#36
Casanovafarmer’s words made sense. To seduce someone you lived in the same room with and spent most of your day with unless something special happened, this level of effort was essential. He didn’t know why he naturally assumed the questioner wore glasses, but since Taeseong usually didn’t wear glasses, he decided to wear them instead.
Casanovafarmer’s advice was proven when Taeseong was actually hit by Bonoh’s ‘intellectual sexy strategy.’ Taeseong’s trust in Casanovafarmer was solid.
He checked in the mirror while wearing glasses to see if his eyes looked smaller. Fortunately, South Korea’s lens technology was excellent, so the distortion wasn’t severe even with glasses on.
After checking his appearance until the very end, Taeseong checked the time. It was 31 minutes before class started, 1 minute before the alarm on Bonoh’s phone would go off. Taeseong approached Bonoh, who was still asleep.
Bonoh was sleeping curled up like a shrimp. Due to his rough sleeping habits, he often kicked off his blanket or bumped into the wall while tossing and turning. Taeseong had been woken up by those sounds more than once or twice. Whether he knew this fact or not, Bonoh himself slept very sweetly. Taeseong found it both pitiful and funny how Bonoh slept curled up like a shrimp hanging off the edge of the bed, taking on a cute pose like a baby.
A minute must have passed as Bonoh’s phone alarm went off. Without even opening his eyes, Bonoh just reached out his hand to turn off the alarm. The alarm was set to go off again in about 10 minutes. Taeseong gently shook Bonoh’s shoulder to wake him up.
“Get up.”
“Shit, what.”
Unlike Taeseong’s cold words, his touch was careful, but even that seemed to annoy him as Bonoh swatted away Taeseong’s hand in his sleep. It made quite a loud thwack, but Bonoh still hadn’t woken up.
“……”
“Mmm…”
This is really, he was trying to wake him up like a considerate spouse in the early days of marriage. Taeseong looked down at Bonoh’s face silently, then pinched both of Bonoh’s cheeks with his hands.
“Wha…?”
“Get up while I’m being nice about it, Kim Bonoh.”
Bonoh, whose cheeks were being pinched with all of Taeseong’s strength, couldn’t pronounce properly even when trying to speak.
“Ah! Who, who…? Joo Taeseong…?”
Bonoh, who had been blinking sleepily, saw Taeseong and screamed in surprise. Then Taeseong let go of Bonoh’s cheeks.
“You’re too startled. Making me feel awkward.”
“Yawn. No, anyone would be startled if they saw someone right in front of their face as soon as they opened their eyes.”
“……”
“But what time is it now? Oh shit.”
After checking his phone, Bonoh ran past Taeseong into the bathroom. Left alone, Taeseong fell into contemplation about whether he should interpret Bonoh’s reaction positively.
The sound of the shower was loud. Without even looking, it was clear that Bonoh was washing himself in a hurry. Bonoh already didn’t take long showers, and given the time, the bathroom door opened again not long after he’d gone in.
Coming out of the bathroom, Bonoh stopped again upon seeing Taeseong.
“…What?”
Is he surprised again? Why this time? Unable to understand, Taeseong just watched Bonoh’s reaction before asking.
“Since you’re wearing glasses, you look kinda…”
“Kinda?”
“That… ah, we’re going to be late at this rate!”
Bonoh obviously changed the subject and moved around busily in a fluster. Then he secretly clutched his chest without Taeseong noticing. When he’d just woken up, he was really surprised by the face right in front of him. Being half-asleep and rushing straight to the bathroom, he didn’t have the capacity to properly look at Taeseong’s face.
However, when he came out of the bathroom after washing, he could see Taeseong’s face clearly. Taeseong’s sexy face wearing glasses. Taeseong with glasses was exactly like Bonoh’s ideal type – a ‘sexy noona.’
The only major flaw was that Taeseong wasn’t Bonoh’s ‘noona.’ Because of that point, Bonoh had never even thought to check if Taeseong fit into the category of his ideal type. But except for gender and age, all conditions matched. A cold-looking beauty with incredibly large breasts…! And with glasses on top of that, it seemed like he would appear any moment wearing a tightly fitted shirt, running his white feet all over the place. And then under the skirt….
Ugh. Thinking that far, Bonoh recalled Taeseong’s dick, which was as massive as his chest. If it weren’t for that, he really would have chased after him for life. He would have put more effort into raising his favorability than when he conquered those 9 beautiful girls – it was truly regrettable.
“Aren’t you going to get ready quickly?”
“Ah, sorry sorry!”
Taeseong’s scolding voice was heard. Bonoh hurriedly put on his socks. His heart raced again at Taeseong’s face when he glanced up.
The hideous dick was covered and not visible, but that incredible ‘sexy noona’ face was lewdly exposed without a single thread to cover it.
The first class after the semester started was a liberal arts class, and also a class that Bonoh and Taeseong were taking together. The entire way from the dormitory to the building with the lecture hall, Bonoh kept glancing at Taeseong’s face.
“Is there something on my face?”
“Hm? No.”
Feeling Bonoh’s gaze, Taeseong eventually stopped walking and asked. Bonoh, feeling guilty for no reason, shook his head excessively while answering.
It doesn’t seem like there isn’t something. Taeseong felt tense from Bonoh’s gaze that kept fixating on him. Was there really something on his face? Taeseong tried to wash his face with his large hands but stopped when his hand hit his glasses. He had momentarily forgotten he was wearing glasses. Come to think of it, Kim Bonoh had said “since you’re wearing glasses, you look kinda…” earlier. What was he trying to say? Kinda bad, kinda funny, or kinda shitty?
…Is it that bad? Maybe his belief that the lens distortion wasn’t severe was just his own delusion. Maybe his eyes had become so small that they were unrecognizable, and that’s why he kept glancing in surprise.
Still, Taeseong, who had received compliments wherever he went and had never heard disappointing comments about his appearance, strangely lost confidence. Eventually, Taeseong took off his glasses and roughly shoved them into his jacket pocket. The lenses might get scratched, but it didn’t matter. He would never have to wear them again.
“Ah, the sexy noona…”
Bonoh, who had been following behind, muttered in a small voice with a sigh.
“This fucking really.”
And Taeseong heard that small muttering. Taeseong felt Kim Bonoh flinch at his words, but he ignored it and quickened his pace.
That damn sexy noona talk. It was the first day of the semester, and it seemed like Kim Bonoh, who was crazy about women, had discovered his ideal type – some sexy noona. Thinking that, Taeseong unconsciously cursed. He had gone through all kinds of trouble to groom his appearance since morning. Fiery emotions arose toward the lucky protagonist who had easily caught Bonoh’s eye.
***
-Don’t lose what’s precious by being fooled by familiarity strategy
I don’t know how much you know about the tsundere same-age type, but the most important first step for this type of character is breaking down their mental barriers. I’ll emphasize once more – just because they seem easygoing on the outside doesn’t mean their hearts are equally cheerful. You must be careful because they have great resistance to revealing their inner feelings.
To lower that hurdle, spend as much time together as possible. Secure the position of ‘closest friend.’ And wait until they let their guard down and show their weakest side.
That was the first strategy Casanovafarmer presented. A good start was half the battle, and the first button had to be fastened properly. In sports like track and field, swimming, and speed skating, if the start was a mess, you’d likely fall behind in the competition. Taeseong thought he had to succeed in at least the first strategy, even if he didn’t know about anything else.
Because of that, he even gave up the schedule he had planned in advance and registered for classes to match what Kim Bonoh was taking. During the remaining vacation, he stayed cooped up in the dormitory to avoid being separated from Kim Bonoh. Fortunately, Kim Bonoh didn’t go out frequently during that time.
The lecture hall on the first day of the second semester was different from the first semester – you couldn’t find the excitement or tension of new students filled with curiosity. People who seemed to have desperately tried to enjoy themselves until the last day of vacation were lying face down, and the smell of alcohol wafted when passing them. Instead of exchanging glances of mutual exploration, greetings to classmates or seniors and juniors they hadn’t seen in a while could be heard here and there.
Taeseong, who sat by the window, had Bonoh sit in the seat right next to him. He was annoyed by the constant ‘sexy noona’ talk, but Taeseong wasn’t foolish enough to ruin what he was working so hard on. It was 5 minutes before class started, and it bothered him a little that Kim Bonoh had discovered a ‘sexy noona’ on the way here, but it was still going smoothly so far.
“Hey, Kim Bonoh!”
At least until some guy called out to Kim Bonoh from the lecture hall door and approached. He reached Bonoh’s seat in one go. His urgent steps looked close to running. Taeseong was seized by anxiety that maybe even his first strategy would fall apart.
“Damn, almost late on the first day?”
“Hi. But I’m not late.”
“Still, our Bonoh has loyalty, right? Even saved me a seat.”
When he moved the bag that Bonoh had placed on the desk of the seat right next to him and quickly sat down, Taeseong realized his sad premonition had come true. But wait, ‘our Bonoh’?
“What are you saying. Just give me the bag, Shin Hyungwoo.”
From Kim Bonoh’s reaction, it seemed he hadn’t actually saved the seat for him, which was fortunate, but at the same time it was disheartening because this Shin Hyungwoo or whatever his name was didn’t seem to be one-sidedly acting familiar either. From Taeseong’s perspective, the two were quite intimate.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
