52 Ignorance is Bliss

Yesterday was a very fun day. We had dinner, humiliated Yeon-min a bit, chatted and generally had fun. Today however, is the price of my actions.

I am going home from watching the qualifying for the 400 meter freestyle, all of the dolphin kick qualifying and the 100 meter of the backstroke qualifying.

Since I live fairly close to the school, I just needed to do a short 10 minute walk from my house to the school. There was one problem however.

...two people were following me home.

To me more precise, A-yeong and So-young were following me home while giving each other the stink eye.

Yesterday, I apparently agreed to a massage, not from So-young or A-yeong, but from BOTH of them. At the same time. Why?

What the hell was I thinking? Am I really facing the consequences of my actions? This sucks!

"Uhhhh, are you two sure? You know, you don't need to do this just for me"

""Nonsense!""

In unison, they both refuted my statement about them massaging me. Is their love really this severe? I didn't even do anything to make them assume I love them!

What is wrong with them anyway? This has been happening for a while now, where a lot of the girls that I befriend somehow love me.

I understand them having a tiny crush on me, considering my looks. That is just inevitable. But how in the world do they ALL seems to love me? Especially after they visit my mother.

A-yeong, So-young and Ji-woo are the only three girls I've taken home and all of them seemed to have a massive crush on me.

'It's just an observation and most likely a coincidence...or is it?'

Well, it doesn't really matter right now. The biggest problem is how I'll handle these two girls when I'm getting my...massage. I still can't believe I was this stupid last night.

Maybe I was sleep deprived and agreed.

Throughout the walk home with the two girls, I didn't too much since I was caught up in my thoughts. By the time we reached home, I noticed that he girls were subtly insulting each other.

"Ahhh! By the way A-yeong, how'd you make your hair so pretty? It's as if you don't even try at all!"

"Oh really? You don't know? I just tried copying your hair style! It so cool and dry!"

It's so admirable how they can turn what seems to be a compliment into a Trojan horse which is filled with insults. It's layer upon layer of meaning behind these girls' every sentence.

I put the key into the door and let both of them in, causing them to temporarily stop their roasting challenge.

After all, it would be a bit rude to keep talking and ignore me in my own house.

Just as they come in and I'm about to leave these two girls alone for a bit to prepare some snacks, I see them both nod in agreement on something.

'W-what the hell? They never are in agreement with something...'

While I prepare their drinks, I hear some whispering going on between the two. When I handed them the refreshments, they smirked and thanked me at the same time.

When comparing how these girls are acting in my house to when we were outside, you'd think they had a multiple personality disorder.

From insults about their chest size and make-up to now giggling and chatting about unknown topics. It's a very big difference that I am slightly worried about.

"Uhhh, your drinks"

"? Oh, thanks Min-chul oppa"

"Yes, thank you very much oppa"

'Alright, now this is weird'

Usually, So-young would tell A-yeong off when she ever called me oppa, but right now, they are amiably smiling to each other in a good mood.

I can't sense any hostility between these two girls. Are they really that good at faking it or are they genuinely happy to be with one another?

Have they sorted out their differences? Am I going to be free from their drama?

With that glimmer of hope, my eyes shone and my fist was clenched in excitement. Without these two causing so much drama, I can go on with my life with them just being friends.

In my past life, I wouldn't have ever thought I'd say this but...I don't really want a harem.

It's a disgusting thing to come out of my mouth, but now that I've experienced it, it's too stressful. Yes you have multiple women, but what do you do with them?

Keep them in a glass cupboard? Put them on display so your family and friends can see your conquests? I feel kind of scared about their future as well.

What if they keep loving me when I can't love them back? I guess it isn't in my disposition to refuse a woman's love.

This is confusing, but I guess since I'm only 15, I'll roll with it. I'll have to live a little, right? I can't settle down right now when I'm not even of drinking age.

Finally reaching a conclusion for my near future, I now feel a bit better about this massage. Instead of thinking about them fighting, I'm thinking about their slender fingers on my back and...mhhmmmm.

It's a good thing to think of for a boy in puberty.

So, everyone is now in a good mood. So-young and A-yeong is chatting happily, I'm feeling good about the upcoming massage and my family is out for Jung's tournament qualifying.

The girls and I finish the drinks I prepared and now, it's time to start the massaging session. The girls make me wait outside in the living room so they can decorate my room accordingly.

"No! Not like that, you muppet! Over here! Use your eyes!"

"Ohh! Big big talk coming from the blind cow, So-young! Do you have any sense of design or are you maybe from Jupiter? It's over here!"

'Ahhh, it seems the good mood was destroyed when they are designing the massaging area'

I lightly chuckle at these two girls who "hate" each other. I'm sure they actually care about each other like siblings.

They fight and tease each other, but they have their moments.

After almost 20 minutes of muffled banging, clashing and arguing, A-yeong comes out of the room with a masseuse's outfit and greets me with an open palm and a wide smile.

"Please dear customer, come in"

"A-yeong? Where'd you get that outfit?"

"You don't need to concern yourself with meaningless questions, customer. Please, come in"

With a smile that seemed more threatening, I stop asking about good things and just accept them as they come.

I enter my room, or what used to be my room...this is just a massage parlor isn't it?!?!

There is a massaging bed with the head cushion, a table full of baby oil and other massaging equipment, some roses decorating the room and a nice perfume sprayed around the room.

'...it smells like a garden'

Behind the massage table was So-young giving her biggest customer service smile and wearing another masseuse's uniform.

At this point, I'm not focused on how the hell they got the massaging table, massaging equipment and uniforms into my room without me noticing.

It's all about how well they can rub me...rub my back, obviously. This isn't a happy ending parlor in Thailand.

...hopefully it isn't.

"Customer. If you don't mind, we will request you to take your shirt off so we can make the massage more effective"

With a suspicious look in A-yeong's and So-young's eyes that disappeared quickly, I squint my eyes in doubt.

'...is this another ploy to see my bare body? I'm sure they can see it while I'm swimming though'

"...I guess it would feel better"

While nodding my head and giving a fake naive answer, I'm sure I hear A-yeong whisper to herself "YES!" before she covered her mouth.

Yeah, this isn't a ploy. Out of sight, out of mind is the motto for today.

I slowly take my shirt off and as my slightly sweaty shirt hangs off of their massaging table, the girls are frozen in time.

So-young was just staring and A-yeong's nose was bleed a little. She wipes it off with a tissue from her pocket then she leads me to the table while having her hand on my lower back.

She leads me there, but her hands is thinking something else. From the look on her face, I'm sure what she is doing is unconscious, but she is feeling up my back.

I get out of my intoxicated daze and remember someone more important right now.

'Feelie. Is there any quests for this?'

[quests? Is there a need? You are enjoying this aren't you? Just ignore me, it's fine...]

As Feelie starts acting like a jealous wife who thinks her husband is cheating, I ignore him, full of bliss and ignorance.

"Then dear customer, I shall start"

"Hold on. I thought I'm starting?"

"Well, not anymore. I'm starting"

Again, their argument continue into the massaging room and after some debate, So-young finally gets to start the massage.

Finally...

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