Ch.119Old Fashioned 4

Returning to the living room, I immediately prepared for bed.

But my room only has one bed…

I glance back and forth between Jisoo and Jeoksa.

What should I do…

Seeing my awkward expression, noona takes the initiative.

She forces a smile and taps the floor.

“Siho, I’ll sleep here on the floor.”

“Will that be okay for you?”

“Yeah… I can sleep well anywhere!”

That’s true.

On nights when noona and I raided until late, we often slept rough together.

With one person settled, I carefully turn my head to look at the other.

Jeoksa has already made herself comfortable on the bed as if my house belongs to her.

She’s even starting to unbutton her white shirt.

As her soft skin is revealed, I hastily turn my head away.

How can she be so natural about this, even if we’re both women…!

“T-Then I’ll get you something…”

I take out a spare blanket from the closet for noona.

I sniff it carefully, worried it might smell musty.

Fortunately, it doesn’t smell bad.

Good thing I washed it beforehand.

“—.”

Eventually, the lights in the house go out.

Jeoksa has already claimed a spot on the bed and glances up at me.

She’s already taken off her shirt.

I can see her silk bra and the red snake tattoo etched on her side.

I swallow hard at the sight.

Obediently submitting to her gaze, I climb onto the bed.

And gently cover us with the same blanket.

Surely she wouldn’t try anything weird with noona here too, right?

My heart is pounding wildly.

I clutch my chest, trying to muffle the sound.

Then I secretly look down at noona who’s beneath the bed.

Her fine brown hair spread out.

Her pure face with closed eyes.

She’s still beautiful even without makeup.

“Jisoo noo… unni.”

I mumble, mouthing the words.

Her golden eyes open drowsily in response.

“Is the floor okay?”

“Yes, it’s very warm, thanks to you.”

“I turned up the heater. Sleep well…”

Her fox ears twitch.

Pressed tightly against the bed, I whisper, and noona responds with a smile.

“Thank you.”

“If it gets too hot or uncomfortable while sleeping, please wake me up. Anytime is fi—mmph!”

Just as I was whispering, Jeoksa’s snake-like flexible arm catches my neck.

Pulled toward her, my face ends up buried in her ample bra.

“What are you two whispering about without me…”

Jeoksa mumbles in her sleep, her nose tinged red.

Soon she throws her thigh over my pelvis as if claiming ownership of me.

I barely manage to breathe while held in Jeoksa’s embrace.

The mature woman’s scent tickles my sensitive nose.

“…”

I want to escape.

But she looks down at me with a seductive gaze and whispers:

“You should know how lucky you are tonight.”

My whole body becomes sensitive at her words.

My lower abdomen tingles.

She’s a strong and capable partner like Anna.

This damned animal instinct inside me goes wild whenever it sees such a person.

I guess I should be thankful.

At least I’m not being openly dominated in front of noona.

Perhaps this is Jeoksa’s last consideration.

I slowly rest my cheek against her chest.

My twitching ears touch Jeoksa’s lips.

She buries her nose in my ear and takes a deep breath.

Her hot breath scrambles my thoughts.

My whole body trembles because of it.

To hide that feeling, I tightly hug the blanket.

And bite the cotton firmly with my canines.

Fortunately, Jeoksa didn’t torment me further and gradually fell asleep.

I can hear her breathing steadily.

Thanks to that, I could also comfortably close my eyes in her embrace.

I missed this.

I don’t know how much I missed Jeoksa’s embrace while spending time under the influence of drugs.

Although my body is ruined like this, I’ve finally got noona back too.

Now I can be happy in the arms of people who love me.

Those powerless and lonely days are finally over.

Our breaths intertwine.

We fell asleep comfortably with our soft skin pressed against each other.

“—.”

How long had I been asleep?

The cool night breeze and the smell of cold air.

My sensitive body immediately responded to that scent.

My eyes open drowsily.

And I look toward the veranda, the source of the wind.

The curtain sways gently.

I’m sure I remember closing the veranda…

I can’t get up for fear of waking Jeoksa.

As I stare blankly at the veranda, a familiar shadow catches my eye.

Flowing long hair.

An elegant silhouette.

A mysterious silver-haired woman enters through the curtains bathed in moonlight.

“Anna…”

I mouth silently.

She lands softly on my bed.

Her sturdy body should have pressed down firmly on the bed.

But she treads on the bed lightly, like an angel.

The woman lies down gently on the opposite side from Jeoksa.

Soon she occupies my other side.

“You came…?”

I turn my head to look at her.

Anna whispers with a gentle smile.

“Yes.”

The narrow, old bed now holds two rankers.

And I’m sandwiched between them.

They both look at me as they fall into a deep sleep.

Anna, beautiful as an angel.

And Jeoksa, seductive as a devil.

And my first love, Jisoo noona, sleeping soundly on the floor.

Am I allowed to be with such beautiful people in one space?

I’m afraid.

Afraid that this might all be a dream.

I didn’t want to close my eyes again.

I hoped everyone would still be lying beside me when I woke up.

“—.”

The sound of birds chirping.

The sound of neighbors leaving for work.

My body feels refreshed, as if I had a sweet dream.

I stretch my body, flexing my waist.

I look down at the rankers who are breathing like children.

Thankfully, last night wasn’t a dream.

After taking in the sight of them sufficiently, I tried to slip away and get up.

But…

At that moment, both rankers simultaneously grabbed my wrists.

As a result, I fell back into the women’s embrace.

“Where do you think you’re going again.”

They both say at the same time.

Flustered, I mumble alone.

“No… I was going to make breakfast…”

“Don’t ever think about going anywhere alone from now on.”

Jeoksa, now awake, mutters in a seductive low voice.

“O-Okay…”

Surely they don’t intend to stay attached like this all day?

I tried to laugh off their obsession.

But that was a hasty judgment.

Even when changing clothes.

Even when going to get medicine.

The two rankers followed leisurely behind with sullen expressions.

“Come on, guys… I’m just getting medicine, okay?”

“What if Dr. Park appears in the meantime?”

“Yeah, you’ll get kidnapped again if we leave you alone.”

Anna and Jeoksa say in turn.

It’s understandable from Anna, but even Jeoksa is acting like a child, which is truly perplexing.

“Jeoksa, don’t you have work? Anna, don’t you have people to kill?”

Is that last part a bit strange?

But before I could correct myself, both of them exclaimed:

“It’s fine, they gave permission right away when I said I’d take care of you.”

“I have enough money now.”

They both approached with quick steps and each linked an arm with mine.

Because they’re both tall, I ended up floating in the air.

I flail my suspended feet.

People in the hospital all stare at me because of that ridiculous sight.

Embarrassed by those stares, I sighed deeply.

This looks like I’m being escorted as a prisoner!

After the embarrassing procession, we finally arrived at the examination room.

“You’re here?”

Hospital Director Baeksa was waiting.

Junior doctors stand respectfully on either side of him.

“Yes, I came to get my medicine.”

“Ah, the medicine… But what can we do? The fox transformation treatment medicine didn’t arrive today…”

“What?!”

My eyebrows shoot up at his casual tone.

What does that mean? You said I need to take it once a week to stop the fox transformation!

“Recently, the pharmaceutical company’s supply vehicle was robbed by attackers…”

Attackers?

And just the truck with my medicine?

I glance up at the two rankers.

They both avoid my gaze.

“I have nothing more to say. But it will definitely arrive next week.”

“Will… I be okay?”

“You look fine on the outside for now. Have you experienced any discomfort lately?”

“Not really… Oh!”

There was one thing.

Cake.

“I find myself eating uncontrollably when I see food.”

“That’s probably because your animal instincts have awakened.”

“Animal instincts…”

“Yes, females ready to bear offspring tend to fatten up. They become glossy and most active…”

“Okay, I get it! Please stop!”

That damn breeding season!

Such words are embarrassing in front of everyone.

“It’s a problem that can be solved with treatment, but for self-management, it’s better to suppress your appetite.”

Suppression…

I repeated the word “suppression” in my mind as much as possible as I left the examination room.

Right.

Now noona is by my side too.

I can’t keep showing childish behavior forever.

If I want to reveal that I’m Dohyun in the near future, I need to create a good image now.

Someone as mature and dependable as possible.

I’ll emphasize that although my body has changed, I’m still the same inside.

“Hmm, ah.”

I lowered my voice.

And spoke confidently to the three women looking down at me.

“Let’s go. There’s no medicine today.”

“Really?”

At the mention of no medicine, Jeoksa stares at me with red eyes.

Anna does the same.

She also gazed at me intently with turbid eyes.

What’s with that strange look…

I deliberately cleared my throat and walked ahead, avoiding the two rankers.

“Where are we going?”

Jeoksa asked, following leisurely.

“I don’t know… Should we go home?”

“How about eating out since we’re already out?”

“Eating out…?”

Dr. Baeksa just told me to be careful with food, and now eating out?

This is troublesome…

“Well… I’m not really hungry right now…”

I plan to eat as humanly and restrainedly as possible at home from now on.

For that, it would be better to eat mostly vegetables…

“How about meat?”

“M-Meat…?”

The tasteless vegetables filling my mind disappear completely.

Instead, I imagine juicy meat sizzling on the grill.

My nose twitches as if I can smell it right now.

My canines grind as if wanting to chew something.

“Yes. As it happens, I know a good place.”

Jeoksa waved her phone tantalizingly.

My head follows the moving screen back and forth.

“Well… I guess a little would be okay.”

I glance at noona and Anna.

They both nod in agreement.

The restaurant was quite far from the hospital.

It’s a busy place frequented by both hunters and ordinary civilians.

As a result, I had to be squeezed between the two rankers the entire journey.

Come on, guys… what about our noona…

Fortunately, Jisoo noona followed leisurely behind with her hands behind her back.

Still, I would have preferred to walk side by side with her, but the two women didn’t give me any such space.

“Here it is.”

A restaurant with a cozy cow character giving a thumbs up.

We entered the restaurant.

“It’s crowded even on weekdays…”

Luckily, there’s a good spot by the window.

We sat there and followed the orders of Jeoksa, who’s a regular.

“Siho, what do you want to eat?”

She asked me in a sweet voice.

I carefully took in the beautiful appearance of the raw meat on the menu she showed me.

“Meat is all the same, isn’t it? Just get the tastiest one…”

My vertically elongated eyes sparkle.

The ears on my head flutter as if about to fly away.

Jeoksa grins and points to the ribeye with her finger.

“The ribeye is delicious here.”

But soon Anna knocks away her finger.

The silver ranker pointed to the most expensive tenderloin in the store.

“We should feed him the most expensive one, what ribeye?”

“I recommended ribeye because it’s the main dish here. If you don’t know, just stay quiet, okay?”

The two rankers glare at each other.

Come on, are they really going to fight over this?

One is a catastrophe-level wanted person, though not listed in the rankings.

The other is unofficial rank 10.

If you two fight here, everyone will die!

I looked back and forth between them anxiously.

“How about ordering the family set that includes both?”

In this explosive situation.

A savior appears.

Jisoo noona suggests a compromise with her characteristic easygoing tone.

Both rankers immediately turn their attention to the family set.

Nice one, noona!

“How about it, Siho, what do you think?”

Jeoksa asked me about the reasonable suggestion.

Anna also nods in satisfaction, brushing her bangs.

“Yes, I like it. Family set! It’s perfect for us and really good!”

Family.

Noona gently connected Anna and Jeoksa like a warm older sister.