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After leaving the bath, I even thought about running away because I had no idea what was going on.

I waited for Ji-won to come for quite a while.

As the door slowly opened,

“What are you doing?”

I confirmed that Ji-won was fully dressed.

“Phew… I’m alive.”

Upon my words, Ji-won just smirked.

“What on earth are you talking about?”

Not understanding my words, Ji-won asked what I meant.

I reassured Ji-won that it was nothing for now.

I imagined Ji-won entering the room and undressing in front of me, but thankfully, nothing terrifying happened.

I almost thought I would have another awkward pregnancy-breath moment.

In response to my words, Ji-won seemed slightly curious and asked what I was thinking.

“I really wasn’t thinking anything serious.”

Having assured Ji-won that everything was fine, I let him be.

In the quiet room, there was nothing left to do but sleep.

I considered going out to buy something to eat, but the idea of walking to the convenience store, a 10-minute walk each way, seemed too bothersome.

Should I just stay put and go to sleep? I pondered.

Looking at Ji-won, I couldn’t think of anything else to do in this situation except wanting to escape and sigh endlessly.

While staring at Ji-won like that,

Swoosh-

“Hey!! Why are you undressing!”

When I came to my senses, Ji-won was already trying to take off his shirt and skirt, ready to remove his bra.

“Why the hell are you undressing?”

With a genuinely bewildered expression, I looked at Ji-won, who pointed to the balcony.

“I told you earlier that we’d see each other’s bodies anyway.”

“Taking two baths a day is unusual, but it shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Only then did I realize what Ji-won meant by saying we’d see each other’s bodies.

It wasn’t about sex; it was about going to the mixed-gender bathhouse.

Trying to compose myself, I pondered how to handle the situation with Ji-won.

One thought crossed my mind.

“You bathe alone.”

I wasn’t particularly fond of bathing twice a day, and the idea of having to bathe made me hesitate, so I decided to let Ji-won bathe alone.

“At least since we’re both inside the bath, we should bathe together! Are you even my friend if you’re acting like this!”

What does bathing together have to do with being friends? Besides, the situation has changed now.

If it were before, it would have been about guys checking each other out, but now one guy was missing his wood.

In this situation where instead of a wood, there was just a hole, how could I get involved?

As I was contemplating this,

Ji-won, still half-undressed, pushed her breasts together slightly and said, “Really…? You won’t come in?”

“…Damn.”

**

It seems like this bastard’s seduction skill has increased.

How can I resist with that expression and pose?

Thinking like that, I entered the bath inside the balcony, covering the important parts with a towel.

The water could have cooled down by now, but it was still warm.

Stretching my legs in the tub, Ji-won, claiming it was refreshing, started sitting next to me.

Why is she sitting next to me? I wondered.

Please cover yourself with a towel, I wanted to say.

She didn’t cover up at all, exposing Ji-won’s breasts and private parts directly.

It felt like she was asking me to look at her, too tempting.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, it’s nothing.”

I told Ji-won it was nothing and avoided eye contact, but it felt like blatant visual harassment.

I started looking at the sky in the distance, as if I didn’t want to see anything.

While gazing at the sky, thinking that the twinkling things in the sky were stars and the blinking lights were artificial satellites,

“The water is warm.”

Jiwon, who was next to me, spoke as she looked at me.

“Well, the water should be warm. If it’s cool, that would be a swimming pool, right?”

“Is that so…?”

After chatting with Jiwon for a while, I went outside.

Given the situation, my face turned red, unsure of what to do.

After a brief moment outside, I returned to the room to dry my hair.

“Ahh… The water was nice.”

Jiwon also came out of the bath and began drying her hair.

“Here’s the hairdryer.”

My hair used to be short, so I could let it air dry naturally.

But now that it’s longer, Jiwon should use the hairdryer.

“Dry it for me!”

Handing her the hairdryer, Jiwon asked me to help dry her hair.

Her hair was so long that it seemed difficult for her to do it alone.

Thinking this, I stood behind Jiwon and helped dry her hair.

As I dried her hair, one thought lingered in my mind.

Being by someone’s side feels really nice…

Even though we probably use the same shampoo, my hair felt frizzy, while Jiwon’s hair felt silky smooth.

“Your hair… looks really pretty.”

Unconsciously, I complimented Jiwon’s hair.

Upon hearing this, Jiwon suddenly stiffened, not saying a word.

Why is she acting like this all of a sudden? I wondered.

Soon after, Jiwon started glancing back slightly.

Since she needed her bangs dried, it was actually nice that she turned around for me.

Thinking this, I started drying her bangs.

“Uh… Was it too hot? Sorry.”

Turning back, Jiwon blushed and looked at me.

Her face had turned red from the heat of the dryer.

I lowered the temperature slightly and quickly finished drying her bangs.

Finishing up quickly, I decided it was time to sleep since there was nothing else to do.

I said, “Let’s go to bed now,” intending to turn off the lights.

However, for some reason, Jiwon kept glancing back without looking at me.

Did I do something wrong?

Feeling awkward about the situation, I couldn’t say anything.

In the end, I turned off the lights in the room and decided to go to sleep.

I have to check out early tomorrow morning.

**

As soon as I returned from the bath, I dried my hair.

Honestly, the most annoying thing about being a girl was having to dry my hair.

And now, having to dry my hair again…

I was already starting to feel annoyed at the thought.

So, I asked Jiho to dry my hair after handing him the hairdryer.

Jiho agreed and started drying my hair with a towel and the hairdryer.

His technique was good even when he did his own hair; that’s where he got it from.

With the towel gently patting my head and the warm breeze from the hairdryer,

I strangely began to feel drowsy.

Closing my eyes, I waited until he finished.

“Your hair… looks really pretty.”

“Huh?”

Suddenly, my hair looks pretty?

He just complimented it, right?

What’s gotten into Jiho all of a sudden?

Why is he complimenting my hair out of the blue?

My heart started racing because he rarely compliments me, making it feel so unexpected.

Although I don’t really take care of my hair,

maybe this is okay? I thought to myself.

If he’s complimenting me like this… maybe it’s okay to start taking better care of it?

No… What am I even thinking? He just complimented my hair normally.

My heart, please stop overreacting!

Struggling with my pounding heart trying to assert its presence,

I said, “It’s done. Let’s go to sleep.”

Jiho said my hair was done and tried to turn off the lights.

I couldn’t bear to see Jiho’s face like this, so I turned away and couldn’t look at him.

Jihu asked what was wrong, but…

“It’s fine… It’s nothing.”

He simply said it was nothing.

I don’t know how to put this into words.

After hesitating for a while, Jihu turned off the light.

Seriously… I don’t know if that guy knows how I feel right now.

Really… Today, my heart is just getting more and more frustrated.

**

After finishing checkout, I tried to go back home.

But Jiwon kept looking back at me without saying anything.

Did I do something wrong?

I thought about apologizing even now.

No, you should only apologize if you’ve done something wrong.

It doesn’t make sense to apologize when you haven’t done anything wrong.

I don’t even know what to apologize for.

For now, I just thought about going home, so I decided to take Jiwon with me back home.

While heading home,

Jiwon’s smartphone started ringing.

Didn’t she say her phone was turned off again?

How is her smartphone ringing? I wondered.

“Oh, it’s Discord.”

And checking her phone. Ji-won continued to stare at her phone with a puzzled expression.

What on earth is happening? I thought, looking at Ji-won.

Let’s check Ji-won’s phone…

[Hey~ I’m in Daegu~ Where are you?]

“Hey?! What the hell, ‘hey’?!”

As I spoke, Ji-won seemed unsure of who I was.

“Oh… I remember now.”

“Ah, she’s my girlfriend.”

“What the hell?”

Regarding the fact that my girlfriend had a girlfriend…