Me and the Tigress Volume 5 prologue

Starting Story

That's how we ended up taking a vacation at a deserted island somewhere in the South Pacific. You're probably thinking, ‘What kind of dumbass starts by saying something like that?' But the important thing right now is the kids who entered a cabin and came out wearing swimsuits. I told myself not to make the foolish testing mistake of trying to solve a question worth one point and skipping a question worth three. Because I needed to focus all my attention on what was in front of me.

The first kids to exit the hut were Rangii and Chii. Rangii, her silvery-white hair shining brighter than normal under the Pacific sun's mighty rays, ran towards me. She had on an amber two-piece swimsuit. I couldn't even look at her directly, because the childish adorableness radiating from her swimsuit-clad form threatened to overwhelm me. Rangii was just that cute. Not to say that she wasn't cute normally. But getting to see Rangii clad not in a hanbok-like outfit but a normal one—even if it was a swimsuit—had enough cuteness to make my heart skip a beat. Her exposed soft and almost marshmallow-like arms themselves were enough to attract my gaze. She raised her arms, putting her hands to the ears on top of her head, and even the sight of her tiny little biceps straining slightly exuded loveliness beyond compare.

“Heheheh. How do I look?” asked Rangii.

“Really, really cute,” I answered honestly.

“Heheheheh.”

This was only the start of Rangii's loveliness. My eyes trailed up her arm to focus on the thin strap of her bikini top. The strap looked similar to those of the tank top Narae often wore, and anyone with impure thoughts would certainly seek to look down from those soft shoulders to see what lay below. Such a person would also likely want to see Rangii slightly lower her shoulder and abashedly adjust the strap of her swimwear with her hand. However, the bikini portion of her swimsuit was easily more dangerous than just the strap. The bikini covering her chest—a chest so lacking that she didn't even need to wear a sports bra—was likewise covered in layered frills. But those frills served a deeper purpose. They gave the illusion of volume to Rangii's chest. I got the vague sense that a lot of thought went into the design of the swimsuit so that it would allow Rangii's meager chest to compete with her well-endowed rivals. My eyes were naturally pulled towards every minute sway and movement of those layered frills. This was a perfectly natural reaction. Because people naturally focus their eyes on movement. If someone designed Rangii's swimsuit to have this kind of effect, then that person was a genius. …Though I doubted such a person existed.

Directly below her lovely chest was Rangii's childlike yet also femininely curved hips. Her narrow waist begged the question of where all the food she ate went, though her plump belly gave the answer to that question, and on that belly was an adorable little belly button I felt the urge to poke. Anyone could understand the charm of Rangii's plump belly. I wanted to hug her from behind, feeling it up and playing with it. Just think about it. Though her belly normally played a dance of exposure with the front of her shirt, it was the nature of a bikini that her belly was fully and openly on display. I wanted to touch it, play with it, and tickle it. This particular voice in my head threatened to overtake me, so I lowered my gaze. The bottom half of her swimsuit was an extremely frilly, short skirt. This blocked my view of the actual bikini bottom, but this, once again, worked to Rangii's benefit. Yeah. This kind of thing still looked really good on Rangii. Because it was so darn cute! Every time Rangii bounced up and down, the ruffling of her skirt coupled with my stolen glimpses of the material underneath set my heart aflutter. And even below that were her nearly blindingly bright and round thighs—thighs that, according to Saehee's perverted narration, inspired within others the desire to lick them. There was definitely more to the vivacious quality of her skin than the fact that she was young.

“Awoooo, Big Brother. You have a nasty look on your face.”

“Wh-who's make a nasty face, who?!”

What I was doing was no different from admiring the cuteness of a well-crafted toy! However, Chii didn't understand how I felt.

“You were eyeing Rangii-nim up, as if you were licking her from top to bottom.”

It wasn't that she didn't understand, but that she totally misunderstood me.

“Huh? You can lick me as much as you want!” said Rangii.

I really wished she wouldn't say things that would put me on a criminal watch list. I sat down on my haunches and, rather than lick her inner thighs, patted her on the head as I spoke to Chii.

“So you were studying my face, huh?”

“You're a pervert, lolicon, horny old man, Big Brother!”

Chii flapped her hair and thrust her finger at me accusingly. I beg your pardon? After she said that, I had an idea. I ostentatiously put my hand to my chin and took my time as I took in all of Chii into my eyes. While I was doing this, I started panting and drooling.

“Haa haa haa haa. Sluuurp.”

The literal personification of a pervert.

“Kyawoooo?!”

I'm going to ignore Chii's embarrassed scream and describe her. Chii had on a full-on bikini, both top and bottom pieces a striped blue-and-white pattern. If Rangii's swimsuit accentuated her childish cuteness, then Chii's swimsuit accentuated her transition from a girl into a woman, allowing her to display both her girly cuteness and her womanly charm at the same time. This was particularly apparent from her bikini top. The triangular coverings for her breasts were connected with a single string, and, though the blue straps of her bikini ended in a knot behind Chii's neck, I had my doubts as to whether that thin strap could truly support Chii's sizable and not at all child-like breasts. I wouldn't be surprised if, while we were playing in the water, she were to make a sudden sharp move, and that thin strap were to loosen or snap entirely. In addition, her bikini was so revealing that, though I'd never seen them before, I was able to gain all kinds of new information from looking at them from the side. The curves of her breasts! The size of them!

I'm not a pervert! I was just going along with the mood and imagining things, that's it! And it was a shock to find that, despite the severity of its design, her bikini bottom also had frills to emphasize her cuteness! Dammit! She was both sexy and cute!

“Kyawooo!!”

Chii screamed when she realized that my eyes were transfixed on her breasts, and she embarrassedly tried to cover them with her arms, but this had an unintended consequence. She only propped up her breasts even more. Of course, the actual amount of breasts I could see decreased. However! A sight that transcended mere visibility unfolded before my eyes. I already mentioned that Chii's breasts were large for a child's. Compared to Narae's or Jeongmi-noona's massive chests, it was like comparing a cat to a tiger. However, in her attempt to cover her breasts, she had unknowingly squeezed them together, creating a new phenomenon. And what phenomenon was that? Indeed! The answer is cleavage! Though the phenomenon existed before in a minor fashion, now, it was impossible to miss! Chii pressed the self-destruct button of her own accord!

“Stop-stop staring~!”

As Chii commanded, I stopped staring at her breasts. I slowly lowered my gaze. Chii gave off a mature vibe that Rangii lacked. Perhaps I should describe her as similar to the image of an adult woman. The full curves going from her waist down to her butt were partly to do with this. Her bikini bottom was held together by knots on both sides of her hips that looked as though they would fall off with a single pull of the hand. Below the string were white frills that only marginally obscured the bikini beneath. But this was unacceptable. Unacceptable, I say! The only things keeping her bikini bottom secured to her body were those two knots! If someone were to accidentally pull on those strings, Chii would suffer intense shame under the bright sun. As my beloved little sister's oppa, I had to either make sure those knots were tight with my own hands, or find her a blue skirt to wear.

Either that or pull on the knots myself.

“Awooooo!!”

Unable to withstand my gaze any longer, Chii flapped her hair and crouched down, covering her body as much as she could. Perhaps I should say that that what came next was thanks to this. My eyes gravitated towards her long legs, her thighs now looking attractively plump as they expanded sideward. I thought to myself that it was a really good thing we were on a deserted island. Because even a man with a normal taste for women would feel a fire burn within him after seeing Chii like this!

[Stop bullying Chii!]

Pyeii was suddenly standing imposingly in front of Chii, her crouching form now blocked from my view. She looked like a black rose. When Chii looked up, she immediately stood to hide behind Pyeii, and she stared absolute daggers at me.

“I wasn't bullying anyone. I was just teasing her,” I said.

[Your eyes, serious.]

“You were very serious,” agreed Chii.

“Really, I wasn't.”

Though Pyeii only arrived a moment ago and couldn't possibly know everything that had happened, my curt reply did nothing to make Pyeii stand down.

[Even now, serious gaze.]

…What was she accusing me of doing? I was simply thinking that Pyeii's swimsuit was quite risqué. If Chii's bikini preserved her inherent cuteness, then Pyeii's bikini exclusively emphasized its wearer's sexual appeal. Her bikini was fully black, as if a reference to Pyeii's identity as a crow, and the black sunglasses resting on top of her head solidified the mature vibe Pyeii was giving off. Why was a little kid wearing such a daring swimsuit?

[…Hot and bothered?]

“By what, exactly?”

[Me.]

Pyeii made sure I watched as she stood up straight, put one hand on her waist, stretched one leg out, and winked. I wanted to applaud her charismatic performance. That brat was fully aware of how attractive she was. However, if I may! I was still not at the point where I would slobber like a dog over a little kid! If the reverse were true, then I'd be in loads of trouble, but that wasn't what I meant! Anyway, Pyeii's bikini looked good enough to warrant her supermodel-esque pose. Because Pyeii spent so much time playing video games indoors, her skin was even whiter than the other kids', and her skin would have already been blindingly bright without the contrast in color provided by her bikini. And there was no doubt that Pyeii was a bird phantom. I'd seen it several times when she was in her sleepwear, but her figure was truly without compare. …Though she was a kid. Yeah. Had she not been a kid, I would have wanted to quash my shame and ask if I could take a picture of her! This wasn't the only reason why Pyeii's swimsuit-clad appearance was so blinding. My gaze was attracted to the manner by which her bikini was affixed to her body, a method completely different from Rangii's or Chii's. Pyeii's swimsuit was strapless. Her bikini was somehow able to stay wrapped around her chest despite lacking any straps. I became extremely curious.

“Hey, turn around for a second.”

[?]

Though Pyeii wrote a question mark, she still—albeit cautiously—turned around. While maintaining her supermodel posture. Chii, surprised that her hiding spot behind Pyeii was gone, hid behind Rangii, who was pouting slightly and looking at me resentfully. I understood once Pyeii completed her turn. There was a small golden ring affixed to her bikini, keeping it in place. If I were to pull on it, then…I'd die. I should refrain from playing a prank like that. However, I very nearly did play such a prank. I lowered my gaze in order to escape this temptation, but the supple lines of her back were so attractive that I almost couldn't tell if she was truly a young girl or a woman with a short stature. If she grew a few inches, then I wouldn't have been surprised if she really were a supermodel, as the perfect, soft lines of her back went all the way down to her rear. Then I looked at Pyeii's butt. Because bikini bottoms were never designed to fully cover one's behind, Pyeii's butt was…no, stop. It isn't right for me to…. No! When am I going to say this, except now?! Be strong, my resolve! I have a duty to describe what I've seen! That's right. Bikini bottoms were never designed to fully cover one's behind. That wasn't what they were meant to do. Thanks to this, Pyeii's butt looked almost like a peach, the feminine curves of her behind looking almost like a peach. Not only that, but Pyeii was standing with one leg extended to one side. This differing use of muscles resulted in the two halves of her butt looking different! The contrast added to her attractiveness even more.

[What is it?]

Pyeii turned her torso to look at me and lowered one hand to discreetly adjust her bikini bottom. This additional layer of loveliness left me lost for words.

“No, it's nothing.”

[??]

Question marks floated above her head as she looked suspiciously at me. I wished she wouldn't ask. Because I had no way to respond. Pyeii apparently realized that I had no intention of answering, because she turned the question marks back to smoke, turned around to face me, and struck a haughty pose with her hands on her waist and her hips slightly cocked to one side. I could then see the shape of her ribs through her skin. Pyeii didn't eat as well as the others, so her ribs were a whole lot easier to see. Below her protruding ribs was her sunken, lean belly that positively exuded sexuality.

[More importantly, have you fallen for me?]

With my mind focused elsewhere, I unthinkingly blurted the truth.

“Yep. I really have.”

[?!]

“Kyawoooo?!”

“S-so you really do like breasts?!”

What a variety of responses. I had no idea where Rangii learned to do this, but she whined and began to push up on her breasts to make them look bigger. Meanwhile, Chii grabbed Pyeii's hand and pulled her friend towards her, and Pyeii blushed bright red as she spun her twintails. I first concentrated my efforts on calming down Rangii.

“Rangii, you're cute, too, so don't be like that.”

“But you hate me because my breasts are small, don't you?”

I already knew that Rangii was concerned about her small breasts. I was pretty sure that she even caused it to rain in Jirisan because of it. However, I didn't pay much mind to this where Rangii was concerned. Since she was still a kid. Why was she worrying about something like that already? When she grows up, she'll naturally get bigger…bigger….

Even if the world were to start anew, that would never happen.

I didn't know why Saehee's words came to my mind, but I had to focus on calming down Rangii.

“Then, Rangii, if I got fat, would you hate me?”

Rangii shook her head.

“It's the same for me,” I said. “So don't worry about that.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Okay! Got it!”

Based on the fact that Rangii's face lit up with a truly Rangii-like naive smile as she ran towards me, I figured I'd succeeded in calming her down, if only for the moment. I hugged Rangii and patted her head.

“Awooo, Big Brother, you always were a smooth talker. Since you're always drooling over Narae-unni's breasts.”

[Was I just tricked by his sweet talk?]

“That's right. But don't worry. I will always be by your side,” said Chii.

[Chii, I love you. I'll forgive you for cheating on me.]

“Awoooo.”

They were playing out a morning soap opera.

“More importantly, why isn't Narae coming out?”

Chii and Pyeii's eyes became unimpressed half-moons at the exact same time.

“So you've finally revealed your true colors, Big Brother.”

[Reporting you to the police. Actually, sentence decided. Castration.]

“Don't say something so horrible!”

Why was she making an actual pair of scissors out of smoke? The threat felt so real that I even squeezed my legs together!

“I was only asking because it's been such a long time, ya bunch of brats!”

When I said that, Rangii, who had been busy rubbing her face against by belly, looked up and said:

“She was arguing with Saehee since earlier.”

I was half-worried and half-curious as to why those two would be arguing even all the way out here.

“Why?”

“Because of the swimsuits Saehee wanted us to wear.”

That gave me a bad feeling.

“…What kind of swimsuits?”

Rangii's innocent face belied the horror of her words.

“Saehee wanted me to wear a string swimsuit, but Narae was super against it. And then they started fighting!”

I can't say that I didn't know what kind of swimsuit Rangii so innocently referred to. That was why I was grateful to Narae. That damn perverted ghost. How could she try to dress that adorable and lovely Rangii in such an indecent outfit?! Did she not fear the wrath of the heavens?! However, it was too early for me to lose my temper.

“Also, also! She only gave Baduk a single clamshell!”

I definitely knew what Rangii was referring to. Narae. Win. You have to win. Show me that the strongest life form in the world can defeat that ghost! Right then. As if on cue, Baduk flew out of the hut, her legs out in front of her as she dropped to the ground. I thought I saw Saehee's sock-covered foot through the open door, but I must have imagined it. Yep. No matter how cruel Saehee was, she couldn't have actually kicked Baduk out the door.

“How could you kick a kid like that?!” said my childhood friend.

Maybe I should trust my eyes more.

“Is there a problem? More importantly, Narae-nim, are you not going to get changed into a swimsuit?” said Saehee.

“I can take care of myself, so why don't you worry about yourself, first.”

“Were you unaware? The hanbok I am currently wearing can also be waterproof.”

“Never mind that, just close the door already!”

“Were you not going to go out clad in your underwear?”

“Do you think I've lost it?!”

“Though I have heard that these sun-kissed beaches can liberate the mind, I never imagined that one would actually go out in the nude….”

Bam! …After the sound of the door slamming shut, I couldn't hear another sound from the hut.

“Master~!”

Baduk was apparently not at all bothered by Saehee's abusive behavior. Baduk displayed incredible forbearance, or rather, she was oblivious to how she was treated as she ran on all fours towards Rangii. Rangii turned around to catch Baduk, and then she leaned against me as if it were the most natural thing in the world to do.

“Are you feeling okay?” asked Rangii.

“I'm a little tired, but I'm okay. So please play with me!” answered Baduk energetically.

“Sure thing!”

Unpleasant memories threatened to come to my mind, so I immediately stopped Rangii.

“Why don't we wait until Narae comes out? Wouldn't that be better?”

Rangii put her finger on her chin and thought hard before nodding her head and looking at Baduk.

“Baduk! Let's play a little later! Sunghoon said he wants to play with me first!”

“I understand, Master.”

I had no idea how she interpreted my words like that. Still, because Rangii agreed to wait until Narae came out, I accomplished my real goal, so I went along with what she said. That aside, Baduk's swimsuit was also nice. She had on a brightly-colored children's one piece with a design of anime meat on it. The design really made the outfit feel Baduk-like. Yep. It was cute. The tail on her backside shaking madly only added to this cuteness. That's all. …Wait, you want more? This is Baduk we're talking about. She's such a cute kid that just looking at her is enough to bring rest to weary souls, so there's nothing else to say.

But the real reason is that the door to the hut opened, and all my attention was drawn there.

That's right.

It was Narae.

Narae had finally come out.

Narae in a swimsuit!!

“…My sincerest apologies.”

It was Saehee. The one who came out of the hut was Saehee, who couldn't look more out of place on the beach if she tried, because she was wearing her usual hanbok along with a straw hat and blue sunglasses. It was Saehee. Saehee, dammit. Damn you, for getting my hopes up!

“Narae-nim. The Young Master is staring intently this way, like a hound eyeing a bitch in heat.”

“…I-I'm having second thoughts.”

“It's a misunderstanding!” I said.

“Saehee, if you have a blindfold, then put it on Sunghoon. Also, bury him in the ground.”

“It was seriously a misunderstanding.”

“Liar.”

She found me out.

“Honestly. You're hopeless.”

Narae's words were intermingled with a sigh, and she began to exit the hut.

The first thing I saw was her slender legs cross the threshold. Though I'd seen those legs many times before because she often wore hot pants, the frequency with which one sees a gleaming jewel doesn't turn it into a common stone. Her well-defined calves and her well padded yet also firm thighs caught my eye. And, as if she were too embarrassed to show any more of herself, the rest was covered in a slightly sheer skirt. Thank goodness. Otherwise, I might have been the one too embarrassed to even look at her straight. The skirt was tied around her waist, and she retied it as if she couldn't trust it to stay on. I thought to myself that I'd be more than happy if the skirt were to come loose on its own, but I'd end up dead if I said that out loud. Plus, if Narae realized that I'd been staring, I'd seriously end up dead. I immediately moved my gaze upwards. Narae's hips spoke for themselves. However, something was different today. That's right. While her tank top normally kept this part of her hidden, her bikini revealed the bottom portion of her breasts, exposing an even more immaculate figure to the light of day! For the time being, I'm just going to shout this:

VIVA BIKINIS!

But I'm not done yet. Indeed. I'm only barely at the halfway mark. However, I was now treading dangerous waters. At this point, Narae had no choice but to notice that I'd been staring with a dirty look in my eyes. She was starting to tense up, her previously hidden muscles beginning to show, and I could guess what would happen to me if I stopped my gaze halfway up her chest. A painfully obvious, horrible fate would almost certainly await me. It was death. My death. The only thing waiting for me there was a violent death at Narae's hands. This is why I must end my descriptions here. I'm utterly powerless, so there's no helping it. There was truly no helping it.

—But will the day come when I look back on this moment?

Maybe in ten years? Twenty? Or on my death bed? Could I continue to live with the memory that, long ago, I once had the opportunity to see my beloved bear girl in a swimsuit but didn't? I could. That's the kind of guy I am. Even with those thoughts and regrets, I could live on. Because I inherited my mom's stubbornness. So I could most definitely survive with this course of action. There was only one problem with that.

There was no way my stubbornness would lead me not to look.

I tilted my head up. I could see it. There they were! The sight before me was different from those glances I'd secretly stolen when we were bathing together! It was different even from the time I was so content with the brief sight of the undersides of her breasts! This was the complete package! Her breasts, ample and easily describable as a land overflowing with mother's milk and honey, were wrapped as if gently embraced by that revered garment known as the bikini! Her breasts, that epitomized the phrase, “holy breasts,” that I'd read in a book, and that threatened to burst out of her bikini! Her breasts, that contained within them all the world's happiness and joy and satisfaction! Her breasts, that bounced firmly up and down with every step Narae took! Even while my eyes were so full of those breasts that I so desperately wanted to get my dirty little hands on, I could see an oncoming fist.

“Go die!!”

Narae's shame-filled scream filled my ears as Narae's fist began to fill my vision. Of course, I had resolved myself for this. However, I hadn't imagined that she would punch me while wearing brass knuckles. 17 years of life. The pure white sand of these virgin beaches were dyed red by my blood, and my vision exploded in a kaleidoscope of color.

Chapter end