chapter 90
Controversy (4)
After thinking that the NIS will take care of it, Yoon Jae-duk is caught and handed over to the police.
I went back to my normal life and had a day like any other.
At least… .
I thought so.
“It’s me. Don’t spare your magic. You have a lot of magic left, so why do you keep saving it? This gate is dangerous, so we told you not to spare it.”
“Ah, sorry… .”
“Hannah too. If you try to endure unconditionally, your posture will be ruined and only shocks will accumulate. Pour out what you can. If you fall, the real subjugation is over.”
“… I’m sorry… .”
“And Seo-won. Please save some energy. It’s good to be strong, but it’s because I’ve been pouring out every single shot, so I’m always behind. The shock is cumulative. It’s the same whether you hit it twice moderately or hit it hard once. okay?”
“… yes.”
“… okay. Let’s take a break and try again.”
After the short feedback and leaving the members behind, I headed straight to Han Gyuri to check the collected data.
“Did the data come out?”
“Ah yes… !”
Then, Gyuri Han hurriedly handed me a tablet with a hard look… .
“… Stir… . Producer.”
She, who was secretly watching me from the side, spoke out in a strangely cautious tone.
“that… . Perhaps… , what are you doing… ?”
“… yes?”
“Just, what… . Have you ever had a bad experience… .”
She asks for greetings out of nowhere.
“No, that’s… .”
It was then when I looked at her hurriedly as if she had just said something for nothing.
“Look who you were fighting with.”
Kim Jun-hyung, who had been away for a while, sneaked in and intervened.
“It’s always like this after a fight with someone.”
“Hey, are you fighting?”
I was only stabbed in the right direction, staring at Kim Jun-hyung and rebutting it.
“… What are you saying all of a sudden?”
Then, Kim Jun-hyung looked at me and smirked as if he knew it.
“You are very sensitive right now.”
‘… Am I sensitive?’
A word I hadn’t heard in a long time, my mind suddenly flashed, and I shifted my gaze and glanced at Han Gyuri.
“… … .”
It seemed like Kim Junhyung was right when he looked at me with worried eyes while keeping his mouth shut.
“Would you like a cup of coffee?”
Take a seat, the training ground lounge.
“It’s on.”
“… Thank you.”
As I received the coffee from the vending machine that Junhyung Kim pulled, I was displeased with the warmth I felt at my fingertips.
“Did you pick something hot in this weather?”
There is not much left until the end of the season on August 1st.
No matter how hot it is, the weather is sweating profusely.
“Don’t drink it in a hurry, so I pulled it out hot on purpose.”
Kim Jun-hyung cleverly spoke and took a seat next to me, and, unlike mine, sipping a cup of ice-cold coffee and alluding to something.
“So, who did you fight?”
“… What are you fighting for?”
“Are you Seol Joo-hee?”
Kim Jun-hyung, who accurately predicted the opponent.
‘How did know?’
As he turned his head in surprise, he rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue as if it was obvious.
“You are then. What happened this time?”
“just… . Something happened.”
“What, big?”
“… A lot of.”
“Ugh… .”
Junhyung Kim began to shake his head as if he was thinking about something.
I sip my slightly steamed hot coffee and stared blankly at the inside of the break room.
Is it because the air conditioner is loud?
Rather, it felt as if it was warming the cold inside.
“… Ji-hyuk. I think so.”
Kim Jun-hyung, holding the weight inappropriately and speaking out.
“Being a friend is actually a big deal, so you have to be even more careful.”
I sip my coffee and listen to him quietly.
“I don’t know what happened between you and Seol Joo-hee… . You and him are mutually exclusive friends. If this isn’t enough to upset the relationship… . I think it’s good to reconsider.”
He talked as if he knew what had happened between Seol Joo-hee and me.
Of course, you must have guessed based on my reaction… .
‘… friend… .’
Those serious words gave me a chance to reconsider.
“Fufu… .”
Kim Jun-hyung, who immediately drank the ice-filled coffee, brought his empty cup to me asking if I needed ice.
“I do not need.”
“okay?”
Then, pouring a piece of ice into his mouth, he got up and added another word.
“Anyway, take a cup of coffee and think about it. I’ll go in and grab some time.”
“… I will be there soon.”
“Are you trying to bully the kids again?”
“It’s not bullshit, it’s feedback.”
“You’re going to be bored… . I go in first.”
After that, Kim Junhyung returned to the training ground.
Alone in the empty lounge, I looked down at the vending machine coffee in my hand.
The coffee, which had been steaming, slowly cooled down and turned into lukewarm.
*
“What do you think? it’s okay?”
“Is it delicious? Where, at a restaurant?”
“hehehe… . Eat this too!”
After training, I headed to Lim Arin’s house, and I was eating dinner that she had prepared.
When she answered that it was delicious, she smiled happily and served the side dishes, as if she were looking at a newly married new wife.
‘Is this what it feels like to be married? .’
Without knowing it, I’m thinking of getting married, so what more can I say?
“I really enjoyed the meal.”
After such a happy meal.
“I’m eating this in the living room.”
“yes? you?”
“I’m going to clean this up!”
“Let’s kick it together. Help is fast.”
“No, don’t do anything today… !”
“No, me too… .”
“Sup!”
I was kicked out of the living room while Arin Lim was cleaning up on her own, and I quietly picked up some fruit and waited for her to come back.
‘I can’t make it a habit… .’
And after a while.
“Are you done?”
“yes! You just have to take it out later.”
Arin Lim came back after tidying up.
“So… .”
She naturally took a seat on top of me, not on the sofa.
To be honest, I wasn’t very comfortable holding her, but… .
Since I had something to eat, I gently hugged him and accepted the absurdity.
“great job. Would you like me to rub your arm?”
“Oh, good!”
I used the massage as an excuse to massage her body slowly.
It felt like a kind of service for her.
“There’s a lot going on here. Aren’t you in too much trouble?”
“… Yes… . like that… . ah… .”
How long had it passed since I was relaxing and rubbing Lim Arin’s body like that?
As I was listening to the sound of her breathing, which started to excite, I suddenly had a question like that.
Indeed, Lim Arin didn’t notice about Seol Joo-hee’s condition.
‘… Arin doesn’t know… ?’
Ever since she started dating Lim Arin, she hasn’t been able to bring up the topic of Seol Joo-hee.
No, unless the topic naturally came out as the topic flowed, she had never actually spoken of her name.
Of course, this is quite understandable.
Because the relationship between Seol Joo-hee and me is close to the worst, there is a high possibility that Lim A-rin did not deliberately bring up the story with consideration for me.
But.
Even so, it didn’t seem like he would hide from me that he had started working on drugs.
“… There, Arin.”
“yes… ?”
“Are you in touch with the kids these days?”
“Hey, kids… ? Why all of a sudden… ?”
She flinched, showing a slightly bewildered reaction.
I carelessly stroked her belly and continued talking.
“No, just. There is no news.”
OK.
“Maybe you’re doing fine… ?”
Somewhere, I have come up with an ambiguous answer.
“Aren’t you good at contacting me?”
“Yes… . I just say hi sometimes… .”
At the end of the story that Lim Arin didn’t communicate well, she grabbed my wrist and tucked it into my underwear.
“Ugh… .”
The warm moisture you can clearly feel on your fingertips.
She had already finished the preparations and was overflowing.
“You can’t do it slowly… ?”
Arin Lim sent a signal by twisting her body as if she couldn’t bear it any longer.
For some reason, it strangely felt like she was trying to fake my story… .
‘… I must be mistaken… .’
Given the situation, I didn’t take it too seriously.
“little bit more.”
“… Yes… .”
After pushing her to the limit as usual, I finally listened to her wishes.
*
Another crazy few days pass.
One day before the gate subjugation.
“… … .”
I stared at the message that popped up on my phone screen.
[ A Yura: Let’s meet today. ]
[ Me: What happened all of a sudden? ]
[ A Yura: It’s important. ]
[ Me : I will report the schedule and contact you ]
It was a message exchanged with Hong Yura a while ago.
‘What’s going on… .’
At first, I thought she would bring up a story about Seol Joo-hee.
However… .
After thinking about it, I soon realized that it wasn’t.
If it’s about Seol Joo-hee, there’s no reason to tell me.
Above all, considering the fact that Lim Ah-rin has not commented on Seol Joo-hee’s condition so far, it is highly likely that it is not about Seol Joo-hee.
Then it’s not Seol Joo-hee, it’s a different story… .
‘Is it because of Arin?’
Considering the fact that the two have been out of touch recently, it was a plausible guess.
“… … .”
When I was in trouble for a while.
“F, Producer… ! Producer!”
For some reason, Gyuri Han hastily started looking for me.
“What’s going on? I’m in a hurry… .”
“Shut up, police!”
“… yes?”
“The police are looking for you!”
“!”
It was the story of the police looking for me.