033. Taming (3)

As if even a day or two of waiting was too precious to waste, Kang Joo-hyuk bolted outside the moment he heard about the bet.

He even left a message telling me not to go to the gym and to wait.

Ha, right.

Even though he didn’t say it, I could roughly guess why he went out.

He was probably going to Daiso to buy a phone tripod or something.

Since he said it was until the end of March, it makes sense that every day would feel precious.

…He’s really stupid.

That guy has no idea how difficult a goal of 10,000 views is.

If it were something that easy to achieve, I would have filmed it ages ago.

It’s not like I haven’t looked up other YouTubers.

“Haeun-ah, come out for a sec.”

Ding dong.

It didn’t take long before the front door opened along with his voice.

Even though we haven’t lived together for even a week, I greet my roommate, who comes and goes naturally, with a displeased expression.

…I shouldn’t get used to this.

I don’t care if it’s debt or whatever; I need to win this bet and kick him out right now.

“…What is this?”

“It’s a computer and a camera, what else would it be?”

But whether he knew how I felt or not,

Kang Joo-hyuk started bringing his stuff into my home.

A heavy computer inside a suitcase and a monitor wrapped in bubble wrap.

A keyboard, a mouse, and a tangle of power cords.

Not a cheap phone tripod, but a real, professional-looking one.

Even a famous camera brand I’d heard of before.

“You, what on earth is all this…?”

“Can’t unemployed people use computers and cameras?”

It was his predictably shameless answer, but honestly, I couldn’t understand it at all.

Bringing a computer isn’t entirely strange, even if it came out of nowhere.

But having a camera is really weird.

What business does a baseball player have with something like that?

Seeing as he even has a tripod, it doesn’t seem like it’s just for a hobby.

…No way.

“I bought this to film myself, so it was pretty expensive, you know?”

“Hey, you…!”

“What?”

“……”

…That crazy bastard.

What kind of brain is structured to proudly say he bought it to film sex tapes?

I suspected it, but the more I saw that shameless grin, the more my suspicion turned into certainty.

It’s so vulgar just to say it, I can’t even argue about it.

…That man, who might try to film me with such a dirty camera, becomes even more terrifying.

What if,

I didn’t find it last time?

I definitely deleted the recordings, but he said he backed them up.

…So maybe he secretly filmed videos too and backed them up?

Somewhere on that phone?

“Hey, what are you thinking? I told you I bought this to correct my posture when I exercise and throw a ball.”

“…What?”

“What, did you think I was filming porn with this? Are you crazy? As if there’s a woman who’d film that for me.”

“……”

Kang Joo-hyuk scoffed, digging in his ear as if asking what bullshit I was talking, but once a suspicion ignites, it’s hard to put out.

Last time I snooped through his phone, there were definitely a lot of explicit photos and videos.

Could there not be even one video among those that he filmed himself?

Even if not on the phone, maybe he hid them somewhere else?

…Suspicious.

If I lose the bet to this suspicious guy, I can already picture how I’ll be treated,

and I’m starting to regret it for no reason.

…No, it’s fine, it’s fine.

10,000 views will absolutely not happen.

Never.

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If you ask me what’s most important when filming people,

I can answer without hesitation: editing magic.

Among the female fans who hit on me via DM back when I was a player, they all looked like they had great skin, pretty faces, and hot bodies in photos and videos.

Of course, I don’t really want to talk about their real-life appearance.

If they had big breasts, they usually had more body fat and puffy faces,

and if they had good skin, their faces usually had flaws.

I preferred girls with smaller breasts and slender bodies, as long as their faces were pretty and their hips were decent.

My preference for slender types all comes from experience.

Of course, after sleeping with a real bombshell, I realized that the voluptuousness of breasts is hard to beat.

“Hey, that… is this really it?”

“Yeah, why?”

But if the woman doesn’t need much editing magic, filming is really, really simple.

Just set the angle properly and get the colors right, and you’re done.

I had Seo Haeun sit on a chair, set up the camera, and filmed from her neck down to her thighs.

The song was a moderately famous, pleasant, and calm pop song.

The lighting was natural light filtering through the blinds.

Her outfit was the suit she often wore at the club.

A white shirt and a tight black skirt.

However, instead of coffee-colored stockings, she wore black ones.

“…Really?”

“Of course it’s real, would I lie?”

“……”

The only unique point, perhaps, is that it doesn’t start with her sitting down?

Seo Haeun walked in from off-screen, strummed the guitar strings with a ‘ting-ga ting-ga’ sound while sitting on the chair, and finished with a V-sign when the song ended.

I actually thought she’d be a little embarrassed, but surprisingly, she followed along without much hesitation, so I could film it in one take.

“Look, with this, 10,000 views will be easily achieved.”

“…This?”

As we watched the video, which took less than 10 minutes to film, she glared at me with an expression of utter disbelief.

…Does this woman even realize how sexy her breasts are?

She was the one complaining all the time about men staring at her, wasn’t she?

“She plays the guitar decently, right? Even though only her neck is visible, her skin is white and smooth. She’s not plump, but her breasts are about to burst the buttons. Most guys like black stockings. So, you think barely 10,000 people will watch?”

“……”

“If you want to back out of the bet now, tell me. I won’t pretend it never happened, but if you increase the reward, I’ll change the target to 50,000 views.”

“…Forget it. Absolutely not.”

Why doesn’t she understand that uploading it online leads to views?

It’s truly unfortunate.

Though it’s fortunate for me.

“Anyway, I’m going to cut this up a bit and upload it…. Oh, right. What’s the Wi-Fi password for this place? I need to connect the computer I brought.”

“I don’t know, I use my data. It’s unlimited.”

I looked pitifully at our actress, who knew nothing, but my gaze shifted to the camera, and that pity vanished instantly.

…Honestly, he said 10,000 views, but depending on the level of exposure, I think this could hit hundreds of thousands.

I had her wear the suit because it’s the least objectionable sexy outfit, but what should she wear next time?

Since this was a simple ‘office worker’ concept filmed after coming home from work, maybe dolphin pants would be good next?

It seems okay to film a few more times with this outfit.

It would be a bit too hasty to ditch the concept after just one video.

“Well. Then I’ll look into that myself…. Oh, can you give me your YouTube account and password too? Since I have to upload it.”

“When it’s all done, Kang Joo-hyuk, you can just call me. I’ll log you in.”

“It’s already done. It’ll be finished just by uploading, so wait a moment. Let me set up the computer.”

I stopped Seo Haeun, who was trying to bolt out of the soundproof booth as quickly as possible, and connected the cables to the computer I had just brought over.

There was no desk, so I had to place the monitor on a plastic chair, but it worked fine.

I connected to the internet via hotspot, handed the keyboard to Seo Haeun, and then meticulously memorized the account name and password from behind her as she logged in using the hunt-and-peck method.

The ID was sophia0919.

The password was 940919she.

…She really made it easy to remember.

“…Done?”

“Yeah. Uploading takes no time, so go wait outside.”

“If I go out, I don’t know what you might do, so I’ll wait until it’s finished.”

“Suit yourself.”

In front of her, I transferred the recently recorded video to the PC and uploaded it as is, without needing any editing.

The title was also plain, just the song title with ‘Guitar Cover’ added.

Instead, I chose the final V-sign photo as the thumbnail.

It also happened to show the guitar buried in her chest.

It wasn’t perfect, but it was enough.

“The video’s short, so it’s already done.”

“……”

“It was until March 31st, right? If I don’t hit 10,000 views by then, Haeun-ah, you can do whatever you want – seduce me or kick me out.”

“…What happens if I lose?”

She didn’t exactly look unconcerned, but I could clearly see her inner thoughts: ‘No way I’ll lose~’.

Of course, the moment you think ‘No way,’ fear of defeat naturally follows.

Especially for Seo Haeun, who took pride in her body, shaking off that ‘no way’ thought is impossible.

“I’ll have to think about that when the time comes.”

“…If you make me do weird things, then absolutely….”

“I told you I won’t touch you. I keep my promises, too.”

“……”

However, I had no intention of immediately doing something terrifying to Seo Haeun, who was trembling in fear of defeat.

It’s much better to let her be scared and then slowly take my time while she’s terrified.

Winning a trivial bet like this and immediately reaping the rewards is amateur.

If you have two Aces in poker, you should raise the stakes; going all-in aggressively to crush everyone isn’t always the best move.

You need to build it up.

Suck it dry.

Down to the bone marrow.

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March 19th.

…I lost.

“What the heck, Haeun-ah. It’s only been two days, and it’s already 9,000 views.”

“……”

Something that makes no sense

actually happened to me.

She doesn’t even play the guitar that well.

She didn’t even show her face.

…She doesn’t even have revealing clothing.

“Hey, in a few more hours I’ll win, so what are you going to make me do? Haeun, what were you planning to make me do?”

“…Just, wait a moment….”

“I won’t touch you, so can we sleep together today? It’s definitely uncomfortable without a mattress. It’ll arrive tomorrow, but it’s not here today.”

“…You, what did you do?”

“What did I do?”

Seeing Kang Joo-hyuk looking so confident from start to finish, I should have felt uneasy.

No matter how obvious something seems, I should have realized that man could be scheming.

…How did you do this?

You’d need tens of thousands of subscribers to get 10,000 views,

there were definitely less than 100 when it started,

and even now it’s not 1,000, so how…?

“I didn’t do anything special. People are watching because you’re hot.”

“…Really?”

“If you don’t believe me, want to change the bet conditions? If it hits 50,000 views this month instead of 10,000, you absolutely must not refuse whatever I ask.”

…I know it makes no sense,

and I know 50,000 is truly unrealistic,

but seeing the views nearing 10,000 in just two days, I can’t possibly nod my head.

“Including touching you. …How about it?”

If I nod, it’s obvious what that man will do,

and I’m engulfed by the fear of defeat.

“Well… if you don’t like it. Do you want to just admit defeat? The remaining thousand views seem easy to fill.”

“……”

“Answer me. Choose one of the two.”

“…I lo-lost… so, uh, not the weird stuff, something else….”

Countless ways Kang Joo-hyuk could tease and humiliate me without touching me flood my mind.

Will he make me take off my clothes and masturbate?

Or maybe he’ll take off his clothes and masturbate in front of me?

Make me walk around the house naked all day?

…Force me into vulgar poses and film it?

I won’t be violated or hurt, but

instructions that could break my spirit and pride endlessly torment my mind.

“Ah, well. I won’t make you do anything weird. I’ll ask for something else.”

“…What, what is it…?”

“I’m going to film another video, and if that one also surpasses 10,000 views, you’ll grant me one request.

“……”

“…This time, including touching you.”

But,

he seemed uninterested in such trivial humiliation,

staring intently at my breasts and swallowing hard.

…If I refuse,

his eyes looked like he would pounce on me right then, accusing me of breaking the promise.