to play the good girl.

Partly because I’m used to the mask now, and partly because I think this will be a good pace to keep up until I’m fully flirting.

I lift my hand slightly again.

Just a quick touch, and-.

Whack.

‘Hmm. Why do you keep turning around, are you uncomfortable?’

No… it’s just the fire, the anxiety… Hehe…’

Ah, that’s annoying.

Is he doing this on purpose?

How is it so well timed?

I tried several times after that, but I couldn’t touch that flesh because of Ha-yul’s ghostly presence behind me.

My first lunch at school!

[Dakgalbi]

Feeling okay?

But what.

‘It’s school lunch anyway…’

Don’t they all taste the same?

It tastes like gochujang…

‘Hmph. Are you really surprised?’

‘What?!’

I’m surprised. I said it quite

I’m already surprised. It’s Jena.

Jena, who was behind the crab from earlier, is suddenly next to me.

‘It’s true, there are some students who come here to eat instead of studying.’

‘Oh, you’re lying, you’re making fun of me…’

‘Why would I make fun of you, Ha-yul, come on, let’s get in line.’

Hmm, Jena says she is, but do you believe her just this once?

We have to eat, so we queue up.

Some kids begged for more, and some people just took it without saying anything.

We were the ones who didn’t say much.

I sat down at an empty seat.

Jena sat next to me. Hmmm. Passing grade.

Sitting across from each other is good, but sitting next to each other is even better!

‘…Honestly.’

It looked delicious.

I wonder if we came early or if there’s some kind of secret,

but the chicken ribs were still hot.

I took a bite.

‘Hyaaak! It’s hot, it’s hot!’

‘Oops, are you okay? Here. Tissues here.’

‘Ugh, him. That…’

It was definitely hot.

This pain for just chicken ribs…

I stood there, stunned by the heat, then took the tissue and spat it out.

Nothing works today. Really.

I hear something like laughter in the back.

Ugh, I don’t think that was directed at me, no.

Jena glances back for a moment.

…It’s quiet.

Huh? Do you want me to blow?’ Careful.

‘Yeah, uh. No? No? No?! It’s okay!’

You’re crazy! You’re crazy!

You’re trying to open my mouth to blow, aren’t you?!

We’re in a public place, Jena…!

You can’t do that in public!

And just like that, they ate together.