episode_0002

“Wow~ It sinks right into my ears when *Oppa* teaches me.”

A button was wobbling precariously.

“Can’t you teach me tomorrow too? Huh?”

Every time her bursting chest came into view, I felt a sense of frustration.

A pristine white dress shirt with wrinkles here and there, and a short skirt clinging tightly to her thighs.

Park Seoa, dressed in what is commonly called office attire, was sitting next to me.

My younger sister was sitting on the right, reading a book.

I was sandwiched between the two college entrance exam retakers I was tutoring.

“···I can. Come find me if you need help, even if it’s not about studying.”

“Really? You can’t take that back. Got it?”

“···Yeah.”

Park Seoa pulled her chair closer and crossed her arms with mine.

The soft sensation of her upper arm was rubbed right onto mine.

I inadvertently turned to look at Park Seoa, and my gaze naturally went to her chest.

When I saw her yesterday, it seemed like Park Seoa’s chest was on the larger side, but it wasn’t this much.

So it seemed like she was wearing clothes that were completely tight today.

Her choice of clothing was questionable for a college entrance exam retaker.

What is her purpose?

Does she want to drive me crazy? If so, she’s already succeeded.

My mind was in a daze because of my loud heart.

The fragrant smell coming from her hair was quite addictive.

As I barely managed to collect my gaze, Park Seoa whispered in my ear.

“Your face turned red after you kept stealing glances at my chest. Per~vert♥”

My face flushed in an instant.

No, is it already flushed?

They say women notice all of a man’s glances. It’s true.

As soon as I awkwardly shifted my body, Park Seoa smiled brightly.

My heart dropped when I saw her eyes narrowed like a crescent moon.

“I’m just kidding. There’s no way someone as nice as *Oppa* would steal glances.”

Park Seoa subtly brushed against my forearm.

“It’s just that your face is turning red because you’re next to someone pretty. Because you’re excited.”

“···Yeah.”

“Oh? Are you saying I’m pretty right now? Are you flirting with me? What are you going to do by seducing me? Huh?”

“···.”

I’ve never really thought of myself as someone who cares about looks.

But it was hard to stay sane when someone as pretty as Park Seoa approached me so freely.

I didn’t even know what I was saying.

If she asked me for something in this state, I felt like I would grant even unreasonable requests.

It’s probably just that Park Seoa has a very sociable personality.

Even though she probably didn’t mean anything by it, I’m already starting to fantasize.

It’s so embarrassing to be like this with my younger sister’s friend.

I replied with difficulty and turned my head toward my younger sister.

My younger sister was looking at the problem set with tremendous concentration.

Only her jaw moving as she chewed gum was working diligently.

I couldn’t dare to disturb her.

Hoo~

Suddenly, Park Seoa blew air into my ear.

My body flinched at the unfamiliar sensation of something massaging my brain.

“Ah! I found *Oppa’s* weakness. Your ears are sensitive.”

Park Seoa whispered, breathing hot breath into my ear.

“Why are you so cute? Haa, I want to hug you.”

Thump-thump♡

I looked at Park Seoa with trembling eyes.

Park Seoa also looked at me with a seductive eye smile.

The longer I kept eye contact, the more foolish I felt.

My lips twitched, and the crown of my head tingled.

Her eyes are so pretty, and her lips are so red and plump…

My body gradually leaned forward.

The moment our breaths were about to touch, I heard my younger sister’s bland voice.

“*Oppa*. I don’t understand this.”

My mind cleared as if cold water had been poured on my head.

I looked at my trembling fingertips and swallowed.

I turned my body, leaving behind Park Seoa, who had a meaningful expression.

Thump-thump-thump-thump♡

Was I almost kissing her just now?

Even with my younger sister next to me?

And Park Seoa… why didn’t she stop me when I was approaching…?

What she said about me being cute…

I’m definitely looking at my younger sister and teaching her.

But my head was so full of Park Seoa that there was no room for anything else.

I have no idea if I explained it properly.

Even as I was diligently explaining, my gaze kept turning toward Park Seoa.

After my younger sister finished asking questions, I couldn’t help but turn my body right away.

However, Park Seoa was just staring intently with a serious expression.

As if what happened earlier was nothing.

I quietly held my breath so as not to disturb Park Seoa and my younger sister’s concentration.

After a while, my chest felt itchy.

I wondered if my heart was broken, but I was soon able to find the source of the ticklish feeling.

It had been a long time since people had gathered and sat at the table like this.

My father doesn’t come home often.

My younger sister usually eats outside and comes home.

Since I eat alone, I often just grab a simple meal in my room.

I wish we could eat together sometimes.

As I watched Park Seoa scribbling diligently in her notebook with a mechanical pencil, I thought of the memory-enhancing gum.

A few months ago, memory-enhancing gum came out, and I gave it to my younger sister.

And that day, she said she was studying so well and asked for more gum.

I was scolded for not giving her more than one, but there was no more.

It might not come out again the next day, and I wouldn’t get the amount my younger sister wanted.

So I roughly bought some gum from the convenience store and gave it to her.

I thought that if she ate it thinking it was memory-enhancing gum, like a placebo effect, it might have a similar effect.

Anyway, since then, my younger sister had been buying and eating the regular gum I gave her every day.

She was chewing ordinary bubble gum even now.

Since there’s a saying that chewing gum helps improve concentration, it wasn’t a completely useless act.

I put my hand in my pocket.

For some reason, I feel like if I take something out now, memory-enhancing gum will come out.

An ordinary pair of pants with nothing in the pocket.

Suddenly, my fingertips sink deeply into an unknown space.

As if I were in water, or perhaps wandering through a vast void like the universe.

For a moment, a hollow sensation rises as if I were traversing another dimension.

In an instant, something is caught in my hand, and the sensation returns to normal.

I don’t feel the paper of the instruction manual.

That means it’s not something I’m seeing for the first time.

It’s small like gum, but strangely, it was a little thick.

I carefully took the object out of my pocket.

This is…

It was the memory-enhancing gum I had wanted.

Instead of individual pieces like before, it was a whole container.

Did multiple pieces come out because I wanted to give them to Park Seoa and my younger sister?

When I opened the package, there were seven pieces inside.

My pocket ability is truly strange.

It doesn’t matter if it’s not the pocket of the pants I’m wearing now, it could be the inside pocket of a bag or jacket… anything.

It doesn’t even matter if it’s the pocket of a complete stranger.

If I try to take it out, I can take it out of any pocket.

Conversely, I couldn’t take something out unless it was through a pocket.

I handed the gum to Park Seoa.

After hesitating for a moment, I didn’t give it to my younger sister.

The effect will be clearly different from what she’s chewing now.

Since there’s no guarantee that I can keep giving it to her in the future, it’s better for her to stay fooled.

Park Seoa, who put the gum in her mouth and chewed it a few times, widened her eyes.

“Wow. *Oppa*, my vision is already so different. It feels like my brain is twice as active as usual!”

What is it? It’s accurate.

She has a good sense.

“Really? I heard that chewing gum helps with concentration. Do you want this?”

“Ah, yes! Thank you, *Oppa*.”

Park Seoa, who received a container of memory-enhancing gum, puffed up her cheeks cutely.

“I’m so sorry to keep receiving from *Oppa*. What should I do? Just tell me. I’ll listen to anything.”

Anything?

I killed the bad thoughts that came to my mind in a flash and replied.

“It’s just gum. You don’t have to give me anything.”

“Then tell me if you have anything you want me to do later. I’ll definitely listen.”

Park Seoa said, licking her lips in a somewhat seductive way.

“I can listen to anything because you’re *Oppa*.”

“···.”

Why is the word ‘anything’ being emphasized?

Whether it was thanks to the memory-enhancing gum, Park Seoa, who had been talking to me until just now, entered a state of immersion in an instant.

Her lips, chewing the gum, kept moving busily.

Looking at her red lips, glistening with saliva, a strange feeling arose.

Were her lips such a bewitching area?

Has saliva always been this shiny?

My heart was pounding strangely.

How much time had passed since then?

The duration of the memory-enhancing gum is 30 minutes.

The effect should have already ended, but her concentration showed no signs of breaking.

I glanced at Park Seoa, pretending to look at my cell phone, and our eyes met.

Park Seoa smiled brightly.

“*Oppa’s* gum must have something in it. I haven’t been this focused before. My head is so refreshed.”

“That’s good. I’m glad it helped.”

“The gum is very delicious. Is that why? *Oppa*, you should try one too.”

Park Seoa takes out the gum and puts it back in.

“Ah, no. It’s precious since *Oppa* gave it to me, so I’ll eat it all. Instead…”

Park Seoa completely attached her body to mine.

Her chest touched my forearm once again.

Before I could even be flustered by the soft sensation, she brought her face, the size of a fist, close.

“Hoo~”

Then she blew her breath at my nose.

The sweet scent of gum filled the tip of my nose.

“How is it? Does it smell good?”

“···Y, yeah. It smells good…”

Thump-thump-thump-thump♡

What… what is this?

“Then smell it more. Is it better to do it this way? Haaaa~”

Park Seoa’s breath permeated the tip of my nose, thick with the smell of gum.

This time it’s warmer, more humid, and more intense.

Her breath, containing a sticky breath, was exhaled directly onto my face.

I don’t know why.

Sniff.

Sniff sniff.

I reflexively sniffed and inhaled the scent.

Realizing that my appearance was strange, I tried to stop immediately.

“Haa♥ Haaa♥”

My body flinched at the somewhat seductive breathing, and I inhaled the bad breath.

I couldn’t stop.

I couldn’t quit.

I wanted to inhale it even deeper.

There’s no way there could be a more perverted sight than sniffing breath like crazy.

Even so…

“*Oppa*. Do you like it that much? You’re sniffing so much♥ Not even a puppy♥ Cute♥”

Twitch♡

Park Seoa said with a bright eye smile.

“Smell it more♥ Inhale it deeper♥ Haaaa♥”

Sniff sniff sniff♡

“Do you feel good♥ My breath smells so fragrant♥”

Instead of answering, I just sniffed.

Sniff sniff sniff♡

“Heh. Then sniff more♥ More, more♥ Haaaa♥”

Because of Park Seoa, who was urging me to smell, I couldn’t think straight.