Kim Sun-ho’s Relationship Arrangement (3)

,Alright, I’ll listen to your story, Oppa-ssi.”

,”…What, what story do I have to tell?”

,I know about you and Eunha, so how many women are around you, Oppa?”

Isn’t this a lose-lose choice no matter what I pick?

Okay, let’s think. Besides Jihye, there are three women around me.

Even then, the women I’ve had sex with are, out of those, two.

…Confidently say there are four women around, and I’ve had sex with three, including you!

If I said that, I’d be attending my own funeral today. No way, no way, I’d really die.

I just woke up this morning and this incident happened, so my brain isn’t working.

I thought I finished things well yesterday, but I wake up this morning and I’m in the position of a girlfriend managing her boyfriend’s relationships.

Even so, isn’t doing that as soon as I wake up a bit too much…?

,”Including you? Or excluding you?”

,”…Should I have asked including ‘me’?”

,”Excluding you, there are three.”

,”You remember what we talked about last night, right? You told me to call you my boyfriend?”

,”Y-yes, I remember.”

,”Wow… and you still have ‘three’ other women around you?”

Ah, what the hell.

Even so, we talked about it yesterday, how can I sort things out in just one day.

Kneeling and unable to lift my head, ah, shit, anyone would think I’m a criminal.

…Or am I a criminal? I lifted my head slightly, saw her glaring eyes, and immediately lowered my head again.

,”We talked about it yesterday… Isn’t it a bit weird to ask me to sort everything out in one day…? No, it hasn’t even been a day. It’s only been 12 hours.”

,”…? I never told you to sort things out.”

,”What? Then what was the purpose of that?”

,”I didn’t mean for you to sort things out. Just, you’ll only ‘act like lovers’ with me outside. Just stick to that condition.”

,”Not lovers?”

,”…Besides sex, what do we know about each other to even be lovers…? We both need to get to know each other better.”

That’s a valid point.

Lovers… We’re just getting ahead of ourselves with our feelings, and we don’t know each other.

We’ve lived as family for over 20 years, but honestly, what do we know about each other…?

,’Wow, even so, we really don’t know much about each other. All we know are our likes and dislikes, that’s about it.’

Even I think lovers would know more than this.

We’re family, so we just brushed things off with ‘because we’re family.’

I cautiously glanced at Jihye, and she was watching me with her glaring eyes softened.

,”I understand how you felt yesterday… Well, it’s something I can let go of since Oppa allowed it…”

,”Something you can let go of?”

,”…Oppa, do you know ‘everything’ I like and dislike?”

,”Everything? I don’t know everything…? You don’t know either.”

,”That’s why I’m saying this. Let’s get to know each other a bit… Are we just going to see each other and have sex all the time?”

,”I’d still like tha…”

,”You’re dead.”

She glared at me right after I said that, so I couldn’t use my strength.

Ah, I should have really established dominance during our first time having sex.

I’ve almost become like a husband who’s controlled by his wife.

I can’t breathe every time I hear a word from her.

Anyone would think I got caught cheating, seriously.

,”…The filming is off the table anyway, and today is free anyway… Right?”

Tting-

Her unique text message notification sound, two of them rang at the same time.

,[Sorry for the late notice! Our filming was suddenly pushed back to next Friday, so we had to tell you in advance… If you’re still unavailable then, you don’t have to reply!]

,”…It got pushed back?”

,”It got pushed back?”

Jihye immediately tapped on her phone.

I wonder how much she wanted to go. If I think about it for a second, that means she’s free until next week.

,”Okay, I sent it, and I’m free today too.”

,”…So, how long do I have to keep kneeling?”

,”I’d like it to be all day, if I could.”

,”Please, I really look like a boyfriend who got caught cheating.”

,”Aren’t you?”

,”No, whether it’s cheating or not, there was nothing yet back then…”

I glanced at her again, and it really seems like I’m seeing the scariest expression ever today.

That piercing gaze, I can’t stand it at all.

Even if I watched a horror movie in the middle of winter, it wouldn’t be this scary.

Is this what it feels like to have fear seep into your bones with every single glance?

I can barely handle quietly watching her with this feeling that cold sweat will pour out if I relax even a little.

Ah, shit, we’re supposed to act like lovers, but why are you acting like a wife instead of a lover.

,”Hey, hey, wait a minute, are you a wife instead of a lover? You’re really grilling me!”

,”Well, you’re the only one I’ll be seeing for the rest of my life, shouldn’t I grill you?”

,”Even so. Why, are you going to tell me to act like lovers even at home?”

,”Then you’ll live under my control all day?”

,”…Ah, no, that’s a bit…”

A bead of sweat runs down my back.

I can’t live being controlled all day. Shit, this isn’t it.

It’s possible to be close and act like lovers outside, but I can’t live being controlled like that even inside.

I’m already cautiously watching her like this, how can I live if I have to watch her even more?

What the hell, give me back my freedom!

,”That’d be tough, right?”

,”Honestly, I’d die from the stress.”

,”Then let’s live normally inside, as siblings. But there’s one more thing to keep in mind inside.”

,”…What, what is it.”

Don’t tell me it’s don’t meet the other sisters?

That’d be a bit much? It’s almost like a wife telling me not to meet other women.

,”It’s not that I’m telling you not to meet them, so don’t worry. Even if I told you not to now, you’ve already done everything, right? I wouldn’t tell you not to, would I?”

,”…”

I almost liked that.

If I liked that, I would have definitely been grilled to hell and back.

I passed it off with a blank expression, and Jihye moved on without saying anything. Phew, I almost messed up big time.

No, seriously, this isn’t a lover position, it’s a wife position.

,”T-then what is it?”

,”Leave only me next to you.”

,”Next to me? What are you talking about?”

,”I’m saying to only keep me next to your arm, Oppa.”

,”So what does that mean, the spot next to you is unconditionally yours?”

,”Yeah, you understood well.”

,”…I don’t understand the meaning of that? Can you tell me the exact meaning of the spot next to you?”

The meaning of the spot next to me is too broad.

Girlfriend, lover, the meaning of the closest spot.

There are really too many, so if you don’t specify one, no one will know.

If you vaguely say that the spot next to you is yours, and broadly assign meaning to it, only I’ll have a headache.

,’I really need to make this clear. I’m not your belonging.’

Even if we’re like lovers, I’m not being possessed.

Are you trying to grab me by the leash and drag me around? No way, little sister.

,”When we go out, you can only hold my arm, nothing more, nothing less.”

,”What if the other girls try to?”

,”It’s okay if they do it to you, but never, ever do it first.”

,”…Are we really in a sibling relationship?”

,”Got a problem with it?”

,”Ah, no, I don’t… Yes…”

…No, we’re siblings, but it doesn’t feel like we’re quite siblings.

It’s definitely not my fault, but why have I become the weaker one?

I was definitely the stronger one until a few days ago.

I don’t even get an allowance, so why is this happening, shit, I’m going to be tormented even more than before.

,”Jihye, let me ask you one question.”

,”What is it.”

Ugh, it’s so cold, how can every single word be like an ice pick.

,”How do I have to watch you more closely now than when we were just siblings who only saw each other’s faces?”

,”So you have a problem with it.”

,”I’m a person too, can I live if I have to watch you even more than before?”

,”I’ll grill you a bit since we’re in a lover relationship now, and I won’t care when we’re siblings.”

,”Really?”

,”Why are your eyes sparkling? Does that mean you’re going to go out and play a lot when we’re siblings?”

I flinched.

Ah, shit, why are you trying to kill me even when we’re lovers.

I’m not even going out to play yet, please don’t look at me like that.

With that look, you’re going to drown and stab someone to death.

Please don’t look at me like that. Every single glance is like a thorn stuck in my oxygen, stabbing me every time I breathe.

,”Ah, no, it’s not that…”

,”…It’s okay, I won’t say anything when you’re ‘Oppa,’ whether you go out to play or not. But when you go out to play, just tell me.”

,”Does this mean I can legally cheat…”

,”Do you want to die? Seriously?”

,”Ah, I got it. Please stop glaring at me, please.”

How many times are we going to do this pattern.

I honestly want to stop kneeling, but if I don’t kneel now, she’ll get angry right away.

,”So, can I sit on the sofa? My legs are starting to go numb.”

,”Does Oppa ask his girlfriend for permission to sit on the sofa?”

,”If I don’t get permission now, I feel like I’ll be tormented all day.”

,”Hoo- fine… Sit.”

I immediately sat on the sofa, and she followed and sat down.

,”So when are we going back to sister mode.”

,”I’ll be your sister now.”

,”Then get lost.”

Sister? Ah, get lost right away.

I almost died from being tormented, seriously, get lost right now.

,”…What?”

The moment I kicked into the air, I was showered with that piercing glare.

Ah, I’m sorry, please don’t do that.

,’No, seriously, I feel like I’ve become even weaker at home. Can I live like this?’

,”…Ah, it’s nothing…”

After I finished speaking, I awkwardly lay down on the sofa, and Jihye quietly lay down in my arms.

Her unkempt hair came into view, and the scent of shampoo mixed with the smell of sweat wafted over.

I quietly buried my face in her head that was leaning in my arms.

,”You smell, don’t do it.”

,”You smell like shampoo.”

,”…I cried so much yesterday before going to sleep, there’s no way I didn’t sweat.”

,”They say people who love each other like the smell of sweat.”

,”…Genetically, people with the same genes smell bad to each other.”

,”We met because we were so turned on by each other that we overcame genetics.”

I silently enjoyed this quiet time while smelling her hair.

Watching Jihye chatting with her friends in my arms, it was a rare taste of peace.

This quietness of enjoying myself at home without any worries is better than I thought.

,’…So, is my job to sort out my relationships with my younger sisters until next week.’

,”Ah, should we do it like this then?”

Jihye turned her head and looked at me.

,”Like this?”

,”When we go next week, call all the girls.”

,”…Wh-what?”

,”Call all the younger sisters who you’re meeting, Oppa, aren’t they all cousins anyway?”

,”Th-that’s right?”

,”The ones I can roughly guess are… Eunha is there…”

,’Could she possibly remember them all?’

Besides me and my parents, there wasn’t much interaction with cousins in our family.

Jihye had school and work, so there was no reason or opportunity to meet them.

From the start, Jihye didn’t like those kinds of gatherings, so she didn’t try to go.

She said she’d rather meet her friends at home during that time. My parents didn’t really care either, so there was no problem.

That’s why I was especially close with my younger sisters, and it was easy to see them often because we were close.

But she doesn’t talk to her cousins much, so she wouldn’t know…?

,”Um, there’s also Se-a Unni and Hyunji, two more.”

Unni, wow, that’s a word I haven’t heard from Jihye in a while.

Even if they were older than her, she always made fun of them for only playing games and being short!

Now she’s calling them Unni? I’m taken aback.

More than anything, how the hell does she know everything, she doesn’t even contact them often.

,”…You’re like a ghost. How did you know when you don’t even contact them often?”

,”How many younger sisters do you have around you…? And I contact them occasionally. Unlike men, women send each other courtesy texts at least once or twice.”

,”I don’t do that though…?”

,”In the end, that means you’ve been contacting them without Oppa knowing. Of course…”

,”Eughyagyagyagyak!”

,”I don’t know what you’ve been up to, so keep it moderate?”

I screamed as she pinched my thigh.

The throbbing spread through my body, and I tensed up slightly again.

It’s not just meticulous, but to this extent, I feel like I’m being trained by her.

,”Ah, I understand…”

,”I can pay for the swimming pool, and it’s a chance for everyone to see each other after a long time… I’ll contact them. I’ll book the rooms too.”

…That’s the conclusion I’ve come to.

I’m fucked. I can definitely pay, I’m seriously fucked.

Eunha has a crush, Sea is somewhat interested, and Hyunji is also interested, and we’re going to see each other at the swimming pool?

I didn’t expect her to book the rooms too…? Well, I like it.

I’m the only guy with four women, so of course it’s good, right?

,”If you look at other women at the swimming pool, you’re dead. Got it?”

She’s smiling, but she’s not really smiling.

That smile must be a warning.

I’ve come to my third conclusion.

If I don’t establish relationships with the girls and don’t tell them about my relationship with Jihye before going to the swimming pool next week…

,’…I might really die.’

I started sweating without realizing it as relationship cleanup became urgent.

Save me. Shit.