The couple held out three plump-looking white envelopes. The three people simultaneously waved both hands and strongly refused.
“No, it’s okay!”
“Mother, use that to buy Yeonsu something delicious!”
“No, if you don’t take it, I won’t feel comfortable.”
“Mom! Then give it to me.”
“…If you’re going to talk nonsense, you go to Seoul with your friends too.”
Because Choi Yeonho, who suddenly butted in, was spouting nonsense, the couple’s faces turned fierce. Jang Juwon gulped once, feeling like he was the one being scolded. He’d thought they looked so gentle, but they could make such scary expressions too.
“Anyway, we’ll be heading up now.”
“What do I do, only making you work so hard?”
“Not at all, it was fun!”
The three people bent at the waist and bowed to the couple. Because they had to go harvest peaches again right away, Choi Yeonho and his family got in the truck and left first. Jang Juwon stood still and watched them getting smaller and smaller. He thought he’d already miss the past two days. But it was okay. They had plenty of time they could spend together, and they could spend time together again next time. Click, Jang Juwon opened the car door with a much lighter heart and sat in the passenger seat.
Shin Jisu also placed her hand on the rear door handle. She was about to pull the door when somewhere a small “Tch” sound came. When she turned her head, Baek Iseon was glaring at her. Shin Jisu was dumbfounded.
“Ha, are you saying I’m in the way right now?”
“You know it well, nuisance.”
“The nuisance is you, sunbae? Barging in shamelessly when friends are hanging out!”
“If you put it that way, I’m better than you butting into family. Right?”
Baek Iseon sneered. However, Shin Jisu spoke with her chest puffed out and a rather confident attitude.
“I’ll be family soon too, so.”
“Don’t even dream, over my dead body…!”
Buzz. At the sound of the passenger side window rolling down, Baek Iseon quickly stopped talking. Jang Juwon stuck his head slightly out the window and looked at the two alternately and asked.
“What are you two talking about so much?”
“Oh, no, nothing. Hurry and get in, Jisu.”
“Yes, sunbae-nim.”
Spasms occurred at the corners of the mouths of the two looking at each other.
‘Unlucky.’
‘Unlucky.’
Thunk, the car door closed hard and the car shook left and right.
* * *
In front of a large two-story country house located in Seoul, Baek Iseon’s car stopped. The rear door opened and Shin Jisu, holding a large luggage bag, got out. Baek Iseon and Jang Juwon also got out following her and loaded her arms with a basketful of peaches and corn from the trunk.
Even though Jang Juwon had said a sufficient goodbye to Shin Jisu, when it came time to actually get in the car and leave again, he felt regretful.
“Shin Jisu, take care!”
Jang Juwon waved his hand out the passenger window.
“Yeah, you too!”
“Let’s contact each other next time! Before the semester starts…”
Buzz. He was in the middle of talking when the sound of the window rolling up came.
“Let’s meet once…”
Buzz. Jang Juwon bobbed his body here and there to avoid the rising window and tried to continue speaking.
“Drinks! Let’s dri…”
Thunk. As soon as the window completely closed, the car departed as if it had been waiting. Jang Juwon glared at Baek Iseon.
“What are you doing? I was talking!”
“Do you have time for talking? How leisurely, Jang Juwon.”
“Huh?”
“You said I could do anything once we got back to Seoul.”
No, he’d never said that. He had said something similar……
‘No skinship beyond a certain level until we get back to Seoul.’
How does that become permission to do anything?
“I never said it quite like that, you know?”
“Sorry, but I’m a son of a bitch so I don’t understand difficult words well.”
“Ah, really? Then I’ll say it in easy words. No.”
“Why!”
“I’m tired! I want to go home and sleep.”
“Then I’ll also……”
“No, sunbae goes and sleeps at sunbae’s house.”
Since it was easy to predict what Baek Iseon’s next words would be, Jang Juwon cut off his words and flatly refused. The fingers of Baek Iseon gripping the steering wheel fidgeted anxiously.
“Then, then…… Just give me the kiss you promised. I listened well, didn’t I? We can do other things next time……”
He wasn’t surprisingly curious about what those “other things” were. After making a groaning sound, Jang Juwon decided on his answer.
“Fine. That much…… won’t strain my body, and I, I also… wanted to, so.”
Even after saying it himself, he felt embarrassed wondering what he’d just said. But before he could even blush, he heard a thud and turned his head to see Baek Iseon hitting the steering wheel.
“Fuck…… Are you doing this on purpose?”
“What……”
“Constantly turning me on.”
“You’ve really lost it.”
“Look ahead, Baek Iseon. Drive. Drive……”
Baek Iseon glared fiercely at the front while muttering his own name to himself. His face was burning bright red.
Jang Juwon pretended to look out the window, feigning ignorance. He had a premonition that if he said one more word here, things would really become irreversible.
Silence circled inside the car filled with tension. Neither rashly opened their mouth. The two tried their best not to provoke each other, and only after what felt like an eternity did the car reach its destination and stop.
“We’re… here.”
Baek Iseon was the first to carefully speak up.
“Yeah, I know……”
Jang Juwon’s answer contained two meanings. One was that he knew they’d arrived at his house, and the other was that he knew what had to happen after arrival.
Click. The sound of Baek Iseon unfastening his seatbelt rang out. Jang Juwon swallowed his dry saliva. He slowly closed the distance. Just before his face completely blocked his view, Jang Juwon’s eyes caught several pedestrians passing by on the street. Right, it was broad daylight right now and this was near a college area with lots of foot traffic.
“Wait!”
“……Again why, again what! Tell me. What’s wrong this time?”
Baek Iseon made an irritated appeal with a desperate expression.
“It’s broad daylight. Even if it’s inside the car, people will see from outside.”
“Should I go out and tell everyone to fuck off because we’re going to kiss?”
Baek Iseon put his hand on the driver’s side door handle as if he would really jump out. The veins looked like they would pop out on the back of his hand, bulging up. Even though Jang Juwon knew it was a joke, he hastily grabbed his collar.
“Haah, fine. If you really don’t want to, we won’t do it.”
Baek Iseon let out a deep sigh and smoothly lowered the hand that had been gripping the door handle. Seeing his somewhat deflated appearance made Jang Juwon laugh a little. He had firmly misunderstood the intent of his words.
“That’s not it.”
Jang Juwon grabbed his wrist firmly.
“Not here, but in a safe place…… So, when we go inside the house……”
Before the words even finished, Baek Iseon opened the car door and got out. A few seconds later, the passenger door opened with a click.
“Come on, get out.”
Baek Iseon gestured politely with a face full of smiles.
Bang! The front door closed with a loud sound as if it would break. His lips collided before he could even take off his shoes. The bag Jang Juwon had slung over his shoulder fell limply to the floor against his will. As his body was pushed backward, Baek Iseon wrapped his hand around his waist and pulled him close.
“Mm, mmph……”
In the midst of mixing tongues frantically, he felt his hand burrowing between the thin t-shirt. Jang Juwon grabbed his hand and pushed it away. But as if it had never happened, the hand kept crawling inside his clothes, naturally stroking his bare skin. When his clothes rolled up enough to reveal his chest, he thought there was only one conclusion they could reach at this rate.
“You said… you’d listen well!”
“Haah……”
Baek Iseon bit his lip slightly and withdrew his hand again, placing it on his lower back.
“Is this okay now?”
“Yeah, mmph!”
He leaned his upper body forward and took one step ahead. Jang Juwon clung to his waist to avoid being pushed back. Thanks to that, their lower bodies ended up in close contact. Every time he licked deep inside his mouth, his lower body automatically reacted and squirmed.
