Gender Reversed Geum Taeyang - Chapter 73

Chapter 73 – Reverse Home Visit

I’ve never seen Ari struggle so much with speaking before.

Rambling, stuttering.

While she often stuttered in front of me, this was different.

It felt like she was extremely nervous.

Did something happen after we parted?

No, thinking about it, she was showing strange signs even before that. Since we were resting in front of the merry-go-round.

She would react more skittishly than usual to whatever I did.

Hmm… if not that, maybe she feels bad about staying at my place?

Since this is a gender-reversed world, a woman living together with a man might seem a bit strange. Plus, she has a boyfriend too.

Of course, as always, Ari is someone far removed from the word ‘cheating’ so it shouldn’t matter.

Anyway. Whatever the reason might be, there’s nothing I can do about it. I can’t perfectly understand Ari’s psychology.

All I need to do is perfectly welcome my guest.

Today and all this time, how much have I relied on Ari.

Now it’s time to return the favor.

Though it’s a humble one-room compared to Ari’s house, I think my place is relatively decent.

……

Well, it is a bit shabby. Bugs come out sometimes too.

Hmm.

Well.

It should look okay if I clean up a bit? As for the bugs… since she’s a woman from the reversed world… it should work out somehow.

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[Yuhan]
-Ari
-I’ll tell you the password so you can come early if urgent
-Whether dawn or night
-That
-My house
-Password
-Um
-No this
-No
-Really has no meaning
-Don’t misunderstand
-This was randomly set, okay?
-Just press 6974 to enter
-I didn’t set it
-Really

Many KakaoTalk messages that flew in from Yuhan after ending the call.

Someone who’s never dated before. Someone who makes a fuss calling it lewd when a woman shows a bit of skin. Setting such a suggestive number as password and adding all sorts of excuses.

How should I put it? It naturally made me smile watching this.

Though I wondered if he should be more careful about easily giving his password to an outside woman.

But I don’t think Yuhan is careless about such things, even if he can be insensitive.

Maybe he told me because he’s comfortable with me, because I’m someone close to him…?

Though it might just be wishful thinking, it’s a pleasant thought.

The current time is 6 AM. I’ve packed various things and arrived at Yuhan’s neighborhood.

Though it’s more than 3 hours earlier than when Lee Junhyuk said he’d come, even if it might inconvenience Yuhan.

Seeing Junhyuk’s intensity last night, there’s no way he’d keep to the time.

Damn. Maybe I should have met him face to face and ended it at once from the start. Did things get complicated because I ended it over phone?

Even so. I wanted to end it over phone. That was my feeling.

Not mentioning my disappointments with Junhyuk and ending it by saying it was my fault was the maximum courtesy I could show to a friend, and I didn’t want to show more courtesy than that to any man other than Yuhan.

Well… what’s done is done. No point thinking more about it.

Most cars in this neighborhood without proper parking lots seem to park appropriately along the streets.

Though I was surprised since it’s different from my neighborhood, I soon parked appropriately as well and headed to Yuhan’s house.

Torn garbage bags, streetlights either flickering or off from lack of maintenance, dirty cats roaming the alleys.

I think it’s quite an uncomfortable place for a man in his early 20s to live alone.

Maybe he should live together at my place instead. Even if it’s a safe country, wouldn’t that be better?

Hmm….. Somehow I seem to be having strange fantasies since yesterday.

I feel self-loathing for acting like this alone when it’s still just a one-sided love.

Finally arrived at his house.

I knocked but there was no response, probably because it’s too early, so I entered the door code.

“Pfft….”

A number that shows Yuhan’s cuteness, making me chuckle.

Creeeeak-

Even though I pulled as carefully as possible, it still makes quite a loud noise.

Is Yuhan sleeping? Did I disturb his sleep unnecessarily?

…No, doesn’t seem like it.

The lights are fully on inside.

Is he up at this hour?

“Yuhan…?”

I looked at the bed after entering but couldn’t see Yuhan anywhere.

No other sounds either, so maybe he stepped out briefly.

“Yuhan…!”

I raised my voice a bit.

Still no response.

When I sat on the bed, I could feel remaining warmth. Seems he hasn’t been out long.

I looked around the quiet house. Not much furniture, and even the desk for broadcasting looks poor.

A not-so-good looking computer and webcam, not even the lighting that’s common among male cam streamers.

Not many clothes on the hanger, and the bed doesn’t look good either.

If he lived with me….. Hm?

What’s this?

My fingertips caught a piece of cloth hidden under the blanket.

Pulling it reveals Yuhan’s t-shirt. Still warm.

As if possessed, I picked up that shirt and brought it to my face.

An indescribable scent flows from it.

My face turns red.

Yuhan must have gone out, right? Since it hasn’t been long, I should have some time?

I lay back on the bed where I was sitting.

It feels like Yuhan’s warmth is wrapping around my whole body. Yesterday’s events at the merry-go-round come to mind.

My body heats up.

This isn’t why I came to Yuhan’s house. I shouldn’t do this to someone I like.

Impulse overtakes reason.

I moved my hand to my tingling lower body. Even so, I wasn’t planning to do that kind of thing here…

Creak-

“Huh?”

A mindless voice escapes my lips.

The bathroom door opens and.

With a towel around his neck.

Except for the towel, wearing nothing on his body.

Not even underwear.

A man came out of the bathroom.

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“Shit!”

I slammed the bathroom door shut and got into the bathtub.

When did she come? I didn’t hear anything?

Did she come in while I was showering?

No way, if so, if she knew I was inside, she would have at least knocked.

Did she come in while I was drying off with the towel?

Damn. What kind of situation is this.

Of course, Daniel.F.Andrei (dick, 23 years old, virgin) who was already above average became proud of this body’s size.

But showing it to Ari is a different matter.

No, even though it’s a gender-reversed world so that kind of thing doesn’t matter much. I’m not someone to feel sexual shame as a manly man, just embarrassed.

The most important thing right now is…

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I came down to the floor and buried my completely red face in my knees.

Did he notice me holding his clothes?

No, that’s not important anymore at this point.

I’m going crazy. That man always drives me crazy.

His hair glistening with moisture, water droplets flowing down his abs.

And…

Damn. I’m really going to go crazy. Though I haven’t watched many adult videos, I’ve never seen that size before. I’m not even sure if it’s possible for an Asian.

I had some expectations from the shape sometimes visible through his pants, but this was beyond imagination.

My underwear is getting wet. The ones I changed into at home are already like this right after arriving.

While trying hard to calm my wildly beating heart, the bathroom door opens again and Yuhan calls out to me.

“Ari… can you bring me some clothes…? There’s underwear in the box under the hanger too, so that too…”

Am I being punished for doing strange things?

With trembling hands, I picked up Yuhan’s clothes from the bed and opened the box under the hanger.

The underwear full of black shows Yuhan’s taste.

“Yu-Yuhan, here…”

“Ah… thanks.”

Yuhan’s arm reached out and took the clothes.

I’ve brought him clothes like this before when shopping, but it feels completely different now.

Well, of course. The atmosphere is completely different.

Creak-

Soon. The door opens again, and Yuhan walks out with warm, humid air.

“Yu-Yuhan, that… I mean.”

“No, um. When did you come…?”

“Not long ago…”

An awkward air flows. I just can’t raise my face.

Will he get angry? He probably will, right?

Even for an insensitive man, this situation is different.

Even if he gave me the door code, seeing a man’s naked body…

Will he hate me?

What is he waiting to say?

The continuing silence is so scary.

“Ari.”

“S-sorry! Because I couldn’t hear anything I thought you went out! It was really a mistake!”

“Huh?”

“…Um?”

“You couldn’t hear anything?”

“Uh… well…”

“Really nothing? You heard nothing after you came?”

“Yeah… I’m not lying…”

“Ha… shit. That surprised me.”

Something’s odd about this conversation. Something doesn’t fit.

Yuhan makes a relieved expression.

That’s irrelevant. Right now is when I need to apologize.

“I’m sorry…”

“Hm? Ah… no well, are you okay? Did it make you feel bad or something?”

But what is this subtle reaction?

Until just now he had a tense expression but now he suddenly seems barely concerned.

“N-no… Of course I’m fine but you…!”

“Ah, um. Then I don’t really mind either.”

“Huh?”

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I really think living righteously brings good fortune.

Fortunately, it seems Ari entered my house just as I finished showering.

Probably this house with only excellent soundproofing erased all traces of my presence.

It’s unfortunate that Ari saw me naked but it was just an unavoidable accident.

What’s important to me is…

Hmm.

Whether Ari heard the Billie Jean by Michael Jackson that I sang while showering.

Since she didn’t hear it, well. It doesn’t matter anymore.

Since I was singing trying to capture the original’s feel, whether she heard it or not was a crucial matter to me. If others heard it… I don’t even want to imagine.

Anyway. What should I do about that puzzled-looking Ari.

If I apply reverse filtering, it’s like a scene where a man who entered the house encounters a woman coming out after shower?

Damn, me as a woman. What a terrifying comparison.

Ari seems to be acting like that worried I might be embarrassed, but I have nothing to be embarrassed about anymore, and we’ll just end up feeling awkward for no reason.

“Well, you haven’t eaten yet, right? Anything you want to eat?”

“Huh? Ah, no that…”

“Heheh. Do I look like someone who’d care about that kind of thing?”

“Still!”

“It’s fine. Because it’s you.”

“U-um?!”

I continue talking while rummaging through the refrigerator. An effort to lighten the mood.

… But there’s no response.

When I turn around, Ari has a complicated expression.

Why is she suddenly like that?

“Ari?”

“Th-then… earlier why…?”

Is she asking why I was flustered and awkward?

It’s embarrassing to say it outright.

But I can’t leave her in that state either.

“No, well, um.”

“…?”

“I was worried… that you might have heard me singing… while showering…”

Um. My face heats up.

Ari’s expression.

Became even more complicated than before. With a red tinge added

No, why are you like this really.

(End of chapter)

T.N. Ari in her mind “GYATTT Damn!!”