Bamboo Forest Manager

Hypocrisy

Just before this encounter Seo Yerin’s mother had left after receiving recommendations for other items from here too.

It seems like what we recommended last time worked well enough for her father to have enjoyed some good times.

Thanks to that, I recommended various items that might suit Seo Ye-rin’s tastes as I thought of her.

It was fortunate that our store had several unique items.

The problem came afterward.

“Welcome…”

This was the first time I greeted a customer so awkwardly, except for Seo Ye-rin’s mother.

Senior Ju-hee, who entered the store, looked around with curious eyes.

She had been here a few times but always lingered near the entrance before turning back.

It was her first time really looking around, so her bewildered expression was understandable.

“Gosh.”

She glanced around furtively, apparently not expecting such explicit items to be present.

“…Senior?”

When I called out cautiously, she snapped back to reality and cleared her throat while trying to manage her expression.

“The popular ones.”

“Which type would you like? For use with your boyfriend or by yourself?”

“…”

Ju-hee Senior bit her lip as if annoyed by my question.

Personally, I just wanted her to leave quickly when I asked that.

“Yes, alright.”

I immediately picked up one of the milder vibrators and went to the counter.

“Can I give you a friend discount?”

“…You do that too?”

“Yes, the boss said we could if we wanted.”

Apparently, besides this shop, it seems our boss has other sources of income.

In the end, after applying a discount for Senior Ju-hee. Bowing my head slightly as she left; wishing her well on departure.

* * *

“Sigh.”

Min Ju-hee threw her bag onto the bed and exhaled deeply in frustration.

While most people might have made a scene or messed up their hair,

Min Ju-hee tried to calm herself down and suppress her anger as much as possible.

At one moment, I was furious with myself for making such a mistake by acting on instinct.

Although I got a discount, I wondered if the adult toy in my bag wasn’t the most useless expense of my life.

“Ah, this is driving me crazy.”

My emotions surged suddenly because of my siblings, but as time passed somewhat, I managed to regain my composure.

Buzz! Buzz!

My phone rang.

It was Lee Eun-woo, a senior from my old dormitory who I heard was now juggling being a dental assistant and graduate school.

“Eun-woo senior?”

– Ju-hee, what are you doing today? Want to grab some drinks? It’s on me!

“Why are you calling? You’re usually chasing after guys.”

– Today, I don’t want to see any men. Well, the professor—!

It was essentially an invitation to be her emotional dumpster. But Min Ju-hee also wanted to unload some of her feelings onto someone else.

“Okay.”

Though it was late, she went out again for drinks.

* * *

“Hmm, is this the place?”

Pressing down,

“Ahh!”

“Or maybe here?”

“Mmmh.”

An empty classroom.

Since there was some time before the next lecture Seo Ye-rin and I were conducting our own kind of research together.

“…Damn it. What am I even looking at right now?”

Then Yu A-rin’s voice came from behind us. She had said she had no lectures today and was bored; it seemed she finally decided to come find us.

“Ahh!”

“Huh? You’re here?”

As Seo Ye-rin moaned in response instead of greeting her properly myself. Yu A-rin looked at us skeptically as she squinted her eyes,

“Am I seeing this right?”

“No, it’s not something lewd or anything like that. Don’t get the wrong idea.”

“Ugh.”

“…You’re saying it’s not indecent to be fondling a healthy girl’s chest?”

At Yu Arin’s words, I nodded confidently. Even now, my hands were kneading Seo Yerin’s plump chest through her clothes.

I wish she knew there was not a hint of personal desire in this act.

“I work at an adult store, you know. So customers often ask me various things, and I’m studying for those moments.”

That was the truth.

Lately, many customers had been asking me questions.

…Plus, I wanted to recommend something that would suit the tastes of Seo Yerin’s mother when she visits next time.

Whatever it takes to make a good impression on my mother-in-law-to-be, right?

“Right.”

“Oh?”

Surprisingly, Yu Arin accepted this easily. She walked towards me with slow steps and then smiled broadly.

“So you weren’t even excited? This is just work for you.”

“…”

“It wouldn’t be right to get aroused while doing your job, would it?”

I carefully removed my hands.

Yu Arin sneakily glanced down. As I awkwardly bent over trying to cover up, she started hitting my back instead.

“You’ve gotten used to doing this kind of thing at school?! Huh! You really got into the taste of it!?”

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

Yu Arin beat on me as if playing a drum. “Ugh ugh,” I groaned under the blows when suddenly another hand joined in.

“Hey, Seo Yerin! Why are you hitting too!”

“Squeal!”

Now both were gleefully pounding on my back. After a while they stopped because their palms hurt from all the smacking.

“Ahh, that relieved some stress at least.”

“I feel like I got some exercise.”

“…Well yeah. If you guys are happy then that’s good enough for me.”

It was clear that arguing further wouldn’t do any good so I let it go.

“So why exactly were you touching her just for that reason?”

Yu Arin propped her chin and chuckled incredulously.

“Yeah really. Honestly speaking there might have been slight crossing of lines but believe me—it wasn’t out of any personal desire.”

“A little? Just a tiny bit?!”

This time, it’s Seo Yerin who kicks my shin in protest. It seems she didn’t like my comment about being slightly upset.

“Phew, I’ve let off some steam.”

“Yeah, that’s more like it.”

Yu Arin shakes her head in disbelief as she alternates her gaze between a satisfied Seo Yerin and me, who had just made an honest confession.

“I shouldn’t really be saying this. But you two… really match each other’s terrible direction.”

From noble mtl dot come

“Oh my, thank you Arin! I’ll throw the bouquet to you when we get married!”

“See how sly she’s become these days?”

Unable to watch their quarrel any longer, I wedge myself between them.

“Stop it, guys! You can’t fight over me!”

“Ugh, damn it.”

“How can our Woojin drop such a mood-killing line?”

“…”

It was a line I’d always wanted to say at least once in my life.

Anyway, having found a common enemy in me helped defuse the tension between them again.

“But I’m not joking. Lately, lots of people have been asking me about this. You’d know if you checked Bamboo Forest every day.”

“Oh?”

“That thing?”

The reason why so many people started asking me questions was because of posts on Bamboo Forest.

– Anonymous266: Does anyone know the guy working part-time at the adult store nearby? Was awkward at first but he recommended exactly what I needed for real.

– Anonymous141: That guy is my friend and everyone in the dorm gets relationship advice from him. He’s quite popular too.

Such posts naturally started spreading stories about me around campus.

No one talks to me at school directly but many discreetly come into the store after reading those posts seeking recommendations.

“Bamboo Forest has gotten way too lewd. Just look at what’s being posted now.”

As I grumble and show them my phone screen both lean over to look:

– Anonymous90: I wanna have seexxxxxx!

– Anonymous198: Bought some rope recently for no particular reason; just wanted to tie myself up. It was clumsy but thrilling discovering myself excited by it.

↳ Anonymous457: The recent posts are absolute crap.

↳ Anonymous390: Wow, someone like this actually goes to our university?

– Anonymous44: Today’s creepy tale – most people who die in bathrooms…

– Anonymous111: Hello, everyone at Gahyeon University! How are you all doing? Today’s broadcast will feature interviews with some of the well-known figures from Gahyeon University! Please tune in!

↳ Anonymous301: Popo! Popo! Popo!

↳ Anonymous311: I’ll be waiting 30 minutes before the broadcast as usual today!

↳ Anonymous347: Where is the broadcast happening? If it’s with someone famous from Gahyeon University, can we come and watch too?

↳ Anonymous328: Right. It’s been a while since Popo came! Can we participate in person?

↳ Anonymous111 (Author): You can come and say hello! But please don’t disrupt the broadcast!

↳ Anonymous328: Got scolded by Popo!

↳ Anonymous301: Student number and name for 328.

↳ Anonymous302: 328, line up above me and below me.

-Anonymous407: Geez, idiots. Are you still messing around on Bamboo Forest? Live your life. All you know how to do is spew crap here.

-Anonymous432: I saw there’s only one adult shop near Gahyeon University. Do they have a lot of stuff? The reviews seemed good.

↳Anonymous321: A gay guy comes out there.

↳Anonymous432 (Author): ???

↳Anonymous64:Isn’t it kind of awkward to enter those stores?

↳Anonymous402:I agree;

-Anonymous24:The first time entering that kind of store is hard, but after that, you just walk in like it’s nothing. We’re all adults anyway.

-Anonymous7Hello everyone. I have a question so I’m posting this here. It was my first time using an adult toy… And somehow…I started imagining? Fantasizing? About someone I know… Is this weird?

↳Anonymous117You’ve got issues man.

↳Anonyous82But hey kid, you always just ask things.Is this your thing?

↵Anonyous255It’s not weird.Just watch porn instead.If you fantasize about someone you know,it feels guilty when you see them later

-Anonyous342How would the above comment know that?

-Anonyous243Recently watched an anime that shocked me.Why kill off a character suddenly?.I’d understand if it was episode 1,but killing them off in episode 6 after getting emotionally attached—what were they thinking?

-Anonyous369Title

“Anyway, you saw it, right? It’s kind of a secret that’s been spreading around. A lot of people have been coming up to me and asking about it. Some even asked for a discount because they saw it on Bamboo Forest.”

As Seo Yerin gasped for breath, Yu Arin showed an ambiguous reaction while making excuses.

“Why don’t you just ignore them?”

“It’s actually linked to the sales. Ever since I started working here, the boss said our sales have gone up significantly and even raised my salary.”

“Oh… Ah, so that’s why you didn’t delete those related posts? I thought you would have deleted them long ago.”

Yu Arin nodded in understanding.

Yes, that’s right.

Normally, if I were involved, I would’ve just kept quiet and deleted everything.

But seeing as this was helping the store’s sales and my salary was increasing as well, I left it as is.

It turned out to be unintentional promotion after all.

“Anyway, because of that I’m studying more about women’s bodies now.”

“This guy really has a knack for making nonsense sound like it isn’t nonsense.”

“Heheh, what can I say?”

“That wasn’t a compliment, you jerk.”

Wasn’t it?

“…So will you help me too?”

After hesitating for a moment Yu Arin shyly asked with her lips pursed and her face flushed red while waiting for an answer.

“Ah.”

Suddenly reminded of the time when Yu Arin had boldly told him to touch her chest in the past,

Back then things were so innocent,

Well now too – despite being embarrassed she seemed willing to endure anything if it was for his sake which made her quite charming indeed.

Squish!

He reached out with both hands simultaneously squeezing both sides at once

“Wow! You didn’t hesitate at all.”

Watching him from beside Seo Yerin clicked her tongue,

“Well then,”

Pushing his hands away Yu Arin grinned cheekily asking,

“Which one did you like better?”

“…”

“Oh! Now I’m curious too.”

I’m at a loss for words.

I force a smile and decide to give a conventional answer first.

“Both were good-“

“Cut the crap.”

“What are you playing at, Ujina?”

This is intense.

Yu Arin is smiling as if challenging me to say something daring, just like before, and Seo Yerin is grinning too, but it’s clear she’d pounce the moment I misspeak.

In such cases, wisdom lies in answering cleverly.

“When touching Yu Arin’s chest, I liked Yu Arin; when touching Seo Yerin’s chest, I liked Seo Yerin.”

Thump. Thump.

Two breasts caught in each hand.

Both of them grabbed one of my hands each and placed it on their chests simultaneously.

“How about now?”

But this…

“Arin, could this turn into a fight?”

As I cautiously ask her, she grits her teeth and nods.

“Yeah. Go ahead then. Say what you’re thinking right now.”

Ah, if I mention Seo Yerin now, I might really be in danger.

Did she plan such a scenario from the moment I first touched Seo Yerin’s chest?

“So what do you think? Is this what dating the three of us looks like—always ending up in situations like this?”

“……”

“Do you think that makes sense? Huh? No matter who you choose here we’re bound to end up fighting.”

Yu Arin’s cunning strategy.

Surely choosing anyone here would only build resentment between them.

Then…

The root of all evil and emotion.

I’ll take it upon myself.

“Choi Yi-seo was the best—!”

Fists from both flew at me simultaneously.