Bamboo Forest Manager

Day of Unloading

No matter what, my pride as a man wouldn’t allow my butt to be exposed.

The moment I heard Seo Ye-rin tell me to take off my pants, I was already running away.

Thud!

“Ugh!”

But I must have been so flustered that I tripped and fell to the floor.

“Phew, Woo-jin?”

Seo Ye-rin climbed on top of me, panting as she intertwined her fingers.

“Stay still, okay? It won’t hurt. It won’t hurt at all.”

“Shut up! It’s going to hurt! It’s going to hurt a lot! I don’t want to do this!”

No matter what, I wouldn’t be defeated by just Seo Ye-rin. Maybe with Yoo Ah-rin or Choi Yi-seo, but I wouldn’t be overpowered by Seo Ye-rin.

“Ugh!”

I tried to push her off with all my strength, but to my surprise, Seo Ye-rin wasn’t budging and was holding her ground.

“Hmm? Have you been working out recently?”

As I asked in confusion, Seo Ye-rin gave a chilling smile.

“Seven times the strength rises!”

Where did I hear that?

If you become a victim, you gain three times the strength, and if you become the perpetrator, you gain seven times.

“Don’t do that! I don’t like it!”

“Ha ha! Is this it, Kim Woo-jin? Is this all the power you can muster?!”

What the hell is this girl, I really can’t win.

Still, if I just hold on like this, Seo Ye-rin won’t be able to do anything else, so I tried to endure.

But suddenly, my pants slipped down, and I felt a sense of exposure.

“Ahem, for now, I’m on Seo Ye-rin’s side.”

“Oh Yun-ji!”

“I think I might have gone a bit too far.”

Look at how weak she’s gotten after drinking!

Usually, she’s so strong, but when she drinks, she strangely tends to become more vulnerable.

Last time, she was oddly getting along well with everyone after drinking.

And before I knew it, she had even taken off her panties.

“Oh Yun-ji, you’re really good at this!”

“It’s been a while, Woo-jin.”

Oh Yun-ji greeted my lower half. Then she quietly stepped back.

“Ye-rin! Calm down a bit! Huh? This isn’t right!”

“What’s not right? My boyfriend is messing around with his ex-girlfriend! Isn’t it weirder to just let that slide?”

“…….”

I was momentarily at a loss for words.

I thought we had moved on to a strange topic and it didn’t matter, but of course, that wasn’t the case.

“Ye-rin, really, I—”

“Put your butt down!”

“—don’t think that’s right! It’s dirty! You really can’t do that!”

“You said I was dirty, but last time you didn’t let me go to the bathroom!”

“Oh….”

—

It was definitely at Gold One.

I said I wanted to go to the bathroom after drinking beer, but they kept ignoring me until finally—

“Ugh! Kim Woo-jin, you’re so annoying!”

Seo Ye-rin, unusually embarrassed, let go of my hand and started to hit her chest hard.

Her fists didn’t hurt much, but seeing her struggle like this was too painful.

Maybe that’s why.

My heart softened a little, but then—

“No! That really can’t be right!”

Since it was absolutely impossible to do it from behind, I pushed Seo Ye-rin, who had lost her posture, to the side.

“Ah!”

“Sorry, Ye-rin! But let’s try to calm down a bit, okay? This isn’t going to help at all!”

“Come here!”

Regaining her stance, Seo Ye-rin immediately lunged at me.

Judging that I shouldn’t be here, I dashed toward the door to leave the hotel room.

Just then, the door opened, and four people walked in.

“Huh?”

The one in front, Yoo Ah-rin, gasped in surprise, her face turning red.

“Wait a minute! Suddenly? I haven’t even washed up yet?!”

Of course, the reaction didn’t come only from Yoo Ah-rin.

“……?!”

“Ahhh!”

Following behind, Senior Joo-hee and Choi Jin-ah were also startled, each reacting in their own way.

But the calmest of them all was Choi Yi-seo.

She stepped forward, grabbed me by the collar, and shoved me into the bathroom next to the entrance, closing the door.

Bang!

Then there was a commotion outside, which seemed to be Yi-seo trying to sort things out.

“……”

Sitting on the toilet, I blankly looked at my own reflection.

Starting from my bare lower half, I saw my pitiful, ugly self.

“Phew.”

—

—

Slowly, blood began to circulate in my head.

I felt like I clearly understood what I had done until now.

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‘What a worthless b*stard.’

I had said I would take responsibility for the three of them, and that I was trying to do so.

I had claimed that being with me would make them much happier than dating another guy.

Yet here I was, acting like this.

I glanced at the mirror.

A wishy-washy piece of trash stood there, looking ugly.

“……Damn it.”

I started to get angry at myself.

Suddenly, the things the girls had done until now came to mind.

Choi I-seo had tried to restore the relationship between Oh Yoon-ji and me. Even though it was only natural for her to feel repulsed by me dating my ex-girlfriend.

Yoo Ah-rin had tried to suppress her temper and personality, attempting to become someone else. She thought it would serve as a new foothold in our relationship.

Seo Ye-rin was no different.

She had taken on the concept of being a proper lady and tried to keep her distance. She feared that our relationship, which had been so intense from the start, would cool off just as quickly.

“…….”

The worst one here was.

“Phew.”

It was me, the passive one, who accepted that without doing anything.

I had dismissed their efforts as strange and had settled into the current situation.

Clunk.

“Woo-jin, wear this.”

Through the crack in the door, Choi I-seo handed me pants and underwear. I awkwardly put them on and stepped outside.

The girls were gathered awkwardly in the living room. Choi Jin-ah and Senior Joo-hee seemed to have gone outside, as I couldn’t see them.

Seo Ye-rin had her head bowed, perhaps thinking she had been too excited.

Yoo Ah-rin and Choi I-seo seemed to have roughly understood the situation.

Oh Yoon-ji didn’t look particularly bright, as if she felt she had gone a bit overboard.

“Ahem, Yoon-ji?”

“Uh-huh?”

To Yoon-ji’s awkward response, I spoke clearly and firmly.

—

“Can you step out? We have something we want to discuss among ourselves.”

“…….”

Oh Yoon-ji, who had been staring blankly at me, seemed momentarily taken aback as if she hadn’t expected me to say something like this.

“Phew, fine. I get it.”

With a sigh, she finally stepped outside.

Thud.

The door closed, leaving the four of us behind.

The first to speak was Yoo Ah-rin.

“If we came on a trip, shouldn’t we enjoy it a bit? Why does it feel like we’re just hurting each other’s feelings?”

“It’s because of me.”

All eyes turned to me.

It wasn’t an incorrect statement, was it?

“Yeah, it’s because of me. I messed up.”

“How bold.”

Yoo Ah-rin crossed her legs in disbelief, while Choi Yi-seo listened to me seriously.

And Seo Ye-rin, who was slightly swaying.

“This trip has become strange. Originally, it was just supposed to be us, but suddenly other people started to intrude.”

“There’s nothing we can do about it.”

Choi Yi-seo seemed to want to support me in her own way. It could be because Oh Yoon-ji was involved too.

“No, it’s my responsibility. I shouldn’t have let you feel uneasy in any situation.”

Yoo Ah-rin boasted that she wasn’t particularly uneasy, but who knows when something like this could happen again?

Just like Seo Ye-rin, she could suddenly go off the rails.

“Let’s stick together. I’ll go and tell them. Let’s go separately from them.”

“…….”

“That seems right. This trip was meant for just us. I want to enjoy it that way.”

“If we do that… won’t it end up hurting someone?”

Choi Yi-seo, still worried about her friend Oh Yoon-ji. Beside her, Yoo Ah-rin and Seo Ye-rin kept their mouths shut, watching to see how I would respond.

“The most important thing is that you guys don’t get hurt.”

This is my sincere feeling.

“No matter what happens with others, in the end, what matters most to me is you guys. I’m really sorry. I got too comfortable with this situation for a while and became complacent.”

—

Today, I wanted to untangle everything that had been knotted up here.

Only then could I truly enjoy the journey starting tomorrow.

“Let’s talk a lot today. Just like you all have put effort into our relationship, I want to put in effort for us too.”

I add that if anyone needs drinks, we can order some.

After a brief silence, Yoo Ah-rin chuckles and grumbles.

“Now the three of us feel like it’s a given.”

“That’s….”

“Ah, it’s fine. I just realized how much you value me with that one comment.”

“…….”

“Order drinks. I’m going to spill all the complaints I’ve been holding inside!”

Wait a minute.

“Is it really that much?”

When I cautiously ask, Yoo Ah-rin slams her hand down on the armrest of the sofa and shouts.

“Yeah! A lot! Honestly, I was too embarrassed to say anything?!”

Has she already had some drinks?

No, it can’t be. Choi Yi-seo is currently ordering drinks on the phone.

“Oh Yoon-ji? I admit it’s pitiful. It’s true that it’s a sad story. If it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t even be dating!”

“…….”

“But still, she’s your ex-girlfriend! I think you did the right thing, but it’s infuriating that you wasted time rolling around for your ex!”

“I agree with that.”

Seo Ye-rin, who had raised her hand slightly, interjects into Yoo Ah-rin’s words.

“I know, it’s childish! I know I’m just whining! But so what! It feels terrible!”

Watching Yoo Ah-rin shout in frustration, I nodded with a smile.

“Yeah, you’re right. I’m sorry.”

As I approached and carefully hugged her, Yoo Ah-rin grumbled.

“Are you trying to make up for it with a hug? That’s so infuriating!”

Yet, seeing her tightly wrap her arms around my waist and not let go, it seems she’s not feeling too bad after all.

“Well… I helped out too, so I have no room to talk.”

Choi Yi-seo hesitates, feeling a sense of responsibility for helping Oh Yoon-ji.

“Right! Choi Yi-seo! You’re the one who’s in trouble today!”

—

“……Alright.”

“Yerin too. If you have any complaints, just say it all. Let’s have a blast today! We’ll run all night until morning! Then, in the morning, we’re all going to the hotel pool for some fun!”

“Suddenly?”

I was taken aback by Yua-rin’s sudden plan. However, after a brief moment of contemplation, it seemed like a good idea.

After all, saying everything and then going out together would be proof that we had completely eased the tension between us.

“I, I……”

Seo Yerin, who had been glancing at me, suddenly exclaimed with a sigh.

“I just want to mess around with Woo-jin without any restraint! So much that I can’t live without it! I want to train him so that when he wakes up in the morning and thinks of me, he can’t help but stay hard! I want to make him drool and turn him into an ‘ahegao’! I want to take a picture of his utterly wrecked face with a double peace sign and send it to Oh Yoon-ji!”

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

I almost called 911 but then realized that this was America, and there was no 911 for this.

“……Get yourself together, Kim Woo-jin.”

“Shut up, Yua-rin.”