Ch.214Side Story – I Became a Heroine After the Pure Love Ending (5)

Solmi and Leon were fast asleep, oblivious to the world.

Unlike earlier, they had full bellies now, so they probably wouldn’t wake up hungry.

They’d likely stay this way until their mothers returned.

The house was peacefully quiet.

The TV, with nothing worth watching during weekday afternoons, had been turned off long ago.

I usually kept my phone on vibrate when possible.

The sunlight gradually shifted across the room.

The curtains, tinged with a translucent orange glow, rippled gently in the breeze.

Despite being the height of summer, the wind blew well enough that it didn’t feel hot.

In this profound silence,

all I could hear was the occasional slapping of cords against the wall when the wind blew,

and Solmi’s intermittent snoring as she mumbled in her sleep.

“…”

“…”

And the only other sound was our heartbeats as I clutched Hamin’s chest.

“…”

With a soft rustling sound, Hamin’s breath carefully touched my cheek.

There was a slight trembling sensation too. That trembling frequency perfectly matched Hamin’s current heartbeat.

It was a cheek kiss.

“Eek!”

“Shh…! You’ll wake Solmi and Leon…”

“Sorry. I was just a bit surprised.”

“…Just surprised?”

“Surprised and… happy.”

“Then I’ll do more.”

“Wait…!”

I took the diaper Hamin had brought and placed it between the sofa and my legs.

This way, even if my pants got wet, at least the sofa seat would be protected.

I wondered if this was appropriate behavior as an older sister and aunt.

But I didn’t want to push away Hamin, who was being somewhat proactive.

Well, it should be fine.

Using a disposable diaper would be better than ruining the sofa seat—

ultimately saving mom’s effort and our household finances.

“That wasn’t a joke…? About getting wet.”

“O-of course I won’t get wet from just a kiss on the cheek. So…”

Tap.

I tapped my lower lip with my pinky finger and said to Hamin:

“Do it here.”

It was a bit scary to provoke Hamin who was being unusually forward,

but since this was a rare opportunity, I boldly offered my lips.

“And don’t just bump foreheads like last time. Properly block the inside too.”

“…Okay.”

What’s this?

Why is he approaching so compliantly today?

Why is he looking at me with eyes that seem to want to suck on me right now?

“B-but you know you should start gently, right…? Someone as awkward with skinship as you might accidentally bite my lip or tongue…”

“Doyoung.”

“Y-yes?”

“Close your eyes.”

“…Kay.”

I obediently closed my eyes and pointed my lips upward.

Even with my eyes closed, I could feel his shadow drawing closer.

And when that shadow completely covered my lips,

our heartbeats synchronized.

Once.

Hamin’s slightly angled lips caressed mine.

Once more.

My whole body trembled at the hot breath flowing through our overlapped lips.

And yet again.

The promise I extracted when dressed as a bunny girl on Hamin’s last birthday.

‘When we kiss from now on, don’t pull back, and actively use your tongue.’

Now, as if keeping that promise, his tongue was reaching out near my mouth.

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“…”

“…”

However, while he boldly inserted his tongue as promised, inside the narrow confines of Ban Doyoung’s mouth, Hamin’s tongue awkwardly searched around as if unable to find mine.

“…”

Like a boy visiting a girl’s room for the first time.

Even though he’d been in and out several times already.

“Mmph… hnnng…”

“…”

Where was that initial momentum?

Each time our tongues touched, Hamin’s heart seemed to jump in surprise, creating a subtle syncopation with my heartbeat.

Though he was trying to keep his promise to actively use his tongue,

Hamin still often got startled by the sensation when our touch connected.

He once said something about that dizzying sensation making his mind go completely blank.

I suppose that could happen when kissing the world’s most beautiful girl.

But if you’ve boldly entered the mouth of your promised future heroine,

you should at least know how to lick properly, even if you can’t tie knots with your tongue.

“Sigh.”

“…Huh?”

I grabbed the back of Hamin’s head as he recoiled in surprise and pulled him toward me.

Taking advantage of his startled open mouth, I stuck out my tongue and caught his retreating one.

“Good job. I’ll take care of the rest.”

It’s the protagonist Hamin’s job to come find me.

And it’s my job as the heroine to welcome you warmly.

“Mmph! D-Doyoung. Wait…”

“Come here.”

“Mmph.”

“Nyomnyomnyom.”

No way.

I’m not backing down. Don’t go back.

Stay right there in my mouth.

“Mmmph…”

“Mmmnnyung.”

I wrapped my arms around Hamin’s shoulders to prevent him from escaping and lay down on the sofa.

I pressed down on his stomach with my gravity-laden bottom and buried his retreating head into the sofa.

I could feel something blunt and thick rising from Hamin’s lower region.

In the past, when I tried to pin him down like this, he would kick me off,

but that was before our kisses had succeeded.

Now that he had allowed access to his mouth, his mind had gone blank

and Hamin, his body gone limp, couldn’t push me away or shake me off.

He probably lost the strength in his legs to [夏旻高趨] as well.

“Chuuuap… pop.”

“Phew… haa…”

After facing each other at the closest possible distance for 10 minutes, we breathed heavily for a moment, checking each other’s trembling eyes.

Gazes that seemed to say “I can’t help it because I like you too much” passed between us for a moment.

“…Hehe. That was delicious, Lime’s daddy.”

“…I, I enjoyed it too.”

I’d heard it’s good to finish skinship with mutual appreciation.

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“Kyaha. Drinking Zero Lime after kissing Hamin is so refreshing.”

“Don’t, don’t say it so loudly.”

“If you’re like this about kissing, what will you do later? You prude.”

“We’ll, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.”

“Hmph. Just try fooling around with another girl. I’ll go to Scarlet-chan and have her cut you in half with a bamboo sword and bring back just your pepper.”

“Why, why just that part?”

“We still need to have Lime, don’t we?”

While watching the sleeping Solmi and Leon, Hamin and I cooled our sweat-soaked bodies with cold Zero Lime from the refrigerator.

Though we exchanged some savage jokes,

we could laugh about them because we both knew neither of us would actually do such things.

“By the way, what’s with all those pizzas you brought earlier?”

“Ah, that… you could call it a gift. The academic excellence scholarship I received at the end of this semester finally hit my account.”

“Oh, the award and scholarship you got for getting perfect scores on both midterms and finals? That’s something to celebrate! Did you tell your mom the money came in?”

“Yeah. Last time I got a scholarship, I had a celebration party with mom, so this time I thought I’d bring a gift to your house, and fortunately mom liked the idea.”

“Thank you… Hamin’s mom…!”

When he said he wanted to take care of his girlfriend before his mom who supported him, I thought his mom’s heart might break.

I was touched by Hamin’s mom’s maternal instinct in respecting her son’s choice and approving.

Of course, it also helped that I was considered an ideal daughter-in-law.

“So that’s why… Maybe that’s why you were so forward with Doyoung earlier.”

“Huh? What does that have to do with this?”

“…I, I want to get good grades and receive praise too. I’m not just obsessed with rankings and scores because I’m top of the school, you know?”

“Hmm… so that kiss earlier was a reward you wanted for getting 100 points? Hehe, you cute thing.”

“Is, is that wrong?”

“No, it’s fine.”

Hop.

I sat close to Hamin and rested my head on his shoulder.

“So if that was one kiss for getting 100 points, we have 99 more to go, right?”

“…Huh? Is that how it’s counted?”

“Of course! If it’s kisses for getting 100 points, doing it 100 times is the standard, isn’t it?”

-Tap tap

I poked out my lips, which still had a bit of Hamin’s saliva on them, and said:

“What, don’t like it? If not, forget it.”

“I-I didn’t say I didn’t like it.”

“Hehehe, open wide. Here comes Zero Lime-flavored Ban Doyoung.”

After placing my empty cup on the table, I wrapped my arms around Hamin’s shoulders and went in for round two.

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Around sunset,

the car that Sol-young had driven returned to the garage.

“Our babies. Mommy’s home. Were we too late? There was a sale at the children’s clothing store on the second floor and… Oh my. Those are Hamin’s shoes.”

“Ah, that’s right, Hamin was attending summer special classes.”

“Then maybe Doyoung sent an SOS to Hamin after class. It seems quiet in the living room, so the kids must be sleeping.”

“My, that could be quite a situation! Shall we peek in?”

The three women, excited to learn Hamin was home, took off their shoes and headed to the living room with their shopping bags.

“Our son and daughter. Are you having fun… huh?”

“Gasp.”

“Oh? This, this is.”

The hot air that hit them as soon as they entered the living room.

Feeling that air on their faces, Joonsook, Sol-young, and Miso simultaneously tilted their heads.

“The air conditioner seems to be on. But this heat…”

“I’ve felt this somewhere before…”

“Yes, just like in that hotel on my honeymoon with Solmi’s dad… gasp!”

As married women, they knew exactly how this hot and sensual atmosphere was created.

“Ah, Mom. You’re back already? That was faster than I expected… I thought you’d take longer… Solmi and Leon are sleeping now! They drank the formula Hamin brought and fell right asleep!”

“Ah… Hello, ma’am. Have you been well, Sol-young hyung and teacher?”

In the living room, despite the air conditioner being on, Doyoung and Hamin were sitting there somehow drenched in sweat.

“…”

“…”

“…You two didn’t…”

“We only kissed!”

“We just finished the 89th one so it’s hot in here!”

The thieves gave themselves away.