Chapter 26 – The Pressures of a Place Called a Motel

My routine is much simpler than I thought.

I write.
If you are hungry, eat rice.
Sleep when sleepy

I don’t deviate much from this cycle.

Even most of what you need is solved by courier.
I tend to avoid going out as much as possible.

It’s not that I’m deliberately avoiding it.
This is because it is a question of efficiency.

I just didn’t go out for things that didn’t have to go out.
I just didn’t have much to go out for, so I spent a lot of time at home.

And my personal outings were, at best, occasional appointments.
Even that excuse of being busy… No, this is not an excuse.
I’ve been really busy, so I’ve neglected my relationships with friends a bit.

However, the frequency of finding me only decreased.
Because that’s how I naturally distanced myself from my friends a little bit.
Even so, I did occasionally fulfill my promise.

“… That means I don’t have many friends.”
“Hey. I told you. It’s not that I don’t have one, but that I can’t see you because I’m really busy?”
“Yeah, I’m busy, so I don’t have any friends.”
“Damn…”

Interpersonal relationships have definitely been sorted out.
So, I counted the friends that I still meet face-to-face until now.

“Let’s get out quickly.”
“…Uh.”

And the long-awaited date.
Various intertwined, but it doesn’t change the fact that we date anyway.

“Take a taxi?”
“Then, what, can I walk?”
“No… I have to take a taxi.”

I said it once because I was embarrassed, but I got a sharp answer somewhere.

“… But, isn’t it too much luggage? There’s pretty much everything there anyway.”

2 days and 1 night motel date.
For that reason, the burden of the ‘younger sister’ seemed too much.

“… How do you use that stuff? It’s embarrassing.”

When I heard it, it seemed like that.
However, it was still too much luggage.

“What the hell do you do with so much luggage?”
“Just a change of clothes and underwear… A towel, toiletries, a hair dryer—”
“No, wait. You said you got all of that now?”
“Uh… Why?”
“…When it comes to face wash, where the hell did it start…”

I started to check the luggage package that was at the feet of the ‘little sister’ in a boiling frustration.

“Oh, why!”
“Shampoo, conditioner, conditioner, treatment, cleansing foam, oil… Wow, what is all this?”

There are many other items that I am not familiar with.
And there was even a bathrobe along with a towel folded up.

“What is this pouch again?”
“… That’s cosmetics.”
“Then what about this?”
“Underwear….”
“This?”
“That’s a sanitary pad!”

Among the many pouches, the most dainty-looking pouch was taken away by the ‘younger sister’.
I wondered what was in that little place, and it must have been a sanitary pad.

And the ‘little sister’ was blushing a little on her face.

“… Why is this again. You, aren’t you still far away?”
“That, that, how do you know that?!”
“No, well… I have a rough idea. Didn’t you do it last week?”
“Ho, in case you don’t know… So, I just took it with me…”

He seemed excited somewhere, and I don’t know if he was expecting it, but anyway, the load was a little too much.
It seemed that they were packing their things in earnest, as if they were going on a picnic.

“… Everything like this is there. But, is it going this far?”
“How do we use what everyone else is using!”
“… Are you an idiot? These days, everything is given out as disposable items. Who cares for all this? Is there any immigration?”
“…… That, is that so?”

In addition, there were hair dryers, hair straighteners, mask packs, some household medicines, alcohol swabs, gauze, and bandages.

“… Why didn’t you bring a first aid kit?”
“Yeah, that’s too big…”
“Uhh…”

I unpack that nonsense.

“Oh, why! You don’t know!”
“They’re all sold at convenience stores too. After 2 days and 1 night, Yubyeol is very, uh huh…”

I shook my head to the side with an expression of boredom.

“You are really…”

Seeing the luggage flying away one by one in my hand, the expression of the ‘little sister’ becomes gloomy.

“Is this underwear?”
“… Uh. Give it to me!”

I took the pouch back into my hand.

“Then underwear and clothes to change into… But, isn’t it okay not to change into them?”
“I don’t like it. I’m going to wear it.”
“Ah, yes.”

And I got rid of everything except what seemed really necessary.

“Still, I want to write what I used to write…”

The ‘younger sister’ looks at the shampoo and conditioner with a pitiful expression.

“What if it’s not enough?”
“You can buy it again.”
“… Hey, but… How do you know that?”
“Again, what?”
“No, they gave out disposable items… How did you know. Have you ever been to a motel?!”
“Oh.
“Oh, there is…”
“Then take it there and go. Who ignorantly takes care of this big thing as it is?”
“…Uh.”

‘Little sister’ goes to her room with her underwear and sanitary pad in her arms.
And she had packed a few sappers and was gearing up for the ones she used.

“Then is it over?”
“… Uh. Hey, by the way, can’t we just bring the towel and gown? It’s embarrassing… “
“Hey, if that’s the case, how do you sleep in the bed there? Huh? That said, the sheets, towels, and gowns are all washed and sterilized?”
“… Then I’ll just pack a towel. Towels are a bit like that though… “

Being a bit too harsh, so I just nodded.
‘Little sister’ seems to be excited about it again, so she packs her towel and puts it in her bag.

“Are you feeling a little excited?”
“… Shit. Ha, I wasn’t excited at all.”

He had been smiling a little while ago, but he was trying hard to harden his expression.

*

“Can’t you go in first? Then send a message saying what number you want and I’ll go in.”
“…Really?”
“Well, how can I go in here together… Oh, what if I meet someone I know… “
“Hey, I came to a distant place on purpose… How do you meet someone you know here?”

I put a lot of effort into choosing a motel.
It’s in a corner as far as possible and the facilities should be fine.

I don’t know if this is the place, but it was a place that older people committing adultery would pull their cars.
To the point where the taxi driver thought it was strange that we were going to a motel far away and even talked to him about it.

“And it’s an unmanned tel? Nothing to worry about. Let’s go quickly.”
“Ah, ah! Yah!”

I grabbed the restless ‘little sister’ by the wrist.
I had never had to hold this wrist a few times in my entire life, but lately I felt like holding it more often.

“Ah, Ice…”

‘Little sister’ presses her hat her even deeper and sticks close to me.
Then, naturally, she crossed her arms, and her soft breasts were immediately transmitted to her forearms of her.

Trying hard to resist being in a weird mood, I called out for no reason.

“… You said you wanted to come?”
“It’s not me… It must be ‘Park Eun-young’!”
“Yes, Park Eun-young.”
“No, not me…”
“Okay, okay, come quickly.”

When I took a big step, my ‘younger sister’ hurriedly followed him.

“Oh, wait. I think it’s over there.”
“…… Do you come here often? You’re so used to it.”

The ‘younger sister’ constantly looks around.
And I mumble while watching what I do.

“Why? Surprising?”
“… You didn’t even have a girlfriend.”
“Why do you think there wasn’t?”
“…”

I didn’t know anything else, but I was as quick as a motel.
To write the motel scene, so I had no choice but to go in and out a few times to prepare.

However, there was no need to bring this up.

“Are you going to make it the biggest?”
“…Do it yourself.”

I don’t know if it’s because of the motel date, but I thought I was a little excited, but the reaction of the ‘little sister’ got a bit chilly.

“You choose. Here, here, here.”
“Ah! Just choose from anywhere!? You said you knew it well! Then you’d have to choose on your own!”

The ‘little sister’ screamed back.
I thought it was because of me, but I also think it was because I was shy.

“Then let’s do it here. It’s the cleanest.”

I finished the payment within no time, and suddenly the card key fell out.
Taking it with me, I drag my ‘younger sister’ to the elevator.

Ding-

A door that opens right away.
Then, the ‘younger sister’ unfolds my arms and walks toward the corner of the elevator.

“…”
“…”

From the moment you get on the elevator, only silence is full.
I thought it would be awkward, so I tried to say something, but I couldn’t think of the right words to say.

Ding-

“Go, let’s go.”
“……Uh.”

As soon as the door opened, the ‘sister’ immediately jumped out.
But it wasn’t that way, so I snatched my wrist again.

“Oh, not that way, this way…”
“Ah… Yes.”

I return the ‘sister’s body to the other side and let go of the wrist that I held again.

Thump- thump- thump-

Clearly, there was nothing new about a space where there were just the two of them.
How long have we lived together, each other’s underwear… Or even half-naked bodies too many times to count.

“Go, quickly…”
“Yes.”

It’s definitely a ‘younger sister’ with me, so there was no awkwardness between us.
Even after those things happened, even if it was a little awkward, I was doing well without any problems.

However, the pressure given by a place called a motel is not common.

The saliva in his mouth had dried up from earlier.
And my heart was beating like it was about to explode.

We arrived at the front of the room before we knew it.
I held out my card key and opened the door.

Tti-Dik-Cheol-Kuddung-

“… Let’s go in.”
“Oh, you go in first.”
“…Uh.”

Opened the door.
The unique smell that is difficult to express in words welcomes the two of us.

“Hey, what are you going to do now?”

A dark room with no lights on yet.
The two of us stood there, not knowing what to do.