[TS] Became a Peach Saint – Chapter 27

─Ding-a-ling.

When I opened the door and entered, even though it was daytime, I saw a lot of people. Among them, a woman in her 40s who looked like a designer approached.

“Welcome.”

The designer greeted me, and Eonni started talking to her, as if they knew each other.

“Hello, Director.”

“Oh my, Shop Owner Ririnda, welcome.”

Listening to Eonni’s conversation, it seemed like that person was the director.

“Why are you here already? It’s not time for the perm to be done yet.”

“Today it’s not for me, but a friend of mine is here to get it done.”

Hearing that, I stepped out from behind Eonni, where I had been hiding.

“Hello.”

“Welcome… oh.”

As she greeted me, the director, who had been talking, suddenly sparkled her eyes and came closer to me.

“Wow… Customer! What hair products do you use?”

“Oh my, look at that shine. So pretty.”

“How does the color come out like this?”

“No way. Hair like glasswork can’t come out from dyeing.”

“What do you use for volume? It’s like soft cotton candy.”

I had felt it before when Eonni chattered excitedly about things she liked in the clothing store, but seeing her so lively and asking questions about things she was interested in made me feel a pleasant tickle.

Maybe because I don’t have something like that, meeting people like this always feels good.

“Customer! Can I touch your hair just once?”

“Pfft. Sure, but can we do it while sitting down?”

“Of course! I’ll take you over there.”

The hair shop director didn’t take me to a seat on the first floor but went up to the second floor and turned around a corner.

Following her, I saw a long hallway and entered one of the many rooms there.

“What kind of room is this?”

“This is a private room. Celebrities, influencers, and regulars who value their privacy receive services here.”

“Oh… I see. But I don’t fall into any of those categories.”

When I expressed my doubt, she laughed and answered.

“You’re a friend of Shop Owner Ririnda. She’s one of our regulars, and I also have the desire to serve you.”

“Ah, is that so? Well, thank you. Should I sit here?”

“Yes, please sit comfortably.”

I plopped down on the chair, took off my mask and sunglasses, and placed them on the table in front of the mirror.

I waited, thinking the director would come, but the room was quiet. When I looked up at the mirror, I saw the director and Eonni staring blankly at me.

“Uh… um, Director?”

“Uh… yes?”

“You’ve been staring.”

“Ah, sorry. You’re so pretty, I zoned out.”

“Eonni, why are you zoning out too?”

“Huh? Ah… Ga-eul is so pretty…”

When I opened my eyes wide and looked in the mirror, Eonni coughed and pretended to look at her black phone screen, which wasn’t even on, while glancing at me.

“There’s a reason why the customer is wearing fun glasses and a mask. I’ve never seen someone so beautiful before.”

“Thank you. There are so many beautiful people in the world. Celebrities and all.”

“Uh… I don’t think it’s that level…? It’s like a doll came to life.”

“Right! Ga-eul is so pretty!!”

Overwhelmed by the flood of compliments from the two, I couldn’t keep my composure and interrupted them to ask the salon owner to fix my hair.

“Hmm… I’m sorry, but there’s really nothing to touch up.”

“Huh? Nothing at all?”

“Your curls are already beautiful, the volume is full, and your hair texture is beyond words. Of course, this is assuming you want to keep your current style.”

After some thought, I asked the owner, “My hair is too messy. Should I just cut it short like Eonni?”

“No!!! Absolutely not!!!”

As soon as I asked about cutting my hair, Eonni shouted from behind, “No way!!!”

“Ugh… Eonni, why are you yelling?”

“I also think you shouldn’t cut it. It’s too much to even think about cutting such precious hair.”

“Exactly! I totally disagree! No haircut for Ga-eul!!!”

One was fiercely opposing, and the owner, who I just met, looked disappointed. I started to wonder if this was normal.

“Alright, calm down. So why did you bring me here then?”

“How about Ga-eul getting bangs?”

“Bangs? I don’t have bangs.”

“That’s why you should cut them. You’d look absolutely cute.”

“???”

As the conversation seemed to spiral into confusion, the owner chimed in from behind.

“It’s a common misconception among men. Cutting the side hair to create bangs.”

“Ah… I get it now. I think bangs would suit me too. Please cut them.”

“Are you sure about cutting your hair so easily?”

“Yeah, it’s fine. Do whatever you’re comfortable with, owner. Hair grows back anyway.”

The owner, pleased with my response, smiled and vowed to do their best to make it look beautiful.

The owner asked me to wait a moment, put on an apron with various tools, and draped a cutting cape over me to keep hair from falling on my clothes.

“Let’s begin, customer.”

“Alright, please take care.”

The owner started by running their fingers through my hair, then took out scissors and a comb from the apron to begin styling.

As the haircut started, the sound of the comb brushing through my hair and the snip of the scissors felt soothing to my ears.

I closed my eyes, enjoying the pleasant sounds, until the owner’s voice announced it was done.

“Wow…”

I opened my eyes and looked in the mirror. Cute bangs now framed my eyebrows, and the hair brushing against my cheeks was neatly styled.

The mix of cuteness with my usual charm made me really like it.

“Wow… our owner is incredibly skilled.”

“Hehe, once I get my hands on you, it’s game over!”

“Ah! Ga-eul, you’re crazy. You look so cute!”

I was so pleased that in an instant, the owner became “our owner.”

“By the way, every time I touch your hair, it smells amazing. Do you use some kind of hair perfume? It smells like peaches, and I love it.”

“No, it’s just my natural scent.”

“Ah… is that even possible? I’m so jealous.”

“Yeah… maybe it’s some rare trait? I don’t really know either.”

“So, is your hair and eye color naturally like this too?”

“Yeah, it’s always been this way.”

“Wow…”

“That’s amazing.”

After persuading the director, who initially refused to take payment, to accept the money, I settled the bill and stepped out of the hair shop.

“Sis, I need to go smoke.”

“Huh? Didn’t you just smoke earlier?”

“Hand!”

“I’m not a dog…”

Cutely grumbling, she slowly approached and took my hand, interlocking our fingers as we headed to the smoking area.

As I lit a cigarette and started smoking, my sister asked with a worried tone from beside me.

“Autumn, do you like smoking that much?”

“Of course, this is like sex.”

“…If you’re going to use your pretty mouth like that, give it to me.”

“Pfft.”

Watching the cigarette burn down near the filter, I stubbed it out.

“Sis, I’m going to broadcast now, so be careful not to appear on screen.”

“Why should I be careful?”

“Remember what I told you when we bought clothes?”

“Yeah, I remember.”

“Like I said back then, there are a lot of crazy people on my broadcast, so it wouldn’t be good if your face showed up.”

“But I want to be on Autumn’s broadcast…”

“No. Even if we do, let’s decide slowly later, not now.”

“Okay…”

Though her appearance is as aloof and unapproachable as a proud cat, her inner self is more like a puppy, and I could see her tail drooping, looking sulky.

Watching my sister, I spread my arms.

“Sis, come here, I’ll hug you.”

Seeing my open arms, my sister’s eyes widened, and after checking around to make sure no one was watching—thanks to the large bicycle rack next to the smoking area—she quietly approached me.

As she slowly came closer, hesitating, I pulled her into my arms and hugged her tightly.

“Eek.”

Being about the same height, she shyly buried her face in my shoulder, allowing me to fully embrace her.

“Aw, were you feeling left out, sis?”

“…Yeah.”

I gently stroked her back, which seemed to carry the weight of the world.

When my hand touched her back, I felt her flinch slightly in my arms.

“Who made our pretty sis feel left out? I’ll scold them.”

“Mhm.”

“Oh, was it like that?”

“Mm…”

Meaningless conversation continued.

“Do you like me that much?”

“…Yeah.”

“We’ve only known each other for two days? What’s so great about me?”

She stayed buried in my embrace for a while before finally giving a small answer.

“Yesterday, before you came to the store to buy clothes, I saw you from the second-floor window.”

“Before coming to buy clothes? Hmm… what are you talking about?”

“I saw you giving your clothes and money to a homeless person.”

“Ah… you saw that. So you think I’m a good person?”

I felt her nod slightly against my shoulder.

“Mhm…”

While stroking her back and neck with my left hand, I used my right hand to caress her lower back.

“Sis, I’m sorry, but that was a misunderstanding.”

“…What misunderstanding?”

“I was someone who was struggling just to survive day by day, let alone think about the future.”

“….”

“Seeing that homeless person made me think that could have been my future.”

She remained silent, her head buried in my shoulder, quietly listening to my story.

“The money I gave that person was the last 10 I earned from doing manual labor…”

“It was 10,000 won.”

I lifted my hand, which had been stroking her back, and slowly caressed the back of her head.

“The clothes I gave to that person were the ones I wore when I did manual labor in the winter.”

I slowly lowered my hand, which had been stroking her back, and caressed her butt.

“Hic…”

Every time I slowly stroked her butt, I could feel her body twitch.

“I just threw trash at a homeless person. I threw away the remnants of my trash-like past into the trash can.”

I tightened my grip on her warm, soft butt, and my fingers dug into the crevice.

“Heeek!”

“I thought throwing it in the trash would make it clean, but I was just trash myself. Even if I took a little out of the trash heap, it’s still trash. Even if I cleaned it, it’s still trash.”

I loosened my grip slightly and pushed my middle finger into the crevice of her butt.

“Heeuk! G-Ga-eul…”

“I’ve lived my life the way I wanted until now, and I’ll continue to live like trash.”

I continued to knead her butt in that state.

“Huuut… Haahk…”

Every time I kneaded her while holding her in my arms, she twitched and leaned on my shoulder. I could see her ears turning bright red.

I brought my mouth close to her ear and whispered.

“Eonni, we’re friends, right?”

“Haaah… Y-yes… we’re friends… Huuut…”

“Really? Then you should pay the friend fee.”

I slightly lowered my head and saw her pretty neck. To pay the friend fee, I brought my lips to her neck.

As I wiggled my middle finger and kneaded her butt, I could feel her body trembling in my arms.

The trembling of the girl in my arms felt good.

Feeling her tremble, I started making obscene noises against her white neck, leaving kiss marks.

“Huuut… Hhuuk… This… can’t… Ga-eul… Hhuut…”

I could feel her body trembling violently in my arms.

After licking and sucking her neck for a while, I could see bright red kiss marks on her white neck.

Finally satisfied, I stopped my hands and mouth. The girl, who had been trembling in my arms, seemed to have lost all her strength and rested her chin on my shoulder, breathing heavily.

“Huu… Hhuu…”

With one arm holding her, I stroked her head with one hand and took out a cigarette with the other, lighting it.

“Huu─ Eonni, are you okay?”

“…..”

“Did Ga-eul paying the friend fee feel that good? My middle finger is slippery.”

“Hhuung…”

“Pfft. Now that you’ve paid the friend fee, we’re best friends, right?”