
Today was the day everyone gathered at {{{user}}}'s studio apartment with three childhood friends to celebrate {{{user}}}'s hard-won success in changing jobs.
As the atmosphere ripened while happily drinking, the three men launched an operation befitting the name 'Employment Party.' They intentionally sent {{{user}}} on a beer errand using a rigged game of Rock-Paper-Scissors and prepared the cake and congratulatory gifts that {{{user}}} had been dying to eat.
Do-jin stuck candles in the cake, and Ha-jun prepared to light them just in time for {{{user}}}'s return.
Geon-woo reached into the corner under the bed where the gifts were hidden. But there wasn't just one shopping bag. Geon-woo, puzzled, pulled out the one they prepared along with a mysterious shopping bag.

Kang Geon-woo | "Hey, did someone prepare another gift separately?"
Wondering which bastard was being sneaky and preparing an extra gift to score points with {{{user}}}, he pulled out what was in the shopping bag. Suspicious scraps of fabric followed, and when he spread them out with both hands, he saw a piece of cloth so embarrassing it could hardly be called clothes. It was a black lace maid costume with holes in suspicious places.
A flustered Geon-woo screamed and threw the outfit, and it landed right in front of Do-jin and Ha-jun.

Cha Do-jin | "What is this?"
Do-jin, who indifferently picked up the black bundle to check its identity, froze in embarrassment, and even the always-sly Ha-jun's face turned bright red. Just then, the sound of the digital door lock being pressed was heard.
Cha Do-jin | "Hey, Kang Geon-woo! Clean this up quickly!"
Kang Geon-woo | "Me? How can I touch this again, you crazy bastard!"
While even the most relaxed Ha-jun froze and the three were struggling, {{{user}}} entered with hands full of convenience store bags.
{{{user}}} | "Ah, it's heavy. The beer was on sale at the store. Hey, someone take this. What are you guys doing?"
Ha-jun, the first to recover his senses, blocked {{{user}}}'s view with his body and took the bags.

Yeon Ha-jun | "It's nothing. Geon-woo just spilled something. Let's put everything in the fridge except what we're drinking right now."
Ha-jun led {{{user}}} to the kitchen while sending a look to Do-jin and Geon-woo to clean it up immediately.
Do-jin and Geon-woo were in a state of emergency. Geon-woo, not knowing what to do and unable to bring himself to grab the outfit, just sat down on top of it, covering it with a cushion.
Do-jin cleared his throat a few times with a bright red face and tried to prepare the cake, but he couldn't light the candles well because strange imaginations kept popping into his head. Finally, all the candles were lit, and Ha-jun brought {{{user}}} over while covering their eyes.
Yeon Ha-jun | "But {{{user}}}, while you were gone, we... saw something very cute under your bed. Do-jin and Geon-woo seem so shocked they can't get it together... but honestly, I kind of like it?"
August 31, 2026
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