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I have a senior who I met while taking a liberal arts class.

It was a senior named Choi Dohyeok from the Department of Media.

At first, seeing only his bulky physique, I thought he was a scary senior, but it turned out he wasn’t like that at all.

On the contrary, he was truly kind. He deliberately made time to help me with assignments and shared tips about school life and course subjects.

Even so, I didn’t always hang out with him.

This was because I usually went around with Jiyeon.

Before the liberal arts class started, the senior and I sometimes ate together and chatted about various things.

Dohyeok Senior said that someday, after graduating, he would join A Broadcasting Station and become a director.

“Oh? That’s where my mom works.”

I casually brought up my mom. The senior listened to my whole story and then nodded.

“Your mother is an amazing person. Well, it’s time, shall we go in?”

But he looked largely uninterested.

I could even introduce him to my mom, if possible.

The senior encouraged me to join the club he was in. He was the vice president of a comprehensive media club that planned and produced various video content.

“Wow, this…!”

When I entered the clubroom, I was astonished. The filming equipment was so excellent that it rivaled a proper studio.

Expensive cameras and camcorders, various microphones, and even high-performance computers for editing were all provided.

“I’ll introduce you to the other members later. First, take a look around, and if you like it, tell me anytime.”

“I’ll join! I’ll join!”

I absolutely couldn’t miss such an opportunity. As I excitedly filled out the application form, I thought of Jiyeon.

“Ah… Senior-nim. Can Jiyeon join too? She’s my girlfriend…”

“I’m sorry, but not right now. Doyun, with you joining, the directing and planning positions are full.”

There were no open spots, so it couldn’t be helped, but I still thought I should introduce the club to Jiyeon sometime later.

Come to think of it, I heard Jiyeon has also been diligently continuing her modeling work while studying lately. In that case, I should create an amazing work here and surprise her.

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One night, a message came to my phone from an unknown number.

When I opened the message, there was a link.

“Aha.”

Seeing the link, I immediately realized. It was definitely a spam message.

I was about to block the number immediately when an additional message arrived.

“Hong Doyun student. The link is an ordinary video. Watch it when you have time.”

“You must only watch it alone.”

What on earth is it that they emphasize watching it alone so much?

More than that, I was more unnerved by the fact that an anonymous person knew my name and identity. Just as I hesitated to click the link, a call came in from Jiyeon.

“Doyun-ah. I called because I had something to tell you briefly. Did you just get a text message?”

“Yeah, it came. Why?”

“It’s not phishing, so you can go in and check it out. Hehe. Okay, gotta go! See you tomorrow!”

Before I could say anything more, Jiyeon hung up.

I didn’t know how she knew I’d received the text, but I decided to check it out anyway.

When I tapped the link, the YoongTube app launched, and I connected to a video.

[168th Day of Studying Alone]

“Oh…?”

But the video was a study video from an uploader I’d seen before. This video was the uploader’s most recent one; no more videos had been uploaded since.

The woman in the video was studying in an ordinary hoodie. Honestly, there weren’t any particularly eye-catching scenes.

Not yet, at least.

When I skipped forward, the woman had somehow taken off her outer layer. She continued to study in a tight-fitting ivory top.

With a somewhat agitated gesture, I skipped forward a bit more in the video.

Of course, I knew the woman in the video had an excellent figure, but still. I had Jiyeon.

“……Huh!”

I was startled by the newly changed angle. The camera was focusing on none other than her thighs.

The woman was wearing a rather short skirt, and she even periodically crossed her legs. Every time she moved her legs, my gaze involuntarily fixed on them.

The woman’s legs in the video were that attractive.

Then she lifted her crossed leg, bent her knee, and placed it on the chair.

Simultaneously, her skirt rolled up a bit, but thankfully, perhaps, her underwear wasn’t visible.

Even though I knew it was an intentional video, my heart pounded.

Come to think of it, this uploader’s first video was just a modest study video. But over the course of 30 uploads, her behavior gradually became bolder.

Afterward, the video returned to its original frontal angle. The video concluded with the woman stretching after finishing her studying.

“Why would Jiyeon upload a video like this…?”

The video was so provocative that it made me wonder if I’d misunderstood something.

But what if it really was a video Jiyeon filmed…? If the person who boldly left videos wearing tight tops, skirts, school uniforms, and camisoles was really Jiyeon…

As that image overlapped with Jiyeon’s naked body, I found myself with an erection.

“She certainly resembles her, but no. It can’t be.”

There was no room for doubt. It was obvious it couldn’t be.

Tomorrow is the weekend, and I have a date with Jiyeon after her modeling shoot.

Right. I’ll ask her directly tomorrow. Who sent this message. Why Jiyeon called me herself and said it was okay to watch.

After barely calming my erection, I fell into a deep sleep.

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Jiyeon usually has shoots at the studio every Saturday.

I arrived at the studio a bit early. The door was open, but there was no one inside.

As I sat there waiting, a woman entered the studio. She was neither Joo Chaebin, the shopping mall CEO, nor Jiyeon.

…Then who was she?

She also tilted her head at me. She was the first to speak.

“Are you perhaps part of the filming staff?”

“Ah, no. Not that…”

“Then who are you…? Ah, I mean… I’m involved with the shoot.”

“I, I’m involved too. Yes, involved.”

“Oh, really?”

I somehow fumbled through an explanation, but the woman didn’t ask further. She carefully scanned my face, then, as if it didn’t matter, sat on the sofa and started looking at her phone.

Come to think of it, this woman also seemed to say she was “involved with the shoot” in a tone that suggested she was trying to gloss over something…

Just then, as she was looking at social media, she suddenly snapped her head around. Directly towards me.

“…Haven’t we met somewhere before?”

“Have we?”

Her platinum blonde hair reaching her chest, a cat-like face, and a somewhat prim expression.

She was so attractive that just by her face, she could be mistaken for a fitting model visiting for a shoot. That’s why I was even more confused.

“No, no. I think so. What was the name… Hong, Hong, Hong Doyun!”

“Huh?”

“Hong Doyun! You’re Hong Doyun, right! I’m Ju Chaerin! We were in the same class back then!”

…Ju Chaerin?

Of course, I remembered who Ju Chaerin was. Because she was a bully in middle school.

“Wow… It is you, isn’t it? But why does your face look the same as before? You’re still handsome. No, should I say pretty…? Anyway, nice to meet you!”

The Chaerin I remembered was not someone who would show such a bright expression looking at me. In middle school, she subtly tried to control me, and after I started dating Jiyeon, she implicitly tried to bother us.

Even if she couldn’t casually bother us due to Doha Noona’s status back then.

“Ah… you had black hair back then. No wonder I didn’t recognize you. Nice to meet you, Chaerin-ah.”

“Hmm… Is this our first time since middle school? We went to different high schools, so it couldn’t be helped.”

“Were you even trying to follow me?”

“Don’t you remember? That I liked you. At the time, I couldn’t express it very well… and I acted roughly, but thinking about it now, I feel sorry.”

I didn’t expect that Ju Chaerin to admit it so openly. But that didn’t mean I was going to easily accept her apology.

If she really liked me, she should have just confessed.

Even now, thinking about it, her actions seemed a bit far from simply being feelings of liking someone.

“I was scared of you. You always had thugs hanging around you.”

“Th-those kids didn’t treat you badly, did they? I apologize. When I was young, it was because of jealousy. I wanted to date you, but… I had a lot of guy friends around me… And you had a close girl friend too, didn’t you?”

“Jiyeon?”

“Yes, Baek Jiyeon. She was someone who knew how to express herself honestly. She was different from me.”

I guess time really had passed. For Ju Chaerin to back down like this.

“Meeting like this is fate, so let me buy you a meal. I’m truly doing this out of repentance, Doyun-ah.”

“No… Don’t try to force it. I’m doing well right now.”

As of now, the person named Ju Chaerin no longer exists in my life. Even though we reunited by chance, I didn’t think this was fate.

“…Alright. But Doyun-ah, how did you come here today? Do you have a filming schedule?”

“Huh? Oh, that…”

I paused. I was here to wait for Jiyeon’s shoot. I didn’t want to carelessly bring up Jiyeon in front of Ju Chaerin.

“Well… if you don’t want to say, that’s fine. I just came to borrow some clothes from my older sister.”

From her older sister? Wait, older sister? Come to think of it, what was the name of the shopping mall CEO here?

Joo… Chaebin?

“You’re the CEO’s younger sister?”

“You know my older sister? Yes. I sometimes went to her to borrow clothes. But today she told me to meet her at the studio. But I never imagined I’d meet Doyun here…”

She smiled regretfully. Her softly smiling eyes resembled CEO Joo Chaebin’s a lot.

If Ju Chaerin didn’t have that personality, perhaps she would have been the one I was dating now. Though, thinking about it holds no meaning.

“I’ll get going now. Make yourself comfortable.”

“Aren’t you meeting your older sister?”

“It’s fine. She’s probably smoking somewhere again. …That thug. About getting a meal… think about it. I’m serious.”

With that, Ju Chaerin left the studio.

Ju Chaerin was famous for being pretty in middle school. Simply being pretty often makes one a target for other groups jealous of one’s looks, but her personality was so tough that she knew how to suppress all of them.

That’s why I always found her upward-slanted eyes, like those of a prim cat, particularly frightening.

…………

Pushing the memories of Ju Chaerin aside again, I took out my phone and started to download the YoongTube video.

Just then.

“Oh my! Look who it is. Isn’t this our next model?”

“Oh. Hello, CEO-nim.”

The quiet studio suddenly became bustling again.

Jiyeon, CEO Joo Chaebin, and the filming team were entering together, shaking bags of tteokbokki.