But what he had just learned was truly something he could never have imagined.
A tremendous twist had occurred. The starting point that had always repeated in the same scene, the same situation, had changed.
“You’ve been seeing each other for over 2 years, isn’t it time for you to at least develop some affection from familiarity? Please don’t show that kind of attitude during the 2nd album activities. And Siwoo, reconsider ‘Lucifer’. Or have both Yechan and Siwoo try it and decide.”
While listening halfheartedly to Jaehyung’s words, Evan turned on his phone and started searching. And the moment he checked Ocean’s members and saw Siwoo’s face, his expression twisted strangely.
“No. ‘Lucifer’ is Siwoo.”
The moment the arrival gate door opened and Evan saw Siwoo among the people, he murmured in a small voice.
He was wearing black slacks and a white shirt, a black ball cap, and looking at the floor.
Was it because Yechan was right behind him? Siwoo looked especially smaller today.
But Evan’s eyes saw it clearly. The image of Siwoo wearing a large pair of wings.
The problem was that the color of the wings Siwoo was wearing was different.
“And Siwoo’s wings will be a different color.”
It wasn’t a tone seeking persuasion or agreement. It was a definitive answer to Jaehyung’s words.
What album number it was or what the title was didn’t matter.
To him, Lucifer was Siwoo, and the one walking toward him now had both white and black wings attached simultaneously.
He hadn’t grasped everything yet.
Ocean’s members had changed, the situation had changed. Everything had changed.
He knew nothing.
But above all, there was one thing he knew for certain.
Siwoo… he was his.
What kind of relationship are we in now? From the brief conversation with Jaehyung just now, he realized that their relationship wasn’t ordinary.
How much effort will I have to make again to occupy the seat next to you? What effort should I make to let you know you’re an Omega? Before that, how should I treat you?
How should I untangle this twisted and tangled knot?
All Evan could do to suppress the impulse to run and embrace him right now and confess everything was to clench his fists with all his might.
The moment the door to the arrival hall opened, Siwoo pulled down the end of his ball cap further to completely block his view.
The face of Sangjun, who had woken him up on the plane earlier saying they would be landing soon, reminded him that this place was reality.
He took deep breaths several times. His heart, which was acting up on its own, had already gone beyond control.
It was reacting like this to the fact that he was meeting Evan.
Friends. Friends. We’re debut team members and friends of the same age.
He couldn’t know if they were actually on bad or good terms, but they weren’t in such a special relationship.
Siwoo repeated the same words to himself several times as if chanting a spell.
Just treat him like he treats Yechan.
Siwoo’s steps, which had been constantly repeating this as he left the arrival hall and entered the airport lobby, stopped abruptly.
And he pulled his sleeve to cover his nose and mouth.
There’s absolutely no way, they can’t fail to control their pheromones in a place with many people.
It’s a familiar scent. The scent he could sometimes feel when he was with Evan.
But what he felt this time wasn’t a scent but an emotion. Confusion. Surprise. Bewilderment.
He didn’t know how he could know such a thing, but the moment he saw Evan’s face, he realized he hadn’t seen it wrong.
As soon as his gaze became entangled with those deep green eyes, he lowered his head again.
Was it a side effect of regression? He took a deep breath once more.
Siwoo’s small head tilted. Even when he breathed in again, even now when he was breathing comfortably, everything had disappeared.
The familiar scent that had been full of confusion completely hid itself as if it had never been there from the beginning.
“Evan hyung!!”
Siwoo, who started walking again among the staff and members, lightly rubbed under his nose with his hand while hearing Yechan’s large and thick voice as if he had boiled train briquettes.
“Hey. That’s embarrassing. Be quiet.”
The person who pulled the collar of Yechan, who was like an excited large dog running wild, to calm him down was Chan.
“If someone saw, they’d think you were seeing each other again after years. It’s only been a week since you were apart from Evan.”
Sangjun, passing by Yechan who was still bouncing around waving both hands and making a fuss, also said something, but Siwoo couldn’t even open his mouth.
With each step he took, he got closer to him.
They naturally merged with Evan who was standing in front and the team that appeared to be staff, but the two didn’t have any conversation. He couldn’t come to his senses with the cameras filming all of this, many staff members, and the atmosphere of people recognizing Ocean and murmuring.
First of all, the priority was to move together in a group in an atmosphere of wanting to get out of here.
“Siwoo is going out with Evan and coming back? We’ll carry the luggage, so load it in that car over there. What did you decide to do about Evan?”
“When the two play and come back, I told Evan to pack his luggage and come to the hotel too. What about the rest?”
“Sangjun said he’ll work on songs more at the hotel, and Yechan and Chan said they’ll see Big Ben and tour, so I’m going to join them.”
Siwoo, who unintentionally heard the conversation between Jaehyung and Myunghun, quickly looked around. He and Evan are going out and coming back? Where? What are the two of them going to do? But he couldn’t bring out any of his questions.
As it was, the members and managers were closely watching him, saying he was especially strange today.
“Are you okay?”
“Huh?”
Startled by Evan’s sudden question asking if he was okay, Siwoo raised his head sharply. When did he come to his side? At the same time, his eyes met with Evan who was in front of him. In this complicated situation, Evan was walking backwards.
“You look like you’re not feeling well.”
“Ah… the flight…”
While answering, Siwoo’s hand grabbed and pulled Evan’s collar. And he guided him who was walking backwards to walk next to him.
When Evan walked side by side next to him, only then could Siwoo breathe again, having stopped for a moment. Even while thinking he just needed to treat him casually like he treats Yechan, he couldn’t readily do so.
The moment he faced his face, the first thing that caught his eye was Evan’s lips.
“Then. Do you want to rest?”
“Uh. No.”
Damn it. Siwoo bit the tip of his tongue with his head down. Evan, whom he met again, was indifferent as expected.
Since he was originally kind and gentle, he must have treated everyone like this. So he would treat him as usual, but it seemed like he had reacted too sensitively.
What the fans thought must be speculation. Because they saw the situation in such various and rich ways.
Everything special that happened between the two must be buried as memories. He kept repeating to himself only the words ‘normally like me, like my usual self.’
“Is there a place you want to go?”
“Siwoo hyung. We’ll carry the carrier. With Evan hyung… see you later!”
Not knowing what answer to give to Evan’s question, Yechan filled the gap while he was fumbling.
“You, what about you?”
“I decided to go on a tour with Chan hyung and Myunghun hyung. Evan hyung. Do you have any places to recommend?”
Siwoo’s voice asking Yechan back trembled a little and fumbled, but the members excited about the fact that they came abroad didn’t seem to notice.
“Big Ben.”
At Evan’s voice heard right behind him, Siwoo quickly turned around. Since when was he behind him? He seemed to have been next to him until just now, but before he knew it, they were leaving the airport lobby.
“Not such a famous place, but a less famous but good place, isn’t there a place like that?”
“This is your first time in England.”
“That’s true.”
“Then go to those places first, where everyone goes.”
Listening to the conversation between Evan and Yechan, Siwoo swallowed a sigh inwardly. His body that had been trembling like crazy, his pounding heart were gradually finding stability.
The moment he met Evan again, he realized.
That it couldn’t be helped.
That he couldn’t become complete strangers with him.
That he was somehow entangled with him.
In the immediately previous life, he thought regression had stopped. Because the regression point had passed, and he had lived normally for several months after that. But he realized this time. That regression hadn’t stopped.
He didn’t know when or at what moment he would return again. Now even the set routine had changed.
“You guys go first.”
At the airport waiting room entrance, there was a luxury SUV, and Jaehyung hurriedly pushed Siwoo’s back.
Sitting in the passenger seat inadvertently, Siwoo looked at the staff moving in unison outside the car window.
“I told you earlier, right? Come back on time.”
Without even time to hesitate, the car they got in together departed.
Siwoo, who hastily fastened his seatbelt, looked at Evan who was holding the steering wheel.
Looking at his profile watching the front, a hollow smile formed.
Let’s do it one by one, one by one.
The sandcastle has collapsed. Then just build it again.
Instead, I’ll subtract the L. Let’s make a wonderful friendship and become popular idols.
Suddenly, Evan’s large hand reached out in front of him. He didn’t know what meaning Evan extended his hand to him with, but Siwoo grabbed that hand without hesitation.
Their palms lightly touched, but soon their hands were naturally interlocked. But the two weren’t conscious of such a thing.
Warm warmth was transmitted through their palms. Siwoo slowly breathed in, and exhaled just as slowly. It was strange. Before, it was a scent he felt occasionally by chance.
But now it was smelled too naturally. It wasn’t thick. Just a scent that seemed naturally embedded.
Perhaps because this car was Evan’s car?
‘My Pair.’
Evan’s voice full of sadness lingered in his ear again.
Why did he call him that? And why was Evan certain that he could smell his pheromones?
