"Yoo Ji-han, who used to make fun of guys playing female characters… is now married to a guy."
I frowned as Kim Daeseok teased me just after we left the PC café, having met up with some college friends for a round of FPS games.
"Shut up."
"Huh? How do you even marry a guy?"
One of our friends following behind, Eun Haeseong, asked innocently with a puzzled look.
With his reddish-orange hair that always caught the eye, Eun Haeseong was the type who constantly pestered me to go clubbing with him. I figured if I didn't clarify, he'd get the wrong idea, so I kept it simple.
"It's about a game."
"Ji-han's marrying a guy in a game?"
Knowing Eun Haeseong's persistence once he got curious, I sighed. All because of Kim Daeseok.
"Yeah. Some total lunatic. The guy's the top-ranked player on the server."
Kim Daeseok laughed and threw a heavy arm over Haeseong's shoulder.
Hearing the explanation, Haeseong's eyes sparkled.
"Is it Zenoris? That game, right? Is it really that fun?"
"Insanely fun. If you play Zenoris after Hiore, there's no stress, and it's super healing. Sometimes a few idiots show up, but that happens in every game."
"Should I try it? Kinda curious now that Ji-han's into it."
"You ignored me when I told you to play it, you jerk."
"Well, Ji-han's good at games. Gotta leech off him."
"Shameless bastard."
"Leeching or not, the semester's starting soon. You really think you'll have time to play?"
"Oh, right."
Realizing that, Haeseong just shrugged.
"I'll make a character and just play when I can. But yeah, once the semester starts, I'll be busy. Gotta drink."
"More like drowning in booze and assignments. I really hate going back to school."
"Oh, by the way, Yoo Ji-han."
I ignored the chatter between those two and was checking my backlog of messages on my phone when Haeseong called out to me.
"You're not seeing anyone right now, right?"
"Why?"
"A girl I know asked to be introduced to you. I uploaded a photo of us together on Stargram the other day, and I guess she saw it."
He showed me a photo on his phone. A radiant beauty with long, light brown hair was smiling in the picture.
She was definitely my type.
"How old is she?"
"She's three years older than us. She has a job. Not bad, right? Honestly, she looks even better in person."
Too bad—I prefer younger girls.
"I don't think I'll have time to talk this week."
"That should be fine. Want her number?"
"Send it. I'll reach out next week."
How long's it been since I broke up with the last one? Including this month, it's probably been about six months.
Yeah, it's about time I got back into dating.
"Whoa, she's super pretty. Hook me up with someone too!"
"How can I hook you up when no girl likes you?"
I half-listened to Daeseok and Haeseong bicker as I checked our group chat.
[ㅇㅇ: @I'mSleepy]
[ㅇㅇ: Hyung, when are you coming?]
[Haereun: Bro-parrot lmao]
[DrinkSomeWater: Just make a private chat, you two]
[LaggyKid: Don't you need their number for that, genius?]
[Sesese: lol true]
[Sesese: I guess Sleepy won't give their number, so no private chat]
[I'mSleepy: I'm outside]
[I'mSleepy: Why?]
[ㅇㅇ: I made a sub-character]
[ㅇㅇ: But it's got nothing]
So they want to do something together since the alt has nothing yet.
I chuckled at Yoochae's unusually roundabout way of asking and replied right away.
[I'mSleepy: Give me 30 minutes]
[ㅇㅇ: ^ㅡ^!]
"I'm heading out."
"Where to?"
"Home."
"You're not even staying for dinner?"
"Yeah. I have plans."
They just came up, but a promise is a promise.
Leaving behind the dumbfounded Kim Daeseok and Eun Haeseong, I left the PC café building.
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After getting home, washing up, and logging into the game, someone I'd never seen before enthusiastically greeted me in the guild chat.
[Guild] SleepyOwner: Hey hey
[Guild] SleepyOwner: Hello >_<
[Guild] SoSleepy: ?
What the hell is that gross username?
My chest turned cold in an instant, and I replied with complete sincerity.
[Guild] SoSleepy: Not getting married, bye
[Guild] SleepyOwner: Ah, why not!!
[Guild] SoSleepy: Are you seriously asking because you don't know?
[Guild] ManaDrainingGuy: Sleepy's here
[Guild] SoySauceCrabYum: hi hi
[Guild] TheHunter: LOL imagine how we felt watching that from the start
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: Hey Sleepy
[Guild] SoSleepy: Hello
[Guild] SoSleepy: sorry, I just found out too lol;
[Guild] SleepyOwner: Where are you??
[Guild] SoSleepy: Just come to my personal farm
You could easily go back and forth to personal farms by clicking the nickname in the guild member list or friends window.
[Guild] DrinkSomeWater: I guess the personal farm really did become the newlywed house lolol
[Guild] Haeren: fr lolololol
[Guild] ParkSeungjin99: Whew, it's getting hot in here
[Guild] SoSleepy: What are you guys even saying — —
[All] SleepyOwner: I'm here >.<♥
Not long after I started waiting at the farm, a small female character appeared.
With a high ponytail and a plain robe, the girl had brown hair and eyes, just like I'd said before.
'Somehow… they look more like siblings than a couple.'
And that disgusting username didn't help either.
I should've just let Yuchae reincarnate like she said. Regret came too late.
[All] SoSleepy: What level are you
[All] SleepyOwner: 35 hehe
[All] SoSleepy: What did you even do to already be level 35
[All] SoSleepy: Didn't you make this char like an hour ago?
[All] SleepyOwner: An hour and a half?
[All] SleepyOwner: Early levels go up fast anyway
[All] SleepyOwner: Anyway, that's not the important part
What's more important than leveling up in an RPG?
While I was thinking of efficient early-level grinding routes, Yuchae suddenly took off her worn robe and started trying on different outfits.
[All] SleepyOwner: How's this outfit, bro?
[All] SoSleepy: ??
Yuchae spun around in front of me in a pure white frilly dress, clearly showing it off.
[All] SoSleepy: It's whatever
[All] SleepyOwner: Do you like it? o.o
[All] SoSleepy: Yeah yeah, it's cute
[All] SleepyOwner: Then how about this?
This time, it was a form-fitting business-style suit.
[All] SoSleepy: Yeah yeah, looks fine
[All] SleepyOwner: What about this?
After that, a whole bunch of different outfits kept coming out. I played along at first, but eventually I couldn't take the endless wardrobe parade and gave her a warning.
[All] SoSleepy: Stop asking pointless stuff, it's annoying — —;
[All] SleepyOwner: It's not pointless
[All] SleepyOwner: This is more important than leveling up right now
[All] SoSleepy: What, do those clothes give insane buffs or something??
[All] SleepyOwner: No..
[All] SleepyOwner: Bro, you're so dense — —
I'm the one who's frustrated, you crazy bastard.
[All] SleepyOwner: It's because it's a female character you like, so I was trying to figure out your taste in clothes
[All] SoSleepy: Stop saying I like girls, for f*'s sake, you son of a b******
[All] SleepyOwner: Then do you like guys?
"..."
Instead of answering, I sent him a PvP request.
[All] SleepyOwner: Whaa…. I'm a newbie right now
[All] SoSleepy: Don't care. I'm going to kill you
[All] SleepyOwner: lolol sry sry
This bastard… I've noticed before, even though he calls me "bro" and sticks around all the time, he's not exactly acting sweet.
Like now, he throws in these subtle jabs. Even if he does like me, he's definitely not the gentle type.
[All] SleepyOwner: So which one's your type?
[All] SoSleepy: The first one
[All] SleepyOwner: The dress?
[All] SoSleepy: Yeah
[All] SoSleepy: Enough. Let's go run a dungeon
[All] SleepyOwner: lololol
[All] SleepyOwner: Okayy heh~heh
After switching into the white dress, Yuchae formed a party with me and we headed to the low-level zone together.
The level gap was huge, so the monsters would be weak. I re-equipped my old crappy staff, since using the expensive one here would be a waste of durability and repair fees.
Yuchae had been quietly following behind me, but then suddenly got curious and asked a question.
[Party] SleepyOwner: Hey bro, but
[Party] SleepyOwner: If this weren't a game and I was a real girl
[Party] SleepyOwner: What would you have said in that situation?
What's up with him today? Scratching my forehead lazily, I gave a half-hearted answer.
[Party] SoSleepy: I'd have said anything looks good on you
[Party] SleepyOwner: Aha
[Party] SoSleepy: Why?
[Party] SoSleepy: Got a crush on someone or something?
[Party] SleepyOwner: I'm too busy chasing after you
[Party] SleepyOwner: Where would I get the time for that lol
Now that I thought about it, I didn't actually know much about Yuchae. About the only thing I did know was their age, and that was something easily faked, so it wasn't exactly reliable.
Based on what other guild members said, it seemed like they never revealed their real name or face either.
'…Kind of makes me curious.'
I absentmindedly fiddled with my piercing, lost in thought.
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