LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 17
Chapter 17
The other male participants seemed to have finished confirming their date partners as well, clearing their throats unnecessarily. They exchanged subtle glances at each other. Unlike them busily exchanging eye signals, Seo-jung stared at the carpet in the living room.
His only wish was not to have a date with Song Joo-ah. Was that too much to ask? When he ended up paired with Song Joo-ah, surpassing the 25% probability, Seo-jung’s mental state crumbled. Thinking about Cha Yoon, who would make a fuss upon learning this fact, made his already sleep-deprived headache even worse.
As he struggled to recover from the shock, a buzzing sound rang out from various places.
What notification could it be this time? He felt like he was developing a vibration neurosis. Seo-jung sighed as he picked up his phone.
! The Talking Room will open in 30 minutes. Talk to your first date partner’s X and get advice about your date partner.
It was adding insult to injury. If it was the X of his first date partner, it meant he would have to talk with Cha Yoon. Seo-jung’s already pale face turned even whiter.
The other participants who checked the message were in a similar situation to Seo-jung. The uneasiness stemming from having to talk with their X’s date partner outweighed the excitement of dating a new person.
“I… I’m going to get some fresh air for a moment.”
Jung Soo-ho stood up with tears welling up in his eyes again. Following him, the participants got up one by one.
“Shall we have some free time for an hour then?”
“Sounds good.”
“Everyone, have a good chat and see you later.”
As the atmosphere wound down, Seo-jung also got up. His body felt uncomfortable from the cold sweat. He wanted to clear his mind while washing up.
“I should wash up too.”
“Seo-jung must be tired after going to work. Go wash up quickly.”
“Yes, Min-ha, you rest too.”
Seo-jung smiled at Min-ha’s worried words and headed to his room.
Seo-jung entered the bathroom with a change of clothes. He unbuttoned his tightly fastened dress shirt. With the last button undone, the shirt opened up.
Seo-jung took a deep breath and exhaled. Somehow, he felt completely drained. A feeling of not wanting to do anything. He leaned on the sink, supporting himself with both arms.
While he was lost in a moment of blank time, a loud clattering sound broke the silence, as if refusing to allow Seo-jung even a moment of rest. Soon after, the bathroom door swung open with a bang.
What the… Startled, Seo-jung lifted his lowered head and looked in the mirror. In the mirror, he saw Cha Yoon standing at the door with a hardened expression.
Their gazes met through the mirror. Cha Yoon scanned Seo-jung with his eyes. Below the surprised, stiff face, unlike before, the unbuttoned shirt caught his attention.
More precisely, he couldn’t take his eyes off the straight collarbone revealed between the shirt, the chest muscles moving with each breath, and the pink nipples positioned in between.
Cha Yoon, forgetting why he had come to the bathroom, appreciatively observed Seo-jung’s body. He swallowed his saliva three times, as if his mouth was watering.
The intense gaze, almost blatant, continued endlessly. Seo-jung, under the hot gaze, unconsciously called out Cha Yoon’s name.
“Cha Yoon?”
At Seo-jung’s voice, Cha Yoon snapped out of his trance. Shit, what am I doing right now? Cha Yoon couldn’t accept the fact that he had not only stared blankly at another man’s body but had even swallowed his saliva.
This is all Ki Seo-jung’s fault. It’s because Ki Seo-jung is shamelessly exposing his skin like that. So I had no choice but to look. It’s not because I’m some homo getting turned on by guys. Everything is because of Ki Seo-jung.
Having reached this absurd conclusion, Cha Yoon took a big step forward, closing the distance. Coming right up to Seo-jung’s face, he roughly pulled together the open sides of the shirt. Not satisfied with that, he started buttoning up the buttons Seo-jung had just undone.
“Have you lost your mind? Where do you think you are, taking off your clothes so carelessly?”
“……”
“You were going on about national nude shows and whatnot to irritate me before, and now you’re doing this?”
Seeing Cha Yoon with his fierce expression right in front of him, Seo-jung was dumbfounded. He swatted away Cha Yoon’s hands. With a slapping sound, Cha Yoon’s hands were pushed away.
Even in this situation, Cha Yoon was more concerned about Seo-jung’s still-exposed chest than his stinging hand. He spoke, forcing his eyes not to keep drifting towards Seo-jung’s chest.
“What are you doing?”
“What are you doing, Cha Yoon?”
“Can’t you tell by looking? Because you were about to do something weird…”
“What weird thing did I do?”
Are you really asking because you don’t know? Cha Yoon barked at the response.
“You were exposing your chest just now. Like some pervert!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, a scoff escaped Seo-jung’s lips. His expression said it all – this is ridiculous. What did you do right to make that face? Cha Yoon frowned.
“You look dumbfounded?”
“Wouldn’t you be dumbfounded too, if you were me?”
“What?”
Do guys who like men not feel any shame? Cha Yoon couldn’t understand how Ki Seo-jung could act so boldly.
“You barge into the bathroom uninvited, then make a fuss about me undressing to take a shower. It would be stranger if I was okay with that.”
Seo-jung nodded towards the area behind him. There stood a shower booth with transparent glass walls. Only then did Cha Yoon realize the nature of the door he had opened and entered.
Cha Yoon was dumbstruck. His mind, which had been dominated by the thought of covering Seo-jung’s body, suddenly went blank. And what followed was embarrassment. The fact that he had been so fixated on the exposed skin that he didn’t even have time to think about where he was standing made Cha Yoon feel ashamed.
Silence once again filled the bathroom that had been full of raised voices. For a moment, a wordless confrontation continued between the two.
Seo-jung was the first to move. He let out a small sigh at the sight of Cha Yoon standing opposite him with his mouth tightly shut like a clam. At this rate, they would just be wasting time. Already quite tired, Seo-jung didn’t have the energy for a long conversation with Cha Yoon. He brushed back his fallen bangs and broke the ice first.
“So what did you want?”
“……”
“You must have followed me to the bathroom for a reason.”
Hurry up and tell me. At the voice that seemed somewhat annoyed, Cha Yoon hesitated. Seo-jung’s face was full of fatigue.
Cha Yoon’s lips moved as if he was about to say something. But no words came to mind. His initial goal of ‘finding out Ki Seo-jung’s first date partner’ had long since sunk below his consciousness due to various thoughts. There was no way his now blank mind could function properly.
“…Forget it.”
Muttering a small curse, Cha Yoon finally left the bathroom without asking anything.
Bang-
The bathroom door closed with a loud noise. Just as Seo-jung was alternating his gaze between where Cha Yoon had been standing and the closed door, the door suddenly swung open again.
It was Cha Yoon again. Before Seo-jung could wonder what was happening now, Cha Yoon spoke as if providing an answer.
“The door.”
“……”
“Lock it when you shower, from now on.”
To suddenly come back in just to say “Lock the door when you shower.” It was an out-of-nowhere nagging at an unexpected timing. Stunned, Seo-jung stood still in his place. Seemingly not trusting him, Cha Yoon stepped forward and pressed the lock on the inside handle himself.
“Lock it like this, I’m telling you.”
Not satisfied with just adding another comment, Cha Yoon even pointed at the locked mechanism.
Come on, do you think I’m standing still because I don’t understand those words? As Seo-jung was about to open his mouth to say something, Cha Yoon pulled the door handle faster.
Once again, there was a click as the door closed. Once more, Seo-jung was left alone in the bathroom. He was bewildered by the events that had unfolded so quickly. For a very brief moment, he wondered if it was a dream, but the faint scent of Cha Yoon’s cologne lingering in the bathroom proved it was reality.
“Huh…”
A deflated sound escaped his mouth. Seo-jung couldn’t gather his thoughts for quite some time even after Cha Yoon had left the bathroom.
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Comments 2466
– What did Cha Yoon just do?
– Just bewildered
– Now he’s even complaining about showering naked in the bathroom?
– Cha Yoon’s bathroom nonsense incident
Literally an incident where Cha Yoon went into the bathroom and talked nonsense for a while.
⤷ LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOl
⤷ LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
– What is Cha Yoon… really?
⤷ I’m seriously curious about what’s in his head
– He tried to undress in the lodging with cameras, but then nags about undressing in the bathroom lol
⤷ LOL seriously, why is he like that? I’m really curious
⤷ Maybe it’s just because he’s in a bad mood for no reason?
⤷⤷ This seems likely ㅠㅜ
– In my opinion, the most absurd thing is that Cha Yoon left and then deliberately came back in to nag about locking the door when showering from now on
⤷ He even showed how to lock the door before leaving lol Who doesn’t know how to lock a door
⤷ Damn, I mean, who in their right mind would enter a bathroom when someone else is showering? He shouldn’t have entered in the first place ㅠㅠ
⤷⤷ LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
⤷⤷ Maybe that’s why he said it? Because he doesn’t know when he might go crazy and open the door again, so be careful…
⤷⤷⤷ If that’s the case, I agree
– This is obviously him trying to keep his boyfriend in check
⤷ This is it
– It’s a bit disappointing that this happened in the bathroom, the only place without cameras ㅠㅠㅠ It’s hard to fully picture the situation just by hearing the voices ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
⤷ I know right, I wanted to see Seo-jung’s expression and chest
⤷⤷ Excuse me?
⤷⤷⤷ Excuse me?
⤷⤷ You said you wanted to see his chest so naturally lol
– I don’t know about the rest, but this incident made me feel that Cha Yoon is really vicious. It’s like he wants to be the only one to see the good stuff;;
⤷ That’s right
⤷ Damn LOLOLOLOl
– Anyway. Mr. Ki Seo-jung, Mr. Cha Yoon, I support your perversions. Please go around with your chests fully exposed.
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