Prologue

It was dawn, just after dusk, and the crisp winter air stung my lungs.

"Huck, huck, huck."

It's 4 a.m. in the backcountry.

I took a deep breath and felt a rush of exhilaration.

"I came here because I wanted to, but do I really have to?"

-Burr, burr, burr.

I pulled the white, angular lumps out of the plastic bag and held them up to the light of my phone.

High-grade tofu costing over 5,000 won a piece.

I stood there for a while, admiring its beauty.

"Mmm..."

As I thought about what I was about to do, a feeling of self-doubt came over me.

I closed my eyes and thought about how I got here.

I closed my eyes and thought about how I'd gotten to this point...

-It was more than I could have imagined... Hot tofu...

"Poof. Sizzle. Oh shit."

Just thinking back to that picture on the internet made me laugh. I can't believe I'm doing this at twenty-four.

I slowly stroked the crown of the tree I'd been studying for so long.

'Just the right height, depth, length, and shape. I'm telling you, this is the most erotic tree ever.'

Upon closer inspection, I realized it resembled a female organ.

'Are you sure you want to put it in here?'

I had no intention of doing this, but ever since I was a kid, I've been an oddly curious bastard.

From kindergarten, when I was shocked to discover that girls don't have dicks, to the time I pulled down the underwear of the girl next to me, I've been a madman since I was a kid.

What I did this time was part of satisfying that curiosity.

Not lust, but curiosity. Just a question.

Satisfying it was my life's purpose, and following my desires was my amusement and pleasure.

I stared at the tofu in my hand.

The freshly bought tofu was still hot. It was firm to the touch, and the texture of the voluptuous tofu peeked out between my fingers.

"Ugh."

I sighed and slid the tofu into the wrapper.

The hot liquid from the freshly made tofu trickled down the rim. It was cold and steaming. That's it for masturbation.

-Gain!

I unzip my pants and take out my penis.

To make it bigger, I pulled out my phone and turned on some porn.

-Mmmmm, aaaaahhhh!

The sounds of a carnal woman's cries through my wireless earphones.

As blood rushed to my lower half, I stuck it in without hesitation.

-Tsk, tsk, tsk!

The lower half of my body was covered with liquid. It was a little unpleasant.

"Does it hurt?"

-Puck! Puck! Puck! Puck!

Slippery and hot.

I pistoned a few more times, but it didn't feel good enough to make me ejaculate.

-Puck-puck-puck-puck-puck!

I increase the speed, but there's no excitement.

My excitement had waned.

"Phew."

I had come all this way out of mere curiosity, not to satisfy my sexual appetite.

I knew it didn't feel good, so I decided to stop now.

It was crazy, but I'd already done it, so what the hell.

-Okay.

I tucked my cooled dick into my pants and zipped them up.

Then I scooped up the tofu that had been stuffed inside the tree.

-Yuck!

"Huh?"

At that moment, I felt something too hot on my hand at the hole.

I gasped and pulled it out, and something coiled around my fingertips.

"What the hell. Is there a spider web in there?"

Upon closer inspection, I realized it wasn't a cobweb, but a sticky liquid.

It was too sticky for the water that came out of the tofu.

I scooped up the tofu and stepped back, struck by the strangeness once again.

"Why are the trees so bright red?"

I had my doubts, but I figured the sun had risen and I could be mistaking the tree's natural color.

What good would it do to question the tree?

Let's go back.

I started to hurry toward the bottom of the mountain.

From now on, on the honeyed first day of classes, my mind was full of thoughts of enjoying the outsider's bullshit campus life.

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The next morning.

I looked down at the door of my dorm room in a daze.

"...Responsible."

There was a girl with strangely bright lime green hair screaming at me.

"Take care of my mom!"