Dawoon, startled by the voice that came out of nowhere, dropped his phone. At the same time, Ryu Taeha naturally snatched up the phone that fell onto the fluffy bed sheet.
“Wow, these names are quite wild.”
Gangsik, Ducheol, Cheolho. He smiled with interest while reading the names written in the memo.
“Why are you entering someone else’s room without permission?”
Dawoon spoke in a blunt tone and snatched his phone back. Ryu Taeha, who obediently returned the phone, just kept grinning.
“Are you thinking about which of the three to make your partner? Or all three?”
Even in the dark room with the lights off, the bastard’s handsome face was excessively visible. The Esper’s eyesight superior to animals felt useless right now.
“Mind your own business and get out.”
Dawoon jerked his chin toward the door, but Ryu Taeha went down to the foot of the bed and sat down casually. The sleepiness that had been ambiguously remaining fled completely at the continued nonsense.
“Dawoon, you’re not interested in doing it with multiple people.”
“……”
“Or has that preference changed too in the meantime?”
What is this crazy bastard saying?
Dawoon, who dug in his ear, sprang up from the bed. Instead of Ryu Taeha who was completely ignoring his words to leave, he decided to leave the room himself. It would be safer to sleep on the living room sofa than to be alone with that bastard in the bedroom.
“Where are you going at this hour? Your body’s not well either.”
“Somewhere the leader isn’t.”
“Dawoon.”
Ryu Taeha, who got up from the bed, blocked Dawoon’s way in the blink of an eye. He was so fast that even Dawoon, who was an Esper, couldn’t read his movement. He looked even more annoying, flaunting his excellent S+ rank as naturally as breathing.
“You’re being too cold. At this rate I’ll catch a cold.”
“It’s unfortunate you haven’t caught one yet.”
Dawoon walked toward the door, passing him to avoid wasting unnecessary energy. Then Ryu Taeha raised both hands in a gesture of surrender.
“Okay, okay. I’ll leave.”
You should have done that from the start.
Dawoon glared at Ryu Taeha with coldly narrowed eyes. Ryu Taeha ran both raised hands through his hair while lifting the corners of his mouth brazenly.
“I’ll just deliver my business and go.”
“What bus—”
Just as he was about to ask back what business, Ryu Taeha suddenly reached out his hand. Unable to avoid the bastard’s hand that flew toward his face, Dawoon reflexively tried to burst out cursing.
“You son of a—!”
However, the moment Ryu Taeha’s cold hand wrapped around his forehead, the sound stopped. The curse that was about to burst out crawled back down his throat on its own.
“You still have a bit of a fever.”
It was because he recognized it was a touch solely to check his temperature, not to touch his body erotically.
“Did you only take suppressants for medicine?”
“…Yes.”
“How much guiding did you receive?”
Ryu Taeha asked calmly enough to seem businesslike, having settled his smile. Overwhelmed by his atmosphere, Dawoon continued answering without realizing it.
“I received a lot. Continuously until I fell asleep.”
Even after hearing the answer, Ryu Taeha’s cold hand didn’t leave his forehead. Ryu Taeha grabbed Dawoon’s arm with his other hand, pulled down the sleeve a bit, and pressed his wrist.
“How many hours?”
At Ryu Taeha’s attitude of earnestly checking his temperature and pulse, Dawoon answered even more sincerely.
“It must have been over an hour.”
“Are you sure?”
What is it? Is there some problem with my body? Does Ryu Taeha know just by touching it?
“That… I fell asleep while receiving it so I’m not certain. But Jin tends to give guiding for a long time anyway.”
Understanding this, Ryu Taeha slowly nodded.
“How many suppressants did you take?”
“About three pills. I think I ate one more but I don’t remember well.”
The front of Ryu Taeha’s eyebrow twitched faintly. Soon he lifted his eyebrow openly and made an exaggeratedly surprised expression.
“Three whole pills?”
“Why? Is there a problem?”
He’d heard that Espers could take quite a lot of suppressants. No matter how frail Jeong Dawoon’s constitution was, unfit for an Esper, he should be able to digest medicine at least. He hoped so, please.
“Am I not well? Huh? Is that it?”
Dawoon, who grimaced, urged an answer. Since Ryu Taeha was S+ rank and a multi-ability user, it seemed like he’d know everything.
He can’t get any worse than now. If he disappeared, the novel’s plot would continue as is, which would be terrible.
No, still, he’s a supporting character with some weight, so he wouldn’t die futilely, right? While Dawoon was worrying anxiously, Ryu Taeha finally opened his mouth.
“How would I know? I’m not a doctor.”
At the same time, he removed his hand from Dawoon’s forehead while grinning. Dawoon, who had been quietly listening to the answer, frowned.
“No, what… Then why did you even check my pulse?”
“Just because. I wanted to check.”
This crazy bastard, really… Dawoon ground his teeth while imagining punching Ryu Taeha’s vital spot with his fist. He bitterly regretted letting that bastard touch his body. He quickly rubbed and wiped his forehead where his body temperature faintly remained.
“If you have no business, get lost now. Or I’ll leave.”
“Coming to see you was my business.”
He said he was busy but I guess he has time to spare. Dawoon spoke with his expression instead. Ryu Taeha, who cleverly understood this, raised the corners of his mouth even higher.
“What could be more important than the leader checking on guild members’ conditions?”
“Ah, yes. I understand.”
Dawoon pointed to the door, meaning please get lost. He tried to issue a final eviction order verbally too, but kept his mouth tightly shut and gradually lowered his head.
“……”
Suddenly his stomach churned strangely. It was a bit different from the nausea he often felt normally.
It felt like something was about to come up from somewhere deeper than his stomach. At the same time, the urge to defecate that he’d already cleanly taken care of surged again.
“Hold it in.”
Then Ryu Taeha, who had strode closer, hugged Dawoon from behind all too naturally. Without time to stop him, his large hand covered Dawoon’s lower face.
“The medicine is trying to come out. Don’t spit it out, swallow it.”
The suppressant is trying to come out? It’s been several hours since he took it, does that make sense… Yeah, since it’s a novel, anything goes.
Dawoon swallowed his saliva repeatedly to suppress his churning stomach. He even squeezed his eyes shut and tensed his throat to avoid spitting out the suppressants he’d worked hard to take.
“It’s because your body can’t adapt to the suppressants.”
While Dawoon desperately held back the urge to vomit, Ryu Taeha continued explaining the symptoms.
“You stopped taking medicine for several years. Ever since meeting me, continuously.”
Along with a gentle whisper, soft lips touched Dawoon’s nape. At the same time, strength left Dawoon’s knees that had been swaying unsteadily.
“Mmph…”
He tried to shake off the bastard’s hand covering his mouth, but his body wouldn’t listen. Ryu Taeha, as if understanding Dawoon’s state completely, familiarly held him and led him to the bed.
“That’s why you shouldn’t take suppressants you weren’t taking. Harming your body.”
Ryu Taeha laid the curled-up body on the bed while firmly covering Dawoon’s mouth.
Even while frantically holding back the urge to vomit, Dawoon stayed alert to Ryu Taeha. In case that pervert crawled into bed again, he intended to bite his hand hard. Fortunately, Ryu Taeha only sat perched at the head of the bed.
The large hand covering his lips waited for Dawoon’s stomach to settle. Dawoon felt a strange sense of stability and repeated deep breaths while leaning against the guy’s palm.
The churning stomach that felt like a living creature was rummaging through his intestines gradually subsided. Although a faint nausea remained, it was bearable enough, so Dawoon immediately pushed away Ryu Taeha’s hand stealthily.
“I’m okay now.”
“You still don’t look well.”
As Ryu Taeha tried to touch his face again, Dawoon turned his head to avoid it.
“I’m really okay. You should go now.”
Uncomfortable with Ryu Taeha’s persistent gaze clinging to the side of his face, he got under the covers. Fortunately, Ryu Taeha obediently got up from the bed this time too.
“Will you really be okay alone?”
“Yes.”
“It’ll take several months to adapt to the medicine.”
It meant he’d continue to suffer from nausea like now during that time. Dawoon buried his face in the covers while holding back a sigh.
“I’ll have to adapt, what else.”
“Why bother? What fits your body well is right in front of you.”
Ignoring the guy who acted brazenly like a snake, he curled up his body under the covers. However, this damn nausea that surged again interfered with his rest.
“……”
He buried his face in the pillow to stifle his groan and waved his hand toward Ryu Taeha. Meaning leave quickly.
Even though Ryu Taeha must have known this, he shamelessly grabbed his hand. Because of that, it became a situation that looked like Dawoon had asked him to hold his hand.
“The medicine’s effect is temporary. It has side effects too.”
He who kissed the back of Dawoon’s hand whispered gently.
“If you only take suppressants, you’ll suffer for a week.”
“……”
“To settle it for sure, nothing beats human warmth.”
Dawoon, who had been suppressing the urge to vomit while even holding his breath, flinched and trembled. From the back of his hand where Ryu Taeha’s lips touched, a strange sensation flowed in.
“Ngh…!”
Contrary to his mind that only thought of shaking off his hand, his damn body welcomed his touch. Just lips touching the back of his hand, yet it felt like every cell in his body was sensitively bristling. Dawoon belatedly noticed the identity of the sensation.
He released pheromones. That pervert bastard.
“I, I said no…!”
He pulled the covers up to his chin and shouted with all his might. However, the hand still held by Ryu Taeha didn’t budge at all. Because of that, he had to watch as the pervert kissed his finger joints and fingertips following the back of his hand.
A fragrance with a strong presence clung stealthily to Dawoon’s body. A deep and sweet smell that would come from long-aged premium whiskey. It was Ryu Taeha’s pheromone scent.
“Haa…”
The faintly spreading fragrance like smoke entered Dawoon’s lungs and permeated his body. At the same time, his churning stomach stabilized and the nausea stopped.
“See? It settles right away.”
An annoying voice rang out leisurely. Just as he said, his stomach subsided surprisingly quickly, but other places began to react.
“Ugh…”
Ryu Taeha, who bent his upper body, gently bit Dawoon’s slender finger.
“Let’s do it, Dawoon. I’ll do what you like.”
A wet tongue licked Dawoon’s finger joints. At the lewd sensation, Dawoon who flinched and trembled his waist muttered fuck inside.
His body wouldn’t move according to his will. His stomach that had quieted down now began to heat up hotly. His lower body that detected the familiar pheromone heated up heavily and was painful.
His rejection toward Ryu Taeha remained the same, but his Omega body chased after his scent.
“N-no…”
Dawoon thought he’d really get fucked at this rate and desperately moved his lips.
“Do. Want, to… hate it. No, won’t.”
He barely conveyed his refusal in a crushed voice. At the same time, Ryu Taeha, who had been sucking Dawoon’s fingers to his heart’s content, slowly withdrew his tongue.
“Is it because of your new partner?”
Why does he keep going on about a partner? Dawoon just bit his lips where groans burst out while furrowing his brow.
Ryu Taeha, who had been watching that, crawled up onto the bed.
You son of a bitch. Dawoon tried to turn his body to avoid him, but before that, Ryu Taeha’s knee dug between his legs first.
“Ahhk…!”
At the stimulation that suddenly rushed in, Dawoon’s chin lifted. Along with the moan that leaked out, his airway that he didn’t even know was blocked opened up.
“Dawoon, think about it again.”
Ryu Taeha inhaled the rapid breaths Dawoon exhaled and whispered with a languid smile.
“A sex partner doesn’t have to be just one person.”
