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"Hey, I'm here, Sohee!! Jinwoo, how have you been?"

As soon as Sinbi walked into the house, she greeted Sohee and Jinwoo with a warm smile.

The slightly lowered eyes of Sinbi, drawing a curve, instantly eased the tension in Jinwoo's heart.

Although not as much as Sohee, Sinbi's fairly large and hefty breasts stretched the fabric of her blouse tightly.

The short school skirt, worn high, clung precariously to Sinbi's white and plump thighs.

No matter how you looked at her, she was a stylish beauty.

Was she sharing secret physical pleasures with Sohee with that pure-looking face, like a white moon?

With those beautifully ripened, light pink lips, had she been stealing and savoring the overflowing honey from Sohee's secret slit?

The barely calmed mind was being corroded by uncontrollable, directionless emotions.

"Uh... Sinbi, you're here?"

Jinwoo, crushing the fragments of emptiness and bitterness in his mouth, suppressed his feelings as much as possible and greeted Sinbi.

Even though he had become awkward with Sinbi after spending a night with Sohee, Jinwoo didn't feel hatred or resentment towards her.

Initially, it was Sinbi who intended to tell Jinwoo about their relationship first - though he didn't know why - and it was Jinwoo who had joined their secret friendship late.

Resentment wouldn't help in this situation.

"Sinbi, did you have dinner?"

Sohee asked Sinbi while sitting at the table.

"Yeah! I had some bread!"

Sinbi naturally moved towards the seat next to Sohee.

"Do you want something to eat? How about some fried eggs?"

Sohee kindly offered Sinbi the seat next to her.

If it had been usual, Jinwoo might have overlooked Sohee's kindness towards Sinbi, but now it made his heart feel a bit heavy.

"No, I'm good! I ate a lot~ But it seems like your mom and Minji aren't here?"

Sinbi put down the bag she had brought and looked around while speaking.

"Yeah... Mom went to Auntie's house for a bit because of work."

Jinwoo answered as he returned to his seat.

Sinbi nodded and smiled at Jinwoo as if she understood.

**

"Must have been nice?"

Sinbi said to Jinwoo with a smile.

"What was?"

"That your mom isn't here~"

"Ah... well, yeah."

Jinwoo carefully answered, afraid that Sinbi might find out about what happened with Sohee.

"Jinwoo, you said you're busy this afternoon, right? So you can't pick up Sohee? You have a meeting at the school Minji goes to?"

It seemed Sinbi knew Jinwoo's schedule from Sohee.

"Yeah! I have to go right after school."

"Really? That's too bad~ It would have been nice to hang out after school~~"

Sinbi genuinely sounded disappointed.

"I'm just going today because mom is busy with work!"

Jinwoo emphasized 'just today' as if to guard against Sinbi.

"That magic school near the station, right? But you'll still see Seulgi, right?"

-Sinbi seemed to know about the magic school-

"Seulgi? Why Seulgi?"

Jinwoo asked, confused by the sudden mention of Seulgi.

"What? You haven't talked to Seulgi?"

"About what?"

"Oh~ I guess you don't know yet~!"

Sinbi spoke in a playful tone, seeming to enjoy teasing Jinwoo.

"No, what is it?! Why bring up Seulgi all of a sudden?! Are you planning something behind my back?!"

Jinwoo, irritated by Sinbi's teasing, frowned and looked back and forth between Sinbi and Sohee.

"Fufufu~ It's nothing like that~ It won't be fun if I tell you in advance~!!"

Sinbi smiled at Jinwoo, as if soothing him.

Though he felt uneasy, Jinwoo couldn't bring himself to ask more due to Sinbi's disarming smile.

"But why did you come to our house so early in the morning?"

Right now, Jinwoo was more concerned about Sinbi's unusual morning visit than the talk about Seulgi.

With a vague, uneasy premonition, Jinwoo asked.

"I just came to see you, Jinwoo~! Didn't you miss me?"

Once again, Sinbi playfully avoided giving a direct answer.

It was the morning after the night Jinwoo had spent with Sohee.

In the past, he would have dismissed it as just Sinbi's usual self...

But with Sohee's changed attitude and Sinbi's sudden visit, Jinwoo couldn't help but think they were related.

**

"Did you bring what we talked about?"

Sohee asked Sinbi, putting down her spoon.

-Sohee seemed to have finished eating while Jinwoo and Sinbi were talking-

"Yeah~ I brought it~!!"

"Can you give it to me now?"

"Now?"

Sinbi glanced at Jinwoo as if talking about something she couldn't show him.

"Yeah~ give it to me now~ so I can take it right away~"

Sohee spoke nonchalantly as if it didn't matter if Jinwoo saw it.

"Alright~ just a moment~!"

Sinbi took out a small box from her bag and handed it to Sohee.

"Here~! At the same time every day... you know?"

Sinbi said, glancing at Jinwoo.

"What's this? Are you two trying to exclude me?!"

Jinwoo protested, not liking the secret shared between Sohee and Sinbi.

"We're not excluding you~!! It's just something you don't need to know!!"

Sohee said to Jinwoo, then casually took a capsule from the box and put it in her mouth.

She then went to the water dispenser to get a cup of water.

'Gulp, gulp~!!'

Even though she said he didn't need to know, Sohee seemed to be showing off to Jinwoo by stretching her body and tilting her head back as she drank the water.

Jinwoo, remembering last night when he drank water from the dispenser with Sohee, couldn't take his eyes off her.

After drinking the water, Sohee lightly tapped Jinwoo's head.

-Smack!!

"I'm going to put this in my room, so you should finish your meal quickly too~!! And stop talking nonsense with Sinbi!!"

Sohee went upstairs with the box Sinbi gave her.

**

"What is it?"

As soon as Sohee left, Jinwoo lowered his voice and secretly asked Sinbi.

"Curious~?"

Sinbi still had a playful tone and expression.

"Damn it~ What is it?!"

Jinwoo, frustrated, frowned and asked.

"Fufufu~ I think you're the cutest when you make that face~"

Sinbi continued to tease Jinwoo.

"Stop joking, Sinbi~!! I'm serious right now~~!!"

Jinwoo's voice was desperate, almost pleading.

Seeing Jinwoo's desperation, Sinbi seemed to be in a dilemma.

"Hmm~~ Since Sohee doesn't seem to be hiding it, I guess it's okay to tell you~"

Sinbi was dragging out her words as if to prolong the suspense.

"Yeah~ Tell me, please~!!!"

Jinwoo urged, wanting to know before Sohee came back down.

"Well, should I? Is it okay~?"

Sinbi continued to tease him.

"Come on, you can tell me, right?!!"

Jinwoo pleaded with a sad expression.

After a moment of staring at Jinwoo with amusement, Sinbi finally spoke.

"Funny~~!! What kind of relationship do we have?"

Sinbi's words felt like a dagger to Jinwoo's heart.

"Come on!! We've known each other for a long time~!! It hurts when you say that!!"

Without realizing it, the competitive awareness over Sohee had vanished, and Jinwoo was whining to Sinbi.

"Haha~~ Okay, okay~~ It was a joke~!! Why are you taking it so seriously~?"

Sinbi laughed, satisfied with Jinwoo's reaction, and comforted him.

"Then~ I'll tell you, but can you do me a favor in return?"

"What favor?"

"If you promise to do me a favor later, I'll tell you."

Sinbi suddenly proposed a deal.

"It's not something weird, right?"

Jinwoo started to worry again.

"It's not weird~~ You'll actually thank me later."

After thinking for a moment, Jinwoo answered.

"Alright... fine... I'll do it if I can."

Jinwoo added a meaningless condition.

To Jinwoo, finding out what Sohee was up to was more important than any price he'd have to pay Sinbi later.

Hearing Jinwoo's answer, Sinbi moved to sit next to him and took his hand.

She then wrote 'birth control pills' on his palm with her finger, one letter at a time.

Jinwoo felt his mind go blank.

"Keep this a secret~!!?"

Sinbi's words echoed in Jinwoo's ears like an aftereffect.