This World is too Cruel to Men – Chapter 260

Dogun’s Perspective

So, as for our original plan?

We were supposed to quickly check the room and then scatter.

That was the plan, but the moment I got into the elevator with my sister, I instinctively realized something.

Our plan hadn’t even started yet, and things were already starting to get tangled.

When we first got into the elevator, there wasn’t really a problem.

Sure, the population density was nearing critical, like an office elevator during rush hour, but it wasn’t to the point where we couldn’t get in.

‘Is it because it’s the weekend? There are so many people…’

I shrugged it off and got in, but the problem occurred after the elevator started moving upward.

“Babe, what should we do now? Should we check out the sea first?”

“How about we just rest in the room for a bit?”

“Why? What are we going to do just sitting in the room together?”

“Resting, we just rest, that’s all…”

“Then why suggest the room in the first place?”

“W-well… it’s cold in winter, you know.”

“Are you embarrassed? Did you make excuses just to be alone with me? Seriously… you’re so lewd…”

“W-wait a minute, babe…! There are people…!”

As I sat quietly listening, I couldn’t help but feel like I was about to cry from the conversation I was overhearing from the back.

The issue was… the more I listened, the more I could feel a person’s sorrow, even if the content of the conversation was enough to make anyone feel awkward.

Maybe that’s why.

A strange atmosphere began to spread through the elevator like a contagious disease.

“Should we just rest in the room today…?”

“Hmm, well… it has been tiring driving all the way here…”

From my standpoint, that was already enough to make things awkward, and I couldn’t help but clear my throat subconsciously when I heard a similar noise right beside me.

As I instinctively turned my gaze in that direction, it was as if my sister had reacted to the sound I made, and our eyes locked.

After that moment of eye contact?

Neither of us wanted to look away.

There was no choice.

There couldn’t be a choice… the moment our eyes met, memories from my room surged back.

And I knew she felt the same.

‘This is insane…’

Just how could I get caught in such a situation…

While I was desperately trying not to look at my sister, staring blankly at the opposite side…

Ding—!

The elevator, carrying us upward, made a cheerful sound as it stopped at the third floor.

“Ah, wait! I’m getting off!”

And perhaps in reaction to that sound, a frantic shout burst out from within the elevator, and a hand shot out among the people.

Then, as if trying to create a path, it began pushing those nearby aside.

“Excuse me. I’m passing through.”

It felt as if I had become one of countless domino blocks falling over.

A wave of pushing, humorously named “the shove,” pressed against my back.

And being pushed like that, in front of me—

“J-ju—”

Was none other than Chae-rim.

The reason I reflexively reached out towards the elevator wall was clear.

If I stayed still, it was inevitable that my body would end up crushing her.

It was already embarrassing enough for us to be staring at each other like this, but if we ended up sticking together, it would only get more awkward.

So I reached out to prevent that, but to put it bluntly, I shouldn’t have.

If I had just done nothing and stayed still…

We would have been busy trying to resist the force coming from behind and wouldn’t have had time to think about anything else.

However, my desperate attempt to reach out and touch the elevator wall inadvertently formed a kind of safe zone.

And that so-called safe zone wasn’t safe at all.

In fact, it had a texture that any man would naturally find irresistible, twisting beautifully on my chest and stimulating what I had yet to release due to someone’s intrusion.

That alone was intense enough to drive me mad, but things got worse when something that had been ambiguously interrupted began to respond even more aggressively to that sensation.

Yes, in the end, it was that ambiguous interruption that caused the problem.

Had I at least been able to enjoy it once, I wouldn’t be struggling like this.

Could I hold out until the end?

To be honest, I didn’t have much confidence.

The sensation I felt on my chest was just too stimulating.

Also, having my sister’s face right in front of me was also a problem, if I could call it that.

In a situation where it was embarrassing to look at each other’s faces, being pressed together like this only made it worse.

Before I knew it, my sister’s face had turned as red as a tomato, and she was uncertain about what to do, lacking her usual demeanor.

So… what should I even say?

That oddly provoked some sadistic impulses within me.

Was it because her awkwardness made her feel stimulating?

Or was it just that the situation itself was inevitably so?

Every time she desperately tried to avoid my gaze and then lifted her head to sneak a peek at me, my heart raced erratically.

So… contrary to my intention, I couldn’t hold out until the end.

‘…Ah.’

The moment I lost my grip on that ‘something’ I had desperately held onto, the kind of feeling that felt like it would kill me if I let go…

Well, almost simultaneously, my sister’s shoulder jerked and twitched intensely.

Her already red face turned into a bright shade that seemed ready to burst any second.

And while we both stiffened and didn’t know what to do, the elevator, which was packed with people, gradually began to clear.

Finally, when it was just the two of us left in the elevator, the silence that settled in felt like sitting on a bed of nails.

Logically, it shouldn’t be possible, but the silence felt like needles pricking my skin.

That’s how stifling the air became.

And what finally pulled me out of that suffocating atmosphere was… the familiar ding I had heard countless times before.

Had we finally reached the floor with the suite?

The firmly closed door started to open wide.

However, we were much quicker to jump out than the door was to open.

After we escaped from the elevator?

We headed toward the room that had been assigned to my sister, to be precise.

Ironically, the surprising thing was that we didn’t say a single word until we reached the door.

As a result, the only sound echoing down the hallway was the sound of our two pairs of footsteps.

‘Hah…’

Why did that have to happen at that timing…

I felt like I could die from embarrassment, but I quickly reassured myself.

Honestly, what could I do about something that had already happened?

I couldn’t turn back time, so I just had to deal with it.

Besides, Chae-rim wasn’t one to hold a grudge for long.

While she might be flustered now, she’d definitely be back to her usual self soon enough.

“…Shall we go in?”

As proof of that, she was already trying to speak up.

“…Yeah.”

Of course, my voice was just as awkward since I wasn’t fully recovered yet from that incident.

As I tried desperately to find my composure by coughing and clearing my throat, Chae-rim pulled out the card key from her pocket and placed it against the door.

And at that moment, when the door finally opened, what lay before us was—

‘Huh…?’

A scene completely disconnected from what I had expected.

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Chae-rim’s Perspective

‘Oh, what do I do…?’

To be honest, until recently, I had a vague feeling about this, but after experiencing that in the elevator, I could no longer deny it, for better or worse.

In other words… Dogun might be looking at me with those kind of eyes.

When did he start looking at me like that?

But that’s not what’s important right now.

What’s important is—

“Uh, um… it seems there’s no separate room…?”

“Y-Yeah…”

That’s right, I ended up having to sleep in the same room as Dogun.