107. Cute, Lovable, and a Little Naughty… Aki’s Drunken Antics…! (2)

“Hello. Looking to rent a room.”

I stood before the front desk, Aki leaning heavily on my side, drunk as a skunk. A guy who looked like a part-timer glanced up, listlessly. He looked about our age, give or take, and there was a thick book open on the inside of the counter. Probably a preparing-for-the-bar type, or a repeater.

“Short stay or overnight?”

“Uh, what was that?”

“Short stay, or overnight stay?”

The guy adjusted his glasses as he asked. But I couldn’t answer. I didn’t really know the difference between the two. Not like I’d ever been to a place like this before.

Sounded like a short stay was just renting a room, and overnight was for sleeping there… Still, just in case, I slipped the question out. What was the difference between a short stay and overnight? The guy looked me up and down like I was an idiot.

“A short stay means you have to leave the room after a set amount of time. Overnight means you can stay in the room until 9 AM tomorrow.”

“Ah, I see…”

Guess my guess was right. I nodded awkwardly and said,

“Then I’d like a short stay, please. How much is it?”

“It’s 40,000 won for a short stay. That’s for a basic four hours. After four hours, it’s an extra 10,000 won for every additional hour.”

“Hang on a sec.”

I took out my wallet, pulled out a card, and offered it up. The guy took the card, glanced back and forth between me and Aki, and added,

“You’re both not underage, are you?”

“Huh? Oh, no. We’re both twenty.”

“Could I see some ID, please?”

“Here you go.”

“…Alright. Verified. But I need to see the woman’s too.”

“Ah, right? Aki, they need to see your ID?”

I tapped Aki on the shoulder as I spoke.

Aki opened her eyes groggily, leaned into me like she was melting, and smiled.

“Can my hubby get it out for me…?”

“Where’s your wallet?”

“Here, around my chest…!”

Aki pressed herself against me, her chest almost in my face. I was momentarily fl*stered, but quickly recovered, interpreting it as her pointing out that my wallet was in my coat’s inside pocket. I reached in, fumbling around.

Aki giggled, seeming tickled by the search, playfully murmuring, “Eung, don’t touch anything funny…!” while kneading my forearm. It made getting the wallet out rather difficult.

“Heuh, Master. Pervert….”

“…Hoo, here.”

I handed over Aki’s alien registration card, glancing at the man. It wasn’t my intention, but I felt like I’d shown him something unpleasant right in front of him, so I was wary. But the man, as if this was a regular occurrence, indifferently examined Aki’s ID.

“You’re a foreigner?”

“Yes. Japanese.”

“Japanese…?”

The man looked at Aki, then back at the ID, tilting his head. He seemed a bit taken aback that someone who clearly looked Western would be claiming to be Japanese.

Seeing as she hadn’t lied, I simply waited. The man examined the registration card this way and that, then looked at Aki with an air of curiosity, handing her back the ID along with a card key.

“Room 301. A disposable amenities pack is two thousand won, would you like one?”

“Uh…. Amenities pack?”

“Toothbrush, toothpaste, skin toner, lotion, towel, condoms. That sort of thing.”

“Ah, then one, please.”

I might not need the toothbrush and toothpaste, but a towel was definitely necessary. I took two thousand won from my wallet and handed it to the man.

“Here’s the amenities pack. Please put the trash in the bin in your room. And be sure to return the card key when you leave. If you lose it, the replacement fee is fifty thousand won.”

“Yes. Thank you….”

I listened to the man’s explanation, nodding. Then, taking the amenities pack and card key he gave me, I put them in my coat pocket and led Aki to the elevator. Our destination, of course, was the third floor.

*Ding-.*

We arrived quickly and got off. Room 301 was right next to the elevator.

I was about to open the door and go straight in, but hesitated, seeing the plain hotel door without a physical keyhole.

“…Ah.”

Right. You open it with the card key.

It’s my first time in a hotel like this, so I keep making mistakes. I took the card key from my pocket and swiped it against the lock-like device. An electronic sound soon rang out, and the door clicked open. I supported Aki as we entered the room.

“Aki, do you still feel sick?”

“Um…. No, I think I might be okay now…?”

“Really? What a waste….”

I brought her to the hotel because she said she felt sick. If I knew she’d get better so quickly, I would have just called a taxi. I went straight to the bed and helped Aki sit down.

The bed was one of those so-called waterbeds. The soft kind that sinks right down when you press on it. Using a bed like this for too long can’t be good for your back.

“If you’re feeling better, shall we leave now?”

“Uuung, nooo. Just want to rest here….”

Aki said weakly, then slumped onto the bed with a soft thud.

Watching her, I plopped down beside her, tossed the disposable supplies pack aside carelessly, and reached for Aki, who had collapsed without even taking off her coat. If she stayed like this, it would wrinkle. I should at least get her coat off.

“Aki, lift your arms. I’ll take your coat off.”

“Heuh. Take it off, then what will you do…?”

“Do what? I won’t do anything.”

“……Why won’t you do anything!”

Aki suddenly shouted. Scared the daylights out of me.

“If you brought me all the way here, you should do *something*…! Isn’t that why you brought me here…?!”

“What are you talking about….”

Sounds like Aki’s definitely drunk, talking nonsense like that. I pretended not to hear and gently started taking off Aki’s coat. It’s still March, so she’s wearing a coat, and it’s not exactly easy to remove.

I placed a hand on Aki’s waist and lifted her slightly, then put my hand on her shoulder. Aki seemed to be complying, but just before I got the coat off, she pressed her back firmly against the bed.

“What are you doing, Aki?”

“Give me a k*ss.”

“……Huh?”

“I said, give me a k*ss. …I suddenly want one!”

“……”

There are things you suddenly want. And of all things, a k*ss?

I was a little taken aback, as this was a first-time request of this nature. Aki stared up at me, clearly wanting me to hurry.

“Does it really have to be now…?”

“Yeah. I want it now. Or I won’t take my coat off…”

“……Your breath will smell like alcohol, you know.”

“I don’t care, hurrry…!”

As if she had no intention of taking off her coat until she got a k*ss, Aki crossed her arms below her chest, clutching the coat lapels.

I’m a man, and Aki’s a woman, so this level of resistance would be child’s play if I used force…. But I didn’t think using force on my girlfriend was a good idea. Actually, I shouldn’t.

Reluctantly, I lowered my head. With one hand gently supporting Aki’s chin, I lightly parted my lips and gave her a peck on her soft cheek.

*Smack*, the sound as our lips parted. Aki touched the cheek where my lips had been, then huffed, clearly dissatisfied.

“Why on the cheek…?”

“You asked for a k*ss. Isn’t a k*ss usually on the cheek?”

“Nooo. It’s on the lips…!”

“A k*ss is what you do on the lips. Not a ‘pbo-pbo.'”

“Ah, is that so? Then, give me a k*ss…!”

“Too late. The condition was a ‘pbo-pbo.'”

“aaang, whaaay…! k*ss me, a k*ss…! If you don’t k*ss me, I won’t take my clothes off…!”

“Eh, are you lying right now?”

“Uh-huh. I’m lying…!”

“Then I can’t give you a k*ss. You asked for a ‘pbo-pbo’ and I gave you one, but if you say it was a lie, you might say the k*ss was a lie too and not take your clothes off, right?”

“No way, I won’t…?!”

“How can I trust you? You just lied.”

“……”

Aki clamped her mouth shut.

Even though she was half-coercing me, tipsy and all, she must have realized the logic in what I said, because she pouted her lips in dissatisfaction and then obediently lowered her hands.

“Honey, peel them off for me…”

“……Alright. Come here.”

If she had just done this from the start. I slowly helped Aki off with her coat, doing as she asked.

“Heehee. Ticklish…”

“……”

It was a bit of a struggle since the coat came down to her thighs, but thanks to Aki’s cooperation, I was able to take it off easily. I hung Aki’s coat on a hanger. And then I took off my own coat and hung it next to hers.

“Honey, come heeere~!”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m going. I’m going.”

Aki couldn’t even wait that short moment and called out to me. I chuckled and moved to Aki’s side, pulling the pillow near her head to support her as she lay there without one.

“Here, use this.”

“Heeh. Honey, you’re so kind…”

“I’m usually pretty kind. Didn’t you know?”

When I said it as a joke, Aki smiled beautifully.

Maybe it was because her face was flushed with alcohol, but her cheeks, tinged with red, looked more endearing than usual.

“What are you going to do now, Honey…?”

Aki, wearing an ivory-colored wool sweater, looked up at me and asked. I gently smoothed her tousled hair as I answered.

“Hmm… What do you want to do, Aki?”

“Umm, a k*ss…?”

“Just k*sses? Anything else?”

“Else? Hmm, I don’t really *want* anything else… Can’t we just k*ss…?”

“……”

My heart pounded.

Was she truly drunk? She kept begging for k*sses… If I wasn’t a guy with some serious self-control, I’d have already k*ssed her and then some. Men are weak to a woman’s aegyo, after all.

“……Not now.”

“Whyyy…?”

“You’re drunk, Aki.”

“You don’t k*ss when I’m drunk…?”

“Yeah, when you’re drunk…”

I shouldn’t touch you.

It’s only right.

Physical touch is only physical touch when you’re both sober. Touch when one person’s drunk… It’s just not right. I don’t even know how to put it.

“I won’t.”

“……Really?”

“Yeah, really.”

Well, I *am* a guy, so of course, I’d be lying if I said Aki’s constant requests for k*sses weren’t stirring up a little something. But that’s that, and this is this.

I’m not some brainless animal driven solely by desire. I can tell the difference. If I were to think about satisfying my own needs while my girlfriend was drunk, I’d just fail as a human being.

And, isn’t being a man also about protecting her when you should, and doing what you should when the time is right?

‘……Hmm.’

It was something I said to myself, but just now, I’d spoken like a real, cool man.

I was in the middle of congratulating myself, when—

*Tuk, tuk.*

“Heeung….. I see….”

Aki slowly began to unbutton the neck of her fuzzy sweater, quickly undoing two buttons, slightly revealing the valley of her br*easts.

It happened so fast, I didn’t have a chance to stop her. I saw the slightly peeking… gray sports bra between the sweater and her chest.

“Husband-nim.”

“……Huh?”

“Will you… take my clothes off for me…?”

“……”