Jinwoo and Sohee had somehow made it in front of the store to return their clothes.
It was a luxury brand store decked out with flashy colored lights and fancy designed props.
"Can you wait a bit?
I'll just go and get the refund quickly."
As she said this, Sohee gently unwrapped Jinwoo's arms from around her shoulders and arms.
Jinwoo nodded lightly.
Noona took a deep breath, as if bracing herself, and then went into the store.
* * *
While Noona was inside the store handling the refund, Jinwoo wandered around the nearby area.
He checked out the pretty clothes displayed in the windows of the surrounding stores.
Then, he noticed a children's one-piece pajama in the window of a women's homewear store across the street.
It was a stylish one-piece pajama with a pink background and patterns of strawberries and bananas.
The frills around the sleeves, neckline, and hem added a cute and feminine touch to the child's pajama.
Suddenly, Jinwoo imagined Minji wearing that one-piece pajama.
No matter how he pictured it, Minji would look insanely cute in it, and Jinwoo felt that his recent late-night molestations of Minji would become even easier.
-Because it was a one-piece-
Jinwoo entered the women's homewear store and picked up the price tag of the pink frilly one-piece pajama to check it.
The price was not exactly affordable with a middle schooler's allowance. Holding the price tag, Jinwoo took out his smartphone and snapped a photo to clearly capture the price.
Click
Then he stepped out of the store and took more photos of the overall look of the pink frilly one-piece pajama from the window.
Click!!
Click!!
Click!!
Jinwoo checked the photos he had taken and selected a few good ones to send directly to his mom.
Soon, he received a reply from his mom.
'?'
Just a question mark.
"What are you doing, mom?"
"I'm eating~ What's with the photo?"
"Yeah~ It's a pajama, thought it'd look pretty on Minji."
"That sounds pretty~ Where did you find it?"
"Just across from the store where Sohee is returning her clothes."
"A one-piece?"
"Yeah... a one-piece."
Mom asked as if to confirm what was clearly visible in the photo, and Jinwoo was there again answering.
-Like a not-so-ordinary conversation between a mother and son, crossing a line as if reaffirming Jinwoo's sexual desire for Minji-
"Planning to buy it?"
"Yeah, but mom! Can you give me some allowance in advance? What I have now isn't enough."
"How much is it?"
Jinwoo sends the price tag he had just snapped to his mom.
"That's quite expensive?"
"Yeah, but I really want to see Minji in it."
Mom seemed pensive for a while without responding.
And then came another text from mom,
"I'll buy it since you're going to put it on Minji anyway. You have mom's card, right?"
"Oh, I did bring mom's card just in case..."
"Then use that to pay."
At his mom's cool response, Jinwoo felt an inexplicable sense of elation and pride.
The behavior and attitudes of his mom had been unimaginable just a short while ago.
Even when his dad was alive, the family's financial situation wasn't bad, and although his mom wasn't particularly frugal, she had always been quite attentive and managed the children's expenses from an educational perspective.
Recently, the increase in mom's nagging towards Sohee wasn't just because of her sexy dressing but also due to her excessive interest and obsession with luxury brand clothes.
It was clear that mom definitely didn't have a good impression of unnecessarily expensive luxury brand clothes.
-She had bought a luxury brand item for Sohee out of guilt after scolding her-Yet now, mom was not only refraining from scolding Jinwoo for his impure intentions for requesting an advance on his allowance but was even offering to give it without any conditions.
"I want to buy it for Minji myself, that's why~ So, mom, can't you just give me an advance on my allowance?"
Although Jinwoo was touched and grateful for his mom's offer, he felt that he wanted to give Minji the pajama himself, even if it meant getting an advance on his allowance.
-As if that would give him an unimpeded right and justification to molest Minji without his mom's interference-
"Are you sure you'll be okay? It's going to be tough next month if you buy that, won't it?"
Mom worried about Jinwoo said,
"I really don't care, I just wanna buy this for Minji for real."
Faced with Jinwoo's stubborn insistence, Mom began to ponder again.
In fact, advancing Jinwoo's allowance wasn't really a big deal to her now.
The problem was that bargaining with Jinwoo might look like she was selling her cute youngest daughter to her son, a troubling thought filled with guilt and betrayal.
Mom had bought some time by taking Minji to Aunt Haeju's house, but she still hadn't decided how to act around Jinwoo.
The first night she moved Minji to her room and imagined being raped by Jinwoo, she masturbated, and since then, every time she made eye contact or talked to Jinwoo, she felt her groin get wet and hot, finding it increasingly hard to deny.
And finally, last night, she was completely penetrated by Jinwoo's dick, screaming indecent animal cries of pleasure that a mother should never let her son hear, and passed out in ecstasy.
Her body was already a female submissive to her son.
It seemed like even the slight maternal self-consciousness she had clung to and the superficial authority of the mother-son relationship were being mercilessly eroded by her son's firm and unwavering insistence that seemed to demand his sister as bait.
The pathetic part was the mother's body helplessly getting wet without any control or resistance.
"So let's do this! I'll lend you the money regardless of his allowance~ Pay me back when you start earning! Anyway, I gave you the card in case anything happens."
It was a futile delay attempted by the mother incurring debt to her son.
It was the last formal resistance she could muster for her daughter.
-Just an internal rationalization to lessen her guilt-However, Jinwoo, who was already treating Mom with the authority of a ruler, saw no need to understand the intentions behind her kindness.
"Really?"
Jinwoo asks as if to confirm Mom's approval.
"Yes."
The mother's reply that finalizes the deal.
"What size does Minji wear?"
"Size 17 will fit her comfortably."
Jinwoo then enters a women's homewear store without hesitation and buys Minji a one-piece pajama dress using Mom's card.
* * *
Jinwoo returned to the store entrance where his sister Sohee had gone in.
On one arm, Jinwoo was holding Sohee's hot pink cardigan, and in his hand, he carried a shopping bag with the clothes he had just bought.
-A frilly pink one-piece pajama dress as a gift for Minji-Soon, Sohee came out of the luxury clothing store, shaking a 50,000 won note and several coins.
Sohee was now showing Jinwoo a shy and awkward smile.
She seemed happy to have cash in hand, but apparently regretted returning the clothes she had liked.
"I got a refund, hehe~"
She seemed genuinely pleased.
"Really? That's good~"
Jinwoo responded casually to Sohee.
"I thought it would take a long time without a guardian to confirm, but a staff sister who remembered my face finished it quickly~"
Sohee chatted away to Jinwoo as if bragging about her accomplishment.
-Sohee seemed a bit worried that the refund might not be processed-
"Jinwoo, what would you like to eat for lunch?"
"I'm fine with anything."
"Really? Then shall we go down to the food court and pick something together?"
While saying this, Sohee checked Jinwoo's erection status.
-Jinwoo's thing still showed no signs of subsiding-
Then, she noticed a shopping bag hanging on Jinwoo's wrist that hadn't been there before and asked him.
"What's that?"
"Oh~ I saw a cute pajama for Minji while you were in the store, so I bought one."
"For Minji, as a gift? Everything here is expensive because it's a luxury section, right?"
"Yeah, so I decided to pay later and used Mom's card."
Jinwoo candidly confessed to Sohee as if admitting something.
"Really? Mom agreed to that?"
Sohee asked, a bit surprised.
"Yeah, when I said it's a gift for Minji, Mom said she'd lend it~"
"Really?"
"Yep."
After exchanging these words, Sohee began to look at Jinwoo with a skeptical gaze.
Then, seeming to think of something, she relaxed her expression playfully and joked.
"But Jinwoo, you must have been really desperate, huh?"
"What?"
Not immediately grasping his sister's joke, Jinwoo reflexively asks Sohee for clarification.
Like before, Sohee approaches Jinwoo and whispers in his ear.
"You know, Minji's pajamas~ Even though she hasn't worn them yet, it seems possible, huh? Why didn't you tell me? I could have let you use my cardigan~ Kikikik."
Saying this, Sohee starts to run ahead as if escaping.
Jinwoo, realizing the meaning of his sister's whispered joke, feels his face flush.
"Ah, come on, what are you talking about, really!!"
Like a playful couple, Jinwoo, uncomfortably aroused, awkwardly follows after Sohee.
It seemed that Jinwoo's thing had become even firmer in response to Sohee's mischievous provocation.