18 – Chae Yeojin
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Chae Yeojin was extraordinary from an early age.
“Daddy’s here~”
“Daddy~”
“Oh my, our princess. Were you playing well? Who do you resemble to be this pretty? Mom~?”
“Oh, stop it~ I’m not that pretty.”
“Not entirely untrue. You’re so pretty that I had to catch you before someone else did.”
Her appearance was more adorable than her peers, and she had a unique desire compared to other girls.
“Our daughter, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
“I want to be a boy!”
“A boy? Why?”
“Because boys are taller and stronger! Also, playing with boys is more fun! I want to be a boy!”
“Honey… what should we do…?”
“…I don’t know. Don’t ask.”
Her preference for hanging out with boys rather than girls was also exceptional.
“Oh my, really? Is this for real? Honey, seriously?”
“Here! I told you! Everything will be fine! I love this place from the very beginning. Let’s move to a bigger house now, not this cramped one.”
“But we haven’t even been here for a year, right? Honey, it’s not too small for a family of three, it’s 40 square meters…”
“No. Let’s go for at least 60 square meters… No, let’s just build a house!”
As the days passed, the house kept getting bigger, which was quite remarkable.
“Mom, are we moving again?”
“Yes, Yejin. Daddy has earned a lot of money this time too, so we’re moving to a bigger house. Are you happy, Yejin?”
Father, who used to be an ordinary office worker, left his job to start a successful business, and the family moved continuously.
Towards bigger and more splendid houses.
“…I don’t care. If we move, I’ll have to change schools again.”
“Hmm… changing schools… Then, shall we move to a nearby area this time?”
“No, that won’t do. We don’t need to fit in with the kids in this neighborhood. Yejin, Daddy will make sure you go to school with better kids.”
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“…I’ve already changed schools three times.”
Moving was synonymous with changing schools.
Just as those who experienced a sudden rise in social class from a wealth perspective often did, Yejin’s father also wanted to build relationships to match his children with the new social class, not the old one.
Even though Yejin had just started fourth grade, she had already changed schools three times.
Just when she started to get used to it, she would move again, and just when she started to make friends, she would change schools. It was a cycle of repeated situations.
One by one, the friends disappeared, and now no one was left.
And even the family.
“Tell me! That perfume on your clothes! Who is that woman?”
“What if I tell you? As long as you have money, you’re fine, right? You’re always out drinking with young guys, and now you’re making a fuss about me?”
“What, what? Are you done talking? I just had a drink, that’s all! You… You…!!”
“You just had a drink? Just a drink? Seriously?”
No matter how hard she tried to hold on, the things Yejin loved scattered easily, like sand slipping through her fingers.
“Oh? Is this sister crying?”
“Sister, are you crying? Are you really crying? Ee~ she’s crying even though she’s all grown up~”
“…I’m not crying. And I’m not all grown up. I’m just in fourth grade.”
“We’re in second grade! But why is sister crying?”
“…Because our parents got divorced.”
“I see. I get it now. Let’s play with us then.”
“Didn’t you hear? Our parents got divorced!?”
“Yeah, but so what?”
“…What?”
“Dad is still Dad, and I am still me. If Dad got divorced, then just hang out with friends!”
“…I don’t have any friends.”
“Oh, I see. Then we’ll be your friends.”
“But you guys are younger than me. By two years.”
“Then we’ll be your younger siblings.”
“……Sure.”
And that was the first meeting with the two little ones.
* * *
‘Those little ones have grown up so much already.’
Seated opposite, the siblings Jo watched as they voraciously devoured their food without a pause.
Really, whether they’re siblings or not, eating seems to be the same for older and younger ones.
“Take it slow. Who’s going to snatch it away from you?”
As Chae-yeojin sat at the table, observing, another voice came from beside her.
It was Ju Ji-tae, grilling the meat.
‘…He’s grown too, but not like this.’
Seeing Ju Ji-tae, the incident from a moment ago briefly crossed her mind.
Last year, while she was busy with the college entrance exams, they were occupied with joining the high school soccer team. Truth be told, they were busier than she was.
Even if studying for the exams was challenging, couldn’t they spare a moment to see each other’s faces? Even if she was the top scorer in the country, she couldn’t be that pressed for time.
But truly, the three of them had no time to see each other, not even ‘physically.’
The two of them were busy with soccer team drills, U-17 national team, U-20 national team, international tournaments – they were constantly on the move.
This time, they had been selected for the national team again, leaving for intensive training from mid-January, and by February, weren’t they in Indonesia for acclimatization? In March, they were participating in a competition there.
After a long time, the two of them, as they claimed, had grown significantly.
Especially one of them, to the point where he was unrecognizable.
‘Why has he changed so much? He may have grown a bit taller, but it’s not like he grew by just 2-3 cm. And Jitae, his way of speaking and attitude seem strangely relaxed. Moreover, his gaze…yes, his gaze. His gaze is…so different.’
Chae-yeojin knew.
That the two of them liked her. That she was their first love.
Well, who wouldn’t like her? She was not just pretty but also had a great figure and a good personality. Where would a guy be who wouldn’t like a sister like her?
Therefore, the gaze exchanged between the two of them was quite familiar.
… It was a gaze filled with excitement.
Chae Yejin first became aware of her uniqueness when she entered middle school.
“Look at this, Noona’s wearing a school uniform. How do I look? Pretty, right?”
“Wow, a school uniform! It’s awesome!”
“Noona, you really look like an adult.”
“You little brats. Can you even tell there’s a two-year age gap between us? To you guys, I’ve always been the adult.”
She was in the middle of showing off her appearance in a school uniform to those boys.
Chae Yejin, who usually preferred wearing pants, was sitting there like she always did that day. And then, she noticed something. She noticed that the two boys were staring at something bulging under her skirt.
The moment she realized that what they were looking at was her skirt, her panties, she felt not embarrassment, but excitement.
That was when it all began.
Pretending it was a mistake, she started showing her panties to the boys, whom she had always treated as her younger brothers. Even though they had never felt like men before, the moment she saw them getting aroused by her panties, she couldn’t resist the overwhelming excitement.
It was something more primal, more intense than the recent discovery of self-pleasure.
Before she knew it, Chae Yejin had discovered a desire to not just show her panties but to encourage the boys to steal them.
Amidst the shame, confusion, and disgust, after all the emotions had washed over her, what remained was enlightenment.
She could only truly feel liberated when she realized she was a pervert, accepted it.
Yet she still prided herself on maintaining some level of restraint.
After admitting her perversion, she indulged to her heart’s content, but she still thought that the boys were unaware…
“They knew all along and deceived me like a cunning devil,” she thought, her belated embarrassment making her glare at the villainous figure beside her. But Jo Ji-tae was just grilling meat with an indifferent expression.
“Ugh… Getting caught in such an embarrassing moment. I wish I could just die by suicide.”
Chae Yejin felt a momentary pang of emotion at Jo Ji-tae’s nonchalant demeanor.
She was the one who was fidgeting as if she were sitting on thorns, while the real culprit, that scoundrel, could be so casual.
Her brain, which she thought had already been consumed by shame, reacted differently this time.
Impulsively, Chae Yejin pinched the muscular thigh of the cheeky boy sitting next to her.
“… It’s firm.”
The texture of solid muscle was palpable under her fingertips, as if he were a soccer player.
Ignoring the warm gaze from the adjacent seat, Chaeyeon focused on the siblings, Mr. and Ms. Jo, sitting across from her for no apparent reason.
“Ah~ The goddess eats so well. Is it delicious?”
“…Not really.”
“Try this too. It’s so good because the goddess likes it so much.”
As she picked up the meat in front of her and transferred it to Ms. Jo’s plate, the playful chopstick movements of Ms. Jo, who had been eating energetically, slowed down.
“……??”
“…Hng.”
“Why all of a sudden!?”
Ms. Jo, who had been stuffing her cheeks relentlessly, pouted and said, “You keep feeding me. Just trying to make yourself slim. It’s annoying, seriously.”
“Uh??”
She put down her chopsticks with a bewildered sound.
Chaeyeon forgot the embarrassment from a moment ago and pursed her lips.
‘Cute!’
Even the sly glance she gave was surprisingly cute.
“Is the goddess in middle school? Seriously, so cute.”
“I’ve always been cute.”
“She knows she’s cute because you keep complimenting her.”
“What are you saying? Am I really cute?”
Watching the siblings bicker with a satisfied smile, Chaeyeon’s body trembled suddenly.
A hand rested casually on her thigh.
“Stop chattering and eat meat. The goddess wants you to eat too.”
“I don’t want to eat. I’ll get fat.”
“Really? Then I guess I have to give it to you. Nuna, eat this.”
Even though she was wearing pants, the area where he touched felt hot, as if he had patted her flesh.
“Nuna?”
Startled, Chaeyeon finally snapped out of it when she felt the gaze directed at her.
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“Oh, uh, yeah. Why?”
“Jitae is giving you meat. Nuna, have some.”
“Oh. Right. Thanks.”
Forced smiles, Chae-yeon’s fingertips trembled as she picked up a piece of meat.
“Look. You have to eat well like a big sister to grow tall.”
“I’m 161cm tall. Just average, right?”
“These days, even girls have to be tall to be cool. Well, just kidding. I should treat you better, sis.”
“Oh, come on…”
“Should I give it to you?”
“Yes!”
“Say ‘please.’”
“Please!”
‘Crazy. Seriously crazy! What if we get caught in front of the kids?’
Am I the only one nervous? Am I the only one feeling weird?
Chae-yeon bit her lip, watching Ju Ji-tae calmly flipping the meat.
‘Stay calm, Chae-yeon. The opponent is Ju Ji-tae. Just a two-year age difference. Don’t react anymore… If only that hand could move… If it could…’
Chae-yeon couldn’t move in the end.
Whether intentional or not, the subtle sensation of fingers delicately scraping the surface of her jeans felt too good.
‘Just a bit more… Just a tiny bit more…’
As the pleasure tingled through her spine, about to engulf her entire being, the fingers stopped at the perfect moment.
“Why did you stop—”
The pleasure-consumed mind, forgetting where this place was or who the other person was, was about to utter a hastened word when,
“Sis, are you okay? You’ve been fidgeting since earlier.”
The sensation of a hand grabbing her shoulder and shaking brought Chae-yeon’s consciousness back belatedly.
“Oh… uh?”
Her foolish face reflected in her pitch-black pupils.
Meeting eyes with Ju Ji-tae, Chae-yeon shivered belatedly at the impending gloom.
“What’s wrong? Why is sis like that?”
“I guess she needs to go to the bathroom. Why are you so embarrassed? Speak confidently, not unbecomingly. Like a sister, confidently. It’s okay.”
Confidently… like a sister… it’s okay…
“Do you need to go to the bathroom urgently? Hurry back.”
With a light pat on her shoulder, Chae-yeon stood up, biting her lip.
“Sorry. I’ll be back in a moment.”
“Hey, sis. Take the phone. You never know, there might be an urgent call coming from somewhere.”
“….”
* * *
“Sis, you ate well today. Are you going up right away?”
“Oh, yeah. That’s right.”
“Okay. See you next time.”
As Jo Jaeshin turned away, heading off into the distance, he grinned, glancing back at her.
“Your expression has improved, hasn’t it? It was pretty bad a while ago.”
“Was it really that bad?”
“Yeah, you looked all red, even seemed to be sweating cold.”
Ju Jitae burst into a hearty laugh.
“Why? What’s so funny?”
“I guess it was hot in front of the fire.”
“Is it cool now, then?”
Ju Jitae nodded, running his fingers over the damp bundle of cloth in his pocket.
“Yeah, in various ways, it’s cooled down.”
