Are we the only ones not even touching fingertips?
Feeling unnecessarily self-conscious, Eunsoo tensed up.
Just before joining here, she recalled what Solhee had said when they briefly met separately outside.
“Hey. They say your couple’s skinship is too scarce. PD Park mentioned that. Of course, not all couples can be passionate, but if you’re doing it less because of the camera, I hope you didn’t realize it.”
Although Solhee conveyed the reason better than anyone else, her expression was awkward. PD Park’s keen insight had caused unnecessary discomfort.
Feeling embarrassed and somewhat unjust, Eunsoo, who even though she had argued that they were average, took a deep breath.
“I consider you guys to be average on a scale of 100, but in other aspects, you’re above average on a scale of 500, right now.”
What that meant became clear when I saw it with my own eyes.
Other than intentional actions, there was no unconscious, everyday skinship.
Of course, in this place, there probably wouldn’t be anyone assessing who does or doesn’t engage in skinship. Even if someone were aware, they wouldn’t go so far as to think they aren’t a real couple because of it. That much I knew.
Still, if all four couples were caught in one frame, it might feel somewhat uncomfortable. Thinking about it to that extent, I started to feel excessively self-conscious.
Swallowing dry saliva, Eunsoo leaned toward Juhan. Sensing the movement, Juhan turned to look, and simultaneously, Eunsoo lightly touched Juhan’s thigh with one hand. The firm muscles, hard as rocks, transmitted through the palm.
Staying close, Eunsoo whispered softly into Juhan’s ear.
“Hey, touch me a bit.”
“What did you say?”
“Look. The wind only blows between you and me right now.”
Eunsoo removed the hand that had pressed against Juhan’s ear and also moved away, releasing the hand that had been on his thigh. Juhan, who had been frozen to the point of holding his breath, understood Eunsoo’s words quite late.
Without moving his chair, Juhan shifted his hips slightly toward Eunsoo, leaving his chair in place. Then, just like Eunsoo had done earlier, he raised one hand to his ear and whispered.
“How far are you hoping to go?”
“What?”
“How do you want your team to rank? Avoiding last place? Going for the middle? Or since we’re doing it, let’s go all the way…”
“Hey, you two, isn’t this a bit too much of your own world?”
One of the participants threw a joke. Juhan and Eunsoo laughed awkwardly and distanced themselves. Inside, they both thought, well, something had been accomplished while having such thoughts.
Far away, Solhee’s face watching them had a saying that came to mind but disappeared: ‘I don’t know what it is, but it’s not that, you fools.’
Mira naturally led the atmosphere.
“But I’m curious why everyone decided to appear on the show. Apart from the obvious promotion purpose.”
After a light laugh, each of them gave their answers. Finally, Juhan spoke.
“There might not be many opportunities like this to leave a record.”
Juhan spoke with one arm on the backrest of the chair, not on Eunsoo’s shoulder.
“As I mentioned briefly earlier, Eunsoo and I don’t really like taking pictures. But… I thought it would be good to leave something behind, sometimes you regret not having anything when that time comes.”
“Right, I understand. There’s a saying that what remains is the photo.”
The other participants nodded in agreement. Amidst the momentary commotion, Eunsoo, with her mouth closed, had a slightly different thought.
When she broke up with Juhan.
After going through what is commonly called the aftermath, she thought she would eat up her bitter feelings and sort things out, so she opened her photo album, but there wasn’t much left. Even though they had been seeing each other for over three years since she was eighteen.
Since I was going to discard everything anyway, I tried to think of it as a relief. However, I realized that while things remaining on film or in memory could be easily erased with a delete button, things lingering in the heart couldn’t be erased as one pleased. And the cycle of crumbling repeated.
But ironically, this fake relationship of mine has become a trophy on a platform that extends to the global level. I almost burst out laughing bitterly.
“Well, why don’t you help us a bit first, and then we can all eat something delicious together?”
At Hyun’s words, everyone got up from their seats. They passed through the office where quite a few employees were busy working and entered a spacious area.
“This is our shooting studio, and today we have a little favor to ask of you.”
Side by side, Mira and Hyun exchanged meaningful smiles.
“We’ve already prepared costumes in here. It’s probably a style you haven’t worn before, so challenging it at a time like this will surely become a good memory.”
Upon seeing the fashion of Mira, who saved a lot of money on fabric and exposed her body generously, and Hyun, whose fashion seemed incomprehensible to anyone, the participants turned pale simultaneously.
There were three makeshift booths with curtains drawn on one side, and Mira and Hyun pushed the participants into them.
“If the size doesn’t fit, please let us know right away. Now, Minjae and Miso, you’re here. Yeonseop and Jena, you’re here. And…”
“Wait, wait.”
Juhan, who was being pushed, raised his hand.
“Why… why only one dressing room?”
“It’s not just one. It’s three. One for each couple.”
So, it’s basically one!
Juhan shouted inwardly. Hyun had a look that didn’t even understand the essence of this question from the beginning. It was clear that he had never considered the idea of separately taking off and putting on clothes even though they were a couple.
“Is this… really helping Mira and Hyun with their work…?”
With a desperate word from Eunsoo, Mira smiled brightly.
“Of course! Where else can we find models like this? This kind of help is invaluable.”
It won’t work. Let’s give up. Let’s go inside.
With a short glance, Juhan and Eunsoo silently agreed and entered the booth, closing the curtain. The inside was wider than expected, but still, the atmosphere was inevitably stifling.
“Just a moment. This…!”
Eunsoo, who checked the clothes hanging on the hanger, couldn’t continue her words and opened her mouth wide. Among all the clothes she had held in her hands in her life, it was the smallest and shortest dress.
Juhan looked at Eunsoo’s hand-held dress with a somewhat uncomfortable gaze.
“Is this a slip or a dress?”
“A slip dress.”
“Ah.”
Ah, now I get it. After scanning Juhan, who seemed somewhat displeased, Eunsoo extended the dress towards Juhan.
“How about being my black knight for once?”
Juhan’s forehead, which was already wrinkled, wrinkled even more.
“Well, do you have any plans to show only one thigh?”
“I’ll grant your wish.”
Juhan’s gaze, which had been directed at the dress, turned towards Eunsoo. The gaze that slid down the eyes became oddly intense for a moment.
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
