Having inadvertently gotten his back slapped, Seo Sihan was flustered but then fully hugged Jeong Minha back. He didn’t know why he’d been giving consultation advice every evening lately, but his heart certainly felt a little more at ease.
Staying like this reminded him of when he first met Jeong Minha. Back then too, Jeong Minha had given similar comfort and encouragement. …Or not? He wasn’t sure if he’d been scolded or received unsolicited advice, but memories were originally meant to be beautified anyway.
And a few days later. Seo Sihan felt some kind of change.
“Hyung, wake up.”
“…?”
“Huh? What’s this, you woke up in one try? What time did you sleep yesterday?”
“…I don’t really remember. Probably… I think I fell asleep around 1 o’clock…”
“Really?! You didn’t wake up after that?”
“Almost…?”
“Wow, this actually works!”
Jeong Minha was excited himself and jumped right onto the bed. Seo Sihan made an “oof” sound but wrapped the flopped-on-top-of-him Jeong Minha in the blanket while hugging him.
While they were like that, Jeong Minha pulled out one arm and lightly grabbed Seo Sihan’s cheek.
“This isn’t a dream, right?”
“Uh-eh…?”
Seo Sihan blinked his sleepy eyes and tried to pronounce “why,” but his pronunciation came out all wrong because his cheek was being pulled. Thanks to that, Jeong Minha burst into laughter, immediately let go, and this time stroked his head while praising him.
“No, you did well. If you just keep doing this… hyung will really be able to sleep comfortably alone too!”
“…”
Seo Sihan slowly blinked while looking at Jeong Minha. Then he gently held Jeong Minha’s cheek with his hand.
“…?”
Is he trying to get revenge on me for pulling his cheek? Jeong Minha braced himself but it soon became useless. That was because Seo Sihan slightly sat up and kissed him on the cheek.
“…!”
“Thank you, Minha-ya…”
“N-no, I didn’t really do anything…!”
Jeong Minha shyly turned his gaze away. He briefly closed his eyes at the sunlight pouring through the curtains.
“Really…”
He opened his eyes again, wondering how to respond to the whispered voice. And after thinking of what to say, he looked toward Seo Sihan, but he was sleeping again.
“…”
At that sight, he just smiled slightly and got up from the bed. Then he immediately lifted the blanket with a whoosh.
“What are you doing falling back asleep! Wake up!”
“Ugh…”
Afterward, while barely managing to eat breakfast together, Jeong Minha thought.
‘At this rate, who’s the hyung here…’
But since that Seo Sihan was cute, he didn’t say anything and just ate his rice diligently. Then when he looked at Seo Sihan, he was staring intently at him. Jeong Minha, who almost choked, hurriedly drank water and asked.
“Wh-why?”
Did he catch what I was thinking? Just when Jeong Minha was shooting himself in the foot, Seo Sihan thought for a moment then said seriously.
“As I thought… even if it’s hard, I’ll work diligently.”
“What? Why?”
“Originally I did it because it was work I was given so I had no choice… But actually, after meeting Minha… I found a reason to go.”
“What is it…?”
At that question, Seo Sihan just turned his gaze and looked around. Currently on the kitchen table, Jeong Minha’s snacks were piled up, and in the living room, Jeong Minha’s various game consoles and small exercise equipment were placed.
Besides that, the clothes Jeong Minha was wearing, the card he used for living expenses, the phone he carried around every day, etc… They were all things he’d bought with his own money.
Seo Sihan said with a proud heart and a gentle smile.
“Because I said I’d take responsibility for Minha…”
“…What?!”
Jeong Minha was about to say there was no need to go that far, but soon recalled the conversation when he confessed to Seo Sihan.
―Will you take responsibility or not!
―I-I will. Responsibility…
“…!!”
Flustered, he stood up abruptly from his seat. Then he hurriedly added an explanation.
“N-no, that’s not what that meant?! I said to take responsibility for my feelings, who told you to take responsibility for my livelihood…!”
“Huh? What?”
“…Which situation are you talking about right now?”
“When we met at the cafe…”
“…”
After sitting back down, he picked up his spoon. He took another bite of rice, swallowed, and asked.
“Did I say something like that back then?”
“Even if you didn’t say it… that’s what the contract terms were from the start. I said I’d grant everything Minha wanted…”
At those words, Jeong Minha looked at him incredulously, then sharply turned his head and muttered.
“What I wanted was to date hyung, so it’s already been fulfilled…”
“…”
He sneaked a glance at Seo Sihan who had suddenly become quiet. Seo Sihan was looking this way with a moved expression, his hand placed on his overwhelmed chest.
When Jeong Minha was somewhat satisfied with the heartwarming atmosphere, Seo Sihan hurriedly picked up his phone.
“M-Minha-ya, can you say what you just said one more time?”
“No. You’re just going to record it and keep replaying it.”
“Please…”
“Ah, it’s embarrassing! Hyung has a good memory, so remember it well on your own.”
When he firmly refused, Seo Sihan made a disappointed expression, then looked at Jeong Minha’s reddened cheeks and smiled again.
“Okay… But actually, that responsibility… even if Minha didn’t want it, it’s just something I wanted to do.”
“What?”
“Every time I spend money on Minha, I’m genuinely happy…”
“…?”
Jeong Minha ultimately looked at Seo Sihan with a disgusted expression. This is gambling addiction… ah, no, excessive fan spending? What should I call it? While he was seriously pondering, Seo Sihan kept smiling and said.
“So I can always… work hard thanks to Minha. I’m really grateful…”
“Ah… what? Huh?”
The person who’s so stressed from company work that he can’t even sleep… is going to the company because of me? Then what was all my help getting him to sleep well until now…?!
Trapped in a Möbius loop, Jeong Minha fell into anguish alone, going “Kyaaah.”
Of course, for Seo Sihan, even without Jeong Minha it was work he absolutely had to do anyway, and rather, thanks to Jeong Minha he could do it with renewed energy, so it was only more beneficial.
Jeong Minha just resolved to himself alone.
‘Just wait… I’m really going to hire that hyung as my secretary. I’ll just throw money at him and make him rest.’
It was a dream that couldn’t be known if it would really come true, but thanks to that, Jeong Minha’s motivation to work also began to overflow.
* * *
[+10,000,000 won] 10:29
??? Why again this time what is this please tell me in words 10:35
[Thank you +30,000,000 won] 10:36
[Thanks to Minha I finished well haha +50,000,000 won] 10:36
[Buy something delicious to eat +70,000,000 won] 10:37
[I want to send every day so I need to earn hard +100,000,000 won] 10:37
[This is because I like Minha so much +300,000,000 won] 10:40
I tried to send more but it was blocked 10:42
Just use the card there’s no limit on that 10:42
Coming out of the shower to suddenly find hundreds of millions of won deposited in his bank account, Jeong Minha froze on the spot.
“…”
To hire someone like this as a secretary… how much would I have to give?
Jeong Minha flopped onto the bed in frustration. Then he immediately threatened Seo Sihan by typing with one hand. If you don’t give me your account number, I’m leaving home…
At this, Seo Sihan finally typed ‘ㅠㅠ’ and gave his account number. The problem was that he additionally gave his account password too, but he roughly ignored it.
But why on earth are both the house password and account password my birthday? It felt like it meant Jeong Minha could comfortably enter the house and withdraw money anytime, which was even more absurd.
Anyway, he immediately opened the banking app. Still, seeing the sincerity of sending money, he left only 3,000 won for snack money and returned everything else.
Of course, the account Seo Sihan gave him was a Jeong Minha-use account he’d created separately on his own. Even though he returned it, without him knowing, the money was ultimately accumulating anyway.
Not knowing this fact, Jeong Minha just bought and ate snacks with a lightened heart again.
