Contemporary
Author's Ramblings: This is her fault (points at Klove1, who shots daggers at Nanu with eyes). Maybe not…
Klove1: I accept all the responsibility for testing. But some tests just need to be done before the wedding.
Just mindless fluff to ease the mood and get a nice quiet break!
All the contestants had their accommodations booked at the hotel. Gongmin and Nogook were hanging out in Choi Young's room, having brought the take out to celebrate the first day of competition. It had not occured to them that he may not have wanted the company or the food. Nogook, who just spoke to her brother on the phone, had a sad and surprised face. "He told me off!" she whined, "Why did we even bother to come here?"
"Well, we have the time, we might as well make the best out of it."
"Oh, honey, now that you mention it, you know how in the dramas couples always go hotels to have sex?"
Gongmin's jaw dropped and he began choking.
"Are you OK?" she hit him on the back a few times, but it did not help his attack.
"You know, I was thinking, before the wedding, we should try."
"Try what?" he could barely talk, completely baffled by her nonchalant approach to such an important topic. Of course, he would like to try, now would be a good time, as a matter of fact. But he could not tell her that. Nogook was a girl of high class, not some hussy to jump into bed with him at the nearest opportunity. He was sure she was waiting for the wedding night to be their first time. They never talked about sex. This was the first and the most unexpected conversation.
"I was thinking", she continued," we need to do a sex compatibility test."
"A what?" the boy stopped coughing, and finally got his act together. She is ready, she finally is! He screamed in his head, jumping up and down and doing a victory dance (all in his mind).
"We have time tonight. I need to get some things ready, how about we meet in an hour?"
"Where and what do you have to get ready?"
"Pick me up in front of this hotel. You'll see." And she smiled and kissed him, happily.
What should a man do in this situation? Get a room, of course!
"I will pick you up in front of the hotel then."
"I'm so excited!" exclaimed Nogook, not being able to contain her enthusiasm.
Gongmin would have never pegged her for the kind, but he was learning new things about his bride, and he liked what he discovered.
Nogook had a duffle bag dangling from her shoulder when they met. She showered, changed into more comfortable clothes and was smelling sweetly; she seemed ready for the evening as he felt.
"I got us a room," he acknowledged softly, a little shy, and it made her smile brightly.
"That is great. That way no one would bother us! You are so bright, Oppa!" And she dropped a kiss over his cheek, making him smile proudly, even when it was at himself he couldn't help, but feel so manly. "Give me the key."
"Why?"
"I have this idea to make it super special, so if you give me thirty minutes, it will be ready, so give me the key and I'll call you when you can come up."
"It is not in this hotel, it's the one across the street."
"I don't mind." And she smiled at him, making his insides churn and finally the key was given to Nogook, who gave him a kiss and hurried out. As she crossed the street, he went to the exit to go pick up his selection from the pharmacy and came face to face with Choi Young.
"Hey, what are you up to?" He asked, looking across the street as if to find what Gongmin was looking at, making the man tense. "You brought food I heard?"
"In your room!" He squeaked out.
"What is it? You seem nervous."
"No I'm fine. I gotta... I'm leaving actually."
"Oh, ok. I'm passing by anyway, see you later then."
"Yeah, alright." And tense, he waited till Choi Young walked away and towards the gardens. After coming out the door, Gongmin looked back into the lobby, making sure nobody saw him, especially the teacher.
He entered the pharmacy, looking around cautiously, still worried that somebody might recognize him, and once sure he was in the clear, he proceeded to the aisle of the interest. There were so many to choose from: extra sensitive, extra strong, tropical flavors, neon colors, ribbed, magnum… Gongmin just stared from the side at the small corner at the very end of the row of long shelves as if inspecting the items across the aisle. Gathering a few of the little boxes he puzzled at his selection: which ones would fit him better, anyway?
He pulled out his phone, about to call Choi Young for advice, but probably asking him would only make things… difficult, to say the least, between them. So he saved his phone and turned; well, the pharmacist was there, and he was a knowledgeable man. He worked at the pharmacy, right? Probably he could help.
He waited till the man was done helping one old little lady, and cleared his throat, coming over to the counter, standing under the lights that seemed too bright for his liking.
"Excuse me," he said making the man look at him with curiosity and willing to help. "So which size would be right for me?" he asked the pharmacist with completely serious expression.
The man stared at him, for a second silent, and then arched an eyebrow, "Sorry?"
"Out of all of this:" he said spilling his large selection of boxes all over the counter, "which do you think would fit me better?"
The pharmacist was an experienced man. He has worked at this particular location for the last 10 years. He has seen it all, but this was a first.
"Well young man," he said, not sure about how to answer this without bursting out in laughter. "Whatever rocks your boat, but I would stay away from the flavored, edible or colored ones, they might get distracting the first time around. Or you can develop a rash or an allergy."
"I don't want a rash, definitely. So we are ruling these ones out," and looking over the counter critically, Gongmin picked 5 boxed out of the bunch, putting them aside.
"How about the rest?"
"Like I said, it is a matter of personal preference."
"I don't have one. I just want it to fit, that's all."
"Do you know your size?"
"I never tried to measure. Hold on," and he looked down at himself and took his hand putting it against his crotch, tilting head to the right, then to the left, squinting, obviously trying really hard to remember. "Like this?" and he showed the man his arm, pointing to a place close to his elbow.
The pharmacist eyes rounded like big saucers. He gulped and noted, "This is way beyond what would be considered an average size, are you sure? A man of your height?"
"What is wrong with my height?" asked offended Gongmin, straightening up and lifting on his toes. This was a bit of a sore topic for him.
"What I meant was that you should probably go with a regular size," and the pharmacist waved Gongmin to lean closer over the counter. "It is an old wife's tale, but they say that you can tell the size by a man's hand," he whispered into Gongmin's ear.
Gongmin looked down his hand thoughtfully and weeded out all the boxes marked extra large. "Out of the ones that are left any recommendation?"
"These two brands are very popular with the guys, and the extra - sensitive, ribbed ones - with the ladies."
Gongmin smiled, relieved at last and asked, "Give me the best and most expensive ones, please. I have a "black" card."
The pharmacist raised his brows and nodded with understanding.
A minute later Gongmin walked out with a bagful and a proud face. Nogook would be pleased with his choices!
As he exited, he got a call from Nogook. "Oppa, I'm ready, you remember the room number right?"
How could he forget?
.
As the elevator went up, Gongmin attempted to calm his nerves, he breathed in deeply, tense and oddly excited; his coat was suddenly too warm for him and he was tempted to take it off, except that there was a bit of a problem. The images running through his head of Nogook laying on bed, wearing a see-through lace lingerie, like the ones in a Victoria Secret catalogue, her white skin peeking where the black stockings end and the garter begins; these pictures were sending his hormones into overdrive, and he was already feeling something growing inside his pants, pushing hard against the zipper, crowded in a closed space. He cleared his throat and attempted to calm down; fully aware that at the moment nothing was going to work, and turned his head slightly to the side, looking. "Maybe, I should have bought the extra large ones", he thought, as his hands closed the coat around his front, embarrassed for a second. Ok, calm down Gongmin, nothing is wrong, just calm down.
The elevator's door opened and taking in a deep breath he stepped out; the hotel was nice, with large hallways and soft carpeting... he didn't care, he hurried to the door marked with the number he had been chanting since he rented it, and knocked on the door; not sure why, since he had a spare key.
"Come in!" Called Nogook's sweet voice making him swallow hard, attempt to calm down and set the key into the slot... he opened the door his face bright and calm... What he found wasn't exactly what he expected.
There was Nogook, in her jeans and blouse, a scarf around her neck, sitting on the blanket she set on the floor and was looking at him with cheerful eyes; there was a game board with a set of dice in front of her and a stack of magazines, more picking out of the duffle bag. A bit fluffy pillow waited for him and she pointed at it. "Oppa! Take a seat, I'm ready."
He was ready just... not for what she seemed to be ready. His face turning red, he tried to stuff the bag with condoms into the pocket of his pants, but either the bag was too large or the pocket was too small, it would not fit and he felt the boxes crushing under pressure. Panicking, he tore the coat off and wrapped the bag in it, throwing it on the couch.
Nogook, too busy with her preparations, did not notice a thing. He looked at his pants: the fear and anxiety helped, the bulge went down, but it made him feel strangely sad. He kind of wanted to show off to her how much he liked her.
"I got it all: the game and the quizzes, I sorted them out by the theme. What do you want to start with?"
Gongmin had no clue how to react without offending her. She obviously thought it through very well and put a lot of effort into preparation. Was it all a part of some elaborate foreplay? He decided that he had to act like it was cool and be a man, no matter what she throws at him. He could not show her any weakness; he knew it was not sexy.
"You chose", he said, lowering his voice, trying to make is sound deeper.
Nogook opened up the first magazine and began reading questions with multiple choice answers. He played along waiting for the actual sex compatibility test, but it was not coming. She moved from quiz to quiz, excited at his answers, marking things off with a pen and using a highlighter for the ones she particularly liked.
"The game!" she announced. "Roll the dice!"
He did. The dice landed on the "wish." Sighing Gongmin looked at the board before him. It was a simple little board with several squares, all labeled with the same words as the sides of the dice, he picked one of the cards of the 'wish' stack and looked at the red words. Ask your partner to grant your current wish. Well now, that was interesting; the Universe was making fun of his deflated manhood.
"Oppa, what does it say?"
He cleared his throat and stared at her for fifteen seconds.
First Torture by Cosmo and now this! Where did she get all this anyway?!
She took the card from him and read it. "Ok, Oppa, what is your wish? I will grant it!" And she smiled at him quite innocently.
He did not know what she was imagining, but he was about to loose his patience. Did not she know that a man could not be led on like that without a consequence? How old was she?
"I want you to come close to me."
"OK, Oppa," and she crawled across the blanket on her knees toward him, coming face to face and looking expectantly. "What now?"
"Nogook, how are we doing on this compatibility test of yours?"
"I think we are doing great. Oppa, your are giving very good answers."
"Then what do you think is my wish?" He asked softly, staring at her eyes.
"You want me to give you a kiss?" She guessed, smiling with innocent joy. Nogook leaned forward, kissing his lips sweetly; he took the slight distraction and took her shoulders, pulling to kiss her deeply, passionately and making her understand with actions what he couldn't put in words. She gasped and pulled back a little surprised and ashamed, bringing her fingers to cover her lips. Nogook was blushing and didn't dare look at him right away. "Oppa?" She asked softly, as his hands moved from her arms to her shoulders, caressing her tenderly.
"Do you know what I want now?" He asked, aware that she probably would be too innocent to understand, and kissed her again; his fingers reaching to undo the buttons of her blouse.
"Oppa!" She was stunned now, but allowed him to stand, pulling her up with him toward the bed; moving her closer and continuing to kiss her. His hold was warm and inviting, as she felt him pushing her back against the bed's mattress, and fell backwards, her feet still dangling off the side of the bed. Gongmin lifted her awkwardly, putting her all the way on top of the plushy covers and then climbed on the bed next to her and sat up, looking at the girl, her clothes unbuttoned, prostrated on the bed in front of him. They stared at each other for a second, astonished of what they were doing, and forgetting about everything from compatibility test to the bag stuck in his coat, they continued to kiss and touch, removing pieces of clothing till the very last one. They fumbled, not being able to get comfortable, bumping each other with knees and elbows, till their eyes met and they stared at each other for a good few minutes, both swallowing hard and feeling the rush of excitement rising in their bodies. Gongmin lowered himself on top of her as she lay on her back, breathing anxiously, eyes wide open. He kissed her with passion, she felt her body respond, she kissed him back and hugged his back; pulling him closer, her hips widened to let him in and forgetting everything she read about the tests and how she was supposed to do it, Nogook closed her eyes and let herself be engulfed by her man. Gongmin noticed the change and bravely moved to kiss her body, while she gently moaned and trembled. She touched him, curious about how he felt, and found it pleasantly soft and not prickly, like she imagined. In her worst nightmares a man's penis was covered with thorns attacking her. But Gongmin's was nice and smooth and not scary at all, and she was very comfortable being naked next to him, at her surprise. He was surprised as well at how she studied him and was not shy at all, compared to just a few minutes before when she could not even look at him. I guess, she was a smart girl and her test yielded the results she expected: they were sexually compatible.
"Nogook, I got ready, look" and he quickly stood, surprising her, giving her a good frontal view proudly and then hurried to the couch, unwrapping the coat on his way back, extracting the crumbled boxes. "Which one?"
She was speechless still under the deep impression of what she saw, realizing that she would probably get to feel the large part inside of her, making her gasp in anticipation.
He was so big and so manly! She opened one of the packages looking at a small round item. "Oppa, I don't think it'll fit."
"Yes it will, the pharmacist told me it would," and to prove it, he took it out of her hand and placed it on himself. "See, it fits."
"It does", she giggled, surprised and happy that they got over another hurdle.
They made love sweetly and afterwards hugged in bed, with her head on his shoulder, while he placed soft kisses on her.
They walked out of the hotel, hand in hand, happily blissful and not paying much attention to anything around them.
"Nogook?" Their bubble shattered, it was the teacher, Gongmin's future father-in-law and her father, a famous swordsman and Martial artist.
"Appa?" she looked at him, scared to death that he was able to somehow read on her face what they just did and will kill Gongmin with his bare hands, right here, in the middle of the street. She grabbed her fiancé's hand tighter and clinging to him, faced her father.
"Where are you kids coming from? Daughter, you are glowing! How beautiful you are! Did you go to a sauna? Your skin is so refreshed and your eyes are bright."
In comparison to her, Gongmin did not look all that great, he was incredibly pale and wondering how to save himself, looking for escape route, just in case.
"Yes, sauna," he nodded.
"Great, it's always good to take care of your bodies," he praised them. "I have to go, see you later."
And he left. They looked at each other, both sighing with relief and rushed away.
The teacher walked, then stopped, turning back, looking at the couple. His face reflected a thought, then he shook his head as if saying "not possible" and nodding in confirmation that he must be right, he went about his day.