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##Ju Chaerin’s Story 1

Everyone in middle school knew her, Ju Chaerin. She was quite famous in the area. No, extremely famous.

The reason was simple: she was an aspiring actress with a doll-like appearance.

“Hi, Chaerin-ah! Oh, oh…”

“Hi~.”

A greeting from a student walking the same way. She didn’t know their name.

“You’re here? You look pretty today too.”

“Thanks~ you too~.”

A greeting from friends as soon as she entered the classroom. It was the usual exchange, so it wasn’t particularly new.

“Oh~ look at you… what’s up, you punk? You’re looking good today, huh…?”

“Don’t try to act tough like that. Even if I died, I wouldn’t be interested in a jerk like you.”

A group of delinquents always gathered around her. They constantly spoke in a way that seemed tough, subtly trying to appeal to Chaerin.

Naturally, Chaerin wasn’t interested in the slightest. Even among the punks, there were some handsome and popular male students.

But in Chaerin’s eyes, they were all just ‘good-for-nothings’.

My dream is to be an actress, so why would I get involved with guys like you already? Their looks aren’t good, and their personalities aren’t either, so there’s no reason to choose anyone.

Her nose was already in the air since her middle school days. It was an anticipated outcome, as she had always received such treatment.

Because of this, Chaerin was not humble.

She intentionally used harsh and rough language as a means of self-defense.

Middle school was the purest time for dating and breaking up. Chaerin, who was the target of countless male students, perhaps had her ego solidified from this period.

Chaerin’s attitude wasn’t particularly different at home either.

Chaerin’s older sister, Chaebin, was seven years older than her. Yet, Chaerin would pour out harsh words to Chaebin. She was taking out the stress she received at school on her sister.

“Chaerin-ah… did something happen at school? I told you to always tell me if you need help.”

Chaebin didn’t get angry. She smiled kindly and offered her a piece of bread.

“Damn it, I’m not eating this… I’m going out.”

“Be careful. If you’re late, make sure to tell me. I’ll pick you up.”

“It’s fine.”

Chaerin didn’t like her sister, who seemed to know nothing but studying.

She was embarrassed by her sister, who, unlike herself who was only in her first year of middle school, didn’t know how to dress up and accepted everything she said with naive innocence.

I won’t live like my sister. How can a person just keep studying all the time?

So, Chaerin began to go out with friends and play late into the night more often.

As a result, hanging out with the delinquent group, whom she initially had no interest in, gradually became her everyday routine.

Although she hadn’t actively mistreated or bullied other students, her image at school naturally solidified as a delinquent.

Ju Chaerin first became aware of Hong Doyun in her second year.

The moment she saw Doyun’s face, who was assigned to the same class, Chaerin’s ideal type was redefined based on Doyun.

Beyond just being handsome, he had a beautiful appearance that could even captivate women, a quiet personality, and even the human touch of being weak at sports.

Suddenly, she became curious about him. Every action he made piqued her interest.

“Why haven’t I known about a guy like him until now…?”

She just watched Doyun from afar, licking her lips. Yet, she never let go of her pride.

Who is that, always talking to Hong Doyun? …Ah, it’s about cleaning duty.

Even if she tried to make contact, there was no justifiable reason. And she hated the idea of approaching him first and greeting him intimately, as it felt like losing.

So Chaerin decided to take some time to scout, in order to capture her prey.

How many close friends does he have? It seems like about three.

…And close girl friends? Surely he doesn’t have any? Why not………?

“Ah~ Hong Doyun’s biological older sister used to be the leader/boss of this school. She graduated now, but still, no one can mess with him.”

“His older sister…?”

“Hey! Don’t just talk carelessly. That Senior-nim is really scary. They say her thighs are thicker than the boys’. Some kids who talked behind her back got a spinning kick and ended up in the hospital, apparently.”

“Right. In front of that Noo-nim, we’re just chicks… no, just flies… Hmph.”

“………?”

She didn’t know how much of it was true and how much was false. Anyway, she understood that Doyun’s older sister was scary.

Is it really because of that rumor that there are no girls around Hong Doyun…? No, then does that mean if I want to date him, I have to get approval from her first?

To confirm the truth of the rumors, Chaerin went directly to Doyun’s older sister, Hong Doha.

When she pushed open the door to the taekwondo dojo where Doha was, countless male trainees of her age stared at Chaerin with fiery eyes.

Should I just turn back…? Just as she was thinking that, their expressions, which had been like pit bulls, softened like puppy Malamutes. All the trainees uniformly welcomed Chaerin.

“Oh my~ What brings such a noble person to this humble place…”

“Wow, damn…! So pretty! Did she perhaps come looking for a boyfriend? Who is the guy who has a girlfriend like that?!”

“If it’s not too much trouble, perhaps your phone number…”

Chaerin, who had immediately become the center of attention for countless men, replied awkwardly.

“I came to meet Hong Doha Senior-nim…”

“What? Me?”

It was then.

From inside the dojo, a person walked out, pushing back sweat-soaked bangs.

“Welcome, Instructor-niiiiim—!!!”

The club members, lined up in attention, shouted vigorously towards her. She, Hong Doha, accustomed to it, told them to rest, then approached Chaerin.

“When you said ‘senior’, I wondered who it was, but that uniform… you really are my junior. You’re in your second year, huh. What’s going on?”

“Well…”

Her impression wasn’t as scary as Chaerin had imagined.

On the contrary, just looking at her face, she was as beautiful as Doyun. However, due to her short haircut, angular physique, and plainness with no makeup, she rather felt like a handsome man.

“Hong Doyun…”

“Doyun? Why Doyun?”

Murmuring… Murmuring…

Gasp… Bringing up her younger brother in front of the Master… That’s a forbidden topic… Murmuring…

Ah, such a beautiful young lady is going to perish like this… Murmuring…

“Oh, come on, everyone quiet down!”

“Yes, ma’am!”

“Sorry. The kids are a bit much, aren’t they? They all came from your middle school too, coming here to learn taekwondo… By the way, are you friends with Doyun?”

“…We’re in the same class. Hmph, we’re not friends yet.”

“Really? That’s a shame. Please get along well with our Doyun. He’s shy and can’t talk first. It would be great if a pretty girl like you talked to him.” “Uh… yes.”

She’s a mature older sister, Chaerin thought.

“…So, what’s your business? Signing up for the dojo?”

“No, it’s all resolved. Thank you.”

“Huh…? I didn’t say anything.”

Just before Chaerin left the dojo, Doha approached her and whispered softly.

“Oh, by the way, there might be strange rumors circulating about me… Half of them were spread arbitrarily by those guys since last year, you know? Anyway, they’re lies, so don’t believe them, okay?”

“Okay…”

“Alright, then………. Hey! Everyone, get in position! Starting now, one!”

“Oh!!”

“Two! Louder!”

“Ohh!!”

………… .

The rumors were wrong. Hong Doha was just a kind older sister who only thought of her younger brother.

It was enough to know that his older sister didn’t interfere excessively with her younger brother.

The rumors were resolved, so now, if only she could create a good reason…

“Oh, Chaerin! We’re meeting the Oppas today, wanna come out?”

“Ah… you guys were here.”

It was quite tiring to have people who knew her everywhere she went at school.

The delinquent group she knew also often came into the classroom during breaks and made noise as if they had rented the place. Chaerin had a hard time driving them out of the classroom.

After getting rid of all the nuisances, this time the female students in her class bothered her. She couldn’t stand seeing those foxy bitches giving gifts on every anniversary as if it was nothing.

“Damn it, I should at least give a gift…”

Chaerin had no memory of ever giving a gift to a boy in her life. She only had memories of receiving them.

She thought she had done a lot, but nothing had actually changed. Chaerin still hadn’t even spoken to Doyun.

Another year passed without anything starting.

This time, Chaerin was in the same class as Doyun again. She didn’t give up.

But she felt that Doyun was actually avoiding her.

Why? I even went to the effort of meeting your own older sister…? Do you dislike talking to me that much?

For the first time, she had taken an interest in the opposite sex and feelings of love had blossomed, but it was unrequited.

Meanwhile, Doyun was now hanging out with a student named Baek Jiyeon, who had quite a presence in their class.

Unlike her, Jiyeon was a diligent model student. She was good at studying, listened well to other students’ stories, and even took on unpleasant tasks.

It felt too unfair that the two of them were always together.

But she had no weapon to put forward in front of Jiyeon.

………… . “…So, are you jealous of that girl now? Because she snatched away the person you liked first?”

“Yeah. It’s annoying, who does she think she is.”

Chaerin told Chaebin about this problem.

Over a year, Chaebin’s appearance had changed a lot from before.

Her casually tied-up hair became a neat bob, her square horn-rimmed glasses were replaced with contacts. And she had shed her tracksuit, which she wore all four seasons, transforming into an attractive woman who could pull off various styles.

It was all due to meeting her boyfriend.

Since Chaebin originally had natural beauty, she was now beautiful enough to be flawless in Chaerin’s eyes.

“Even so, they’re just middle schoolers, right? How long will it last?”

“No! They’re really close! Hong Doyun even said he wouldn’t make other female friends!”

“What kind of kid is he, to make Chaerin so nervous…?”

“…Well, never mind. What does your boyfriend do, Unnie?”

“He’s a senior one year above me. He’s a kind and good man.”

“You like kind men too, Unnie?”

“Of course~. A kind man at least doesn’t look at other women. Though it might be different if it was an act.”

“If that’s true, then since Hong Doyun is kind, he’ll only look at Baek Jiyeon for a thousand years! What’s the point of that…”

Chaebin said to Chaerin, who still seemed frustrated, unable to find an answer.

“You just need to take Doyun away from that girl.”

Chaerin’s thoughts momentarily froze at the answer that vastly exceeded her scope of reasoning.

“To take him away… what does that mean? Like, forcibly making him my boyfriend…? Is there any meaning in such an act?”

“No… I just mentioned it in case. That such a method exists.”

That could no longer be considered an effort for romance. Chaerin decided that even if she couldn’t be with Doyun, she wouldn’t become a beast.

Even so, she couldn’t help but feel jealous.

So she began to secretly torment Doyun.

Chaerin secretly took off the stockings she was wearing, spit in them, and deeply hid them inside Doyun’s bag.

I’ve been watching only you for over a year, and you haven’t even talked to me once? She imagined Doyun struggling when the stockings came out of his bag later and chuckled to herself.

The next day, she made eye contact with Doyun, but he showed no particular reaction.

Anger flared up again. This time, she stole Jiyeon’s gym clothes and put them inside Doyun’s locker. Jiyeon, whose gym clothes were gone, received demerits without knowing why.

Even after getting her gym clothes back, Jiyeon didn’t get angry at Doyun. It was as if she firmly believed Doyun wasn’t the culprit from the start.

Unable to bear it any longer, Chaerin approached Doyun during lunch and deliberately spilled her tray, falling over.

She intended to curse at Doyun and pick a fight, accusing him of tripping her. But Doyun, even with soup and side dishes spilled all over his head, was instead worried about Chaerin, who had fallen.

Everyone around them was worried about her. Even Jiyeon, who was next to Doyun, looked at her with startled eyes as she lay fallen.

Something was wrong. This wasn’t the picture Chaerin wanted.

The more she repeated these actions, the more she felt he would only grow further away from her, let alone look back at her. She felt so pathetic for becoming like this due to such petty stubbornness.

After that, Chaerin stopped doing anything to Doyun. She had acknowledged her mistakes.

………… .

Time passed, and Chaerin entered an all-girls high school.

As she grew, she corrected her bad habits and personality one by one. Consequently, her personal growth also progressed.

Looking back, her unrequited love from that time was an unbelievably foolish act.

Determined to apologize if she ever met him again, Chaerin dedicated herself to her studies once more.

Nothing particular happened during her high school years.

However, her older sister Chaebin seemed very busy and was often not home. It wasn’t that Chaerin had no idea why.

Chaerin began to rummage through her closet. At some point, Chaebin’s closet had accumulated an embarrassing amount of provocative clothes and sex toys.

She had no intention of saying anything, as it was personal taste, but this was too much.

Negligees that were completely see-through, string thongs that barely covered anything, multiple vibrators and electric dildos, suction toys, anal beads and plugs, and…

“What is this? Why are there so many keys here…”

Keys whose purpose was unknown were gathered and stored together. And these weren’t the only tools. Chaebin’s closet was truly a Pandora’s Box.

She continued rummaging through the closet and found a smartphone in the inside pocket of a coat.

“It’s not Unnie’s…”

What she was originally looking for wasn’t this. She was trying to find a photo she had accidentally seen recently.

It was a photo of a naked woman kneeling and pressing her face between a man’s legs, while the man sat holding the woman’s head with one hand. It wasn’t just a photo that might be left in a phone gallery; it had the quality of something professionally shot in a studio.

She couldn’t remember the details, but she clearly remembered the ‘A’ tattoo etched on the woman’s buttocks.

The woman with such a tattoo on her buttocks was none other than her own older sister.

She had to find the muscular man in the photo. Because as far as Chaerin knew, he wasn’t Chaebin’s boyfriend.

Chaerin stopped rummaging for a moment and checked the phone. There was no security lock, so she could access the contents immediately.

Checking the messages first, she was horrified. This phone belonged to Chaebin’s boyfriend, Guseongyeon.

“Chaebin-ah… Can we stop this now? I feel like I’m becoming too worn out.”

“I’m sorry. It’s all my fault. I regret it…”

“Please just check it once. I’ll contact you tomorrow too.”

“Are you sleeping? Did you see the new video I sent? I’ll get a tattoo. I’ll do it, so please stop now. I beg you, truly.”

“Chaebin-ah. I’m sorry. I was foolish. I didn’t think about the consequences…”

“I’m sorry.”

“Sorry.”

…………….

Dozens of messages, each sent one line a day by Seongyeon, continued. But there was not a single reply from Chaebin.

Just from the messages, she couldn’t know exactly what had happened. Chaerin went into the phone’s gallery and checked all the photos and videos.

But there was nothing suspicious. There were only dating photos with Chaebin, landscape photos, and a few selfies.

Through other records, all Chaerin learned was that Guseongyeon was a respectable employee at a solid large company.

Why did he apologize to her sister every day? Why was this phone found here? What was that photo she had seen before?

Chaerin couldn’t understand anything.

………Not yet.