Chapter 14: Such a Tease

Saturday | October 21th, 2023 | 9:16 PM

I knocked on the door again, rubbing my arms as the cold wind of the night was starting to pick up. Jeez, how long were the Shin sisters going to take to open the door? As the cold air blew past me again, I chastised myself for not wearing anything warmer as the nighttime autumn breeze began to arrive. All I had was the clothes on my back and my backpack swung over my shoulders to keep me warm.

I knocked on the door again. "Hurry the fuck up, please. I'm freezing my ass out here." I complained to myself, feeling chills spike up my spine. I swiveled around to look around me, spotting just a single car in their driveway. Hm, guess that was a sign that someone was home. So, where were they? I turned back around and knocked again, sighing as I rubbed my hands together.

Finally, the sound of the knob turning broke through the silence, and the door opened to reveal Yuna. She was dressed in a loose white crop top and gray sweatpants. I couldn't help but notice the large amount of skin showing, her toned midriff and especially the curve of her waist, leading down to her wide hips.

"I'm so sorry Minjae!" She exclaimed, waving me inside and closing the door behind me.

"What took so long for you to answer the door?" I shivered, rubbing my arms, the warmth of the inside of their house was a huge relief.

Yuna winced, "Ryujin decided to take a shower after work and I was upstairs so I couldn't hear the door that well. I'm sorry again, did you wait long?"

"No, not at all." I reassured her, shaking my head. I gave her a smile, and the two of us started making our way towards their kitchen. "I'll keep you company until Ryujin gets out, then. Want anything to eat? Or drink?" Yuna politely offered.

"Some water, if you don't mind." I replied, watching as Yuna reached inside the fridge, grabbing two bottles of water. She tossed me one, and I caught it with one hand. "Thanks," I said, before twisting the cap off and bringing the bottle up to my lips, drinking down a big gulp.

"Of course, it's no problem," Yuna answered, giving me a cute smile. She took a small sip, and set her water bottle down on the table and brought her eyes back to mine, "So, how are you and Ryujin doing with the class project?" Having her full attention on me made me a little nervous, and my mind went blank. I wondered if she knew how pretty she was, if she knew how deadly her smile was to use.

"Uh, yeah. Good, everything's going fine," I managed to answer, hoping I didn't look awkward or dumb. Yuna lightly chuckled, and her eyes crinkled at the corners. "That's good, I'm glad." She smiled, her plump lips stretching over her straight, white teeth. She brought her fingers up and tucked her hair behind her ears, exposing the full length of her neck.

The sight of her smooth skin made my eyes widen, and my pants tighten. I felt my heart begin to pound, and my mouth dried. I licked my lips, and forced my gaze away from her body, bringing the bottle up to my mouth to finish the rest of the water. Yuna's voice broke through the silence, "Are you nervous for midterms?"

"Uh, yeah," I mumbled, setting the bottle down on the counter. Yuna tilted her head to the side, and furrowed her eyebrows, "Haha, well, same. Hopefully, we'll do okay. What classes do you have midterms for?"

"Well, this project counts as our English midterm, and I also have one for my Computer Science class as well as my Biology 2 class. Those are the big ones, but I have some other ones I'm not too worried about."

"Hm, that sounds terrible," Yuna chuckled. I hummed in agreement, "What about you?"

"Hmm, I only have two coming up, one for Psychology and the other for my Korean Literature class," Yuna replied, taking a sip from her bottle of water.

"You're a Psych major?" I asked, raising my eyebrows. Yuna laughed at me, "No, sorry. I'm actually majoring in Education."

I nodded, "Ah, okay. That makes sense. Do you plan on being a teacher?"

Yuna slapped a thumbs-up onto the table, "Yuppers! I want to be a high school teacher." I imagined Yuna teaching a bunch of teens, and I could easily picture the class full of guys who wouldn't focus on her class, but would rather focus on her. I know I wouldn't be able to focus.

Yuna played with the water bottle, twirling it around on the table. I cleared my throat, and glanced down at the table, feeling the emptiness of the quietness of the kitchen. I shifted around awkwardly, and wondered if I should try and initiate another conversation, when Yuna beat me to it.

"So, are you and Ryujin finishing the project today? Or will I be expecting you here more often?" She teased, a playful smirk growing on her face.

"Uh, I would hope we finish today. We're just recording the video today. It shouldn't take too long. I mean, depending on how it turns out, we might need to redo a part we don't like, but still." I answered, scratching the back of my head.

Yuna giggled, her laugh was light and sweet, making my stomach flutter. She gave me another bright smile, her eyes shining. "Alright, well, hopefully it goes well. I wouldn't want to get in your way."

I felt a shiver run down my spine, her tone had suddenly gotten a bit deeper, huskier, more seductive. Her voice had gotten so sultry and low, I could've melted. I stared into her eyes, a dark shade of brown, so full of mischief and playfulness, a playful grin on her lips.

"T-Thanks." I muttered. My heart was pounding. Before either of us could say anything else, the sound of footsteps approaching the kitchen interrupted the moment, and Yuna straightened her back, a wide grin on her face.

"Ryujin-ah! Your partner is here!" Yuna shouted, turning around to face her sister.

Ryujin had emerged from the hallway, dressed in a hoodie and basketball shorts, her hair nearly dry but slightly damp. She gave a slight smile, and nodded, "Hey, Minjae."

I nodded back, and gave her a smile. "Ready?"

"Yeah, let's set up in the basement like last time. We can record down there, might need to move stuff around." Ryujin replied, already moving towards the stairs that led to their basement. I followed after her, waving bye to Yuna, who was smiling down at me.

As we walked down the stairs and entered the basement, she asked, "So, how was your day?"

I shrugged, placing my bag on the floor next to the coffee table, taking out my laptop. "Just went to class, the usual routine for me. I spent some time today revising our script, so hopefully we can get this video done today. Feel free to look over it before we start, maybe suggest a change or something, I don't mind."

"I'm sure you did fine," Ryujin marched over to the desktop on the desk on the far side of the room and sat down to start it up. I found my place on the lounge couch, dropping my backpack to the side of me and pulling out my laptop. "So uh, how was your day, Ryujin?" I decided to ask while Ryujin was busy booting up her PC.

"Good, classes went by smoothly. Work was a little stressful today, though. I'm used to it though." Ryujin frowned.

I gave her a sympathetic look, "That sounds shitty." After finding out about Ryujin's weed usage from the last time I came over, I've been a little less on edge when it comes to her, and she's definitely opened up more to me, making things less awkward and easier. She wasn't so bad to be around one on one, and she was a pretty chill and cool girl, I had finally realized.

"Yeah, pay's whatever. The workers aren't bad, but it's the manager who's a huge prick." Ryujin groaned.

"Well, maybe the next job will be better. Do you know what you want to do after college?" I asked, genuinely curious. I had no clue what major she was even in.

She shook her head, "No, not really. I've just been taking general ed classes, I still haven't picked a major yet. My parents are both nurses, so they've always wanted me and Yuna to be doctors, but I don't know, I didn't want to follow after them."

"Well, why not?" I pressed, curious about Ryujin's thoughts on following the family business. Ryujin pursed her lips, and gave a shrug, "I mean, it's what they're pushing for. My grades are good, but not the best. And I've just never really liked science, it's boring and hard."

"I don't know, it just seems like they don't have enough time to spend with me and Yuna, always at work or tired as hell. They usually work night shifts, so most times we're home while they're working. Or we're at school and working while they're at home getting rest for their next shift. And I just think... why would I want that for myself?" Ryujin sighed.

I silently nodded as I got Ryujin to talk more about herself. So her and Yuna were often left alone, since their parents are almost always working, so she must've been used to the idea of taking care of her younger sister, being a pseudo-mother of the household. Plus working on top of that and going to school? Hmm, I'm not that surprised she took up weed as a way to relax. Sounds like a bitch.

Ryujin leaned back on the swivel chair, sighing. "So, how should we do this? Are we using a phone to record or does your laptop have a webcam?"

"Yeah, it does. I think we should use a phone to record, though. I figured I'd pull up the script on my laptop and we'd read it off from there." Ryujin nodded, "Okay, makes sense." She turned back to her computer, "Are we good with the script? Do you think we should add more?"

"Uh, it should be okay, but if you're not happy with it, we can always add more, or subtract things." I murmured while letting my fingers hover the trackpad of my laptop. Ryujin sat there unmoving, staring at her screen. The only movement she made was when she scrolled up and down the pages, her head moving side to side as she re-read our script.

"It's good. I think we hit all the spots we needed," Ryujin finally stated, nodding her head. She pushed herself away from her computer and turned back towards me, "Alright, should we just record and then edit later?"

I agreed, "Sounds good to me. Who's phone are we using?" Ryujin grimaced and reached into her pocket, pulling out her phone and holding it up. It was battered and the screen was cracked, with a bunch of colorful stickers pasted all over the back. "Wow, okay." I mumbled.

"It works but the quality is going to be ass." She laughed. I found myself suddenly chuckling at the absurd state of her phone, "It's fine, we can use my phone instead."

"Oh thank god," She sighed in relief, pocketing her phone and standing up from her desk. I watched her make her way over to me and sit down beside me on the couch, "Alright, let's get started. The sooner we get this done, the better." I took out my phone and opened up the camera app. I pushed my laptop back on the coffee table and set my phone up against the monitor.

"Okay, we can start whenever." I mumbled, looking over the script. I think we both had a rough idea of how the video would be recorded, so the only thing we needed was the script in the background so we could read off of it.

Ryujin nodded and cleared her throat, "Alright, let's do it."

I gave her a smile and pressed the record button, before leaning back against the couch. I started off the script, "In recent news, the world's first successful test-tube baby was born, a man named Ian Pettigrew has won the Nobel prize for discovering a cure for cancer, and the first successful human cloning has just happened. Scientists have discovered a new way to grow a clone faster and healthier by using stem cells, and now, scientists all over the globe are scrambling to keep up with the stampede of scientific discoveries."