Ch.326326. Seemingly Lewd, Yet Not Quite.

“……Hup, haa. Hoo, hoo….”

Seemingly exhausted from the repeated lovemaking without a break, Hwa Nabi, who had been pressing down on me and kissing me intensely, slightly pulled her lips away.

A long sigh followed. As a sweet scent spread, Hwa Nabi’s upper lip, glistening with saliva from who knows who, trembled softly. I reached out my right hand and gently wiped her mouth with my thumb.

However, Hwa Nabi seemed to misunderstand my intention. Instead of keeping still, she nibbled on my thumb before taking it into her mouth and wrapping her tongue around it.

She lightly licked the tip of my nail, making a sucking sound while coating it with saliva, then ran her tongue over my fingerprint as if tasting it, sucking my finger frantically.

Perhaps because Hwa Nabi, who enjoyed giving pleasure, often had things in her mouth, the feeling of her tongue was quite pleasant. I quietly enjoyed the somewhat erotic sensation of her tongue before gently pulling my finger out. It felt good, but if we continued like this, I might get aroused again.

I still had energy left and plenty of time. But if we continued, Hwa Nabi might not be able to handle it, so let’s rest a bit. I gently stroked her back to signal that we should calm down.

“Hmm……”

Hwa Nabi let out a sigh full of deep regret, then pressed her lips against mine with a face full of lingering desire. I reciprocated appropriately while patting her bottom, and after kissing for a while, she slowly moved down.

I laid Hwa Nabi down beside me and put my arm under her neck as a pillow. As if this was only natural, she adjusted her position toward me, hugged my torso, and buried her face in my chest.

“……Sniff.”

Sniff, sniff. Hwa Nabi openly began smelling my body. Seeing her do this without saying anything, it seemed her excitement had subsided a bit. I ran my index finger down her spine, and when she giggled cutely from the ticklish sensation, I casually asked.

“Aren’t you tired?”

“Hmm… I’m a little sleepy. What about you, husband?”

“Me too, should we just sleep like this?”

“We sweated so much. We should put away the towels, organize our clothes, wash up, and then sleep.”

“That’s such a hassle….”

“Hey, didn’t I tell you that sleeping without washing makes your skin worse?”

“Hmm, did you say that?”

“Yes, I’ve told you several times already. Why are you playing dumb now?”

Geez, maybe I should have exhausted her completely so she wouldn’t have the energy to talk. With that belated regret, I abruptly sat up while still holding Hwa Nabi.

Hwa Nabi, who got up with me, carefully pulled out the towel that had been placed under her waist and held it by the edge, waving it around.

“Wow, look at your sweat. The towel is so wet with sweat, and you were going to sleep without washing?”

“What are you talking about? The towel isn’t wet because of my sweat, but because you produced so much fluid….”

“……Oh my, oh my! What an outrageous thing to say. Don’t say such strange things and go wash up quickly…!”

Apparently embarrassed by my pointing out the truth, her face turned bright red as she pushed my back. Pretending to give in to her pressure, I slowly got up and headed to the shower.

“Nabi, want to shower together?”

“No, I’ll clean up a bit… You go ahead and shower comfortably by yourself.”

So she’ll clean up what she did herself. With a thought that would have made Hwa Nabi attack me if she’d heard it, I went into the shower and started washing.

Since Hwa Nabi would likely snuggle up to me and smell me while sleeping, I should wash thoroughly rather than hastily. I considered taking a proper bath, but since that would take too long, I just used shampoo and body wash before coming out.

“Huh?”

Somehow, the clothes I had neatly arranged before entering the shower had disappeared.

What’s going on? Did I misremember where I put them? I looked around carefully. They were nowhere to be found. Not just my outer clothes, but even my underwear was completely gone.

Did they sink into the ground or float up to the sky? Confused by this unprecedented situation of missing clothes that should be there, I decided to ask Hwa Nabi despite the embarrassment. She had been outside the whole time, so she might know something.

“Nabi, have you seen my clothes that were here?”

After asking loudly, I heard some commotion from the bedroom.

Creak. Eventually, the bedroom door opened. Hwa Nabi peeked her face through the gap. She quietly looked at my half-naked body, then pretended to be surprised in an obviously exaggerated way.

“Oh, husband! Why are you naked?”

“What’s with that awkward acting? Hwa Nabi, you hid my clothes, didn’t you?”

“Oh my, what are you saying? Why would you suddenly look for your clothes with me? Didn’t you just leave them somewhere and forget?”

“Don’t tell me you’re doing this because you’re upset about what I said earlier?”

“……No, that’s not it.”

Judging by her slow response, that’s exactly it. Momentarily speechless from disbelief, I sensed that raising my voice wouldn’t help in this situation.

You know, it’s like that Aesop’s fable about the North Wind and the Sun that Woohee was reading. It wasn’t the fierce North Wind that made the traveler remove his coat, but the warm sunshine.

There’s no use pressing someone who has the upper hand. It’s better to persuade them gently. With that judgment, I cleared my throat and spoke as softly as possible.

“Nabi. That was just… a joke, right? I was joking, and now you’re joking with me. Let’s call it even and move on. What do you think?”

“……Husband, do you know this saying?”

“Hm? What saying?”

“A frog can die from a stone thrown in jest.”

It’s an old proverb that means something like… words spoken thoughtlessly can deeply hurt others. It’s such a famous saying that probably everyone knows it.

“Yeah, I know it. Why?”

“Well, because of what you said earlier, I could deeply feel the frog’s pain.”

“……What do you mean?”

“What you said might have been a joke to you, but I felt great shame from those words…!”

“What, which ones? Don’t tell me it’s about the towel being wet because of your fluids?”

“Y-yes, that! What you just said again!”

“But why? I didn’t say anything wrong. It’s a fact that it happened because you kept flowing from pleasure.”

“What, what did I flow?! If someone heard that, they’d really misunderstand!”

“Misunderstand or not, it was even recorded on video, so there’s no use denying—”

Bang! The bedroom door slammed shut. Suddenly left alone naked in the middle of the living room, I widened my eyes.

Come on, she closed the door without listening to her own husband. No matter how embarrassed she was, this behavior is unforgivable. I strode over, flung the door open, and went in.

“Hwa Nabi, is this how you’re going to act?”

“Eek! Why are you coming in without covering yourself?!”

“I’d like to cover up, but I have nothing to cover with.”

“There are things like towels or bathrobes…!”

Ah, right. In my agitation, I forgot that such things were available in the dressing room. But what does it matter? As if I had done it deliberately, I approached Hwa Nabi with an even more confident attitude.

“Nabi, go shower quickly.”

“W-why suddenly shower?”

“Why? Seeing you looking so fine, I thought we could continue what we were doing.”

“Continue what…?”

I couldn’t tell if she was deliberately asking while knowing full well, or if she genuinely didn’t know. I might not understand Hwa Nabi’s true feelings, but I knew what I needed to do now.

I grabbed her wrist firmly to prevent her from running away. Caught by me, she was startled and stepped back hesitantly.

“Ah…!”

“You know, I’ve been thinking about this occasionally.”

Regardless of her reaction, I moved closer and embraced her tightly. Then, bending my knees, I placed my hands on her lower back and the back of her knees, lifting her up in an instant.

Surprised by her body suddenly being lifted, Hwa Nabi opened her eyes wide. She seemed perplexed and flustered.

Since her body was suspended in the air, she quickly hugged my torso for support, but then flinched as she realized who she was embracing.

“Nabi, I think you’re doing this on purpose.”

“O-on purpose?”

“Yes. On purpose.”

This isn’t the first time I’ve been subjected to teasing that carefully treads the line while making it impossible for me to remain still. I’m not a fool; by now, I sense something.

How should I put it? I can’t express it precisely in words, but… it feels like Hwa Nabi’s teasing is thoroughly calculated, and the purpose is something she’s hiding from me. It might just be my conjecture, or it might not be. But my intuition tells me so.

“I won’t be upset, so just tell me honestly.”

“……Tell you what?”

“Your constant subtle teasing, you have another purpose, don’t you?”

“……”

When I asked with my face close to hers, she slightly turned her head away, avoiding my gaze. I don’t know what secret Hwa Nabi is hiding, but it’s clear she’s concerned about something.

“Fine, you don’t have to tell me.”

Well, I wasn’t expecting Hwa Nabi to confess right away anyway. Seeing her lips tightly sealed, it seems she’s exercising her right to remain silent, but unfortunately, this hotel room is extraterritorial.

In a place where hands are closer than the law, if Hwa Nabi acts like this, I have my own plans.

“Hold on tight, we’re going to the shower.”

“……What are you going to do there?”

“Why, what do you think I’m going to do?”

“N-naughty things…?”