Five-Person Agreement

“…Everyone, sit down here.”

The third floor of a pub in a bustling downtown area.

In a place with private rooms perfect for quiet conversations, Ji-hye was glaring at the other three.

“I was going to greet my unnies, but it’s too late. Greetings later…”

Joo-a tried to lighten the somewhat subdued atmosphere with a bright tone, but she quietly shut her mouth under Ji-hye’s glare from the side.

With eyes as terrifying as when her oppa, Seon-ho, was angry at her, Joo-a couldn’t help but shrink, no matter how cheerful she was.

She glanced around, thinking they were definitely siblings, but Ji-hye was already resting her chin on the table, staring at her other three cousins.

“Okay, I clearly said let’s meet at 7, right? But the only ones who came on time are me and Joo-a.”

The three people sitting across from Ji-hye and Joo-a quietly bowed their heads and remained silent.

The moment they dared to lift their heads to offer an excuse, they lacked the courage to withstand Ji-hye’s sharp gaze, as if a predator were targeting them.

Beyond courage, it could be called recklessness; Ji-hye created an unprecedented sense of terror as she continued.

She had come to the pub, enduring the smell of sweat from her slightly damp shirt after only taking off her jacket, only to find that no one but her half-sister, Joo-a, had arrived.

She could have tolerated it if they were all office workers, but one was a content creator, and another was a student whose semester hadn’t even started yet.

The last one worked from home, but she had contacted them in advance, so none of the three had any excuses left to defend themselves.

They weren’t fools enough to charge into the tiger’s mouth with half-baked courage.

“…Okay, let’s start with the oldest, Se-a unnie. Why are you late?”

“Me? Uh… well… um… uh…”

She couldn’t bring herself to say that she had been watching Seon-ho register at the gym and work out.

She didn’t have the courage to withstand that blazing gaze staring at her head-on.

She just kept turning her head this way and that, trying to avoid it, waiting for Ji-hye’s heat to subside, but…

Ttang-

At the sound of the table being struck, she had to lift her head and face the predator’s gaze.

“Cat got your tongue? I asked why you’re late!”

“…Well, I was watching oppa work out and came here…”

“What, oppa’s working out?”

“Is he really preparing to master women and come back?”

“Unnie, where did oppa work out?”

The four of them simultaneously questioned Se-a, and even though it was a soundproofed room, it instantly became noisy.

Amidst the noise, Ji-hye twitched her eyebrow muscles and held back.

She had three younger siblings, and she was the second oldest here, so she wisely thought that suppressing her unnie too much would be a problem.

On this topic, Joo-a instantly blended in with the three, becoming like sisters and having a pleasant conversation.

“What kind of workout was he doing?”

“Probably lower body?”

“Wow, how much more power is he trying to gain?”

“Ah, no, he was just riding a bike…”

“A bike? Why a bike…? Is he trying to build stamina?”

“Maybe he’s tired? He probably thinks he can just build strength, heh.”

“Wow… well, oppa needs to build strength to handle four of us.”

“…It’s all good, but guys, can’t you see Ji-hye…?”

The three younger sisters who had a relationship with Seon-ho all pounced on Se-a’s words.

Where, how, why, and for what reason was he trying to do it?

Whether he was trying to build his body or his stamina, they were like girls having a lively conversation about a male celebrity.

In that atmosphere, only Se-a looked at Ji-hye’s blazing eyes and changed the subject.

Contrary to Ji-hye’s plan to finish work in a hurry, have a quick chat, and leave, more than half of them were late, and the conversation was dragging on, so she couldn’t help but get angry.

Hoo-

A sigh escaped from Ji-hye’s mouth.

Only then did everyone sit up straight with slightly stiff expressions and begin to wait for Ji-hye’s words.

“…Okay, unnie was late because she was watching oppa… Next, Eun-ha, what about you?”

“I was late because I was finishing a deadline…! I’m… sorry…”

Trying to change the atmosphere was like a human dancing in front of a beast.

As Eun-ha bowed her head and physically showed her apology, Ji-hye sighed again, and her arrow turned to Hyeon-ji.

“Hoo… okay. Then, Hyeon-ji, why were you late?”

Unlike the others, Hyeon-ji answered very calmly.

“I forgot.”

“Unnie, unnie, unnie, calm down. This is a pub, please calm down.”

At Hyeon-ji’s very confident and brazen words, Ji-hye stood up and raised her hand, but Joo-a barely managed to stop her.

She grabbed her waist and trembled, trying to stop Ji-hye, but she didn’t have the courage to lift her head and look at her face.

If a goblin were to descend into the world, that’s what it would look like, she thought, seeing a face filled with anger, and she just trembled and prayed for Ji-hye’s anger to subside.

“Y-you can be late, Ji-hye, calm down, calm down!”

“Hyeon-ji probably didn’t mean to be late! Something must have happened!”

On the opposite side of Ji-hye, Eun-ha and Se-a hugged Hyeon-ji and tried to hold on.

Unlike Ji-hye, who was grinding her teeth and glaring, Hyeon-ji was just smiling and watching.

Should I kill her or what? Am I really going to see blood today?

The anger burning inside Ji-hye stopped only when the employee came in after opening the door.

“Your ordered assorted stew… is here.”

As the employee came in and started placing the food and utensils, she flapped her shirt collar and sat down.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the employee quickly sensed the atmosphere, put down the food, and left.

Stew and rice didn’t really go with a pub, but they had come here specifically for the private rooms, so they gave up on alcohol and chose a meal.

It was also Ji-hye’s choice because she didn’t want to drink here and show her oppa a drunk appearance.

Ji-hye swept back the bangs that had fallen due to the heat and sweat and took a deep breath.

Only after the food came out did Ji-hye’s eyes, which had been like a beast’s, relax, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Even Joo-a, who could be said to be the most cheerful of them, was frightened, so the sense of terror must have been indescribable.

It was an atmosphere so subdued that they engraved in their minds never to mess around again.

–

While eating stew and rice, the five of them talked.

Starting with Joo-a’s identity, everyone choked on their rice, and the start was almost a sudden acceleration, to the point where they had to call the employee to order water.

Now that Ji-hye had acknowledged it, there were no objections to Joo-a’s background or the fact that she had sex in a much shorter time than them.

Se-a, who was thinking to herself, “I did it today,” was actually looking a bit smug.

Ji-hye sensed it, but didn’t pry. She could tell to some extent that she had finished the relationship cleanup she hadn’t been able to complete before.

Belatedly, the five of them had trivial conversations while drinking the side dishes and additional drinks they had ordered with the stew.

What was good about oppa, when and how did you do it with oppa, etc.-the conversation was focused solely on one man, to the point where Seon-ho would unknowingly smile if he heard it.

After about an hour of eating, when everyone was leaning back in their chairs, feeling the languid sensation of digestion, Ji-hye opened her mouth.

It was a very important topic for coming here, so she tapped the table with her spoon to get their attention.

“Okay, listen up. There’s something important to talk about.”

Everyone swallowed and looked at Ji-hye.

What could it be? Could it be about oppa? Could it be that she’s going to divide up who gets to use him when?

The topic was completely different from the thoughts filling their heads.

“Next weekend, we’re going to the swimming pool.”

“…?”

The four people with similar but different blood had the same expression at Ji-hye’s words.

It was the first time in history that they had the same feeling of “Why here of all places?”

It was even more meaningful because the four of them had such different thoughts that it had to be described as history.

They looked at each other, and Joo-a, in particular, glared from the side, showing distrustful eyes, wondering why she hadn’t been told first.

Regardless, Ji-hye ignored it and continued.

“I’ll pay for the extra costs, but I want to agree on something important.”

“What is it, unnie?”

It was Joo-a who broke the silence of the four.

She had met them the latest, but as a half-sister in a special position, she was free to speak.

It was a trick using the fact that even though they were jealous of each other over one man, the fact that the other person was her unnie didn’t change.

Ji-hye knew all too well that she had thoroughly calculated that no matter how much she scolded her, she would eventually return to oppa.

She opened her mouth again to move on this time.

“I came here to agree that only the person oppa chooses at the swimming pool will be allowed.”

“What about the people he doesn’t choose?”

“Unnie could tell oppa in advance to stop it, and we wouldn’t know, right?”

“I don’t care since I haven’t done it yet, but why…?”

“What if someone touches him secretly?”

The voice that said, “Wouldn’t it be a little easier if one person spoke at a time?” rose to her throat, but she lightly exhaled and answered.

“The people he doesn’t choose have to endure it.”

“What’s the proof that unnie will allow it to happen?”

“Ask oppa directly. You know very well that oppa doesn’t lie, right, Eun-ha?”

“Unnie, I don’t care since I haven’t done it yet…”

“Hyeon-ji, whether you do it or not, I’m saying let’s agree on it. So no one touches him and starts a fight.”

“We can just touch him where no one’s looking, eughhhhh…”

Everyone answered kindly, but only Joo-a’s cheeks were pinched and cut off.

Before being women competing for one man named Kim Seon-ho, the five of them were friends made up of the gender of women.

Despite their different ages and appearances, and even considering Joo-a, who had suddenly joined, the five of them got along well.

Ji-hye didn’t want to break that relationship, so she dragged her tired body and made an appointment.

Of course, there was a sense of superiority in one corner of her mind that she was controlling oppa, but it wasn’t something she would gain anything from saying.

Everyone had no words to refute.

Oppa wasn’t the type of person to lie, and there was no reason to create a conflict where they would fight each other to the death if someone crossed the line.

Ji-hye held the leash, but who would dare to point out the person who lived nearby and started it all?

Joo-a was the only one, but it was too reckless to tell her, who had just started to settle into the house, to threaten Ji-hye’s position.

It’s the same principle as a cat attacking a tiger-it wouldn’t budge.

“That’s what I came here to talk about. Anyone have any complaints?”

Everyone agreed with silence.

The four of them couldn’t fight and drive out Ji-hye because her influence was too strong.

Even if four small countries united to fight one superpower, there was no guarantee they would win.

There was someone older than Ji-hye among the four, but considering her age, tenacity, and sharp personality, Ji-hye was practically an unnie anyway.

No one could beat the second child, who was stronger than the first. That’s why everyone had no choice but to be satisfied.

At least it was fair considering that oppa was the one choosing, so they were full of thoughts of dressing up to the nines.

“I have one, but I won’t say it because I’m afraid I’ll get scolded.”

“That’s wise. It’s all fair, so you know you have a chance too, right?”

“Even so, if unnie is next to him, won’t oppa be looking at unnie instead of us?”

“I’ll tell him when we get home, so you be my witness then. Tell oppa not to look at me when we go to the swimming pool.”

“Are you really going to do it when you get home? Unnies, give me your numbers. If Ji-hye unnie doesn’t say that, let’s immediately argue that it’s a breach of contract.”

Was it said that the person closest to you is the most fearsome?

Everyone laughed and exchanged numbers at the actions of Joo-a, who was on their side.

Ji-hye suppressed her feelings, even though she felt bad about Joo-a’s smile, which seemed to be smirking, avoiding the eyes of the three.

Patience? Because she’s her younger sister?

It was neither.

It was solely because she had the generosity, superiority, and confidence that she had taken oppa’s first time.

With the feeling that her husband would return to her even if he cheated, she watched the four of them laughing.

They seriously talked to each other and exchanged ideas on how to come up with countermeasures.

In the process, they easily became friends with Joo-a, exchanged numbers, shook hands with proud expressions, and finished the conversation.

After that, it was a story of five women, and in the meantime, Ji-hye tapped on her phone under the table and sent a message to oppa.

–

[I’m eating dinner with Joo-a and my cousins and going in]

“Why didn’t you say so earlier!!! I should have just bought something outside and eaten it!!”

The Kakaotalk message left for Seon-ho, who had come home tired from working out, filled the house with screams.

There were side dishes, but no rice, so this situation was too goddamn annoying for him, who was immediately hungry.