episode_0122

“Haa… That octopus bastard gives us a damn ton of assignments.”

“If it wasn’t mandatory, I would’ve dropped it long ago. Haaah….”

Listening to their laments, I found it absurd, so I chimed in.

“As for your grades, didn’t you give up on them from the start of the semester?”

“No, I didn’t!”

“I calculated it even before entering university, if I just get B-, I can barely scrape by until graduation, you know? If I just somehow manage to get my diploma like this, my family won’t say anything either.”

“Hmph…”

I responded half-heartedly as we exited the university main gate.

Honestly, I didn’t even have much interest.

I was just thinking about my next movements, wondering if I should go to a study cafe nearby, or walk a bit to a suitable library, but,

“Oh! Hey, Sora.”

“Uh, yeah?”

“Let’s ditch class today.”

“Yeah, just hang out with us for a day today.”

They dragged out their words nasally.

To my friends’ invitations to hang out, I pretended to think carefully, but always gave the same answer.

“Hmph…… Look, my family’s financial situation is different from yours, so if I lose my scholarship, it’ll be a huge problem, okay?”

“You said that was a full scholarship, right?”

“If my grades drop, it’s confiscated. Right now, getting a B is a death sentence for me.”

This was a plain fact.

It wasn’t just me cosplaying as an upright, diligent student, but my family’s circumstances were originally like this.

…Or rather, they *used* to be like that.

My friends I made after coming to university had a rough idea of my family’s situation, but,

“Hey! Midterms are over, so hang out with us today.”

“That’s right. How can you come all the way to university and not properly socialize even once? Aren’t you wasting the fresh title of a university freshman, which only happens once in a lifetime?”

“Hey, hey, hey!”

They were particularly persistent today.

They wouldn’t let me go, pulling my arms from both sides.

When they even started groping my body, I, holding my textbooks and tablet, was flustered and tried my best to cover my belly button, shrinking back.

As I kept resisting to the end, my friend tossed a carrot at me, as if whispering.

“Sora, you. You liked Jiyong oppa from third year, didn’t you?”

“……!”

To me, whose body had stiffened rigidly, that fellow gave a cunning eye-smile, as if they knew.

“Actually, we got a blind date offer from our seniors. They contacted us saying Jiyong oppa would gladly come if you do. How about it?”

“J-Jiyong oppa?”

“Yeah! You put up an iron wall against other guys, but you wouldn’t deny that you flipped your hair and acted all coy next to Jiyong oppa, would you?”

“Kyaa! Then this means, you two openly felt something for each other, right?!”

At that news, my face slightly flushed.

Blood started circulating in my body, and I even felt a fresh floral scent rising.

An undeniable feeling of ‘excitement’.

Naturally, this life of living like a diligent student wasn’t very satisfying for me either.

It was a boring repetition of going back and forth between school and cafes every day; who could possibly like that?

I simply haven’t strayed from this path because if I did, there’s one face that comes to mind, so I haven’t let go,

because I don’t want to become like that ‘oppa bastard’ whom I’ve taken as the worst example of how not to live.

My biological older brother, Lee Taemin, who, when our family fell on hard times, vented his anger in strange places.

Watching that rotten human, I was always afraid that I might become like that too.

Fearing I might derail from this well-trodden path and fall into sports betting like that bastard, or even wander around a horse racing track, I thoroughly resisted such desires.

Even if I sometimes grumbled because I felt stifled by my family, that’s why I never let go of my pencil.

To me, who was like that, this news was literally sweet.

It could have been a break to rest from my tiring daily life, but,

“No… I’m sorry, but I’m not really into that kind of thing…”

I refused.

With an uncomfortable expression, I politely conveyed my refusal.

“Hey, why?!”

“When were you saying he was handsome and you liked him? That oppa is meeting because you’re coming, I tell you! If you go, it’s 100% a match!”

“No, that’s…”

If it were in the past, I would have quickly bitten this bait.

However, now, I was in a state where I couldn’t accept this offer.

Because,

Honk!

A car horn that made my shoulders involuntarily flinch.

“Sora, I came to pick you up.”

Along with that, a face appeared as the sports car window rolled down.

As if on cue, the reason I had no choice but to refuse this offer quickly appeared.

“Do-Doyeon oppa?”

“Hi. I came to pick you up.”

Oppa waved his arm nonchalantly.

I scampered towards Doyeon oppa, who had appeared completely unexpectedly.

“Wow… Look at the car.”

“Sora, do you know him?”

My friends also followed and approached, but they seemed unaware of Doyeon oppa.

It seemed the two, who were only interested in the entertainment industry, didn’t even know Oppa was a chairman, and just judged him as a handsome man who looked rich.

They merely exclaimed in admiration at the information visible to the naked eye.

“What brings you here? Suddenly coming all the way to school…”

“Hm?”

At that, Doyeon oppa glanced sideways.

He chuckled, glancing at my friends, who were steeped in expectation, and then grinned widely.

“Well, I came to find our Princess Sora.”

At that, as if on cue, my friends’ “Kyaaaak!” screams rang out.

Because of that, attention focused on us, and my face flushed completely red.

Then Oppa unlocked the car and patted the passenger seat.

“Alright, get in. I’ll take you home. Let’s talk on the way.”

“…….”

“This girl, there was a reason she kept avoiding blind dates!”

“Since when? Since when have you two been dating?! You really snagged a good guy!”

Helplessly, I had no choice but to get in the car.

My friends started making a fuss, and with attention focused on us, the only escape route was the car’s passenger seat.

Thus, for the first time in my life, I rode in a sports car.

Unlike its flashy exterior, its interior felt incredibly low, and a bit cramped.

Once I buckled my seatbelt, the car let out a startling roar and began to exit the university street, and as we entered the main road, I glanced sideways and asked.

“What’s wrong all of a sudden? To come all the way to school…”

“Hm? Well, I had something to do with Sora.”

As Oppa said that, he extended one free hand towards me.

Slowly, stealthily, his hand…

Swoosh….

Doyeon oppa touched my thigh.

Even though he called me ‘Princess’ in front of my friends, his treatment was completely different as soon as I got in.

He appeared like a prince coming to greet Cinderella, but then openly lifted my skirt and skillfully rubbed my lower body.

My body, which had been longing for him due to not meeting for a while, he fondled it as if playing with a toy.

“……♥”

That, for me, was even more exciting.

Without any pretense or coyness, Oppa revealed his desires without reservation as soon as he saw me.

It seemed like a scene of unilateral sexual exploitation, but I merely gave in.

Because he was so busy with work, his visits had decreased, and honestly, I was itching for it too.

As if I couldn’t help it, I was touched by Oppa’s gentle hands, and accepted it with flushed cheeks.

“Actually, by now, I heard from Yura that you were here.”

“Mmm… From Mom?”

Now, Oppa had started addressing Mom as if she were a younger person, just like me.

“Yeah, I came to pick you up right after the call.”

“Why? I was planning to go study…”

At that, Oppa’s lips stretched into a grin.

“Wow~ Sora, your mindset is truly great. Even though I’m giving you full financial support, you want to get a scholarship for university and graduate on your own strength.”

It was pure praise.

However, Oppa moved the hand that was touching me slowly upwards.

He pushed aside my outer garment, and then abruptly lifted my tank top underneath to expose it.

“But does a diligent student these days do something like this?”

“……♥”

Inside the lifted clothing, precisely near my belly button, was a piercing with a jewel clearly visible.

Specifically, a fancy design with small diamonds embedded.

Oppa remembered.

He seemed to remember that I had secretly shown him a proof shot before.

I couldn’t explain the complicated relationship I had with Oppa.

Therefore, to my friends, I still acted like an underprivileged university student, but from Oppa, I was currently receiving all kinds of support.

He bought me the bag I wanted, expensive cosmetics, and even gave me pocket money every time we met.

So, brazenly receiving only made me feel uncomfortable, so I wanted to give a small token of gratitude, and that was this piercing.

Simply because I wanted Oppa to see it and be drawn to it, a belly button piercing I got, following Mom.

“Is it, is it not good? I did it thinking you’d like it like Mom does…”

“How could it be not good? I can’t endure it any longer.”

“Ah, ah! ……Uugh, mm♥”

Oppa abruptly moved his hand down, playing around.

He boldly inserted his hand into ‘that place’ of mine and twirled his middle finger as if playing with it.

As if dominating a woman, Doyeon oppa handled me.

“Actually, the reason I looked for Sora today is because I heard some auspicious news.”

“……! Did you hear about that?”

“Yeah. So today, at Sora’s house, the family will gather intimately and have a celebration party.”

“I-I see…”

It seems Mom finally told him.

About ‘that news’, she seemed to have informed Oppa.

What the auspicious occasion is, I’ll know when we arrive.

At the news of Oppa coming after a long time, Mom must have been much more excited.

*

“Young Master, I’ve been waiting for you♥”

As soon as the door opened, Mom came out barefoot.

At the same time, Mom’s suggestive underwear was revealed.

Mom was already wearing a black negligee.

Wearing provocative, transparent underwear, she came out to the entryway to greet Oppa.

Inside the house, there was even the fragrant smell of food.

“Since you said you were coming home after a long time, I prepared a lot and waited.”

“You were that happy that I was coming?”

“Of course, naturally…♥”

Mom and Oppa naturally embraced each other.

They simply liked each other so much, they looked like they were restless with longing.

The relationship between Mom and Oppa was no different from lovers.

Ignoring the age difference, they were lovers who felt that as long as they liked each other, it was fine.

And then,

Rub, rub

Oppa rubbed Mom’s stomach.

He didn’t lift her underwear and rub her in a provocative way, but caressed it lovingly.

And seeing that, it was easy to deduce what auspicious occasion had occurred in our family.

“My child, are you growing well?”

“Yes♥”

“…….”

That’s right.

Mom had finally carried Oppa’s child.

Inside Mom’s stomach, which was starting to show slightly, Oppa’s child, already two months old, was growing.

When Mom seriously mentioned the news that she was pregnant with a child to me before, she said she definitely wanted to give birth to it and asked for my understanding.

However, there was actually no need to ask for my understanding.

Because this was Mom’s choice. Mom’s choice to gradually choose a new family and live a new life.

“Alright, then, shall we enjoy the party as a family?”

As if he understood her true feelings, Oppa naturally positioned himself in the middle, and put his arms around Mom and me.

Standing centered like a pillar, he held Mom’s chest and embraced my belly button, leading us inside.

“I’m so happy, Young Master…♥”

“……♥”

Truly, it was a relationship difficult to reveal to others.

My Oppa, whom I’d known since childhood, and Mom had a child, and on top of that, I was also included in a romantic relationship.

‘Yeah, if we’re happy, that’s enough….’

But I didn’t think any deeper about it.

Thanks to Oppa, our family became financially prosperous, Mom became happy, and I had no complaints about it either.

This strange relationship had become Mom’s and my ordinary daily life.

‘Let’s make one in Sora’s belly today too.’

‘……♥’

This was the new family relationship Mom and I had chosen.