Hyowoo doubted his ears for a moment.
He never imagined that Lee Seohee, who was wearing a gentle smile while stroking Hyowoo’s hair, would say something so violent.
“You’re… joking, right?”
“Of course. I’m joking.”
That’s what he thought. There’s no way someone as kind as Lee Seohee would do such a thing.
Just as Hyowoo was about to laugh along, thinking he’d almost taken the joke seriously…
“Is cutting off just the hands enough? I’ll completely crush the arm below the shoulder so they can never use it again for the rest of their life. So they can never do that again.”
As even more dizzying words flowed from his mouth, Hyowoo’s eyes widened.
“If possible, I’d like to find that pedophile pervert from the subway back then and amputate both of his arms too.”
Lee Seohee uttered these terrifying words cheerfully without batting an eye.
And then he added this:
“It’s been some time, but I think I could find him.”
At the muttering words as he placed his hand on his smooth chin, goosebumps rose along Hyowoo’s spine.
‘This person… is he serious…?’
There was no change in his expression or voice.
The sight of Lee Seohee casually uttering such horrifying words with the same face as usual came as a small but vivid shock to Hyowoo.
Of course, Gyeonwoo said things like this often too.
When it came to matters related to Hyowoo, his younger brother also turned violent.
But Lee Seohee… was on a different level.
Lee Seohee, who spoke softly without changing his expression one bit, felt far more chilling than Gyeonwoo, who growled and raged.
When the overwhelming pressure of a Dominant Alpha was added to that, a cold energy instantly burrowed into his body.
‘Seohee-ssi has this side to him…’
Suddenly, Gyeonwoo’s advice that people like Lee Seohee should never be made into enemies came to mind.
He’d just let his brother’s fuss slide at the time, saying he was the most dangerous type in the world.
‘I wondered why he said such strange things about such a kind and good person…’
Only now did Hyowoo somewhat understand the meaning of what his brother had said.
Lee Seohee smiled brightly at him, who had become dazed from shock.
“And make sure to tell me too if you don’t like something.”
“Huh?”
Hyowoo, who had barely regained his senses, blinked his large eyes.
“Even between lovers, partners, or married couples, unwanted physical contact or actions are sexual harassment. So if you don’t like it but I try to touch you, refuse clearly. Then I’ll stop too.”
Having said that, Lee Seohee quietly shifted his gaze to the TV screen.
As Hyowoo stared intently at his profile, his heart felt heavy.
‘Because he knows my past… he’s being this careful not to hurt me…’
His heart felt constricted, but it wasn’t pain—it was gratitude for his consideration.
“Ah, this is the movie Hyowoo-ssi mentioned, right?”
After a moment, Lee Seohee selected a movie and pressed the play button.
The video began flowing across the screen, but Hyowoo couldn’t concentrate at all.
‘But Seohee-ssi has never done anything I dislike… Could he think I don’t like physical contact at all?’
Hyowoo, who had been cautiously observing Lee Seohee’s profile as he focused on the movie, finally opened his mouth as if he’d made up his mind.
“I don’t… dislike it when Seohee-ssi touches me…”
After barely managing to speak while suppressing his shyness, he pulled the blanket up to cover his face as soon as he finished speaking.
Lee Seohee seemed briefly surprised by the unexpected confession, but soon asked back with a bright smile.
“Really?”
“…”
“Really, it’s okay for me to touch you?”
“…Don’t make me say it twice. Just saying it once makes me so embarrassed I want to hide…”
He whispered in Hyowoo’s ear, who still had his face buried in the blanket.
“Then, can I touch you now?”
“…”
“Once I start touching, I’ll touch every corner of your body, really lewdly.”
“…”
Far from answering, Hyowoo didn’t even move.
As if unable to wait for an answer any longer, Lee Seohee gently tugged at the edge of the blanket.
Surprisingly easily, the blanket slipped from Hyowoo’s hands, revealing a face flushed red like an apple.
As Hyowoo turned his head to avoid eye contact, Lee Seohee gently cupped his cheek with one hand.
When he caressed the heated skin, Hyowoo became even more shy and hunched his shoulders.
“Should I make a confession too?”
“…What confession?”
“When I touch Hyowoo-ssi like this, it makes me feel good.”
“Huh?”
“Your skin is so soft and supple. Everywhere I touch is warm, so it really feels good.”
Lee Seohee, who had been preciously stroking the increasingly reddening pretty cheeks, gently grasped Hyowoo’s chin and turned his head to make him look at him.
“So I don’t want it to just feel good for me alone—I want to touch you in a way that makes Hyowoo-ssi feel good too.”
“…”
“So tell me. Where should I touch, and how would you like me to touch you?”
In that moment, Hyowoo’s mind went completely white and stopped.
His large pupils shook, unable to find their bearings, and his lips, having lost their words, only trembled.
Finding that flustered appearance so lovable, Lee Seohee quietly kissed Hyowoo’s lips.
“Mm…”
At the sweet kiss, Hyowoo’s eyes smoothly closed.
His tongue, which had slipped between the lips before he knew it, ravaged the tender inside of his mouth and gently wrapped around Hyowoo’s tongue.
With just one hotly burning kiss, his frozen mind began to slowly melt.
Hyowoo wrapped his arms around Lee Seohee’s neck, wanting to feel more of his warmth.
Just as he was about to naturally entrust his body, hoping Lee Seohee would touch him more warmly and deeply…
“Ahhh!”
Hyowoo suddenly screamed.
Lee Seohee, who reflexively pulled away, hurriedly checked on Hyowoo.
“What’s wrong?”
“S-s-s-something s-squishy on my foot right now…!”
Hyowoo’s face turned pale as he opened his already large eyes even wider and even stammered.
Wondering if perhaps a leg cramp had occurred, Lee Seohee quickly threw back the blanket. Then, a large ball of fur stuck right to Hyowoo’s foot came into view.
“Meringue, what are you doing here?”
There was a fluffy cat with cream-colored fur with gray points only on the ears, tail, and around the face. The house’s second cat, Meringue, had firmly settled in place.
The squishy sensation felt on his toes was Meringue, who had secretly entered under the blanket, licking Hyowoo’s foot.
So startled was he that Hyowoo’s heart continued pounding wildly for quite a while, unable to stop.
In contrast, Meringue, the protagonist of this commotion, looked up at Hyowoo with an indifferent face as if to say, ‘What’s so surprising?’
Then, after meowing once softly toward the two people, the cat jumped down from the bed and haughtily left the room.
“It was Meringue… What a surprise.”
Thinking a caterpillar or insect had crawled in, he’d been terrified, but it was a cat. Saying it was a huge relief, Hyowoo patted his startled chest.
However, because he was busy calming his racing heart, he didn’t notice that Lee Seohee was staring intently at him.
“Seohee-ssi? What’s wrong?”
Only belatedly feeling his gaze and asking why he was staring like that, Hyowoo simultaneously became aware of the emptiness around his legs.
‘…Ah, the blanket!’
He had completely forgotten that Lee Seohee had pulled back the blanket because of the commotion just moments ago.
Because of the excessively loose t-shirt, he looked like a scarecrow wearing a rice sack in an awkward outfit. Below, without even pants, his embarrassing appearance wearing only underwear was fully exposed.
Hyowoo hurriedly looked around to cover his legs, but unfortunately, the blanket had fallen on the floor on Lee Seohee’s side.
Was there anything besides the blanket?
No matter how much he looked around the bed, there was nothing to cover his body with.
‘Wh-what should I do…?’
Just being caught in this state was embarrassing enough, but his scrawny body that he hadn’t wanted to show was now completely visible.
‘If it’s such an unsightly body… the desire to touch it must have completely disappeared…’
Thinking he might find it disgusting to see legs like dried-up twigs rolling around on the street.
Hyowoo pulled his knees to his chest and hid his legs inside the t-shirt.
“S-stop looking…”
Before he could even finish his plea not to look because it was unsightly…
Lee Seohee, who had been watching silently for a while, suddenly let out a short exclamation, “Wow…”
“What is this…? Wow, really…”
As he rubbed his face with one hand while letting out continuous exclamations, Hyowoo became even more flustered and opened his mouth.
“Hyowoo-ssi, this… what should I do?”
“Wh-what?”
“I like it too much.”
“…Huh?”
Lee Seohee’s face was full of excitement that Hyowoo had never seen before.
“Wh-what… do you like…?”
“Hyowoo-ssi wearing my clothes. Really… I like it so much.”
What did this mean now?
‘He’s… joking. He’s trying to tease me again…’
But to call it a joke, Lee Seohee had a face that was truly overflowing with happiness.
“…Wh-what’s so good about this…”
“You’re right. Really, what is it about this. Haha… Ah, I’m going crazy. Why do I like it so much?”
“S-stop teasing me…”
He’d never in his life been this embarrassed, bewildered, and ashamed.
When not only Hyowoo’s face but also from his nape to his shoulders had turned bright red, Lee Seohee extended his hand.
“Should we continue what we were doing earlier?”
Looking at the hand extended toward him, Hyowoo hesitated for a long while.
Then finally, slowly taking his hand, he was embraced in his arms.
