052. One, Zero, Zero Acquired Experiences (4)

April 6th.

Late evening.

After finishing the killer schedule I was thrown into the moment I returned to the country, today at least, I was heading to my cozy home…

I didn’t.

Jia’s place is much closer.

“Manager-nim. You worked hard.”

“Yes, yes, Jia-ssi worked hard too. Hinami-ssi, go home safely.”

“Yeees~”

If Manager-ssi, who aged nearly ten years in the span of one year, aged any further, it would be problematic.

Actually, even if I quit, they’d just hire someone new, so it wouldn’t matter to me either way…

Jia loves playing the good girl too much, so I couldn’t help it.

“Ummm…, Manager oppa.”

“Yes?”

“Can you buy me just a few cans of beer from the convenience store? I’m going to drink them inside, and even with a mask, my hair color stands out too much…”

“Hey, Hinami.”

But I think all that pretending to be nice is just hypocrisy.

To the fans, sure, I guess we have to put on an act because we have to suck money out of them, but the manager? We’re the ones paying them, right?

Isn’t there absolutely no need to pretend to be nice to people we don’t need to?

It’s not like I’m asking for something impossible.

“Whyyy! We don’t have any schedules tomorrow. It’s not like it’s soju, beer is okay to drink, right? Right, Manager oppa?”

“…Yes. Yes…”

Besides, when I think about it carefully,

working in a world that masochists would love is itself a life-shortening act, so rather than a wicked bitch like Jia who dangles the carrot, isn’t me, who openly wields the whip, the kinder one?

How is that different from a boss in a black-company trying to coax and appease you to prevent you from quitting?

It’s not like you’re going to film some budding romance between a manager and an idol.

You damn sly fox.

“…You should stop drinking so much.”

“I haven’t drunk alcohol in almost over half a month?”

“That’s because you were too busy to drink. Not because you didn’t want to.”

“Tomorrow I won’t be busy, so I’ll drink, no problem~”

“The day after tomorrow, you’ll be busy again.”

“I don’t know, I don’t know. If I don’t drink today, I can’t sleep. Absolutely not.”

“…I’ll go and come back. Quickly.”

“Ah, thank you, thank you~”

“Haaa…”

And so, as I watched Manager-ssi’s skinny back hurrying off at my command, Jia lets out a deep sigh.

Ah, seriously, this devil-like bitch loves wearing an angel’s mask too much.

Why is her professionalism so high?

Why doesn’t she follow our group’s eldest unnie and date a guy, huh?

Or maybe follow the second unnie and, even if not dating, just play around wildly or something.

There’s nothing more fun than watching the higher-ups scratch their heads and get annoyed.

“Jia-ssi, are you tired?”

“Wouldn’t you be tired if you were me?”

“I wouldn’t.”

“…Why are you asking when you know?”

“…Because I’m tired?”

At least it’s maintained because Jia and I, the two youngest, are reliably protecting the group.

If even we caused a scandal, it wouldn’t be strange if the group exploded with a ‘poof~’ immediately.

As for me… I don’t particularly have affection for the group, but,

I do have a little affection for Jia.

Ah, not in that way?

Should I call it a cherished doll, or a toy that doesn’t break no matter how much you play with it?

Seeing that she stands tall and never wavers, no matter how chaotic things get around her, honestly, I feel a sense of awe, even though I’m the unnie.

And all the while, she takes down problematic people one by one.

When working, she suddenly becomes unbelievably polite.

…I wonder what would happen if that stiff Jia broke?

“Ah, I need to see my unnie for a moment too…”

“Why your unnie all of a sudden?”

“…I need to kick her boyfriend out of the house.”

“…Why?”

“I checked just in case, and his relationships with women are complicated. There’s an unnie I know who’s a cheerleader; apparently, while dating her before, he also hit on that unnie’s younger sister. So…”

“Ah…, okay, okay. I completely understand.”

“That kind of thing…, …never mind.”

Seeing her laying the groundwork again to take someone down like that, as I watch quietly from the side, I sometimes get scared that I might become the target someday.

Ugh, if I cross her, I don’t think I could ever live in Korea.

Every time I blink, articles like ‘Smoked weed,’ ‘Drank alcohol,’ ‘Cosplayed at home and masturbated’…

Wouldn’t articles like these pop up one after another?

…I haven’t been caught for the last one yet.

If it were Jia, it wouldn’t be strange if she installed a listening device in my house.

“…Ah, seriously. What bad luck today…”

“Hm?”

“Ye-eun…, …Jia.”

While trembling uncontrollably in fear of the terrifying Jia-jjang, a very voluptuous and sexy-looking beige blob walked towards us.

I couldn’t see her face clearly, but I could tell who it was just by her chest.

Her name was… Haeun unnie, right?

…Wow, crazy.

Someone with a chest like that walking around wearing an off-the-shoulder top is no joke.

I’m not small either, but I’m really envious…

“Oh, hello. Seo Ji…, ah, your sister.”

“…Hello.”

While my attention was captivated by that voluptuous lump of fat, a lump of muscle also came closer.

His face was distinctive enough that I barely remembered it, but more than that, thanks to his ridiculously tall height, I could recognize him instantly.

Jia’s brother-in-law, whom Jia was just cursing out.

His name was Juhyun…, Joo-hyuk oppa?

“Next to you is the one I saw last time…”

“Ah…, yes, yes, hello! I’m Hinami!”

Unlike the suit he wore last time, he was in a very casual tracksuit.

The only problem was that it was so casual, his muscles were completely revealed.

So that’s how a man’s t-shirt chest area gets so tight when he has a lot of muscles.

The manager oppa who worked until we left the dorm had a belly sticking out like that.

…I don’t know where these two busty people went, but,

It was pretty obvious what they’d do once they got inside.

Heh heh.

“…Hey, Jia.”

“Yes.”

“Ah, um…, what are you doing here…?”

“…I’m waiting for the manager.”

“Ah… Do you have more schedules?”

“They’re finished. I asked for something, just for a moment.”

“…”

Meanwhile, Jia’s grumbling at her own unnie with her mood considerably dampened looked unusually rude.

Our Jia-jjang, who is kind to superiors, managers, and staff alike, turns dark like this whenever she meets her unnie.

…Of course, since it was the unnie who secretly trashed-talked on her private Instagram account, I guess it’s self-defense.

Seeing Haeun-jjang, who hates her own sister like that yet doesn’t know what to do with Jia, the homeowner and provider of funds, feels strangely amusing, like seeing a broken Jia.

Seeing how she couldn’t hide her expression when I teased her secretly at the waxing salon last time, maybe she’s even more amusing than Jia?

But her durability seems a bit weak.

She seems like she’d break if I bothered her just a little.

“…Um, Hinami-ssi. Are those two not on good terms?”

“Huh…? Yes?”

“I’m asking if the sisters don’t get along.”

“…No comment?”

“Ah, I see.”

…This playboy that Haeun-jjang drags around also seems quite interesting.

While his own girlfriend and sister-in-law are having a standoff, he casually approaches me asking things like this; he’s no ordinary person.

Normally, if you live together, you’d know. Is he hitting on me?

Wow, I’m so happy.

If I say Yes here, both Jia and Haeun-jjang will probably explode with stress.

Ahaha…

Well, I have no intention of accepting such a half-hearted advance, though?

Unless it was for my life.

“Hah…, Hah…, Here…?”

“Ah, Manager oppa.”

While lost in such audacious thoughts, Manager-ssi, who returned faster than expected, was panting and catching his breath.

In the white plastic bag he held were exactly four cans of beer.

And for snacks, konjac jelly, which I’ve eaten sickeningly often.

…This person listens too well to the company over the idols.

I need to fire him as soon as possible.

We really don’t need anyone else who fits this terrible industry anymore.

“Um…, who are you two…?”

“My unnie and her boyfriend. We live in the same apartment, just a coincidence.”

“Ah…”

“Give me the bag first, Manager-nim.”

“Ah, yes, yes.”

Our anchovy Manager-ssi, so competent it’s a problem, saw Joo-hyuk oppa, who looked a head taller than him, and was startled.

Fortunately, Jia cleaned it up neatly, so the confusion was quickly resolved, but then he saw Haeun unnie’s chest next to Joo-hyuk oppa and was startled again, his gaze stolen.

…I thought that guy was gay because he always looked like he was dying while working, but maybe he just likes big boobs?

Right, he was strangely kind only to Jia.

This, this, seeing that ulterior motive, I should fire him right now…

“…Ah, um…”

“Ahaha, Manager oppa! Where are you looking? Are you a pervert?”

Haeun-jjang showed discomfort in the suddenly awkward atmosphere, so, I debated keeping my mouth shut but just blurted it out.

The reason?

Actually, because I wanted to fire him right now…

“Ah, um, yes?”

“This oppa must be crazy, ahaha!”

“…”

Just kidding.

…Joo-hyuk oppa, who was hitting on me until just now?

This guy has eyes like he could kill someone?

What is it, jealousy?

Ew, over a guy like that?

But with that expression and that body, can’t he really kill someone?

It wouldn’t be strange at all if there was a dragon drawn on his back…

“Stop teasing, Manager-nim. Hinami.”

“Ah, but really, Manager oppa…”

“No, no, no, I wasn’t…”

“Go inside. You must be tired.”

“…”

That’s what I thought, but,

While Manager oppa returned to the car in shame, I glanced at Joo-hyuk oppa’s face; he had the most refreshed expression imaginable.

Then suddenly his expression turned fierce, so I looked back and saw Haeun unnie looking at Joo-hyuk oppa.

…Ah, I see.

Pretending to be jealous only when his girlfriend is looking?

Wow, this guy is really a master strategist.

His acting skills are no joke.

He could have made it as an actor, seriously.

“…Let’s go, Hinami.”

“Hm?”

“Manager-nim left too. Aren’t you going up?”

“Ah…, just a moment.”

It felt too much of a waste to leave this interesting couple and go back.

Her chest is genuinely trashily huge, and the girlfriend dragged to the waxing salon wearing a dog collar,

And the boyfriend with unbelievably bulging chest muscles, who acts as well as a professional actor?

Wow, you’d be hard-pressed to find something like this even in American dramas, let alone anime.

Totally my type.

If I dig deep, I think I could use them as side dishes for a few months.

“Um, Joo-hyuk oppa…? Ah, your name is Joo-hyuk, right?”

“Yes? Me?”

“Ah, that’s right…. And Haeun unnie!”

“…Ah, um, me?”

“Would you like to have a drink together?”

“Hey, Hinami…”

…If I throw in the sister-in-law and her friend as guests, maybe I could use them for years?

Well,

Since there’s still a lot of time left on my idol contract, I’ll only appear in a supporting role, though?

Heh heh.