Chapter 134 – Homophobia (2)

Homophobia (2)

“You guys will see each other after a long time. Hyeji Lee.”

A normal tone, as if introducing another friend to a friend.

However, even the aftermath of that introduction was not ordinary.

There was no one who smiled brightly and said it was a long time ago, and no one waved their hand politely saying that it was nice to meet them.

All the camp members present here were just blankly silent.

Even Lee Hye-ji’s friends, Jeong Da-jeong and Park Seul-ah, were opening their mouths with only fierce confusion in their eyes.

Even though I had already noticed the existence of Lee Hye-ji standing with me, it was this much.

That much, the unresolved shock and confusion remained in them.

Long time no see

See you again after a long time.

Even the concept of seeing someone again after a very long time, reuniting with someone, was because I felt it after a very long time.

Not just them, but everyone alive in this era.

It is an era where death is more vague than ever.

First day of disaster.

Everyone in this era must have realized the same, just as I was startled and shocked as I returned to the College of Humanities from the main gate of the school.

In the past, a minor traffic accident that would have ended in a simple accident, a trivial butt trip over a rock, is directly related to one’s own death.

It was an era where death was familiar enough to have to think of death over a simple mistake.

In this modern era, not being able to see someone or someone’s existence disappearing meant one thing.

The odds of someone dying are slim.

In the past, it was an exaggerated leap to think of death because there was no contact, but that was the case in the current era.

This is why talking about each other’s family is taboo in the camp.

Everyone comforts each other, convinced that they are still alive somewhere, but in fact they know.

That there is a high probability that each other’s family died somewhere.

Because death is widespread enough to die from a simple mistake, and luck is small on the contrary.

It’s because you don’t get lucky enough to be sure that the luck that has already come to you will go to your family.

There were lucky people who won the lottery every week, but every week it wasn’t me.

“…”

So I couldn’t help but be confused.

It was a time when it was not wrong to understand that disappearing means dying soon.

To them now, Lee Hye-ji was no different from a ghost who had returned from the dead.

“As you all know, Hyeji was quarantined for the safety of the camp. She repeated seizures and fainting, which seemed to be a precursor to infection, so it was a natural step for the safety of the camp.”

Besides, the reason she disappeared was because she was a zombie.

The alpha and omega of this era, the most reasonable reason and the most powerful justification.

Rather, it is that she returned under circumstances that make it even more strange to think that she is not dead.

“I didn’t know when she would turn into a zombie and bite the camp members, so I quarantined her in a safe place and checked her every day, well – it would be more reasonable to think that this is not an infection.”

And that’s after a week or so…

Only after her two friends, who had worried about her for the longest time and asked about her progress, had accepted her death as a fait accompli.

The eyes of the two friends, who were accustomed to hiding next to Linnea while avoiding the search team that had been instructed by me rather than summoning the courage to ask the search team if Lee Hye-ji was alive or dead, were constantly shaking.

“And-“

I patted her on the shoulder again for a moment.

Tok- Tok-

He used to press down on her skin on the other side of the fabric and pulled Lee Hyeji.

“After watching him for a while, he was smart.”

Without a single step to spare, the closely attached body constantly transmits vibrations.

I lowered my head, feeling the vibration transmitted through my side.

“I understand well.”
“…”

It was an eye contact that could never be avoided by lowering your head.

Reflecting in Lee Hye-ji’s pupils, I smiled.

Lee Hye-ji’s body, which contained that smile, began to tremble more violently.

Experiences repeated countless times bring imprinted fear.

Like Pavlov’s dog, even though she didn’t throw her fist out, she was already munching her fists.

“That’s why it’s perfect for the important work of a camp like this. And after all, isn’t our Hyeji the most reliable camp member here?”

Took-!

“The most reliable camp member that has been verified for the longest time is also Hyeji.”

The only camper here who went through my hands was Lee Hye-ji.

Took-!

As if to show off to everyone, he continued to stroke Lee Hye-ji’s shoulder and pat him.

No matter what expression she took when I touched her, I made eye contact with her, keeping only her soft smile and her warm gaze.

It’s completely different from when you look at pigs who unilaterally churn out supplies.

And it’s clear enough for everyone to notice unless you’re an idiot.

“So, starting today, our Hyeji will take care of everything related to supply. Everything from reviewing all the food you need to eat and daily necessities you need to use for the day to distributing them to you guys.”

She even gave her the colossal real power to stop it out of suspicion.

So-

Took-!

It was a slightly different gesture from the hand that had been stroking her shoulder so far.

Lee Hye-ji bounced forward like a spring at the gesture of pushing her back.

She stood in front of everyone, holding an already crumpled piece of paper and a ballpoint pen.

“Let’s start with a reinvestigation.”

***

Shinchon Hyundai Department Store, 9th floor, children’s lounge.

Smart-

A knock echoes in a space dimly lit only by a half-melted candle.

“… Second, President.”

It was Lee Hye-ji.

He left when the reinvestigation was about halfway through, so this was just the right timing for the reinvestigation to be over.

“Come in.”

Lee Hye-ji, who was meticulously engaged in the investigation, as if she hadn’t taken the title of being a student at a prestigious university.

Kiki-Ik-

She cautiously opened the door to the nursery and came inside.

Each other’s eyes met through a haze of light.

I gestured forward to Lee Hye-ji, who was still holding her back passively.

The chair I was sitting on and the table with candles on it.

“…”

And the chair across from her, which had been her seat for a long time.

Towards the empty chair she continued her stammering steps.

“… Here you are.”

He handed me a half-wrinkled piece of paper and sat quietly.

Her buttocks, barely hanging over the chair, made it uncomfortable for anyone to see.

After checking her meticulously written paper with her rather cute handwriting, I quietly stared at her.

“…”

Hyeji Lee, at my unspoken command, pulled her hips back and leaned against the back of her chair.

However, that alone didn’t change anything.

I continued to make eye contact with her without saying anything.

“… Ah.”

Only then did a shallow sigh flow from Lee Hye-ji’s lips.

She hurriedly pressed her back against the backrest.

The body, which has become one with the chair to the extent that there is no extra space, continues the next action.

Thighs intertwined without the slightest gap, and both hands touching from behind the backrest.

The restraint was completed even without cable ties.

It was her posture that I was most familiar with for about a week.

“…”

However, silence was maintained.

I didn’t open my closed lips as if that posture wasn’t the correct answer either.

Lee Hye-ji’s eyes fluttered at the silence that showed no signs of ending.

Her tremors, which had significantly improved during her reinvestigation, overtook her again.

It was clear that the imprinted fear met the imprinted place of the children’s lounge and created synergy.

She was desperately rolling her hair.

The fact that she was squeezing her hair to avoid getting hit again and not to get sick again was revealed through her twitching eyes.

“… Ah-!”

Lee Hye-ji pursed her lips once more and let out her exclamation.

Lee Hye-ji opened her thighs that were interlocking with her light-like movement and brought her hands forward, which had been turned behind her back.

She then hurriedly grabbed the T-shirt she was wearing.

A simple gesture to grab the hem of the T-shirt and lift it up.

“What are you doing?”

Lee Hye-ji, who was about to take off all of her clothes at the moment, stopped with a rattle.

A look of bewilderment stared at my narrowed gaze.

“… Ha-“

I let out a deep sigh and bowed her head towards the paper she had handed to her.

In the atmosphere of her pathetic and contempt, Lee Hye-ji’s hand, which was holding the end of her T-shirt, could be seen coming down weakly.

I fluttered at her paper, which showed how trembling she was.

The paper, already half crumpled, pointed at Lee Hye-ji and swayed at her.

“Take off everything you took off.”

If you want to undress like that, you have to do that.

As soon as I gave my permission, the rustle again echoed in the nursery.

I read the report carefully while waiting for Lee Hye-ji to return to the original state.

A readjustment report that meticulously recorded the daily supplies for 10 people, including Lee Hye-ji.

As I slowly read the food and daily necessities they hoped for, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Despite the sincerity of eating two full meals a day and not having enough water to drink, all of these years were hoping for a shower.

And that, if you know my subjects well, once a week, and that’s with the condition that you limit the drinking water that day.

It was a very, very insolent request.

In addition, since food and drinking water were not enough, sanitary napkins, underwear, toilet paper, etc. Were written in detail in their demands.

“… You are very partying.”

If you look at it wrong, you’ll think this is a hotel stay service item.

He raised his head and stared at Lee Hye-ji.

Lee Hye-ji, who had returned to her naked body in the beginning, flinched as if she had been stabbed by her thorns.

“What I said was a search for supplies, not a search for your birthday present.”
“…”

She bowed her head without any excuse.

There could be no excuses.

All of these were their requests that she had written down by hand.

“It’s not because you guys are pretty, but it’s readjusted to save supplies for the camp members who risk death to get supplies.”
“…”

Of course, she was not without her excuses.

Obviously, the investigation was going very smoothly until the middle of the reinvestigation when I was sitting there.

Everyone noticed me standing behind Lee Hye-ji and was talking about the supplies needed to survive for a day.

So the real problem must have started in the middle when I left.

Without me, she is just a camp member without any power.

Plus, her week-long quarantine in her nursery isolated her even more.

In a situation where the fence of only women has already been strengthened—

Even her friends, Jeong Da-jeong and Park Seul-ah, felt awkward about her, so she had no choice but to be a stranger.

In addition to that, receiving my trust and attention was more poison in that situation.

Everyone must have clung to her and begged her, even though they felt her instinctive rejection of Lee Hye-ji.

If it’s her, she’ll be fine.

If it was Lee Hye-ji, I might be able to do her favor.

Tok-!

The short forefinger tapped on the item requesting a shower.

And then, once again, he laughed.

Clever

Even the existence of women burned their desire for survival in a different way than men.

“Good.”

I fluttered the paper and nodded to Hyeji Lee.

“It must be a report that you guys have been working hard on and thinking about, but you can’t just reject it. For now, proceed with resupply.”

The atmosphere changed in an instant.

Lee Hye-ji’s eyes widened at the sight of him accepting the request so generously.

She couldn’t escape her shock as if she had been hit by a moment she had never imagined.

“Step.”

I blankly waved her index finger at her with her mouth open.

“I will deduct the insufficient supplies from your supplies, Hyeji, who is in charge of supply.”
“… Yes?”
“What, didn’t you hear?”

I smiled at her kindly and stuck her head out towards her.

Lee Hye-ji opened her mouth again, taking care to look at her lips more clearly.

“The shortage of goods will be deducted from Hyeji Lee’s.”