Chapter 18: New Friends And Healing Pants

I asked her, who was shaking the string in front of me, “Does it function as panties?”

“It barely functions as underwear.”

My curiosity deepened when I heard that underwear had no function as underwear.

“Then why do you wear it?”

“The biggest reason is that it doesn’t show the panty line, which is one of the biggest reasons I wear it.”

“Oh… I see. I’ve never worn it before, so I know now.”

She, who had been acting like a crazy woman and declaring that she wanted to play with me as a doll, explained in detail like an expert.

“Many people are reluctant because they have a preconception that it’s sexy underwear. T-pants are underwear that focuses more on fashion than on the function of underwear.”

When I saw her giving a long speech about underwear, I suddenly felt like a different person.

“You have to wear it especially when you wear pants. Especially if you have a nice butt like yours.”

“Um… um, can you see my butt?”

“Of course!! By rolling up the flowing oversized training pants, she creates a boxy and street-style slouchy feel at the same time, and to emphasize the slouchy fashion, she lowers her pants slightly to expose her butt, fastens them with a clip, and shows off her no-pants s*x appeal while doing her job and looking at that plump butt!!!”

Looking at her professional appearance, I thought she was really cool and pretty, but then she suddenly drifted without even blinking.

This kind of crazy woman was the first time I’d encountered her, so I thought these old men who only open their mouths to make outrageous sexual jokes were angels.

“No… what the hell is this? This isn’t a sexy slouchy or crazy fashion. It’s just that my pants are too big and they’re falling down.”

As I swore and pulled my pants back up, she started laughing so hard that I could barely breathe.

“Poohaha!!.. Ahaha.. Ugh…”

I sighed involuntarily when I saw the woman slurring as if she was out of breath.

“Ugh…”

“Oh, sorry… oh… hehe.. I’m going to.”

“Please, either laugh or cry, just one.”

“No, I didn’t cry… ah hehe…”

She held back her laughter but then burst out laughing again in a strange sound. Tears were slightly welling up at the corners of her eyes because she laughed so hard.

“Huh… I haven’t had anything to laugh about lately, but it’s been a long time since I’ve laughed so happily.”

“Phehehe I was going to joke because you seemed so stiff, but seeing you swearing while wearing toy sunglasses and giving off such a sweet scent, like a peach dessert, suddenly made me laugh because it was so cute.”

“F.. Turn on your blinkers and hit me.”

She must still be feeling the effects, because there’s a hint of laughter in her voice every time she speaks.

“Phehehe, customer! Can you be my friend?”

“Yes…?”

I felt dizzy at her unexpected and novel way of making friends.

“I really want to be friends with customers!”

I thought this was how popular kids make friends.

“Is this how popular kids make friends these days..?”

After listening to me, she answered with another strange laugh.

“No, I just really liked the customer. I’ve never met such a cute customer before, so I just had to gather my courage.”

Her words about having courage. I knew all too well how heavy the word courage was, so I had never once had the courage, but she looked sparkling.

She, who I thought was just beautiful on the outside, was also cool.

To some, it’s just courage. To me, it was too heavy, and I was afraid that I would break myself if I lifted it, so I’ve never heard it.

That’s why she looked dazzling, even though it was just a single word.

“Does your name shine?”

“Ahhhhh-. “Suddenly?”

She asks back with her uniquely peculiar laugh.

“Yes… I think you’re pretty.”

“I’m pretty! Hehe.”

She playfully pretends to be proud and responds to my words.

“What’s your name?”

“My name is Hong Da-rin.”

“How old are you?”

“Oh my! Are you flirting with me? I have high standards.”

I smiled at her playful words and I playfully agreed with her.

“That’s all for flirting.”

“Ah, haha. That’s true, you can’t see my face because of those weird glasses and mask, but I’m 27 years old.”

When she told me her age, I remembered that she wasn’t wearing a name tag like the other employees on the first floor, so I asked her.

“Are you the boss here?”

“I don’t think I told you, how did you know?”

“Unlike the employees on the first floor, you weren’t wearing a name tag.”

“You have a good eye. I’m the owner of Lilinda Clothing Store.”

“Linda… you didn’t spell Darin backwards, did you?”

Judging from the way she snickers silently, I think it must be.

“You really made it up roughly…”

Even though she’s gossiping about the store name, she laughs strangely, perhaps because she usually laughs a lot.

“Ah, haha. Well, I think I told you everything about myself, but what’s your name?”

“My name is Hangaeul.”

“Wow, even Hangaeul’s name is cute!”

“f*ck, you didn’t tell me your age yet.”

“Phew, hah! Hangaeul- How old are you?”

Now, she calls me by my name as if it were a given, like a friend. I don’t hate her for being playful.

“I’m 21.”

“Whoa! You’re a baby!!”

“f*ck, have you ever seen a baby with cab such a big tits?”

“Ah, hah, you’re a baby with a sexy body?”

She was smiling prettily as if she was happy with whatever it was.

“But Ga-eul, can’t you talk to me comfortably? Like friends!”

“…There’s a six-year age gap?”

“Haha. It’s okay!”

“Whew… It’s comfortable for me, so please take care of me, Darin.”

Her eyes were cutely wide as if she hadn’t said that.

“No… Not that, sis!”

“Unnie.”

“Ugh, my…”

She muttered nonsense, covering her face with her palms and pretending to cry.

“Ah… s**t. Uh… uh… uh… uh… uh…”

Even though I called out to her in a low voice so she couldn’t understand, she jumped around like a puppy, saying she liked that too.

“Gyaa!!! That’s right! I’m Gaeul’s unnie!”

“Okay, so let’s buy some more clothes. What the hell is this, I came here to buy clothes.”

“Good!! Just trust me! Before that, give me Gaeul’s number!”

I took the phone she handed me and looked at it. The case was decorated with cute, round, and chubby cat character stickers.

When I touched something on the back of the phone, I turned it around slightly to see that there was another chubby cat character griptok attached to it.

“Who… Do you like chubby cats, sis?”

“No!! They’re not fat, they’re furry! Meow!”

I looked around the phone and saw that it was decorated with fluffy cats everywhere. I muttered when I saw it.

“Hmm… You brought me exactly that…”

“What–huh!?”

I moved my hand while joking with her and dialed my number, then handed it to her. She picked up the phone and vibrated as if she had dialed the number that was recorded.

Wing.

“I put it on vibrate?”

“Yeah, I always put it on vibrate because I have no one to call.”

“Why is there no one to call?”

The popular girl seemed to not understand that there was no one to call on the phone she had made to make calls.

“Back in the day… Hmm, I used to live in the countryside, but I deleted everything when I came up here, so you’re my first number.”

I could see her eyes widening. I thought it was cute how they got bigger every time she was surprised.

“Really? This is my first time in fall, hehe.”

“Okay? Just pick out some clothes for me.”

“Okay! Let’s buy some thongs first!”

“I have ten pairs of panties.”

After hearing me, her thong academics began again.

“You absolutely must wear thongs with pants.”

“Why?”

“By wearing thongs, the panty line is hidden, and Gaeul’s buttocks fit is further enhanced.”

“With Gaeul’s favorite hip-slung look, the panties are exposed above the pants, further enhancing her sexiness!!”

“Finally, wearing this and showing it off in front of the person you like? That person’s heart will be shot!”

“Ouch! I’m going crazy. I understand, I understand! I’ll buy it, so stop!”

She stopped making a gun motion with her finger, then finally released the gun and smiled bashfully.

“I understand, I don’t know much, so you pick out something pretty.”

“Great!! Just trust me!”

She ran to the area where the panties were displayed, quickly picked out several thongs, and then started explaining to me one by one that the two strings on the waist of the panties were good because they showed a little bit of skin.

Seeing her smiling and chatting eagerly to me about things she was interested in and liked made my heart flutter pleasantly.

“So, these thongs are good if you pull down your jeans a little and pull the straps up above your hips!”

“It seems to be healing…”

“Huh? What did you say? Healing?”

“Uh… No, I said that wearing what you picked out would be healing.”

She must have heard what I mumbled, so she asked me, and I was flustered and ended up talking nonsense without realizing it.

“Right? I’m wearing them right now too.”

I’m grateful that she agrees with my nonsense, but I don’t understand. Looking at the thongs hanging in her hand, there must be ten of them.

She quickly organized the thongs in her hand and the underwear set she picked out earlier, put them in a paper bag, and started urging me.

“Autumn, let’s go pick out some clothes now!! I want to dress you up! Hurry up!”

As she was urging me, she soon grabbed my hand and dragged me toward the elevator. She pressed the elevator button for the first floor and couldn’t wait for the brief moment it took for it to come down to the fifth floor, so she chattered away.

Her chatter didn’t stop even after she got on the elevator.

“Sniff sniff sniff ha… ah. Fall smells so good. How can your body smell like this? I just want to have a bite.”

As I was about to speak to her, who was sniffing around, a sound was suddenly heard from the elevator.

Ding! It’s the 4th floor.

“Huh? Are there any clothes on the 4th floor?”

“Huh! There are special clothes.”

“Then take the stairs. What elevator is this?”

“I’m wearing heels!”

I saw her running around excitedly earlier, and now she’s saying something like that with such confidence.

She went out through the open elevator doors first and then opened her hand wide towards the store as if introducing me.

“Why is our Lilinda famous? That’s because!!”

“Name is Wangjiji Mall!”