Vol 1 Ch 21

I woke up to find it was past 11 AM. I usually wake up early even on Saturdays, but I couldn’t sleep last night. The reason was… ShutUp.

 

As soon as we became partners yesterday, ShutUp pressed his lips against mine. The reason I realized I had kissed him a lot was that my lips parted on their own, knowing his habit.

 

ShutUp always sucked on my lower and upper lips to his heart’s content, then tilted his head slightly and slowly inserted his tongue. As soon as he tilted his head, I opened my mouth, and ShutUp’s laughter flooded into my mouth along with his breath.

 

In hunting grounds like this, if you engage in physical contact beyond kissing, a warning message appears, and both parties are teleported to different locations for a set period. It was intended to maintain a certain code of conduct.

 

ShutUp told me to come to the guild’s hideout and went ahead; I followed him there. As soon as we appeared, he grabbed me and entered the Guild Master’s office, which was the only place we could go.

 

A large circular table was visible, and around it, a long sofa that could seat at least 5 people. ShutUp took me there, laid me down, and lowered his head. The kiss from earlier continued on the sofa.

 

I manually disengaged the items for fear that ShutUp might forcibly remove them again and destroy them. ShutUp positioned himself between my legs and pressed his lower body tightly against mine.

 

“Be careful not to fill the GG completely.”

 

“Here, this.”

 

A <Transformation Ball> was placed in my hand. It looked like the capsule toys you get from a vending machine at school by inserting a coin, and it sloshed with colorful liquid inside.

 

“If I don’t stop you, throw that at me.”

 

The Transformation Ball was a crafted item, and its ingredients were quite difficult to obtain, which is why many high-level players bought it for fun. However, it was expensive and rarely available, making it an item that constantly broke price records in the auction house.

 

Using the Transformation Ball allowed one to transform into a weak, small monster. Even after transforming, high-level players retained their stats, thus gaining increased HP. It was sometimes used in PKs by throwing it at opponents to transform them, but no matter how good one’s aim, it was incredibly difficult to hit a Psychic who moved erratically.

 

Since it was made of glass, if you threw it hard and missed, it would break, so more people used it for fun rather than combat. Once used, it wore off after about an hour, making it a zero-value item in terms of cost-effectiveness.

 

If I used this on ShutUp now, he would transform into something no bigger than a slime, or more likely, a small rabbit or a squeaking little monster. As I grinned and raised my arm, ShutUp pressed down on my wrist holding the Transformation Ball.

 

“If you use it prematurely, you die.”

 

I knew I wouldn’t die at his hands anyway, but such threats were hard to ignore. Soon after, I felt a foreign sensation between my legs as his body pushed inside me.

 

“Hah, ugh…”

 

A groan escaped my lips, and before I could even feel overwhelmed, a shiver spread through my entire body.

 

ShutUp moved his hips back and forth slowly, looking down at the point of insertion. Seeing his penis disappear between my thighs, he licked his lips with his tongue. As if eating delicious food.

 

“Hah…”

 

ShutUp’s voice whispering that he liked it, that he was going crazy, began to overlap with Seomun Jun eating beef that day and his appearance behind me when I was choosing beer. It felt as if I were having sex with him in reality, and my body grew hotter.

 

My body was lifted, and I had to look down at him while on my stomach. ShutUp thrust his hips upward, pulling my face down. Saliva dripped from my lips, parted from kissing. ShutUp swallowed it all, gripping my pelvis and continuing the act without pause.

 

“Hnn, ugh, ah…!”

 

Unable to withstand the intense intimacy, I collapsed onto ShutUp’s body. He turned his body to the side and began thrusting diagonally inside me.

 

Beep—beep—.

 

Soon, a warning sound indicating the GG was almost full appeared. The Transformation Ball had fallen under the sofa, I didn’t know when I’d dropped it. I thought it would be better to just pass out like this, letting out moans with the swaying motion.

 

Just then, ShutUp’s actions suddenly stopped, and his penis, which had filled my lower body, was withdrawn. As the support left me, I sprawled on the sofa like a puppet with its strings cut.

 

“You should have said something when you heard the GG warning. Just a moment.”

 

Thinking he was stopping for once, I got up to put on my items, but ShutUp initiated a trade.

 

“Take Chitosan. Quickly.”

 

Each one of these reduced the gauge by 1 percent. At market price, one cost 2,000 won in cash. For Guides, eating 100 of them was a loss, but for Psychics, it was a gain. This was because the items that lowered a Psychic’s PG cost 300,000 won. Therefore, Chitosan was priced at a moderate level.

 

After eating about 95 Chitosan, the link began again.

 

And when the GG filled up again, ShutUp gave me Chitosan.

 

ShutUp’s PG had dropped to less than 5 percent, so I thought we could stop now, but this crazy bastard seemed intent on continuing all night. Even when it hit 0 percent, he didn’t stop the link. I pleaded with him to stop, but ShutUp insisted we continue until my GG was full.

 

In reality, when a Psychic whose PG was completely depleted engaged in a link, the GG rose at the normal rate. This was where the saying that Guides lost out the more they linked came from.

 

Again, when it reached over 80 percent, ShutUp got up and went to get more Chitosan. I didn’t want to do this anymore. As ShutUp returned from the personal storage with Chitosan, I picked up the Transformation Ball from the floor and threw it at him with all my might.

 

Poof—!

 

A small puff of smoke appeared around ShutUp, and only a cute slime remained in his place. The pink slime hopped tentatively, issuing a threat.

 

“I told you you’d die if you used it prematurely, didn’t I?”

 

“Your PG is completely depleted, so what else are you trying to do? I’m not eating Chitosan!”

 

Fortunately, the slime moved slowly, so I was faster in opening the office door and getting out. As soon as I was out, I logged off immediately and took off my helmet. I washed myself with difficulty and fell asleep as if I had fainted.

 

Was it because of the sex with ShutUp yesterday? As soon as I woke up just now, Jun’s face was the first thing that came to mind. To shake off these unpleasant thoughts, I headed to the bathroom.

 

I tried to separate ShutUp in the game from Jun in reality, but while linking with him, Jun’s face kept appearing in my mind. Standing in front of the sink, I sighed as I squeezed toothpaste onto my toothbrush. Before putting the toothbrush in my mouth, I looked in the mirror and admonished myself as a warning.

 

“Doseon-ah, listen carefully. You need to differentiate between reality and the game. That guy is that guy, and this guy is this guy.”

 

I needed to mind-control myself, even if it was just like this. I shook my head, trying to clear yesterday’s events from my mind. After brushing my teeth, I washed my face with cold water. I needed to clear my head like this so that my feelings towards Jun would remain unchanged.

 

As I finished washing and came out, an announcement came from the apartment’s security office.

 

[Uh… this is the security office. A neighborhood meeting is scheduled to begin at 2 PM, so please have one representative from each household attend. I repeat…]

 

This was a small apartment complex with only four buildings. Being a small place, there were often many disagreements. I intended to let others handle it and not go, but then I heard the final announcement.

 

[…Each attendee will receive a carton of eggs, so your cooperation is appreciated.]

 

I opened the refrigerator. As expected, it had been quite a while since I last shopped, and there wasn’t even a single egg, let alone ramen.

 

‘I have no choice.’

 

I quickly rinsed my hair and checked the time while watching TV. It was only 1:30 PM.

 

It was a bit early, but I went down to get some sun. In front of the apartment entrance was a playground. When I was young, there were so many children at every playground that getting a turn on the swing was as difficult as catching a star in the sky, but nowadays, playgrounds are always empty.

 

Sitting on the swing, I closed my eyes and moved my body slowly. Perhaps it was the warm sunlight, but I felt drowsy.

 

“Ajussi.”

 

While I was like that, I heard a boy’s voice next to me.

 

“Me?”

 

“Yes. Ajussi.”

 

I stopped the swing and looked at the boy standing beside me. He was holding something in his hand. Looking closely, it resembled some kind of transforming robot.

 

“What is it?”

 

I took it and examined it. It looked like one of those robots that used to be popular, the kind that transformed from a car into a robot. But setting that aside, I was curious why he wanted to sell it to me.

 

“Why are you selling this?”

 

“I want to go to the mart.”

 

“The mart? You can go with your mom. You don’t have to sell this…”

 

“I… I don’t have a mom.”

 

Ah.

 

Feeling like I had hurt a child, I jumped up and apologized, asking if he didn’t have a mom, saying I, no, Ajussi, didn’t know, and was flustered. Then, feeling like I had unintentionally hurt his feelings, I apologized again and took money out of my pocket. I only had 30,000 won.

 

“Ajussi only has this much… You can keep the robot. And buy something delicious with this money.”

 

“Thank you, Ajussi.”

 

“You’re welcome.”

 

The boy put the money I gave him in his pocket and left the playground. Watching the heartwarming scene, I looked up at the sky. My heart felt warm.

 

As it approached 2 PM, I saw people gathering and chatting in a corner of the parking lot. I figured I could just follow them and walked over.

 

A small table was placed in front of the neighborhood meeting area. They announced that after the meeting, residents would check their unit number and could each take one carton of eggs per household. Although I had just spent 30,000 won, I thought I could make do with eggs and endured my hunger.

 

“Alright, the first item on today’s agenda is for those using electric stoves, you know, induction stoves. Fires can occur due to pets. If you attach the plastic opening of a used wet wipe like this, it can be safer. Also, don’t forget to lock your doors before leaving. Everyone should have fire insurance, but if you haven’t…”

 

As usual, it was all talk that didn’t really concern me. With every blink, sleepiness washed over me.

 

The second item was about replacing the elevators with the latest CCTV to enhance security against public urination and other issues. Just as my legs started to ache, a middle-aged man and a young man began to grab each other by the collar. It happened during the last item, which was about parking.

 

To be continued in Volume 2 of <Whatever You Do>

 

Volume 1 of Whatever You Do End.