VSP 19

The cube that had been spinning finally stopped completely, and with a beeping sound it slowly began to reveal the mission content.

Wait.

Sejun felt something was very wrong, an ominous feeling, and shouted “Stop!” in his head, but of course the cube wasn’t going to listen.

<The mission has been decided.>

Along with that phrase, the mission content slid into view beneath it.

And the moment he checked the content, Sejun’s mouth fell open.

<Room you can’t leave without kissing>

Sejun and Cha Dogyeong’s eyes met after they read mission.

Cha Dogyeong had a ‘fuck, what the fuck is this’ expression on his face. What kind of face was that? Sejun didn’t know. But one thing was certain, Sejun was probably making a very similar face himself.

Sejun sighed inwardly.

Who named it that? Who dared put the word lucky in Lucky Love Mode? No. From today, no, even before today, this bastard wasn’t lucky.

It should be called Unlucky Love Mode, or Misfortune Love Mode, something like that.

Or at least Lucky Hate Mode.

Even as Sejun denied reality, the mission content didn’t miraculously change.

<Room you can’t leave without kissing>

The so-called Kiss-Lock Room appeared before them was a fucking reality.

This a fucking reality.

The two remained silent for a long time.

Sejun was the first to break the silence.

Sejun shivered for no reason, he felt as if the harsh reality had rudely poured ice over his head. He shook his head roughly then raised his hands while looking at Cha Dogyeong.

“No way!”

Sejun crossed his arms in an X and shouted with determination.

“Absolutely no way!”

After those words, silence fell all around.

Only the sound of Sejun’s rough breathing, declaring over and over that he absolutely refused, echoed through the cube. Cha Dogyeong said nothing.

But he, who was staring at Sejun, became irritated with a distorted face.

“Fuck, you think I want to do it?”

“Then just give up and go to the Antlion Hell! Why are you looking like you’re thinking it over?”

That was the problem. Sejun, of course, was already preparing to give up the mission and head straight to the Antlion Hell, but unexpectedly Cha Dogyeong leaned on his chin and started thinking about the mission.

Like he was weighing “Kiss Seo Sejun” versus “Go to the Antlion Hell.”

Sejun, who had never even thought of hesitating, was dumbfounded. Why the hell was this lunatic thinking it over now? Of course he should give up the mission!

But Cha Dogyeong’s thoughts seemed different from Sejun’s. He sighed and spoke.

“Seo Sejun.”

“What!”

“Do you know how brutal an A-rank dungeon’s Antlion Hell is?”

At those words, Sejun faltered.

So far, Sejun had gone through the Antlion Hell twice. And both times it had been only C-rank and B-rank.

Even those had been so horribly painful that after they ended, he had spent a week weak and sick.

Considering how even one rank difference in dungeons was like the difference between heaven and earth, the A-rank Antlion Hell was most likely hell in the truest sense. Seeing how disgusted Cha Dogyeong looked about it, it really did seem terrifying.

“Don’t you think it would cost less to just rub lips once than to go through that place?”

Well, if you set aside the part about rubbing lips with a man, it was definitely easier than suffering through the Antlion Hell.

No, but…!

A kiss?

A kiss with Cha Dogyeong?

Of course, if he did it, the sub-mission would definitely count as cleared.

But even so it’s still a kiss!

Sejun hesitated.

It felt awkward to say this, considering the main mission literally said “Eat Cha Dogyeong” and the sub-mission was to flirt with him, but Sejun had never once thought of Cha Dogyeong as a romantic partner.

Even after that mission appeared, it was the same. In Sejun’s eyes, Cha Dogyeong was just an annoying younger guy, an annoying EX-rank Hunter. He had never been someone Sejun considered for hugging, hand-holding, or kissing.

But Lucky Love Mode, always desperate to tie Sejun and Cha Dogyeong “that way,” had made trouble again.

Even though his heart was still confused and floating, maybe its intention was to force their bodies closer first.

[But if it’s a kiss, it would definitely count as flirting.]

“Ugh.”

He felt like he was getting more and more convinced. Compared to falling into an Antlion Hell and struggling to get out, just bumping lips once and forgetting it seemed better.

On top of that, if Cha Dogyeong stepped up to oppose then according to the rule that the team had to choose one side with a majority vote on whether to do the mission or go to the Antlion Hell, Sejun couldn’t just head to the hell on his own without both agreeing.

“Let’s just do it quickly and finish it.”

Cha Dogyeong came closer to Sejun as if he had already decided on the kiss.

No! When Cha Dogyeong’s burdensomely handsome face came right up in front of him, Sejun finally squeezed his eyes shut and shouted.

“It’s my first time!”

My first time!

My first time!

My first time!

His desperate shout, like someone whose life was on the line, echoed loudly inside the cube.

“…What?”

Cha Dogyeong frowned for a moment, as if he couldn’t understand what he had just heard, then after realizing what the word ‘first’ meant, his frown deepened even more, as if he couldn’t believe it.

“You mean it’s your first kiss?”

“……”

Sejun’s face turned bright red and he couldn’t say anything. That incredulous tone implied that he was asking if that even make sense.

But Sejun was being honest. He really had never kissed anyone.

Seo Sejun really had no connection with the opposite sex to a surprising degree. Even during his school days, when everyone was starting relationships, he didn’t even have a fling.

Now he understood. The damned author hadn’t paired Seo Sejun with any female character on purpose! Because for the author, Seo Sejun’s partner was Cha Dogyeong!

But Cha Dogyeong had a girlfriend! Why only me?

Sejun, realizing the unfairness too late, felt wronged, but there was no one to complain to.

“So, because it’s your precious first kiss, you don’t want to offer it to me?”

“Of… of course, isn’t that obvious?”

“What were you doing all this time if you never even kissed at that age?”

Sejun felt a wave of resentment. It was all because of you!

Of course, it wasn’t something Cha Dogyeong had intended, so in this part he might also be the wronged one, but Sejun was the more wronged.

In the end, Sejun, who had only been chewing his lips, decided to set aside any ideas of first-kiss romance. Rather than suffer in an A-rank Antlion Hell I might as well just close my eyes and kiss. What’s so great about it anyway?

Sejun made up his mind.

“You have to stay still no matter what!”

With a determined face, Sejun shouted and put his hands on Cha Dogyeong’s shoulders. Of course the shoulders were solid, unnecessarily broad, and since Cha Dogyeong was about 10cm taller than Sejun, he had to look up.

The corner of Cha Dogyeong’s mouth twitched after confirming Sejun’s overly serious expression.

“What are you trying to do right now?”

“What else, you said to kiss!”

“The way you say it makes it sound like I’m desperate to kiss you. No, more than that, why are you so serious?”

He seemed to find Sejun’s extreme seriousness somewhat funny.

[There’s no way Hunter Cha Dogyeong would know that Sejun-nim, a virgin, had big dreams about his first kiss.]

“Shut up!”

Sejun shouted at both the system and Cha Dogyeong at once, then when he met Cha Dogyeong’s eyes, he became flustered and didn’t know what to do.

“Hey, hey…”

“When exactly are you planning to do it. Tomorrow?”

“Shut up, you just talk too much. …Close your eyes.”

There was no way he could attempt a kiss while being stared at so directly by Cha Dogyeong.

“Ha, you’re really asking for all sorts of things…” Cha Dogyeong muttered and quietly closed his eyes, perhaps considering that this was Sejun’s first kiss. His unnecessarily long eyelashes lowered, casting a long shadow over his pale skin.

Only then did Sejun realize again that he was about to attempt a kiss with Cha Dogyeong, who was dressed neatly in a suit.

The world’s only EX-rank hunter, someone he could never call a close friend, and it wasn’t like they had any ambiguous relationship either. He was the same sex, two years younger than him, outstanding, and popular with the opposite sex, unlike Sejun.

If you only looked at the scene it was like a romance, but the reality was more like a comedy, though either way that was the situation.

Os this right? Is it really okay?

It was ridiculous to think that way now when the main mission was to screw Cha Dogyeong, but with that flawless face right in front of him, it was hard to stay calm.

Damn it, whatever.