Bamboo Forest Manager

113 – 112. Shopping Cart

“We’ll stop by the convenience store for a bit.”

“Arin, do you need anything?”

“No, I don’t.”

We arrived at the dorm by bus.

Since there was a convenience store in the basement of the C building, Seo Ah and Han Bom went straight to the convenience store.

“…….”

Arin followed me as I walked to the elevator.

My mind was still in a mess after the confession earlier, so I ran back to the dorm.

My room was 801, and Arin’s was 403.

I pressed the 8th and 4th floors together and waited for Arin to get off, keeping my head down.

“Why aren’t you getting off?”

Arin was leaning against the wall in the elevator that had stopped on the 4th floor, looking at me.

She answered my question confidently.

“I’m going to the 8th floor with you?”

“……Why?”

“If I’m there, you won’t answer Choi Yiseo’s call.”

“…….”

She knew.

That Choi Yiseo kept calling me.

As we talked, the elevator doors closed and we headed to the 8th floor.

“There are only guys in the dorm, so you can’t come.”

“Why? Maybe they’ll welcome me. Chan Woo is there too.”

“That, that’s…….”

It’s not that they might welcome me.

Those guys would definitely welcome me.

Jegal Jaemin and Min Dong Geon, the duo from Sesin University, were bored every day and did nothing but weird things, and Dae Hyung was so kind that he would easily accept me if I said I was just going to hang out for a bit.

The elevator arrived on the 8th floor.

When I hesitated, Arin didn’t get off the elevator and just sighed.

“Don’t follow me, you brat. Talk to Choi Yiseo.”

“…….”

Why?

Because of those words, I felt like contacting Choi Yiseo was something terrible.

“Did you really follow me to stop me from talking for a bit?”

When I asked her that, Arin sighed and brushed her bangs aside.

Then she looked at me with annoyance, as if she was frustrated.

“I just wanted to be with you a little longer, you idiot.”

“…….”

Thud.

The elevator doors closed and went down to the 4th floor.

My heart was pounding for a moment, but I didn’t get caught because the elevator doors were closed.

Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!

I could now answer Choi Yiseo’s call, which kept coming in.

“Ahem, hello.”

– Are you going to die?

“……No.”

* * *

“Whew.”

Even though I was back in the dorm, Arin’s flushed face still hadn’t gone away.

Of course, I had given an answer to my own heart, and I felt light and refreshed after making a bold declaration.

“Oh? You’re here? You must be tired.”

Arin swallowed her saliva and clenched her fists as she watched Seo Ye Rin, who was drying her hair after taking a shower.

In the case of Choi Yiseo, it was fine because I met her in college and we only recently became close.

Seo Ye Rin was a bit different.

Still, she was an old friend, so I didn’t want to ruin our relationship for no reason.

But.

“You said it last time.”

Arin walked briskly to the refrigerator.

“Let’s work together.”

She felt relieved to see that the Choco Mong she had given to Min Joo Hee was still there, and she took it out and inserted a straw.

“…….”

Seo Ye Rin’s expression hardened as she realized what she was talking about.

A strange atmosphere hung between them. In the midst of the tense tension, Arin felt a surge of courage as she drank the Choco Mong for the first time in a long time.

‘It’s sweet.’It was sweet.

Yes, this sweetness.

“I don’t like it.”

I couldn’t give up.

“Hmm?”

Seo Yerim tilted her head at Yoo Arin’s answer. When she asked what she meant, Yoo Arin exhaled and replied.

“I don’t plan on cooperating. I’m going to have him all to myself.”

“Didn’t you say you didn’t like him?”

“Just kidding.”

“……”

“Choi Iseul and you. Don’t approach him for no reason. He’s mine.”

“Uh-huh.”

A smile spread across Seo Yerim’s lips. It was a subtle creepiness, even evoking a sense of desolation.

Yoo Arin flinched for a moment as the gun in her eyes seemed to slowly disappear, giving the illusion that she was being devoured.

“Do you know that, Arin?”

As if asking when she had, Seo Yerim smiled broadly and clasped her hands together.

“Joohee sunbae is in the bathroom.”

“Huh, what?”

Yoo Arin exclaimed without realizing it and turned her head to the tightly closed bathroom door.

Creak.

The door slowly opened, and Joohee sunbae, who had just washed her hands, looked awkwardly at the two of them.

“C, cough… Even if I say I didn’t hear anything, you won’t believe me anyway, right?”

“Oh, no. Sunbae… That’s not it.”

Love triangle.

No, in fact, Yoo Arin’s face flushed as she openly revealed their relationship, which was no different from a love quadrangle.

However, Seo Yerim smiled broadly and asked Min Joohee.

“Sunbae, please keep it a secret.”

“Oh, um… Okay. If you’re uncomfortable sharing a room, please let me know.”

“No, it’s okay. Right, Arin?”

“Uh-huh, it’s okay.”

What the heck.

It was clear that she had been the one to come on strong, but somehow the atmosphere and the initiative had all shifted to Seo Yerim.

In the awkward atmosphere, Yoo Arin simply drank her Choco Mong to calm herself down.

* * *

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It’s difficult.

It wasn’t difficult because of work.

The room service work was quite fun, and since I started working the night shift, there were more things to do.

“Wow, the 10th floor is just a world of moans? At first, I thought someone had turned on a porn.”

When I said that to the manager who was working the night shift with me, he laughed and replied that it was often the case.

Thanks to the fact that not many people are needed at night, there’s just one manager who takes the calls and me who takes the cart to the rooms.

And one girl employee who sets up the food downstairs.

“Is that all?”

Yes, it’s Yoo Arin.

Yoo Arin, who had strangely stuck to me. The manager didn’t seem to notice, so he didn’t think it was strange.

Her thigh and shoulder were pressed against mine, and the unique fruity scent tickled my nose.

I knew she was doing it on purpose, but I pretended not to notice and continued talking.

“It was bad. Are you okay with that?”

“Don’t worry, you can hear it in the hallway, but you can’t hear it in the other rooms. Our hotel has excellent soundproofing in the adjacent rooms.”

Judging from the way she said it, it seemed that there hadn’t been any complaints about it so far.

Just then.

The sound of hurried footsteps could be heard from outside. I wondered who it was at this hour of the morning, but it was someone I had never expected.

“Manager?”

Manager Lee Chansong ran in, his tie not even properly tied.

He looked at us and the manager inside and gritted his teeth.

“Don’t let the kids play! Shouldn’t you be making them work! When things get this bad, the audit team starts talking and stuff!”

“……What does the audit team have to do with us.”

I muttered as I scratched the back of my head, and Manager Lee Chansong glared at me.

Everyone else was fine, but that one person strangely hated me.”I told you to do your job properly! I wouldn’t have to come to work at this hour if you guys were doing your jobs!”

“…….”

“I’m going out for a bit. Make sure you do it properly! Especially go to the guest rooms right now and collect all the carts that are outside!”

“Yes, sir!”

The deputy manager, who was feeling down because of the manager’s bad mood, replied immediately. After Manager Lee Chan-song left, the embarrassed deputy manager scratched his head and sighed.

“Let’s go up and collect all the carts first. It would be better if Arin came with us to help.”

Yoo Arin, who had been watching, smiled brightly at his words.

“Can I go too?”

“You’re not going into the guest rooms, just collecting the carts in the hallway, so it should be fine.”

Yoo Arin immediately grabbed my hand and dragged me along, delighted by his words. We got on the elevator to the guest rooms, leaving a message that we would be back.

“Wow, my heart is pounding.”

“It’s nothing once you actually go up. Just go and collect any carts you see and bring them to the elevator.”

We got off at the top floor and went down the emergency stairs one floor at a time, checking the hallway for carts.

“Should I contact Seo-rang?”

Yoo Arin brought up a sensitive topic while we were going down the stairs, perhaps because she was bored. I glared at her for a moment before sighing and replying.

“I don’t know.”

“Why don’t you know? Huh? Why don’t you know?”

“Get away from me!”

I shouted at Yoo Arin, who was clinging to me, but she seemed to realize that it was just an act to hide my embarrassment and laughed playfully.

“Are you excited? Huh? Is your heart pounding? Do you want to get a hotel room?”

“Oh, really! I’ll do it myself, so just leave me alone!”

“Ouch! I got it! I won’t tease you! I won’t!”

Her words were like that, but she kept giggling, which made me feel strangely dirty. It annoyed me that she acted like she knew exactly how I felt.

Just as we opened the emergency exit door to check the hallway on the next floor.

Haang!

“…….”

“…….”

Yoo Arin and I looked at each other at the woman’s moaning.

“Oh, it’s the 10th floor.”

Yoo Arin checked the floor number and nodded in understanding. As I said before, there were many people enjoying themselves on the 10th floor.

Haang! Haang!

Kkeu! Kkeueup!

Our mouths were shut tight at the passionate voices of the man and woman coming from the intersection.

‘Oh, sh*t.’

I didn’t see it before. There were quite a few carts on the 10th floor. It seemed like they were having a late-night snack and then having another round.

“Let’s move quickly.”

I pretended to be nonchalant and dragged the cart towards the elevator.

More, fa, ster!

Kkeu!

The moaning became more intense, and even the level of speech became stronger, to the point where it was almost like obscenity. I glanced at Yoo Arin.

“…….”

Her face was flushed red, and she pretended not to hear anything.

She had been acting aggressively until now, but she seemed to be flustered now that such a blatant situation was unfolding.

“Take the cart and go down in the elevator.”

I thought she might have a hard time staying here any longer, so I tried to be considerate, but Yoo Arin clenched her fists and snorted.

“There are still more carts left. I’ll do it with you.”

“Your face is really red right now.”

“…….”

“Ugh, I don’t know. You said you would help.”

If that’s the case, then I won’t back down either. While we were moving the next cart together.

Bang!

A guest room door suddenly opened. The person who came out was surprisingly a familiar face. It was the blonde lady who had been naked except for a robe last time.My sister, who was wearing only her underwear, came out pulling a cart. She smiled slightly when she found me, but then went back inside.

“Wow…”

An exclamation that came out without me knowing.

I thought there was no one who would act so boldly like that, not even in America.

Swish!

Yoo Ah-rin, who was following me, grabbed my shoulder and turned my body towards her.

Then she glared at me and moved her hand to my lower body.

“Eek?!”

“Are you hard?”

She asked with a chilling look in her eyes and wiggled her hand. It wasn’t because of that, but my body tightened involuntarily at Yoo Ah-rin’s touch.

I was innocent just now, but now I’m guilty.

“This bastard is staring at me right now…!”

Before the guy, who was more angry than embarrassed, could pull out my stuff, I hurriedly shouted.

“You crazy b*tch! You touched it and made it like that!”

“Ah.”

Yoo Ah-rin awkwardly removed her hand. She looked at her hand as if she was embarrassed and tried to carefully bring it to her nose, so I hurriedly grabbed her wrist.

“I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but please don’t.”

“Oh, no, I was just curious and did it without thinking. I’m sorry.”

“I really want to kill Yoo Ah-rin.”

“……Sorry.”