Gender Reversed Geum Taeyang - Chapter 27

Chapter 27 – Sleeping Together (1)

You know those scenes in manga where someone meditates under a waterfall?

I’m not sure if replacing that with a shower is quite the same thing.

Anyway, I think getting hit by water has its own calming effect. At least right now it does.

I’ve been thinking clearly for a while now, but I’m not sure if this is the right thing.

In the original world, was it common for guys with girlfriends to let other women sleep at their place?

Since there wasn’t anyone around to ask, I guess I’ll never know.

Well, Ari is the one with the boyfriend, and she probably has more friends than I do anyway, so if she’s okay with it, I should just enjoy it.

Actually, from a boyfriend’s perspective, today’s stream was about his girlfriend laughing and chatting with another guy.

According to Ari, her boyfriend doesn’t watch her streams, so it shouldn’t be a big deal.

Honestly, it still feels a bit uncomfortable.

I’m not trying to seduce Ari like in some manga or something. I haven’t gone crazy yet.

And what skills would I, with 23 years of being single, have to seduce anyone?

As friends, it’s really fun hanging out together, but this isn’t romantic feelings.

Hmm… it shouldn’t be.

Anyway, I just don’t want to cause any misunderstandings or make her fight with her boyfriend because of me.

I don’t know about any of this.

What’s the point of thinking about this now when I’m already in the shower?

Swoosh-

Standing in the quiet bathroom under the warm water is quite calming.

The warm water in my bathroom at home has temperature limits, so it’s not easy to feel this kind of comfort.

Something to be envious of is still something to be envious of.

How nice would it be if all this became mine?

… Enough. Someday when my streams become more popular, this could all be achievable.

Ari is waiting, so I should finish showering quickly.

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Ari’s house had quite a lot of shower products I couldn’t identify.

Whether they were left by her boyfriend or were her own.

I was just going to get out quickly, but my body moved automatically and kept applying things.

Especially choosing the ones labeled “for men” – from the reverse world.

Still can’t understand these behavioral patterns.

I wonder why I’m not acting manly this time, but I guess it’s not a big deal.

Someone who lives in a house like this wouldn’t get angry over using a bit of lotion, right?

And my hair… it’s not completely dry, but that should be fine?

It’s just slightly damp.

Now I just need to get dressed and go out.

I shouldn’t keep the host waiting too long, and Ari needs to shower too.

White dress shirt and gray cotton pants.

She said she gave me a larger size from what she had at home, but what’s with this dress shirt?

Anyone who wears such uncomfortable clothes at home must have some questionable ideas.

Just kidding, of course.

I’m in no position to be picky about borrowed clothes. I just need to wear this for tonight.

Hmm.

The dress shirt.

Hmm.

Why is this awkwardly small?

She definitely said it was ordered in the wrong size, making it bigger.

My arms barely fit, but if I button it up, I might end up destroying the shirt.

I’ll leave it open and ask for different clothes when I go out.

The pants…

The pants feel a bit tight too…

Men in this world are typically similar in build to average women, but I’m a bit bigger than that…

It’s just slightly tight around my private area, but not unbearably so.

Of course, the silhouette of that thing, which grew larger when I transformed into this body, is slightly visible, but Ari isn’t a pervert who’d stare at a stranger’s crotch.

Unnecessary thoughts.

Well.

It should be fine.

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Uh.

Uh…

Where did things go wrong?

Bringing Yuhan to my house?

Creating the opportunity for that?

Or getting involved with Yuhan in the first place?

No, going even more fundamental.

If I was going to make a mistake with the order, I should have gotten a clearly wrong size instead of having such an ambiguously sized dress shirt?

This is driving me crazy.

Of course, it’s partly my fault too…

Even when handing over the clothes, I noticed the size looked a bit off and was going to look for other clothes.

So I just wanted to check Yuhan’s size for reference.

And then… just…

With the weather getting warmer, I wondered if Yuhan was sweating in our house.

Was I being inconsiderate if Yuhan was feeling hot? I was worried.

To check that, I just smelled the clothes a little…

That took longer than expected, so I haven’t gone to look for clothes yet.

How could I have known Yuhan would come out like that?

The subtly damp hair, the shirt clinging to his body from the moisture that the towel couldn’t fully dry, the slight shadows at… that place.

A drop of water on his collarbone rolling down, cutting across those healthy brown abs.

“Um… Ari, these clothes are a bit tight. The buttons won’t close.”

Shouldn’t you say that from inside the bathroom?

Don’t come out with all the buttons open just because they won’t close!

Why are you doing this to me?

Looking at that confident expression, does he really not see any problem with this situation?

I’ve been having these weird urges whenever I see Yuhan lately, and now

What’s with that innocent expression that doesn’t match his fierce face…

“Yu-Yuhan! Put some clothes on!”

“Huh? We’re friends, this much is fine.”

It’s not fine for me.

Hmm…

No, that’s not right.

He said he’s fine with it.

Wouldn’t it make him more uncomfortable if I keep acting embarrassed?

Maybe… it’s okay to look a little?

…

This is crazy. Say something that makes sense, Ari!!!!

There should be boundaries between friends.

Right.

Between friends.

“S-Still!”

“Well… okay.”

I held back well.

It’s just that lately my libido has been acting up because I don’t usually indulge it much.

I’m still sane.

It’s somewhat disappointing yet gives an interesting feeling when Yuhan roughly covers the gaps in his shirt with a towel.

Anyway.

I haven’t become that weird of a person yet.

Probably.

That must be it.

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When I first came here, considering the level of male photos I saw on the internet, I thought this wouldn’t be a big deal.

Is she embarrassed to see a male body even to this extent?

The Ari I knew would blush easily at my teasing, but she wasn’t a complete wallflower.

It doesn’t make sense for a grown adult with a boyfriend to be shy about a male body.

Surely she must have seen her boyfriend’s body. Plus, they’re childhood friends.

There probably aren’t guys who go around carefully hiding their bodies from their girlfriends.

… Probably.

Anyway, looks like I haven’t properly grasped the culture of the reverse world yet.

Then how risqué were those images that terrorized my eyes?

I hope they weren’t deleted right away for being too explicit? That would be unfair.

Well, it’s not important.

Seeing her constantly glancing at the towel covering the gaps in my shirt while searching through the closet, I guess my attire was inappropriate.

Actually, thinking through the reverse filter, it was rather… or rather definitely provocative attire.

I just hope I’m not seen as a pervert.

Anyway.

I wonder if Ari is also a woman of this world. Her furtive glances since earlier are kind of bothering me.

Of course, I don’t think anything of it. Geum Taeyang’s body didn’t seem like the type to care about such things either.

Anyway, having a partner and getting excited over something sexy must be separate things.

… No, but we’re talking about Ari here.

A woman who lives strictly and seriously except when joking with me, and who’s in an incredibly pure romance with her boyfriend.

Maybe she’s just uncomfortable looking at this.

I wouldn’t know about others, but it makes sense for Ari.

“Um… Is it uncomfortable to look at…?”

“Uh, what?! What?!”

“You keep looking this way. I thought maybe it was making you uncomfortable.”

“No! That’s not it!!”

Ah. It’s not?

Then was my first thought correct?

“Oh, you’re not uncomfortable? Then…”

After rolling her eyes around at those words, Ari says she was a bit uncomfortable.

As expected, my genius brain predicts everything accurately.

Very good.

“But. Why were you holding my clothes earlier?”

Hmm. Did I ask something I shouldn’t have? Why is she so surprised?

I think she was smelling them, wasn’t she going to wash them?

“If you were going to wash them, don’t worry since I’m going home tomorrow anyway.”

“Um… okay.”

“Does it smell bad?”

The last part was a mumble to myself.

Since Ari looked uncomfortable, I was looking around the area.

I thought I heard something, but it must have been my imagination.

Actually, a woman smelling a man’s clothes might seem quite strange in the reverse world, but it’s even stranger to think Ari would do anything weird.

No matter how suspicious an action might seem, if “Ari” is attached to it, there must be a reason.

Anyway, while I was looking around the room, Ari finally found clothes in a bigger size and I changed into them.

As expected, bigger is better for house clothes.

Though I don’t know why clothes this size are here.

“Did you buy this in the wrong size too? It’s really big.”

“Ah… I was going to wear it, but Junhyeok said it was too big and didn’t suit me.”

She answers with a slightly flushed face, as if finding the clothes was difficult.

Hmm. If Ari wore something this oversized…

“I think it would look pretty good actually.”

Either her boyfriend lacks taste, or it’s because I’m not from this world.

Ari makes a touched expression… why are you moved by something like this?

“R-Really?”

“Want to try it on?”

“Then what would you wear if you take it off!”

“Ah, right.”

This… Do I not have a brain? We just went through all this trouble because of not having clothes.

“Tsk… That’s too bad.”

Well, can’t be helped. It’s also awkward to drag this out longer.

Time got a bit delayed because of the clothes issue, and it’s already 12:30 AM.

Ari is just now about to shower.

She’s going through a lot because of me.

Unexpected appointments always come with side effects. Like this.

I have a conscience too, and I think it would be wrong to cause more trouble.

The least I can do for her is…

“Ari. I’ll sleep on the sofa.”

This much.

“Huh? I can’t let a guest sleep there. You take the bed.”

What?

“I’m a sudden guest, so this is fine. The sofa is enough for me. It’s more comfortable than my bed anyway.”

“No! I won’t allow it, so you go to the bed.”

Have you ever seen such excessive kindness?

You need to look after yourself too, or you’ll end up being taken advantage of and only getting hurt.

Of course, Ari isn’t such a pushover, but still.

“I’ve already imposed on you too much today. I’m really fine.”

“You even made me dinner earlier, so what do you mean imposed? I like the sofa, that’s why. You take the bed.”

Oh boy.

No matter what, I have no intention of backing down this time.

Time was dragging on and Geum Taeyang’s instincts seemed to be rising up impatiently, but I got ahead of it and said:

“Then we might as well sleep in the bed together.”

Hmm.

This should be right?

(End of chapter)