episode_0111

11 AM.

Seo, Yuna, and I were gathered around the kitchen table in my house, having brunch.

Since Seo was on a broadcasting break and Yuna and I didn’t have our first classes until the afternoon, the atmosphere at the table was relaxed and leisurely.

“Mmm! The rolled omelet is so good! But Oppa, aren’t you tired?”

“I slept enough, so I’m okay. Are you and Seo alright?”

Yuna nodded energetically.

“Yes! I slept soundly too, so I’m in top condition! What about you, Seo?”

“I’m fine too. Though someone made me feel like I was dying last night.”

Seo glanced at me subtly.

Oblivious to this, Yuna was simply beaming.

“Seo, isn’t it amazing how energized you feel after sleeping with Jihoon?”

“Right? I’m amazed every time. It’s like he has superpowers.”

Seo made a puzzled face, but there was no way for her to know that the reason was the Sex Wiki.

“Could it be that Jihoon really is a superhero?!”

“A superpower that gives you energy when you sleep with me?”

“Yeah! Like curing diseases in your body! Then Jihoon could be a hero if an apocalypse-like situation ever happened, right?”

“Ugh, that sounds awful. Even if the sick person was a man, he’d have to sleep with him…”

As we joked and chatted, the food on the table was quickly cleared.

Seo and Yuna both looked satisfied with the meal.

I looked the same on the outside, but on the inside, I was thinking hard about something else.

‘…Should I talk about the landlady now?’

It’s not like I’m in a deep relationship with Seo’s mother just yet.

But I’ve already had physical relations with her and expressed my true feelings, so I thought it would be okay to tell the two of them in front of me.

If I put it off, there’s no guarantee that the three of us will be able to gather together like this at the right time to talk.

‘Okay, let’s talk.’

At the moment I reached that conclusion, I hardened my heart and said to the girls who were about to clear the table,

“Wait a minute. Can you both sit down for a second? I have something to tell you.”

“Huh? What is it?”

“Is it a serious matter?”

The two of them turned their gazes to me.

I calmed myself for a moment and opened my mouth calmly.

“I asked you two before, what would you think if I had another woman?”

“…Yeah.”

“Actually, there’s someone I want to have as deep a relationship with as I have with you two.”

“Huh? Really?”

Yuna asked back with wide eyes, and Seo closed her mouth silently.

But perhaps because we had already talked about it before, Seo’s voice was calm.

“Want to have means you haven’t already?”

“…Yeah. I expressed my feelings, but the other person isn’t ready yet.”

“…I see. I had a feeling it would come to this.”

Instead of Seo, who had become quiet as if she had many thoughts, Yuna asked.

“Who is it? Is it someone Seo or I know?”

Actually, saying that there was a woman I had my eye on wasn’t that difficult, but it wasn’t easy to say who the woman was.

But now that I’ve come this far, I had to confess everything honestly.

“It’s… Seo’s mother.”

“What? Seo’s mother?!”

Yuna’s eyes were even more shocked than before.

But right next to her was someone even more embarrassed.

“My mom?! Are you serious?!”

“…Yeah.”

“What is this…”

“At first, I just thought of her as a benefactor who was kind to me. But as I continued to receive her favors, I gradually began to feel like she was a woman…”

“Still, that doesn’t mean you can just go after my mom of all people…”

Seo was unable to continue speaking from the shock.

Even if she had decided to understand my flirtatious nature, there was no way she could have known that the other person would be her own mother, so it was a natural reaction.

Even so, Seo asked me again as calmly as possible.

“So you showed my mom that you liked her, and she rejected it?”

“…That’s right. She said that we can’t be in this kind of relationship and that she can’t hurt you.”

“But you want to date my mom?”

I nodded with a serious face at Seo’s question.

“Yeah. I want to have the same kind of relationship with the landlady as I do with Yuna and Seo.”

“You’re saying you absolutely want to do that no matter what?”

“…Yeah.”

“Haa, just a minute. Let me sort out my thoughts…”

Seo sighed deeply and covered her face with both hands.

She must have been sorting out her complicated thoughts, but no matter how long I waited, the silence didn’t end.

The first person to break it was Yuna, who had been silently by Seo’s side.

“…I’m okay with it.”

“Yuna?”

Seo, who had lowered her hands, looked to her side.

When I looked at Yuna in front of me, she spoke in a quieter voice than usual.

“To be honest, I was surprised, but I swore that I would be with Jihoon for the rest of my life. So if Jihoon really, really wants it, I’ll understand anything. Of course, Seo’s mother is Seo’s mother, so Seo’s opinion is the most important.”

“Thank you, Yuna. Even if I get close to Seo’s mom, I’ll never let Yuna feel left out.”

“Ugh…”

Seo was conflicted between Yuna and me, who were exchanging warm glances.

Then, as if she had made up her mind, she sighed once more and said,

“Haaa… Jihoon, do whatever you want. I already said I’d turn a blind eye before anyway.”

“Really? Thanks, Seo!”

“Aaa… How did I get caught up with such a playboy… But if my mom says no until the end, you have to give up cleanly. You’re important to me, but my mom is important too.”

“I understand! I’ll make sure that the landlady, Seo, and Yuna are not hurt.”

“I really don’t know anymore…”

I didn’t know what to do because I was so grateful to the two of them for making such a difficult decision.

Perhaps Yuna felt more at ease after deciding to understand me.

Her voice was much lighter.

“If the landlady really becomes Jihoon’s girlfriend, I can become friends with her too, right? That might not be so bad? Hehet.”

Come to think of it, Yuna admired the landlady’s intellectual and professional image that she saw in the media.

It’s a relief that there’s an element that she can think of positively.

I was about to relax with that thought.

“Ah, but that means there’ll be more competition, right?”

“What competition?”

Seo asked at Yuna’s words.

“The competition of who will marry Jihoon! Well, it doesn’t really matter since I’m going to do it.”

As Yuna’s answer continued, a heavy silence enveloped the table.

“…Ah. Marry.”

Seo said as if it were nothing, but I clearly saw it.

For a fleeting moment, her expression had frozen sharply.

“Well, if we’re going to get married, shouldn’t I be the one to do it? Since I’m the one Jihoon liked first.”

A strange sense of oppression could be felt in the atmosphere.

Yuna must have felt it too, because her voice was quieter than before.

“But the time when Jihoon started dating us is the same for both Seo and me, right?”

“Even if it’s the same, it’s true that Jihoon liked me first, right?”

“It’s only a few months apart, so that’s not really a difference.”

It’s the first time I’ve been in this situation, so I don’t know what to do.

I’ve only seen them get along well, so I thought that neither of them thought deeply about the marriage issue.

It seems that I was wrong, and they must have been worried about it all along.

“…Yuna? Seo?”

“It’s not just a day, it’s months.”

“Seo and I have lived for over twenty years, so a few months is a short time.”

They were clearly not angry, but every word was excessively heavy.

In this tension, neither of them seemed to have any intention of giving in to the other.

“No, calm down, both of you… Should we clean up what we ate first?”

“And it’s not a few months. It’s almost ten years.”

“What? Jihoon liked Seo since ten years ago?!”

Yuna asked back in surprise.

I had a similar expression.

It’s true that I liked Seo since we were childhood friends, but I had never told her that fact until now, so how did she know?

“Did Jihoon confess to you in the past?”

“No. He didn’t confess.”

“Then how do you know? That Jihoon liked Seo?”

“Jihoon got caught by me when he was sniffing my panties and masturbating in middle school.”

“Huh?!”

If I had been drinking water, I probably would have spat it out like in a drama.

I never thought she would talk about that here.

I didn’t even expect her to say it so proudly.

“I didn’t know back then because I was young, but now I know. It’s clear that he liked me, so he did that.”

“Jihoon, is that true?”

No, Yuna.

It’s true that I liked Seo, but I never sniffed her panties and masturbated in secret.

It’s hard to believe, but it was a real accident that happened with an unbelievable probability, and Seo misunderstood.

I wanted to argue my innocence, but I couldn’t say anything because I saw Seo’s face.

I couldn’t bring shame to her, who was looking so proud.

“Uh, well… Yeah… That’s right…”

“That can’t be!”

“Did you hear that? Jihoon has liked me for ten years.”

“Still… Still, it doesn’t matter who Jihoon liked first! It’s who he chooses that matters!”

“T, that’s right.”

“Jihoon! Who are you going to marry later, me or Seo?”

Yuna’s surprise question came in without any warning.

Her eyes were filled with a desperate plea for me to choose her, and Seo’s eyes, which were watching silently, were the same.

“Ah… That’s, well…”

Until now, I had never thought deeply about marriage.

No, to be honest, I had been avoiding it because I didn’t want to think about it.

I want to marry everyone in my heart, but it’s structurally impossible.

You might say that there’s the Sex Wiki, but well.

No matter how fraudulent the app is, it won’t be easy to change the country’s system, and it seems difficult to hypnotize an unspecified number of people.

“…Um, uh…”

I felt burdened by their gazes.

No matter how much I thought about it, the only answer that came to mind was that I loved both of them so much that I couldn’t choose just one.

I was worried that it might sound like an excuse to get out of this moment, but that was the only answer I had.

“…I-.”

“It’s okay. You don’t have to answer.”

“Huh?”

“It’s hard to answer openly in this situation, no matter who you’re thinking of as a marriage partner. In the first place, it’s not something we’re going to do right away, and your mind might change later.”

Following words that left no room for rebuttal, Seo turned her head towards Yuna.

“Yuna. Jihoon is having a hard time, so let’s stop talking about this.”

“…Yes. I’m sorry, Jihoon. I’m sorry, Seo. I was just arguing…”

“No. I’m sorry for talking like I knew it all too.”

“Seo! Eeee!”

As Yuna hugged her, Seo readily accepted her into her arms.

It felt like watching a sea that had been raging with rain and wind suddenly become calm.

“Shall we clean up what we ate now? Yuna has to get ready for school.”

“Yes, Seo!”

As they started to clean up the table together, I inwardly calmed my pounding heart.

And as I cleaned up the table with my lovers, I thought.

Let’s never bring up the topic of marriage in front of these people.