Chapter 2 – There’s Something Strange About My Childhood Friend

A sports bra and dolphin pants that reveal the cleavage.

It was a comfortable outfit for women in their twenties to wear at home, but it was also an outfit to attract men.

Because the clothes were so short and exposed all of his body, any man watching could not help but blush.

But it didn’t mean much to me.

“Why are you turning off the lights? I will sleep?”

“I do it to save on electricity bills.”

“That’s bullshit.”

Me and Seojin, exchanging lame jokes.

She turned on the light and started looking around my room, as if trying to figure out what I was doing.

“What are you hiding? “Maybe a new girlfriend?”

At the same time, he lifts the blanket off the bed.

“Kabi. “There is none.”

“Isn’t it strange to think that ∙∙∙ exists?”

“Then what on earth were you doing, pretending to sit quietly in the room with the lights off?”

Seojin looks around again suspiciously.

At that reaction, I broke into a cold sweat and turned my head away, pretending not to notice.

‘Did you see ∙∙∙∙∙∙?’

As soon as the password to the house door was entered, I pulled up my pants, took out my earphones, and closed my laptop.

Plus, the meticulousness of pushing it to the edge of the desk.

The chances of people finding out that I was jerking off were close to zero.

Okay.

It was definitely close to zero.

“Are you going to do something you shouldn’t if you get caught∙∙∙?”

Unless that woman is my childhood friend of 15 years.

“There. “Open your laptop.”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙Why?”

“Why, why? “I’m just curious.”

Seo Jin-ah drags her laptop, which was quietly placed in a corner, to the front.

When I open a closed laptop, a blue screen appears and a message asking me to enter a password appears.

“Off duty. Say.”

“∙∙∙Why should I tell you?”

“He even told me his house password. “Can’t you tell me this?”

“I didn’t tell you. “I didn’t want you to know?”

Seojin shamelessly asks for the password to my laptop.

The reason she knows my home password is because she heard it from my mom.

Since I have been playing with her every day since she was young, I see her often and see that I am like a second child to her mother.

My mother likes Seo Jin-ah so much, so what must Seo Jin-ah be like?

The two got along strangely well.

‘Why are you telling me your son’s house password?∙∙∙.’

Have you ever thought that that kid might become a thief?

They say that the closer you are, the more thoroughly you should manage your money.

I don’t know if my household items are being messed around when I’m not looking.

As I wasted my time pretending not to notice, Seo Jin-ah asked me directly.

“You. “You jerked off, right?”

“∙∙∙What do you say? Are you crazy? “Don’t talk nonsense.”

“The only thing you can do at this time is turn off the lights.”

Seojin comes next to me, tapping her arm and giving me a coy look.

At the same time, she cupped her hand and rubbed it up and down her body, which was not a gesture that a girl would make.

It was okay because we were close.

When I saw that, I suddenly became afraid of the future.

‘I see all the kids in the classroom, but aren’t they calling me a daughter?’

If it were Seo Jin-ah, that would be enough. For this guy, teasing me was the greatest fun in his life.

My experience of struggling in high school already spoke volumes.

“Who were you thinking about when you jerked off? “Ex-girlfriend?”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“Or could it be me?”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙Are you out of your mind?”

“Aaaaah! Police man! “He’s eye-raping me!”

Seo Jin-ah pretends to cover her body with her arms, teasing me. Of course her face was smiling.

In the first place, remarks of this level were routine, so I wasn’t particularly surprised.

‘We used to watch porn together, so what?∙∙∙∙∙∙.’

There was nothing special about why we ended up watching it together. When he was experiencing porn for the first time, he said he was curious and asked me to show him porn, so we watched it together.

Then she said what did he say?

‘And. Fuck. ‘It’s so fucking big.’

I think this is what I thought when I saw the male actor’s lower body.

It wasn’t that he wanted to do anything dirty with me, it was just pure curiosity.

Even though I am a man and Seo Jin-ah is a woman, we have always been like brothers.

Her easy-going personality, like me and her friend, was something she acquired from being friends for a long time.

What’s different from that time is that there’s less swearing.

When I said I didn’t want to hear it, Seo Jin-ah accepted it without saying anything back.

So these days, I don’t use swear words much, except when I occasionally say exclamations.

Thanks to this, she had nothing to distance herself from Seo Jin-ah when it came to sexual matters.

That’s why she always comes into my room wearing tight, tight-fitting clothes.

We were so comfortable with each other.

By the way.

‘How did you know that I was thinking about my ex-girlfriend?’

Perhaps Seo Jin-ah had been studying psychology without me knowing, but she miraculously guessed what I was thinking while typing.

After knowing her for 15 years, you can tell what she was thinking just by looking at her face.

After listening to her, I deliberately made a firm voice as if I had never thought of such a thing.

“∙∙∙I told you not to talk about your ex-girlfriend.”

“Why? Have you still not forgotten? “It’s been three months?”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“Ugh. “You foolish bastard.”

Seo Jin-ah clicks her tongue and scolds me.

“The boy was dumped by a girl and cried as if the world was going to end…”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“Do I have to hug you again like last time?”

“∙∙∙That’s it.”

“Whatever happens? Last time you were in my arms and cried. Come quickly. “I’ll hug you again~”

“It’s done!”

I hit Seo Jin-ah’s arm away as she tried to pull my head towards her and hug me.

When I look above her, I see Seo Jin-ah still smiling.

‘Why did you do something like that then∙∙∙∙∙∙.’

Am I going crazy? I don’t know why I did that at the time.

Because of the shock of the breakup, I was drinking a bottle of alcohol that I didn’t normally drink, and at some point, Seo Jin-ah was there.

Maybe the alcohol had distorted her memory, but she was worried about me.

The mischievous smile that had been on his face every day was erased, revealing a serious face.

When I saw her expression of genuine concern for me, I wanted to rely on her without even knowing it was her.

So she hugged her and cried.

Although she looked quite unsightly, Seo Jin-ah did not throw me away, but instead hugged my head even more.

Her memories of that day were quite fond, and she thought of her as the only real friend she had in her life.

This guy used her grateful memories to make fun of me.

Well, if we don’t use this kind of dark history, when will we use it?

Even if she’s like me, if Seo Jin-ah breaks up with her boyfriend and hugs me crying, I’m sure I’ll make fun of her for the rest of my life.

She just regrets that she is a mother-in-law.

“Tsk tsk. That’s it. “I’ll keep what happened to you a secret, so please help me.”

“∙∙∙It’s not like that.”

“Yes yes yes. “I guess not.”

She steps away from me, ignoring my silent rebuttal.

“Come quickly. I’ll buy you some chicken later. How is it?”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

Seo Jin-ah stood at her front door and snapped her fingers, urging me on.

I thought about just ignoring that request and just sitting there, but she didn’t like being called a bitch in class, so I reluctantly decided to listen.

Her nickname for teasing was crybaby.

“∙∙∙∙∙∙Ugh.”

After sighing until the ground disappeared, I got up.

Please forgive me for teasing you when I told you I would buy you chicken.

***

“Why did you call me?”

“Why should I call you?”

The house next door, less than 1 meter away from my room. Seo Jin-ah’s living room.

She was sitting in front of the computer.

“Let’s do a duo.” “Hurry up and turn on the game.”

“At one point, he said he didn’t want to work with me because I was a troll.”

“My thoughts changed after meeting a real troll.”

An additional computer placed next to Seo Jin-ah.

She patted the empty seat and urged him to sit down quickly.

In fact, from the moment Seo Jin-ah came to my room, she knew for what purpose she came.

It’s not time at university, it’s time just lounging around at home.

However, since I didn’t drink alcohol, I didn’t have to go out to meet other kids, so the only thing I ended up doing was playing games with Seo Jin-ah.

Since I was in middle school, Seo Jin-ani and I had been living in a PC room every day after school, so this wasn’t particularly unfamiliar to us.

It was just one of those ordinary days.

“And if you troll, I can hit you from the side. “Even if the other guy asks me to leave, I can’t hit him because he won’t come.”

“∙∙∙Is that why you only play games with me?”

“Of course.”

Seo Jin-ah said that if I were to become a punching bag and if I made a mistake, she would beat me up without hesitation.

Her words made her feel bad, so he glanced at her and slowly sat down next to her.

“Just try your best today. “You’re not hitting me, I’m hitting you.”

“Is that so? “There’s a lot of talk about this topic.”

“You too are the same Diamond.”

Although we were fighting each other without losing a single word, it was a fight at a disadvantage for me to begin with.

Because Seo Jin-ah played the game better than me.

This guy was a serious gamer who played games all day except when he went to college to take classes.

I started playing the game I’m playing now much earlier, but I had a strong feeling that Seo Jin-ah was getting better as time went on.

I was also in the top 1% of the DIA rankings, but Seo Jin-ah was an expert who even ranked in the top 0.01%.

The reason why Seo Jin-ah is currently in the same rank as me is because she has absolutely no team luck.

Even I was often surprised when I looked at her screen while playing games together, but when she played alone, her score was always low.

It seems like there really is no team luck.

So it seems like she wants to be with me.

“Ah. “I can’t get the cue.”

As the game time passes more than 5 minutes, Seo Jin-ah yawns and taps her desk as if she is bored.

I was equally bored.

Even though I tried to talk to Seo Jin-ah to kill time, I couldn’t find anything to say.

‘There’s nothing to say to him other than fighting.’

Because we’ve already had everyday conversations countless times.

Because it was a repertoire that was always repeated, we rarely had such boring conversations.

Most of the time it’s teasing or fighting.

Then, the way to break this boring atmosphere is simple.

‘Is there anything worth making fun of?’

All she had to do was get revenge for framing me for hitting on her daughter earlier.

As I glanced around Seo Jin-ah’s house, I saw something that was on my radar.

“Hey.”

“What.”

“What is that?”

I pointed to a pair of sneakers sitting on an empty drying rack without any laundry.

There was one strange thing about the all-white sneakers.

The part right next to it is painted yellow.

“Did you step on dog urine? “Why are my sneakers like that?”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙.”

“So, why didn’t you look at the floor properly?”

When I giggle and tease Seo Jin-ah, her face turns red.

“∙∙∙Si. Shut up! “That’s not urine!”

“If that’s not urine, what is it? Just by looking at it, it looks like you just dipped your foot in a puddle of urine.”

If you were to casually see it on the street, it wouldn’t be noticeable, but as it was placed on the drying rack, the yellow color painted next to it was clearly visible.

Even though it was lightly painted, it was definitely yellow.

“∙∙∙Da. Shut up! Who cares! Never mind!”

“Why not. There’s nothing to do to cue. “I want to take a look at that.”

“∙∙∙∙∙∙No!”

When I stand up and try to pick up her sneakers, Seo Jin-ah intercepts them first.

Then she hides it behind her body so I can’t see her sneakers.

“What. Give it to me. “I just want to see.”

“No! “Hurry up and take a seat!”

Seo Jin-ah’s face went from red to red, and she screamed, holding on to her sneakers.

I was rather taken aback by that reaction.

‘∙∙∙What?’

Why are you so overreacting?

Is there something?

As I was tilting my head because it felt strange, a scene suddenly appeared in my mind.

I contrasted that scene with the sneakers on the drying rack. I learned a shocking fact.

‘Those sneakers∙∙∙∙∙∙.’

I wondered why it suddenly caught my eye, and it turned out to be sneakers that I had seen somewhere before.

Just before that too.

‘Are they the same as the sneakers the masturbating woman was wearing∙∙∙∙∙∙?’