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A/N: Series of really short stuff I wrote, take it as if reading a journal. Ps. From part 4 onwards it is more like journal entries.
On March 23, 2026. The Asia tour rehearsals had just wrapped for the day in the massive practice studio on the company’s 7th floor. Mirrors on every wall, sweat-soaked hardwood floor, speakers still humming with the fading echo of “Girls’ Capitalism.” Most of the members had already showered and left for dinner plans or vocal lessons. Yooyeon lingered.
She sat cross-legged in the center of the empty room wearing nothing but an oversized tour hoodie (yours, actually) that swallowed her frame down to mid-thigh. No underwear. Hair still damp, sticking to her neck in dark strands. She was scrolling through her phone with one hand; the other idly traced slow circles over her clit, casual, almost absent-minded, like doodling while thinking.
You locked the main door behind you when you arrived. She didn’t look up right away.
“I was reading about edging,” she said brightly, as if continuing a conversation you’d never started. “Apparently if you bring someone to the brink of an orgasm twenty times without letting them finish, the final orgasm can hit dopamine levels comparable to hard drugs. Wanna help me test the theory? But reversed, I edge myself while you watch, and you can’t touch anything. Not me, not you.”
She set a timer on her phone for 45 minutes.
Then she lay back on the cool floor, knees bent, feet flat, hoodie pushed up to bunch under her breasts. She spread herself with two fingers so you could see everything, already swollen, slick, begging, and started.
Slow strokes at first. Feather-light. Breathing steady.
“Phase one, build-up only. No penetration.”
She circled her clit endlessly, hips twitching every few minutes but never chasing. When her thighs started trembling she stopped completely, hands flat on the floor beside her, panting softly, eyes locked on yours.
“Close… but not yet.”
Repeat. Again. Again.
By the tenth edge her whole body glistened with fresh sweat. Nipples hard peaks under the hoodie fabric. Voice gone breathy and cracked.
“Eleven… fuck… I can feel my heartbeat in my clit… it’s throbbing so much…”
She slid two fingers inside herself then, slow, curling, pumping just enough to graze that spot, thumb still on her clit. Her free hand pinched a nipple through the cloth, hard enough to make her gasp.
“Twelve… oh god… almost… stop—”
Hands off again. She curled into a fetal position for thirty seconds, whimpering, hips grinding air. Then back to it.
You sat against the mirror wall, phone recording from a low angle. The lens caught every flutter, every bead of arousal that dripped down toward her ass, every time her toes curled and uncurled.
At minute 38 she was a mess—voice high and broken, words tumbling out in half-sentences.
“Can’t—can’t think—everything’s pulsing—please—please let me—”
But she wouldn’t let herself. Not yet. She forced another edge, body shaking violently, tears gathering at the corners of her eyes from the intensity.
“Twenty… twenty… I did twenty…”
She looked at you then, pupils blown, cheeks flushed crimson, lips bitten raw.
“Now you decide. Let me cum… or make me wait until tomorrow morning. Full day of rehearsals with no release. I’ll do whatever you say.”
You paused the recording. Walked over. Knelt between her spread thighs.
She whimpered when your breath ghosted over her.
“I will make you cum,” you said quietly.
Having now permission, she shattered.
No slow build this time, just frantic fingers, three inside now, thumb grinding her clit in tight circles. Back arched off the floor like she was being electrocuted. A wordless scream tore out of her throat. She squirted, hard, sudden arcs that soaked your jeans and puddled beneath her. Her walls clenched so visibly you could see the spasms ripple.
She kept going through it, riding the aftershocks, drawing out a second smaller but sharper climax right after. Then a third, quiet, shuddering, almost pained.
When it finally ended she collapsed flat, chest heaving, arms limp above her head. Cum and squirt and sweat everywhere. The hoodie was ruined.
After a long minute she rolled onto her side, curled toward you, and nuzzled her face into your thigh like a kitten seeking warmth.
“That was… insane,” she whispered. “Better than any cock. Better than anything.”
She stayed like that a while, soft breaths against your leg, then lifted her head with that familiar spark returning.
“But tomorrow… I want to combine it. Edge myself all day during practice breaks. Then after lights-out in the hotel, I sneak the backup dancers into our room one by one. You film each one fucking me while I’m still hypersensitive from the edging. And at the very end… you get to be the one who finally lets me break again.”
She sat up slowly, hoodie falling back down to cover the worst of the mess (though it clung transparently to her nipples and stomach).
“Deal?”
She extended her pinky toward you, cute, innocent, utterly at odds with the wrecked, dripping girl underneath.
You linked pinkies.
She beamed, kissed the corner of your mouth, then stood on shaky legs.
“Shower first. Then convenience-store ice cream. Then… maybe we test temperature play on the walk back to the dorm. Cold ice cream against my clit while people pass by. Thoughts?”
She didn’t wait for an answer, just grabbed your hand and tugged you toward the locker-room showers, already humming the next song on the setlist like the past forty-five minutes had been nothing more than a very productive study break.
Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5
A/N: Series of really short stuff I wrote, take it as if reading a journal. Ps. From part 4 onwards it is more like journal entries.
On March 22, 2026. tripleS had a rare off-day after wrapping promotions, no music show, no fansign, just dorm downtime before prepping for the Asia tour kickoff. Most members scattered: some shopping in Gangnam, others napping. Yooyeon texted you at noon sharp.
"Come to the rooftop garden. Bring the small tripod. Wear something easy to unzip."
The building's private rooftop was staff-only, high walls, potted plants, a tiny greenhouse bubble for winter herbs. Sun poured in through glass panels. She waited in a loose white sundress (no bra, thin cotton panties visible when wind caught the hem). Innocent rabbit mode activated.
She'd set up a folding chair facing the city skyline. On a small table: her phone, lube, a slim vibrator, blindfold, noise-canceling earbuds, and a notebook.
"Experiment time," she announced brightly, like announcing a study group. "I read online that sensory deprivation makes orgasms 300% stronger. We're testing it. You film and observe. No touching me until I say."
She sat, spread her legs wide on the chair arms, dress rucked up, panties pulled aside and slipped the blindfold on. Earbuds in. World gone. She couldn't hear traffic below or your breathing.
First she teased herself slowly with fingers, narrating in that soft, curious voice.
"Pressure here... circles... mm, clit swelling already... inserting one finger, wetness level high today..."
Then the vibe. Low buzz. She arched, thighs quivering, but kept clinical.
"Setting to medium... internal pressure building... estimating 4 minutes to first climax..."
She came quietly at first, body jerking, a soft "ah~" escaping, then harder the second time, squirting a little onto the chair seat. Notebook forgotten; she just rode the waves.
Only then did she pull the blindfold halfway up, eyes glassy but focused on you.
"Data collected. Now... the real test. Call the maintenance guy. Tell him the greenhouse lock is stuck. When he comes up, don't speak. Just point."
You hesitated. She pouted cutely.
"Please? For science. And because I want to feel a stranger's cock while blind and deaf again. It'll be different data."
The guy arrived, mid-30s, toolbox in hand, confused. You gestured silently toward her. She was back in position: blindfold down, earbuds in, legs open, dress hiked, pussy glistening from her solo session.
He froze. Looked at you. You shrugged like she asked for it. He dropped the box, approached warily, then eagerly when she reached blindly for his belt, guiding him with small tugs.
She took him in her mouth first, slow, exploratory licks, humming around him like tasting a new flavor. Then she pulled him closer, legs wrapping his waist, guiding him inside raw. No words, just her muffled moans vibrating against his skin as he thrust.
You filmed close: the way her blindfolded face tilted toward every sound she could faintly catch, how her walls fluttered visibly when he hit deep, her fingers digging into his arms like anchors. She came twice more, once clenching so hard he groaned and finished inside her with a shudder.
When he pulled out, cum leaking, she finally removed the blindfold and earbuds. Blinked up at him sweetly.
"Thank you for participating in the experiment. Results: deprivation + stranger = intense squirting. 8/10. Would repeat."
He left dazed. She turned to you, cheeks flushed, notebook in hand scribbling.
"Your observations?"
You were rock-hard, silent. She smiled that pure, rabbit grin.
"Good data. Now phase two: you get to use me while I'm still sensitive and full of him. But..." She produced handcuffs from her bag. "Hands behind the chair. No cumming until I count to 100 out loud. If you do there will be a penalty, you will watch me text the tour backup dancers later without joining."
She cuffed you to the chair back, straddled you reverse, dress still on, just lifted, sinking down slowly onto your cock through the slick mess.
"Feel that? Slippery... warm... his cum lubing you..." She rocked languidly, counting in breathy Korean.
"Hana... dul... set..."
Every ten she clenched deliberately, giggling when you bucked. By 70 you were begging. At 100 she sped up, riding hard until you exploded deep, adding to the mix.
She uncuffed you, kissed your forehead softly.
"Best result yet. You lasted longest under restraint. Proud of my boyfriend."
She stood, let the dress fall back into place, cum trickling down her leg, packed her "lab equipment" and linked arms with you.
"Dinner? I want sushi. Uni is in season... and maybe later we can test temperature play with ice from the convenience store. Or exhibitionism on the subway home. Your choice this time."
She skipped toward the elevator, still the group's visual goddess, leader, Ewha smart girl, now humming happily, already brainstorming the next "experiment" in her head.
And you followed, because in her wild, insatiable world, you were the constant variable she kept returning to. The one who documented every discovery.
A/N: Series of really short stuff I wrote, take it as if reading a journal. Ps. I know the first 3 parts are not for everyone, later there are gonna be some more vanilla than others.
The music show day arrived like every other, bright lights, screaming fans, tight schedules, but for Yooyeon it was just another playground.
After the pre-recording run-through, the group was ushered into the waiting room on the third floor. Most members collapsed onto sofas, scrolling or napping. Yooyeon, still buzzing from the stage adrenaline, slipped out the side door in her mini-dress, the kind with a dangerously short hem and thin straps that kept slipping off her shoulders. She didn't bother telling anyone where she was going. You followed anyway, phone already recording, because that's what you did now.
She found them in the narrow backstage hallway near the lighting rigs: four backup dancers, tall, built, still sweaty from rehearsal, black tank tops clinging to their chests. They were laughing about something when she appeared, leaning against the wall with one leg bent, skirt riding up to show the lace edge of her thong.
"Hi~" she sang, biting her lower lip. "You guys looked so strong out there. Made me all tingly watching you move."
One of them smirked, stepping closer. "Yeah? You always this forward after performances?"
"Only when I'm this wet," she answered without missing a beat, reaching down to rub herself through the thin fabric. "Wanna feel?"
That was all it took.
Within seconds she was on her knees in the middle of the hallway, dress hiked to her waist, thong yanked to the side, taking the first dancer's cock down her throat while stroking the other two with both hands. The fourth one knelt behind her, spreading her ass cheeks and sliding in raw. No prep, no warning; she just moaned like it was the best thing she'd ever felt.
"Mmmph~yes—stretch me—fuck me stupid—"
Her hips rocked back greedily to meet every thrust while her mouth worked the guy in front like she was starving. Spit dripped onto her chest, soaking the thin fabric until her nipples were visible through the sparkly material. She pulled off just long enough to gasp,
"Switch—someone in my ass now—I want both holes at the same time—please—"
They obliged instantly. One pulled out of her pussy with a wet pop, swapped places, and pushed into her tighter hole while another took her cunt again. She squealed, eyes rolling back, body shaking as they found a brutal rhythm, double-penetrating her right there against the concrete wall. The remaining two fed her their cocks in turns; she sucked one deep while jerking the other, then switched, drool stringing between her lips and their tips.
You zoomed in close: the way her pussy lips gripped the thick shaft sliding in and out, how her ass clenched around the other, the obscene bulge in her throat every time she took someone all the way. Cum from earlier loads (the delivery guys from yesterday still leaking a little) mixed with fresh slick, dripping down her thighs in sticky trails.
She came hard, once, twice, three times, squirting so forcefully it splashed against the dancer's abs. Each orgasm made her louder, needier.
"More—cum in me—fill every hole—don't stop—I can take it al—"
They didn't hold back. One after another they unloaded: deep in her ass, deep in her pussy, across her tongue, painting her face until white streaks ran down her cheeks and dripped onto her cleavage. When the last one finished she stayed on her knees a moment, panting, scooping cum off her skin with her fingers and sucking them clean with happy little hums.
Then she looked straight at your camera, tongue out, cum-glazed and grinning like she'd just won the lottery.
"Baby… you got all of that? Come here."
You stepped closer. She tugged you down by your shirt, kissed you deep, tasting like four different men, and whispered against your lips,
"Now fuck me while their cum is still inside. I want to feel you slide through it."
Right there in the hallway she bent over again, ass up, hands spreading herself so you could see the creamy mess leaking out. You pushed in slow at first, hot, slick, impossibly full—and she moaned like she was dying of pleasure.
"Ahhh—yes—mix it all together—make me your sloppy fifth load—"
You didn't last long; how could you? She clenched around you deliberately, milking every drop while babbling,
"Give it to me—breed me too—I'm so full already but I need yours most—"
When you came she shuddered through one more small orgasm, giggling breathlessly as you pulled out and a thick river of mixed cum poured down her legs.
She stood up on wobbly heels, didn't bother wiping anything, just smoothed her dress down (it barely covered the mess) and looped her arm through yours like nothing happened.
"Ten minutes until we go live. Think I can make the stylists redo my makeup in time?" She laughed, licking a stray drop from her lip. "Or maybe I'll just go on air like this… let everyone wonder why I look so happy."
She skipped ahead toward the stage door, hips swaying, cum still glistening on her inner thighs under the flashing lights.
And just before disappearing around the corner, she turned back to you with that same bright, sex-crazed smile.
"Tonight after the broadcast… the whole crew is throwing an after-party in the hotel suite. Guess who's the main entertainment?"
She blew you a kiss and vanished into the chaos of staff and spotlights, already planning how many more loads she could take before sunrise.
tripleS Yooyeon x M!Reader
Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3
A/N: Series of really short stuff I wrote, take it as if reading a journal. Ps. I know the first 3 parts are not for everyone, later there are gonna be some more vanilla than others.
The days blurred into a nonstop haze of Yooyeon's endless hunger. She didn't hide it anymore, not from you, not from anyone who caught her eye. It was like a switch had flipped permanently: her body craved cock the way most people craved oxygen, and she chased that high with reckless, giggling abandon.
One humid afternoon in late March 2026, after a grueling all-day photoshoot for a summer concept, the group was given a rare two-hour break in the company building's underground parking lot lounge. Most members crashed on couches or scrolled phones. Yooyeon, though, sweaty, skin glowing under the dim lights, still in her cropped white tank and tiny pleated skirt, spotted the delivery guys unloading boxes near the service elevator.
She didn't even glance back at you. She just sauntered over, hips swaying, skirt riding up just enough to flash the curve of her ass.
"Hey boys~" she purred, voice sweet but dripping with need. "You look tired from carrying all that. Want me to help... relieve some stress?"
The three of them froze, college-age, probably fans too, eyes wide as she dropped right there between stacked crates, knees on the cold concrete. She tugged the first guy's zipper down with her teeth, giggling when his cock sprang free already half-hard.
"Mmm, look at you... already excited for me." She wrapped her lips around him without another word, sucking deep and sloppy, one hand stroking the base while the other reached for the second guy's belt.
You stood a few meters away, phone out like always, recording in silence. The lens caught everything: the way her throat bulged when she deepthroated the first one, how her skirt flipped up as she arched her back to take the second in her mouth too, alternating between them with wet pops and happy moans. The third guy didn't wait; he knelt behind her, shoved her panties aside, and buried himself in one rough thrust.
Yooyeon squealed around the cock in her mouth, eyes squeezing shut in bliss. "Yes—fuck—fill me up—both holes—more—"
She came almost instantly, thighs trembling, pussy clenching so hard you could hear the slick sounds over the wet sucking. The guy behind her groaned and sped up, slapping against her ass while she pushed back greedily. Drool ran down her chin, mixing with precum; she looked utterly wrecked and euphoric at the same time.
When the first guy came, she swallowed hungrily, pulling off only to beg the second, "In my mouth—please—give it all to me—" He did, painting her tongue white before she licked him clean like it was dessert.
The one fucking her lasted longer—pounding deep until she was babbling, "Cum inside—please—breed me—I need it so bad—" He obliged with a guttural curse, hips stuttering as he pumped her full. Yooyeon shuddered through another orgasm, squirting messily onto the floor, laughing breathlessly.
She stayed on her knees a moment, panting, cum leaking down her inner thighs, then looked over her shoulder at you with that dazed, sex-drunk smile.
"Baby... come taste? It's still warm~"
You hesitated only a second before kneeling too. She spread her legs wider, guiding your face between them. You licked, salty, thick, mixed with her sweetness, and she moaned softly, fingers threading through your hair like you were her favorite toy.
"Good boy... you always clean me so well. Makes me want to do it again right now."
She didn't even bother fixing her clothes properly after. Skirt still hiked, top askew, traces of white at the corner of her mouth, she just stood up, stretched like a satisfied cat, and skipped back toward the lounge area.
"Next schedule in twenty minutes!" she called cheerfully over her shoulder. "Who's coming with me to the makeup room? I still feel so empty~"
Later that night, back in your shared apartment, she straddled your lap on the couch, freshly showered but still radiating that post-sex glow. She ground against your obvious hard-on, whispering hot against your ear.
"You filmed everything today, right? Show me. I wanna watch myself getting used while you fuck me."
You pulled up the video. She rode you slowly at first, eyes glued to the screen, watching her own mouth stretched, her own pussy pounded, her own cries of pleasure. Every time she saw herself cum, she clenched harder around you.
"Ahh—look at that... I took three at once... so full... so good..." She sped up, bouncing wildly now. "You're throbbing so much—cum with me—fill me up too—make it four loads today—"
You couldn't hold back. She milked you dry, collapsing against your chest afterward with a contented sigh, nuzzling your neck.
"Tomorrow's a music show day... lots of staff, lots of backup dancers... mmm, I can't wait."
She fell asleep like that, still leaking you, still smiling in her dreams, already planning her next fix. And somehow, impossibly, she always made sure you were there for every single one.
tripleS Yooyeon x M!Reader
Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3
A/N: Series of really short stuff I wrote, take it as if reading a journal. Ps. I know the first 3 parts are not for everyone, later there are gonna be some more vanilla than others.
Yooyeon had always looked like the picture of innocence to everyone else, long dark hair framing a soft, delicate face, big eyes that sparkled with quiet curiosity, slender 165 cm frame that moved with effortless grace. People whispered she was the pure type, the kind of girl who studied hard and blushed at compliments. Only you knew the truth.
You'd finally mustered the courage to confess after months of stolen glances and late-night texts. Heart hammering, you told her you liked her, really liked her. She tilted her head, smiled that sweet rabbit-like smile, and said,
"Okay. But first... watch this."
Before you could process it, she tugged you into the empty equipment room behind the practice studio. The door clicked shut. She didn't hesitate. She dropped to her knees in front of the burly sound engineer who'd been lingering after tripleS' late recording session, unzipped him with practiced ease, and took him straight into her mouth like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Her lips stretched wide, cheeks hollowing as she bobbed hungrily, moaning around the thick length like she was tasting her favorite candy. Drool already glistened on her chin. Her eyes flicked up to you, bright, crazed, pupils blown with pure lust, and she pulled off just long enough to gasp,
"Mmm... so good... I need it so bad today..."
Then she dove back in, gagging herself willingly, hands pumping what her mouth couldn't reach. The engineer groaned, fingers tangling in her hair, and she let him fuck her face like she was made for it. Wet, obscene slurps filled the small room. Your stomach twisted, cock throbbing painfully in your pants despite everything.
When he came, she swallowed every drop, throat working visibly, then licked him clean with slow, grateful swipes of her tongue. She stood up, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and turned to you beaming.
"Your turn to film next time, okay? I want memories of all the cocks I take."
That was how it started.
A week later, backstage after a fansign. Yooyeon dragged you and two security guards into a storage closet still wearing her frilly stage outfit. She hiked her skirt, bent over a stack of equipment cases, and spread herself with both hands.
"Come on... both of you at once. I can take it. I want to feel so full..."
One took her mouth while the other slammed into her from behind. She squealed in delight around the cock in her throat, hips pushing back greedily to meet every thrust. Her pussy made loud, slick sounds with each deep plunge; she was already dripping down her thighs before they even started. She came twice in under five minutes, shaking, eyes rolling back, babbling nonsense like "More—harder—give me more cum—"
You held the phone steady, zooming in on her stretched lips, her bouncing tits spilling out of her top, the way her walls clenched visibly around the guard pounding her. She looked over at the camera, straight at you, and winked, tongue lolling out as drool dripped.
After they both finished inside her (one in her mouth, one deep in her cunt), she scooped the leaking cum from between her legs and licked it off her fingers, humming happily.
"You're so good at filming, baby. Makes me even wetter knowing you're watching."
The next time was in the dorm shower after practice. Three of the staff guys joined, ones who'd been eyeing her sweat-slick body all day. She got on all fours under the hot spray, ass up, begging.
"Use me like a toy. I don't care who goes first, just keep going until I can't think anymore."
They rotated. One in her pussy, one in her ass, one in her mouth. She took them all eagerly, body rocking between them, muffled moans vibrating around whichever cock was down her throat. Water cascaded over her skin, mixing with spit and cum. She came again and again, squirting messily onto the tiles, laughing breathlessly between thrusts.
"Ahh—yes—fuck—I love this—I love dick so much—don't stop—"
When they were done, she was a dripping, trembling mess, cum leaking from both holes, face glazed. She crawled over to you on her knees, nuzzled your crotch through your pants, and looked up with those big, glassy eyes.
"Your turn to clean me up with your tongue later? Pretty please? I saved the taste just for you..."
She didn't wait for an answer. She just grinned, stood on shaky legs, and skipped out of the shower like nothing had happened, already humming the group's latest title track.
Yooyeon wasn't cruel. She wasn't trying to hurt you. She just... needed sex. Constantly. Insatiably. Like air. And somehow, in her wild, pleasure-drunk world, you were the one she kept coming back to, the one who filmed it, the one who held her after, the one she kissed softly on the cheek and whispered,
"You're the best... because you let me be like this."
And every time she said it, she was already reaching for her phone to text the next guy on her endless list.
You’re lying on your bed at night, phone in hand, scrolling through OnlyFans page just because you’re bored. Nothing serious, just killing time before sleep.
You tap on random profiles, laugh at some weird ones, skip most.
Then one thumbnail stops you cold.
It’s Yeonji. Your classmate Yeonji.
She is sitting on a bed in soft lighting, wearing a loose white top that’s slipping off one shoulder. Her face is turned a little, but you know that small nose, those big eyes, the way her dark hair falls just past her chin.
The one who always sits in the back row, speaks so quietly the teacher has to ask her to repeat everything, blushes when anyone looks at her too long.
Your heart starts banging hard. No way. You zoom in. Same tiny mole under her left eye. Same habit of biting her lower lip when she’s nervous. It’s really her.
You sit up straight. Fingers shake a little as you click the profile.
Username is something simple like “ji.softie” with a pink heart emoji. Bio says: “shy girl trying new things ♡ tips make me brave hehe”.
Only three posts so far. The cheapest subscription is $8 a month.
You tell yourself you’re just checking if it’s really her, nothing creepy, just curious.
You hit subscribe. Card goes through in two seconds.
Inside there are only seven photos and one short video. The lighting is bad—yellow from a cheap lamp, shadows everywhere. The phone camera is shaky, focus is soft. But it’s her.
One picture she’s in a thin tank top and shorts, knees pulled up, looking down. Another one she’s lying on her stomach, shirt riding up her back a little.
The video is 12 seconds: she waves shyly at the camera, says in her small voice, “Hi… um… thank you for coming here… I hope you like it…”
You feel weird. Not excited like you thought you would. More like… worried? She looks so uncomfortable. The comments are mostly basic stuff, “cute”, “more pls”, one guy wrote “smile more baby”.
She replied to almost every single one with “thank youuu ♡” even though you can tell she’s forcing it.
You close the app. Stare at the ceiling for a long time.
Sleep doesn’t come easy.
Next morning at school you see her in the hallway. She’s wearing the usual oversized hoodie, backpack straps tight on both shoulders, head down as she walks. Same Yeonji. Like nothing changed.
You catch up to her near the lockers.
“Hey, Yeonji.”
She jumps a little, turns. Her eyes go wide when she sees it’s you.
“Oh… hi…”
Her voice is extra small today.
You scratch the back of your neck. “Um… can we talk somewhere? Just quick. Not here.”
She looks around like she’s scared someone’s watching. Then nods once.
You both end up in the empty stairwell on the third floor. No one ever comes here.
You take a breath. “I… I saw your page last night.”
Her face goes white. Like all the blood disappears. She steps back until her back hits the wall.
“You… what?”
“I’m not gonna tell anyone,” you say fast. “I swear. I just… I subscribed because I couldn’t believe it was you. And then I saw the pictures and… they’re really bad quality. Like, really bad. You deserve better ones.”
She stares at the floor. Hands twist the hem of her hoodie. “Please don’t tell anyone. Please. My family… they would kill me. I just needed money. Tuition is expensive and my mom’s working two jobs and—”
“Hey, hey, I’m not judging,” you cut in. “I get it. I’m not here to make you feel bad. I just… I have a camera. A real one. My brother used to do photography so he gave me his old DSLR and lights and stuff. I know how to use it. If you want… I can help you take better photos. Free. No weird stuff. Just so you look good and feel more confident.”
She finally looks up. Eyes shiny like she might cry. “Why would you do that?”
“Because you look scared in those pictures,” you say honestly. “And you don’t have to. Not if someone helps a little.”
She’s quiet for almost a full minute. Then she whispers, “You really won’t tell?”
“Never. Pinky promise if you want.”
A tiny laugh slips out of her. First time you’ve heard her laugh. “You’re so childish.”
“Yeah well, it works.”
She bites her lip. Thinking. Then nods slowly. “Okay… but only if we do it somewhere safe. And… nothing too much. Just cute stuff. I’m not… I’m not ready for anything crazy.”
“Sure. Only what you’re comfortable with.”
That Saturday she texts you the address of her aunt’s empty apartment. Her aunt is overseas for three months, so the place is free. You show up at 2 p.m. with your camera bag, tripod, two softbox lights, and a reflector disk.
She opens the door wearing a simple baby blue dress she probably bought for the page. Hair down, light makeup. She looks nervous but she tries to smile.
“Hi…”
“Hi. Nice place.”
“Yeah… quiet.”
You set up in the living room. Big window with white curtains, good natural light. You show her how the lights work, explain soft shadows vs hard ones. She listens carefully, nodding even though you can tell she’s still scared.
“Okay,” you say. “Let’s start easy. Just sit on the couch. Look at me, then look away. Whatever feels natural.”
She sits. Crosses her legs. Looks at you for two seconds then looks down at her hands.
Click. Click.
“You can relax your shoulders,” you tell her. “Breathe out slow.”
She does. A little better.
“Nice. Now maybe lean back a bit. Rest your arm on the back of the couch.”
Click. Click.
She starts to loosen up after ten minutes. Starts moving on her own. Turns her head, plays with her hair, gives a small shy smile.
“That one’s good,” you say, checking the screen. “You look really pretty here.”
She blushes hard. “Stop…”
“I’m serious. Look.”
You turn the camera so she can see. Her eyes go big.
“Oh… that’s me?”
“Yup. Told you the camera makes a difference.”
She smiles for real this time. Small, but real.
You do more poses. Some standing by the window. Some sitting on the floor with knees up. Nothing sexy, just soft and cute like her page says. She even giggles when you tell her to “do the cute peace sign thing”.
After an hour she says, “Can we try… maybe lying down? Like one of the photos I already posted?”
“Sure. Where?”
She points to the bedroom. “There’s better light.”
You move everything. She lies on her stomach, chin on her hands, kicking her feet a little. You get low angle shots, tell her to look at the camera then look away dreamy-like.
Click.
“Perfect,” you say. “That’s gonna get a lot of likes.”
She laughs softly. “You think?”
“I know.”
When you’re done you sit on the floor together and go through the photos on the camera screen. Over 120 shots. At least thirty are really good.
“Which ones do you like?” you ask.
She points shyly. “This one… and this… oh this smile one is nice…”
You copy them to her USB drive. “You can edit them a little if you want. Or I can help with Lightroom next time.”
“Next time?” she asks.
“If you want. No pressure.”
She looks at you for a long second. Then says quietly, “Thank you. Really. I was so scared to post anything new. But now… I feel better.”
“You’re welcome.”
She walks you to the door. Before you leave she stops you.
“Um… can I hug you? Is that weird?”
You laugh. “Not weird.”
She steps forward and gives you a quick, tight hug. Smells like vanilla shampoo.
When she pulls back her cheeks are pink. “Don’t tell anyone about today either, okay?”
“Secret’s safe.”
You leave feeling lighter than you expected.
Next day, you check her page just once. She uploaded six new photos. The ones you took. Lighting perfect, focus sharp, her smile shy but real. Comments are going crazy: “Finally some good pics!”, “You look amazing”, “Queen behavior”. Tips pouring in.
She sent you one private message on OnlyFans.
“thank you for everything ♡ maybe next weekend… we can try video? only if you want”
You smile at your phone.
Yeah. You want.
Two weeks pass fast. You’ve met up three more times at her aunt’s apartment. Each session gets a little easier. She’s less jumpy now, laughs more when you joke about bad angles. You’ve shot maybe 600 good photos total.
She’s posted most of them—slowly, one or two a day. Her follower count went from 47 to 312. Tips are better too, but not great.
Last time you checked, she said she made enough for one month’s phone bill and half her textbook.
You’re at school again, Thursday lunch break. She finds you first this time, outside near the old basketball court where no one hangs out.
“Hey,” she says, voice still quiet but not shaking anymore.
“Hey. What’s up?”
She looks around, then steps closer. “Can we talk? Like… real talk.”
You nod. You both sit on the low concrete wall.
She pulls her knees up. “The new photos are doing okay. People like them. But… it’s still slow. I need more. Like… faster money. My mom’s landlord keeps calling about the rent.”
You stay quiet, let her talk.
“I was thinking,” she says, cheeks already pink. “Maybe… cuter but… sexier? Not naked or anything. Just… teasing. Like, showing a little more. Cleavage. Thighs. That kind of thing. People pay more for that, right?”
You feel your throat get tight. “Yeah. Probably.”
She looks at you quick, then away. “I’m scared to do it alone. The angles are hard. And I don’t want it to look… cheap. Like the first ones.”
You rub your hands on your jeans. “You want me to shoot those too?”
She nods fast. “Only if you’re okay. You can say no. I’ll understand.”
You think for a second. “I’m okay. As long as you’re sure. We stop anytime you say stop.”
Her shoulders drop like she was holding her breath. “Thank you. Really.”
“Saturday again?”
“Yeah. Same time.”
Saturday comes. You show up with the usual gear plus a couple extra things: a small fan for hair movement, and a soft blanket she asked for.
She opens the door in a loose white button-up shirt—way too big, sleeves rolled up—and black bike shorts. Hair loose, light lip gloss, no other makeup.
“Hi,” she says, smiling small.
“Hi. You ready?”
“Kinda nervous. But yeah.”
You set up in the living room first. Big window still gives the best light. She stands there fidgeting.
“Okay,” you say. “We start easy. Just unbutton the top two buttons. Lean forward a little when you sit.”
She does it slowly. Fingers shake a bit on the buttons. Shirt opens just enough to show the curve of her chest and a thin black bra strap. She sits on the couch, leans forward, arms pushing her chest together a little.
Click. Click.
“Chin down a bit,” you tell her. “Eyes up at me.”
She does. Bites her lip. Looks straight into the lens.
Click.
“Good. Really good. Now cross your legs. Let the shirt fall open more on one side.”
She shifts. Shirt slips off her shoulder. Skin looks soft in the light. Thighs press together, smooth and shiny from lotion she probably put on.
You swallow. Keep it professional. “Perfect. Tilt your head. Play with your hair.”
She twirls a strand around her finger. Gives a tiny smile, shy but teasing now.
Click. Click. Click.
After twenty minutes she’s looser. You move to the floor. She lies on her stomach on the blanket, legs bent up behind her, feet kicking lightly. Shirt rides up her back, shows the dip of her waist. You get low shots—her looking back over her shoulder, cleavage visible from the angle, thighs framed nicely.
“Arch your back a little,” you say.
She does. The curve makes everything look… inviting.
“Like that?”
“Yeah. Exactly like that.”
You show her one on the screen. Her eyes go wide.
“Wow… that’s… me?”
“Yup. Looks expensive.”
She laughs, embarrassed. “People will like this?”
“Guys will lose their minds.”
She blushes harder but nods. “Okay. Let’s do more.”
Next pose she sits against the couch, knees up, arms hugging them so her chest pushes forward. Shirt open three buttons now. You can see the lace edge of her bra. She lets one strap slip down her arm.
“Tease it,” you say. “Like you’re about to fix it but don’t.”
She hooks a finger under the strap, pulls it down more, then lets it hang. Looks at the camera with big eyes.
Click.
“God, Yeonji…” you mutter.
You move to the bedroom for the last set. Bed has white sheets, soft light from the lamp. She lies on her side, one leg bent, thigh exposed. Shirt falls open completely on one side—cleavage full now, bra barely covering. She props herself on her elbow, hair spilling over her shoulder.
“Touch your lip,” you say.
She does. Runs her finger across her bottom lip slow.
Click. Click.
“Now look away… like you’re shy but want them to keep watching.”
She turns her head, glances back quick, then away again. Smiles tiny.
Click.
You do a few more. Her on all fours, back arched, looking back. Shirt hanging loose, cleavage spilling forward. Then sitting up, knees apart a little, hands on her thighs, pushing them together then apart just enough.
Every click she checks with you.
“Is this too much?”
“No. It’s perfect. Sexy but still you.”
After an hour and a half she sits up, shirt half closed again. Breathing a little fast.
“I think… that’s enough for today.”
“Yeah. You did amazing.”
You both sit on the bed going through the shots. Over 180 photos. At least half are fire—teasing, cute, hot without crossing her line.
She picks twenty to edit later. “These ones… I think I can post. Maybe in sets. Like… ‘shy but brave today’ or something.”
She looks at you. “You’re really good at this. Like… you make me feel safe. Not weird.”
“I’m glad. That’s the point.”
She hugs her knees. Quiet for a bit. Then says, “Can I ask something personal?”
“Sure.”
“Do you… think I’m pretty? Like… for real? Not just saying it for the photos.”
You look at her. “Yeah. I do. Always have. Even before all this. You’re the prettiest girl in class. Just didn’t know how to say it.”
Her face goes bright red. She hides it in her hands. “Stoppp…”
“It’s true.”
She peeks through her fingers. “Thanks.”
You pack up slow. She walks you to the door like always.
Before you leave she stops you. “Next time… maybe we try video? Short clips. Like… me moving slow. Teasing more.”
“If you want.”
“I think I do. With you directing. You’re good at telling me what looks nice.”
“Okay. Just tell me when.”
She smiles. Small, real, a little bolder now.
“Next Saturday?”
“Next Saturday.”
You leave. Heart beating faster than usual.
That night she posts the first teaser photo on her page. Just her sitting, shirt open two buttons, looking at the camera with that shy-sexy smile.
Caption: “feeling brave today… what do you think? ♡”
Comments explode. Tips start coming in before you even close the app.
Your phone buzzes. Message from her private chat.
“already made $42 in ten minutes… thank you thank you thank youuu ♡ next week i want to try even cuter outfits. you pick one for me?”
You type back fast.
“I’ll bring ideas.”
Saturday rolls around again. You show up at the aunt’s apartment a little early, camera bag heavier because you brought the gimbal for smoother video and an extra memory card.
She opens the door in the same oversized white button-up and black bike shorts. But today the top three buttons are already undone, and she’s got on a lacy black bra that peeks out more than before. Hair’s a little messy like she just ran her fingers through it.
She looks… fuck, she looks hot. Like she knows it too.
“Hi,” she says, “Come in.”
You set up in the bedroom this time. Bed made with fresh white sheets. You mount the camera on the tripod first, then switch to handheld with gimbal for the close stuff.
She sits on the edge of the bed, knees together, hands in her lap. “So… how do we start?”
“Short clips. 15-30 seconds each. We do a few simple ones first. Like… just you moving slow. Looking at the camera. Maybe play with your shirt.”
She nods. Bites her lip. “Okay. Tell me what to do.”
You hit record.
“Unbutton one more. Slow. Look down like you’re shy, then up at me.”
Her fingers move to the fourth button. Pops it open. Shirt falls apart more—cleavage deep now, the lace bra barely holding her in. She looks down, cheeks pink, then lifts her eyes slow to the lens.
You zoom in a little. Her breathing makes her chest rise and fall. Fuck. You shift your legs because you’re already getting hard. Jeans feel tight.
“Perfect. Now lean back on your hands. Arch a bit.”
She does. Shirt slips off both shoulders. Bra straps down. Thighs part just a little. She looks straight at you—through the camera—like she’s inviting something.
Click goes the shutter in your head even though it’s video. You’re close now. Maybe two feet away. You can smell her vanilla lotion mixed with something warmer.
“Touch your hair. Pull it back slow.”
She does. Neck exposed. Lips part a tiny bit.
You swallow hard. “Good. Now… trace your finger down your neck. Down to your chest.”
Her finger follows. Slow. Dips between her cleavage. She presses her arms together a little—makes it deeper. Looks up at you with those big eyes.
Your dick twitches. Hard. You adjust to hide how obvious it’s getting.
The clip ends. You stop recording. Breathing heavier than her.
“Want to see?” you ask.
She scoots closer on the bed. Your knees almost touch hers now. You turn the screen. She watches herself—close up, teasing, cleavage spilling.
“Wow,” she whispers. “I look… different.”
“You look amazing.”
She looks at you. Not the camera. You. “Thanks to you.”
You clear your throat. “Next one?”
“Yeah.”
This time she lies back on the pillows. Shirt open all the way now—bra fully visible, nipples hard under the lace. You get low, close to her thighs.
“Spread your legs a little. Just enough.”
She does. Bike shorts tight. She runs her hands up her inner thighs slow. Stops high up. Fingers brush the edge of the fabric.
You’re right there. Lens inches from her skin. Your face is close too. You can feel the heat off her.
“Tease it more,” you say, voice rougher than you mean.
She hooks a finger under the hem of her shorts. Pulls it aside just a bit—not showing everything, but close. Then her other hand slides down. Fingers press against the fabric over her crotch. Slow circles.
Holy shit.
You’re rock hard now. Painful. You shift again, try to focus on the frame.
She moans soft—just a tiny sound. Barely there. But it hits you like a punch.
“Like this?” she asks, voice breathy.
“Yeah… exactly like that.”
Her fingers move faster for a second, then slow again. She looks right at you. Eyes half-lidded.
“You’re close,” she says quietly.
You nod. “Handheld’s better for this.”
“No… I mean you. You’re hard, right?”
Your face burns. “Yeah.”
She smiles. Small, teasing. “Good. Means it looks real.”
She keeps going. Fingers pressing harder. Hips lift a tiny bit off the bed. Shirt falls completely open. Breasts almost out.
You keep filming. Professional. Barely. Every second feels like forever.
The clip ends. You stop. Hands shake a little.
She sits up slow. Doesn’t button anything. Just looks at you.
“Was that okay?”
“More than okay.”
She scoots even closer. Thighs brush yours now. “Can we do one more? Closer. Like… you hold the camera right here.”
She takes your hand. Guides it so the lens is maybe six inches from her chest.
“Record.”
You do.
She leans in. Breasts almost touch the lens. She cups them, pushes together. Deep cleavage. Then one hand drops back down—fingers slip under the shorts this time. Not inside, but rubbing over her clit through the fabric. Slow. Wet spot starting to show.
She whimpers. Real.
Your dick strains against your jeans. You’re dying to touch her. But you don’t. Professional. You promised.
“Yeonji…”
“Shh,” she says. “Just film.”
She rocks her hips a little. Fingers moving in tight circles. Breathing fast.
You zoom in more. Capture every detail—the way her thighs tense, the flush on her chest, the way her lips part.
Clip ends.
She stops. Pulls her hand out. Looks at you with glassy eyes.
“That… felt good.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
Silence. Heavy.
She reaches out. Touches your thigh. High up. Close to where you’re aching.
“You’re really hard,” she whispers.
“Can’t help it. You’re fucking hot.”
She laughs soft. “Thanks.”
Her fingers brush over the bulge. Just once. Light.
You suck in a breath.
“But… we keep it professional, right?” she says. Teasing now.
“Yeah,” you manage. “Your call.”
She pulls back. Buttons one button. Smiles shy again—like the old Yeonji peeked out.
“Maybe next time… we see.”
You nod. Pack up slow. Both of you quiet.
At the door she hugs you. Body presses close. You feel everything—her breasts against your chest, her heat.
“Thanks for today,” she murmurs.
“Anytime.”
She pulls back. “Check the page tomorrow. I’ll post one clip. The first one.”
“Okay.”
You leave. Hard as hell the whole walk home.
That night you check. She posted. 20-second teaser. Her unbuttoning slow, leaning forward, cleavage deep. Caption: “getting closer… do you like? ♡”
Tips flood in. Comments wild.
Your phone buzzes. Message from her.
“made $180 already… you’re magic. next saturday? i want to try… more. if you’re still okay being close.”
You type back.
“Still okay. More than okay.”
She sends three hearts.
You lie back. Hand slips down. Think about her fingers. Her moans. Her eyes.
Next Saturday arrives faster than you expect.
You barely slept the night before.
Your phone’s been buzzing with her notifications all week—little updates like “bought the lingerie today ♡” and “people keep requesting more close stuff… they said they’d tip big if I do lingerie set.”
Last night she sent a screenshot: one subscriber promised $500 if she posted a full lingerie video set. Easy money. She said yes.
You knock on the apartment door at 2 p.m. sharp. Heart hammering.
She opens it wearing a long black robe tied loose. Hair curled a little, makeup soft but bolder—redder lips, darker lashes. She looks nervous but excited.
“Hi,” she says, stepping aside. “Come in. I… um… got everything ready.”
Living room lights are already set up the way you taught her. Bed in the corner has new white satin sheets she must’ve bought. Camera gear’s half unpacked on the floor.
You set up quick. Tripod, gimbal, extra battery. She disappears into the bathroom for a minute, comes back without using the robe but draped on her arms.
Black lace lingerie. Thin straps, sheer cups that don’t hide much, high-cut bottoms that show the curve of her hips. Garters clipped to thigh-high stockings. She’s barefoot, toes painted pink.
“Wow,” you breathe out before you can stop it.
She blushes hard, crosses her arms over her chest. “Too much?”
“No. Perfect. Exactly what they’re asking for.”
She smiles small. “Okay. Let’s start.”
First clips are easy. She stands by the window, light hitting the lace just right. Turns slow. Lets the robe slip off her shoulders completely. You film from low angle—thighs framed, lace stretching over her breasts.
“Lean forward a little,” you say.
She does. Cleavage spills forward. Nipples press against the sheer fabric.
Click. Record.
Next she sits on the bed edge. Legs crossed, then uncrossed slow. Hands run up her thighs, trace the garter straps.
You move closer. Handheld now. Lens inches from her skin.
“Play with the straps,” you tell her. “Tease pulling them down.”
Her fingers hook under one garter. Tugs it down an inch, lets it snap back. Does it again. Looks straight at the camera—straight at you.
Your jeans are tight again. Harder than last time. You shift your weight.
She notices. Smiles tiny. “You okay?”
“Yeah. Keep going.”
She lies back on the pillows. Arms above her head. Back arches. Breasts lift. Lace strains.
“Spread your legs a bit,” you say, voice low.
She does. Knees apart. Hand slides down her stomach, over the lace panties. Fingers press lightly. Circles slow.
You’re right there. On your knees at the foot of the bed. Camera close to her inner thigh. You can see the damp spot starting on the black lace.
She whimpers. Soft. Real.
“More?” she asks.
“Yeah.”
She hooks her thumbs in the sides of her panties. Pulls them down just enough—barely an inch. Not showing everything, but close. Fingers slip under the fabric. Rubs herself slow. Hips roll up a little.
Fuck.
You’re throbbing. Can’t think straight. The camera’s shaking in your hand.
She looks at you. Eyes dark. “Come closer.”
You do. Crawl up the bed a little. Lens hovers over her stomach now. You’re almost on top of her—chest close to hers, knees between her spread thighs.
She reaches up. Fingers brush your wrist. Guides the camera lower. Right over her hand moving under the lace.
Her breathing’s fast. Chest rising quick. Nipples hard through the sheer cups.
You’re shaking. Can’t hold the angle steady anymore.
“Yeonji…”
She stops moving her hand. Looks up at you.
You hit stop on the camera. Set it aside on the nightstand. Careful. Still recording the audio maybe, but fuck it.
She doesn’t move. Just watches you.
You lean down slow. Give her time to say no.
She doesn’t.
Your lips brush her neck. Soft skin. Warm. Smells like vanilla and something sweeter now—arousal.
She gasps quiet. Head tilts back.
You kiss again. Open mouth this time. Tongue traces the line of her throat. Down to the hollow above her collarbone.
Her hands find your shoulders. Grip tight.
“Keep going,” she whispers.
You do. Kiss lower. Along the edge of the lace bra. Nudge the strap down with your teeth. Kiss the top swell of her breast.
She arches up. Presses herself closer.
Your hand slides to her waist. Fingers dig in a little. Feel the heat of her skin through the thin lace.
She moans soft. “Please…”
You pull back just enough to look at her face. Cheeks flushed. Lips parted. Eyes glassy.
“You sure?” you ask. Voice rough.
She nods fast. “Yeah. I want… I want you.”
You kiss her neck again. Harder this time. Suck lightly. She whimpers.
Your hand moves down. Over her stomach. To the edge of her panties. Fingers brush where hers were.
She bucks a little. “Touch me…”
You do. Slip under the lace. Find her wet. Hot. Slide one finger slow along her slit.
She cries out small. Hips lift.
You add another finger. Circle her clit gentle at first. Then firmer when she moans louder.
Her hands grab your shirt. Pull you down. Your mouth finds hers this time. First real kiss. Soft lips. Tongue shy at first, then hungry.
She tastes like lip gloss and want.
You keep moving your fingers. In and out slow. Thumb on her clit.
She’s trembling. Breathing fast against your mouth.
“More,” she gasps. “Please…”
You push deeper. Curl your fingers. Hit that spot.
She breaks the kiss. Head falls back. “Oh god—”
Her thighs clamp around your hand. Body tenses. Shakes hard.
She comes quiet but intense. Small cries. Nails digging into your arms.
You slow your fingers. Let her ride it out. Kiss her neck again while she catches her breath.
She looks up at you. Eyes big, wet, needy.
“You… you stopped the camera,” she whispers.
“Yeah.”
“You don’t have to stop everything.”
You kiss her mouth this time. Deep. She kisses back hard, tongue sliding against yours, small moan in her throat.
Your hand’s still between her legs. She grinds against your palm once, twice.
“Take this off,” she says, tugging at your shirt.
You sit up just enough to pull it over your head. She watches, bites her lip. Her hands go to your jeans next. Fingers fumble with the button.
You help. Jeans down. Boxers too. Your dick springs free—hard, leaking at the tip.
Her eyes go wide. “Oh…”
She reaches out. Wraps her small hand around you. Strokes slow. Up. Down.
“Fuck, Yeonji…”
She smiles shy but wicked. “You helped me so much… let me help you now.”
She scoots down the bed a little. Lies back on the pillows. Looks up at you.
“Come here.”
You straddle her chest. Careful not to crush her. Knees on either side of her ribs.
She pushes her breasts together with both hands. Lace bra cups still on, but she tugs the cups down. Nipples hard, pink. Skin soft.
Your dick slides between them. Hot. Smooth.
She moans quiet. “Like this?”
“Yeah… just like that.”
She squeezes tighter. You thrust slow at first. Tip bumping her chin.
She tilts her head back. Opens her mouth a little. Tongue flicks out, catches the head on each upstroke.
“God… you’re so good,” you groan.
She giggles soft. “You taught me how to pose… now I’m posing for you.”
You thrust faster. Breasts bounce with each push. She looks up at you the whole time—eyes locked. Lips parted.
“Feels good?” she asks.
“So fucking good.”
She spits down once—makes it slicker. Hands press harder. You slide easier now. Wet sounds fill the room.
You’re close already. Too close.
“Slow down,” she stops moving her hands. Just holds you there, squeezed between her tits.
“Not yet,” she whispers. “I want more.”
You pull back.
She sits up quick. On her knees now. Face level with your dick.
She looks up. “Can I…?”
“Yeah.”
She leans in. Lips wrap around the head. Tongue swirls. Then deeper. Takes half in one go.
You groan loud. Hand in her hair—not pushing, just holding.
She bobs slow. Then faster. Hollows her cheeks. Looks up again—eyes watering a little.
You can’t hold back. Thrust shallow into her mouth.
She moans around you. Vibration shoots through you.
“Fuck… Yeonji…”
She pulls off with a wet pop. Strings of spit connect her lips to your tip.
“Face fuck me,” she says. Quiet. But clear.
You hesitate one second.
“Please,” she adds.
You grip her hair firmer. Guide her back down.
She opens wide. You push in. Deeper this time. Hit the back of her throat.
She gags soft. Eyes tear up. But she doesn’t pull away.
You thrust steady. Not too hard. In. Out. Her throat tight around you.
She moans muffled. Hands on your thighs. Nails digging in.
You go faster. Shallow thrusts now. Face fucking her like she asked.
Tears streak her cheeks. Makeup smudges a little. She looks wrecked. Beautiful.
“Fuck… you take it so good,” you pant.
She hums agreement. Vibrates again.
You’re right there.
“Gonna come,” you warn.
She pulls off just enough to speak. Voice hoarse. “In my mouth?”
You shake your head. “Not yet.”
You pull out. She gasps for air.
You push her back down gentle. On her back again.
She spreads her legs wide. Panties shoved to the side now. Wet. Ready.
You line up. Rub the head against her slit.
She whimpers. “Please… fuck me.”
You push in slow. Inch by inch.
She’s tight. Hot. Wet.
Her head falls back. “Oh god… so big…”
You bottom out. Hold there.
She wraps her legs around your waist. Pulls you closer.
“Move,” she begs.
You do. Slow thrusts first. Deep.
She moans every time you bottom out.
“Harder,” she says after a minute.
You pick up speed. Bed creaks. Skin slaps skin.
Her nails rake your back.
“Yes… like that… fuck…”
You lean down. Kiss her neck again. Then her mouth. Messy. Desperate.
She kisses back fierce. Tongue everywhere.
You angle up. Hit deeper.
She cries out. “There—right there—”
You keep hitting it. Fast now. Hard.
Her whole body shakes.
“I’m gonna come again,” she gasps.
“Come for me,” you growl.
She does. Hard. Walls clench around you. Legs lock tight. Back arches off the bed.
You fuck her through it. Don’t stop.
She’s whimpering nonstop.
You’re close. Balls tighten.
“Where?” you ask.
“Inside… please… I’m on the pill…”
You thrust deep one last time. Bury yourself. Come hard. Pulse after pulse.
She moans soft. Feels you fill her.
You collapse on top. Both panting.
She strokes your hair. Kisses your shoulder.
You stay like that a minute. Still inside her. Softening slow.
She whispers, “Thank you.”
You lift your head. “For what?”
“For everything.” Her voice cracks a little. “For the photos. The videos. Believing I could do this. Making me feel… pretty. Wanted. Safe. And… this.”
You kiss her forehead. “You’re welcome.”
She smiles. Small. Real. Shy again.
“I made so much money because of you. But… this part? This was just for me.”
You pull out slow. She winces a little. Then sighs happy.
You lie beside her. She curls into your side. Head on your chest.
“We should probably check the camera,” you say.
She laughs. “Yeah… maybe we got some good audio at least.”
You both look over. Red light still blinking.
She reaches over. Hits stop.
Then turns back to you. Kisses you soft.
“Next week?” she asks.
You grin. “Next week.”
She snuggles closer.
“Thank you,” she whispers again. “For helping me… become this version of me.”
You hold her tight.
“Anytime, Yeonji.”
Next Saturday comes, but your phone stays quiet most of the day. No text about time, no “come over at 2?” Nothing.
You almost message first, but you wait. Around 6 p.m. your phone finally buzzes.
Yeonji: hey… no shoot today okay?
Yeonji: can we just… walk instead?
Yeonji: like normal. saturday night. downtown.
Yeonji: i want to talk. not about photos.
You stare at the screen for a second. Heart does a weird flip—not the horny kind this time. Something softer.
You: yeah sure. where?
Yeonji: meet me at the park entrance near the old fountain? 7:30?
You show up a few minutes early.
She’s already there, standing under a streetlamp in a loose white tank top, shorts jeans, sneakers, hair loose, small sling bags to carry her things. No makeup. Just Yeonji. The real one from class.
She spots you and waves small, like she’s nervous.
“Hey,” she says when you get close.
“Hey. You okay?”
She nods. “Yeah. Just… wanted a break from the apartment. From the camera.”
You start walking. The path around the park is lit with yellow lamps. Couples and groups pass by, laughing. Street food smells drift from the vendors outside the gate—grilled corn, roasted sweet potatoes.
She’s quiet at first. Hands in her pockets. Then she speaks.
“I made almost $2,000 last month. After fees and everything. First time I’ve ever had that much money at once.”
You glance at her. “That’s… wow. Good job.”
She smiles tiny. “Yeah. Rent’s paid. Mom’s not stressing as much. I even bought her new shoes. Told her it was from a part-time job. She believed me.”
Yeonji kicks a small pebble. “But sometimes I feel… gross. Like I’m lying to everyone. To her. To my friends. To myself a little.”
You stop walking. She stops too. Looks up at you.
“You’re not gross,” you say. “You needed money. You found a way. You’re careful. You set boundaries. That’s not gross. That’s smart.”
She looks away. Toward the fountain.
“I started because my scholarship only covers half tuition. Mom works doubles at the hospital. She comes home so tired she falls asleep at the kitchen table sometimes. I couldn’t watch that anymore. I thought… if I do this, just a little, I can help, at least. And it worked.”
She laughs soft. Not happy. “First week I cried after every post. Felt like I was selling pieces of me. But then the tips came. And people said nice things. Not all of them—some are creeps—but a lot just said ‘you’re beautiful’ or ‘thank you for sharing’. It… made me feel seen. In a way school never did.”
You start walking again. Slow, “You were always quiet in class. Like you were trying to disappear. But online… you’re not disappearing. You’re choosing how people see you.”
She nods. “That’s why I kept going. At first it was just money. Then it became… My choice? Like, I decide the angle. I decide how much to show. I decide when to stop. No one else.”
You smile a little. “You got really good at it too.”
She bumps your shoulder lightly. “Because of you, dummy. You made it look professional. Made me feel pretty instead of cheap.”
You scratch your back neck, “You were always pretty. I just pointed the camera at it.”
She’s quiet again. You pass a bench. She sits. You sit next to her.
“I’m scared I’ll get addicted to it,” she says. “The money. The attention. What if I need more and more? What if I cross lines I don’t want to cross?”
“Then you stop,” you say. “Or slow down. You’re in control. Not the page. Not the subscribers.”
She looks at you. Eyes searching. “You really think I can just… stop whenever?”
“Yeah. You already proved you can set rules. You told me ‘nothing I don’t want’. You stuck to it. Even when things got… intense.”
Her cheeks go pink. She looks down at her hands. “That day… when we… you know. That wasn’t for the camera.”
“I know.”
“It was for me. For us.” She swallows. “I like you. Like… a lot. Not just because you helped with photos. Because you saw me. The shy me. The scared me. And you didn’t laugh or run. You stayed.”
You reach over. Take her hand. Cold fingers. You warm them between yours.
“I like you too,” you say. “A lot. The shy you. The brave you. The one who moans when she comes. All of it.”
She laughs. Soft. Real. Squeezes your hand.
“I think… I want to keep the page. But slower. Maybe once or twice a week. Better quality. But not every day. I don’t want it to eat my life.”
“Sounds smart.”
“And… maybe we keep helping each other? Not just photos. Like this. Walking. Talking. Kissing if we want.”
You grin. “Kissing sounds good.”
She leans in. Kisses you quick. Cold lips. Warm inside. Tastes like mint gum.
When she pulls back she’s smiling bigger.
“Thank you,” she says. “For not judging. For helping me figure this out. For… being here tonight instead of behind a lens.”
“You’re welcome.”
She stands. Pulls you up. “Come on. There’s a stall that sells really good hotteok. I’m buying. My treat.”
You laugh. “With OnlyFans money?”
“Yup. First hotteok sponsored by my boobs.”
You both crack up. Walk toward the food stalls. Hand in hand.
The night’s cold, but you don’t feel it anymore.
Months pass. You and Yeonji grow closer quietly. At school she still sits in the back, but now she glances your way with a small secret smile. After class you walk her to the bus stop sometimes, talking about nothing and everything. No one suspects.
She keeps the page alive—two, maybe three posts a week max. No rush. You help when she asks. She schedules shoots carefully: Sunday afternoons mostly, at the aunt’s place or sometimes a cheap hotel room for new vibes. You browse Pinterest and Instagram together on her phone, saving soft pastel themes, cozy sweater sets, rainy window aesthetics. She loves the “girlfriend experience” look now—less tease, more intimate.
And yeah, you hook up again. And again. Slow makeouts turn into tangled sheets. She whispers “thank you” every time, like it’s still new. You tell her she doesn’t have to.
A/N: Made this before my exams and thought I'd publish it after they were finished. Due to Tumblr's block limit and the way I made this, I had to divide it into multiple parts. Not really sure how to fix that, or make everything fit so sorry for the inconvience!
You could never seem to meet eye to eye with Choi Jiwoo.
It wasn’t because you hated each other, no.
God no.
Someone like her didn’t seem to have the capabilities to hate someone, you were sure of it.
You could never really see her eye to eye because of a simple reason.
She went to work in the early hours of the morning.
And you worked into the later hours of the night.
By the time you came home, the apartment was already half-asleep. The lights were off except for the kitchen, where Jiwoo always left one bulb on like a courtesy, like she was expecting someone even if she wasn’t. Your keys learned the lock by memory. Your shoes came off by the door. You never turned on the overhead light. You never wanted to disturb the quiet she left behind.
Sometimes there would be a mug in the sink, rinsed but not washed. Sometimes a plate with crumbs and a faint smell of sugar. Once, a paper bag sat on the counter with a pastry inside, folded carefully like an afterthought she didn’t want to waste. You never texted to say thank you. She never asked if you ate it. The exchange lived in silence, where neither of you had to perform gratitude out loud.
In the mornings, she’d hear you only in traces. The hum of the refrigerator door opening at an ungodly hour. The soft clink of glass against the counter. The sink running just long enough to rinse citrus and ice away. When she woke up for work, the apartment smelled faintly of coffee she didn’t remember making and something sharper underneath it, lime, whiskey or soap that hadn’t fully done its job.
Your schedules overlapped only in the kitchen, never in real time. You existed to each other as evidence rather than presence, never talking and never meeting.
But it was never like this before.
Believe it or not, you liked her.
Yes, you liked Choi Jiwoo. I mean, who wouldn’t? There was just something about her, maybe it was her silent yet observant nature or maybe because you lived around her orbit and you couldn’t help yourself.
Maybe it was the way she noticed things without announcing that she had. The way the trash was always taken out on nights you forgot. The way your favorite glass never seemed to migrate into her cabinet, even though she used everything else without ceremony. Jiwoo moved through the apartment like she was careful not to leave dents in the air, and somehow that made you pay attention.
Liking her felt harmless at first. Almost academic. An observation rather than a feeling. You liked the way she tied her hair before work, efficient and neat. You liked that she never slammed doors. You liked that she hummed sometimes, softly, when she thought she was alone. These were small, manageable things. Things you could tuck away and ignore when your shift ran long and the bar noise followed you home like a second skin.
It only became a problem when you had the brightest idea of telling her.
The thought arrived unceremoniously, somewhere between wiping down the bar at closing and counting tips under bad fluorescent lighting. It felt practical at first. Sensible, even. Like correcting an imbalance that had been left alone too long. You told yourself it didn’t have to be dramatic, just honest. Just a sentence or two, delivered gently, like everything else between you.
You rehearsed it on the walk home. You trimmed it down, softened the edges. Took out anything that sounded like expectation.
You didn’t expect courage to feel this quiet.
She was there when you got home. Actually there. Sitting at the kitchen counter in an oversized sweater, hair loose, mug warming her hands. It startled you so badly you almost laughed.
“Hey,” she said, smiling like this wasn’t rare, like this was normal.
“Hey,” you echoed, heart thudding far too loud for the hour.
You lingered in the doorway longer than necessary. She noticed. Of course she did. Jiwoo noticed everything.
“You okay?” she asked.
You nodded too quickly. Then you shook your head. Then you sighed, because there was no elegant way out once she was looking at you like that.
“Can I… talk to you?” you asked.
Her expression shifted, not alarmed, just attentive. She set her mug down. “Yeah. Of course.”
You sat across from her, the same spot where you’d traded drinks and coffee weeks ago. The kitchen light hummed. The clock blinked a useless time. You stared at the table for a moment longer than necessary, gathering words like loose change.
“I didn’t mean for this to happen,” you said finally. “But I’ve grown more comfortable around you and maybe even a little attached. I appreciate your company a lot but with that, I think I. . .like you. More than. . .roommates.”
Silence followed.
Jiwoo didn’t look away. That somehow made it worse.
She took a breath, slow and measured, like she was choosing each word carefully. “I wondered if you did,” she said softly.
Your chest tightened. Hope flared before you could stop it.
“I—I’m really glad you told me,” she continued. “Really. I care about you. I do.”
The way she said it already told you where this was going.
“But I don’t see you that way. . .you’re nice, gentle at that and I’m not sure how it would have gone if I had to share this place with someone else.” she said, gentle as a hand on your arm.
“I’m sorry. . .”
Then there it was.
What felt like letting a gentle hand stab your heart
You swallowed, nodded once. “You don’t have to be sorry.”
“I know,” she said. “But I still am.”
You sat there for a moment, letting it settle. It didn’t hurt the way you’d imagined, well, maybe a dramatic sting to the heart.
“I don’t want things to be weird,” she added quickly. “I really like what we have. I don’t want to lose that.”
You looked up then, meeting her eyes properly for the first time in a while. There was concern there. And warmth. And nothing else.
“You won’t,” you said. And you meant it.
She smiled, relieved, and reached for her mug again. The moment loosened, unknotted itself. Conversation drifted back to safer ground. Work. Schedules. The price of groceries. You laughed once, surprised that you could.
Later, when she went to bed, you stayed in the kitchen a little longer than usual. You rinsed your glass. Wiped the counter. Set the coffee machine for the morning, same as always.
Some things didn’t change.
And some things did, quietly, without spectacle.
-
Living with her after saying what you felt, was awkward at first.
You couldn’t look back at her, shortened your replies and maybe even took an extra hour or two at the club.
Not because she asked you to.
Jiwoo never did anything to make it worse.
That somehow made it harder.
You learned new routes through the apartment. You mastered the art of coincidence, timing your showers so you wouldn’t have to share the hallway. You stopped lingering in the kitchen. The light still stayed on, but now it felt like it was shining on the absence you left behind.
She noticed, of course she did.
The pastries still appeared, but less often. The coffee was still set for the morning, but sometimes you forgot on purpose, like denying yourself would make things even. You told yourself the extra hours at the club were practical. More tips. Fewer thoughts. A louder place to hide.
Jiwoo tried to give you space in the careful way she gave everything else. She didn’t push. She didn’t ask. She filled the silence with normalcy, with routine, with the same quiet kindness that had made you like her in the first place.
One morning, you caught her in the kitchen by accident.
She was dressed up, not in the jeans and sweater you’d grown used to seeing her in before she left for work, but something more prepared. Intentional. A black one piece dress you didn’t recognize, soft fabric that caught the light differently, half-hidden beneath a polo that looked two sizes too large, like she’d grabbed the first thing within reach and pulled it on without thinking too hard about the effect.
You stalled in the doorway.
She glanced up from the counter, fingers still curled around her phone.
“Going somewhere?” You said before you could stop yourself.
“Yeah, my friends set me up with a date.” She said, always straight to the point.
The words landed lightly. Too lightly. Like she hadn’t meant for them to weigh anything at all.
“Oh,” you said. Again. You were getting tired of that sound coming out of your mouth.
She nodded, slipping her phone into her bag. “Yeah. Just coffee. Nothing serious.”
Nothing serious.
You smiled like that helped.
“That’s… nice,” you managed. Your voice behaved. You resented it for that.
She studied you for half a second longer than necessary, eyes flicking over your face like she was checking for something. Finding nothing, or maybe deciding not to look too closely.
“I won’t be late,” she added, for reasons you didn’t ask for.
“Take your time,” you said, and meant the opposite of hurry and the opposite of stay.
She hummed, distracted, and reached for her keys. The movement pulled the polo higher on her shoulder, the black fabric beneath catching the light again. You looked away too late.
“Wish me luck?” she asked, not teasing.
You swallowed. “Good luck, Jiwoo.”
She smiled then. Warm. Familiar. The same smile she gave you when she liked a pastry you brought home or when you remembered to buy her oat milk without being asked.
“Thanks,” she said. “I’ll see you later.”
The door closed softly behind her. It always did.
You stood in the kitchen long after her footsteps faded, the coffee machine still warm under your palm. The light hummed overhead, dutiful as ever, illuminating a space that suddenly felt too clean. Too intact. Like nothing had just shifted.
You told yourself you were happy for her.
You told yourself this was what moving on looked like.
You told yourself you’d already lost, so there was nothing left to brace for.
Still, you poured yourself a drink at ten in the morning and didn’t bother rinsing the glass right away, it was probably five somewhere in the world.
That night, you stayed late at the club, later than usual. The music was loud enough to erase the thought, the crowd dense enough to forget faces. You worked on autopilot, smile practiced, hands steady.
Somewhere between shaking a drink and sliding it across the bar, you realized you were counting time again.
Not until she got home.
Just until you didn’t have to picture her sitting across from someone else, laughing easily, telling them things you’d never asked for, never deserved.
When you finally unlocked the apartment door, the kitchen light was on.
There was a mug in the sink, rinsed and not washed.
And for the first time since you’d told her how you felt, you wished she’d been cruel enough to make it easier.
-
Everything continued to the present.
The days stacked neatly on top of each other, indistinguishable in the way routines liked to pretend nothing had changed. You worked late. She woke early. The apartment stayed functional, courteous, almost kind. Whatever sharp edges had surfaced after that morning were sanded down by time and avoidance.
Maybe you should be grateful that you two never got to see each other eye to eye.
Grateful that you didn’t have to watch her come home flushed and smiling, shoes kicked off by the door, phone lighting up with a name that wasn’t yours. Grateful that you didn’t have to learn the sound of her laughter when it was meant for someone else. Grateful that whatever she was building now existed entirely outside your hours.
You told yourself distance was mercy.
The kitchen kept doing what it always did. Coffee brewed before dawn. Glasses appeared in the sink after midnight. The light stayed on, a quiet truce neither of you ever discussed. Sometimes there were pastries again. Sometimes there weren’t. Sometimes you set the timer, sometimes you don't.
All you know was that she was still going out with the guy her friends set her up with.
You didn’t have a name and not a singular idea about him.
He existed only as a concept to you. A silhouette you refused to fill in because giving him details would make him real, and reality had already done enough damage on its own. He was just the guy. The one who occupied the hours you didn’t. The one who got the version of Jiwoo that existed after sunrise and before exhaustion.
You wondered, briefly, if he noticed the things you had. If he saw the way she listened more than she spoke. If he clocked the tiny pause before she smiled, like she was checking whether it was appropriate. If he understood that her kindness wasn’t flirtation, that it was simply how she moved through the world.
You hoped he did.
You hoped he didn’t.
Nothing in the apartment confirmed or denied his existence. Jiwoo didn’t bring it home with her. No unfamiliar shoes by the door. No new scent clinging to her jacket. No laughter bleeding through the walls at night. If anything, she was more careful now. Quieter. Like she was keeping two worlds from overlapping out of respect.
For you, maybe.
That thought lingered longer than it should have.
You told yourself it didn’t matter. You weren’t entitled to information you hadn’t earned. You were just roommates again, orbiting each other politely, like planets that had learned not to pull too hard.
Still, sometimes you caught her studying you in the kitchen, eyes flicking up when she thought you wouldn’t notice. Sometimes she asked if you’d eaten. Sometimes you asked if she was tired. Small things. Neutral things. Things that meant nothing if you insisted they didn’t.
The guy stayed nameless. Faceless. A rumor passed between coffee mugs and rinsed glasses. You never asked about him. She never volunteered details. Whatever existed between them was contained, separate, protected by the same unspoken boundaries that now defined your home.
And maybe that was for the best.
-
It was one of those late nights again.
Silence filled the apartment for two, and only the light in the kitchen was on as you laid down on the couch. You shifted against the cushions, eyes closed, letting the ache of work spread through your body. The hum of the fridge and the faint buzz of the overhead bulb were the only companions you allowed yourself tonight.
Somewhere in the kitchen, you heard movement, soft, and present. It wasn’t enough to startle you, but enough to make you lift one eyelid. Jiwoo. Her silhouette passed through the doorway, shoulders hunched slightly under the weight of her bag, hands busy with a mug.
You shifted against the hard cushion again, trying your best to drift off to sleep and pretend to not notice her.
Then you heard it.
The sound was small, almost imperceptible at first, but unmistakable. Sniffles. A shaky breath. The kind of noise you didn’t expect from Jiwoo, the quiet, composed, careful Jiwoo who never let anything spill over.
She wasn’t moving toward her room. She was standing there, in the kitchen light, hands curled around the mug like it was the only thing keeping her steady. Her shoulders shook subtly, and the soft sniffles carried clearly through the quiet apartment.
Something in your chest tightened. Concern, maybe. Something sharper than irritation or tiredness.
You pushed yourself up on the couch, feet hitting the floor softly. “Jiwoo?” you asked, voice low.
She didn’t answer at first. Just another shaky breath. Another sniffle. Then, finally, her head tilted slightly toward you, hair falling loose from her bun, eyes glossy in the dim light.
You hesitated. Part of you wanted to stay still, respect the space she’d built between you. Part of you wanted to cross the small distance and just… be there. Be present.
Slowly, you rose, moving toward her. She flinched the slightest bit, but didn’t step back. Her mug was still clutched in her hands, knuckles pale.
“Hey… what’s wrong?” you asked, keeping your voice gentle.
Her lips pressed together, and then a single shaky breath escaped. “It’s nothing,” she whispered, barely audible. But the way her body trembled betrayed her words.
You took another small step closer. “If you're crying then it doesn't sound like nothing.”
She finally looked at you, really looked, eyes wide and unsure. And for the first time in weeks, maybe months, the distance between you both collapsed in a moment of unspoken need.
“I…” she started, but the words faltered.
You didn’t move to speak over her. You just stayed there, letting the silence fill the spaces where words failed. The hum of the fridge, the faint overhead buzz, the soft clink of her mug.
Jiwoo sat down on the couch after you guided her there. A glass was set down on the low table, just in case she needed it before you sat down next to her.
You let the silence sit in the space between the both of you, not as a barrier to avoid her but as something to wait.
Jiwoo stared at her hands, fingers wrapped tightly around nothing now, the mug abandoned somewhere behind her. Her shoulders were still tense, lifted like she was bracing for impact that never came. The couch dipped slightly under her weight, under yours, close enough to feel but not close enough to overwhelm.
Her breathing was uneven. You counted it without meaning to. In. Out. A hitch. Another breath.
“I didn’t want to bother you,” she said finally. Her voice was quiet, scraped thin. “You look so tired lately.”
The words hit harder than you expected.
“You’re not a bother,” you said, immediately, too quickly. Then you softened it. “You never are.”
She let out a shaky laugh that didn’t sound like laughter at all. “I know. I just… I keep telling myself that.”
Her gaze stayed fixed on the floor. You noticed then how red her eyes were, how carefully she was holding herself together, like this was something she’d practiced doing alone.
“You can talk to me or not, I’ll stay here either way.” You told her, eyes drifting across the living room that was softly illuminated by the streetlight outside.
Jiwoo didn’t answer right away.
Your words settled somewhere between the two of you, quiet and steady, like you’d set something fragile on the table and stepped back from it.
Outside, a car passed. Headlights slid across the wall for a moment before disappearing again, leaving the apartment in its familiar half-light.
She rubbed at her nose with the back of her hand, embarrassed by the sound of it. “You always say things like that,” she murmured.
“Like what?”
“Like it’s simple.”
You shrugged slightly, though she wasn’t looking. “Sometimes it is.”
Her shoulders dropped a little. Not relaxed exactly, but less rigid than before.
“People are pretty. . .weird.” She mumbled, soft enough for you to still hear.
“Yeah, I think that’s what makes us human sometimes.” You chuckled.
Jiwoo gave a quiet hum at that, like she wasn’t sure whether to agree or argue.
For a while, neither of you spoke again.
The apartment settled back into its quiet rhythm. The fridge hummed like a lazy bassline, the light above the stove buzzed faintly, and somewhere outside a motorcycle coughed past before fading into the distance.
Jiwoo’s fingers twisted together in her lap.
For a long moment she just watched them, like the answer might be written somewhere in the creases of her knuckles.
Then she exhaled slowly.
“I went on another date with him earlier,” she said.
The sentence hit you with a quiet thud.
You leaned back slightly against the couch, eyes drifting toward the ceiling.
“Alright,” you said gently. “And?”
Jiwoo let out a breath that sounded halfway between a sigh and a laugh.
“And I don’t know what it means.”
Your brow furrowed.
“What do you mean?”
“He’s nice,” she said quickly. “Really nice. When we’re together, he’s attentive and sweet and he listens. He walks me to the train, he remembers the drinks I like, he asks about my day at the cafe.” Her voice softened at that part.
Then her shoulders sagged again.
“But when we’re not together…” She shook her head faintly. “It’s like I don’t exist.”
You turned your head toward her.
“He doesn’t text back?” you asked.
“Sometimes,” she said. “But it takes hours. Or a day. Or he’ll just react to something I send and that’s it.” Her lips pressed together. “Then the next time we meet he acts like everything’s perfect.”
The confusion in her voice was quiet but heavy.
“I keep thinking maybe I’m expecting too much,” she added. “Maybe people just… communicate differently.”
You watched her for a moment.
Jiwoo always tried to give people the benefit of the doubt. You’d seen it in the way she spoke about her coworkers, about rude customers at the café, even about strangers who bumped into her on the train.
She always bent first.
Always tried to understand.
“Do you like him?” you asked.
She hesitated.
“I think so,” she said carefully. “Or… I want to.”
That answer made something twist uncomfortably in your chest.
“And he asked to see you again tonight?” you asked.
She nodded.
“But halfway through dinner he said he might be too busy next week,” she continued. “Then ten minutes later he asked if I wanted to try this new restaurant together soon.”
You blinked.
“That’s… confusing.”
Jiwoo laughed weakly. “Exactly.”
Her hands tightened again.
“I feel stupid,” she murmured. “Like I’m analyzing every message he sends. Every pause. Every word.” She rubbed at her eyes again. “I keep wondering if he actually likes me or if I’m just… convenient.”
The word hung in the air like a bruise.
Your jaw tightened.
Convenient.
You’d spent weeks pretending not to look at her. Pretending your chest didn’t tighten every time you heard her keys in the door. Pretending the confession you’d thrown into the air months ago didn’t still linger somewhere between the walls of this apartment.
And now she was crying over someone who couldn’t even text her back.
Life always did have a strange sense of humor.
You rubbed the back of your neck.
“Can I say something?” you asked.
Jiwoo glanced at you cautiously. “You always do.”
“Fair.”
You leaned forward slightly, elbows resting on your knees.
“If someone likes you,” you said slowly, “they shouldn’t make you feel like a puzzle you have to solve.”
She was quiet.
“They might be busy,” you continued, “or awkward, or bad at texting. But they don’t leave you sitting there wondering if you matter.”
Jiwoo stared at the floor again.
“I keep thinking maybe I’m just impatient,” she said softly.
You shook your head.
“Jiwoo.”
Your voice came out firmer than you meant.
She looked up.
“You wake up at five in the morning to open the café,” you said. “You remember regular customers’ orders without writing them down. You bring home pastries for me even when I never ask. You apologize to furniture when you bump into it.”
A faint, confused smile flickered across her face.
“You’re the most patient person I know,” you finished.
Her eyes softened slightly.
“But if he’s just bad at expressing things?” she asked quietly. “What if I’m giving up too quickly?”
You leaned back again, thinking.
The truth sat heavy on your tongue.
You could say it.
You could tell her the thing that had been sitting in your chest ever since that night months ago when you’d confessed too suddenly, too clumsily, right before leaving for work.
But she was already hurting.
So instead you said something else.
“If someone likes you,” you said, “they’ll make room for you.”
Jiwoo tilted her head slightly.
“They won’t treat you like an extra shift they can pick up when they need extra cash.”
Silence stretched again.
She sat with that thought for a long time.
Then she spoke, quieter than before.
“You never treated me like that.”
The words hit you square in the chest.
You let out a slow breath.
“Jiwoo…”
She turned toward you fully now, knees pulled slightly onto the couch.
“I know things got weird after you said… what you said,” she continued gently. “And I’m sorry if I made it worse.”
You shook your head immediately.
“No, that was on me. I dropped that on you out of nowhere and then ran off to work like a coward.”
She huffed a small laugh.
“You did kind of sprint out the door.”
“To be fair, they needed an extra set of hands,” you muttered.
She studied you carefully.
“You started staying later at the bar after that,” she said.
You scratched your cheek.
“…maybe.”
“And avoiding the kitchen when I was home.”
“…again, maybe.”
Her lips curved faintly.
“You’re not subtle.”
“Neither are you,” you said. “Crying in the kitchen at three in the morning.”
Jiwoo groaned softly and covered her face.
“I didn’t think you were awake.”
“I’m pretty much nocturnal at this point.”
She lowered her hands slowly.
“I’m sorry you had to see me like this. I’m just a bit of a mess sometimes.”
You shook your head and looked at her.
“Everybody has been a mess at some point in their life. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve cried over weirder things before.”
Jiwoo peeked at you through the gaps between her fingers.
“…weirder things?” she asked cautiously.
You nodded, leaning back against the couch again.
“Yeah.”
She slowly lowered her hands, curiosity nudging past the embarrassment.
“Like what?”
You rubbed the back of your neck, suddenly looking very interested in the carpet.
“Once cried because the stray cat that used to visit our home stopped coming by.”
“You didn’t try to adopt it?” She asked.
“Mom had a bad case of allergies so I didn’t really have much of a choice.” You chuckled.
Jiwoo’s expression softened.
“That’s actually really sad,” she murmured.
You shrugged, a little sheepish. “I was nine. It felt like a betrayal at the time.”
“Did the cat ever come back?”
“Nope.” You leaned your head back against the couch. “Probably found a better house with someone who could actually feed it tuna instead of sneaking it scraps.”
Jiwoo huffed a quiet laugh, the sound still fragile but lighter than before.
The tension in her shoulders loosened a little. Not gone, but less sharp around the edges.
“You’re weird,” she said.
“Takes one to know one.”
She looked down again, though this time the silence didn’t feel as heavy. Her fingers rested loosely together instead of twisting themselves into knots.
After a moment, she spoke again.
“I don’t think I like feeling like this.”
You turned your head slightly. “Like what?”
“Like I’m waiting,” she said. “Waiting for him to decide if I’m worth his time.”
Your jaw tightened a fraction.
“That sounds exhausting.”
“It is.” She gave a small sigh. “I check my phone too much. I reread messages. I try to guess what tone he meant.” She shook her head faintly. “It makes me feel a little ridiculous.”
You tilted your head.
“You should think about yourself too,”
Jiwoo blinked. “What?”
“You’d be surprised about the amount of times I’ve heard people talk about relationships behind the counter.” You started again. “Breakups, first dates, cheating, engagements, all of it.”
She listened.
“And the one thing that always stands out,” you continued, “is that they never really think for themselves.”
She looked thoughtful, tilting her head.
“Sometimes they’re so blinded that they would do whatever the other told them to,” you huffed, “Other times, they would stay even when it hurts, a little, a lot, they would never leave their side.”
Jiwoo listened quietly, her eyes following the slow movement of your hands as you spoke.
You didn’t realize you were gesturing until you stopped.
“People do that a lot,” you continued, voice softer now. “They bend themselves around someone else’s feelings until there’s barely anything left of their own.”
The words hung there, heavier than you intended.
Jiwoo’s fingers curled slightly in her lap again, but not the anxious twisting from before. This time it looked more like she was holding onto the thought.
“And you think I’m doing that?” she asked.
You hesitated.
“A little,” you admitted. “Not because you’re weak or anything like that. You just… try very hard to be fair to people.”
Her lips pressed together.
“That’s not a bad thing.”
“It isn’t,” you said quickly. “But sometimes fairness turns into you carrying the whole weight of something that’s supposed to be shared.”
Jiwoo leaned back into the couch, letting out a slow breath through her nose.
“I keep telling myself maybe he’s just busy,” she said. “Or maybe he’s bad at texting. Or maybe I’m expecting too much too soon.”
You glanced at her.
“And what do you tell yourself when he is texting you back?”
She blinked.
“What do you mean?”
“When he’s attentive. When he remembers your drink order. When he walks you to the train.” You shrugged. “Do you think he’s overthinking it? Wondering if he’s asking too much of you?”
Jiwoo was quiet.
Her eyes drifted down again.
“…no.”
“Exactly.”
The apartment hummed around you, steady and patient.
“You’re putting a lot of effort into understanding him,” you said. “But it doesn’t sound like he’s putting the same effort into understanding you.”
She rubbed the sleeve of her sweater between her fingers.
“I just don’t want to give up on someone too quickly.”
“That’s fair.”
You leaned forward, elbows on your knees again.
“But there’s a difference between patience and waiting around for someone to decide if you’re worth keeping.”
Jiwoo swallowed slightly.
“I hate that part,” she admitted.
“What part?”
“The waiting.”
You nodded.
“Yeah. Waiting’s the worst.”
She turned her head a little, studying your profile in the dim light.
Jiwoo opened her lips, wanting to say something but stopped herself. Instead, she cleared her throat.
“I think I should get some sleep.”
You nodded once, slow.
“Probably a good idea.”
Jiwoo pushed her palms lightly against the couch and stood. The cushion rose back into place after her, leaving a small hollow where she had been sitting. For a second she lingered there, like she had forgotten something.
Or maybe like she was deciding something.
You didn’t ask.
She bent down to grab the mug she’d abandoned earlier, fingers wrapping around it again out of habit more than anything. The tea inside had gone cold.
“…Thanks,” she said quietly.
“For what?”
“For listening.”
You shrugged faintly, though she wasn’t looking directly at you anymore.
“Part of the roommate package.”
That earned the smallest huff of amusement.
Jiwoo took a few steps toward the hallway, then paused near the edge of the kitchen light. The warm glow cut across the floorboards, stopping right before your feet like a stage mark neither of you had crossed in weeks.
She glanced back.
“You should sleep too,” she said.
“I will.”
“You say that every night.”
“And every night I mean it.”
Her mouth curved just slightly.
For a moment it looked like she might say something else. Her fingers tightened around the mug again, shoulders lifting a fraction before settling back down.
But whatever the thought was, she tucked it away.
“Goodnight,” she murmured.
“Night, Jiwoo.”
She disappeared down the hallway, her footsteps soft against the floor until the quiet swallowed them.
A moment later, you heard the faint click of her bedroom door.
The apartment settled again.
You leaned your head back against the couch, staring up at the ceiling. The kitchen light still hummed faintly, washing the room in that familiar half-glow that had become the only thing the two of you consistently shared lately.
For a while, you just sat there.
Then you stood, stretching the stiffness from your shoulders.
Your eyes drifted toward the kitchen counter.
The coffee maker was still there, exactly where it always sat.
You hesitated.
It would be easy not to do it tonight. Easy to leave it alone, crawl into your own bed, pretend tomorrow would be like every other day that had stacked itself neatly on top of the last.
But your hands moved anyway.
Water first.
Then the filter.
Then the coffee grounds she liked, not the cheaper kind you used for yourself.
You set the timer for five in the morning.
The quiet click sounded louder than it should have.
For a second, you rested your hand against the counter, staring at the little digital numbers blinking back at you.
You told yourself it was habit.
Routine.
Nothing more than that.
Still, when you finally turned off the kitchen light and the apartment fell into darkness, the smell of coffee grounds lingered faintly in the air.
-
You rarely had days off, and when you did, you couldn’t really figure out what to do with them.
The hours felt strange when they belonged entirely to you. Too quiet. Too open.
So they usually ended the same way.
You’d end up drifting between the living room and your room, catching up on sleep that had been shaved away by late shifts and loud music, or finally watching the show you’d been meaning to start for weeks but never had the energy for.
Today was one of those days.
“Do you want to grab some groceries with me?”
You looked up from the sanctuary that was the living room couch and at Jiwoo who stood a couple steps away.
You blinked, caught off guard. “Uh… yeah, sure.”
She gave a small smile, the kind that didn’t fill the room but made the edges of it softer. “Cool. I figured it’d be better than wandering around alone… or just napping all day.”
You pushed yourself up, stretching stiff muscles. “I mean… I do need snacks. And coffee. And probably something you’ll judge me for buying.”
Jiwoo laughed softly, a little brighter than usual. “I won't judge. Maybe.”
Soon enough, both of you got dressed and met at the door
The two of you fell into an easy rhythm as you walked out the door, the rare daylight spilling in from outside and painting the apartment in warm hues. For once, your schedules aligned, not by accident, not in the half-light of exhaustion, but deliberately, side by side.
Outside, the street hummed with life. The smells of morning pastries and roasted coffee drifted past, blending with the faint scent of the city. Jiwoo fell into step beside you, her bag slung lightly over one shoulder. You noticed the way she adjusted the strap absentmindedly, how her eyes scanned the street but always seemed half-focused on you.
“I wasn’t sure if you’d say yes,” she murmured, almost to herself.
You glanced at her. “Why not?”
She shrugged. “You always seem… busy. Or like you’d rather be anywhere else.”
“I’m standing right here,” you said, shrugging back. “Guess I’m not anywhere else today.”
She smiled at that. It wasn’t wide, but it was genuine, quiet, the kind that stuck in the chest longer than it should.
You walked a little further before either of you spoke again.
The sidewalk stretched ahead, familiar but strangely new in the daylight. Most of your memories of the neighborhood lived in neon reflections and late-night quiet, when the streets felt half-asleep and the world smelled like rain and cigarette smoke.
A bakery door chimed as someone stepped out with a paper bag, warm air spilling onto the sidewalk. A cyclist passed with a soft whirr of their chain. Somewhere down the block a dog barked twice like it had an important announcement to make.
Jiwoo slowed slightly beside you.
“You usually sleep around this time, don’t you?” she asked.
“Usually,” you said. “My body’s probably very confused right now.”
“Should we have gone later?”
You shook your head. “Nah. It’s fine.” Then you glanced at her. “Besides, you look like you needed to get out of the apartment.”
She blinked, surprised by the observation.
“…Maybe I needed to.”
You glanced at her again, a little more carefully this time.
Jiwoo didn’t elaborate. She just kept walking beside you, hands tucked loosely into the sleeves of her sweater, the strap of her bag sliding down her shoulder before she nudged it back up again.
It was a small habit of hers. One you’d started noticing more lately.
For a few steps the silence continued.
Then she spoke again.
“My phone’s been quiet today.”
You didn’t need to ask who she meant.
“Yeah?” you said.
She nodded faintly.
“I didn’t text him this morning.”
You raised an eyebrow. “Bold move.”
“I’m experimenting,” she said, though there was a trace of nervousness in her voice. “Usually I’m the one who says good morning first.”
“And today?”
“I wanted to see if he would.”
You looked down the street ahead.
“And?”
She pulled her phone out of her pocket, glanced at the screen, then slipped it back in.
“Still nothing.”
You gave a small shrug.
“Morning’s still young. Maybe he’s still sleeping.”
“That’s what I keep telling myself,” she said, though it sounded like she didn’t fully believe it.
A bus rolled past, stirring a breeze that tugged lightly at her hair. She pushed a loose strand behind her ear.
“You know what the annoying part is?” she added.
“What?”
“I keep checking anyway.” She made a small frustrated noise. “Even though I told myself I wouldn’t.”
You chuckled.
“Congratulations. You’re experiencing the universal human condition.”
“Very comforting,” she said dryly.
“All I’m saying is that you’re not the only one who’s experiencing all of this.” you replied.
Up ahead, the bright sign of the grocery store came into view, the automatic doors sliding open and closed as people passed through.
She slowed slightly.
Then, more quietly, she said, “Thanks for coming with me.”
You looked at her.
“It’s groceries,” you said.
“I know,” she said. “But still.”
There was something gentle in the way she said it, something that lingered in the space between the two of you.
You scratched the back of your neck.
“Well,” you said, “someone has to stop you from buying the expensive cereal again.”
Her eyes widened.
“That cereal is good.”
“It practically costs the same as a small car.”
“It has almonds.”
“Fancy almonds,” you corrected.
Jiwoo laughed as the two of you stepped through the sliding doors, cool air washing over you from inside.
She grabbed a basket and handed it to you.
“You’re carrying it,” she said.
“Why me?”
“You’re a gentleman, aren’t you?”
You sighed dramatically but accepted the basket anyway.
“Fine,” you muttered.
Jiwoo started down the first aisle, glancing back at you with a quiet grin.
-
You slowly walked through the aisles, basket still in hand.
Jiwoo walked a couple of steps away, grabbing things she needed and pointing at things she could probably buy another time.
“Do we really need three different kinds of pasta?” you asked, staring at the boxes now stacked in the basket.
Jiwoo glanced over her shoulder. “They’re different shapes.”
“They’re still pasta.”
“That’s exactly why they’re different.”
You lifted one of the boxes, inspecting it like it held secrets to the universe. “This one looks like tiny scrolls.”
“They’re fusilli.”
“Fancy spirals.”
She rolled her eyes, but the smile tugging at her mouth gave her away.
You continued walking.
Jiwoo grabbed eggs. Milk. A small pack of strawberries she examined very carefully before approving.
At one point she reached into the basket to move something again and her hand brushed yours.
Just for a second.
You both froze like someone had quietly pressed pause on the moment.
Then she pulled her hand back.
“…Sorry.”
“It’s fine.”
You cleared your throat and shifted the basket slightly.
For a moment, neither of you moved.
Then Jiwoo continued down the aisle like nothing happened.
You stopped near the snacks.
Jiwoo tilted her head slightly as she studied the shelves.
“You said you needed snacks,” she reminded.
You grabbed a bag of chips without thinking and tossed it in.
Her eyes immediately dropped to the basket.
“…Of course you did.”
“What?”
“You work in a bar and your diet is still that of a college freshman.”
“Hey—.”
She crouched slightly and picked up a box of something healthier.
“Take these.”
You looked at the label.
“Jiwoo.”
“Yes?”
“It looks like they forgot to add flavoring at the factory.”
“They’re good for you.”
“You sound like a doctor.”
“Someone has to keep you alive.”
You watched as she slipped the box into the basket anyway.
Her hand lingered there for a second while she adjusted the items inside, organizing things like it mattered.
You stood there, eyes drifting to the side of her face when the thought hit you.
One day, you wouldn’t be the one that helped her with groceries, wouldn’t carry the basket over your arm as she fixed the things inside and wouldn’t be the one who talked to her as if you two were the only ones in the store.
The thought stung your chest, softly at first before it spread throughout your lungs.
By then, you’d forgotten how to speak when she briefly looked up at you.
“Did you forget how to blink?” Jiwoo asked.
You snapped out of it, realizing you’d been staring at her for far too long.
“…No.”
Her eyebrow lifted slightly.
“That was suspiciously delayed.”
“I was thinking.”
“About…?”
You opened your mouth.
Closed it again.
Because the truth would sound ridiculous if you said it out loud.
I was thinking about the day someone else stands here instead of me.
So you shrugged lightly instead.
“Nothing important.”
Jiwoo watched you for a moment longer like she didn’t quite believe that. Then she turned back to the basket, nudging the box of healthy crackers further to the side.
“Hold it straight,” she said.
“It is straight.”
“It’s leaning.”
“It’s because you’re pushing it.”
“Just shut up and hold it.”
You adjusted the basket just enough to satisfy her.
The moment smoothed over again.
Just like that.
-
You moved toward the next aisle together.
Jiwoo stopped near the bread section and reached for a loaf without much thought. She squeezed it gently like she’d done this a thousand times before, then nodded to herself and added it to the growing pile in your arm.
“You’re very decisive about bread,” you said.
“I’ve been burned before.”
“By bread.”
“By badly burnt bread.”
You nodded solemnly.
“A tragic story.”
She nudged your shoulder lightly with hers as she walked past you.
“Don’t mock my suffering.”
Your shoulder stayed warm long after the contact ended.
A couple walked past you then.
They were laughing about something small, arguing over which cereal to buy. The guy held the basket while the girl tossed things inside without much thought.
The scene was so ordinary it almost blended into the store’s background noise.
But it still tugged at something in your chest.
Because you realized something quietly devastating.
That’s how the two of you probably looked right now.
Like people who belonged in the same routine.
Like people who did this every week.
Like people who would go home together and cook dinner and argue about pasta shapes.
The thought settled heavy in your ribs.
Because it wasn’t real.
This was a coincidence of schedules.
A rare day where both of your lives slowed down at the same time.
Jiwoo worked mornings.
You worked nights.
Your worlds barely overlapped.
Most days you only saw her half-awake or half-exhausted, passing in the hallway like two trains crossing tracks for three seconds.
And one day, eventually, that passing would stop altogether.
She’d move.
Or you would.
Or someone would come along who actually lived in her hours instead of just borrowing them.
Someone who could walk with her in daylight without their body begging for sleep.
Someone who could share mornings.
Not just late-night leftovers and quiet apartments.
Your grip tightened slightly on the basket.
-
You turned to the next aisle.
Jiwoo still walked further ahead, a couple of steps that you couldn’t quite reach.
Her hand carefully treaded along the shelf, across the plastic of the packs of powdered coffee and the bags of beans ready to be made into a steamy drink.
Then she turned her head over her shoulder briefly.
“Do you have anything to do tomorrow? Besides from your shift, of course.” you heard her ask.
“Not much, why?”
“You should come by the cafe tomorrow, we’re holding an event.”
You slowed a little when she said that.
Not enough for her to notice. Just enough that the wheels of the cart made a softer sound against the floor.
“An event?” you asked.
Jiwoo nodded, turning back toward the shelves. Her fingers tapped lightly against a row of coffee bags before she picked one up to read the label.
“Yeah. The owner’s doing one of those tasting things. Different beans, little pastries, free samples if people sit through the explanation.” She gave a small shrug. “It’s mostly an excuse to get more customers through the door.”
“Sounds dangerous,” you said. “Free food attracts crowds.”
“It does,” she said, smiling faintly.
She placed the bag of beans in the cart.
Then glanced back at you again.
“You should come.”
The words landed lightly, like they hadn’t been given much thought.
But they echoed around in your head anyway.
You leaned your elbows against the handle of the cart.
“What time?”
“Late afternoon,” she said. “Around four.”
Your shift started at seven.
Plenty of time.
Your first instinct was to say yes without thinking.
Instead, you tilted your head slightly.
“Why? You need a body to fill a chair?”
Jiwoo rolled her eyes a little.
“I just thought you might like it.”
You hummed.
“Free coffee does sound appealing.”
“It’ll be nice,” she added after a moment. “The place gets cozy when it’s full.”
You followed beside her.
“You’re working the whole time?”
“Yeah.” She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “Serving drinks, explaining the beans, pretending I know sophisticated things about flavor notes.”
“You don’t?”
“I know what tastes good,” she said. “Apparently that’s not the same thing.”
You chuckled quietly.
For a moment, the image formed in your mind without permission.
Jiwoo behind the counter.
Hair tied back.
Sleeves rolled up slightly while she poured coffee, talking to customers with that small, patient smile she used when people asked too many questions.
People would like her.
Of course they would.
She had the kind of warmth that made strangers comfortable.
Someone would probably sit there longer than they needed to.
Just to keep talking to her.
The thought nudged at something unpleasant in your chest.
You cleared your throat.
“So this is a recruitment effort,” you said.
“For what?”
“To convert me into a regular customer.”
She laughed softly.
“You already are.”
“That’s because you give me discounts.”
“I’ll give you one free drink if you look like you’re about to fall asleep.”
“See?” you said. “Special treatment.”
She shook her head, smiling.
Then she slowed again near the refrigerated drinks.
“Seriously though,” she said, voice quieter now. “You should come if you’re free.”
You stopped beside her.
Jiwoo looked at you properly this time, not over her shoulder, not in passing.
Waiting.
There was nothing complicated about the invitation.
Just a casual suggestion.
But something about it made your chest feel tight again.
Because tomorrow she’d be in her world.
Daylight.
Customers.
A space where you didn’t exist as the guy she shared an apartment with or the person she talked to in the quiet kitchen at midnight.
Just another face in a chair.
Just someone passing through.
You rubbed the back of your neck.
“…Yeah,” you said finally. “I’ll stop by.”
Her smile came a little easier at that.
“Good.”
She grabbed a bottle of iced tea and placed it in the cart.
Then she started walking again.
And for some reason, the few steps between you felt just as long as before.
-
You reached the end of the aisle together.
Jiwoo glanced back at the basket.
“We got a lot more than I planned.”
“That’s because you bought enough for a small village.”
“Because you eat for five people.”
“And who says you don’t?”
You huffed a quiet laugh.
Then she looked up at you again.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” she asked.
You blinked.
“Yeah.”
“You got quiet again.”
You looked down at the basket resting against your arm.
At the strawberries.
The dumplings.
The tea.
All these small pieces of a life that felt strangely shared for the moment.
Then you looked back at her.
Jiwoo stood under the fluorescent lights, hair falling loosely around her face, expression soft but curious.
Waiting.
You forced a smile.
“Just tired,” you said.
She studied you for a second longer.
Then she nodded.
“…Okay.”
She turned toward the checkout lanes.
“Come on. Let’s pay before I remember something else to buy.”
You followed her.
Basket still hanging from your arm.
And for the rest of the walk to the register, a quiet thought sat heavy in your chest.
One day, someone else would be the one standing beside her in grocery store aisles.
Someone else would carry the basket.
Someone else would hear her argue about pasta shapes.
And the worst part was knowing she wouldn’t even notice the difference at first.
Because to her, this was just grocery shopping.
But to you,
It already felt like something you were going to miss.
-
When tomorrow afternoon came, you made it a quiet rule for yourself not to be late.
It wasn’t a big thing. Not officially.
Just something that settled into your chest sometime between waking up and staring too long at the closet.
You dressed casually, like you weren’t heading into a shift later. A clean shirt instead of the one you usually threw on before work. Shoes that didn’t smell faintly like spilled beer and citrus cleaner. You even fixed your hair a little before leaving, catching your reflection in the mirror longer than usual.
Then you scoffed at yourself and grabbed your jacket.
The walk to the café felt different from the grocery run yesterday.
The same streets. Same storefronts.
But today the sky hung pale and bright overhead, and the sidewalks buzzed with afternoon energy. People holding iced drinks, students drifting in groups, someone walking a golden retriever that looked like it had a better social life than you.
You spotted the café before you even reached the corner.
The windows were wide and bright, sunlight spilling through them like someone had poured honey across the floor inside. A small chalkboard sign stood outside the door.
Coffee Tasting Event
Free samples today!
You paused a second before going in.
Not out of nervousness exactly.
Just awareness.
Then you pushed the door open.
The bell chimed softly above your head.
Warm air wrapped around you immediately. Coffee, sugar, butter from fresh pastries. The quiet hum of conversation layered with the soft hiss of an espresso machine.
It was busier than you expected.
Small groups sat at tables with little sample cups. Someone near the counter laughed at something the barista said. A couple stood by the display case debating between croissants and muffins like it was a life-altering decision.
Your eyes scanned the room without meaning to.
And there she was.
Jiwoo stood behind the counter, sleeves rolled to her elbows, hair tied back loosely. She was pouring coffee into small cups while speaking to a pair of customers.
“…this one’s lighter,” she was saying, voice calm and patient. “A little fruity, I guess? That’s what they tell me I’m supposed to say.”
The customers laughed.
She smiled, a little sheepish.
You leaned against the wall near the entrance for a moment, watching.
She moved easily behind the counter. Passing cups, wiping the surface, answering questions. Every now and then someone thanked her and she gave that small nod you’d seen a hundred times in the apartment when she said goodnight or handed you a cup of tea.
But here it looked different.
Brighter.
People noticed her.
A guy sitting near the counter leaned forward while she spoke, clearly more interested in the conversation than the coffee in front of him.
A woman thanked her again as she walked away.
Jiwoo’s laugh drifted across the room.
And something in your chest shifted.
Not jealousy exactly.
Just a strange, quiet realization.
This was her world.
Light pouring through windows instead of neon bar signs. People lingering in chairs instead of staggering out the door at two in the morning. Conversations that didn’t smell like whiskey and regret.
You’d only ever seen her in the quiet hours. Late nights in the kitchen. Early mornings before either of you collapsed into sleep.
But here she looked alive.
Like this place belonged to her.
You rubbed the back of your neck and stepped closer to the counter.
It took a few seconds before she noticed you.
Jiwoo looked up while handing a sample cup to someone.
Then she froze.
Just for a second.
Her eyes widened slightly before a smile spread across her face, brighter than any you’d seen in the apartment.
Jiwoo raised her hand up slightly in a small wave.
She watched you return the gesture before a hand tapped on your shoulder.
Jiwoo’s eyes flicked from the counter to you, following your movements as you talked quietly with someone else.
She noticed the subtle lean in your posture, the way your hands moved to emphasize something, the faint smile that wasn’t meant for her.
Her chest tightened in a way that made her inhale too quickly, catching herself before anyone could notice.
The girl who had stepped up beside you had a bright, easy presence,laughing at something you said, and Jiwoo felt the tiny, sharp stab of something she wasn’t expecting.
Her fingers tightened around the edge of the counter, the warmth of the cup she had just poured doing little to soothe the sudden unease blooming in her stomach.
She told herself it didn’t mean anything.
You were just. . .talking. Right? Just talking.
But she couldn’t stop her gaze from following every small motion, the way you shifted slightly closer to the girl, the way your eyes crinkled when you laughed. It wasn’t jealousy, she reasoned. Not really. It was just awareness. A quiet, insistent awareness that this, this brightness, this laugh, this casual closeness, wasn’t hers.
Jiwoo’s lips pressed into a thin line. She looked down at the counter, focusing on the swirl of crema in the cup she had set aside. Her own hands, usually so steady, felt like they were betraying her, twitching slightly as she tried to focus on anything but you.
When she glanced back up, you had turned to hand the girl something, your attention fully elsewhere. Jiwoo realized, with a small, hollow ache, that even if she wanted to step forward, even if she wanted to be part of this moment, she didn’t belong here. Not really.
She set the cup down a little too firmly. The faint clink echoed in the busy cafe, and she straightened, telling herself to move, to breathe, to return to work.
Jiwoo tried to go back to work, to talk to customers and to discuss the different flavors a coffee could have but she couldn’t
Not when she could see you and this seemingly random woman talk at the back of the crowd while you talked in front.
Jiwoo tried.
She really did.
A customer stood in front of her asking about the difference between two roasts, holding both sample cups like they contained some grand philosophical answer. Jiwoo nodded, listened, even opened her mouth to explain.
“—this one’s a little more acidic,” she said automatically.
But her eyes drifted again.
Across the café.
You were still standing near the back of the small crowd, one shoulder angled toward the girl. She said something animated, lifting her hands in the air like the story required gestures. You laughed again. Not loudly, but enough that Jiwoo could see it in the tilt of your head.
The customer in front of her said something else.
Jiwoo blinked.
“I’m sorry?” she asked.
They repeated the question.
“Oh,” she said softly. “Right. That one’s um…”
Her mind stalled like a car stuck in the wrong gear.
The customer didn’t seem to mind. They smiled politely, tasted the coffee, and moved along with a thank you.
Jiwoo nodded automatically.
Her fingers hovered over the counter.
The cafe buzzed around her, voices and cups and the constant quiet motion of people drifting through the event. Normally she liked this kind of energy. It made the hours pass quickly. It made her feel useful.
Today it felt like standing in the middle of a river while watching something important drift away downstream.
She glanced up again.
The girl beside you leaned a little closer this time, saying something near your shoulder.
Jiwoo felt the small twist in her chest again.
Not jealousy.
She told herself that immediately.
You had friends. People who knew you outside the apartment. Outside those sleepy late-night conversations where both of you were half-draped over the kitchen counter and sharing whatever snacks were left in the cabinet.
Of course you did.
And yet.
Seeing it was different.
Seeing the easy way you laughed, the way someone else occupied your attention so completely for a moment.
It made something quietly fragile inside her wobble.
Jiwoo picked up a cloth and wiped the counter again even though it was already spotless.
A coworker passed behind her with a tray of pastries.
“Jiwoo, can you refill the light roast samples?” he asked.
“Yeah,” she said quickly.
She reached for the coffee pot.
But as she poured, her eyes betrayed her again, flicking up toward the back of the room.
“Jiwoo, remember to give those out.”
She nodded her head and as she held the two cups together to set aside on a tray, she exited around the counter and headed towards a specific table.
The tray was light in her hands. Two small cups, steam curling gently upward like quiet signals.
Jiwoo moved through the café slowly, weaving between chairs and people who had gathered in loose clusters. Someone laughed near the window. Another group debated loudly over which roast tasted “more chocolatey.”
She stopped beside your table.
You looked up from the other girl before you and your eyes widened in recognition.
“Light roast refill?” she offered politely.
“Yeah, sure. We could use some.” You answered.
She set the cups down but she continued to stand there, feet unknowingly inching towards you.
Her arms pressed the tray against her chest.
You glanced at her and the almost blank expression on her face.
“Ah right,” you gestured towards her. “This is Jiwoo, I share the apartment with her.”
The girl turned toward her with immediate interest.
“Your roommate?” she repeated, smiling as if the idea amused her.
Jiwoo gave a small nod.
“Yes. We—”
Her voice caught slightly before she could finish the sentence.
You noticed it.
Of course you did.
Jiwoo’s gaze dropped to the table instead of meeting either of your eyes. The small sample cups sat between you now, thin steam rising lazily into the air.
The other girl picked one up first.
“Well, that’s convenient,” she said lightly before taking a sip. “Living with someone who works in a cafe. I’d never run out of coffee.”
Jiwoo managed a polite smile.
“And Jiwoo, this is Dohee. One of my friends back in college.”
Jiwoo nodded once.
“Nice to meet you,” she said softly.
Dohee smiled easily, the kind of warmth that filled space without asking permission.
“You too. He never mentioned his roommate worked here.”
Jiwoo’s eyes flicked briefly toward you.
“Probably because I try to sleep when he gets home,” she said. “And he tries to sleep when I leave.”
Dohee laughed at that.
“Opposite schedules?”
“Pretty much.”
You nodded, rubbing the back of your neck again.
“The apartment’s basically a relay race,” you said. “She hands the kitchen over when I stumble in.”
Jiwoo felt the corner of her mouth lift slightly despite herself.
It was true.
Half the time the only proof that you’d been home was the empty mug in the sink or the bag of chips mysteriously appearing in the pantry.
Dohee took another sip of the coffee.
“Oh this is good,” she said, lifting the cup. “You made this?”
Jiwoo shook her head lightly.
“We’re sampling beans today. I just poured it.”
“Well you poured it very professionally,” Dohee said with a playful nod.
Jiwoo gave a small, polite smile again.
Her fingers tightened slightly around the tray.
You leaned forward on your elbows.
“So how long are you in town?” you asked Dohee.
“Just visiting for a couple days,” she said. “Work trip. I didn’t expect to run into you here of all places.”
Jiwoo watched the conversation drift back toward you both.
The two of you slipping easily into old stories and shared references she didn’t understand.
Professors.
Late study nights.
Someone named Minjae who apparently once tried to microwave ramen without water.
Dohee laughed loudly at that one.
Jiwoo smiled politely again even though she didn’t know the story.
The tray in her hands suddenly felt heavier.
Like it became a reminder that she had a reason to stand here.
And also a reason to leave.
You glanced up at her again mid-conversation.
“Did you want to sit?” you asked.
Jiwoo blinked.
“Oh.”
Her eyes flicked toward the counter where her coworkers were still moving quickly behind the espresso machine.
“I should probably get back.”
You nodded slowly.
“Right.”
There was a tiny pause.
Jiwoo adjusted her grip on the tray.
“Enjoy the coffee,” she said.
Dohee lifted her cup slightly in thanks.
Jiwoo turned again.
This time she made it all the way back to the counter without stopping.
The moment she stepped behind it, the café wrapped around her again.
Orders.
Milk pitchers.
The familiar rhythm of work.
But every so often her eyes betrayed her.
They drifted toward the back of the café.
Where you and Dohee were still talking.
Where your shoulders leaned toward someone else’s story.
And Jiwoo realized something quietly uncomfortable.
She knew the version of you that existed at four in the morning.
Half-asleep.
Gentler.
Quieter.
But this version of you… the one laughing easily in the afternoon sunlight…
Felt a little like someone she was only just meeting.
And somehow that made the space between you both feel a little wider than it had this morning.
-
Once the event was over and the crowd spilled out onto the street like a tide finally released, you waited outside.
The cafe door swung open and closed behind customers leaving with paper bags tucked under their arms, their voices fading into the afternoon traffic. Somewhere down the block a bus hissed to a stop. A bicycle rattled past. The city had started slipping into that in–between hour where the sun softened and everything moved a little slower.
Jiwoo had told you to go home.
“You can leave,” she said from behind the counter while wiping the counter. “I still have to close up.”
You agreed, initially.
And then. . .you didn’t.
You leaned against the brick wall beside the cafe window instead, hands buried in your pockets. Through the glass you could see her moving around inside, small and busy. She carried a stack of chairs to the back. Wiped one of the machines. Adjusted a crooked display of a painting that hung on a wall.
Every now and then she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear in that distracted way she always did.
You looked away before she could accidentally catch you staring.
Ten minutes passed.
Maybe fifteen.
The sun dipped lower, painting the street in warm orange streaks that stretched across the pavement like spilled watercolor.
The door finally opened.
Jiwoo stepped out, bag swinging from her shoulder, the shop keys dangling from her fingers. She turned to lock the door, pushing it shut with her shoulder before sliding the key into place.
Only then did she turn around.
And immediately froze.
Her eyes landed on you like she had just discovered a statue someone secretly placed there.
“You’re still here?”
Her eyebrows knit together in confusion.
You straightened slightly from the wall. “Yeah.”
“I told you to go home.”
“You did.”
She stared at you for a moment longer, clearly waiting for the explanation that wasn’t coming.
“You. . .forgot?” she guessed.
“No.”
Jiwoo shifted in place, still looking unconvinced. A small crease appeared between her brows as she studied you, as if trying to solve a quiet puzzle.
“Then why are you still here?”
You shrugged lightly.
“Thought we could walk together.”
Jiwoo blinked.
For a moment she simply stared at you, as if the sentence needed time to settle somewhere in her head.
“. . .Walk?” she repeated.
“Yeah.”
Your answer came easily. Too easily, maybe.
Like waiting outside for fifteen minutes just to walk someone home was the most normal decision in the world.
Jiwoo shifted her weight slightly, the strap of her bag sliding further down her shoulder. Her fingers caught it automatically, pulling it back into place.
“You didn’t have to wait for that.”
“I know.”
The reply came without hesitation.
Which, somehow, only made the situation stranger.
Jiwoo looked at you again, longer this time. The late sunlight caught the edges of her hair, turning a few strands copper against the fading sky.
“You’re weird,” she muttered.
But the words lacked any real bite.
A small silence slipped between you both.
Cars rolled past slowly. Someone across the street was unlocking a bike, the metal chain clinking softly.
Jiwoo let out a small breath. “Fine.”
“Fine?” You raised an eyebrow slightly.
“I mean,” she gestured vaguely down the street, “we’re going the same direction anyway.”
You didn’t point out that she didn’t actually know where you were headed. Instead, you simply pushed yourself off the wall.
“Lead the way.”
Jiwoo turned and started down the sidewalk without another word.
You fell into step beside her.
For the first few minutes, neither of you said much.
The city hummed around you in that comfortable evening rhythm. Restaurants were starting to fill. Streetlights flickered on one by one. The sky overhead was slowly trading orange for a soft violet blue.
Jiwoo walked with her hands tucked into the pockets of her coat, gaze forward.
After a while she spoke again.
“You and Dohee seemed close.”
The sentence landed lightly. Casual on the surface.
But there was a small tightness beneath it.
You glanced sideways at her.
“She talks a lot, she always had been like that.”
“That’s not what I asked.”
A small pause.
“We went to the same university,” you said. “Same department, same classes, everything.”
“Ah.” Jiwoo nodded slowly, processing that.
She watched the sidewalk as she walked.
“You seemed different.”
This time it was you who blinked.
“Different?”
“Earlier,” she said, still looking straight ahead. “At the cafe.”
You waited.
She hesitated slightly before continuing.
“I only ever see you at four in the morning.”
That much was true.
The quiet version of you. The tired one who slept on the couch because you were too tired to walk to your bed.
“The one that barely talks,” she added.
You huffed a small laugh.
“And this afternoon?”
Jiwoo shrugged.
“You were laughing.” She said, like it was a strange discovery, like finding something new about something she already knew about.
You rubbed the back of your neck lightly.
“I do that sometimes.”
Jiwoo shot you a quick look.
“Not at four in the morning.”
“Most things aren’t funny at four in the morning.”
That earned a small sound from her. Not quite a laugh, but close.
The corner of her mouth lifted faintly before she smoothed it away.
A few more steps passed in silence.
Then Jiwoo spoke again, softer this time.
“Still.”
You glanced at her.
She was watching the pavement, the faint glow of the streetlights stretching ahead of you both.
“I didn’t know that version of you.”
You tilted your head slightly.
“And now?”
Jiwoo didn’t answer right away.
Instead she slowed her steps just a little, like the thought itself needed time.
“Now I do,” she said.
And for some reason, that simple sentence made the evening air feel a little less distant between you both.
Choi Jiwoo had never really been a first choice all of her life.
In school, she would usually blend into the background and let people live around her.
Not in a tragic way and not in the kind of way that drew sympathy or long speeches from teachers.
She just lived quietly.
She was the girl teachers appreciated but rarely remembered first when calling on someone. The classmate people liked, well enough but didn’t think to invite first when plans were made. The extra seat at the table that filled in when someone else canceled.
Jiwoo learned early how to exist comfortably in the margins.
It wasn’t painful after a while. Margins were predictable. Calm. No expectations lived there.
She watched people from that place.
Friends formed loudly around her. Crushes that turned into relationships. Invitations passed around like small floating lanterns.
Sometimes one drifted her way.
Sometimes it didn’t.
Either way, she learned not to reach too far for them.
By the time college came around, Jiwoo had perfected the quiet art of being easy to overlook.
Group projects.
Study sessions.
Even friendships that formed around her often felt temporary, like rain puddles that appeared after a storm and vanished when the sun returned.
So she stopped expecting permanence.
Stopped expecting to be someone’s first call.
Someone’s first thought.
It was easier that way.
It was safer.
Even when she moved into the apartment, she hadn’t expected much.
Just a place to sleep. A quiet kitchen. Another person moving through the same space at opposite hours like two trains sharing the same station but never arriving at the same time.
At first, that’s exactly what it was.
You passed each other in doorways.
Shared the refrigerator.
Left the occasional note about rent or groceries.
Nothing more.
And that was fine.
It fit the familiar pattern of her life.
People orbiting.
Jiwoo staying steady in the middle, unnoticed.
But somewhere between late-night snacks and those quiet kitchen conversations at four in the morning, something shifted.
You started asking questions.
Not big ones.
Just small things that people usually didn’t bother with.
“Did you already eat?”
“Your shift end late today?”
“You look tired.”
Simple things.
But they felt strange inside her chest.
Like receiving a letter inside of her locker when she expected none on Valentine’s day.
At first she answered politely.
Short replies.
Careful ones.
But you kept asking.
You kept noticing.
The pastries she brought home.
The way she always made tea instead of coffee when she couldn’t sleep.
The way she leaned against the counter when she talked because standing still felt awkward.
No one had ever paid attention to those things before.
Not really.
And slowly, without meaning to, Jiwoo started adjusting her routines around you.
Leaving pastries when she noticed you skipped dinner.
Brewing espresso before your shifts.
Waiting a little longer before going to bed if she heard your keys at the door.
None of it was deliberate.
Or at least, that’s what she told herself.
Because wanting something more would mean risking a familiar outcome.
People leaving.
People choosing someone else.
People deciding, quietly and without cruelty, that someone else fit their life better.
Then you told her how you felt.
“I’ve grown more comfortable around you and maybe even a little attached. I appreciate your company a lot but with that, I think I. . .like you. More than. . .roommates.”
Jiwoo didn’t know what to say at first.
She could’ve said that she had grown comfortable around you too.
Could’ve said that having you around made her days feel lighter after her shifts.
But she couldn’t.
The words stayed somewhere behind her ribs, tangled in a knot she had carried for years.
Jiwoo looked at you across the small kitchen, the overhead light casting a quiet glow over the counter between you. The apartment was unusually still, the late hour pressing gently against the windows. Somewhere outside, a car passed slowly down the street.
You waited.
Not impatiently. Just… there.
Your hands rested against the edge of the counter like you had nowhere else to put them. Your expression was calm, but she could see the careful attention in your eyes. The kind someone wore when they were bracing themselves for an answer that could tilt things one way or another.
Jiwoo wished, suddenly, that you had said nothing.
Not because she didn’t want to hear it.
But because hearing it made something fragile inside her tremble.
“I…” she started.
Her voice faded almost immediately.
She looked down at the table, fingers unconsciously tying themselves together.
You liked her.
The sentence floated in her mind like a paper boat drifting in circles.
You liked her.
Not as the quiet roommate who shared groceries.
Not as the person who left pastries on the table.
Not as the girl who worked at a cafe.
You liked her.
Jiwoo had imagined that moment before, in the vague daydream way people sometimes allowed themselves when the night felt long enough.
But in those quiet fantasies, she always knew what to say.
Now that it was real, her chest felt tight.
Because she knew something you didn’t.
Or maybe she just believed it too strongly to ignore.
You were warm with people.
Easy to talk to.
The kind of person who laughed in crowded clubs with old friends and leaned into conversations like they mattered.
You had a whole world that existed outside the apartment.
Friends.
Colleagues.
Stories that didn’t include her.
Jiwoo had only ever seen the late-night version of you.
The tired one.
The quiet one who stood in the kitchen at four in the morning and asked if she’d eaten.
What if that was the only version of you that fit with her?
What if the moment things became real and you realized she wasn’t quite what you thought?
She had lived that story before.
People drifting closer.
Then slowly realizing there were brighter, easier people to stand beside.
Her fingers tightened around themselves.
Your expression hadn’t changed much, but she could see the faint uncertainty creeping in now.
Jiwoo swallowed.
And she said something that was safer, not just for herself but for you too.
“I don’t see you that way. . .”
Then when her friends set her up on that date, she felt like she was doing something right.
Jiwoo felt strangely calm.
If she dated someone else, everything would settle back into place.
You would move on.
You would find someone who fit your world better. Someone brighter in the daylight. Someone who laughed easily with your friends and didn’t freeze every time someone said something honest.
And she would do what she had always done.
Adjust.
Be content with the quiet spaces people left for her.
The date itself wasn’t bad.
That wasn’t the strange part.
It was when she started looking for you in him.
He was nice.
He didn’t show off, didn’t brag about anything.
He asked her about herself, about her job and how long she had been in the city for.
Across the table, he said something about the neighborhood the café was in.
Jiwoo listened.
Or at least she tried to.
Because every now and then, her attention slipped sideways.
Not toward the door nor toward the windows.
Toward something more specific.
The way he smiled when she finished speaking.
It was nice.
But it wasn’t yours.
Yours had always started small. One corner of your mouth tilting up first like the thought amused you before you even allowed the rest of your face to show it.
This one was clean, straightforward.
Jiwoo told herself she was being unfair.
He wasn’t supposed to be you.
That wasn’t the point of this.
Across the table, he reached for his drink and took a sip before continuing, explaining something about the marketing firm he worked at, the deadlines, office politics. His coworkers who always ordered takeout too late at night.
Jiwoo listened.
And once again, something small inside her mind wandered.
Because when you talked about your work, it never sounded like that.
You never explained it like a story meant to impress someone.
You complained about it while leaning against the counter at four in the morning with tired eyes.
“You won’t believe how many people tried to ask for a free drink.”
Or,
“If I survive this week I’m buying the biggest meal I can afford. I’m sharing it with you, don’t worry.”
Jiwoo used to laugh quietly when you said those things.
It was unfair to look for you in him so she tried to learn, tried to take interest.
She continued on talking to him even when she noticed you avoiding her at home, even when you decided that space was what the both of you needed.
But when you found her crying in the middle of the kitchen one late night, the answer had never ever been this clear to her.
She liked you.
But in her eyes, it was too late for that.
She couldn’t take back what she said.
She shouldn’t expect you to hold her when she said she saw nothing more than friends.
When you sat beside her on the couch, she wanted to lean in, lay her head on your shoulder and nothing else.
After that night, she had been weighing things in her head.
And when she made up her mind, she tried to move subtly.
When she found you lounging on a rare occasion that was your day off, she asked you.
“Do you want to grab some groceries with me?”
Jiwoo had to look away so you wouldn’t see the small flash of relief that crossed her face.
-
The walk together was silent besides from a comment here and there.
But as you did, she hoped you didn’t notice how her steps gradually pulled her closer intentionally.
When you got to the store and picked out a basket, she walked a couple of steps away yet it didn’t stop her from turning her head to steal glances while you looked away.
As you two argued about pasta, she smiled at you, one that meant she enjoyed the small moment more than anything else.
When you grabbed a bag of chips, she returned it to grab a healthier alternative because she knew it would help in the long run somehow.
And when you held the basket still, she looked up briefly to find you already staring back at her warmly, as if you two were the only people who existed in that aisle.
It still replayed in her mind every so often.
Then she invited you to the cafe’s event.
It was nothing much, but little did you know, she had already saved you a seat. Already expected you standing there, listening to her as she talked about coffee.
But then Dohee appeared.
Jiwoo wasn’t jealous, she’d tell herself.
She just hated how easy it was for her to get a laugh out of you.
But it gave her enough reason to set things straight.
After careful thinking, she called it off with the man she went on dates with.
Calling it off had been easier than she expected.
That was the strangest part.
Jiwoo had rehearsed the conversation the entire walk to the café where she was supposed to meet him. She had expected something heavy. Awkward apologies. Explanations that sounded thin even to her own ears.
Instead, it ended quietly.
He listened.
She told him the truth in the gentlest version she could manage. That she didn’t think she was ready for something real. That it wouldn’t be fair to keep seeing him when her thoughts kept drifting somewhere else.
He didn’t ask where.
He only nodded, a little disappointed but not angry.
“Someone else?” he asked lightly.
Jiwoo hesitated.
Her answer came out softer than intended.
“Maybe.”
They parted ways after that. No slammed doors, no dramatic speeches. Just two people stepping back into their separate evenings.
Yet as Jiwoo walked home, the air felt different.
Like she had finally taken a breath she’d been holding for weeks.
Still, the relief didn’t erase the problem sitting in the middle of her chest.
Because none of this fixed what she had said to you.
I don’t see you that way.
The sentence had lodged itself between you like a piece of furniture no one knew how to move.
By the time she reached the apartment, the sky had deepened into night.
The kitchen light was on.
Jiwoo paused at the door.
You were there.
Of course you were. Standing by the counter in a worn T-shirt, sleeves pushed up while you rinsed a glass in the sink. The faint smell of citrus cleaner and something warm drifted through the room.
You glanced up when the door opened.
“Hey.” Your voice was casual, like it always had been.
“Hey,” Jiwoo replied.
She slipped off her shoes slowly, buying herself time.
“You’re home early,” you said.
“Closed the cafe early tonight.”
That wasn’t a lie. She asked to leave earlier than usual.
But the real reason was standing in front of her.
You nodded once and turned back to the sink.
The faucet ran for a moment before you shut it off.
For a while, neither of you said anything.
The quiet wasn’t uncomfortable.
But it wasn’t the same quiet you used to share either.
Jiwoo set her bag on the chair.
Her fingers traced the edge of the table absentmindedly.
“You didn’t go out tonight?” she asked.
“No shift.”
“You usually still go out.”
You dried the glass with a towel.
“Didn’t feel like it.”
Something about that answer twisted slightly inside her chest.
Jiwoo leaned her hip against the counter.
Her eyes followed the small movements of your hands.
“…Can I ask you something?”
You glanced at her.
“Depends. Do you want an educated answer or not?”
She let out a quiet laugh.
The memory of the last time still lingered between you like a ghost.
“Hopefully.”
You shrugged.
“Alright.”
Jiwoo inhaled slowly.
Then said it.
“I stopped seeing him.”
Your hands paused for half a second on the glass.
You didn’t look up right away.
When you did, your expression was neutral.
“Oh.”
Just that.
Jiwoo suddenly felt like the kitchen had shrunk around her.
“He was nice,” she added quickly, though she didn’t know why.
“I know he was.”
Your tone stayed calm, not cold but not curious either.
Like you had already stepped away from the part of your life where that information mattered.
Jiwoo stared at you for a moment.
“I just couldn’t imagine myself with him in the future.”
You nodded. “That’s totally fine and reasonable.”
Jiwoo swallowed, the words catching somewhere in her throat. She couldn’t say the thing she wanted most, not yet. Not here. Not when it might make everything awkward between the two of them again.
“I just… kept thinking about, I don’t know, how things felt with him,” she said instead, “It didn’t feel right.”
You paused, the towel still in your hands, studying her just enough to notice the shift in her tone. “Yeah. . .I get that.”
She looked down, twisting the edge of the counter under her fingers. “I guess. . .I realized I need to take things slower. Figure out what I actually want.”
Your expression stayed calm, easy, but there was a flicker of something, curiosity? Concern?, something that Jiwoo caught out of the corner of her eye.
“Slower’s good,” you said softly. “No need to rush anything.”
Jiwoo nodded, letting the silence settle between you.
It spread through the kitchen slowly.
You set the glass down beside the sink and folded the towel over your shoulder out of habit.
For a moment it looked like you were about to say something else.
Instead you asked, almost casually, “Did he take it okay?”
Jiwoo blinked at the question.
“Yeah,” she said after a second. “He was. . .understanding.”
You nodded once.
“That’s good.”
Another small pause followed. The refrigerator hummed softly in the background, filling the space neither of you quite stepped into.
Jiwoo studied the floor tiles.
She could feel your attention resting somewhere nearby, not pressing, not demanding. Just present.
It was the same way you had always been with her.
That made this harder.
“I think I was trying to convince myself,” she admitted suddenly.
Your head tilted a little.
“About?”
“That if I tried hard enough,” she said slowly, “I’d start feeling what I was supposed to feel.”
You leaned back against the counter, arms folding loosely.
“And it didn’t work.”
Jiwoo gave a small shake of her head.
“No.”
Her voice came out softer than she intended.
You didn’t respond right away.
You just watched her for a second in that thoughtful way you had, like you were placing puzzle pieces quietly inside your head.
Then you said, gently, “You don’t owe anyone that.”
Jiwoo looked up.
“What?”
“Forcing yourself to feel something,” you explained. “People try to do that a lot. Doesn’t usually end well.”
A faint smile tugged at your mouth.
“Trust me. I’ve tried.”
That surprised a quiet breath out of her.
“You have?”
“Yeah.”
You shrugged lightly.
“Turns out feelings are stubborn little things. They don’t listen when you tell them where to go.”
Jiwoo let out a small laugh.
It was quick, but real.
The sound seemed to loosen something in the room.
For a moment it almost felt like one of those old late nights again. Standing around the kitchen half-awake, talking about things that didn’t quite belong to daytime.
She shifted her weight slightly.
“Ah right, you might not find me here when you get home tomorrow. Dohee invited me out for dinner, thought I’d give you a heads up.”
You said it casually.
The way someone might mention picking up groceries on the way home.
But the moment the name left your mouth, Jiwoo felt something small and sharp catch in her chest.
Dohee.
Of course.
She had expected that possibility ever since the event at the café. Ever since she watched how easily the two of you slipped into conversation while she stood behind the counter pretending to focus on the grinder.
Still, hearing it out loud made the room tilt slightly.
“Oh,” Jiwoo said.
The word came out lighter than she felt.
You didn’t seem to notice the pause that followed. Or maybe you did and chose not to push it.
“She’s trying this new place near the place she’s staying,” you continued, rinsing the sink briefly before setting the sponge aside. “Apparently their dumplings are good.”
Jiwoo nodded slowly.
“That sounds nice.”
It was quiet again.
But this quiet was different from the one before.
Jiwoo’s fingers slid along the edge of the counter again, tracing the same invisible line she’d been worrying about all evening.
“She invited a couple people,” you added. “Might just end up being the two of us though. Everyone else is still deciding.”
She let out a small hum.
“That happens.”
Her eyes stayed on the counter instead of your face.
A small, unreasonable part of her wanted to ask something else.
Do you like her?
The question hovered somewhere behind her teeth.
She swallowed it.
It wasn’t her place to ask.
Not after what she had said.
Not after she had drawn the line herself.
You didn’t seem particularly excited when you talked about the dinner. But you didn’t sound uninterested either.
That somehow made it worse.
Because normal meant it could become something.
Jiwoo pushed herself away from the counter.
“Well,” she said softly, brushing her hands against her jeans. “I hope the dumplings are good.”
You glanced at her again.
“They probably will be.”
Your tone was light, but your eyes lingered on her a second longer than necessary.
Like you were quietly checking something.
Jiwoo looked away first.
“I’m going to shower,” she murmured.
“Alright.”
She walked toward the hallway, but halfway there she slowed.
Her back still turned to you.
“. . .Hey,” she said.
You looked up again.
“Yeah?”
Jiwoo hesitated.
For a moment it looked like she might say something important.
Something that had been sitting inside her chest all evening.
Instead she only said, quietly,
“Don’t—Don’t stay out too late.”
You huffed out a soft laugh.
“Sure, I’ll be back before you know it.”
Jiwoo nodded once and disappeared down the hallway.
The bathroom door closed with a gentle click.
Back in the kitchen, you stood there for a moment longer than necessary, staring at the glass still in your hand.
Then shook your head, shaking away an empty thought.
-
The dinner had gone about how you expected when the invitation first came.
A little reunion.
Old memories resurfacing like dusty photo albums pulled off a shelf.
Old stories told with louder laughter than they probably deserved.
And even older people who insisted on reminding everyone how much time had passed.
The restaurant itself was warm and noisy, the kind of place where plates clinked constantly and steam rose from baskets of dumplings like tiny clouds escaping into the air. Someone had pushed two tables together so everyone could fit, elbows brushing occasionally as dishes rotated through the center.
Dohee sat two seats down from you, animated as ever.
At some point she had started reenacting a story from years ago, using her chopsticks as props while the others leaned in with exaggerated anticipation.
Though, your mind was elsewhere as laughter surrounded you.
You were thinking about the only person left in the apartment.
About the person who would probably make something to drink before she went to bed.
And about the person who you wanted to see.
The thought came quietly.
Too naturally.
Across the table someone raised a glass.
“To surviving our twenties,” he declared dramatically.
“That sounds like a threat, not a toast,” Dohee said, laughing.
Glasses clinked anyway.
You lifted yours a second late.
The conversation shifted again, jumping to someone’s new job, someone else’s terrible landlord, someone who had apparently gotten engaged last month.
Normally you would have leaned in.
Asked questions.
Made a joke or two.
Tonight your attention drifted in small, persistent circles.
You imagined the apartment kitchen with the light on over the sink.
Jiwoo standing there with one of those oversized mugs she liked, sleeves pushed over her hands while she waited for the kettle to finish heating.
The image arrived so clearly it almost felt like memory instead of imagination.
You wondered if she would still be awake when you got back.
If she would say hello from the couch.
If she would pretend she had just been watching something when really she had been waiting for the sound of the door.
You sighed into your glass.
When everyone went their separate ways after walking out the front door, you didn’t hesitate on grabbing a taxi instead of walking home like you were used to doing.
City lights passed by the window in soft streaks. Neon signs. Late-night food stalls still glowing under plastic awnings. A pair of students laughing too loudly while waiting for the crosswalk.
Your reflection sat faintly in the glass.
You rubbed your thumb along the edge of your phone without unlocking it.
For a moment you considered sending a message.
Still awake?
Your finger hovered over the screen.
Then you lowered the phone again.
If she was awake, you would see her in a few minutes anyway.
And if she wasn’t. . .
Your gaze drifted back outside.
The taxi slowed at a red light.
A kettle whistling somewhere in your memory.
Jiwoo leaning against the counter, mug warming her hands.
You exhaled quietly.
“Long day?” the driver asked suddenly, glancing at you in the mirror.
“Something like that.”
He nodded like that answer covered a thousand possibilities.
The light turned green.
A few more turns.
A few more quiet streets.
Then the taxi rolled to a stop in front of your building.
You paid quickly and stepped out.
The city felt softer here.
Most of the windows in the building were already dark.
You climbed the stairs two at a time before you realized you were doing it.
Your hand rested on the doorknob for half a second.
Just enough time for a small thought to pass through your mind.
She might be asleep.
Then you turned it anyway.
The door opened with its familiar soft click.
You walked in silently and took off your shoes.
The kitchen light was left on, she probably went to sleep.
You lowered your head and then you heard it.
A soft gasp.
You turned your head deeper into the kitchen and saw her standing, back towards the sink and a cup of tea in her mug, steam still curling up.
Your brows lifted slightly.
“You’re still up.”
Jiwoo blinked like she had been caught doing something she wasn’t supposed to.
“Yeah.”
Her voice came out softer than usual.
“I thought you’d be out later.”
You stepped further inside, the apartment settling into its familiar quiet around you.
“Dinner ended earlier than I thought.”
She nodded slowly.
The mug stayed between her hands like an anchor.
Your eyes drifted to it.
“Tea?”
“Chamomile.”
“You hate chamomile.”
“I know.”
That pulled a small smile out of you.
“Then why are you drinking it?”
Jiwoo looked down at the steam curling upward as if it might offer a better answer than she could.
“. . .It helps people sleep.”
The silence that followed was gentle but a little fragile.
You leaned your shoulder against the doorway that separated the kitchen from the rest of the apartment.
For a moment you just watched her.
Jiwoo had always moved quietly around the apartment.
But tonight something about her seemed dimmer. Like she had been standing there thinking for a long time.
“You didn’t have to stay up,” you said after a second. “You work early.”
Her eyes flickered up.
“I know.”
But she didn’t say I was going to sleep.
She didn’t say I was just making tea.
Instead she took a small sip from the mug.
The heat made her inhale quietly.
You pushed away from the doorway and stepped into the kitchen.
The space suddenly felt smaller with both of you in it.
Your hand reached for the cabinet automatically, pulling down a glass before filling it with water.
The faucet hummed softly between you.
Jiwoo watched the movement.
Watched the way you leaned against the counter afterward like you had done a thousand times before.
For a second it felt almost normal again.
Almost.
Then you glanced at her.
“How was your night?”
“Quiet,” she said.
You raised an eyebrow.
“That’s the opposite of my night.”
She smiled faintly.
“I figured.”
You took a drink of water.
Across the counter Jiwoo’s fingers tightened slightly around the mug again.
She had rehearsed things earlier.
Different versions of conversations while standing here.
But now that you were actually in front of her again, all those careful sentences scattered like startled birds.
You set the glass down.
“Reunion was good though.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. Everyone’s doing. . .something.”
Jiwoo nodded slowly.
Then she asked the question before she could overthink it.
“How was Dohee?”
Your gaze flickered up at that.
Jiwoo immediately regretted asking. The words felt too specific, too revealing, like she had accidentally stepped on a floorboard that creaked in a quiet house.
She pretended to focus on the tea instead, lifting the mug and blowing across the surface.
“Still loud,” you answered after a second. “Still thinks she’s the funniest person in the room.”
Jiwoo huffed softly into the mug.
“She hasn’t changed, has she?”
“Nope.”
A small silence settled between you again, but it didn’t feel awkward exactly.
You leaned your hip against the counter, arms folding loosely and smiled at her.
“Don’t worry about her.”
She looked up from the cup, eyes widening.
“She’s just a friend.”
Jiwoo stared at you.
The sentence landed on the counter between you like a coin spinning on its edge.
She hadn’t said anything about worrying.
Hadn’t asked if Dohee was anything more.
But the reassurance arrived anyway.
Too quickly, too easily.
Her fingers tightened slightly around the mug.
“I didn’t say I was worried,” she murmured.
“You didn’t,” you agreed.
You reached for your glass again, taking a small sip of water, but your eyes stayed on her over the rim.
“Just thought I’d let you know.”
Jiwoo opened her mouth to argue.
Nothing came out.
Because the truth was embarrassingly simple. She had asked about Dohee the same way someone might casually poke at a bruise just to see if it still hurt.
She lowered the mug to the counter, opened her lips to probably say something dumb but she stopped herself.
The small reassurance you gave her was enough for now.
She carefully picked out a cup from the cabinet and raised it slightly towards you before looking.
Nothing in the apartment had shifted. The same couch still sagged slightly in the middle. The same kettle still whistled too loudly when it boiled. The same pair of shoes still ended up crooked beside the door because you never lined them up properly.
But something inside her had quietly loosened.
Her mind didn’t revolve around you looking at somebody else.
For a while, it had been like walking around with a pebble inside her shoe, small and impossible to ignore once she noticed it. Every time Dohee’s name came up, every time you mentioned going out with friends, every time someone joked about old crushes.
Now the pebble was gone.
Jiwoo didn’t realize how much it had bothered her until the absence of it made everything feel strangely calm.
The next morning she woke up earlier than usual.
She continued on with her day and in the evening, she would come home with another paper bag of pastries.
She didn’t catch you before you left for work but that was fine, she left them in the fridge.
As the night grew deeper, Jiwoo waited even though her eyes gradually got heavier.
It started innocently enough.
She had told herself she would only sit for a little while. Just long enough to finish the episode playing quietly on the television. Just long enough to make sure her tea wasn’t scalding hot.
But the episode ended.
Then another started.
And her tea had gone cold.
Still, she stayed on the couch.
A small lamp in the corner cast a warm pool of light over the living room, leaving the rest of the apartment in softer shadows. The clock on the wall ticked forward with patient determination.
Jiwoo pulled the blanket higher over her legs.
Her phone rested in her hand, though she wasn’t really looking at it anymore.
Every so often her eyes drifted toward the door.
Not urgently.
Just habit.
She imagined the moment it would open.
The soft click of the lock. The familiar shuffle of shoes being kicked off carelessly. The quiet sigh you sometimes let out after a long shift, like the day finally slipping off your shoulders.
Her eyelids dipped lower.
The television murmured quietly to itself.
Jiwoo blinked hard once, trying to stay awake.
Just a little longer.
But waiting has a funny way of turning into sleep when the body decides it has had enough.
Her head slowly leaned against the armrest.
The phone slid slightly in her hand.
And sometime between one blink and the next, the room dissolved into quiet.
-
Hours later, the door opened.
Jiwoo woke up slowly to the sound of your footsteps.
At first it slipped into her dream like a distant noise. The soft creak of the door. The quiet thud of shoes landing beside the wall. Familiar sounds that her half-asleep mind recognized before she was fully aware of them.
Her eyes opened only a little.
The living room lamp was still on.
The television had gone silent sometime during the night, leaving the apartment wrapped in a calm that felt thicker than usual.
She didn’t move right away.
Instead, she listened.
The slow rhythm of someone walking through the apartment.
You.
Jiwoo shifted slightly on the couch, the blanket sliding a little as she pushed herself upright. Her hair had fallen across her face while she slept, leaving faint creases on her cheek from the cushion.
She froze when she heard you groan then sighed.
The sound of rushing water came from the kitchen.
She shuffled her feet over slowly, careful not to make any noise.
Then you hissed under your breath.
Jiwoo froze.
Not loud. Just a sharp intake of air, the kind someone made when alcohol met an open cut.
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
You lifted your hand again, pressing a damp paper towel to your mouth.
When you pulled it away, the white came back stained faintly red.
Jiwoo’s sleepiness vanished instantly.
“…What happened?”
Your shoulders jumped.
You turned halfway, clearly not expecting anyone to be standing there.
Jiwoo stood behind you, arms folded loosely even though her expression had sharpened.
For a moment neither of you said anything.
Then you exhaled through your nose.
“Did I wake you?”
“You’re bleeding.”
“That doesn’t answer my question.”
She ignored that.
Jiwoo stepped closer, eyes fixed on the cut along your lower lip.
It wasn’t huge.
But it was definitely fresh.
“You got into a fight?” she asked.
“Not really.”
“That usually means yes.”
You sighed and tossed the bloody paper towel into the trash.
“Guy at the bar had too much to drink.”
“And?”
“And he didn’t like being told to leave.”
Jiwoo’s brows drew together.
“And you decided your face was the best way to solve that?”
“I work there,” you said, like that explained everything.
She stepped closer without asking permission, leaning in just enough to inspect the cut properly.
You stayed still.
Her fingers hovered for a second before gently tilting your chin toward the light.
The proximity was sudden.
Her hair still messy from sleep. The faint scent of tea lingering on her clothes.
Jiwoo frowned.
“That’s going to swell.”
“I noticed.”
“You should’ve put ice on it.”
“I was working.”
Her eyes flicked up to yours briefly.
Then she turned away and opened the freezer.
You watched her pull out an ice pack and wrap it quickly in a dish towel.
When she came back, she held it out toward you.
“Here.”
You took it.
But instead of pressing it to your lip, you hesitated.
Jiwoo tilted her head slightly.
“…What?”
You looked at her for a second like you were debating something small and unnecessary.
Then you leaned forward just a little.
“Hard to aim when I can’t see it.”
Jiwoo stared at you.
Then she sighed the long sigh of someone who had already accepted the situation.
“Give it here.”
She took the ice pack back from your hand.
Carefully, she lifted it toward your lip.
The cold made you flinch.
“Hold still,” she muttered.
“I am holding still.”
“You literally just moved.”
“That was a reaction.”
Jiwoo rolled her eyes softly but adjusted the angle, pressing the ice gently against the cut.
For a moment the only sound in the kitchen was the quiet hum of the refrigerator.
You watched her while she focused on the task.
Her expression was serious in that quiet way she had when she cared about something.
Or someone.
“…You stayed up,” you said after a moment.
Jiwoo didn’t look up.
“I fell asleep.”
“On the couch.”
“Yes.”
“Waiting?”
The question hung between you like a string pulled slightly too tight.
Jiwoo’s hand paused for half a second.
Then she resumed holding the ice against your lip.
“…I told you,” she said softly. “I was already awake.”
You didn’t answer right away.
Your eyes stayed on her face.
On the way she refused to look directly back at you.
After a moment, a small smile tugged at the corner of your mouth.
Which immediately made you wince.
Jiwoo noticed.
“Stop smiling.”
“I’m not.”
“You literally are.”
“It hurts to stop.”
She narrowed her eyes on you.
“You’re careless.”
“And you’re still awake at two in the morning holding ice to my face.”
Jiwoo opened her mouth.
Then closed it again.
Because annoyingly enough, you weren’t wrong.
She pressed the ice a little more firmly against your lip.
You hissed.
“Careful,” you muttered.
“Then stop talking.”
“That seems excessive.”
“You got punched,” she said flatly. “You don’t get to complain about pain.”
You lifted your hands in quiet surrender.
“Alright.”
The kitchen settled back into silence.
Jiwoo focused on the cut like it required all of her attention. The dish towel had already started to grow damp from the melting ice, and she adjusted it slightly so the cold still touched the split in your lip.
You watched her the entire time.
Her brows slightly furrowed.
Her hair falling over one eye again.
The oversized sleeve of her sweater hanging over her wrist while she held the ice pack steady.
“…You should sleep,” you said after a moment.
“So should you.”
“I just got home.”
“You still need sleep.”
“Look who’s talking.”
Jiwoo huffed quietly.
“I wasn’t planning on being awake.”
“But you were.”
She didn’t answer.
The ice had done enough by now. The swelling had started to dull, and the redness had softened slightly.
Jiwoo lowered the pack and stepped back half a pace.
“Hold this.”
She pressed the wrapped ice back into your hand.
You took it this time without argument.
Then she turned and opened one of the kitchen drawers.
You watched her rummage for a moment before she pulled out a small tube.
“…What’s that?” you asked.
“Antiseptic.”
“You keep medical supplies in the kitchen?”
“I keep clumsy roommate supplies in the kitchen.”
You raised an eyebrow.
“I resent that.”
“You should resent the guy who punched you.”
Jiwoo uncapped the tube and squeezed a small amount of cream onto her fingertip.
Then she stepped close again.
“Don’t move.”
“That’s the second time you’ve said that tonight.”
“Maybe because you keep moving.”
She gently tilted your chin again with her free hand.
This time when her finger touched your lip, the sting made you inhale sharply.
“Told you it would sting,” she said.
“That doesn’t make it pleasant.”
“You’ll survive.”
For a second she studied it like she was inspecting her work.
“There.”
You stayed leaning against the counter.
“Doctor Jiwoo.”
“Don’t start.”
“I’m serious. Very professional.”
“You’re lucky it’s not worse.”
“Yeah.”
Jiwoo wiped the leftover cream from her finger with a paper towel, but when she glanced up again she noticed you were still looking at her.
Not casually.
Just watching.
“…What?” she asked.
“You’re staring at my lip like it’s about to fall off.”
“I’m making sure it’s not still bleeding.”
“It stopped.”
She leaned closer anyway, squinting slightly under the kitchen light.
“Let me see.”
You tilted your head down a little so she could check.
Her thumb hovered near your mouth, brushing lightly along the edge of the cut to see if it had split again.
It hadn’t.
But when her eyes lifted, she realized just how close she was.
Your face was only inches from hers now.
The kitchen light reflected faintly in your eyes.
Jiwoo felt her breath catch.
Neither of you moved.
For a moment the only sound in the room was the refrigerator humming behind you.
“…You’re staring again,” you murmured softly.
“I’m checking.”
“Very carefully.”
“You’re annoying.”
“And you’re still here.”
Jiwoo rolled her eyes, but the motion was slower than usual.
Her hand was still resting lightly against your chin.
“…You should sleep,” she said.
“You first.”
“I mean it.”
“So do I.”
She shook her head slightly, trying to step back.
But your hand moved without thinking, resting lightly against the counter beside her before she could create distance.
Not trapping her.
Just to keep her there.
Jiwoo swallowed.
“You got punched,” she said quietly, like she needed to return the conversation to safer ground.
“Comes with the job.”
“You should’ve ducked.”
“Next time.”
“There shouldn’t be a next time.”
Your gaze softened slightly at that.
“You sound worried.”
She hesitated, then muttered, “Someone has to be.”
That answer seemed to settle something in your chest.
For a second neither of you spoke.
Then you noticed her eyes flick down to your mouth again.
“You’re doing it again,” you said.
“Doing what?”
“Looking at it like that.”
Jiwoo blinked.
“I’m not.”
“You are.”
“I’m checking the injury.”
“Jiwoo.”
The way you said her name made her pause.
Her gaze slowly lifted to yours again.
Your voice dropped a little softer.
“…It’s just a cut.”
“I know.”
“But you keep looking.”
She hesitated.
Then admitted quietly,
“…It’s on your face.”
“And?”
She sighed faintly.
“And I don’t like seeing you hurt.”
The words slipped out before she could catch them.
Jiwoo immediately looked away.
Your expression changed.
Not dramatically.
But enough that the room suddenly felt different.
“…You waited for me,” you said.
“I fell asleep.”
“On the couch.”
“Yes.”
“Lamp on.”
“That was left on by accident.”
“You’re a terrible liar.”
She opened her mouth to argue again, instead she just shook her head.
“You’re getting on my nerves.”
“And you’re still here at two in the morning fixing my face.”
Her lips parted slightly.
You leaned forward just enough that the space between you disappeared.
“Jiwoo.”
Her name sounded quieter this time.
She didn’t step away.
Your eyes flicked briefly to her lips.
Then back to her eyes.
“…Thank you,” you said.
The sincerity in your voice caught her off guard.
“For what?”
“For waiting.”
Her chest tightened slightly.
“I told you, I didn’t—”
You didn’t let her finish.
Not with words.
You just leaned in.
The kiss was gentle.
Careful because of the cut on your lip, but warm enough that Jiwoo’s hand instinctively grabbed the front of your shirt for balance.
It only lasted a second.
But when you pulled back, she was still standing there, staring at you like the room had shifted slightly around her.
Her voice came out barely above a whisper.
“…You’re going to reopen the cut.”
A faint smile tugged at your mouth.
“Worth it.”
Jiwoo blinked.
Then, before she could think too hard about it, she leaned forward and kissed you again.
This time it wasn’t just a quick, careful press of lips.
Jiwoo didn’t stop after a second.
Her hand tightened slightly in the front of your shirt as she leaned in, closing the small space that had been lingering between you all night.
You inhaled softly in surprise.
Then your hand came up instinctively, settling at her waist to steady her when she leaned closer.
The kiss was still gentle, it had to be, because of the cut on your lip, but it lasted longer this time. Long enough for Jiwoo to realize she had been holding her breath.
Long enough for the quiet kitchen to feel suddenly smaller.
When she finally pulled back, it was only a few inches.
Her fingers were still curled in your shirt.
Your hand was still resting lightly at her waist.
Jiwoo blinked like she had just stepped somewhere unexpected.
Her fingers were still twisted lightly in the fabric of your shirt.
Your hand was still resting at her waist.
Neither of you had moved.
For a moment it felt like the room had paused with you.
Jiwoo’s thoughts scrambled in every direction at once. She had kissed you. Twice. The second time without hesitation.
And you hadn’t pulled away.
Her eyes flicked down to your lip again out of habit.
“…I probably made it worse,” she murmured.
You touched the corner of your mouth carefully.
“Maybe a little.”
She groaned quietly and let her forehead drop briefly against your shoulder.
“I just fixed it.”
Your chest moved with a soft breath that might have been a laugh.
“You’re the one who kissed me.”
“You kissed me first.”
“Technically I interrupted you.”
“That’s not better.”
She lifted her head again.
Now that the moment had settled, the closeness felt almost overwhelming.
Jiwoo’s fingers slowly loosened in your shirt, but they didn’t quite let go.
You noticed.
Your voice came softer.
“Jiwoo.”
Her eyes lifted.
There was something steady in your expression now. Not teasing. Not surprised.
Just waiting.
And that made her chest tighten.
Because suddenly all the things she had carefully avoided thinking about for months were standing right there between you.
The way she waited for the sound of your keys at night.
The way she noticed when you were late.
The way her mind had always drifted back to you, even in a crowded room.
Jiwoo inhaled slowly.
“…This is a bad idea,” she said quietly.
“Why?”
“Because we live together.”
“That’s true.”
“And you just got punched.”
“That also seems true.”
She gave you a small look.
“You’re not helping.”
“Probably not.”
The silence returned, but it wasn’t awkward.
It was the kind that feels like the edge of something.
Jiwoo glanced down again, gathering the courage she hadn’t planned on needing tonight.
“…I waited for you,” she admitted finally.
You didn’t interrupt.
“I know I said I didn’t.” She let out a soft breath. “But I did.”
Her fingers tightened again slightly in your shirt.
“I kept thinking about you coming home.”
Your expression softened, but you still said nothing.
That only made her words spill out faster.
“I kept thinking about whether you’d eaten. Whether you’d be tired. Whether something stupid would happen at the bar.”
She gestured vaguely toward your lip.
“Apparently I wasn’t wrong.”
A faint smile touched your mouth, though you didn’t interrupt.
Jiwoo shook her head at herself.
“I told myself it was just because we’re just really good friends.”
Her voice dropped a little.
“But I shouldn’t try to find you in other people.”
Your hand at her waist shifted slightly, not pulling her closer, just reminding her you were still there.
Jiwoo swallowed.
Her eyes lifted to yours.
“I like you,” she said quietly.
The words felt both terrifying and strangely relieving the moment they left her mouth.
“I probably sound stupid after what I told you.”
Your expression didn’t change much.
But your hand tightened just slightly at her waist.
Jiwoo rushed on before she could lose the nerve.
“…And I know this might make things weird,” Jiwoo continued quickly, the words tumbling over each other now that they had finally started.
“I know we live together. And I know you probably moved on and I’ve gone and became just a roommate to you. And maybe I completely misunderstood everything and you’re just being nice because I’m standing here fixing your face at two in the morning—”
“Jiwoo.”
Her voice stopped immediately.
You hadn’t raised your voice.
You had just said her name again.
Soft.
Steady.
She blinked, suddenly aware that she was still gripping the front of your shirt like it might disappear if she let go.
“…I’m not done embarrassing myself yet,” she muttered.
You exhaled quietly through your nose.
“Yeah,” you said.
Jiwoo blinked.
“…Yeah what?”
“That’s about the part where I interrupt you.”
Her brows drew together.
“I told you I wasn’t done embarrassing myself.”
“I know.”
“Then why are you interrupting me?”
You looked at her for a moment, the same steady way you had been all night.
Because if you let her keep going, she would probably apologize for another three minutes straight.
And somehow turn liking you into something she needed to feel guilty about.
“…Because you’re wrong,” you said.
Jiwoo’s fingers tightened slightly in your shirt again.
“About what?”
“About me moving on.”
Her breath caught a little.
You continued before she could spiral into another explanation.
“I didn’t move on.”
The words settled into the quiet kitchen.
Jiwoo stared at you like she was trying to read something hidden behind them.
“…You didn’t?”
“No.”
“But I told you—”
“I know what you told me.”
Her chest tightened.
The memory sat between you immediately.
I don’t see you that way.
Jiwoo’s voice dropped a little.
“…Then why did you stay?”
You tilted your head slightly.
“Stay where?”
“Here,” she said, gesturing faintly around the apartment then to herself. “With me.”
You didn’t answer right away.
Instead your thumb brushed lightly against the side of her waist where your hand still rested.
“Not much of a choice when I see you everyday.”
Jiwoo blinked, rolled her eyes and accepted your words anyways.
You felt her arms wrap around you before you even realized she had moved.
For someone who had spent the last few minutes arguing with every sentence you said, Jiwoo suddenly went very quiet.
Her forehead rested against your chest, her cheek turning slightly so her ear pressed there too.
Listening.
Your heartbeat was steady beneath her.
For a moment you didn’t move either.
The kitchen light hummed faintly above you. The refrigerator clicked softly somewhere behind her. Outside, the city had settled into that strange middle-of-the-night calm where everything feels a little suspended.
Jiwoo’s grip around you tightened just a little.
Just enough that you felt it.
You looked down at the top of her head, her hair still a mess from sleeping on the couch. A faint crease still marked her cheek from the cushion.
“…You’re quiet,” you murmured.
Her voice came out muffled against your shirt.
“I’m thinking.”
“Could get you hurt.”
She huffed softly.
“I’m having a moment.”
“Should I be concerned?”
“No.”
A small pause.
Then she added quietly,
“Don’t ruin it.”
You let out a quiet breath that might have been a laugh.
“Alright.”
Your hand moved almost automatically, settling more comfortably against her back. It wasn’t dramatic either. Just your palm resting there, warm and steady.
Jiwoo didn’t pull away.
If anything, she leaned a little more of her weight into you.
The silence stretched.
But it felt full instead of empty.
After a moment she spoke again, still half-hidden against you.
“…You really didn’t move on?”
“No.”
“You didn’t even try?”
“I tried once.”
Her head lifted a little.
“…Once?”
“Yeah.”
She tilted her face up just enough to look at you.
“And?”
“It was a terrible idea.”
“Maybe it was a sign?” Jiwoo’s mouth twitched.
“A sign that I should stick around?”
Jiwoo’s mouth twitched again, the hint of a smile tugging at it even though she tried to keep her expression serious.
“Maybe,” she said.
Her arms were still wrapped around you, but now she leaned back just enough to look up at your face properly.
“A sign that you should stick around.”
You tilted your head slightly.
“Because of the apartment?”
She rolled her eyes.
“Because of me, idiot.”
The word carried no bite to it.
If anything, it landed soft.
Your hand shifted slowly against her back, resting just a little higher now.
“That was already the plan,” you said.
Jiwoo studied you for a second like she was trying to decide whether you were joking.
“You make it sound very simple.”
“It is.”
“It’s really not.”
She gestured faintly between the two of you.
“We live together. You work nights. I apparently wait up like a worried—”
“You do.”
“Stop interrupting.”
“You paused.”
“That wasn’t a pause, that was me choosing my words.”
“You were about to insult yourself.”
Jiwoo sighed quietly.
“You’re very annoying when you’re right.”
“Good thing that doesn’t happen often.”
She narrowed her eyes.
“That was confidence.”
“That was observation.”
For a second she just looked at you.
Then, slowly, her expression softened again.
“…You really stayed because of me,” she said.
“Yeah.”
“You could’ve left.”
“Didn’t want to.”
“You could’ve dated other people.”
“Didn’t want to.”
“You could’ve stopped liking me.”
You gave a small shrug.
“Tried that one.”
“And?”
“Didn’t work.”
Jiwoo’s fingers tightened lightly in the back of your shirt now instead of the front.
“…You’re very stubborn.”
“Only about important things.”
“And I’m one of those?”
You looked down at her like the answer should have been obvious hours ago.
“Yeah.”
She held your gaze for a second.
Then shook her head softly.
“That’s… a lot.”
“How?”
“Because now I feel like I owe you something.”
Your brows pulled together immediately.
“You don’t.”
“But you waited.”
“That was my decision.”
“And I rejected you.”
“You didn’t know yet.”
Jiwoo hesitated.
Then admitted quietly,
“…I think I knew a little.”
“Oh?”
She nodded slightly.
“I just didn’t want to ruin things.”
You glanced around the kitchen.
“Looks pretty ruined to me.”
She elbowed you lightly in the ribs.
“You know what I mean.”
“I do.”
Her eyes drifted down to your mouth again automatically.
“…Your lip is definitely worse,” she muttered.
“Doctor Jiwoo’s fault.”
“You kissed me first.”
“You kissed me second.”
“That’s not a medical defense.”
“It’s a strong one.”
She sighed again, but the smile she tried to hide was getting harder to keep down.
“You’re impossible.”
“And you’re still hugging me.”
Jiwoo blinked.
Then looked down.
Her arms were still wrapped around you.
She made no move to let go.
“…I’m thinking,” she said again.
“That went well last time.”
“Quiet.”
You obeyed, though the corner of your mouth twitched again.
She listened to your heartbeat for another few seconds.
Steady.
Calm.
Not rushing her.
That seemed to settle something inside her.
After a moment she spoke again, softer this time.
“…You know what the worst part is?”
“What?”
“I really did try to like other people.”
Your hand paused slightly on her back.
“Oh?”
She nodded against your chest.
“Every time I went out with him, I kept comparing them to you.”
You blinked.
“That’s not fair to them.”
“I know.”
“And?”
“They kept losing.”
A quiet laugh slipped out of you.
Jiwoo lifted her head again.
“You’re not allowed to look smug about that.”
“I’m not.”
“You are.”
“Maybe a little.”
She stared at you for a moment.
Then shook her head again, though the warmth in her eyes hadn’t faded.
“…So what now?” she asked quietly.
You considered that for half a second.
Then your hand slid from her back to her waist again, resting there the same way it had earlier.
“Now?”
“Yeah.”
“You stop pretending this is a bad idea.”
Jiwoo raised an eyebrow.
“And if it is?”
“Then we’ll find out.”
“That’s not very reassuring.”
“You kissed me twice.”
“And?”
“It’s pretty solid evidence.”
She huffed softly.
Then stepped just a tiny bit closer again, if that was even possible.
“…You know,” she murmured, “if someone walked in right now, this would be a very strange explanation.”
“Why?”
“Because I just confessed to my roommate and now I’m holding him in the kitchen at two in the morning.”
You leaned down slightly. “Sounds like a good story.”
Jiwoo held your gaze for a long moment.
Then a quiet smile finally slipped through.
“…Maybe that date really was a sign,” she said.
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.” You replied
She leaned forward just a little.
“A sign that you should stick around.”
Your voice dropped softer.
“I already decided that.”
Jiwoo’s fingers tightened slightly in your shirt again.
“…Good,” she murmured.
Then she closed the small distance between you and kissed you again.
-
The apartment mornings had learned a new language.
Nothing dramatic had changed on the surface. No loud declarations, no sudden rearranging of furniture or schedules. The kettle still clicked on at the same time every morning. The sun still crept through the blinds in thin gold stripes across the living room floor.
Jiwoo still woke up early.
You still came home late.
But something quiet had shifted between those hours.
Most mornings she found you exactly the same way.
Collapsed on the couch like someone who had lost a fight with gravity.
Your shoes kicked halfway off. One arm hanging over the edge. The television still paused on some late-night show you had started but never finished. Your coat usually tossed somewhere nearby after you had come home too tired to think.
Jiwoo would step out of her room with her bag half on her shoulder and stop in the doorway.
Every time.
Just for a second.
She told herself she was checking if you were alive.
Or breathing.
Or if you had somehow managed to spill something on the furniture again.
But really she was just looking.
Your hair messy from sleep. Your face softer than it ever looked when you were awake. The faint rise and fall of your chest.
The cut on your lip had healed days ago, leaving only the faintest trace if you looked closely.
Jiwoo still noticed it every time.
She’d sigh quietly, setting her bag down on the chair beside the door.
“You’re going to destroy your back like this,” she would murmur, even though you were asleep and couldn’t hear her.
Then she’d walk over.
Carefully.
The apartment always felt quieter in those moments, like the morning itself was trying not to wake you.
Your coat usually lay half on the floor beside the couch, abandoned sometime during the night.
Jiwoo would pick it up and shake it out before she laid down in the space left on the couch.
“You’re going to be late. . .”
You would mumble, still half asleep.
Jiwoo stilled for a second when you spoke.
Not because you sounded annoyed.
Because you sounded awake.
Or at least half-awake in that foggy, gravity-heavy way where your voice still lived somewhere between dreams and the real world.
She turned her head slightly toward you.
“You’re not supposed to be conscious,” she muttered.
Your eyes stayed closed.
One arm still hung off the edge of the couch like it had surrendered hours ago.
“You’re going to be late…” you repeated, voice rough with sleep.
Jiwoo glanced toward the kitchen clock out of habit.
“I know.”
“Then why are you still here?”
She hesitated.
Because the honest answer was you.
Instead she nudged your shoulder lightly.
“Because you’re taking up the entire couch.”
A quiet huff of air left you that might have been a laugh.
Without opening your eyes, you shifted slightly, making just enough room beside you.
Jiwoo scooted closer and pressed her lips on your cheek.
You shifted a little when she kissed your cheek.
Not enough to wake up.
Just enough that your shoulder bumped gently against hers.
Jiwoo stayed there for a second longer than she meant to.
The couch was too small for two people to pretend they weren’t touching, and the warmth from you had that sleepy, quiet gravity that made it very easy to stay.
Your breathing was slow again.
Whatever half-dream had pulled you into the conversation had already claimed you back.
Jiwoo looked at you for a moment.
Hair a mess.
Shirt wrinkled.
One sock missing somewhere in the apartment’s.
Completely exhausted.
And somehow still here.
Still coming home.
Still choosing this place.
Choosing her.
She exhaled softly through her nose.
“Idiot,” she murmured, though the word had softened into something warmer now.
Carefully, she slid off the couch again.
You made a small noise in protest, something halfway between a sigh and a sleepy groan, but you didn’t wake.
Jiwoo grabbed her bag from the chair by the door.
Then she paused.
Her eyes drifted back to the couch.
To you.
The coat was still crumpled on the floor where you had dropped it the night before. She bent down, picked it up, and draped it over you properly this time, tucking the edge around your shoulder.
You shifted slightly under it.
“…Warm,” you mumbled.
Jiwoo smiled despite herself.
“Good,” she said quietly.
She leaned down once more.
Another soft kiss.
This time on your forehead.
Then she headed for the door.
The lock clicked behind her, and the apartment slipped back into its morning quiet.
Your days passed each other like trains at opposite stations.
Jiwoo moved through bright mornings filled with coffee cups, emails, crowded sidewalks, and the low hum of office conversations. You moved through dim evenings and neon-lit nights, loud music, clinking glasses, and the constant pulse of the bar.
Somewhere in the middle of those hours, the apartment held both of you.
There were sticky notes on the fridge now.
Eat the leftovers.
Don’t fall asleep on the couch again.
I already did.
Sometimes Jiwoo would come home to find you in the kitchen before your shift, leaning against the counter with a bowl of instant noodles and half-lidded eyes.
She’d steal a bite.
You’d complain.
She’d kiss your cheek on the way out the door anyway.
Other days you’d come home long after midnight to find a light left on in the living room and a blanket folded neatly on the couch.
Jiwoo would pretend it was just because she forgot.
You would pretend you believed her.
The apartment never really slept anymore.
It just existed.
Morning to night.
Night to morning.
Two people orbiting the same quiet center.
And slowly, without either of you making a big announcement about it, the space between those hours stopped feeling like distance.
It started feeling like a real home. Because somewhere between the early alarms and the late returns, the accidental touches in the kitchen and the sleepy kisses on the couch, something simple had settled into place.
No grand declarations.
No dramatic moment.
Just the quiet certainty that had been growing all along.
That sometimes love doesn’t arrive loudly.
Sometimes it slips in through ordinary mornings and tired nights until one day you realize it was actually there.
Sometimes love isn't about who arrives first.
Sometimes, they're about who stays.
And in the quiet rhythm of that little apartment, between coffee mornings and midnight footsteps, there were two people who kept choosing each other.
With no cost, no conditions.
Just love, quietly given on the house.
-
Jiwoo had always believed that she didn't belong in places like these.
The music was too loud, pounding through the floor like a second heartbeat. The lights flashed in restless colors that made the room feel dizzy, and the air was thick with the sharp smell of alcohol and perfume and something slightly burned from the kitchen.
None of it ever sat right with her.
Bars were meant for people who laughed easily with strangers. People who knew how to shout over music, how to lean against counters like they owned the room, how to order drinks without squinting at the menu like it was written in another language.
Yet, here she was.
Wandering through a thick crowd, trying to navigate her way to the bar section of the club. She took a step, apologized for bumping into someone when they probably couldn't even hear her.
Another person brushed past her shoulder. Someone laughed loudly behind her. The bass thumped through the floor again, rattling the nerves she hadn’t meant to bring with her tonight.
Jiwoo pressed forward anyway.
Just one drink, she reminded herself.
That had been the deal.
She stumbled slightly as she finally reached the bar and caught the edge of the counter to steady herself.
And then she saw you.
Behind the bar.
Moving like you had grown up there.
A glass spun between your fingers before landing perfectly upright. Your other hand slid a drink across the counter without even looking, your attention already on the next order someone was shouting over the music.
You leaned in slightly to hear someone better, nodding once before grabbing a bottle from the shelf behind you.
Everything about the way you moved looked effortless.
Confident.
Like the chaos of the room didn’t touch you at all.
Jiwoo stared for a second longer than she meant to.
Then you looked up.
Your eyes flicked across the crowded bar automatically, scanning faces the way someone did after hours of serving people.
They landed on her.
For half a second, neither of you moved.
Jiwoo straightened quickly, suddenly aware that she was standing there staring like someone who had forgotten what they came for.
You tilted your head slightly, reading the situation in a glance.
First time here, overwhelmed, probably lost.
The corner of your mouth twitched faintly.
You stepped closer to her side of the bar.
“What are you doing here?” you asked.
“Can't I come and visit my boyfriend?” She answered back.
You paused barely.
The glass in your hand stopped mid-polish before you continued like nothing had happened.
“My workplace isn’t exactly a date spot,” you said.
Jiwoo glanced around the bar.
Someone was cheering near the dartboard. A group of people were arguing loudly about something that probably didn’t matter. The bass thumped again, rattling the bottles on the shelves behind you.
“…I noticed,” she muttered.
You slid a finished drink down to someone waiting beside her before your attention returned to Jiwoo.
“You hate places like this.”
“I don’t hate them.”
“Yeah, I could see that with how you’re dressed up.” You replied.
Jiwoo looked down at herself briefly before she pulled the sleeves of her sweater tighter.
Jiwoo looked down at herself briefly before she pulled the sleeves of her sweater tighter.
It was the same oversized one she wore most mornings in the apartment. Soft. Comfortable. Completely out of place among the glittering tops and sleek jackets around her.
Someone brushed past her wearing heels that probably cost more than her entire outfit.
Jiwoo exhaled quietly.
“…I didn’t know there was a dress code,” she muttered.
You leaned one hip against the counter, watching her with a look that hovered somewhere between amused and fond.
“There isn’t,” you said.
“Then why did you say that?”
“Because you look like you came here by accident.”
“I did not.”
“You absolutely did.”
Jiwoo narrowed her eyes slightly.
“I came for a drink.”
“You came wearing your sleep sweater.”
“It’s not a sleep sweater.”
“You slept in it yesterday.”
“That’s not relevant.”
You huffed a small laugh and turned to grab another glass, rinsing it under the sink behind the bar.
When you looked back, Jiwoo was still standing there with that faintly stubborn expression she got when she knew you were technically right but refused to admit it.
“You could’ve texted,” you said.
“For what?”
“If you were coming.”
She shrugged lightly.
“I didn’t think it mattered.”
“You pushed through half the city and a crowd of drunk people.”
“That’s dramatic.”
“You almost got taken out by the guy with the leather jacket five minutes ago.”
Jiwoo paused. “You saw that?”
“I told you,” you said calmly, reaching for another bottle. “I notice things.”
She huffed softly but didn’t argue again.
For a second she just watched you work.
The way you moved between bottles and glasses. The quick rhythm of your hands. Someone called your name from the far end of the bar and you answered without even turning around.
Jiwoo’s gaze softened a little.
Then she leaned slightly closer across the counter so you could hear her better.
“You forgot your jacket,” she said.
You blinked.
“…What?”
“At home.”
Your brow furrowed faintly.
“And dinner,” she added.
You paused again.
The glass in your hand lowered slowly to the counter.
Jiwoo reached into the canvas tote bag slung over her shoulder and pulled out a folded container.
She slid it across the counter toward you like she was passing a secret message.
“I figured you’d forget to eat again,” she said.
You stared at the container for a second.
Then at her.
“You came all the way here for that?”
Jiwoo immediately looked away, suddenly very interested in the lime wedges lined up beside the cutting board.
“I told you,” she said quickly, “I wanted a drink.”
You looked at the container again.
Then back at her sweater.
Then the way she was trying not to look at you.
A slow smile crept onto your face.
Jiwoo caught it immediately.
“Don’t start.”
“You hate bars.”
“I don’t hate them.”
“You fought through a crowd.”
“I’m resilient.”
“You brought me dinner.”
She sighed.
“Yes.”
“You’re wearing your sleep sweater.”
“It is not a sleep—”
You reached under the counter and grabbed a glass before she could finish arguing.
Ice clinked softly as you dropped it in.
A splash of soda.
A twist of lime.
Then you slid the drink toward her.
Jiwoo glanced down at it.
“…What’s this?”
“Something safe for people who clearly didn’t come here to party.”
She took a small sip.
Cool.
Citrusy.
Exactly the kind of thing she would order if she actually knew how to order drinks.
Her shoulders relaxed just a little.
You watched her for a second.
Then you tapped the container she’d brought.
“I’ll eat this on my break.”
“Good.”
“You didn’t have to bring it.”
“I know.”
“But you did.”
Jiwoo rolled her eyes faintly.
“You’re making a big deal out of it.”
You leaned slightly closer across the counter, voice just loud enough for her to hear.
“I’m not.”
Your eyes flicked down to the drink in front of her.
“First one’s free.”
Jiwoo raised an eyebrow.
“Really?”
You gave a small shrug.
“For you?”
The corner of your mouth tilted upward again.
“It’s on the house.”
-
It was safe to assume that Jiwoo was a light drinker.
You didn’t need to check the empty glass she had insisted on finishing to know that. The evidence was currently draped across your back.
Jiwoo clung to you like she herself decided that you were her walking bed. Her arms hung loosely around your shoulders, fingers curled into the fabric of your jacket while you walked the quiet streets toward home.
The night outside was calmer than the chaos of the club. The music was gone, replaced by distant traffic and the soft hum of streetlights. Cool air brushed against your face, carrying the faint smell of rain that had fallen earlier.
Jiwoo, meanwhile, was warm, very warm.
Her cheek rested against the back of your shoulder, her breath slow and uneven as if she couldn’t quite decide whether she was sleepy or dramatically exhausted.
“You weigh nothing,” you muttered, adjusting your grip under her legs.
Jiwoo made a small noise behind you.
“That’s because… you’re strong,” she mumbled, words slightly slurred together.
You huffed quietly.
“That’s not how physics works.”
She didn’t respond right away. Instead, her head shifted slightly, forehead bumping lightly against the back of your neck.
For a moment you thought she had fallen asleep.
Then she spoke again.
“Your club is too loud.”
“You figured that out tonight?”
“Mhm. And everyone kept on. . .talking.”
“That tends to happen in places with people.”
Jiwoo sighed dramatically, her grip around your shoulders tightening a little as if the memory itself had been exhausting.
“I don’t like strangers.”
“I know.”
Another quiet stretch of walking followed. Your footsteps echoed softly against the pavement while the city around you settled into late-night calm.
Behind you, Jiwoo shifted again.
Her chin slid onto your shoulder now, her face just barely visible in the corner of your vision. Her hair tickled the side of your neck.
“You looked cool though,” she murmured.
You raised an eyebrow.
“Cool.”
“Behind the bar,” she continued lazily. “Like you knew what you were doing.”
“I do know what I’m doing.”
She hummed softly like she was considering that.
Then her nose bumped lightly against your neck.
“You looked cooler than the other bartenders.”
“How many other bartenders have you seen?”
You felt her huff a breath, almost like a laugh.
“Just you.”
“Yeah, that’s a bar.”
Your steps slowed slightly when you reached your apartment building.
You adjusted your hold on her again before pushing the door open with your shoulder.
“Next time,” you said while walking toward the stairs, “you’re ordering juice.”
Jiwoo lifted her head slightly.
“Next time?”
You glanced back at her.
“Don’t push your luck.”
She grinned lazily against your shoulder.
Then, as if the thought had just arrived in her foggy brain, she leaned forward and pressed a quick, clumsy kiss against the side of your neck.
“You’re still cool though,” she whispered.
Your steps paused for half a second.
Then you continued deeper into the apartment.
“Go to sleep, Jiwoo.”
You opened the door to her room and carefully set her down on her bed.
She landed with a soft bounce against the mattress, hair spilling across the pillow in messy strands. For a moment she just stared up at the ceiling like gravity had finally remembered her.
You straightened, rolling your shoulders slightly after carrying her up the stairs.
“Stay there,” you said.
She squinted at you.
“I live here.”
“Exactly. Stay.”
Jiwoo made a soft noise that sounded suspiciously like agreement.
You walked over to the side of the bed and tugged her blanket loose before draping it over her. She didn’t fight it. In fact, she curled into it immediately, pulling the edge up to her chin like someone who had suddenly remembered how comfortable beds were.
Your hand paused when you noticed her still watching you. “What?”
She pushed herself up from the bed, leaning closer as her hand carefully cupped your cheek.
“Your lip. . .”
Her thumb carefully grazed over the wound that was slowly healing.
“Yeah, It’s getting bet—” You didn't get to finish when she kissed you.
Jiwoo leaned forward with the clumsy confidence of someone whose brain had decided thinking was optional tonight. Her hand stayed on your cheek, thumb still resting near the fading cut on your lip as her mouth brushed against yours.
For a second you froze, more surprised than anything else.
Jiwoo pulled back just as quickly, blinking at you like she was trying to check if the world had tilted.
“I love you.”
The words slipped out of her like they had been waiting behind her teeth all night.
The room went quiet.
Jiwoo’s eyes widened a little, like her own brain had just caught up to what she’d said.
“. . .I said that out loud.”
You stared at her.
She slowly sank back against the mattress, staring up at the ceiling like it might rescue her from the situation.
“I’m drunk,” she added quickly.
“That’s obvious.”
“That means it doesn’t count.”
“That’s not how that works.”
Jiwoo groaned softly and dragged the blanket halfway over her face.
“I knew I shouldn’t have finished that drink.”
You crossed your arms, still standing beside the bed.
“You had one.”
“It was a powerful one.”
“It was practically nothing.”
She peeked at you from under the blanket, eyes narrowing slightly.
“You’re not helping right now.”
“And you just said you love me.”
Her face turned a deeper shade of pink.
“No, I didn't.” she argued weakly.
“You literally said ‘I love you.’”
“And you're not gonna say anything back?”
You blinked once, then smiled at her like you had the whole world sitting quietly in front of you.
“I love you too, Jiwoo.”
For a moment, she didn’t react.
Jiwoo just stared at you.
The words hung in the air. Then her eyes widened slowly.
“…You said it back.”
“You asked.” You shrugged lightly, though the softness in your expression gave you away.
“That’s not why people say it!”
“You seemed concerned.”
Jiwoo pushed herself up on her elbows, blanket bunching around her waist as she looked at you like you had just done something completely unreasonable.
“You’re supposed to hesitate,” she said.
“Why?”
“Because I’m drunk!”
“You’re still Jiwoo.”
“That’s not the point!”
You laughed quietly at that, the sound warm and low in the quiet room.
Jiwoo stared at you for another second, her brain clearly trying to process several things at once.
You had just said it back.
Like it was simple.
Like it was obvious.
Her shoulders slowly relaxed as she sank back into the mattress again.
“…You’re really unfair,” she muttered.
“How?”
“You say things like that so casually.”
You leaned slightly against the edge of the bed.
“It wasn’t casual.”
Jiwoo turned her head toward you again.
You met her gaze without hesitation.
“I meant it.”
The room fell quiet again, though this time it felt softer.
Jiwoo blinked slowly, the last traces of sleep finally catching up to her.
“…Good,” she murmured.
Her hand tugged the blanket back up to her chin. “Because I’m not taking it back tomorrow.”
“You won’t remember half of tonight.”
“I will remember that part.” Her eyes were already closing. “Probably,” she added sleepily, “the only smart thing I said all night.”
You reached over and pulled the blanket a little higher around her shoulder.
“Go to sleep, Jiwoo.”
She hummed faintly in response.
Within seconds her breathing evened out, soft and steady against the pillow.
You stayed there a moment longer, watching her curl deeper into the blanket like the world had finally become comfortable enough to rest in.
Then you reached for the light switch.
The room dimmed into quiet darkness.
Before stepping out, you glanced back one last time.
“Lightweight,” you murmured fondly and closed the door.
Notes: coming out from the dungeons just for her a little quickie cus yooyeon deserves it
Yooyeon stood in the dimly lit chamber of the Kim family estate, the silk of her black hanbok clinging to her curves like a second skin. The fabric was traditional, elegant, but tonight it felt like a veil waiting to be stripped away. It was her twenty-fifth birthday, and in the Kim lineage, this day marked not just another year, but a sacred rite. The women of the family surrendered their bodies to a man selected by the elders a stranger often, chosen for alliances, favors, or debts. For Yooyeon, that man was you, the son of her father's old friend. You'd met once or twice at formal gatherings, exchanging polite nods across crowded rooms, but she knew little of you beyond your name and the sharp line of your jaw. The deal your father struck with the Kims sealed it one night of unbridled intimacy to bind the families closer, to honor the tradition that had kept their bloodlines strong for generations.
The air in the room was thick with incense, jasmine and sandalwood mingling to heighten the senses. Yooyeon paced slowly, her bare feet whispering against the tatami mats. Her heart pounded, a mix of dread and forbidden curiosity swirling in her chest. She'd heard the stories from her mother and aunts tales of ecstasy and submission that left them marked, changed. But this was real now, her body the offering. The hanbok's wide sleeves brushed her arms as she adjusted the obi at her waist, the knot a temporary barrier against what was to come.
Outside, the estate bustled quietly. Servants had prepared the space meticulously: low lanterns casting golden glows, a wide futon piled with silk sheets in the center, bottles of rice wine and oils on a lacquered tray nearby. Your father had arrived earlier, sealing the agreement with Yooyeon's father over sake and whispers of business ventures. 'It's for the good of both houses,' your father had said, clapping you on the back as he pushed you toward the chamber door. You weren't unwilling, rumors of Yooyeon's beauty had reached you, her lithe form and dark eyes a quiet allure in family circles. But the weight of the tradition pressed on you too this wasn't a casual tryst, but a ritual that demanded full surrender from her, and respect from you.
The sliding door parted with a soft shush, and Yooyeon froze. There you stood, dressed in a simple dark robe, your frame filling the entrance. Your eyes met hers, and for a moment, the room held its breath. She barely knew you, Jae, was it? The son who'd inherited his father's sharp business mind and quiet intensity. You stepped inside, closing the door behind you, the click echoing like a promise.
"Yooyeon," you said, your voice low and steady, breaking the silence. She nodded, her cheeks flushing beneath the pale makeup that accentuated her features. Tradition dictated she speak first, offering herself.
"Welcome," she murmured, her voice a soft tremor. "As per our families' custom, I am yours for this night. My body, my pleasure my mind take it as you will."
You approached slowly, sensing her nervousness. There plan of this evening was simple consummate the bond, let the passion flow unchecked. But you wanted to ease her in, to make it more than duty. Reaching out, you cupped her chin, tilting her face up. Her lips parted slightly, full and inviting. Leaning down, you kissed her gentle at first, testing. She responded tentatively, her hands rising to your chest, fingers curling into the fabric of your robe.
The kiss deepened quickly, hunger igniting between you. Your tongue slipped past her lips, tasting the faint sweetness of tea on her breath. Yooyeon melted against you, her body pressing closer, the hanbok's layers a frustrating barrier. You broke the kiss, trailing your mouth along her jaw to her neck, nipping at the sensitive skin there. She gasped, her head falling back, exposing more of her throat.
"I've been thinking of this," you whispered against her pulse, your hands sliding to the obi at her waist. With practiced ease, you untied it, the sash falling away. The outer layers of the hanbok loosened, and you peeled them back, revealing the white under-kimono beneath, clinging to her breasts and hips. Yooyeon's breath hitched as cool air kissed her skin, but your warmth followed, your palms gliding over her shoulders to push the fabric down.
She stood before you now in just the thin kosode, her nipples hardening against the silk from the chill and anticipation. You shrugged off your robe, letting it pool at your feet, your cock already stirring to life, half-hard and heavy between your legs. Yooyeon's eyes flicked down, widening slightly at the sight thick, veined, promising the stretch she'd soon feel.
Guiding her to the mattress , you knelt with her, your hands exploring. You cupped her breasts through the fabric, thumbs circling her nipples until they peaked into tight buds. She moaned softly, arching into your touch. "Please," she whispered, the word barely audible, but it spurred you on.
You tugged the inner wear open, baring her completely. Her skin was flawless, pale and smooth, her breasts full and round with dark areolas. Leaning in, you took one nipple into your mouth, sucking hard while pinching the other. Yooyeon cried out, her fingers threading into your hair, pulling you closer. Your tongue swirled around the sensitive flesh, teeth grazing just enough to send sparks through her.
Lower still, your hand trailed down her stomach, over the soft mound of her pussy. She was already wet, her folds slick when your fingers parted them. You stroked her clit in slow circles, feeling it swell under your touch. Yooyeon bucked her hips, chasing the friction, her breaths coming in pants.
"You're so responsive," you murmured, slipping a finger inside her. She clenched around you, hot and tight, her walls fluttering. You added a second finger, pumping them in and out, curling to hit that spot that made her whimper. Her juices coated your hand, the scent of her arousal filling the air.
Yooyeon pushed you back onto the futon, surprising you with her boldness. Straddling your thighs, she leaned down, her hair cascading over your chest as she kissed you fiercely. Her hand wrapped around your cock, stroking from base to tip, her grip firm and exploratory. You groaned into her mouth, thrusting up into her fist. She pumped you harder, thumb smearing the bead of pre-cum over the head.
"I want to taste you," she said, her voice husky, eyes locked on yours. Before you could respond, she slid down your body, her lips brushing your abdomen, then lower. Her tongue flicked out, licking the underside of your shaft, making your cock twitch. She took you into her mouth, sucking the head while her hand worked the length.
The wet heat of her mouth was exquisite, her tongue swirling around you as she bobbed her head. You tangled your fingers in her hair, guiding her rhythm, fucking her face gently at first, then deeper as she relaxed her throat. Saliva dripped down your balls, her slurping sounds obscene in the quiet room. Yooyeon hummed around you, the vibration shooting pleasure straight to your core.
You pulled her off before you lost control, flipping her onto her back. Spreading her legs wide, you settled between them, your cock nudging her entrance. "Tell me you want this," you demanded, teasing her clit with the tip.
"Yes," she gasped, hips lifting. "Fuck me. Please, fill me."
With one thrust, you buried yourself inside her. Yooyeon arched, a sharp cry escaping as your cock stretched her pussy, inch by inch. She was incredibly tight, her walls gripping you like a vice. You paused, letting her adjust, then began to move slow, deep strokes that had her moaning with each plunge.
The mattress creaked under you as you picked up pace, slamming into her harder. Her breasts bounced with the force, and you captured one in your mouth again, sucking while you pounded her. Yooyeon's nails raked your back, her legs wrapping around your waist to pull you deeper. "Harder," she begged, her voice breaking. "Fuck me like you own me."
You obliged, angling your hips to hit her g-spot with every thrust. Her pussy clenched rhythmically, juices soaking your balls as they slapped against her ass. Sweat slicked your bodies, the room filled with the sounds of skin on skin, her cries, your grunts.
Pulling out suddenly, you flipped her onto her stomach, yanking her hips up. She presented herself eagerly, ass in the air, pussy glistening. You slapped her cheek lightly, watching it jiggle, then thrust back in from behind. The new angle let you go deeper, your cock hitting her cervix with each brutal stroke.
Yooyeon buried her face in the pillows, muffling her screams of pleasure. You reached around, rubbing her clit furiously as you fucked her, feeling her build toward climax. "Cum for me," you growled, spanking her again. "Milk my cock."
She shattered, her pussy spasming around you, waves of orgasm rippling through her. You didn't stop, riding her through it, your own release building. With a final, deep thrust, you came, flooding her with hot spurts of cum, marking her as the tradition demanded.
But the night was young. You collapsed beside her, both panting, but your hands roamed again soon enough. Yooyeon turned to you, a sly smile on her lips despite the flush of exhaustion. "The elders say one release isn't enough to seal the bond," she teased, her fingers tracing your softening cock, coaxing it back to life.
You chuckled, rolling her beneath you once more. This time, you took it slower, savoring her. Kissing down her body, you spread her thighs and dove in, tongue lapping at her cum-filled pussy. She tasted of you both, salty and sweet, her clit throbbing under your assault. Yooyeon writhed, hands fisting the sheets as you sucked and licked, two fingers plunging inside to stir your seed.
"Oh god, yes," she moaned, grinding against your face. You ate her out relentlessly, tongue fucking her until she came again, squirting lightly onto your chin.
Rising, you positioned her on her side, lifting one leg over your hip. Sliding back in, you fucked her languidly, your hand kneading her breast, pinching the nipple. The intimacy shifted, more tender but no less intense. Yooyeon's eyes met yours, vulnerability mixing with lust. "This tradition... I understand now ," she whispered between thrusts.
You kissed her deeply, tasting yourself on her lips from earlier. "I might get addicted to you," you replied, increasing your pace until she was clenching around you again.
Hours blurred as you explored every inch. You took her against the wall, her legs wrapped around you as you bounced her on your cock. Then on all fours, pulling her hair as you railed her ass after lubing her with oil, easing in slowly until she begged for more, her tight hole gripping you like nothing else. She rode you next, grinding her pussy down, her breasts in your face as you sucked and bit.
By the third round, exhaustion had crept in, but passion drove you. You came on her tits once, watching ropes of cum paint her skin, then made her lick it off your fingers. Finally, spooned together, you entered her from behind one last time, hand between her legs to circle her clit until you both shattered in unison.
As dawn's light filtered through the shoji screens, you lay entwined, bodies spent and sticky. Yooyeon traced patterns on your chest, the plot of the night resolved in sweat and sighs. The families' deal was sealed, but something more lingered a spark beyond tradition. She barely knew you before, but now, in the afterglow, she wondered if this was just the beginning.
counts: ~6120 words
tags: smut, fluff, marriage, date weekend, public tease
synopsis: Two years together, with my wife, Yooyeon. Marriage with a cozy apartment, and no rush for kids. That night I spoiled her with takeout, candles, and slow, deep love, for her birthday.
I sat in the car with the engine off, windows cracked just enough to let in the late afternoon air. The parking lot was starting to empty out, cars pulling away one by one as the office people finished their Friday.
My phone showed 4:58. I kept glancing at the main door of the building, waiting for her.
Yooyeon walked out at exactly 5:02. Same black blazer she always wore on Fridays, white blouse underneath, pencil skirt that hugged her hips the way I still couldn’t get tired of. Her hair was up in a loose bun, a few strands falling around her face.
She looked tired, really tired, but even on her worst days she still looked gorgeous to me. Always has.
She spotted our car right away. I saw the tiny lift at the corner of her mouth, then she walked over
I pushed the passenger door open before she reached it.
“Hey, beautiful,” I said.
She slid in, dropped her bag on the floor, leaned over and kissed me quick—soft lips, a little sticky from whatever lip balm she’d put on that morning.
“Hey yourself,” she pulled the seatbelt across her chest and let her head fall back against the headrest. “God, I’m dead.”
“Rough one?”
“Client changed the whole campaign direction at 3:30. Again. I wanted to scream.” She rubbed her temples with two fingers. “But I didn’t. I smiled and said ‘of course, we can pivot.’ I deserve a medal.”
“You deserve dinner and a drink. Maybe two.”
She turned her head to look at me. “You’re in a good mood.”
“It’s Friday. And…” I let it hang for a second, grinning. “It’s a special day.”
Yooyeon closed her eyes and let out a small laugh through her nose. “Don’t start. You know I don’t do birthdays anymore.”
“Yeah, yeah. You’ve been saying that since you turned 24. Doesn’t mean I have to listen.”
She opened one eye and gave me that look—the one that says she’s pretending to be annoyed but isn’t really. “You’re impossible.”
“Guilty.”
I started the car. The AC kicked on, cool air hitting us both. She sighed like it was the best feeling in the world.
“So,” I said as I pulled out of the parking space, “how about you guess where I’m taking you to eat?”
She turned in her seat a little, facing me more. “Is this a trick question?”
“Maybe.”
“Okay… fine.” She tapped her chin like she was thinking hard. “Not barbecue. We did that last week. Not sushi either—you always complain your stomach hurts after.”
“True.”
“Not pasta. Too heavy for how tired I am.” She paused, studying my face. “You’re smiling too much. That means it’s something I like.”
“Keep going.”
“Is it that Italian place with the truffle pasta? The one near the river?”
“Nope.”
“Damn.” She bit her bottom lip, thinking. “Okay… the steakhouse? But you said not heavy.”
“I didn’t say not heavy. You did.”
She laughed softly. “You’re evil. Just tell me.”
“Nah. One more guess.”
She groaned, dramatic. “Fine. Is it… the rooftop Korean place? The one with the spicy tteokbokki and the soju flight?”
I raised an eyebrow. “You really want spicy after a day like today?”
“I want comfort food. And I want to drink. And I want to sit somewhere pretty and not think about work for three hours.”
I reached over and squeezed her thigh just above the knee—light, familiar. “Good guess. But not quite.”
She pouted. “You’re killing me.”
“Alright, I’ll give you a hint. It’s not fancy. It’s not crowded. And you can wear whatever you want tomorrow morning when we stay in bed late.”
Her eyes narrowed. “We’re not going out to eat?”
“We are. Just… not right now.”
She sat up straighter. “What did you do?”
“You’ll see.”
She stared at me for a long second, then leaned back again, smiling small. “You’re lucky I love surprises from you.”
“I know.”
We drove in comfortable quiet for a while. She played with the radio, skipping songs until she landed on some slow R&B she likes. Her hand rested on my thigh the whole time, thumb moving in lazy circles. That small touch still does things to me after two years.
Instead of heading toward the usual restaurants, I took the turn toward our neighborhood. She noticed immediately.
“Wait… are we going home first?”
“Sort of.”
She laughed. “You’re so suspicious.”
When I pulled into our apartment building’s underground parking, she gave me a look.
“Okay, now I’m really curious.”
I parked, killed the engine, and turned to her. “Come up with me. Five minutes. Then we leave again. Promise.”
She studied my face like she was trying to read my mind. “You’re nervous.”
“A little.”
That made her soften. “Why?”
“Because I love you. And I want tonight to be good.”
She leaned over and kissed me again—this time slower, deeper. Her hand slid up to the back of my neck. When she pulled back her eyes were warm.
“You always make it good,” she said quietly.
We got out. Took the elevator up to the fourth floor. The hallway smelled like someone was cooking kimchi jjigae. Familiar. Home.
I unlocked the door and let her step in first.
The lights were dim. I’d left only the small lamp in the living room on.
The dining table was pushed against the wall. In the middle of the room I’d spread out the thick picnic blanket we usually take to the park. Pillows from the couch were arranged around it.
Two candles flickered on the coffee table—nothing fancy, just the vanilla ones she likes.
There were takeout boxes from her favorite hole-in-the-wall place: galbi jjim, haemul pajeon, the spicy cucumber salad she always steals from my plate, and a bottle of soju in an ice bucket.
Yooyeon stopped in the doorway.
“Oh my god,” she whispered.
“Happy birthday, baby.”
She turned to me, eyes shiny. “You… you did all this?”
“Wanted to give you the night you actually want. No crowds. No dressing up. Just us. Good food. Drinks. And later…” I stepped closer, lowered my voice. “I plan to take my time with you.”
Her cheeks went pink. She looked back at the setup, then at me again.
“You remembered the haemul pajeon place.”
“Of course I did. You talk about it every time we pass by.”
She laughed, soft and surprised. “I didn’t think you were listening that hard.”
“I always listen to you.”
She walked over to the blanket, kicked off her heels, and sat down cross-legged. Pat the spot next to her.
“Come here.”
I joined her. She opened one of the boxes, inhaled deep.
“Smells so good.”
I twisted the soju cap off, poured us both a shot in the little green glasses.
She raised hers. “To… not caring about birthdays. But still getting spoiled anyway.”
I clinked my glass to hers. “To that.”
We drank. Sharp, cold, burns just right.
She leaned against my shoulder, picking at the galbi with her chopsticks.
“This is perfect,” she said quietly. “I was so tired. I just wanted to come home and crash. But this… this is better.”
“Good.”
We ate slow. Talked about stupid stuff—her annoying coworker, the new drama we’re watching, how the neighbor’s dog keeps barking at 2 a.m. Normal life stuff. But every now and then she’d look at me like she was seeing me for the first time.
After the second shot she started getting touchy. Hand on my arm. Fingers brushing my neck. Leaning in closer.
“You know,” she said, voice dropping, “I was thinking in the car… two years married. And you still look at me like you can’t believe I’m yours.”
“Because I can’t.”
She set her glass down. Crawled over until she was straddling my lap, knees on either side of me. Her skirt rode up her thighs.
“I’m yours,” she whispered. “Always have been.”
I slid my hands up her legs, under the skirt, gripping her hips. “Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
She kissed me hard this time. Open mouth, tongue sliding against mine. Her fingers went into my hair, tugging just enough to make me groan.
I pulled back for a second. “Food’s gonna get cold.”
“I don’t care,” she breathed. “I want you first.”
She rocked her hips once, slow, deliberate. I was already hard under her.
“Fuck, Yooyeon…”
She smiled against my mouth. “Say it again.”
“Fuck, baby…”
She reached down between us, palmed me through my jeans. “Take these off.”
We fumbled like teenagers—buttons, zippers, her skirt pushed up around her waist. She was wearing the black lace panties I like. The ones with the little bow. I groaned when I saw them.
“You wore these to work?”
“Maybe,” she teased. “Maybe I was hoping you’d rip them off later.”
I hooked my fingers in the sides and pulled. She lifted her hips to help. The lace slid down her legs. I tossed them somewhere behind me.
She pushed me back so I was lying on the blanket. Climbed on top again. Her blouse was half unbuttoned now—bra showing, chest rising and falling fast.
She leaned down, lips next to my ear. “I want you inside me. Right now. No waiting.”
I flipped us over so she was on her back. Spread her thighs with my knees. She was already wet—slick and hot when I ran my fingers through her folds.
“Jesus,” I muttered.
“Please,” she said, voice shaking a little. “Don’t tease.”
I lined up, pushed in slow at first. She gasped, nails digging into my shoulders. Then deeper. All the way.
“Fuck,” she breathed. “Yes…”
I started moving—slow, deep thrusts. Her legs wrapped around my waist, heels digging into my lower back, pulling me harder.
“Harder,” she whispered. “Please, harder.”
I gave it to her. Faster. The sound of skin on skin filled the room. She moaned loud—no neighbors close enough to care. Her hands grabbed my ass, urging me on.
“Like that?” I asked, voice rough.
“Yes—god, yes—just like that—”
She clenched around me, tight and hot. I felt her start to shake.
“I’m close,” she panted. “Don’t stop—don’t you dare stop—”
I angled my hips, hitting the spot she loves. She cried out, back arching.
“Baby—I’m gonna—”
“Come for me,” I growled. “Let me feel it.”
She shattered. Whole body trembling, thighs squeezing me tight, wet pulsing around my cock. She moaned my name—loud, broken.
I fucked her through it, chasing my own. She grabbed my face, kissed me messy.
“Come inside me,” she whispered. “Fill me up.”
That did it. I groaned hard, buried deep, and came. Pulse after pulse, spilling into her. She whimpered at the feeling, legs still locked around me.
We stayed like that for a minute—sweaty, breathing hard, still connected.
She kissed my jaw. “Best birthday ever.”
Morning light slipped through the half-closed blinds, thin stripes across the bed. I woke up slow, the way you do when you’ve slept hard after a long night. My body felt heavy in the good way—muscles loose, a little sore from everything we’d done on the living room floor, then again in the shower before we finally crashed around 2 a.m.
Yooyeon was already awake. I could tell because her hand was under the sheet, fingers tracing lazy circles on my stomach, inching lower every few seconds. Her breathing was warm against my neck. She smelled like last night’s soju, vanilla candles, and sex. My favorite combination.
I kept my eyes closed, pretending I was still out. Let her play.
She shifted closer, thigh sliding over mine. Her bare breasts pressed against my side. Soft. Warm. Nipples already hard, brushing my skin every time she moved.
“You’re awake,” she whispered, lips grazing my earlobe. “I can tell.”
I cracked one eye open. She was propped on her elbow, hair a mess, cheeks still flushed from sleep and leftover alcohol. Eyes bright, a little glassy. Still tipsy, definitely.
“Morning,” I mumbled.
“Morning, birthday boy’s wife.” She smiled slow, naughty. “I’m still buzzed. And horny.”
I laughed under my breath. “You were horny at 3 a.m. too.”
“Yeah, but now it’s daylight. Different rules.”
Her hand finally reached my cock. It was already half-hard just from her touching my stomach. She wrapped her fingers around it, gave a slow stroke from base to tip. I hissed through my teeth.
“Fuck, Yooyeon…”
“Shh.” She kissed my jaw, then my throat. “Let me wake you up properly.”
She disappeared under the sheet before I could say anything else. I felt her hair brush my thighs, then her hot mouth closed over the head. No teasing. Just wet heat, tongue swirling, taking me deeper in one smooth slide.
I groaned loud, hand flying to her head. Not pushing—just holding. Her lips stretched around me, cheeks hollowing as she sucked. She moaned around my cock, the vibration shooting straight up my spine.
“Goddamn, baby…”
She popped off for a second, just long enough to look up at me with those dark, needy eyes. “Tastes like us,” she said, voice thick. Then she dove back down, taking me all the way until her nose pressed against my stomach.
I cursed under my breath. She was good at this—always had been—but mornings like this, when she was still loose from drinking and didn’t care about being quiet or neat, she was fucking lethal. Spit slicked down my shaft, her hand pumping what her mouth couldn’t reach. She bobbed fast, sloppy, greedy. Little whimpers coming from her throat every time she gagged herself on me.
I felt my balls tighten way too quick.
“Slow down or I’m gonna—”
She pulled off with a wet pop, grinning like the devil. “Not yet. I want to ride you first.”
She climbed on top before I could catch my breath. Straddled my hips, knees digging into the mattress. Her pussy was already soaked—I could see it glistening when she spread herself with two fingers, rubbing the head of my cock through her folds.
“Fuck, look at you,” I muttered. “So wet.”
“Been thinking about this since I woke up.” She lined me up, sank down just the tip. We both groaned. “Wanted to feel you stretch me again.”
She didn’t ease down slow. She dropped her hips hard, taking every inch in one go. Her head fell back, mouth open in a silent cry. I grabbed her ass with both hands, squeezing.
“Shit—tight,” I gritted out.
She started moving right away. No warm-up. Just rocking her hips in that perfect circle she does, the one that makes me lose my mind. Her hands planted on my chest for balance, nails digging in. Breasts bouncing with every roll.
“Like this?” she panted, grinding down deep, clit rubbing against my pelvis.
“Yeah—just like that. Fuck, you’re so good at this.”
She smiled, wicked. “I know.”
She picked up speed. Hips snapping, ass slapping against my thighs. Wet sounds filled the room—her pussy sucking me in every time she lifted, then slamming back down. I thrust up to meet her, hard, matching her rhythm.
“Harder,” she begged. “Fuck me harder.”
I gripped her waist, took control for a minute—lifting her just enough to slam her back down. She cried out, loud enough the neighbors probably heard.
“Yes—yes—right there—”
Her thighs started shaking. I could feel her getting tighter, wetter. She leaned forward, changed the angle so I hit that spot inside her over and over.
“Oh god—I’m close already,” she whimpered. “Touch me—please—”
I slid one hand between us, thumb finding her clit. Rubbed fast circles the way she likes. She jerked, whole body tensing.
“Gonna come—gonna come on your cock—”
“Do it,” I growled. “Come all over me, baby.”
She shattered. Back arching, mouth open in a broken moan. Pussy clenching so hard I almost lost it right there. She kept riding through it, grinding down, milking every pulse.
When she finally stopped trembling, she collapsed on my chest, breathing ragged. But she didn’t stop moving—just slower rolls now, keeping me buried deep.
“Your turn,” she whispered against my lips.
I flipped us in one move. She laughed, surprised, legs wrapping around my waist. I thrust hard—deep, punishing strokes. She clawed my back, moaning into my mouth.
“Come inside me,” she said, voice wrecked. “Want to feel it again.”
That was all it took. I buried myself as deep as I could, groaned loud, and came hard. Pulse after pulse, filling her up. She whimpered at the feeling, thighs squeezing me tight.
We stayed locked together for a minute, catching our breath. She kissed my shoulder, my neck, my jaw.
“Best wake-up call ever,” I muttered.
She giggled. “You’re welcome.”
I rolled off her carefully. She stretched like a cat, arms above her head, looking satisfied and still a little drunk.
“I’m starving now,” she said.
“Same.”
She sat up, sheet falling to her waist. “Shower first. Then mall. I want to walk around, eat junk food, maybe buy something pretty for tonight.”
I raised an eyebrow. “Tonight?”
“Yeah.” She leaned over, kissed me quick. “You spoiled me last night. Now I want to wear something new… and let you take it off later.”
My cock twitched at the thought, even though we’d just finished.
“You’re gonna kill me,” I said.
“Good way to go.” She slid out of bed, naked, ass swaying as she walked toward the bathroom. “Come on. Shower. Then we’re going to the mall. I’m craving churros and boba. And maybe some new lingerie if you’re lucky.”
I watched her disappear through the door, heard the water turn on.
I lay there for a second, staring at the ceiling, grinning like an idiot.
Two years married, and she still made me feel like the luckiest bastard alive.
I got up, followed her into the steam.
She was already under the spray, head tipped back, letting water run down her body. I stepped in behind her, arms around her waist.
“Happy Saturday,” I said against her wet shoulder.
She turned in my arms, kissed me slow and deep.
“Happy Saturday, husband.”
We washed each other slow—hands everywhere, not rushing. Just touching. Kissing. Laughing when soap got in our eyes.
After, we dressed casual—her in tiny denim shorts and a cropped tee that showed a strip of stomach, me in jeans and a plain black shirt. She put on light makeup, left her hair down and wavy from the night before.
We walked out hand in hand.
The mall was already busy—weekend crowd, families, couples, teenagers everywhere. Air smelled like popcorn and perfume samples.
Yooyeon pulled me toward the food court first.
“Churros. Now.”
I laughed. “Bossy.”
“You love it.”
We got a big box—extra chocolate sauce. Sat on a bench, her legs over mine, feeding each other bites. She licked sugar off her thumb, eyes locked on me the whole time.
“Stop looking at me like that,” I said. “We’re in public.”
“Can’t help it. You’re cute when you’re trying not to get hard in the middle of the mall.”
I groaned. “Evil woman.”
She grinned, took another bite. “After this, lingerie store. Then maybe that bookstore you like. Then home. So you can see what I pick out.”
I leaned in, kissed the corner of her mouth where chocolate lingered.
“Deal.”
She rested her head on my shoulder, watching people walk by.
“I love days like this,” she said quietly. “Just us. No plans. No pressure.”
“Me too.”
She squeezed my hand. “Thank you for last night. Really.”
“Anytime. Every time.”
She looked up at me, eyes soft. “Love you.”
“Love you more.”
We finished the last bite of churro and wiped our hands on napkins.
Yooyeon licked a tiny smear of chocolate off her finger, eyes flicking to mine like she knew exactly what that did to me.
“Come on,” she said, hopping off the bench and grabbing my hand. “Ice cream. Brain freeze will cool me down after that churro sugar rush.”
I let her pull me toward the food court’s ice cream stall—the one with the soft-serve machines and the long line of kids and couples. She bounced a little as we walked, still in that cropped tee and tiny denim shorts that showed off her legs.
The line moved fast. When we got to the front, she leaned over the counter, reading the menu board like it was the most important decision of the day.
“Two cones,” she told the girl behind the counter. “One matcha with strawberry swirl, one chocolate with cookie bits. And extra napkins, please. We’re messy.”
The girl nodded, already scooping. Yooyeon turned back to me, grinning.
“Matcha’s for me. Chocolate cookie for you. You always steal bites of mine anyway, so fair trade.”
I wrapped my arm around her waist from behind, chin resting on her shoulder. “You know me too well.”
She leaned back into me, ass pressing just enough against my front to make me aware of it. “Mmm. I do.”
Our order came. She handed me the chocolate one and took a big lick of hers right away—green and pink swirl melting already in the mall AC. She moaned a little, dramatic.
“So good. Try.”
She held it up to my mouth. I took a bite. She watched my lips the whole time, then licked her own like she was tasting it secondhand.
We wandered while we ate, away from the food court toward the quieter end of the mall where the boutiques were. She kept stealing licks from my cone too, even though she had her own. By the time we were halfway through, her lips were sticky and her tongue was bright pink from the strawberry.
“Messy girl,” I teased, wiping a drop from her chin with my thumb.
She caught my thumb before I could pull it back, sucked it clean slow—eyes locked on mine.
“Oops,” she said, voice low. “Better?”
I felt my dick twitch in my jeans. “You’re playing dangerous games in public.”
She just smiled, innocent as hell, and kept walking.
We passed a few clothing stores, but she slowed when we got to the lingerie section— that one shop with the black and pink sign, windows full of lace and satin. She stopped right in front, tilting her head.
“This one,” she decided. “I’ve never gone in here with you before.”
I raised an eyebrow. “You sure? It’s kinda… exposed.”
“That’s the point.” She tugged my hand. “Come on. Help me pick.”
Inside smelled like vanilla and expensive perfume. Soft lighting, mirrors everywhere, music low and slow. A salesgirl in her twenties smiled at us from behind the counter but didn’t hover—good instinct.
Yooyeon went straight to the racks like she knew what she wanted. She pulled out a black lace set first—bra with thin straps, matching thong that was basically nothing.
“What do you think?” she asked, holding it against her body over her clothes.
I swallowed. “Dangerous.”
She laughed softly. “Good dangerous?”
“Very.”
She added it to her arm, then grabbed a red one—satin bra with little bows, garter belt attached, stockings clipped on display.
“Red’s bold,” I said.
“I’m feeling bold today.” She glanced around, then leaned close. “Imagine peeling this off me later. Slow. One clip at a time.”
My voice came out rough. “Keep talking like that and we’re not making it home.”
She bit her lip, pleased. “Promise?”
She kept going—picked up a white sheer babydoll thing that would hide nothing, then a green satin slip with slits up the sides.
“Too many?” she asked, looking at the pile on her arm.
“Nope. Try them on. I’ll wait.”
She disappeared into the fitting room. I leaned against the wall outside, trying to look casual while my mind ran through every piece she’d grabbed.
A few minutes later the curtain slid open just enough for her to peek out.
“Come here,” she whispered.
I checked—no one was looking. Slipped inside.
She’d put on the black lace first. Bra pushed her tits up perfectly, nipples dark through the sheer parts. Thong high on her hips, cutting across her ass in a way that made my mouth dry. She turned slow, showing me the back—two thin straps over her shoulders, ass cheeks framed like a gift.
“Like?” she asked, voice soft.
I stepped closer, hands sliding to her waist. “Fuck yes.”
She pressed back against me, grinding once—slow, deliberate. I was hard instantly.
“Shh,” she giggled. “Not here. But… soon.”
She changed quick—tried the red next. The garter belt hugged her thighs, stockings sheer black. She hooked one leg up on the little bench, posing.
“Red’s my favorite so far,” I admitted.
“Mine too.” She ran her hands down her sides. “Feels sexy. Powerful.”
Next was the white babydoll. Sheer enough I could see every curve, every freckle. She spun, fabric floating.
“Too innocent?” she asked.
“Not on you.” I pulled her in, kissed her neck. “You make innocent look filthy.”
She moaned quietly, head tilting to give me more skin.
Last one—the green satin slip. She slid it over her head, let it fall. It clung to her like water, slits showing flashes of thigh every time she moved.
“This one’s easy access,” she whispered, lifting the hem just enough to show she wasn’t wearing anything underneath in the fitting room.
I groaned low. “You’re killing me.”
She dropped the hem, turned to face me. “I’m buying all of them. But I’m wearing the red tonight. With the garters.”
I nodded, words gone.
She changed back into her normal clothes fast, handed me the pile. “You pay. I’ll wait outside. Don’t want the salesgirl thinking we were doing something naughty in there.”
I laughed. “Too late for that.”
At the counter, the girl rang everything up without blinking—black lace set, red with garters, white babydoll, green slip. Total made my wallet cry a little, but worth every cent.
Yooyeon waited by the door, swinging the bag when I came out.
“Thank you,” she said, kissing me quick—right there in the mall hallway.
“Anytime.”
We walked out slow, her arm looped through mine. The mall was still buzzing, but it felt like we were in our own bubble.
“Home now?” I asked.
She nodded. “Yeah. But first… one more stop.”
She pulled me toward a small stand selling those giant soft ice creams on sticks—dipped in chocolate, covered in sprinkles.
“Last treat before we go,” she said. “Then you get to unwrap me like a present.”
I bought two—one for each of us. She took a big bite, chocolate smearing her lips.
“Race you to the car?” she teased, already walking backward.
I caught her waist, pulled her close.
“No racing. I want to take my time getting you home.”
She smiled against my mouth, tasting like chocolate and trouble.
“Good,” she whispered. “Because I want you to take your time taking everything off me too.”
We headed to the parking lot, her hand in mine, bag swinging between us.
We got home just as the sun was dipping low.
The drive back was quiet—her hand on my thigh the whole way, fingers tapping a slow rhythm like she was already thinking about what came next.
I parked in our spot, killed the engine. Yooyeon grabbed the bag before I could, swinging it like it weighed nothing.
“Wait in the bedroom,” she said, voice low and teasing. “Don’t peek. I want to surprise you.”
I raised an eyebrow. “How long?”
“Ten minutes. Maybe fifteen. Long enough for you to get hard just thinking about it.”
She laughed when she saw my face, then pushed me toward the hallway with both hands on my chest.
“Go. Shower if you want. But be on the bed when I come in.”
I didn’t argue.
I walked to our room, flipped on the small bedside lamp instead of the overhead light—kept it dim, cozy. Kicked off my shoes, pulled my shirt over my head, tossed it on the chair. Jeans next, then boxers. I lay back on the bed in just my skin, propped against the pillows, cock already half-hard from the way she’d been looking at me all afternoon.
The clock on the nightstand said 7:12. I stared at the ceiling, listening to the sounds of her moving around the apartment—water running in the bathroom, drawers opening and closing, soft footsteps on the wood floor. Every little noise made my pulse kick up.
At 7:28 the bathroom door clicked shut. Then quiet. Too quiet.
I waited.
The bedroom door opened slow.
Yooyeon stepped in.
Fuck.
She’d picked the red one.
The satin bra cupped her perfectly, pushing her breasts up high, little black bows sitting right on the center of each cup like they were begging to be untied. The matching garter belt hugged her waist, thin straps clipping to sheer black stockings that made her legs look a mile long. No panties—just smooth skin, bare pussy already glistening under the soft light. Her hair was down, loose waves framing her face, lips painted a deeper red than usual. She’d done smoky eyes too—made them look darker, hungrier.
She leaned against the doorframe for a second, one hand on her hip, the other trailing down her stomach, stopping just above her clit.
“Like what you see?” she asked, voice husky.
I sat up straighter, cock fully hard now, throbbing against my stomach. “Come here.”
She smiled slow, pushed off the frame, and walked toward the bed. Deliberate steps—hips swaying, stockings whispering with every move. When she reached the edge of the mattress she stopped, just out of reach.
“Not yet,” she said. “Look first.”
She turned slowly, showing me the back. The garter straps framed her ass perfectly, crisscrossing over her cheeks. She bent forward a little, hands on her knees, arching her back so I could see everything—pink folds already wet, clit peeking out.
“Jesus, Yooyeon…”
She straightened, turned back to face me. Climbed onto the bed on her knees, crawling toward me like a cat. The satin bra shifted with every move, nipples hard and visible through the thin fabric.
When she reached me she straddled my thighs, not sitting down yet—just hovering, heat from her pussy radiating against my cock.
“Touch me,” she whispered.
My hands went to her waist first, thumbs brushing the satin of the garter belt. Then up, cupping her breasts through the bra. Heavy, soft. I dragged my thumbs over her nipples—she gasped, hips jerking forward so her wet slit slid along my length.
“Fuck,” I groaned. “You’re soaked already.”
“Been wet since the fitting room,” she admitted, rocking slow. “Thought about you the whole time I was trying these on.”
I reached behind her, found the bra clasp. One flick—hooks undone. The red satin fell away. Her breasts spilled out, nipples dark and tight. I leaned in, took one in my mouth, sucked hard. She moaned loud, fingers tangling in my hair, pulling me closer.
“Yes—like that—”
I switched to the other, tongue flicking, teeth grazing just enough. Her hips rolled faster, coating my cock in her slick.
“Want you inside,” she panted. “Now.”
She lifted up, reached between us, lined me up. Sank down slow this time—inch by inch, eyes locked on mine. We both groaned when she bottomed out, her ass flush against my thighs.
“So full,” she breathed. “Love how you stretch me.”
She started riding—slow at first, rolling her hips in that perfect circle. The garter straps pulled tight every time she lifted, stockings sliding against my skin. I grabbed her ass, helped her move—lifting her, slamming her back down.
“Harder,” she begged. “Fuck me like you mean it.”
I thrust up hard, meeting her halfway. The bed creaked. Her tits bounced with every slam, nipples brushing my chest. She leaned forward, kissed me messy—tongue deep, teeth clashing.
“Gonna come soon,” she whimpered against my mouth. “Touch my clit—please—”
I slid one hand between us, found her swollen clit with my thumb. Rubbed fast, firm circles. She jerked, whole body tensing.
“Right there—fuck—don’t stop—”
Her pussy clenched hard around me, fluttering. She cried out, loud and broken, nails digging into my shoulders. I felt her come—hot, wet pulses squeezing my cock, thighs shaking.
I didn’t stop thrusting—fucked her through it, drawing it out until she was trembling, gasping.
When she finally caught her breath she looked at me, eyes glassy.
“Your turn,” she said. “Come inside me. Fill me up with this on.”
She started riding again—faster now, chasing my orgasm. The sight of her in the red lingerie, garters taut, stockings still perfect, hair wild—it was too much.
“Fuck, baby—I’m close—”
“Do it,” she whispered, grinding down deep. “Come in your wife.”
I gripped her hips hard, thrust up once, twice—then buried deep and came. Groaned loud, spilling into her, pulse after pulse. She moaned at the feeling, rocking slow to milk every drop.
We stayed like that for a minute—her on top, me still inside, both breathing hard. She leaned down, kissed me soft this time. Sweaty forehead against mine.
“Worth every cent,” she murmured.
I laughed, breathless. “You’re gonna bankrupt me with more shopping trips like that.”
She kissed my nose. “I’ve got three more sets in the bag.”
She slid off me carefully, cum already starting to drip down her thigh. She didn’t bother wiping it—just lay beside me, one leg thrown over mine, head on my chest.
After a minute she lifted her head, chin on my shoulder, eyes soft but serious.
“Hey,” she whispered. “Can I tell you something?”
“Anything.”
She bit her lip, then smiled small. “I think I want a baby.”
I blinked. Turned my head to look at her properly. “Really? After all this time?”
“Yeah.” She traced my collarbone. “Her family’s been pushing forever, right? But I never wanted it because of them. I wanted it to be because of us. Tonight… wearing this, feeling you inside me, everything just clicked. I want our kid. With you.”
My heart did a weird flip. I pulled her closer, kissed her forehead. “You sure? We’ve been happy just us.”
“I’m sure.” She propped herself up on one elbow. “I’m 26 now. We’ve got the apartment, steady jobs. And I love you so much it hurts sometimes. I want to make a little person who looks like both of us. Who laughs like you when they’re sleepy.”
She paused, voice dropping. “We don’t have to rush. But… maybe we stop being careful tonight. Just see what happens.”
I searched her face. No doubt there. Just warmth. Want.
“Okay,” I said. “If you’re ready, I’m ready.”
Her smile got big. She rolled on top of me again, straddling my hips. The garters stretched tight across her thighs.
“Then let’s make sure,” she said, voice playful now. “One more round. Deep. No pulling out this time.”
I was already getting hard again just from her words. She felt it, grinned, reached down and stroked me slow.
“See? You want it too.”
She lifted up, guided me back inside her—still slick from before, warm and easy. We both sighed when I slid all the way in.
“Fuck, baby… you feel perfect,” I groaned.
She started moving, slow and deep this time. No rush. Hips rolling in that way she knows drives me crazy. Her hands on my chest, nails light.
“Imagine it,” she whispered, eyes half-closed. “Me getting round with our baby. You rubbing my belly. Us picking names in bed like this.”
I gripped her hips, thrust up gentle to meet her. “Boy or girl?”
“Doesn’t matter. As long as they’re ours.”
She leaned down, kissed me slow—tongue sliding against mine, breathing together. We rocked like that for long minutes, building steady. No loud moans this time. Just soft sounds, skin on skin, her breath in my ear.
“I love you,” she said against my mouth. “So much.”
“Love you more. Always.”
Her rhythm got a little faster. She clenched around me, close again.
“Come with me,” she breathed. “Inside. All the way.”
I held her tight, thrust deep, and let go. She came right after—quiet gasp, body shaking, milking me. I filled her again, pulse after pulse, imagining it taking root.
We stayed joined, her on my chest, breathing slow.
She kissed my jaw. “That felt different. Special.”
“Yeah.”
She smiled sleepy. “Maybe it worked. Maybe not. We’ll try again tomorrow if we have to.”
I laughed soft, wrapped my arms around her. “Every night. As many as it takes.”
She nuzzled closer, still in her red lingerie, garters tangled in the sheets.
Our future felt wide open now. Just us, plus maybe one more.
Your best friend yooyeon just broke up with her bf of multiple years. She's devastated. She comes to you, and you expect a sob story. Drinking to forget the pain. But against all odds, she wants you to fuck the loneliness out of her. "I don't want to be drunk, I need to feel something right now ... "
It starts slow, and sweet. You worship her body, whisper praise in her ear, and she eats it all up. She deserved better. She deserves ... you. The two of you come to realize that you're each other's perfect fit.
That's when she offers to let you fuck her in the ass. She never let her ex near her asshole. But she wants to forget him, make new memories, and what better way that to pound a load up her butt?
It is both gentle and filthy. You push into her carefully, she eases herself back onto you. She experiments with dirty talk, and you nearly cum on the spot.
When it's all said and done, the two of you are cuddling, sweaty, covered in each other's fluids, and your name is the only one on her lips.
More than a rebound
Yooyeon x male reader
The rain pattered against the window of your apartment as you heard the knock at the door. It was late, past midnight, and you weren't expecting anyone. But when you peered through the peephole and saw Yooyeon's familiar silhouette, soaked from the downpour, your heart sank. She had broken up with her boyfriend earlier that week, multiple years down the drain, just like that. You braced yourself for the inevitable: tears, tissues, and a night of consoling her through the heartbreak. You opened the door quickly, ushering her inside.
"Yooyeon, oh god, come in, you're drenched," you said, grabbing a towel from the bathroom and wrapping it around her shoulders. She stood there in the entryway, her dark hair plastered to her face, mascara slightly smudged but not running like a river. Her eyes were red, but there was something different in her expression it was not the shattered fragility you anticipated, but a quiet intensity.
She shrugged off her wet jacket, letting it drip onto the floor mat. "Thanks," she murmured, her voice steady despite the tremble in her hands. You led her to the couch, flicking on a lamp to chase away the shadows. The room smelled faintly of the takeout you'd had earlier, but now it was filled with the fresh scent of rain clinging to her clothes.
"Want some tea? Or... I don't know, something stronger?" you offered, thinking of the half-empty bottle of wine in the kitchen. You expected her to nod, to dive into the pain, to unload the story of betrayal or whatever had finally snapped their long relationship.
But she shook her head, towel clutched in her fists. She sat down beside you, closer than usual, her knee brushing yours. "No drinks. I don't want to be drunk tonight. I need to feel something right now... something real." Her gaze locked onto yours, and the air thickened. You blinked, caught off guard. This wasn't the script you'd rehearsed in your mind.
"Feel something? Like... talk about it?" you ventured, but even as the words left your mouth, you saw the shift in her eyes, a hunger, raw and unfiltered. She reached out, her hand resting on your thigh, fingers pressing just enough to send a spark up your spine.
"No. I mean... you. I want you to fuck the loneliness out of me." The words hung there, bold and unapologetic. Your breath hitched. Yooyeon, your best friend for years, the one you'd always secretly admired, the curve of her smile, the way her laugh lit up a room that Kim Yooeyeon was asking for this. Not out of desperation in the alcoholic haze, but sober, needing connection on a level that terrified and thrilled you.
You searched her face for doubt, but there was none. "Are you sure? I mean, we've never..." Trailing off felt stupid; the tension between you had simmered for ages, unspoken glances during movie nights, accidental touches that lingered too long.
She nodded, leaning in, her lips brushing your ear. "I'm sure. Please. Make me forget him. Make me feel wanted." Her voice cracked on the last word, vulnerability peeking through the resolve.
That was all it took. You cupped her face gently, thumbs tracing her cheekbones, and kissed her. Soft at first, testing, lips meeting in a tentative dance. She sighed into it, her body melting against yours. The kiss deepened slowly, tongues exploring with a sweetness that belied the urgency building beneath. Your hands roamed her back, pulling her closer, feeling the damp fabric of her shirt cling to her skin.
You broke apart only to stand, offering your hand. She took it, following you to the bedroom without a word. The space was dimly lit by the bedside lamp, casting warm glows over the rumpled sheets. You turned to her, heart pounding. "We can stop anytime," you whispered, but she shook her head, already peeling off her wet top.
Her skin glistened from the rain, nipples hardening in the cool air as her bra came next. You drank her beauty in, her full breasts, soft waist, the gentle flare of her hips. She was beautiful, always had been, but now she was yours to worship. You stepped forward, hands reverent as you traced her collarbone, down to cup her breasts. "You're so fucking perfect," you murmured, voice low and sincere. "He never deserved you. Look at you, every inch of you is a goddamn treasure."
She shivered under your touch, eyes fluttering shut as you leaned down to kiss her neck, lips trailing feather-light. "I've wanted this for so long," you confessed against her skin, nipping gently. "To show you how you should be treated. Like the queen you are." Your words were praise, pure and adoring, and she arched into you, a soft moan escaping her lips.
You guided her to the bed, laying her back against the pillows. Kneeling between her legs, you undressed her slowly, jeans sliding down her toned thighs, panties following to reveal her pink pussy, already glistening with arousal. "God, Yooyeon, you're wet for me already. So ready. You deserve to be adored like this." Your fingers parted her folds gently, thumb circling her clit with agonizing slowness.
She gasped, hips bucking slightly. "Please... touch me more." Her voice was breathy, needy, but you took your time, savoring her. Leaning down, you kissed her inner thighs, tongue flicking out to taste her skin, it was salty from the rain, warm from her heat. When your mouth finally found her pussy, you licked her slowly, savoring the tangy sweetness. Your tongue delved between her lips, lapping at her entrance before sucking her clit into your mouth.
"Oh fuck, yes," she whimpered, fingers threading through your hair. You hummed against her, the vibration making her squirm. "You taste incredible," you praised between licks, "like honey. I could eat you forever." Your hands gripped her thighs, holding her open as you worked her over, tongue thrusting inside her, then swirling around her clit, building her pleasure layer by layer.
She came undone slowly, her body tensing, breaths coming in ragged pants. "I'm... close," she warned, and you doubled down, sucking harder, fingers slipping inside her to curl against that spot. Her orgasm washed over her in waves, pussy clenching around your fingers, juices coating your chin. You didn't stop until she was trembling, pulling you up for a kiss where she could taste herself on your lips.
"Your turn to feel good," she said, but you shook your head, stripping off your clothes. Your cock sprang free, hard and throbbing, pre-cum beading at the tip. Her eyes widened appreciatively. "Let me worship you first," you insisted, positioning yourself at her entrance.
You pushed in slowly, inch by inch, her tight heat enveloping you. She was soaked, making the slide easy, but you savored every moment. "Fuck, you're so tight, so perfect around me," you groaned, bottoming out. She wrapped her legs around your waist, pulling you deeper. You started a gentle rhythm, hips rolling in slow thrusts, each one drawing moans from her.
"You feel amazing," you whispered, kissing her forehead, her eyelids, her lips. "Like we were made for this. For each other." The words slipped out, but they felt true, the way her body responded to yours, syncing perfectly. She met your thrusts, her nails digging into your back, but it was tender and emotional.
As you fucked her steadily, the realization dawned. This wasn't just rebound sex; it was revelation. Her eyes locked on yours, filled with something deeper than lust it was a connection, the kind you'd both craved without admitting. "I think... you're the one I've been waiting for," she breathed, and you kissed her fiercely, pace quickening just enough to chase the building ecstasy.
You came together, her pussy fluttering around your cock as you spilled inside her, hot spurts filling her up. Panting, you collapsed beside her, but she wasn't done. Rolling to face you, her hand trailed down your chest, fingers wrapping around your softening cock, stroking it back to life.
"I want more," she said, voice husky. "Something new. Something he never got." Her cheeks flushed, but her gaze was determined. "Fuck my ass. I never let him near it. But with you... I want to make new memories. Forget him completely."
Your cock twitched in her hand at the offer, the taboo thrill igniting fresh desire. "Are you sure? We can go slow, make it good for you." She nodded, biting her lip. You reached for the lube that was coincidentally in the nightstand and slicked your fingers, then her tight hole. She was on her side, one leg lifted, and you circled her asshole gently, pressing a finger in.
She tensed at first, then relaxed with a sigh. "That feels... weird, but good." You worked her open slowly, adding a second finger, scissoring them to stretch her. Your free hand stroked her clit, keeping her aroused, mixing pleasure with the new sensation. "You're doing so well," you praised. "Taking my fingers like a good girl. Your ass is so tight, gonna feel incredible around my cock."
She moaned, pushing back against your hand. "Yeah? You like my virgin ass?" Her attempt at dirty talk was tentative, but it sent a jolt straight to your groin. You nearly came right there, pre-cum leaking onto her thigh.
"Fuck yes, I do," you growled, withdrawing your fingers. Positioning your cock at her entrance, you lubed it generously. "Relax for me, baby. Ease back onto it." She did, breath hitching as the head breached her ring of muscle. It was slow and agonizingly so, her ass was clenching around the intrusion. You held still, letting her adjust, whispering encouragement. "That's it, take me. So fucking hot, Yooyeon. Your ass is mine now."
Inch by inch, she worked herself back, until you were buried deep. The tightness was exquisite, hotter than her pussy, gripping you like a vice. "Oh god, it's so full," she gasped, but there was pleasure in her voice. You started with shallow thrusts, gentle, building rhythm. Her hand reached back to grip your hip, urging you on.
"Harder," she demanded, voice turning filthy. "Pound my ass, make it yours. I want your cum deep in my butt, marking me as yours." The words tumbled out, experimental and raw, and you groaned, hips snapping forward.
You fucked her ass steadily, one hand on her hip, the other rubbing her pussy to heighten her pleasure. She babbled more dirty talk,: "Feels so dirty, your cock stretching my shithole. Fuck me like the slut I am for you." Each word pushed you closer, your balls tightening.
Sweat slicked your bodies, the room filling with the sounds of fleshslapping, her moans, your grunts. She came first, ass clenching rhythmically around you as her fingers guided by yours worked her clit. The vice-like grip milked you, and you followed, thrusting deep and unloading, cum flooding her ass in thick ropes.
Pulling out carefully, you watched your seed leak from her stretched hole, a filthy sight that made your cock twitch. But tenderness took over. You gathered her into your arms, both of you sweaty, sticky with cum and lube. She nestled against your chest, legs tangled, her head on your shoulder. Fluids cooled between you, but the closeness burned bright. "I love you," she confessed, the words slipping out naturally."
"Love you too," you replied, sealing it with a kiss. The loneliness was gone, replaced by this—perfect, filthy, sweet union.
"That was... incredible," she whispered, tracing patterns on your skin. Fluids smeared between you, your cum on her thighs, her arousal on the sheets, but it felt intimate and binding. "You're the only one I want now," she said softly, lips brushing your neck. Your name escaped her lips like a prayer, repeated in the quiet afterglow. And as you held her, you knew this was just the beginning.
The night stretched on, but neither of you moved much. Yooyeon's breathing evened out against your skin, but sleep didn't claim her yet. Instead, she lifted her head, eyes searching yours in the low light. "I meant what I said earlier. About you being the one." Her voice was vulnerable again, stripped bare after the intensity.
You brushed a strand of hair from her face, thumb lingering on her cheek. "I feel it too. We've been circling this for years, haven't we?" The admission hung between you, solidifying the shift from friends to something more.
She smiled faintly, the first real one since she arrived. "Yeah. And now... no going back." Her hand slid down your body, not for sex this time, but to intertwine fingers with yours. The sweat cooling on your skin made you shiver, but her warmth grounded you.
You stand in the middle of the main quad, clutching the thin plastic folder they handed you at check‑in. Around you, freshmen swarm—name tags, group numbers, selfie sticks, seniors shouting instructions into megaphones. It feels strange, being “the older guy” but still a first-year. Two years in the military and an extra year working part‑time before applying to university will do that.
You inhale the crisp early spring air and exhale slowly.
New campus. New start.
But it isn’t really new, is it?
Because somewhere on this campus, Kim Yooyeon is in her third year.
You roll her name around in your head like you’re testing how it feels on your tongue after all this time. Yooyeon. The girl whose house you practically lived in during childhood. The one who cried into your shoulder when her mom first told her she might have a little sister someday. The one you texted endlessly until… life got heavy, and the messages got further apart.
You glance down at your phone. No new notifications.
“Group 3, over here! Humanities majors, this way!”
You adjust your backpack and wander toward the voice. A girl with a clipboard stands on a small portable stage, mic in hand. Her hair is pulled back into a neat ponytail, committee T‑shirt tucked into jeans. Confident, bright voice, the easy kind of smile that makes people listen.
“Group 3! Please gather in front of the banner. If your name tag says ‘3’ in the top right corner, come here!”
The sound cuts clean through the noise. Her voice tickles something in the back of your memory.
You squint at the stage, half‑focusing, half‑daydreaming. She turns, laughing at something another committee member says, and the sun catches her profile.
You blink.
…No way.
The resemblance is there—same soft jawline, same teasing curve to her lips when she smiles, same mole near the corner of her eye. But the girl you knew wore school uniforms and oversized hoodies, had bangs she always complained about, and cried easily when she was tired.
This woman on stage has the same face, but sharpened by time and framed by maturity.
You shake your head, chuckling at yourself. It’s been years. Of course your brain’s going to paste familiar faces onto strangers. Besides, Yooyeon would’ve told you if she were on the orientation committee, right…?
Your phone screen is still blank.
“Hey, you,” someone snaps their fingers lightly in front of you.
You turn. A shorter guy with round glasses points to your name tag. “You’re Group 3, right? Go over there or they’re gonna make us do icebreakers all over again.”
“Right. Thanks.”
You move forward with the small stream of students to the front of the banner. The committee girl on stage checks her clipboard.
“Group 3, we’re almost all here, I think.” She adjusts the mic. “If I call your name, just raise your hand and say ‘here’. We’ll split into smaller teams after.”
She starts reading off names. Students mumble “here” as usual. You half‑listen, still debating whether to message Yooyeon something simple like Hey, I’m on campus or something stupidly cheesy like Guess who’s finally a freshman?
“…Y/N.”
Your head snaps up.
She says your name again, slower this time, like she doesn’t trust her own eyes.
“Y/N…?”
You raise your hand. “Here.”
The mic lowers a few centimeters. Her eyes lock onto yours across the crowd, and for a heartbeat the entire quad might as well disappear.
Time folds.
She doesn’t move. You see it happen—her brain racing through disbelief, recognition, and then a flood of emotion that hits her like a physical wave. Her lips part. The hand holding the clipboard trembles slightly.
The committee member beside her whispers, “Sunbae? You okay?”
She doesn’t answer. She hands him the mic without looking, mutters, “Can you handle Group 3 for a bit?” and hops off the side of the small stage, nearly tripping over the step.
You stay frozen as she power‑walks straight toward you, the crowd parting around her without even realizing. The closer she gets, the clearer the details: the faint dark circles under her eyes, the way her ponytail sways, the tiny scar on her knuckle from when you both fell off bikes as kids.
She stops a meter away, breathing a little too fast.
“Y/N,” she says, this time without the mic, just your name in her real voice.
Hearing it from her lips for the first time in years hits you harder than you expect. You swallow.
“Yooyeon.”
Her eyes instantly shine. She laughs, but it breaks halfway, catching on a sob she tries to swallow down. She drops the clipboard. It hits the ground with a flat smack.
Then she launches at you.
You barely have time to open your arms before she’s there—warm, solid, and shaking. Her arms wrap around your torso so hard you actually stagger back a step. You catch your balance, then embrace her fully, palms sliding along her back naturally like they’ve done it a thousand times before.
Her face presses into your chest. The scent of mild fabric softener and something floral tickles your nose. You feel her shoulders trembling.
“Hey,” you murmur, instinctively soft, one hand cradling the back of her head like she might break. “Yooyeon-ah…”
“You—” Her words are muffled against your shirt. “You idiot.”
You huff out a quiet laugh. “Already? We just met again.”
“You’re really here,” she says instead, as if you didn’t speak. “You’re really… on campus. I thought…” Her voice shakes. “I thought I’d just get a photo one day. Or a wedding invitation. Or nothing.”
Your chest tightens. You pull back a few centimeters so you can see her face.
Her eyes are glassy, tears clinging stubbornly to her lashes. One already slipped down and left a small, shining trail along her cheek.
You thumb it away gently. “I tried to text. Training, base assignments, all that—”
“You stopped again.” She pouts. It’s so familiar it almost hurts. “You always disappear when things get hard.”
You don’t flinch away from that. You nod slowly. “I know. I’m sorry.”
“You should be.” She sniffs, but she doesn’t push you away. If anything, she leans in closer, fingers bunching in the back of your shirt like she’s afraid you’ll vanish if she lets go.
You wrap your arms around her again, this time with intention. You’re careful—not too tight, not too possessive. Just… steady. Solid. Letting her feel that you’re here. Present.
“I’m done disappearing,” you say quietly, more to her hair than to her face. “I got sick of that version of me. I wanted to come back when I could stay.”
Her breath hitches against your chest at that.
A distant voice from the stage awkwardly continues calling roll for Group 3, but your little pocket of space might as well be under glass. A few freshmen steal glances; some committee members stare; nobody interrupts.
Yooyeon finally pulls away enough to look up at you properly. Her eyes travel over your face like she’s cataloging changes: the sharper jaw, the broader shoulders, the faint tan line on your neck.
“You got… older,” she says lamely.
“You too,” you counter, smiling. “You look… good. Really good.”
Her cheeks flush, but she doesn’t look away. “You look… like someone who fought with a lot of alarm clocks in the military.”
“Alarm clocks, sergeants, the occasional wild boar,” you joke lightly.
She laughs, the sound half‑wet but real. “You haven’t changed that much.”
“Did you want me to?”
She hesitates, then shakes her head. “No. I… like that you still talk like this.”
You glance around. “Shouldn’t you be, like, managing this orientation or something? They’ll kick you out of the committee if you just abandon your group for some old friend.”
Her eyes soften at the word “friend,” like it pinches somewhere.
“Let them try,” she mutters. “They can’t fire me for hugging my childhood…” She trails off, searching for the word, then gives up and looks back at you. “You.”
You feel heat rise in your own cheeks. “Just ‘you,’ huh?”
“Yeah. Just you.”
She steps back reluctantly, wipes under her eyes with the heel of her palm, then remembers she’s wearing makeup and winces. “Ah, I’m ruining everything.”
“Here.” You pull a clean tissue from your pocket—habit from always carrying extras back then for both sisters’ runny noses and random crying spells. “Tilt your head a bit.”
She does, surprisingly obedient. You dab lightly under her eyes, careful not to smudge too much, your touch feather-light, never forcing her chin, always asking with your eyes before you move closer.
She watches you the whole time, something tender and almost fragile in her gaze.
“You’re still annoyingly gentle,” she murmurs.
“Is that a complaint?”
“No.” She smiles softly. “It’s… very you.”
You finish and take a small step back. “There. Committee sunbae image restored. Kind of.”
“I was going for ‘unreachable goddess,’ but I guess ‘crybaby reunion girl’ works too,” she grumbles, but the joking makes her shoulders relax.
“Unreachable, huh?” You raise a brow. “Then is it okay if I… text you? Call you? Bother you on campus?”
“If you don’t,” she says immediately, “I’m transferring.”
You laugh properly this time. “That’s a bit extreme.”
“Three years,” she says quietly. “Three CSATs. One stubborn kid sister. And no you.” She squares her shoulders. “You owe me.”
Your smile softens. “You’re right. I do.”
You glance at her committee badge. “You have to go back, don’t you? I’ll join my group. We can talk more later.”
She bites her lip, hesitating. Then, quickly, “Are you free after this? Maybe we can grab coffee? Or… dinner? Or just sit on a bench for six hours. I don’t care.”
“I’m free,” you say, without even checking your schedule. “You can show me around. Senior tour, right?”
Her eyes light up. “Good. Don’t disappear before then.”
You nod once, serious. “I won’t.”
She bends swiftly to pick up her clipboard, then turns and heads back to the stage. Just before stepping up, she glances over her shoulder at you.
You give a small two-finger wave. She rolls her eyes at how dorky it is, but her smile reaches her eyes this time.
—
The café is warm and quiet, the kind of place that plays soft indie music and smells like fresh bread. You choose a corner table by the window.
Yooyeon orders a latte; you get an Americano. When you reach for your wallet, she slaps your hand lightly.
“Hey, I invited you.”
“You’re a student with three extra years of tuition debt,” you counter. “I’m a guy fresh out of service with some savings. Let me.”
Her eyes widen slightly, then curve. “Fine. But next time, it’s on me.”
Your lips curve. “Next time, huh? That sounds like a promise.”
“It is.” She holds your gaze. “You’re not slipping away again.”
You nod, serious. “I won’t.”
When the drinks come, the conversation flows in fits and starts at first—questions about majors, professors, your department’s building, her favorite campus spots. But soon, it dips deeper.
She tells you about failing the CSAT twice, about the pressure, about watching her friends move on while she stayed behind.
“I envied you, you know?” she admits quietly, tracing circles on her cup with her finger. “You left. You went to the military, you worked, you… moved forward. Even if it was hard.”
“That didn’t always feel like forward,” you say. “Sometimes it felt like… just surviving the day. But I get what you mean.” You pause. “I envied you too.”
She scoffs. “What, my three years of suffering?”
“Your courage to try again,” you answer. “To sit that exam over and over, knowing how bad it felt the first time. I’m not sure I could’ve done that.”
She looks small and uncertain for a moment, then clears her throat. “Well. I did it. I got in. Late, but I’m here.”
“And I’m glad you are,” you say, meaning it more than you can explain. “If you’d given up… we might not have met like this.”
Her eyes flicker, then soften. “Yeah. I’m… glad too.”
You talk about your military life only in broad strokes, skimming over the ugly parts but not pretending it was fine.
“It was… a lot,” you say. “But it forced me to think about what I actually want. I realized I kept running away. From hometowns, from people, from myself. So I made a decision. When I get out, I go back. I fix what I can.”
“So you chose this university because of me?” she asks, half-teasing, half-hopeful.
“I chose it because it has a good program,” you reply, then smile. “And because I knew someone here who might punch me if I didn’t come.”
She laughs, then quiets. “You didn’t know if I’d still want you around.”
“I hoped,” you say simply. “But I promised myself I’d accept it if you didn’t. Being fair to you was more important than making myself feel better.”
Her gaze lingers on you longer this time, studying. “You really did change a bit.”
“In a good way?”
“In a… green flag way,” she says.
You blink. “A what?”
She laughs, covering her mouth. “Never mind. It’s a good thing. Trust me.”
You shrug, smiling. “I’ll take your word for it.”
The sky outside slowly darkens as you catch each other up on smaller details—mutual friends, old neighbors, little gossip about teachers. Every time her stories brush up against hardship—panic attacks before exams, watching her parents worry, tension with Jiwoo when stress ran high—you listen. You don’t try to fix it. You ask gentle questions: “How did that feel?” “What helped?” “What do you need now?”
She notices. You can tell by the way her shoulders ease, by the way she starts offering things she hadn’t planned to share.
“I thought,” she says at one point, eyes fixed on her latte foam, “if you ever came back, I’d… I don’t know. Be angry. Or pretend I didn’t care. But the second I saw you today…” She trails off, then looks up at you. “…it just felt like my chest finally exhaled after holding its breath for three years.”
Your hand, resting on the table, curls slowly. You resist the urge to reach over and take hers, not knowing if she’s ready for that yet. Instead, you tilt your head, letting your eyes soften.
“I’m… really glad you felt that,” you answer. “Because when I heard your voice on that stage, I felt… home, suddenly. For the first time in a long time.”
Her breath catches.
For a few seconds, the café noise fades. The two of you sit there, just breathing in the weight of that word.
Home.
She blinks first, turning away abruptly and dry‑laughing. “Wow. Okay. Emotion. Too much for one day. Let’s… talk about something else before I start crying again and the barista bans us.”
“Okay,” you reply readily, giving her the out she needs. “Let’s talk about Jiwoo, then. How’s she?”
“Chaotic,” she answers instantly, relief in the change of topic. “Stubborn. Smart. Stressed. Very much your fan and very much mad at you.”
“I deserve that,” you say. “Has she… grown a lot?”
Yooyeon grins, mischief slipping in. “You’ll see. She’s in her third year now. She’s taking the CSAT this fall.”
“That soon…” You lean back. “She must be really stressed.”
“She is,” Yooyeon admits. “But she’s working hard. And—” She hesitates, then looks at you. “If you’re okay with it… we’d like you to come over this weekend.”
Your heart jumps. “Your parents… would be okay with that?”
She snorts. “They still talk about you like their long‑lost son. Mom kept your favorite mug for years, just in case.” She takes a breath. “They’ll be happy you’re back. And Jiwoo… She’ll probably scream first, then cry, then hit you.”
“That tracks,” you say, smiling softly. “I’ll take it.”
“Good.” Yooyeon fiddles with her straw. “I’ll text you the time. And… there’s something else.”
You tilt your head. “Yeah?”
She bites her lip, looking suddenly shy. “You… you’re good at studying. And explaining things. You were always patient with us when we didn’t understand homework. So… if you’re not too busy… Think about it. Not now. Just, keep it in your mind.”
You piece it together. “You want me to help tutor Jiwoo.”
Her eyes widen. “How did you—”
“You mentioned the CSAT and stress and you looked guilty when you said my name,” you say gently. “I’d be happy to help. Really.”
“You don’t even know her level yet.”
“Doesn’t matter,” you reply. “If she wants help and your parents are okay with it, I’ll do my best. I won’t push her too hard. I know what that exam can do to people.”
Her shoulders sag in relief. “Thank you. I… really didn’t want to pressure you, after everything. But having you… back, and helping her, it would mean a lot. To all of us.”
“Then let me,” you say. “Consider it part of my… making up for lost time.”
She looks at you for a long moment, then slowly reaches across the table.
This time, she doesn’t stop halfway.
Her fingers touch the back of your hand, tentative at first. You stay perfectly still, giving her control. When she doesn’t pull away, you gently turn your palm upward so her hand can fit more comfortably on top of yours.
Her hand is smaller than you remember, or maybe your hand just got bigger. Warm. Slightly cold fingertips from holding her drink.
“You don’t have to make everything up,” she whispers. “You just have to… stay.”
You curl your fingers very lightly, not trapping, just holding.
“I will,” you say.
And you mean it.
—
Two days later, you stand in front of a house that is both painfully familiar and different in a dozen small ways.
The gate is the same, though the paint is fresher. The small garden by the side has more potted plants now. The wind chime you remember is gone, replaced by a new one that makes a softer, lower sound.
Your heart thumps a little too loud in your ears.
You ring the bell.
Footsteps. A shadow behind the frosted glass. The door opens—just a crack at first—and then wide.
“Y/N?”
Her mother looks almost the same. A few more lines by her eyes, a few more silver strands in her hair, but the warmth in her gaze is exactly as you remember.
You bow deeply. “Auntie.”
For a split second, she just stares. Then, like a switch flipping, her expression crumbles into raw emotion.
“You…” Her voice breaks. “You’re really…”
You straighten just in time for her to pull you into a hug.
It’s tight, maternal, the kind of embrace that doesn’t ask permission. You fold into it without resistance, bowing your head slightly so she can tuck you under her chin like she used to when you tripped over your shoelaces as a kid.
“My boy came back,” she murmurs, voice thick. “You grew up so much. Look at you…”
“I’m sorry,” you say quietly, your throat closing up. “For disappearing. For worrying you.”
She swats your shoulder lightly while still hugging you. “You are sorry. Good. That makes it easier to forgive.”
You laugh, the sound coming out half‑shaky. When she finally lets you go, her eyes are wet.
“Come in, come in,” she fusses, wiping at her cheeks. “Your uncle’s on his way home. He nearly dropped his phone when I told him.”
You step inside, toes remembering the exact spot where the entryway is slightly uneven. The air smells like the same detergent, the same seasoning, the same home you spent so many afternoons in.
“Yooyeon’s in the kitchen,” her mother says, voice still fondly exasperated. “She’s been peeking out the window since morning.”
“I have not!” Yooyeon’s voice calls indignantly from the hallway.
She appears a moment later, wiping her hands on a dish towel. When she sees you, she brightens instantly.
“You came,” she says again, as if she still can’t quite believe it.
“I said I would,” you reply.
She rolls her eyes but her smile is wide. “Jiwoo! He’s here!”
A clatter from somewhere deeper in the house. Rapid footsteps. You turn toward the sound, heart doing something odd in your chest.
“Wha— Don’t rush, you’ll slip!” Yooyeon warns, already too late.
Because Jiwoo bursts into the entryway like a gust of wind.
For a second, your brain refuses to reconcile the image before you.
She’s tall now—still shorter than you, but no longer the tiny kid who could hide behind your legs. Her hair falls in soft waves past her shoulders, bangs clipped to the side. She’s wearing a simple T‑shirt and sweatpants, clearly having been studying at home, a pencil still tucked behind one ear.
“Oppa?” she breathes, like she’s afraid to say it too loudly.
Your chest goes hot and tight.
“Hey, Jiwoo,” you say softly.
She stares. Her eyes shimmer. Her mouth opens and closes, but no sound comes out. You watch a dozen emotions flicker across her face—shock, disbelief, anger, hurt, joy—too fast to name.
Then she moves.
She closes the distance in two steps and collides with you, arms wrapping around your middle with a force that almost knocks the air out of your lungs. Her face buries into your chest, just like Yooyeon’s did, but there’s more urgency, more almost‑frantic energy in the way she clings.
“You—” Her voice shreds. “You— You really— Oh my god—”
Your arms come up instinctively, one around her shoulders, one cradling the back of her head. She’s trembling, small hiccuping breaths shaking her whole body.
“I’m here,” you murmur, voice low and steady. “I’m really here, Jiwoo‑ya.”
“You didn’t call,” she chokes out between sobs. “You didn’t text. I thought— I thought you forgot us. I thought you just… moved on.”
“I never forgot,” you say immediately, guilt burning. “I was just… a coward. And overwhelmed. It’s not an excuse, but… I’m sorry.”
She shakes her head against you. “You’re so mean,” she mumbles, words muffled by your shirt. “You’re so, so mean.”
“I know.” Your hand moves in slow, soothing circles along her back, the same way you used to when she scraped her knee or failed a test. “I know I hurt you. I’m sorry. You deserved better.”
She doesn’t answer with words. She just squeezes you tighter, fingers twisting in your shirt like she’s trying to meld herself to you.
Behind her, you catch Yooyeon’s gaze over Jiwoo’s shoulder. Her eyes are wet again, but she’s smiling—soft, relieved, almost in awe at the sight of her little sister holding onto you like a lifeline.
“You got taller,” you say quietly when Jiwoo’s sobs start to subside.
She sniffs, still not letting go. “You got… broader,” she mutters, like it’s an accusation.
“Military,” you say. “They feed you a lot of rice.”
She lets out a watery laugh against your chest. “You still make stupid jokes.”
“Do you want me to stop?”
“…No.” She finally leans back enough to look up at you.
Up close, the changes are even more striking. Her eyes are the same big, expressive ones you remember, but there’s a new sharpness around them—years of studying, stress, growing up. Her nose has defined more, her jaw lost the baby fat. But when she smiles—small, shy, trembling—it’s the same Jiwoo.
“You look so different,” she whispers.
“So do you,” you reply. “But… it’s still you. I’d know those eyes anywhere.”
Color rises in her cheeks. She swallows, then suddenly slaps your arm—not hard, more like a hurried, emotional tap.
“That’s for leaving without saying goodbye properly,” she says.
You nod. “Fair.”
She slaps your arm again, softer. “That’s for not messaging me on my birthday last year.”
You wince. “Double fair.”
Then she hooks her fingers into your shirt and gives a tiny tug. “And this…” Her voice drops to a wobbly whisper. “…is for coming back.”
This time, she buries herself against you again, but it’s different—less frantic, more… relieved. The tension in her shoulders slowly unwinds, like a rubber band finally released.
You hold her without hesitation, making sure your touch is careful and respectful. You don’t pat her like a child; you hold her like the almost‑adult she is, acknowledging her growth while still honoring the years you missed.
“I’m sorry I missed so much,” you say quietly. “Your middle school graduation. Your birthdays. Your bad days. Your good days. I… I want to be here for the next ones. If you’ll let me.”
She pulls back, wiping at her eyes messily with her sleeve. “You have to make it up,” she declares, voice thick but firm. “All of it. Every year. Every birthday. Everything.”
“I will,” you answer, no hesitation. “If you’ll have me, I’ll earn back every missed year. Slowly. Properly.”
She sniffs, then gives you a look that’s both skeptical and hopeful. “Promise?”
You lift your right hand solemnly. “Promise.”
She stares at your raised hand, then reaches up and hooks her pinky with yours, sealing it with a small shake.
Her mother claps her hands together softly. “Good. Now that the crying part is over—”
“It’s not over,” Jiwoo mutters, wiping her nose.
“—we can eat,” she continues. “I made all your favorites. Both of you girls, help set the table. Y/N, you sit. You must be tired.”
“I can help—” you start.
“I remember you,” she says, giving you a mock stern look. “You’ll try to do everything and then apologize when I scold you. Sit. You’re a guest… for today.”
The “for today” dangles there, warm with implication. Family, not guest, if things go the way they used to.
You obey, not wanting to argue with her. As you move to the living room, Jiwoo stays close, fingers brushing your sleeve every few steps like she’s making sure you’re not a dream that will evaporate if she blinks.
When you sit on the couch, she drops down right next to you, shoulder pressed against your arm. Not across from you. Not at a “polite” distance. Right there, like she has every right to the space beside you.
“You really came back…” she murmurs again, more to herself than to you.
You turn your head slightly. “I really did.”
She looks up, eyes meeting yours. There’s still a shine of tears, but now there’s something else too—trust, stubbornness, a fierce determination not to let you go again.
“Good,” she says softly. “Because I’m not letting you disappear this time.”
You smile, warm and gentle. “You, your sister, and your mom already have a contract on that, I think.”
She blinks, then smiles back. “Then sign it with your whole life.”
You nod once, steady. “Deal.”
In the kitchen, you can hear Yooyeon humming to herself as she helps her mother. The smell of food fills the house. The late afternoon light spills in through the familiar windows.
Sitting there, with Jiwoo pressed against your side and the comfortable noise of a family you once thought you’d lost forever surrounding you, you realize something quietly, profoundly:
For the first time in years, you’re not visiting the past.
You’re stepping back into a future you didn’t know you were allowed to have.
And you intend to treat it with all the care, patience, and warmth you wished someone had shown you when you were lost—the same way you’re already starting to treat the two sisters who, without knowing it yet, will both come to hold your heart.
—
Dinner feels like slipping into a memory that’s been quietly waiting for you to come back.
You sit at the same spot you always used to—second from the left, across from Yooyeon, diagonally from Jiwoo. Her father arrives halfway through setting the table, breathless from hurrying.
“Where is he?” he calls from the entryway, half-laughing. “Did he really come back or is your mother playing a prank on me?”
You stand up automatically. “Uncle.”
He freezes at the sight of you, then breaks into a broad grin that crinkles the corners of his eyes.
“Y/N.” He gives your shoulder a solid, approving pat before pulling you into a hug a little less overwhelming than his wife’s but just as sincere. “You’ve become a man.”
“I had to, or the army would’ve yelled at me more,” you say lightly.
He chuckles, clapping your back once more before releasing you. “Good. Sit, sit. Let’s eat before the food gets cold.”
Jiwoo perches back at your side instantly like she’s on a spring, hip brushing yours under the table. Yooyeon watches the whole scene with a soft, almost disbelieving smile, before sitting in her usual place and reaching for the chopsticks.
Throughout dinner, the conversation flows easily. Their parents ask about your major, your dorm, how you’re finding campus life. You answer honestly, but never exaggerate. When you don’t know, you say you don’t know and that you’re still figuring it out. When you talk about the military, you don’t dramatize, but you don’t pretend it was nothing either. They appreciate the straightforwardness—you can see it in the way their father nods, their mother’s eyes soften.
“You always were a steady boy,” she remarks at one point. “Even when things were hard, you never blamed others.”
You shake your head. “I blamed a lot of things in my head. I just tried not to dump it on the people I cared about.”
“Exactly,” she says, satisfied.
Yooyeon watches you with a gaze that lingers a fraction too long each time you look away. When you serve side dishes before taking your own, when you refill everyone’s water glasses without being asked, when you wait until the parents have started eating before you touch your chopsticks—little things, habits etched from childhood and tempered by adulthood.
Green flag, she thinks again, privately amused that the term fits you so well.
Jiwoo, on the other hand, is less subtle.
“You can’t just show up like this and be all—” She gestures vaguely at your entire being, eyes narrowed. “Like this.”
“Like what?” you ask, hiding a smile.
“So… responsible. And nice. And…” She trails off, scowling cutely. “Ugh.”
“Is that good or bad?” you tease.
“Annoying,” she declares, stuffing rice into her mouth.
But then, under the table, you feel a quick, shy nudge of her knee against your leg. Not an accident. You glance down, then up at her. Her ears are red.
You pretend not to notice, for her sake.
You’re careful like that.
—
After dinner, you insist on helping clean up despite repeated protests. Eventually, they relent and let you dry dishes while Yooyeon washes.
“You don’t have to,” she says under her breath, soap suds covering her hands.
“I want to,” you reply simply.
“You always say that,” she mutters, but there’s a quiet gratitude in her tone. “Even when you were tired, you’d say ‘I want to.’”
“Still true,” you say.
She pauses for half a second, then goes back to rinsing plates, lips curved in a small smile.
In the living room, you can hear Jiwoo dragging a chair up to the table, her notebooks rustling. She’s already back at her desk, highlighters in hand, like the brief tsunami of emotion earlier didn’t knock her daily rhythm off too much.
Their mother pokes her head into the kitchen. “Y/N?”
You look up. “Yes, Auntie?”
“About what we talked with Yooyeon last night…” she begins, glancing at her older daughter, who nearly drops a plate in surprise. “Is it okay to ask properly now?”
Yooyeon elbows you subtly, then glares at her mom. “So you were going to ask. Great, now it looks like I forced him.”
You give her a small, reassuring smile before turning back to her mother. “It’s about Jiwoo and the CSAT, right?”
Her mother’s expression brightens in relief. “Yes. I know it’s a lot to ask. You have your own classes, your own life…”
“I’ll do it,” you say, without making her list conditions. “As long as Jiwoo’s okay with it. And as long as it doesn’t become too much pressure for her.”
Yooyeon’s head tilts slightly. “You’re not even going to ask what subjects?”
You shrug. “I can ask that after I agree. The important part is whether she wants help from me specifically. It’s her exam, not mine. If she’d be more comfortable with a hagwon teacher or a different tutor, that should come first.”
Their mother shares a quick look with Yooyeon. It’s a mix of gratitude and something like… impressed surprise.
“We’ll ask her,” she says. “Thank you, Y/N. You’re really…” She trails off, then shakes her head with a chuckle. “You’re really yourself.”
You bow your head slightly. “I’ll try to be a better version this time.”
She smiles and retreats. When she’s gone, Yooyeon flicks water at you.
“You know,” she says, “you didn’t even hesitate. Not even a second.”
“Would it have been better if I said, ‘Hmm, what’s my hourly rate?’” you joke.
She rolls her eyes. “I would’ve punched you.”
“I figured,” you say mildly. “So I chose the less painful route.”
She bumps your shoulder with hers as you both move to the next stack of dishes. The simple contact sends a brief, warm zip across your skin.
You ignore it.
You’ve always held affection for her. That’s nothing new, you tell yourself.
—
When the kitchen is clean, you wander to the living room. Jiwoo is hunched over a thick CSAT prep book, lips pursed, pen tapping lightly against the page. The table is a battlefield of sticky notes, practice sheets, and a few open snack wrappers.
You knock lightly on the edge of the table. “Can I come in, or is this sacred exam territory?”
She looks up, startled, then immediately brightens. “Oppa. Sit.” She pats the spot next to her like she owns it.
You take the seat, leaving enough space that she doesn’t feel crowded but close enough that you can see her notes.
“You work hard,” you comment, scanning the sheer amount of material.
Her shoulders tense slightly. “I have to.”
“Do you want to?” you ask gently.
She blinks, thrown. “What?”
“Do you want to work this hard?” You keep your voice light, neutral. “Not ‘should you.’ Just… do you want it?”
Jiwoo stares at you like nobody’s asked her that in a long time.
“I…” She looks down at her notes. “I want to get into a good university.” Her voice is automatic, recited. “I want to make Mom and Dad proud. I want to…” She trails off.
“Those are good reasons,” you say. “But what about you?”
She’s silent for a moment, then whispers, “I don’t know.”
You nod, like that’s the most acceptable answer in the world. “That’s okay. You’re allowed to not know yet.”
She glances at you, searching for judgment, but finds none. That relaxes something in her chest she didn’t realize was tight.
“So,” you say, leaning forward to look at her book. “I heard rumors that some high school senior here might want a tutor.”
She blinks rapidly, then frowns toward the kitchen. “Unnie.”
From the sink, Yooyeon calls back innocently, “What? I didn’t say anything.”
“You so did!” Jiwoo yells.
You chuckle. “Hey. No pressure. If you don’t want me as a tutor, it’s totally fine. I won’t take it personally. You can still throw snacks at me when I visit.”
She faces you again, lower lip jutting out just a bit. “What if I want snacks and tutoring?”
“That can be arranged,” you say. “But we should set some rules, if we do this.”
“Rules?” she repeats, wary.
“Yeah. Like…” You tick them off on your fingers. “One: We go at your pace. If something’s confusing, that’s not because you’re dumb; it’s because I explained it badly. You’re allowed to ask the same question ten times.”
Her eyes widen a little.
“Two: You get breaks. Real ones. Not just scrolling your phone while staring at the book. If we study for an hour, we rest properly.”
“I…” She swallows. “Mom and Dad said I should push through…”
“They want what’s best for you,” you say gently. “But pushing through only works if you don’t burn out. We can talk to them together if needed. I’m not saying we slack off. I’m saying we work smart, not just hard.”
She studies your face. Your expression is calm, serious, but kind. You don’t sound like you’re trying to sound wise. You just are.
“Three,” you continue. “You’re allowed to say ‘I can’t focus today.’ We’ll adjust. Life doesn’t pause just because of an exam.”
She lets out a breath she didn’t know she was holding. “You’re… weird.”
“How so?”
“Most adults say ‘Endure now, rest later.’” Her fingers play with her pen cap. “You’re saying… ‘Rest when you need it, so you can endure better.’”
“Because it’s true,” you say. “Trust me. I pushed through a lot of things. I did okay, but it cost me things I could’ve kept if I’d listened to myself sooner.”
She looks at you curiously. “Like what?”
You hold her gaze, then say it plainly. “Like you. And your sister. For a while.”
Her cheeks flush, and she drops her eyes. “Then… then don’t be dumb this time.”
“That’s the plan,” you say softly.
She bites her lip. “If… if you’re really okay with it… I want you as my tutor, Oppa.”
“Then I’m honored,” you say, genuine. “We’ll make a schedule that doesn’t crush your soul.”
She laughs, bright and clear. “Okay.”
You spend the next half-hour just assessing—asking what subjects she feels confident in, what scares her, where she freezes up. You don’t touch a single practice question at first. You just listen, occasionally writing notes for yourself.
“You really don’t think I’m dumb?” she asks at one point, almost too quietly to hear.
You turn to her, expression soft but serious. “Jiwoo. You’re not dumb.”
“But my scores—”
“Scores measure how much of that specific test you understood under specific conditions,” you say. “They do not measure your worth. Or your potential. Or your kindness. Or how hard you try. I care about those things more.”
Her eyes glisten again, but she blinks the tears away stubbornly. “You can’t say things like that.”
“Why not?”
“Because then I’ll depend on you,” she mutters.
You smile gently. “I’ll be careful not to let you down this time, then.”
She looks at you for a long moment, then quietly scoots a little closer, her shoulder brushing yours again. This time, she doesn’t move away.
—
Tutoring sessions with Jiwoo become a twice-a-week routine: one at your apartment near campus, one at their house. Sometimes she insists on meeting at a nearby café “for atmosphere.”
You let her choose, as long as she actually studies.
She’s sharp. Faster than she believes she is. Once you explain a concept in a way that clicks for her, she grabs onto it and runs, solving problem after problem with increasing confidence.
“See?” you say after she nails a particularly tricky math section. “I told you your brain just needed a different explanation, not a replacement.”
She tries to hide her pleased smile behind her workbook. “Stop hyping me up.”
“I’m just stating facts,” you reply.
She pouts. “You’re too nice.”
“Nicer than your test questions, at least.”
She laughs, the sound bubbling out of her unexpectedly. Each time you make her laugh in the middle of a stressful problem set, you mentally note: Okay. This is working. She’s breathing again.
You’re careful with boundaries.
When she gets stuck, you lean in to point at the problem, but you keep your body angled away enough that she doesn’t feel trapped. When she sighs and flops onto the table dramatically, you pat her head once, then move your hand away, giving her space. When she texts you late at night panicking over a bad mock exam score, you reply with steady reassurance, but you don’t call her out of the blue or crash her house. You know she needs her own space to process too.
[Jiwoo]: I messed up. I’m so stupid.
[You]: You’re not stupid. One bad day doesn’t erase all the work you’ve done.
[Jiwoo]: I can’t breathe.
[You]: Close your eyes. Breathe in for 4, hold 4, out for 6. I’ll do it with you. Text me “okay” when you’re done.
[…]
[Jiwoo]: okay
[You]: Good. Now tell me what specifically went wrong. Not “everything.” Pick one thing. We’ll fix that one first.
She learns to trust that if she reaches out, you won’t scold or dismiss her. You’ll be there, calm and rational, but never cold.
Her crush on you, which she’d once dismissed as childish infatuation, begins to feel like something heavier and sweeter all at once.
The way you remember how she likes her coffee—milk, no sugar, because “sugar makes me sleepy”—without her reminding you. The way you instinctively stand between her and the road when you cross the street, even when the traffic is mild. The way you notice when she’s zoning out and ask, not “What’s wrong?” but “Do you want to talk or do you want a distraction?”
Sometimes she chooses distraction. You comply, switching topics to some silly TikTok trend or campus gossip you heard from Yooyeon. Sometimes she chooses to talk. You listen like there’s nothing more important in the world than her words.
Each kindness adds a petal to the flower quietly unfurling in her chest.
And you?
You feel it too.
You’d have to be blind not to notice the way she watches you from the corner of her eye when she thinks you’re focused on the textbook. The way her cheeks color when your fingers accidentally brush over the same page. The way her entire demeanor softens when you praise her sincerely.
You also feel the way your own heart reacts when she beams up at you after finally understanding something, eyes alight, happiness so pure it’s almost blinding.
It scares you a little.
Not because you don’t like it.
Because you do.
Too much.
—
You don’t know when the line blurred between their childhood friend came back and this man has quietly become part of our everyday lives again.
You just know that the thought of stepping back over that line and out of their orbit makes your stomach clench.
And yet, every night, when you lie in bed, staring at the ceiling, the questions crowd in.
Am I being selfish?
Is this fair to them?
What happens when one of them finds out how the other feels?
You let yourself imagine both scenarios, just for a second.
A future where you’re with Yooyeon—walking across campus as a couple, cooking ramen in your small kitchen together, sharing soft kisses goodnight at her bus stop. Jiwoo teasing you but smiling for real, pretending it doesn’t sting.
A future where you’re with Jiwoo—celebrating her college admission, helping her move into her dorm, seeing her grow further into herself with you as her grounding point. Yooyeon clapping and laughing too loudly, because that’s what a supportive sister does.
Each future tastes sweet.
Each future tastes bitter.
Because no matter who stands at your side, the other’s smile in your daydream is always just a little too bright, a little too careful.
You care too much about both of them to willingly cause that.
So, for now, you choose… not to choose.
You keep loving them the only way you know how: fairly, gently, quietly. In ways that could be called “good friend” or “almost something more,” depending on the angle.
Unbeknownst to you, the sisters, in their separate rooms at night, are asking themselves their own quiet questions.
Does he like me?
Or… does he like her?
And both, for now, decide the same thing:
It’s enough that he’s here. I can wait.
What none of you see yet is how those parallel feelings and patient little sacrifices are slowly weaving a path toward a future none of you anticipated.
A future where love doesn’t have to be divided—
—but shared.
You’re not ready to face that possibility yet.
Not now.
Instead, you show up to the next tutoring session five minutes early, arms full of snacks.
“Peace offering?” you say when Jiwoo opens the door.
“For what?” she asks, confused.
“For making you do seven extra questions last time.”
She snorts, but her eyes shine. “You’re forgiven.”
Later that week, you wait outside Yooyeon’s lecture hall with a warm drink in hand. When she steps out, tired and dragging her feet, you hold it out.
“For energy,” you say.
She blinks, then takes it slowly, fingers brushing yours. “Thanks.”
“You’re doing well,” you tell her.
She laughs weakly. “You don’t even know what class that was.”
“I know you,” you answer. “That’s enough to know you’re doing your best.”
She looks at you with that soft, almost unbearably fond gaze again.
You feel it.
You tuck it gently away.
For now, you’ll keep walking this delicate line. Fluffy days, small angsts, sweet and bubbly moments stacked one after another.
The storm—the moment when these tangled feelings will demand names, choices, truths—can wait a bit longer.
You, Yooyeon, and Jiwoo still have a little more time to enjoy this fragile, beautiful in-between.
And without realizing it, with every laugh you share and every kindness you offer, you’re making it harder and harder for any of you to imagine a future where one of them has to let go of you completely.
—
It’s late September when the first real crack appears.
Midterms are creeping up for you and Yooyeon. For Jiwoo, CSAT is less than two months away, the date circled in red on every calendar: on her wall, on her phone, in the back of her mind.
Everyone is tired.
You’re at your studio, a Saturday evening study session. Jiwoo is hunched over a stack of mock tests, dark circles under her eyes. Yooyeon’s sprawled on your beanbag chair with her laptop, working on a group project, half-listening to you explain an English passage to Jiwoo.
“See this part?” you point at the question. “They’re not asking what the author says, they’re asking what the author implies. You’re reading too literally. Think about what’s between the lines.”
Jiwoo squints. “But the sentence is right there, it says—”
“And underneath that, what’s the tone?” you ask gently. “Sarcastic? Regretful? Hopeful?”
She hesitates, then circles an answer.
You check. “That’s better. You’re getting it.”
She exhales, exhausted. “My brain is going to leak out of my ears.”
“Not allowed,” you say. “We still need it for math.”
Yooyeon snorts. “You sound like a kindergarten teacher.”
“You want me to start using sticker charts?” you deadpan.
“Honestly?” Jiwoo mutters. “I’d work harder for stickers than for some abstract future.”
You chuckle and ruffle her hair lightly—one quick pass of your hand, then away. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
Jiwoo feels that touch all the way down to her chest. She quickly ducks her head back to the paper, hoping neither of you notice the way her ears go pink.
“Oppa, can we stop after this section?” she asks. “Just for fifteen minutes. My head’s buzzing.”
You glance at the clock. She’s been going hard for two hours straight.
“Yeah,” you say without hesitation. “Finish this passage, then we take a real break. No books, no talking about exams.”
She nods, shoulders relaxing a bit.
From the beanbag, Yooyeon’s typing slows. “You’re too soft on her,” she says, half-teasing, half-not. “She needs to build stamina.”
“If she pushes until she breaks, she won’t be able to sit through the actual exam,” you say, still calm. “Rest is part of the plan.”
“I get that,” Yooyeon replies. “But she has to get used to long stretches. The CSAT doesn’t care if your head hurts.”
Being called out like she’s not in the room makes Jiwoo’s jaw tighten. She doesn’t say anything, but she grips her pen a little harder.
“We’re building stamina,” you say. “Gradually. She’s been doing a lot. You didn’t see last night’s practice set.”
Yooyeon’s brows furrow. “I saw the scores Mom texted. They weren’t great.”
Jiwoo’s pen stops mid‑stroke.
You see the way her shoulders stiffen.
“Yooyeon,” you say gently, just a hint of warning. “Different set, different day. One score is just information, not a verdict.”
“I’m not saying she’s doomed,” Yooyeon retorts, closing her laptop with a mild snap. “I just… I know how easy it is to think ‘I’m tired, I deserve a break’ and then suddenly it’s three hours gone and you’ve done nothing.”
Her own scars are talking now. All the extra years. All the guilt.
Jiwoo bites her lip, staring at the page so hard the words blur.
“I’m not like you,” she says quietly.
The air shifts.
You look up.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Yooyeon asks, voice sharpening.
Jiwoo’s hand shakes slightly as she writes, crossing out the same line three times. “I’m not saying you’re bad. I just… I can’t do it your way. Studying until I can’t feel my face. Taking the exam over and over. I don’t want to live like that.”
“Neither did I,” Yooyeon replies, frustration creeping in. “You think I wanted to? I did it because I had to.”
“I know,” Jiwoo says, eyes burning. “And I’m grateful. I really am. But every time I’m tired, you look at me like I’m about to throw my future away.”
“I don’t—”
“You do,” Jiwoo snaps, voice cracking. “You look at me like… like if I don’t suffer as much as you did, I’m not working hard enough.”
The room goes quiet.
You set your pen down slowly.
“Let’s pause,” you say softly. “We’re all tired. We’re saying things more harshly than we mean—”
“I’m just worried,” Yooyeon cuts you off, staring at Jiwoo. “You play it off like it’s nothing, like ‘Oh, I’ll just try my best,’ but this is important. It decides your whole life.”
“I know that!” Jiwoo explodes, standing up abruptly. Her chair scrapes back. “Do you think I don’t know? Do you think I’m stupid?”
“No,” Yooyeon says immediately. “Of course not. But you’re so—”
“What?” Jiwoo demands. “Say it.”
“So easygoing about it!” Yooyeon finally blurts out. “Like you think things will magically work out because they usually do. You smile, you joke, everyone helps you, and then—”
“Wow,” Jiwoo laughs, the sound brittle. “There it is.”
You rise slowly, heart beating harder.
“Yooyeon,” you say quietly. “Let’s take a breath—”
“Don’t baby me,” she snaps back, not at you, but the heat splashes over you too. “You always do this, Y/N. You always jump in to smooth things over for her.”
Jiwoo jerks her head up, stung.
“Unnie,” she says, eyes flashing. “Don’t drag him into this.”
“Why not?” Yooyeon turns, frustration spilling over. “He’s part of this now. He’s the one spending all this time helping you. He’s the one who rushes over whenever you panic. He’s the one you run to when something goes wrong.”
Jiwoo’s mouth falls open. “What, I’m not allowed to lean on him? You do it all the time!”
“That’s different—”
“Why?” Jiwoo demands. “Because you’re older?”
“Because I know what it feels like to fail,” Yooyeon snaps. “You don’t. Not like that.”
Jiwoo flinches as if struck. “So what, I have to fail harder to earn the right to be stressed? To be scared? To deserve his help?”
“That’s not what I—”
“You act like he’s… like he’s yours,” Jiwoo hurls, words tumbling out now that the dam has broken. “Like he’s your emotional support, your study partner, your comfort… and I’m just the kid tagging along.”
Silence.
Your breath catches.
“Jiwoo…” Yooyeon says slowly. “That’s not—”
“Every time I talk about him,” Jiwoo presses on, eyes bright with hurt, “you either tease me or change the subject. Every time he helps me, you say, ‘Don’t rely on him too much.’ Every time he doesn’t text for a few hours, you say, ‘He’s probably with his classmates,’ but your face looks like you’re relieved it’s not me.”
Yooyeon’s composure cracks. “You think I don’t see the way you look at him?”
“Of course you do,” Jiwoo fires back. “Because it’s the same way you look at him!”
That lands like a physical blow in the room.
Your pulse roars in your ears.
You’d hoped—naively—that if you were careful enough, if you were gentle enough, maybe this collision could be delayed. Avoided, even.
You were wrong.
Very wrong.
“Both of you,” you start, voice calm but firm. “This is getting—”
“Shut up,” they say at the same time.
You fall silent.
They’re not ready for you yet. This is between them.
Yooyeon’s breathing hard now, eyes shiny, jaw clenched. “You think I don’t know you like him?” she asks, voice low. “You think I’m an idiot?”
“I didn’t say anything,” Jiwoo snaps. “I didn’t want to make it weird. But you—”
“You think it wasn’t already weird?” Yooyeon’s laugh is sharp. “You cling to him every chance you get. You call him late at night. You send him selfies asking if this hairstyle is okay. You—”
“And you don’t?” Jiwoo cuts in, voice rising. “You literally text him good morning and good night. You bring him coffee on campus. You tell him all your problems and then look at me like I’m being childish when I tell him mine!”
The words land between them like something dangerous and fragile, humming with tension.
Yooyeon recoils, stunned. “Excuse me?”
“You heard me,” Jiwoo says, tears spilling over now but not slowing her down. “You’re scared he’ll look at me—at the girl who’s his age, who will go to university with him, who still has time to grow with him—and realize he wants me.”
Your stomach twists.
That’s… not how you see it, but you’ve thought similar things, on darker nights. You’ve imagined their fears.
“I’m five years older than you,” Yooyeon says, voice shaking. “I entered university late. I wasted years. I’m exhausted. Why would he pick me over you?”
“Because you’re you,” Jiwoo shoots back instantly, the contradiction slipping out before she can stop it. “Because you’re amazing. Because you’re beautiful and smart and strong and he obviously likes you.”
She chokes on that last phrase, turning her face away.
The room hangs there, raw.
Yooyeon swallows hard. “Don’t… say things like that.”
“Why not?” Jiwoo asks brokenly. “Because it makes it harder to pretend we’re not both in love with the same person?”
Your breath stops.
There it is.
Out loud.
The thing you’ve been carefully not naming inside your own chest.
You look between them—two girls you love, both shaking, both staring at each other like they’re seeing a stranger and a mirror at the same time.
“I didn’t want to say anything,” Jiwoo whispers. “I told myself it was just a crush. That you… you were here first. That you deserved him more. So I thought, ‘I’ll just… I’ll just like him quietly. It’ll go away.’”
“Jiwoo…” Yooyeon’s voice is barely audible.
“But it didn’t,” Jiwoo continues. “The more time we spent together, the worse it got. Every little thing he does—” Her eyes flicker to you, then away quickly. “The way he carries umbrellas and always shares them. The way he never forgets what we say. The way he doesn’t get mad when I’m stupid, he just… explains again. How am I supposed to not… not…?”
Her voice fractures completely. She covers her face with both hands, shoulders trembling.
Your own chest aches.
You want to go to her. You want to go to both of them. But you stay where you are, because moving right now might tip everything over.
Yooyeon’s hands curl into fists at her sides.
“You think it was easier for me?” she says quietly, a tremor in every word. “Watching you with him?”
Jiwoo looks up, tear‑streaked.
“I’ve known him my whole life,” Yooyeon says, voice breaking. “I watched him grow up. I watched you grow up. I told myself he was family. That’s it. That’s all. Because anything else felt… wrong. Too close. Too dangerous.”
Your throat tightens. You hadn’t seen that part so clearly from the outside.
“But then he came back,” she goes on, eyes unfocused, staring somewhere past you. “And suddenly he’s… He’s taller. He’s calm in ways he wasn’t before. He listens. He looks at me like I’m not a failure for taking three years off. He shows up when I need him. He says my name like it matters.”
Her gaze snaps back to you for a heartbeat. Your breath catches.
“And I thought, ‘No. I can’t. I can’t do this. He’s… he’s practically part of our family. And what about Jiwoo? What if she likes him too?’ So I swallowed it. I tried to just be his friend. Your friend. Our friend.”
A wet laugh escapes her, half-hysterical. “I told myself, ‘As long as he’s here, it’s enough. I can handle this. I don’t need more.’”
She looks at Jiwoo.
“And then I saw the way you look at him,” she whispers. “And I thought, ‘Of course. Of course it’s you. Of course you get to like him openly. You’re the right age. You’re not… messed up like me.’”
“Messed up?” you blurt, unable to stay silent at that.
Both sisters turn to you, startled—like they’d momentarily forgotten you were standing there, flesh and blood, hearing every word.
You meet Yooyeon’s eyes, firm. “You’re not messed up.”
She laughs weakly. “See? This. How are we supposed to not fall for you when you say things like that?”
Jiwoo swipes at her tears with the back of her hand. “Oppa… do you… like her?”
The room stills.
Your heart slams against your ribs.
You could lie.
You could say, “No, of course not,” and pick one of them to reassure, right now, wrapping the other in pretty words about timing and fate.
You could.
If you were a different person.
You take a breath. It feels like stepping off a ledge.
“I like both of you,” you say quietly.
Silence.
Then—
“Don’t joke,” Jiwoo whispers, shaking her head.
“I’m not joking,” you say softly. “I like you, Jiwoo. More than I should. More than a tutor or an oppa or a childhood friend should. And I like you, Yooyeon. The same way. In a way that scared me so much I tried to bury it and just… be good to you without making it about me.”
You force yourself to hold their gazes, one after the other. They’re both wide-eyed, stunned, breathing shallowly.
“I thought,” you continue, voice low and honest, “if I just kept things balanced, if I never crossed a line, you’d each… find someone better. Someone who could choose properly. And I’d get to stay in your lives without hurting you.”
A bitter smile twists your mouth. “Turns out, trying not to hurt anyone by saying nothing is… also a way of hurting you.”
Yooyeon’s eyes glisten. “You idiot,” she whispers, but there’s more sorrow than anger in it now.
“Yeah,” you say softly. “I know.”
Jiwoo swallows hard. “So… what now?” Her voice is so small it hurts. “Do we… wait for you to pick one of us?”
The thought of it makes your stomach twist.
Because any path where you “pick” feels like splitting your own heart in half.
And also like asking them to split their bond as sisters.
You shake your head, slowly. “I don’t… want to be a reason you two hate each other.”
“We’re not going to hate each other,” Yooyeon says immediately, fiercely. “You think we survived everything just to throw it away because of a man?”
Her words are strong, but her hands still shake.
Jiwoo laughs wetly. “You say that now.”
“And I’ll keep saying it,” Yooyeon insists, stepping closer to her. “You’re my sister. You come first.”
“Then give up on him,” Jiwoo whispers.
The air shatters again.
Yooyeon flinches like she’s been cut.
“I…” She opens her mouth, then closes it. She looks at you, then back at Jiwoo. “Can you?”
“No,” Jiwoo says immediately, eyes overflowing again. “I tried. I really tried. I told myself I’d be happy just seeing him at the table, hearing his footsteps in the hallway… But when you talk about him, I want to scream. When he smiles at you in that way, I want to disappear. When… when you fall asleep on his shoulder at the movie nights, I want it to be me there, just once.”
She laughs, shaky and self‑mocking. “If I could give it up, I would have. For you. But I can’t. I’m… I’m sorry.”
You feel sick.
Because this is what your restraint, your “fairness,” has led to: two people you love hurting in ways you meant to protect them from.
“I don’t want this,” you say abruptly, voice rough. They both look at you. “I don’t want you to have to make those choices. I don’t want you to bleed for me. You don’t owe me that.”
You open them again and force yourself to do the only thing left that feels honest: put everything on the table.
“I love you,” you say.
They both freeze.
You swallow. “Both of you. Not just as friends. Not as ‘almost family.’ I tried to tell myself it was just… leftover childhood attachment. Nostalgia. Guilt. But it’s not. It’s the way my heart reacts when I see you smile. It’s the way my day feels wrong if I don’t hear from you. It’s… wanting to see you win, even if it has nothing to do with me, and wanting to be the person you call when you lose.”
Your voice shakes, but you keep going.
“I thought it was my job to choose. That love had to be one‑to‑one to be right. That if I couldn’t decide, it meant I was shallow. But the truth is, my feelings for you… they’re not half‑measures. They’re full. For both of you. Equal, in different shades.”
You let out a long, shuddering breath. “And I don’t know how to live with that without hurting you.”
The room is utterly still.
Then, quietly:
“So what if…” Jiwoo starts, voice trembling, “…you didn’t have to choose?”
You stare at her, stunned.
“Jiwoo,” Yooyeon says sharply. “Don’t say weird things when you’re emotional—”
“Why is it weird?” Jiwoo demands, turning to her. “If we both love him. If he loves both of us. If we both refuse to give him up. Why does it have to be a fight?”
“Because that’s how it works,” Yooyeon says, but it sounds hollow to her own ears.
“Who says?” Jiwoo presses. “People? ‘Normal’ couples? When have we ever been normal?”
“This isn’t a game,” Yooyeon snaps. “It’s not some fantasy novel where everyone just shares and it’s fine.”
“I know it’s not a game,” Jiwoo fires back. “I know it’ll be hard. People will judge. We’ll have to hide it. We’ll have to talk about everything a million times so nobody feels left out. It’ll be work. But—”
She looks between you and her sister, eyes fierce through the tears.
“I’d rather do that work with both of you… than do a different kind of work trying to live with half my heart ripped out.”
Your breath stops.
Yooyeon just stares, eyes wide, stunned by the sheer stubbornness of her little sister’s love.
“You’re serious,” she whispers.
“Yes,” Jiwoo says, unwavering. “I’m serious. I’m not saying it’ll be easy. I’m not saying we’ll never get jealous. I will get jealous. So will you. So will he.” She flashes you a quick, almost apologetic look. “But we can talk about it. Set rules. Protect each other. We already do that as sisters. Why can’t we do it as… something more, too?”
Yooyeon shakes her head slowly. “Jiwoo…”
“We already share everything,” Jiwoo says softly. “Room. Clothes. Silly stories. Secrets. We always said we’d share our happiness too, right?” She smiles, watery but earnest. “He makes me happy. He makes you happy. That doesn’t feel like something we should cut in half and fight over.”
You can barely breathe.
“Stop,” you manage. “You shouldn’t have to… to warp your love around me. I’m not—”
“We’re not warping it,” Jiwoo says, looking at you. “We’re… expanding it. If—” She hesitates, then steels herself. “If you want that too.”
Three sets of eyes fix on you.
You feel like you’re standing on the edge of something huge and terrifying and beautiful.
A three‑way relationship.
You’ve thought it once or twice in abstract terms, then dismissed it as impossible. Too selfish. Too complicated. Too… everything.
And yet, here they are—both of them—reaching for that impossible thing.
Not from delusion.
From love.
You look at Jiwoo. At her trembling chin, her stubborn gaze, the way she’s holding herself up even though she’s clearly exhausted from crying.
You look at Yooyeon. At her conflicted eyes, her clenched fists, the way she’s standing half‑way between you and her sister like she’s trying to shield you both from each other’s pain.
You swallow hard.
“I don’t… know how to do that,” you say honestly. “I don’t know how to be fair to both of you at once. How to keep from hurting you double instead of half.”
“By being like you already are,” Jiwoo says quietly. “Careful. Honest. Gentle. By talking to us before things fester. By not hiding from us when you’re scared.”
“By not disappearing,” Yooyeon adds, eyes holding yours. “Not this time. Not from either of us.”
You half‑laugh, half‑sob. “You’re both… crazy.”
“We learned from you,” Jiwoo says, wiping her face again.
You look at each of them, one by one.
“Do you… really want this?” you ask quietly. “A three‑way relationship. Me and both of you. Knowing it won’t be simple. Knowing people wouldn’t understand. Knowing we’ll have to lie to our parents. Knowing it might not always feel fair, even if we try our best.”
“Yes,” Jiwoo says, without a flicker of doubt.
Yooyeon hesitates.
Your heart stings.
Then, slowly, she nods. “Yes,” she says, voice low but clear. “If it means we don’t have to hurt each other just to love you.”
Your eyes sting suddenly.
“I don’t deserve that,” you whisper.
“Probably not,” Yooyeon says, a weak smile breaking through. “But we’re giving it to you anyway. So take responsibility properly.”
Jiwoo sniffles. “We’ll dump you if you suck at it.”
You laugh, the sound raw and shaky. “Fair enough.”
You step closer, slowly, like you’re approaching something sacred.
You stand in front of them—these two girls who have been your home in different ways—and hold out your hands.
“I can’t promise I won’t mess up,” you say. “I can’t promise I won’t make mistakes. But I can promise I’ll never lie to you about how I feel. I can promise I’ll listen when you’re hurt. I can promise I’ll never make either of you feel less than the other on purpose. And I can promise… I won’t run away again. No matter how scared I get.”
They look at your hands.
Jiwoo steps forward first, fingers slipping into yours, gripping tightly.
A second later, Yooyeon does too. Her hand is warm, steady, covering your other palm, anchoring you.
You exhale, a long, shuddering breath you feel like you’ve been holding for years.
“Okay,” you say softly. “Then let’s… try.”
Jiwoo lets out a tiny, incredulous laugh. “We’re really doing this.”
Yooyeon shakes her head, disbelief and something like wild hope warring in her expression. “We’re insane.”
“Probably,” you agree.
They both laugh, wet and shaky, the tension in the room finally, slowly, starting to melt.
For now, there are no kisses. No dramatic declarations beyond what’s already been said. Just three sets of hands, linked in the messy, beautiful agreement to walk into something completely unknown together.
It’s terrifying.
It’s liberating.
It feels… right.
—
Keeping it secret is both easier and harder than you expected.
Easier, because from the outside, nothing changes that much.
You were already close. You already texted often, studied together, hung out at your place. You already walked them home, brought them snacks, listened to their rants.
Harder, because now, every tiny touch carries a new weight.
When Jiwoo slips her hand into yours under the table during a study break at your studio, your heart stutters. You squeeze back, gently, and when you glance up, you find Yooyeon watching you with a complicated expression.
Before your stomach can drop, she shifts closer on your other side and rests her head briefly against your shoulder.
“I’m stealing some too,” she murmurs.
Something in your chest unlocks.
You lift your free hand carefully to brush a strand of hair from her face. She leans into the touch for a second, then pulls back with a tiny, almost shy smile.
Jealousy happens.
Of course it does.
The first time you and Jiwoo share a quick, tentative kiss on your apartment balcony—when the city lights are blurring and she’s shaking with nerves—you tell her you’ll talk to Yooyeon about it.
“I don’t want to hide anything from her,” you say softly, thumb stroking her cheek.
She nods, eyes soft. “Me neither. Tell her. If she gets jealous… we’ll deal with it together.”
When you do tell Yooyeon, her smile wobbles. “So she… beat me to it, huh?”
“She didn’t beat you,” you say gently. “It wasn’t a race.”
“I know.” She takes a slow breath. “I’m still… a little sad.” Then she looks at you, eyes firm. “That’s my problem, not yours. Thanks for telling me. I’ll… catch up when I’m ready.”
You don’t push.
A week later, walking her home after a late library session, she stops under a streetlight, cheeks flushed.
“Hey,” she says.
“Yeah?”
“Close your eyes.”
You do.
She steps up on her toes, hands lightly gripping your sleeve, and presses her lips to yours.
It’s soft. A little clumsy. Warm in a way that makes the rest of the world go distant.
When she pulls back, you open your eyes slowly.
She’s red, biting her lip. “There. I’m… not behind anymore.”
You laugh softly, forehead dropping to hers for a second. “You were never behind.”
“Shut up,” she whispers, but there’s a smile in it.
You tell Jiwoo about it the next day. Her mouth wobbles, but she forces a grin.
“She should,” she says. “She’s known you longer. If she didn’t get a kiss soon, I would have yelled at you.”
You can see the little hurt there, the awareness of sharing. You don’t ignore it.
“You’re allowed to be jealous,” you say quietly, hand resting on her knee. “You don’t have to pretend it’s easy.”
Her eyes gloss over, but she nods. “I know. I just… don’t want my jealousy to eat what we have. So if I get weird, tell me. Don’t let me stew alone.”
“I won’t,” you promise.
That’s how it goes.
You move forward with brutal honesty. You admit when your heart feels pulled, when you worry you’re spending too much time with one and not the other. They admit when they feel left out. You adjust. You try. You mess up. You apologize. You forgive.
In some ways, it’s more work than any relationship you’ve ever imagined.
In other ways, it feels… easier than denying how you all really feel.
You’re careful around their parents.
You never touch them in front of their family in ways that could be read as romantic. You keep affection to the kind that can be written off as close friendship, sibling‑like comfort.
It works.
For a while.
—
One Sunday afternoon, all three of you end up at your studio again. Jiwoo had a big mock exam yesterday; today is her decompression day. Your midterms are finished. Yooyeon just submitted a brutal group project.
Everyone’s tired.
You promise “no studying, no talking about exams, no futures.” Just rest.
You order fried chicken, put on a silly variety show, drag your thin futon and all your pillows to the living room floor. The weather is gray and soft outside; inside, it’s warm and dim, the TV light flickering over the three of you.
Somewhere between the second and third episode, Jiwoo’s head finds your lap. She’s half‑awake, mumbling commentary about the show, occasionally poking your thigh to make a point.
On your other side, Yooyeon leans into your shoulder, blanket tucked under her chin. Her eyes droop. Every now and then, her head tilts, bumping you lightly.
You shift just enough so they’re both comfortable. One hand rests loosely near Jiwoo’s shoulder, not quite touching. The other lies palm‑up between you and Yooyeon.
Without a word, she slides her fingers into yours.
You squeeze once, gently.
The show drones on. Their breathing slows.
Eventually, inevitably, they both fall asleep.
Jiwoo’s cheek is warm against your thigh. Yooyeon’s hair tickles your neck where her head has dropped fully onto your shoulder. Their hands are still in contact with you, like they’re afraid to drift away even in sleep.
You stare at the ceiling, heart full to the point of ache.
Twelve years ago, you think distantly, I was playing with toy cars in their living room while they argued about who got to share my snacks. Now… this.
You close your eyes, just for a moment, listening to their gentle breaths, and let yourself drift.
You don’t mean to fall asleep.
You really don’t.
But the week’s exhaustion catches up with you, and with both of them pressed so warmly against you, peace wraps you up like a heavy blanket.
You’re out.
That’s how their parents find you.
—
You don’t hear the knock.
You don’t hear the soft click of the key in the lock—Yooyeon’s mom had insisted on knowing where you lived “in case of emergencies.” She sometimes dropped off homemade side dishes when she knew you were in exam hell.
You don’t hear the door open.
What you do register, somewhere deep in a half‑dream, is a sharp inhale.
“—oh my god.”
That voice you do know.
Your eyes peel open slowly.
The first thing you see is the TV screen, frozen on a split‑second frame of some comedian’s shocked face. The show must have auto‑paused.
The second thing you see, as your sluggish brain catches up, is the front door.
Where both of their parents stand.
Staring.
At the scene in front of them.
Their daughters. Asleep. One curled in your lap. One tucked into your side, fingers still loosely tangled with yours.
The world snaps into brutal focus.
Your hand doesn’t move, but your heart plummets.
“Uncle— Auntie—” You sit up carefully, trying not to jostle the girls too harshly.
That movement wakes them anyway.
Jiwoo blinks first, looking up at you with dazed confusion. “…Oppa?”
Then she follows your gaze to the doorway.
She goes utterly still.
“Oh no,” she whispers.
Yooyeon stirs, lifting her head from your shoulder, hair mussed. “What—? Why is it so quiet—”
She turns. Sees them.
Her face drains of color.
For a long, excruciating second, nobody says anything.
Then their father clears his throat. It’s not loud.
But it feels like a gavel hitting a courtroom bench.
“Get up,” he says evenly. Not yelling. Not soft. Just… controlled.
You ease Jiwoo’s head off your lap, gently guiding her to sit up. Yooyeon pushes herself upright, blanket falling away. All three of you sit on the floor, looking like kids caught sneaking cookies past midnight.
Their mother’s expression is… complicated.
Hurt. Confused. Worried.
Not disgusted.
That gives you the courage to breathe.
“I can explain,” you start, voice hoarse.
“I hope so,” their father says, taking off his shoes, stepping inside. “Because there had better be more to this than what it looks like.”
“What does it look like?” Jiwoo blurts, panic turning her voice shrill. “We were just napping—”
“On his lap?” her father asks quietly. “Holding his hand?”
She snaps her mouth shut.
Yooyeon visibly wrestles with herself. Then she straightens her back, jaw clenched.
“Don’t yell at him,” she says. “If you’re going to be mad, be mad at us. We started it.”
“Unnie—” Jiwoo hisses.
“No,” Yooyeon says sharply. “We’re not doing this.”
Her parents look between their daughters, then at you.
“Sit,” their mother says finally, motioning to the small dining table in the corner. “All of you. We’re not going to shout across the room.”
The four of you move like you’re heading into an exam you didn’t study for.
You sit on one side; the sisters sit side by side across from you. Their parents take the ends of the table—mother to your right, father to your left.
You’ve never felt more like a child under scrutiny in your life—not even in military debriefings.
Their mother folds her hands on the table. “First,” she says softly, “is anyone here being forced? Pressured? Scared?”
“No,” you say immediately.
“No,” Jiwoo echoes.
“Of course not,” Yooyeon adds.
Their parents watch your faces closely, looking for flinches, for tells.
They find none.
“Okay,” their mother says, exhaling slowly. “Then… let’s start with that. You three are… involved. All together.”
It’s not a question.
You force yourself to answer anyway.
“Yes,” you say. “We are.”
Her father’s eyes darken. “Since when?”
You think. “Honestly? Emotionally? A while. Officially? A few weeks.”
“‘Officially,’” he repeats flatly. “Like it’s a club.”
“I know how it sounds,” you say. “I know how it looks. Like I’m… greedy. Or playing with them. I’m not. I swear to you, Uncle, Auntie, I would rather die than hurt either of them on purpose.”
Jiwoo’s hand finds Yooyeon’s under the table. They grip each other tightly.
“We didn’t plan it,” Yooyeon says quietly. “We didn’t sit down and say, ‘Let’s date the same person.’ It just… happened. We both fell for him. We tried to hide it, to give each other space. We tried to be… good daughters, good sisters.”
“And?” their mother prompts, voice steady.
“And it hurt,” Jiwoo says simply. “It hurt a lot. Until we couldn’t pretend anymore.”
“So you decided to what?” their father asks, tone edged with disbelief. “Share?”
The word hangs in the air like something shameful.
“Yes,” Jiwoo says.
Everyone looks at her.
She swallows, but her voice doesn’t waver. “Yes. I love him. Unnie loves him. He loves both of us. We didn’t want to tear each other apart over it. So we’re… trying. Together. Carefully. Slowly.”
Their father glances at you. “And you. You just accepted this arrangement. Two sisters. At the same time.”
His words make it sound exactly as bad as it looks on paper.
You look him straight in the eye.
“I struggled,” you say honestly. “For months. I still do. Every day. Because I know how it looks. I know what people would say. I know how much pressure it puts on them. If I could turn off my feelings for one of them, I would’ve. To make it simple. But I can’t.” You place your hands flat on your knees under the table, forcing them steady. “I didn’t chase this. But I also refused to lie when they asked me directly.”
Their mother’s gaze softens, just a fraction. “You always were honest,” she murmurs.
“You should’ve told us,” their father says, not shouting, but the hurt is unmistakable. “We trusted you. We treated you like a son. And you sneak behind our backs, in our daughters’ rooms, in your cramped studio—”
“We never did anything here they didn’t choose,” you cut in, more sharply than you intended. Then you catch yourself, swallow, and bow your head slightly. “I’m sorry. That was… rude.” You take a breath. “I understand how betrayed you must feel. I accept whatever anger you have for me. But I won’t let you believe I took advantage of them.”
Their father stares at you for a long moment.
“You know what people would call this,” he says.
“Yes,” you reply. “I know. They’d call me disgusting. A pervert. A player. I’ve called myself those things in my own head, too.”
The sisters flinch.
You continue, quietly. “But when I look at them, when I see how hard they worked to keep loving each other and me… that doesn’t feel disgusting. It feels… brave. Messy. Human. I don’t know if we’ll succeed. I don’t know if we’re built for this long term. But I know they deserve the truth. And I know they deserve a chance to shape their own lives, even if it doesn’t fit what other people think is normal.”
The room is thick with emotions unsaid.
Their mother rubs her forehead. “And if this… falls apart?” she asks softly. “If one of you breaks? What then? Do I lose a daughter? Do I lose both of you? Do I lose you too, Y/N?”
You meet her eyes, feeling the weight of that fear.
“If this ever starts hurting more than it heals,” you say, “I’ll be the first to say we need to stop. Not because I don’t love them enough, but because I love them too much to watch them suffer for my sake.”
Jiwoo’s hand tightens on Yooyeon’s.
“We’re not children,” Yooyeon says quietly. “I mean—legally, Jiwoo still is, but she’s not a baby.” A faint flicker of humor passes through even now. “We’ve thought about this. We know it’s not a fantasy. We know it’ll be hard. But… we also know what it’s like to be without him. We don’t want that.”
Her voice drops.
“I don’t want that,” she corrects. “Again.”
Her parents look at each other. An entire conversation passes between them in silence.
Then their mother exhales. “There’s something we… probably should have told you both a long time ago,” she says, looking at her daughters.
Your gut clenches.
“Umma?” Jiwoo asks, wiping her face. “What?”
Their father clears his throat, uneasy. “This isn’t… how we planned to talk about it.”
“Talk about what?” Yooyeon presses.
He looks at her steadily. “You and Jiwoo. You’re sisters. But you’re not… blood sisters.”
Silence.
Your brain stutters.
“I— what?” Jiwoo blinks rapidly.
“You were too young when we decided it,” their mother says gently. “We weren’t hiding it to trick you. We just… wanted you to grow up without thinking of yourselves as ‘different.’ We thought we’d tell you when you were older and it mattered less. Then time passed, and it became harder and harder to bring up.”
Her voice is thick with regret.
“Jiwoo,” she continues, turning to the younger girl. “You’re our daughter by choice. We adopted you when you were little. Remember when you used to ask why your baby pictures were missing for a few years? We told you we lost them. That was… not entirely true.”
“Oh my god,” Jiwoo whispers, hand flying to her mouth.
Yooyeon just sits there, stunned. “So… we’re not… biologically…?”
“No,” their father says softly. “You’re sisters because we raised you as sisters. Because you share a home, and memories, and parents. But there’s no… blood relation.”
A wave of emotions crashes over you.
Relief. Not because you ever saw them as anything “wrong,” but because you know how the world can be. How laws can be. This… makes certain things safer. Simpler.
Also guilt. Because some part of you had worried about this exact point, and yet still stepped into this relationship, trusting them, trusting fate.
Now fate, apparently, has decided to throw you a lifeline.
Jiwoo laughs suddenly, a hysterical, breathless sound. “Are you… are you serious? We’re finding this out now? In the middle of this conversation?”
Her mother winces. “I know. The timing is terrible.”
“It’s also… weirdly perfect,” Yooyeon says weakly, rubbing her temples.
“You still grew up as sisters,” their father says firmly. “That doesn’t change. Your bond doesn’t vanish because of biology. But… I know some lines in your heads might shift now.”
He looks at you, then at them.
“I’m not going to pretend this—a three‑way relationship with the person we always half‑joked was our ‘extra son’—is easy for me to accept,” he says. “It’s not. It… scares me. It confuses me. It makes me worry about your future. Jobs. Friends. Weddings—if those are even in the cards like this.”
You brace yourself.
“But,” he continues, “I also know this: you are both adults—or almost—and you have to live your own lives. Not mine. Not your mother’s. If we force you to break this, to pretend your hearts are different than they are… we don’t actually protect you. We just make you lie. To us. To yourselves.”
He sighs. It’s the sigh of a man letting go of a version of the future he’d imagined.
“So,” he says, voice steady, “I’m not giving you full approval. Not like, ‘Hooray, my kids are in a three‑way relationship.’ I don’t have that in me.”
Jiwoo lets out a weak, nervous giggle.
“But I’m also not going to forbid it,” he finishes. “I’m not going to tell you to break up with him. With each other. I’m… giving you permission to try. On some conditions.”
You exhale, not even realizing you’d been holding your breath.
“What… conditions?” you ask quietly.
“You keep this private,” he says firmly. “Not because it’s shameful, but because the world can be cruel. You don’t need their judgment on top of everything else.”
You nod immediately. “We were planning to anyway.”
“You don’t let this ruin your studies,” he continues. “Jiwoo, you still take the CSAT. You still give it your all. If your scores drop because you spend all night cuddling on this couch, I will drag you home by your ear.”
“Appa,” she whines automatically, then catches herself. “I mean… yes. I understand.”
“Yooyeon,” he says, turning to her. “You graduate. You find work. You don’t use this relationship as an excuse to stop caring about your own future.”
“I won’t,” she says, straightening. “I… we’ve talked about that. I promise.”
“And you,” he says, looking at you last. There’s an ocean of meaning in that one pronoun. “You do not get to run away again. If this becomes too hard, you don’t vanish. You come to us. To them. You talk. You take responsibility for the fact that you’ve stepped into not one, but two of my daughters’ hearts.”
You bow your head deeply. “Yes, Uncle. I promise. No more disappearing. Not ever.”
He studies you for a moment longer.
Then, slowly, he nods. “Good. Because if you hurt them and run, I will find you.”
“I know,” you say, and despite the tension, there’s a little huff of laughter around the table.
Their mother shakes her head, half‑exasperated, half‑fond. “You’re all giving me gray hair,” she mutters.
Then she looks at you, really looks.
“When you first came to our house as a little boy,” she says quietly, “I thought, ‘This one. I hope he stays in my girls’ lives. He’s kind. He makes them laugh.’ I didn’t quite imagine it like this…” A wry smile tugs her lips. “…but I see the way they look at you. The way you look at them. There’s no malice there. No selfish hunger. Just… love. Complicated, yes. But still love.”
Her eyes soften. “So. We will worry. We will probably lecture you again. We might even fight about this among ourselves in our bedroom.” She glances at her husband, who doesn’t deny it. “But we will not turn you away. Any of you.”
Jiwoo’s shoulders slump with relief. Tears spill down her cheeks again, but this time they’re gentle, quiet.
“Thank you,” she whispers.
“Thank you,” Yooyeon echoes, voice thick.
You bow deeply from your seat, forehead nearly touching the table. “Thank you. For trusting us. I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to deserve that.”
Their father snorts. “Big words. Let’s see you back them up over time.”
“I will,” you say simply.
He believes you.
You can see it in the way his gaze finally, finally loses its edge.
—
Later, after they’ve left—after their mother insists on leaving side dishes anyway, grumbling about your empty fridge, after their father sighs over your leaky window and tells you to call the landlord—you stand in the quiet of your studio, the door clicking shut behind them.
The sisters stand there with you, in the middle of the room, like three people who just survived a storm.
And in a way, you did.
They look at you.
You look at them.
Then, suddenly, Jiwoo lets out a wild, disbelieving laugh. “We’re… we’re okay.”
“We’re not disowned,” Yooyeon says, wonder in her voice.
“They know,” you say softly. “And they… didn’t say no.”
For a moment, the three of you just stand there, absorbing the weight of that.
Then Jiwoo steps forward and crashes into you, arms wrapping around your middle, face pressing into your chest. A beat later, Yooyeon joins from the side, hugging both of you, her head tucked under your chin.
You hold them both, arms around their shoulders, pulling them close.
This hug is different from all the ones before.
Not a reunion.
Not a secret.
An affirmation.
A beginning.
“I love you,” Jiwoo mumbles, voice muffled by your shirt.
You tighten your arm around her. “I love you too.”
Yooyeon exhales, the last of her defenses melting away. “I… love you. Idiot.”
You smile, your throat tight. “I love you. Both of you. So much it scares me.”
They cling a little tighter at that.
“Good,” Jiwoo says. “Be scared. It means you’ll be careful.”
You laugh softly, helplessly in love with their logic.
Behind the fear, behind the uncertainty, there’s a spreading warmth in your chest.
For the first time since this started, you’re not just three people sneaking moments in the cracks of “normal” life.
You’re a unit.
A strange one. An unconventional one.
But a real one.
Backed—reluctantly, conditionally, but truly—by the family that raised you all.
The truth is out:
That Jiwoo and Yooyeon are not bound by blood, but by choice.
That you are not their brother, but something else entirely—childhood friend, green‑flag guardian, and now, boyfriend to both.
That love, when handled gently and honestly, doesn’t have to be cut into pieces to be real.
It can be shared.
You hold them tighter, breathing in the familiar scents of their hair, their clothes, the faint traces of their mother’s detergent on their sleeves.
Somewhere in the back of your mind, you see glimpses of the future:
Jiwoo in a university hoodie, running across campus to throw herself at you after her acceptance.
Yooyeon in office wear, texting you and her sister from a too‑bright break room, complaining about coworkers but smiling because she knows she’s going home to you both.
The three of you cooking in a slightly bigger kitchen one day, bumping hips, arguing over seasoning, laughing.
You don’t know exactly how you’ll get there.
There will be more fights. More jealousy. More hard conversations.
But you know this:
You’ll face it together.
No more running.
No more pretending your heart is smaller than it is.
You press a kiss into Jiwoo’s hair, then another into the top of Yooyeon’s head, gentle and slow, feeling them both relax fully against you.
Yooyeon had stumbled into the modeling gig almost by accident, a quick job offer email promising easy cash for pretty faces like hers from tripleS. The first shoot started innocent enough, posing in bikinis and swimsuits under hot lights in a nondescript studio tucked away in a quiet neighborhood, but Mr. Kim, the director with his sharp eyes and commanding presence, had other plans. He coaxed her into more revealing shots, peeling away layers until she was naked, spreading her legs for the camera, fingering her slick pussy while he snapped photos. The money was insane, way more than any idol side hustle, and when he pulled out his thick cock, throbbing and veined, ordering her to suck it for the 'special video,' she hesitated only a second before dropping to her knees. His dick stretched her lips wide, salty precum coating her tongue as she bobbed her head, gagging when he grabbed her hair and fucked her throat. He bent her over the set, slamming into her dripping cunt from behind, balls slapping her clit until she screamed in orgasm, her walls clenching around him. He filled her pussy with hot cum, pulling out to watch it drip down her thighs. The cash hit her account that night, and she craved more. Soon, gigs turned regular, outfits sluttier micro bikinis, crotchless panties, fishnet bodysuits that barely covered her nipples. He fucked her ass next time, lubing her tight hole with spit before inching his fat cock inside, making her beg for it harder as pain turned to pleasure. She rode him reverse cowgirl, her ass cheeks jiggling as she bounced, his hands spanking her red. Each time, she got addicted deeper for his massive dick, the way it ruined her holes, the submission as he called her his little idol whore. The money piled up, but it was his cock she addicted to now, Thick, veined, stretching her pussy like nothing else the way he pounded her, made her beg. She was hooked.
To Soomin, Yooyeon had always been the reliable unnie in tripleS, the one who kept things together during grueling schedules. But lately, her absences piled up slipping out after practice, vanishing for hours, sometimes whole afternoons, returning late with flushed cheeks and vague excuses. leaving Soomin and the others wondering. The money wasn't great from their group activities alone, especially with debuts and all the expenses piling up. So soomin understood the modelling gigs. The money was good, she claimed, and with the group's schedules ramping up, extra cash never hurt. What Soomin didn't understand was what sort of "modeling gig' required slipping out the dorm door in outfits that hugged her curves just a little too perfectly.
Soomin, with a growing sense of suspicion, confronts Yooyeon about her frequent absences, assuming it's just another modeling gig. Yooyeon, caught between her addiction to Mr. Kim's cock and her need for money, offers a half-hearted excuse, claiming she's working extra to make ends meet. Unsatisfied, Soomin's curiosity gets the better of her, and she decides to investigate further. The next time Yooyeon vanished for a 'gig,' Soomin waited until the dorm quieted, then crept into Yooyeon's room. The space smelled like vanilla and something muskier, sexier. Heart pounding, she flipped open the laptop on the desk. No password 'sloppy, unnie' she whispered under her breathe. Folders popped up: 'Gig1,' 'Gig2,' thumbnails of Yooyeon in skimpy bras, thongs riding high on her ass. Soomin clicked on the photos first Yooyeon bent over, pussy lips visible through sheer fabric; on her knees, mouth open wide; legs spread, fingers parting her slick folds.
Shock hit like ice water, but curiosity burned hotter. She double-clicked a video. In the videos, Yooyeon, usually so demure, transforms into a wanton slut, eagerly riding Mr. Kim's cock, her eyes closed in pleasure. Then, in a sudden shift, she becomes submissive, a slave to his every command 'Fuck me, sir,' Yooyeon moaned, tits bouncing, nipples hard peaks. She ground down, clit rubbing his base, juices dripping down his balls. He slapped her ass, red handprints blooming, and she arched back, submissive, whispering, 'Use your slut, Mr. Kim.' Soomin's breath hitched. Another video Yooyeon on all fours, Mr. Kim rutting her doggy-style, cock pistoning in and out of her pussy, then pulling free to shove into her ass. She pushed back, ass cheeks jiggling, begging for his cum. Yooyeon's face was pure ecstasy, eyes rolling, tongue lolling as she submitted, calling him 'master,' 'daddy.'
Soomin's hand finds its way under her underwear, her fingers exploring her own wetness as she watches, transfixed fingers circling her swollen clit, dipping into her soaking pussy. She rubbed faster, matching the rhythm on screen, nipples peaking against her shirt. 'Oh god, unnie,' she whispered, two fingers plunging deep, thumb on her nub, chasing the building wave.. Each video reveals a different side of Yooyeon fucked in various positions, her body showcased in skimpy outfits, her holes used and abused. Soomin's heart races, her breath coming in gasps as she masturbates, her own desire mirroring Yooyeon's on-screen passion.
The door clicked open. Yooyeon stood there, bag dropping, eyes widening at the laptop glow and Soomin's hand frozen in her shorts. Startled, Soomin jumps, her hand still between her legs, her face flushed. Soomin quickly recovered as she pulled her hand away from her between her legs slick fingers still gleaming and bolted towards yooyeon, dragging the laptop. 'Unnie! What the fuck is this?', she shoved the screen forward, video paused on Yooyeon mid orgasm, cum leaking from her gaping pussy. Yooyeon's face crumpled, shame flooding her cheeks. 'Soomin-ah, I... it's for money. The modeling turned into... videos. Special ones and... I got addicted to it. I didn't mean to hide it from you. I'm sorry, so sorry. Please don't tell anyone.' She sank to her knees, head bowed, tears streaking. Soomin's anger faltered torn between anger and sympathy, Soomin cant bring herself to confront Yooyeon. Noyhing came out of Soomin for a minute. Instead, after a beat, Soomin said, 'Take me to the next one.' Yooyeon jerked up. 'No! Absolutely not. It's dangerous, filthy you can't.' Soomin crossed arms. 'You dragged me into knowing. Either I join or I tell the group and company and you get fired!.' Back and forth they went, Yooyeon's protests crumbling under Soomin's insistence. Finally, sighing, Yooyeon grabbed her phone. 'Mr. Kim, next shoot theme? Can I bring a +1?' Reply buzzed instant: slutty office girls. Bring her. More girls, more money.' Yooyeon pocketed it. 'Okay, but you help with the gig too. No backing out. Are you ready for that?" Soomin nods, her heart pounding with a mix of doubt and nerves. Yooyeon smiles, a knowing look passing between them. Little does Soomin know, this 'gig' will change her life forever, and she'll never see her sister, or herself, in the same light again.
The day arrived, tension thick as Yooyeon led Soomin to a nondescript studio in a quiet neighborhood. Yooyeon knocked on a metal door. 'Come in!' a deep voice called. Inside, lights hummed, cameras on tripods, a crew of five men adjusting gear their eyes trained on the girls. The atmosphere is charged, a mix of anticipation and lust hanging heavy in the air. 'New hires?' Yooyeon asked Mr. Kim, tall and commanding in the center. He grinned, clapping her shoulder. 'Thanks to your special videos, yeah. Made bank off that tight ass of yours.' His gaze slid to Soomin. 'And you must be the +1. Cute.' He engulfed her small hand in his, sly smile promising more. Soomin's heart pounds in her chest, a mix of excitement and trepidation. She feels a strange power dynamic at play, and a part of her is intrigued by this dominant man. As the girls stand there, Mr. Kim produces a stack of papers, "Before we begin, there's a little formality. An NDA, to ensure our little secrets stay safe." He hands the papers to the girls, and as they sign, a sense of finality washes over Soomin. "Excellent," Mr. Kim says, a satisfied smile on his face. "Now, Yooyeon, you know the drill. Show Soomin the ropes, and make sure she's ready for our shoot."
Yooyeon leads Soomin to the changing room, a small space filled with an array of outfits, some barely covering the essentials. Yooyeon, without a second thought, strips down, shirt off, bra unclasped, tits spilling free, full and perky; shorts down, thong peeled from her shaved mound, ass cheeks flexing. She selects an outfit, a barely covered one that leaves little to the imagination, and slips into it with ease. Soomin, on the other hand, is frozen, her eyes wide as she takes in the revealing nature of the clothing. Yooyeon, sensing her hesitation, snaps, "Come on, Soomin-ah. We don't have all day snap out of it. Get changed, and let's get this show on the road." Soomin fumbled, shedding clothes, her smaller tits pert, pink nipples stiffening in the cool air, her trimmed pussy peeking shyly. Scrambling around, her hands shook as she selects an outfit, a tight, short skirt and a revealing top that leaves her midriff exposed. She changes quickly, her movements hurried, and steps out, feeling vulnerable and exposed. Yooyeon, satisfied, leads Soomin back onto the set, the bright lights blinding them momentarily. As their eyes adjust, they realize the set has transformed, now resembling an office space, with desks, chairs, and a large boardroom table. The shoot begins, and initially, it's innocent, with the girls posing in their revealing outfits, their expressions coy and playful. Yooyeon guides Soomin, showing her how to strike a pose, how to tease with her eyes, and how to move seductively. Hours pass, and as the shoot progresses, the outfits become more daring, the poses more explicit. Soomin, initially nervous, starts to relax, her body responding to the attention. She feels a rush of power, a sense of control as she poses, her confidence growing with each click of the camera. But as the shoot intensifies, Soomin starts to feel a shift. The initial excitement is replaced by a growing unease. She glances at Yooyeon, who seems oblivious, her focus solely on the task at hand.
Finally a break was called huddle in the changing room soomin finally speaks 'Unnie, this is wrong. We gotta leave,' Soomin whispered, voice shaky. Yooyeon fixed her with a stern look. 'You agreed, Soomin-ah. Backing out now? We're in deep. Plus...' She named a figure hundreds of thousands won per video. Soomin takes a step back, her mind racing. She thinks of the potential earnings, a sum that could change her life, and a part of her is tempted. But another part, the protective part, is screaming at her to run. Just then, Mr. Kim appears, his presence filling the room. "Are you ladies ready for our special shoot? I have some ideas that will make this gig even more profitable." Yooyeon nods, a hungry look in her eyes, and takes Soomin's hand, leading her back onto the set. The lights blaze, and the crew readies their equipment. Soomin's heart pounds, and she knows there's no turning back.
Yooyeon pulled Soomin deeper into the office set, the fake desks and chairs looming under the hot lights. Soomin's pulse raced, her skin prickling as the crew's eyes locked on them. Yooyeon released her hand and faced the men, her fingers already hooking under the hem of her tiny skirt. Without a word, Yooyeon peeled the skirt down her thighs, kicking it aside. Her top followed, yanked over her head to reveal her full breasts, nipples hardening in the cool air. She stood naked, legs spread slightly, pussy lips glistening under the lights. Her body arched toward the crew, submissive and ready, hips swaying as she exposed every inch. Soomin froze, breath catching. 'Unnie, what—' 'Strip, Soomin,' Yooyeon commanded softly, eyes gleaming with need. 'This is the special shoot. Show them your body. It's what we came for.'
Soomin's hands trembled at her skirt's waistband. The crew murmured approval, shifting in their seats. Heat flooded her cheeks, but a throb pulsed between her legs. She pushed the skirt down, exposing her smooth thighs and the damp patch on her panties. Her top came off next, small breasts bouncing free, pink nipples stiffening. Panties last—she slid them off, stepping out naked, her petite frame quivering. Her pussy felt exposed, slickness already coating her inner thighs. Mr. Kim nodded from behind the camera. 'Perfect. Now pose for us, sluts. Office girls gone bad.'
Yooyeon grabbed Soomin's waist, pulling her close. 'Bend over the desk like this,' she whispered, demonstrating. Yooyeon leaned forward, ass high, back arched to thrust her pussy and asshole toward the lens. Her fingers spread her cheeks, inviting stares. Soomin mimicked, hands gripping the desk edge. Her small ass lifted, vulnerability hitting hard as air kissed her wet folds. She felt tiny, exposed, every eye devouring her trembling body. 'Arch more, Soomin. Push that little pussy out,' Yooyeon coached, kneeling beside her. Yooyeon mirrored the pose on the next desk, legs wide, fingers circling her clit lightly. Click. The camera flashed. 'Beautiful,' Mr. Kim growled. 'Yooyeon, your slutty holes look hungry and Soomin, that tight virgin ass is begging for cock.' Soomin whimpered, the praise sending jolts to her core. She spread her legs wider, feeling her pussy lips part, juices dripping. Yooyeon guided her next: 'On your knees now, like you're sucking cock under the desk.' They dropped together. Soomin knelt, mouth open, tongue out, eyes up at the crew. Her small tits pressed against her thighs, nipples aching. Yooyeon deep throated an imaginary dick beside her, gagging softly, saliva trailing. 'Yes, good girls,' Mr. Kim praised. Click. Click. 'Soomin's innocent face with that whore mouth is pure gold. Yooyeon, finger yourself while you pose.' Yooyeon obeyed, two fingers plunging into her pussy, squelching wetly. Soomin's hand drifted down instinctively, rubbing her swollen clit. Arousal built, her body betraying caution, craving more.
'Climb onto the table and spread your legs soomin-ah' Yooyeon urged, hopping up first. She lay back, knees bent, pulling her pussy open with both hands, clit throbbing visibly. Soomin climbed shakily, mimicking. Her small body splayed, pussy stretched wide, entrance clenching. The lights burned her skin, sweat beading between her breasts. Click. 'Fucking stunning,' Mr. Kim said, voice thicker. 'You two are dripping for it.' The air thickened with musk and sweat, pussy, anticipation. Soomin's breaths came short, thighs quivering as she held the pose, fingers itching to plunge inside herself. Then Mr. Kim unzipped his pants. His thick cock sprang free, veined and heavy, already leaking precum. He gripped it, stroking slow, eyes on Soomin's exposed holes. 'Keep posing, sluts.' The crew followed. Five men, cocks out some fat and curved, others long and straight hands pumping in rhythm. Fists slid over shafts, precum slicking palms, grunts filling the room. One aimed at Soomin, jerking faster, balls tightening. Soomin's eyes widened, locked on the cocks. Heat surged through her; her pussy clenched emptily, juices pooling on the table. Yooyeon moaned beside her, still spread wide, her own fingers fucking deeper. 'Look at those cocks, Soomin,' Yooyeon breathed. 'They're hard for us. Keep posing tease them.' Soomin nodded, dazed, pinching her nipples as she held her legs open wider. Mr. Kim's strokes quickened, cockhead swelling, aimed right at her small body. The crew's hands blurred, wet slaps echoing, their lust fueling her own growing need. She wanted to touch, to taste her caution crumbling under the onslaught of exposed, pumping meat. Yooyeon's eyes met hers, dark with submission, urging her deeper into the heat.
A after a few more shots Mr kim snatched up the camcorder, his thick cock bobbing as he barked at the crew. 'Tripod, now. Lights tight on these office sluts. We're rolling the video.' The men scrambled, locking the camera in place while Mr. Kim strode forward, lens trained on the girls' spread bodies atop the table. Soomin's thighs burned from holding a pose, her pussy throbbing under the hot gaze of all those pumping fists. Yooyeon's fingers plunged deeper beside her, wet slaps mixing with the crew's grunts. 'You know what to do, Yooyeon,' Mr. Kim growled, shoving the camcorder into one man's hands.
Yooyeon slid off the table in a fluid drop, knees hitting the floor. Her tongue darted out, lapping at his fat cockhead, savoring the salty precum oozing from the slit. 'Mmm, yes,' she moaned, swirling her tongue around the ridge, lips stretching as she sucked the tip inside. Saliva dripped down his shaft, her eyes locked on his with pure submission. Soomin watched, heart pounding, her small body still splayed open. The sight twisted something deep in her gut. Mr. Kim's gaze shifted to her. 'Join her, little slut. Suck my balls like the whore you are.' Reluctance clawed at Soomin, but her pussy clenched, juices trickling down her thighs. She slipped off the table, knees weak, crawling to kneel beside Yooyeon. The musky scent of his balls hit her it was sweaty, masculine. Hesitantly, she leaned in, tongue flicking at the heavy sac. The skin wrinkled under her lick, tasting salt and heat. Yooyeon deep-throated Mr. Kim's cock above her, gagging, spit bubbling. 'Good girl,' Mr. Kim rumbled, hand tangling in Soomin's hair. 'Suck harder.' Soomin obeyed, lips sealing around one ball, sucking gently, then firmer, feeling it tighten in her mouth. After minutes of sloppy teamwork with Yooyeon's throat bulging, Soomin's cheeks hollowing Mr. Kim pulled back. 'Crew, surround these bitches.'
The men closed in, cocks throbbing inches from the girls' faces. Yooyeon dove first, hand pumping Mr. Kim while twisting to swallow a crew member's veiny dick, cheeks bulging as she alternated, slurping greedily. Soomin froze, overwhelmed by the forest of shafts thick, curved, dripping. A fat cock nudged her lips she parted them reluctantly, tongue tasting precum's bitterness. It pushed in, stretching her mouth, hips rocking to fuck her face shallowly. She gagged at first, tears pricking, but the rhythm hooked her. Saliva poured, mixing with precum as she sucked harder, swapping to another cock, addicted to the veiny pulse, the salty taste on her tongue. Hands pumping shafts she couldn't reach, smearing her cheeks. Her pussy ached emptily, her clit swollen. The crew exploded around the girls, ropes of cum splattering their face, tits, dripping from their chin. Yooyeon lapped the cum from her fingers, moaning, then lunged at Soomin, kissing her deep. Cum slushed between tongues, thick and bitter, forcing Soomin to swallow as their lips mashed.
Yooyeon broke away, cum-smeared grin flashing before the crew dragged her aside. They bent her over a desk, one slamming into her pussy, another her mouth, hands mauling her tits and fingers probing her ass. " AAHHHH FUCK YESH" She screamed around the cock in her mouth , body rocking vigorously, holes stuffed in a frenzy of thrusts the sound of herpussy squelching, her ass gaping as they rotated, cum leaking from every hole.
Mr. Kim yanked Soomin up by the hair, pulling her trembling body against his. His hands roamed her body squeezing her small tits, pinching her pert nipples until she yelped, then sliding down to rub her slick clit. 'Beg for it loud, slut,' he whispered hot against her ear, tongue licking her neck, tasting her sweat. Soomin's world narrowed to Mr. Kim. His fingers circled her clit relentlessly, other hand kneading her ass. 'Beg, slut.' His cock rested hot on her stomach, twitching. 'P-please...' Soomin whimpered, hips bucking into his fingers. 'Louder. Beg Daddy to fuck you.' 'I... I need it, Daddy! Fuck my pussy, please! Fill me!' Soomin cried, voice breaking, body shuddering.
Mr. Kim smirked, shoving her onto the desk. He thrust into her tight walls stretching around his girth, a burn that melted to bliss. Soomin's back arched, small tits jiggling as he pounded, stomach bulging with each deep plunge. 'Tight little cunt,' he grunted, flipping her to missionary, legs over shoulders, hammering until cum flooded her, hot spurts painting her insides. He pulled out, cum gushing from her spasming pussy. But he flipped her to all fours, cockhead pressing her asshole. 'Now this virgin hole.' cock slick with natural lube, he pushed in slow, then rammed, her tiny body jolting, ass clenching his shaft. 'Daddy! More!' Soomin wailed, lost in pleasure ass rippling around him. Thrusts built up Mr Kim's speed increasing as he filled her bowels with another load, a bulge visible under her skin.
Mr. Kim dropped to the floor, pulling her down to ride him cowgirl style ass impaled, bouncing frantically. 'Yooyeon, here!'Mr Kim commanded Yooyeon crawled over, cum-drenched, straddling his face. His tongue plunged her pussy, lapping crew's cum and her leaking liquid. the crew surrounded them as they swarmed the girls sucking Soomin's and Yooyeon's nipples shoving cocks down their throat, hands everywhere.
Soomin's world blurred in sensory overload, ass milking Mr. Kim as another orgasm ripped through her, pussy squirting her girl cum onto Mr Kim's abs. Yooyeon ground down, cumming with a scream as Mr Kim lapped at her pussy. Mr. Kim bucked his hips, creampie flooding Soomin's ass, overflowing in thick rivers. They collapsed amid the men, bodies glistening with sweat, cum pooling beneath. Soomin lay panting on the sticky floor, her body a quivering mess of cum and sweat, ass and pussy leaking thick ropes that pooled beneath her trembling thighs. The ache in her stretched holes throbbed with a needy fire, her mind foggy with submission. She craved more Mr. Kim's commands, the crew's rough hands anything to fill the void in her holes. Beside her, Yooyeon gasped, fingers idly scooping cum from her chin to suck , eyes glazed with addiction.
Mr. Kim rose, cock still semi-hard and glistening, veins pulsing. 'Up, sluts. Office roleplay time. Bend over that desk like the desperate secretaries begging for promotion.' His voice cracked like a whip. Yooyeon scrambled first, eager, ass high as she draped over the large desk, papers scattering under her tits. 'Yes, Daddy. Use your naughty employees.' Her pussy winked open, cum bubbling out. Soomin's limbs shook as Mr Kim and a crewman hauled her up. They shoved her beside Yooyeon, forcing her small frame into position legs spread wide ass arched vulnerably. Humiliation burned her cheeks; she felt exposed, like a toy on display, the crew's hungry eyes raking her dripping holes. 'P-please, boss... don't fire me,' she whimpered, slipping into the role, voice small and broken. Mr. Kim gripped her hips, fat cockhead nudging her cum-slick pussy. 'Beg for the raise, bitch.' He slammed in without mercy, girth splitting her tender walls, balls slapping her clit. Soomin screamed, back arching, the desk creaking under the force. Pain bloomed into ecstasy, her body betraying her with greedy clenches. 'Fuck, so tight,' he grunted, pulling out to plunge into Yooyeon next. Her moan echoed as he hammered her, hips blurring, her ass rippling with each brutal impact. 'Harder, BOSS! Punish your slutty secretary!' Yooyeon begged, pushing back, pussy farting cum around his shaft.
He alternated savagely, cock pistoning from one dripping cunt to the other, stretching their tight bodies relentlessly. Soomin's tits dragged on the desk, nipples scraping rough wood, sending jolts to her core. 'Beg louder, Soomin. Tell Daddy how much you need this cock to keep your job.'
"PLEASE DONT FIRE ME PLEASE ILL BE YOUR LITTLE COCK SLUT PLEASE FUCK ME HARDER!"Soomin wailed, tears streaming, overwhelmed by the fullness, the degradation. Her clit throbbing orgasm building from the raw pounding alone. Emotions crashed ashamed at her eagerness and intimacy in sharing this with Yooyeon, whose hand now gripped hers, squeezing in the shared bliss. the crewmen circled tight, cameras inches from the action lenses capturing pussy lips gripping Mr. Kim's shaft, cum frothing at the base, the girls' faces contorting in rapture. One of the men knelt, tongue lapping Soomin's swinging clit mid-thrust, sucking her juices mixed with Mr. Kim's precum. Another shoved his cock into Yooyeon's mouth, face-fucking her until drool cascaded. 'Join the promotion party,' Mr. Kim snarled. A crewman replaced his tongue on Soomin's ass, rimming her gaping hole, probing deep while Mr. Kim railed her pussy. The double invasion made her sob, body convulsing. 'Oh god, yes! Lick my ass while boss fucks me!' she cried, limits shattering. Yooyeon gurgled around cock, then spat it out to beg. 'Crew your cocks too, please! Stuff my holes!' A man obliged, sliding under the desk to suck her tits raw, biting nipples as another rammed her ass, sandwiching her between thrusts. Moans filled the studio loud, desperate. 'Mr. Kim's cock! Deeper, Daddy!' Soomin howled, pussy squirting around him as orgasm hit, walls milking viciously. Yooyeon echoed, 'Cum down my slutty throat!' Their voices blended in a symphony of submission, bodies slamming in unison. Mr. Kim dominated utterly, yanking Soomin's hair to arch her deeper, cock bullying her cervix. 'Take it all, office whores.' He flooded Yooyeon's pussy first hot jets painting her womb then switched to Soomin, breeding her pussy with thick spurts that overflowed, dripping down her legs. The crew joined the creampie frenzy one unloaded in Yooyeon's mouth, cum bubbling from her lips while another hosed Soomin's back, painting her like a canvas.
He shoved them side-by-side again, fingers plunging their sloppy holes, stirring the loads. 'Lick it up from each other. Show the camera how grateful you are.' Soomin turned, tongue diving into Yooyeon's cum-filled pussy, tasting the salty mix—Mr. Kim's dominance flooding her senses, bonding them in filthy intimacy. Yooyeon reciprocated, lapping Soomin clean, moans vibrating against clit. The crew filmed every degrading lap, cocks hardening anew. Mr. Kim's hand cracked their asses red marks rising pushing boundaries further. 'Next round, sluts. Beg for overtime.' Soomin's body quaked, soul hooked, yearning for the endless violation.
The frenzy peaked in a blur of thrusting cocks and gushing cum. Mr. Kim's relentless pounding blurred into the crew's turn each man claiming Soomin's trembling body, stuffing her pussy, ass, and mouth in rapid succession. She choked on thick shafts, tears mixing with drool, her small frame jolting with every brutal entry. Emotions swirled: shame at her soaked eagerness, a twisted bond with Yooyeon as their eyes locked mid-moan, sharing the raw high of submission. 'More cocks, Daddy! Use your office slut!' Soomin begged, voice hoarse, her walls clenching greedily around invading dicks. Finally, Mr. Kim barked, 'Cut! That's a wrap, sluts.' He pulled out of Soomin's ass with a wet pop, cum farting from her gaping hole. The crew groaned, spent cocks twitching as they zipped up. Soomin collapsed beside Yooyeon on the cum-slick floor, bodies heaving, every inch painted white hair matted, skin shiny with sweat and cum. Her pussy throbbed, leaking endlessly, ass ruined and pulsing. Yooyeon's hand found hers, squeezing weakly, their shaky smiles mirroring their pure, cock-drunk addiction.
Since the 'gig' days blurred into restless nights. Soomin's body bore faint bruises hand marks on her ass, tender stretches in her holes but the memories burned hotter. Practices with the band felt hollow; her thoughts kept drifting to Mr. Kim's commanding growl, the crew's relentless assault. Yooyeon caught her staring once, smirking knowingly, but said nothing. Her phone buzzed mid-rehearsal break. a bank notice and a message from a unknown number. Heart pounding Soomin sneaked off to the bathroom sliding into a stall. she open the notifications payment confirmed more money than she could ever dreamed off and than she checked the messages. There was a note and a folder 'Outstanding work, Soomin. You took cock like a natural slut. Look forward to more gigs with you. Bring that tight little body back soon. - Mr. Kim' Then the folder dozens of photos, raw clips from the shoot. Her breath hitched at the thumbnails: her small body bent over the desk, Mr. Kim's massive cock splitting her pussy wide, cum bubbling out; close-ups of her tongue swirling crew balls, eyes rolled back in ecstasy; Yooyeon and her side-by-side, asses high, holes wrecked and dripping.
Heat flooded her core. Fingers trembled as she stripped her panties, hiking her skirt. The stall mirror caught her flushed face, nipples peaking through her top. She snapped a nude selfie legs spread on the toilet seat, fingers parting slick pussy lips to show her wetness, ass arched to flash the faint welt from his hand. 'Of course, Daddy. I can't wait. My holes ache for your cock and the crew. Use me again soon.' She hit send, clit throbbing at the vulnerability, the eager surrender. The reply pinged instantly: 'Good girl. Next shoot Friday. Slutty schoolgirls. Tell Yooyeon.' Soomin's thighs clenched, juices trickling down. She rubbed her clit furiously, replaying the videos in her mind imagining worse degradations, deeper submission. Orgasm crashed quick and dirty, muffling her whimpers against her arm. But it wasn't enough. Her soul hungered for the real thing: Mr. Kim's domination, endless cocks overwhelming her trembling form, Yooyeon's shared moans. She wiped clean, rejoining practice with a secret glow, counting hours till Friday's 'gig'.
The Girl That's Out of This World - tripleS Yooyeon
"Liftoff in 3, 2, 1!"
You're slammed into your jump seat, the g-forces pressing against you, metaphorical straps against the literal straps around you. Your ears are filled with the loud roar of thruster explosions, your eyes only seeing blue, then white, then grey as your vessel strives to break through the atmosphere. It's a rough launch, there's lots of rattling, maybe this is the one time things go sideways—fuck why are you thinking like that, fuck fuck fuck—
Everything goes black, and you blink, finding yourself in the stars.
"You good?"
"Yeah, bit of a bumpy launch eh?"
"Eh, it was fine." That's Kim Yooyeon for you, your fellow astronaut on this trip, utterly unflappable she might as well be gliding through life, so unfazeable that she might as well be her own phase of matter. She's already unbuckling herself from the seat and floating to the back. The mission is long, 2 months to be exact, but there's lots to do. "Monitor the systems."
"Copy." You stay seated, coordinating with mission control until finally you call out to her.
"We're enroute to the space station."
"Copy, support systems are operational, no damage from the launch."
"Really? After all that rattling?"
"All bark and no bite, luckily." Yooyeon straps in again next to you. "Get some sleep, it'll be a few hours before we get to the station." You lean back, and allow yourself to fall asleep to the beeps of the systems and the silence of space.
A higher pitched beep jolts you out of your sleep, and you see the space station ahead.
"Beginning docking maneuvers," you announce, and Yooyeon has shaken herself awake, repeating your order back to you. Both of you hold your breath as you watch the station loom over your craft, and the screen shows your shuttle closing in on the docking port. You move the controls slightly, there's a rumble as contact is made, followed by the whirr of locking mechanisms, and finally—
"Docking complete." Both of you lean back in your seats as the most stressful part of the mission is done.
"Good job, let's get out of here." Yooyeon floats to the shuttle exit ahead of you, and after disengaging the door locks you're both drifting into the space station. "Ah, finally out of this suit."
As you step out of your spacesuit, the helmet catches on your head, giving you a proper smack. You had forgotten—no, not forgotten, gotten used to—how pretty Yooyeon looks. She was the belle of the space force, as pretty as she is sharp. Many of your colleagues were envious that you got to go on a space mission with her, to accompany the angel on her way back to heaven, so to speak. Over the multiple weeks of intense training and preparation though, Yooyeon became your colleague, your teammate, responsible for your life just as you are responsible for hers on this mission, with safety being the priority above all else.
So you stopped seeing Yooyeon superficially, and yet, a far way from the surface of the Earth, you catch yourself staring at her beauty—long black hair, round eyes, ruby lips, delicate as a flower. Yet she's up here in space with you, suffering through the grueling launch and coming out looking like that, while you just... look like you.
"Have you forgotten how to remove the jumpsuit already? We spent so much time training on that."
"Just adjusting to the low grav environment," you mutter as an excuse. The two of you tour the space station, floating through the various segments that make up the station. You arrive at the living quarters—they're small and claustrophobic, but as with anything when you're in space, ironically space is at a premium. Your sleeping cabin is effectively an open coffin, complete with straps to stop you from floating away, there's a curtain for privacy, but that's about it.
Then there's a small kitchen, which is basically just the area that has the "cooking" machine, reheating and rehydrating space food for human consumption. There's a bathroom, also small, and finally the main body of the station where you'll be conducting science experiments, observing the stars, and watching over Earth.
"Everything is operational," Yooyeon speaks into the microphone, communicating with mission control.
"Roger, please begin the experiments whenever you're ready."
The two of you throw yourselves into the work, working with the command center and logging experiment results. In between experiments there was a lot of maintenance to be done, and you two find yourselves in the little nooks and crannies of the space station, checking for cracks, leaks, and loose bolts. It put the two of you in close quarters, and with no perfect substitute for weightlessness there was no small amount of accidental touches and brushes—you didn't notice your hand drifting close to her chest, she didn't notice her leg drifting between yours. But things remained professional for Yooyeon—everything addressed without fluster or embarrassment. You are in space after all, there were much bigger things to be worried about.
You wish you could say the same for yourself. You knew you would have to abstain as much as possible in space, as any cleanup would be quite hard when everything is quite literally floating about, but over time it became harder and harder to ignore Yooyeon. She dressed simply in a t-shirt and shorts most of the time, and even that was enough to distract you—when did her legs look so good, and her thighs muscled yet juicy, how did you not notice it before?
The breaking point came when Yooyeon pushed herself off a wall to get through the station quickly, only to collide with you coming out of the sleeping quarters and sending both of you spinning through the corridor.
"Ah! I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were awake— Ah!" After the collision her top had come loose and it had ridden up, floating well above her waist, giving you a peek at her midriff and simple bra underneath. Hastily she pulls it down, a light blush on her cheeks. "Sorry about that, I thought the coast was clear."
"Yeah, no problem, go ahead. I'll sleep in for a little longer." It was an excuse, as your morning wood had come back in full force—you're way too frustrated to function. As Yooyeon floats away you make the decision to get yourself off, to just get it out of the way. You pull out a foil packet—condoms that your colleagues had pushed on to you.
"Dude why would I need condoms in space?"
"You're up there with Yooyeon, just the two of you, literally no one else in the world there."
"But we're in space, nothing's going to happen, we're not going to have sex in space."
"Who said anything about sex? Sure she wouldn't have sex with you, but just looking at her might be enough after a few weeks up there! What if you just need to get one off, you want your cum floating around in the space station? If you don't take this, when I'm next on the space station I am bringing a black light."
"You guys are fucking ridiculous!" You stuff the foil-wrapped rubbers into a discreet pocket just to shut them up.
Annoyed at your colleagues being right you wrap your tip with the rubber and wrap your hand around your shaft. Your colleagues missed on something though, that it is fucking weird to masturbate in space, in weightlessness, while trying to make sure the condom doesn't slip; while you have no material to work with at all, just the memory of Yooyeon's midriff and bra and thighs; while Yooyeon's looking at you.
Wait what?
"Y-Yooyeon!" you choke out.
"Shh!" She glares at you, and you remember that the monitoring mics are live as work hours just started—two way communication with mission control is great, making you feel less lonely on the space station, but now is the worst time for that! "Do you need my help?" Yooyeon whispers. She's tying her hair up, your brain short-circuting as the ponytail floats in mid-air.
"What? Sorry I— Let me—" Your hands waves about frantically, trying to remove the condom, pull your boxers on, stuff your cock back in, pull your pants back on, and not float towards her while you do it all at the same time.
"Just let me help you." Her hand stops you from pulling up your boxers, and in the next moment Yooyeon's lips are wrapped around your shaft. Your mind is spinning, from the absolute shattering of the image you have of her, to the fact that both of you are floating in space. You grab on to a bar that's in reach, making sure that the sight of Yooyeon giving you a blowjob doesn't float through the space station for any cameras to catch. Your other hand is on Yooyeon's head, presumably to make sure she doesn't float away from you, but more because you never wanted to leave her mouth!
The two of you are near horizontal, lying in weightlessness as Yooyeon continues to push her gorgeous face on your cock. Her tongue swirls, her cheeks hollow, Yooyeon is doing everything to get you to cum.
"Yooyeon!" you whisper harshly, and she flicks her eyes up at you. You throb one last time, and Yooyeon devours you to the base, her nose bumping into your crotch as you begin spilling everything into her mouth. You're pent up after weeks without satisfaction, and now all you can do is keep yourself quiet, biting your t-shirt as you watch Yooyeon stay planted on your hips, your thick and salty load going straight down her throat. Your hips buck, and the motion moves Yooyeon with it as you spurt one more shot into her mouth.
When she finally gets off your cock, her eyes are a little watery, but other than a little swipe of her lips there's no indication that Kim Yooyeon just swallowed the biggest load of your life like it's just another Tuesday (or Wednesday, time gets funny in space).
"All good? Be sure to clean up," she mumbles, and floats away.
What the hell just happened?
Yooyeon leaves you to collect yourself, and she collects her own thoughts too—she had wanted to check in on you, make sure you weren't hurt from the collision earlier. Yet when she saw you in that state, she wanted to make sure things were safe—it wouldn't do to have globs of cum or a filled condom floating in space, an actual choking and biohazard. So she took it upon herself to swallow it all and—
"Mmgh!" Yooyeon can feel it inside her—digesting food is a little odd in space, and when she's swallowed an extra meal worth of seed it is more than a little off, and she suddenly feels full. She puts a hand over her midriff, but has to resist moving it lower. Just as you were pent up, Yooyeon was equally frustrated. She had wondered if you were able to sneak in a self-love session or two, but she never noticed any signs or traces of it, which is good. Now with your abundant load inside her she realizes why that was.
Sadly for her there's no way she could do it, and she shudders and tries to calm herself, to think about the work ahead and not what's in her... No, better to not think about anything being "inside" herself right now.
As the work day winds down on the space station you approach Yooyeon.
"Hey, I just wanted to say I'm sorry, I thought I was alone. You didn't have to, you know."
"I— Yeah, it was unprofessional of me, I just wanted to make sure there wouldn't be anything floating around, I'm sorry."
"N-No no, not at all." You can't believe your ears, Yooyeon's apologizing for blowing you! "Thanks for keeping us safe, I guess?"
"Yeah. Is there anything else?"
"No, please let me know if you ever need some privacy, so we can avoid something like this in the future. I can give you plenty of space."
"That won't be needed, it is infeasible for me to do it in space." You blink rapidly at Yooyeon admission—what does she even mean?
With your pent up frustration relieved you don't think too much of things, and nothing seems to have changed with how Yooyeon treats you, so it fades a little into the background for you as you are consumed by the work that needs to be done.
But for Yooyeon her frustration only builds, she catches herself looking at you below the waist on more than one occasion, wondering if you were hard, wondering if she could see it again. She had not planned on masturbating on this mission, but after what happened she's finding herself flush and warm often. Yet she can't take any more clothes off, taking off anything more would be because— No, she shouldn't think about sex, it doesn't help things!
The breaking point comes quietly for Yooyeon, on another chance collision. The two of you are passing through the narrow corridors in opposite directions—Yooyeon has just washed up, and you're on the way to do as well. She slips when she tries to push herself through the narrow gap, sending her bumping into you.
"Yooyeon, are you okay? You feel really warm, is it a fever?" You're holding her close, a hand on her forehead. "You're burning, let me get a thermometer."
"No! I just need some rest, I'll turn in early tonight." The truth is Yooyeon's effectively in heat, the sudden close proximity and touch catching her off guard. She retreats to her "bed", strapping herself down and trying to calm herself. She presses her thighs together, hoping her shorts and underwear can absorb enough of her wetness, but it has the opposite effect, as the added friction makes her rub her legs together subconsciously.
When you finish cleaning yourself you return to the sleeping quarters and tie yourself down, but as you try to fall asleep you realize that the usual white noise of the space station is not as it usually is. You hear a continuous rustle, like someone tossing and turning. Yooyeon having trouble sleeping? You debate if you should call out, potentially disturbing her rest even more. Your attentive ears pick up on more detail—the rustle is persistent, less tossing and turning and more rubbing together of fabric. Every so often there is a deep exhale, and you realize what is going on.
"Yooyeon, do you need my help?"
Yooyeon freezes in her bed, like she's standing in front of a line. She knows what you are asking, and you know that she knows, which is why you asked; and she knows that you know that she knows, and so she answers...
"Yes."
She can hear you undo your straps, and soon you would be floating towards her, and then— You're here already, pulling open the curtains! In the dark Yooyeon prays that you don't see her blush, but everything else is showing—her thighs tightly pressed together, her hand down her own shorts, a fistful of absorbent sheets in the other.
"Tell me what you need."
"I need— Want to get off, but the sheets need to be there."
"I can umm, just swallow it all." Yooyeon's heat only grows, now she's thinking about you down there, eating her out and— oh god...
"No, I get really wet when it happens." There's little embarrassment left in Yooyeon, she needed to get off more than anything else! You pause for a moment, and Yooyeon gets even wetter, watching you watch her.
"Give me the sheets." You move in close to Yooyeon, taking them from her. You gently nudge her thighs open with your knee.
"Do you want to take off your shorts—" She pulls one leg out, enough to give you access to her over her underwear.
"No, just like this is good," is her immediate reply. You press the sheets against your thigh and then nudge up between her legs. Instantly Yooyeon traps you there, and so forceful is the shove of her hips downwards that you have to hold on to her to not be pushed away. When you steady yourself to look at Yooyeon the view is mesmerizing—from the neck up, Yooyeon might as well be asleep, eyes closed and breathing deeply. From the waist down however she's outright riding you, grinding herself on your thigh with hip gyrations you didn't even know she could make. She's grinding down on you so hard you have to push up against her, to counteract her strength in the weightless environment.
You're glued to Yooyeon's gorgeous face, even in the dark she looks like she's glowing. You watch her bite the inside of her cheek, her brow furrow slightly, and then she goes slack.
"I'm done," she says quietly. "Thank you."
"Hmm?" It was barely noticeable! Yooyeon was stoic but you never thought she would be this restrained even in climax. "Right."
"Do you need me to help you with that?" You look down at where she's looking—your stiffness poking into her thighs.
"N-No, I'm good, it'll go down. I'll dispose of these, you should rest."
"Okay, thank you." You realize you have to peel the absorbent sheets off your thigh—despite her lack of reaction to her orgasm, she's completely soaked through the multiple layers. As you hold it in your hand you squeeze it a little too hard, and some of it is released. "Oh there's—" Yooyeon can only blush as you catch them in your mouth, swallowing her juices. "You didn't have to do that."
"You did for me, I'm just making sure there are no choking hazards. Good night."
Yooyeon watches you drift away without another word, and her mind is a jumble. She's basking in the glow of her orgasm, oh how she needed that! But she's also conflicted—it was professionally inappropriate, she should never have agreed to your help! She probably should not have sucked you off before either, and it's all a big mess now. Disturbingly, after feeling your hardness poke against her, it's all she can think about even after getting herself off.
Having disposed of the sheets you float back to bed, trying to calm yourself down and go to sleep. When you hear Yooyeon move in her bed, you clear your throat softly, reminding yourself to not treat every noise from her as sexual.
"Good night." Yooyeon's voice comes soft and clear across space.
You realize neither of you are going to get much sleep that night, and you take a deep breath, trying not to think too much about Yooyeon still being awake.
"G-Good night."
The last two weeks were borderline unbearable, and both of you were on edge. Far above earth, in your little space haven, you and Yooyeon felt like Adam and Eve, having sinfully tasting the sweetness of the forbidden fruit that one time. Yet you're unable to consume each other, to relive it over and over again. Yooyeon has tried to remain professional, but you know she feels the same way, as you've caught her staring just as she has caught you looking—not once has she said anything, reprimanded you for letting your desires get the better of you. Every time you have to slip past her in the corridors, your bodies close to touching, is when space has felt the most dangerous. Even when you had to go on a spacewalk, to fix something on the outside of the station, when all that keeps you from drifting into the void is Yooyeon making sure that you remain tethered, the most dangerous time was when you returned to the station, and Yooyeon was there to help you out of the spacesuit, stripping you, her face at eye level with your crotch. It was almost too much for either of you.
Almost. Somehow nothing happens, and you're strapped into the return capsule with Yooyeon, both of you ready to head home.
"Disengaging the locks."
"Triggering push-off mechanism."
It's almost imperceptible in space, but you're lightly nudged against your seat as the capsule pushes away from the space station. A few minutes later you trigger the thrusters to put you on a trajectory back to Earth. It begins to take up most of your view as you get closer, and you monitor the panels in front of you, watching the readings go down until...
"Entering atmosphere!" Yooyeon starts the return sequence, and all you can do is wait. It gradually gets louder in the capsule as you fall at terminal velocity, and the capsule rattles and shakes. You look out the capsule window, and all you see is red, the air now superheated as it rubs against the surface of your survival cell. A boom, intended of course, is heard as the heat shield around the capsule, having served its purpose, is blown off. Then a second explosion, and you're snapped back even harder against your seat as the parachutes deploy, slowing you down further. A loud continuous roar fills your ears as thrusters fire up, and you and Yooyeon brace for a hopefully survivable impact.
No training could prepare you for this, it still feels like you're going down too damn fast, and all you can do is close your eyes and hope it's enough. Your bones rattle when you finally hit the ground, but you breathe a sigh of relief when everything goes quiet.
"Yooyeon?"
"Yeah, I'm here." She gives you a thumbs up. "All in one piece." You fire one back at her. The capsule door opens up to a rush of people, and both of you are extracted. Quickly you are transported to a hotel, where the two of you are sat down and given a physical.
"Okay, so you two are in good physical condition it looks like, but we're going to keep you in this hotel under observation for another week."
"We can't leave?"
"Preferably not, there will be media hanging around, and we need to do the debrief before you speak with them. You're free to order room service or have food delivered, anything else you need, just let us know."
"Got it."
"Will we have clothes?" Yooyeon pipes up.
"Yes, we'll have a suitcase of your clothes brought up. If there's something missing your family is free to send stuff over." With no further questions you and Yooyeon are led to adjoining rooms. Although your body has no idea what time it is, as soon as you fall on the bed you moan at finally feeling a mattress on your back and a pillow under your head, and you quickly fall asleep.
Until a rude banging at your door wakes you.
"What the hell? I just got here!" you mutter as you pull the door open annoyed, only to see Yooyeon.
"It's been 5 hours." Yooyeon clarifies. You blink once for every hour you have apparently slept for.
"Has it? Damn, sorry. The bed felt so nice I must have just, yeah."
"Same, I just got up too. It's midnight though and nothing's open, do you want to order room service?"
"Sure but... You want to eat with me?"
"Well we ate every meal together on the space station so I thought—" Yooyeon drifts off, a little abashed. "Sorry, I got too used to the routine out there, have a good night!" You hold the door ajar before she can close it.
"No wait, you're right, let's get some food."
Neither of you order much—despite it being midnight, having just gotten up both of you eat only enough for a "breakfast". As soon as that's done, there's an awkward silence—in space there's jobs to do, experiments to check on, on Earth, right now there's nothing to do, only each other for company, and soon all the "non-work" stuff that happened on the space station floats up in your minds. Yooyeon's the first to breach it, and she does it in the only way she knows how.
"We should have sex."
"Yooyeon what?"
"After... that time, things changed slightly on the station, I know you felt it too. We couldn't get it out of our system then, but you know, we can now. I haven't had a chance to, you know, satisfy myself. Unless you have already, then I'll just—" Yooyeon's words speed up as she realizes what she's admitting to you, that sex has been on her mind since landing back on Earth, that she hasn't gotten herself off yet. With her words, you realize of course, that you haven't gotten yourself off either.
"We should do it, I want to do it too." You barely recognize your own husky voice. The two of you almost defy gravity, flying to the bedroom. There's no shame or shyness, Yooyeon's naked and you're nude in a flash—this was pure need, the tension that built way above Earth crashing down on your bed. No foreplay, no checking with Yooyeon, you needed to be in her. She's tighter and wetter than anything you could imagine in your frustrating fantasies, and you moan, enjoying the feeling of being able to sink into her.
You start with a few thrusts, groaning at how she grips you—she needed this as much as you do! But when you don't hear anything from her at all, you stop and check on Yooyeon—she has her eyes closed again, her chest lightly moving, like she was riding your thigh instead of your cock. You didn't expect a strong reaction from her, but you definitely expected some reaction.
"Yooyeon? You okay?"
"Yeah, it feels good. Why?"
"Just um, couldn't tell if you were enjoying it. I thought you would like it more than what we did on the space station."
"Oh, sorry, yeah it's good. I'm not... very fun in bed. You're my third and... The first two guys didn't go so great."
"How so?"
"The first guy, we broke up because I was too messy in bed." After seeing how wet Yooyeon got, and how she's already making a small wet spot on the bed, you disagree but his loss is arguably your gain.
"And the second guy?"
"Said I was like a dead fish in bed, I ditched him because I caught him with someone louder and more 'fun', his words."
"Damn, that's rough, I'm sorry to hear that."
"Don't be, but yes it's great for me, I'll try to be more responsive if I can."
"Just tell me what you're feeling." You start moving in and out of her again.
"It feels good." You hug her, whispering into her ear.
"Tell me more, more than good."
"You're stretching me, I haven't done this in a while, so it's really intense. You're also... wide? It's different." It's both hot and a bit disconcerting, hearing Yooyeon's version of dirty talk.
"What do you want from me? Should I go slower, faster, deeper, shallower?"
"I..." Yooyeon falls silent as she tries to process your words and feel you at the same time. She didn't lie when she said she felt good, and maybe it's because she's finally getting some after the tension in space, but Yooyeon knows she's wetter than usual, her walls extra sensitive. She's too tense, she should relax more, enjoy the sex and—
"More!" Yooyeon's yelp surprises both of you. As she consciously relaxes, her walls give a little, and when you thrust you end up just that little bit deeper in her. It hits her like a comet—Yooyeon's hand on her mouth, eyes wide open, but her pussy flutters around your shaft. You pull out slowly, and when you sink back in, making sure to get just as deep as you did before, Yooyeon whines—she wants this, this is different!
"Something tells me you're not wholly at fault for being a dead fish in bed."
"Deep! It feel so— Mmm!" Yooyeon tries to muffle herself with her hand, and you have to pull it away. "I'm sorry I can't—"
"Don't hold back, now you sound like you're having fun."
Yooyeon can feel her cheeks heating up—normally she's reserved, in control of herself. Even when she's horny she just gets wet, but she never makes a sound, not if she doesn't want to—feeling good is one thing, showing that she's feeling good is another thing altogether. And yet as she looks down her body, when she watches your slick covered shaft enter her and feels the immense pressure as you push in, like you're splitting her open; when she hears the squelch of her own pussy, and feels her thighs get wet when she leaks and squirts more juice; when her chest swells, and the moan she's holding back pushes its way out of her mouth, Yooyeon can't help but think that losing control of herself feels good, that feeling so much pleasure until she loses control is amazing.
"It feels so good, don't stop, don't stop!" Yooyeon cries out, like you've unblocked or unsealed something deep inside of her. Your own head is spinning, her sudden transformation shocking you and pushing you to go even harder, to hear more of her. You grab her thighs, squeezing them and pulling her towards you on every thrust. She's splattering against your hips on every thrust, your grip on her thighs is fucking slippery. You notice her thighs are around red around where you're grabbing her, but then no, the flush is spreading throughout Yooyeon's body.
"Oh!" It's a sharp yelp, one that gives you pause—Yooyeon's looking down her body at you, and you feel her legs shaking. She opens her mouth to say something, but it's too late.
"FUCK!" Yooyeon throws her head back and screams. Her hips buck strongly, causing you to slip out of her. You suddenly feel something warm on your stomach—thick and translucently white, sliding down your body.
Kim Yooyeon's girl cum, ejaculated, ejected, expelled! Splattered all over you.
The sound of Yooyeon swearing for the first time you can remember, the sight of Yooyeon's body twisted in ecstasy, and the warm, gooey sensation of Yooyeon so thoroughly losing it—everything combines to send you over the edge. You're cumming too, your cock throbbing with a mind of its own, leaking onto Yooyeon. You're just as pent up as her, and you let out a low moan as your hand moves automatically, stroking and firing your load all over Yooyeon's trembling body.
"Ah... Damn Yooyeon!" You manage to roll yourself on your back, not landing on Yooyeon and not getting too much of her cream on the bed. The two of you just lie there, breathing heavily, riding the high of finally getting to fuck.
"Mmm..." Yooyeon's mind is floating like she's back in space, and she has to curl her toes to remind herself she's still alive and conscious. She swears she can still feel you throbbing inside her, something more alive than her. When she opens her eyes again she finally sees the ceiling instead of stars, and she hears your rough breathing next to her. Yooyeon runs a hand down her body, finding herself sweaty and sticky—it really happened, you two just had sex, and it was the most intense pleasure she ever felt. "Wow."
"Yeah. You okay?"
"Yes, just, never felt quite like that before." She has to bite her lip to stop a whimper from coming out—just your touch on her body, the tissues you're rubbing on her to clean her up, is sending sparks flying in her head. An irresistible urge is building inside Yooyeon, a newly awakened need. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Can I kiss you?" You blink at her, confused, but you see her squirming under your gaze.
"I mean, we've done everything past kissing so, why not?"
Yooyeon climbs into your lap, resting her hands around your neck. Your eyes rove up her body, from her thighs straddling you, pussy lips still parted slightly, to her chest, nipples still stiff, at attention, yearning for more. Your gaze goes to her lips, and you can see the teeth mark, where she bit down on earlier, and you look to her—
Her lips are too close!
"Mmph!" Yooyeon's short hair tickles your shoulders, but more importantly her lips are soft against yours, and she's leaving her marks on your lip, lightly nipping and tugging. Yooyeon pushes herself more insistently on to you, you have to take more of her weight until—
"Yooyeon!" You have to lie down, and Yooyeon's clinging to you on top, her arms wrapped around your neck and shoulders.
"Can we cuddle like this?
"If you want." To your surprise Yooyeon sighs, and she melts into you, face buried in your neck and completely relaxed.
"You okay?"
"Mm, let's just stay like this." Finally satisfied and happy Yooyeon lets her mind wander, her breath warm on your neck. She never felt like cuddling with her exes, but then again she's never felt this good sleeping with them. They would be out of bed by now, leaving Yooyeon alone in bed or worse, having to get herself off. "Why didn't we do this sooner?" she sighs, whispering to herself.
"We were in space." Yooyeon freezes—she didn't think you heard that! "The cleanup would have been impossible."
"I know, I meant, before that."
"Well, you were you, and I was I."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"You're not dumb, you know we do not look... good together." Yooyeon pushes herself up, and she looks annoyed, almost angry.
"So? What about now? We work well together, I know I can trust you with my life, we can rely on each other even in space, there's nothing more important than that." Yooyeon's gaze is piercing through you, she's dead serious. "Don't you agree?"
"Yeah but, that's different—" Yooyeon kisses you again.
"I like you, I can't say I love you yet, but that comes with time right?" Her confession keeps you silent. "Besides, we're having sex, making love, as they call it. We just need to make more love."
"I don't think that's—" She nips on your earlobe, and you're finding yourself speechless more often than not around Yooyeon.
"I do think we feel good together, I don't think you dislike me, so I would like us to feel good, a lot." You never realized Yooyeon could switch on a dime like this, she's trying to seduce you.
"I don't dislike you, of course," you answer, throat dry, scarcely believing what's happening.
"Good, I'm happy. We just need to make lots of love then. Can you go again?" She's reaching down your body, finding your cock and stroking it, feeling it's firmness in her grasp.
"Yeah." You manage to confirm Yooyeon's findings, choking out a gasp at the end as she runs a finger over your tip.
"I'll be on top, I think I'm wet enough already." She most certainly is as your cock feels like it's being covered by the best "wet blanket" ever when she sinks down on to you. "You're getting really... Ah! Deep in me!" Her hand flies down to her flat tummy, right below her bellybutton, as if showing you just how far you're reaching into her. "I'm surprised you're not pushing a bulge out of me, it certainly feels like it."
"Yooyeon you can't just say that!" you murmur through gritted teeth. Yooyeon's weirdly technical interpretation of dirty talk is very effective, making you process what she means, and immediately allowing your imagination to show them to you in vivid detail.
"I'm just telling you what I feel. I'm sorry I'm getting you so wet, you remember how I was on the space station right? This is like ten, no, a hundred times more intense!" It certainly is true for you—you watched Yooyeon grind herself on your thigh to get off, and have replayed that scene in your head numerous times afterwards. Yet nothing prepares you for how Yooyeon's grinding down on you now, arguably even more strongly and demanding. With gravity and a bed to push against, Yooyeon's half bouncing and half grinding herself into you, and every time she sinks down on to your shaft, it's like she's pumping herself for juices, leaking her slick all over your crotch.
Except this time you can see her expression—her eyes are still closed, but her mouth is slightly open, letting out small moans. Her brow tenses and relaxes, as do her lips, the edges of her mouth curling into a smile every time she does so, like she's cumming again and again. It is as if Yooyeon has let all her guards down, and she looks utterly divine, like she does belong in heaven.
Oh, and her pussy has a velvet grip around your cock the whole time, trying to tug and suck and pull the cum right out of you.
"When we fall in love, I want us to procreatively fornicate like this."
"Pro-what?"
"Procreative fornication. You know, babymaking sex, breeding."
"You can't just say that, and unless you want that to happen right now you should get off!"
"What? Why?"
"I can't hold on much longer, I'm going to cum in you!"
"Oh, you want to start right now? That's a little early but I don't mind..." You were going to stop her, trying to stop yourself, trying to clarify that she misunderstood, but Yooyeon leans in and whispers in your ear.
"You can fill me up."
With a rasp you draw a deep breath and grab Yooyeon by the hips, pulling her down fully. It is the best misunderstanding of your life as you unload deep inside her, with Yooyeon narrating dirtily into your ear the whole time.
"Ah! It's so warm inside me, you still have so much for me? You're really filling me up I— Nngh it's too much!" Yooyeon moans and buries her face in your shoulder. She shudders, and sighs, cumming again and prolonging your climax. You continue to weakly thrust up into her, and Yooyeon's body undulates with you, both of you trying to milk each other for all the pleasure you can get.
You're cuddling Yooyeon again right after, your load still freshly dripping between her legs—you wanted to clean her up, but she refuses to, insisting on cuddling first.
"Why did you let me cum in you?"
"I thought you wanted to."
"I do. No I mean, eventually, but not right now!"
"Are you worried about being safe?" You nod. "We're not in space anymore, we don't have to be safe on Earth." You can't tell if Yooyeon's messing with you, or if your point is orbiting Earth and has sailed over her head completely.
"No safe like, what if you get pregnant now?"
"Oh, I'm on pills, can you imagine ovulating in space? I'll go off it slowly so, it can't happen right now, but in the future." You breathe a sigh of relief.
"Good, we really shouldn't rush into things like that." You watch Yooyeon dip a hand between her legs, swiping up some of your seed before smearing it on her thigh.
"Of course, but for the time being, you can finish in me whenever you want, it felt really nice." You shake your head, and Yooyeon looks at you quizzically. "What?"
"How can you just say that so casually?"
"You told me to tell you how I feel. I just stated a fact, and then how I felt about it."
"You're impossible, say it again?"
"You can finish in me whenever you want, it feels really good?" You chuckle and kiss a nonplussed Yooyeon.
"You have no idea how hot you sound."
The first night Yooyeon returned to her room to sleep, but by Day 3 you're going to her bedroom to sleep, because you've discovered that Yooyeon was, for lack of a better term, a wet nympho, and she has completely ruined your sheets by coming over nightly.
That's not the only thing you've discovered about Yooyeon either—she's wet when she's on top, but when you're in charge Yooyeon can't help but get sticky, creaming around your cock instead of squirting on you. Yooyeon's discovering a lot about you too, encouraging you to find out more.
"I like grinding on your thigh, do you want to see if you like rubbing yourself on my thighs?" You do, and to her surprise Yooyeon finds the back of her thighs sticky and warm after giving you a thighjob.
"Do you want my hair up or down when I use my mouth? Oh, or you can decide!" That's how you find yourself holding on to Yooyeon's hair, tugging it as she sucks you off. There's no need to keep her from floating away, and you can't help but push her down on to you. She forgets about gravity, and your load spills out from her mouth, prompting an emergency cleanup for the both of you.
Yooyeon's discovering a lot about herself as well, and she tells you every single lurid detail.
"Oh, right there... you're pushing against my cervix there, it's so... nngh! You're so big!"
"Put your hand here, press down and— Ah! You feel even bigger like that, can you feel yourself? You're rubbing my g-spot so well. I think I like it more from behind, you seem to thrust harder from behind, is it because you like it more?"
"Yes," you growl out, answering Yooyeon's rambling dirty talk succinctly, thrusting into her harder.
"You're throbbing so hard, how are you getting bigger? Are you close? Can we finish together? I want us to finish together, and I'm so close I— Nnngh thank you!"
By Day 5 both of you are down to only one set of clothing left, which you wear only when the two of you have debriefs or checkups during the day. Yooyeon decides to completely forgo clothing around you otherwise, and right after that you make the same decision, the two of you going from forward-looking astronauts to Adam and Eve in about a week.
"I'm so tired, but I don't want to stop..." Yooyeon whines as you pound down into her prone form.
"We should, ugh, take a break soon."
"After this, maybe. Can you mating press me?" It's so completely casual now the way she asks for it, and you comply just as naturally, kissing her as you bend her knees all the way back to her shoulders.
"I'm so sore but it still feels so good!"
"Same, I'll cum with you, cum hard for me!" You pin her wrists with your hand, rendering her powerless to do anything, and she loses it.
"Ah! I will if you ask me to—" Yooyeon screams as you bend her knees back just that little bit more, thumping against her sweet spot, and she splatters you with sticky creamy girl cum right as you flood her womb with thick seed. Your arms give out and you collapse on top of her, utterly drained. Yooyeon giggles as she strokes your hair, knowing that you've spent yourself completely in her.
"My turn to cuddle you."
And on the seventh day you rested. The two of you come out of the observation period more ragged and drained than when you entered. You were able to explain it away as recovering from getting acclimated to Earth's gravity, but from the looks housekeeping gave you they definitely knew that you two were busy acclimating to each other instead, you just pray they don't tell anyone.
"We should go out," you bring up to Yooyeon once people are out of earshot.
"We are outside," Yooyeon answers nonchalantly.
"No, like on a date."
"Sure, which day did you have in mind?"
"No Yooyeon, like—"
"Friday at 7?" She's smiling—she really does have the ability to render you speechless.
"I uh, yeah, that sounds good."
"Great, see you at 7 am!"
"I— Wait what?"
Regardless of her communication quirks you start dating Yooyeon and things progress quickly. A few months later she asks you an odd question.
"We've made a lot of love since our first week right?"
"Yes, during that week and after." You've gotten used to Yooyeon's phrasing, but you wonder where she's going with this.
"So how do you feel about us? Should we continue being together? Have we made enough love?"
"Yes." You quickly pick up on her choice of words. "Do you want me to say I love you?"
"Yes."
"I love you Yooyeon." She kisses you, and then proceeds to drop a bombshell on you.
"Good, I love you too. I quit the space force."
"What! Why?"
"They would never send us to space together, they know we're a couple now."
"Yeah but still, I thought you wanted to be in space!"
"I saw Earth from space, that was a lifelong dream of mine."
"I know, so why did you quit? I could have stepped back instead."
"No, that still keeps us apart. I don't need to go to space anymore, because I found someone on Earth I'd rather spend the rest of my life with." She produces a ring, a simple band with a bluish-green gem on top. "I won't get on my knees because I'm already shorter than you, but—" She fumbles the ring, as if trying to figure out which is the right orientation to present the ring before giving up.
"Will you stay on Earth with me?"
A/N: Bit of a random one, there was some discussion of sex in space I saw, and I wondered if it would work, then I wondered who would work in that context, and came up with smart and pretty Yooyeon lol. Also fits with the whole tripleS thing in my mind, I tried to work in a cosmos thing but eh, didn't try very hard lol. I tried to capture some of her...aloofness? Some of the stuff she says makes you do a double take or can be a little goofy so yeah. Thanks for reading!
If you have the opportunity to be close with your favourite member in your favourite group, what would you do? How would you feel?
Well, this incident happens to Do Kangdae. He is a very huge fan of Kim Yooyeon since she was in the survival show, My Teenage Girl. He watched every single episode of the show until the final episode as she wasn't able to be in the debut lineup. He feels devastated as his favourite girl couldn't make it to the debut lineup as he puts his efforts in voting for her in every single episode.
One day, he scrolls on his Twitter account and sees a notification that Yooyeon will be joining a group called tripleS. And obviously, his feelings went to the roof and he's hoping that she will be able to debut. By the time when the group’s first subunit makes it debut, he is so enthralled especially since Yooyeon is in the sub-unit.
As the time passes by, it's already the comeback season with the group having a new sub-unit called “EVOLution”. Kangdae bought as many of the albums as possible, hoping that he'll be able to get the ticket for their upcoming fan meeting. Luckily for him, he received a message noting that he is invited to the fan meeting that's gonna be held on Saturday. This makes him feel very ecstatic.
Fast forward to the fan meeting day, he arrives at the venue of the fan meeting 3 hours before the event begins. Some WAVs, which is the fandom name for tripleS, can be seen outside the venue. When he enters, more fans can be seen, waiting for the fan meeting event to start. He then goes to one of the seats that are still available before sitting on it and starts to make conversations with those who are sitting beside him.
Three hours later, the fan meeting event begins. All members in the subunit “EVOLution” walk one at a time towards the center of the stage. This causes an eruption of cheers coming from the fans. This includes Kangdae, but his eyes are only focused on the only member that gets his full attention, which is of course, Kim Yooyeon.
After some interactions and performances from the members, it is time for the fans to meet and greet with one member at a time. All of the fans, including him, start to line up before interacting with every member. As he lines up, he noticed the arrangement of the members and was shocked to see that his ultimate bias is the first one.
A few minutes later, it was his turn to interact with Yooyeon. He sits on the chair while facing her and starts greeting her. “Hi there. May I know what your name is?” She asks. “Y-Yeah, s-sure. My n-name is Do Kangdae. Nice to m-meet you.” He answers, despite the multiple stuttering as he's really nervous.
His reaction causes Yooyeon to giggle a little as she finds it cute. “I wonder… if you are this nervous because of me?” She asks him while being curious. This makes him feel a bit more embarrassed and also guilty at the same time. “S-Sorry, I didn't mean it… in a bad way. I am indeed n-nervous… because I'm facing my ultimate b-bias right now.”
The statement from him makes her gasp in amazement. “Oh really, I'm your ultimate bias? Since when?” She excitedly asks which makes him blush even more. “Erm, it was since when you're still in that show, ‘My Teenage Girl’.” He answers, which leads to her gasp yet again. She wouldn't guess that someone has been her fan from when she was in that survival show up until now. They both had a bit more conversation before he was forced to move to the next member.
After that, he goes to meet and have a conversation with the other members. This time, it went out pretty smoothly than during his conversation with Yooyeon. After he finished, he went back to his seat and waited until all the other fans had finished meeting every member. Once all fans have done the meet and greet session, the members then resumed with the performance. During the last performance, he noticed that Yooyeon gave a wink in his direction.
This causes the fans in that particular place to start to cheer loudly. However, he feels as if she is winking to one particular person, but isn't sure whether it's actually for her fanpage or him. After a couple of minutes later, it's the end of the fan meeting event. All of the members then line up into a straight line before bowing down and thanking the fans to join the event before leaving the stage, one member at a time.
This causes the fans to slowly exit the venue, which includes Kangdae. As he was about to exit the venue, he got stopped by two bodyguards that were behind the members earlier. He feels scared at that moment as he thought he did something back then. However, one of the two bodyguards says that two people want to meet him backstage. He just agrees and follows the bodyguards backstage.
As he and the bodyguards arrive backstage, he is shocked to see Yooyeon and another lady who he believes is the group's manager. Then, the manager asks the two bodyguards to let only the three of them be in the room, to which the bodyguards comply and leave the room. After that, she starts to explain what is actually happening.
“Greetings. I'm Boo Chowon, the manager for not just this subunit, but also the whole tripleS…” The manager first starts introducing herself to Kangdae, which indeed concludes his thought of her being the manager. “…I'm so sorry that I drag you here, but Yooyeon has something to talk about to you.” She continues talking before turning her attention to Yooyeon.
As he and the manager look at Yooyeon, she chuckles a little before talking. “Well, I asked Chowon unnie earlier if I can make you my own personal manager.” She says, looking at him. That statement makes him stunned, which makes her giggles even more seeing his reaction. “...but before that, I want to apologize to you first…” She continues talking, but her sudden apology makes him confused.
“You see, I once encountered your fanpage about me on Twitter. I was so amazed to see someone supporting me since that survival stage era. However, I also… accidentally saw your personal account since there's also the link for it and I accidentally clicked on it. So, I'm so sorry yet again.” She continues explaining while putting her hands close as a sign to apologize. The first thing he did after hearing her explanation was to grab her hand and push it down.
“I-It’s fine. Besides, I actually wanna put the link for my personal account on the fanpage account as I want to have more fans as my friends. I didn't expect my ultimate bias would encounter that fanpage.” He says and chuckles, which makes her sigh in relief and smiles. “So, is this why I'm being your personal manager? You're hoping to compensate for your mistake?” He then asks her.
Just before she is able to answer the question, Chowon cuts her through it. “Basically that, but also because she grows fond of you because of how strongly you've been supporting her. After seeing you just now during the fan meeting, she constantly talks about the topic of letting you be her personal manager to me.” She says, which makes Yooyeon nod before covering her face with her hands. This reaction of hers makes him chuckle a bit more.
“Well then, I accept the offer of being her personal manager. This is a once in a lifetime experience, but I promise I'll do my best to be a great manager to Yooyeon.” He says and gives a salute to the two ladies. Chowon nods while Yooyeon giggles to see that response from him. “Ok then, your job starts right now, after I leave the room right… now.” Chowon says and leaves the room after, leaving just him and Yooyeon.
“I guess we will introduce ourselves first then. I'll start. My name is Kim Yooyeon. I was born on 9th February 2001 and I live in Seoul. I studied at Ewha University, so you might know my nickname then, right?” She introduces herself and gives a wink to him at the last part. “I guess it's my turn then. My name is Do Kangdae. I was born on 8th June 2002. I was raised in Busan, but now I'm living here in Seoul. I study at Yonsei University, in a sports science program. Pleasure meeting you.” He properly introduces himself to her.
“Ah, so I'm your noona then?” She asks, to which he nods. “Did you go to the gym a lot?” She asks again and he responds back with a nod. “Ah, no wonder you have this buff physique, yet you are being shy earlier at the fanmeeting.” She says while giving a teasing smirk which makes him scratch the side of his head in embarrassment.
“Now, I guess you wanna ask me to stay at the dorm. However, I believe my place and your dorm is around the neighborhood.” He says. His statement shocks her as if he knows what she just wants to ask him. “So noona, wanna go to your dorm now?” He asks her, to which she nods. They then walk towards his car and start going towards the dorm of tripleS members.
After several minutes later, they arrive at the dorm. “Well, we're here. I'll see you tomorrow then, my new manager.” She says. “Yeah, sure. Want me to-” He replies, but stops as he feels his cheek get kissed by her before turning his head towards her in a shocked expression. This makes Yooyeon giggles and smirks. “See you, handsome.” She says again before getting out of the car and going towards the dorm building. He is only able to shake his head, feeling disbelief on the action she did earlier before starting to drive back home.
That's how Kangdae became from being just a fan to being one of the tripleS managers, but specifically, the manager of his ultimate bias. He has been doing what his job suggests, planning her schedule with the company and accompanying her in her activities. However, despite all this, it seems that she also pampers him by buying him stuff and not letting him pay for it, even if he tells her that he wants to pay for it. This also results with them being a lot intimate and secretly being a couple.
This situation also seems to be the change of the dynamics between them. One day, he jokingly said that he should call her ‘mommy’ instead of ‘noona’ due to her acting like one towards him. He thought that she would feel disgusted with it, but instead she had this wicked grin visible on her face. “Oh really? Well, I don't mind it. Besides, you sound so sexy saying that word, Kangdae.” She says and gives him a sultry wink. This change of dynamics also results with both of them able to have their own personal fun and fulfill their sexual needs.
Fast forward to today, which is October 25th, they have finished with the Australia World Tour and every member and staff have some free time to spend before going back to Korea. Kangdae has been planning to just go to the nearest bar and just have some drinks. However, as he is going to the bathroom to clean himself, his phone starts to vibrate multiple times. He then checks the phone to see several messages from Yooyeon.
[Mommy Yoo❤️]
Meet me at the hotel private pool at 8.00 p.m.
Don't be late, or mommy would punish you 😉
-
He chuckles seeing her messages, knowing that her threats were always a bluff. However, he thinks that it would be a good idea to be able to hangout with her as they both have been busy for the 3 days of the world tour. He also thinks whether he and Yooyeon would do some naughty stuff or not later on.
Later on, he arrives at the hotel’s private pool which is located quite far from the hotel rooms. He scans around the place and sees someone already in the pool. He walks closer towards the pool to see that the one asking him to come to the place has already been waiting for him at the poolside, wearing a black swim dress with white ribbon straps.
“Hey there, my beloved noona.” He says, indicating her of his arrival. This makes her tilt her head, seeing him which then she gives him a naughty grin. “You're late, baby. You make mommy wait for you for 5 minutes. You really want mommy to punish you?” She says while adding a smirk after the last sentence.
Her statement makes him chuckle a bit. “Oh please, mommy… We both know that your threats of punishing me is always a bluff. By the way, I see that you've dipped in the pool, huh?” He says and also asks as he notices the swim dress that she's wearing is already wet, to which she nods.
“Yeah, I went for a swim just now, just waiting for you to arrive.” She retorts back and gives him a playful glare which makes him chuckle even more. “Now, do you want to join mommy in the pool or not?” She asks him once again to which he nodded.
“Great then. Now take off your clothes.” She says to him before plunging herself into the pool once more. “Really mommy? Do you really want me to take off my clothes right here with you looking?” He asks, trying to argue. “As if you haven't done that in front of mommy before, baby…” She retorts his argument and gives him yet another smirk.
He sighs in defeat before starts taking off his clothes until he is left with just his swimming trunks. As she notices a slight tent forming at his swimming trunks, this makes her to smirk even more and looks intently at his crotch region. He notices where she's looking at which makes him chuckle and mumbles the word ‘naughty’. Then, he gets into the pool and joins her by hugging her close.
“It's been awhile since we get to be like this huh, mommy?” He asks which she nods as an answer. They stay in that position for another 10 minutes before he feels her grinding her crotch region with his.
“Mommy, are you horny already? I thought you wanted us to go for a swim first.” He taunts her. There's no reply from her other than soft moans coming out from her mouth for 5 minutes. After that, she tries to answer his question despite her still moaning and grinding.
“Mmmmh, I am, baby… After all, w-we haven't been with each… mmmh… other. Mommy believes t-that you also want me r-right now.” Her answer makes him chuckle and shake his head. After that, he slithers one of his hands towards under the swim dress until he feels her pussy. Once he feels her pussy, he starts to rub it which makes her moan a bit louder.
“Mmmmh, t-that’s it baby. G-Gosh, this is just only y-your fingers, what if it's your dick inside me, mmmmmh…” She exclaims. Then, she responds by moving her left hand towards the inside of his swimming trunks until she reaches his dick and grips it before slowly stroking it. This causes him to groan softly yet hoarsely right towards her ear.
As things getting heated between the two with them pleasuring each other, he couldn't wait to fuck her which makes him to stop rubbing her pussy. This makes her confused as she was actually getting close to orgasm. “W-Why did you stop? Mommy's close…” She whines.
“S-Sorry mommy, but I can't wait any longer.” He exclaims. After saying that, he yanks his swimming trunks down a little to release his hard dick, then pulls up one of her legs before pushing his dick into her pussy. This causes them to moan due to the pleasure of both sexual parts and also the pressure from the pool water.
“Oh god, mmmmh… Mommy's pussy still feels so… tight. The water also makes the feel of your pussy even better, mommy.” He says. After a few minutes later, he pulls out his dick until his tip remains before pushing it back inside which leads to him thrusting inside her pussy. However, the pressure from the pool's water makes it a bit harder for him to thrust his dick.
“Mmmmh, I've b-been craving for this, baby. Mommy has been… mmmmh… waiting to get that dick of yours. So p-please, ruin mommy's pussy.” She says to him, the pleasure feeling seeps all over her body. Suddenly, he stops thrusting which makes her puzzled yet for another time. “B-Baby, why did you stop t-thrusting? M-Mommy wants m-more.” She whines.
Her whines didn't get any reply from him, instead he lifted her up a little which made her wrap her legs around his waist. Then, he carries her towards the pool wall and pins her towards it before resumes thrusting his dick inside her pussy, but a bit more harder. This action makes her squeal loudly as she didn't expect it.
“Oh, mmmmh… My baby is such a t-tease… Mommy l-loves it though… mmmmh…” She says, followed with laces of moans. As he is still thrusting, he lifts her a little and gets his hands to untie the straps of her swim dress. Once that is done, he tugs down the swim dress to reveal her modest tits before starting to play with them.
“Mmmmh, mommy loves it when you play with my tits, baby. It makes mommy… mmmh… even more aroused.” She says gleefully. This makes him attack her tits even more, with the combination of sucking, groping, tweaking and biting while still thrusting his dick.
After 5 more minutes later, both of them are at the brink of cumming. He really wants to cum inside her as it's been their habit of finishing their sex session. However, he thinks that he should get her consent to do so which makes him do just that.
“M-Mommy, I'm c-close. Can I c-cum inside you, mmmmh?” He asks. Her reaction is to just nod aggressively before answering him. “M-Mommy is close t-too. Luckily, today is mommy's safe day, so y-you can cum i-insi- oh gosh, mmmmh!!!”
As soon hearing her answer and not letting her finish it, he unloads all of his cum deep inside her pussy which triggers her to cum as well. After he believes that he has fully unloaded his cum deep inside her, he slowly pulls out his dick as well as lifting her. This causes a little bit of their mixed cum to spill out from her pussy.
Then, they both hug each other once more for another 5 minutes to relax themselves before she suddenly hits his chest playfully. “Yah, you're such a naughty boy. You didn't notice mommy that you're about to cum.” She says which makes him chuckle. “Hehe, sorry mommy. I was so eager to hear your approval that I just cummed on the spot and forgot to tell you. Well, you did like it didn't you, mommy?” He answers back.
His answer makes her giggle and shake her head. “Yeah, I miss this feeling of you cumming inside me. Now, shall we have a swim this time?” She says to which he answers with a nod. Then, they let go of the hug before fixing their garments; or more so taking off the remaining clothes left which makes both of them skinny dipping. After that, they start to do swimming and playing in the water before leaving an hour later.
P/S: Welp, the inevitable incident has happened... Idk why, but that photo really fuels me up to make a smut for her even if I don't want to 🥲. Still, I hope you all enjoy reading it
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