If he really intended to show him favor, he would have taught him how to cast a net rather than giving him fish. However, this naive third-year was a child who couldn’t even distinguish such things. Though he didn’t seem to have noticed yet, Baek Iseon could feel him becoming more and more dependent on him. Jang Juwon had been caught in Baek Iseon’s net.
‘With that face, with that voice, saying thank you. So fucking hot, fuck……’
Baek Iseon planned to keep Jang Juwon by his side a little longer. To relieve Baek Iseon’s boredom, until he found a better sex partner, Jang Juwon had to be his.
Right, only he should be able to fuck Jang Juwon. Only himself.
Baek Iseon slowly leaned forward, rested his chin on his hand, and stared intently at Jang Juwon. With a friendly-looking smile on his lips.
“I do have a conscience. I’ll say…… at least thank you.”
“Just words? Actions speak louder than words.”
“Ah, I was actually…… thinking of doing that.”
“How? Hm? What are you going to do for me?”
Baek Iseon clapped his hands together and asked with sparkling eyes. Right now, what was annoying to Jang Juwon was that he could tell all too well what kind of imagination Baek Iseon was conjuring up in his head.
Jang Juwon unconsciously turned his head and looked around in all directions before looking back at Baek Iseon and saying,
“Don’t think weird thoughts. I was just thinking…… of buying you a meal……”
“Ah……”
Baek Iseon’s eyebrows drooped down in an instant. But he immediately smiled brightly again.
“I want to eat something else, but eating a meal is good too.”
“Sunbae, please……”
Jang Juwon looked around in all directions again.
“So when are you going to buy it for me, hm?”
“When’s a good time for you?”
Jang Juwon turned his head once more to look behind him and spoke. When the spoon he’d unconsciously lifted touched his cheek, he made a small “Ah” sound and readjusted his grip on the spoon. Literally, he was so busy looking around that he didn’t know whether food was going into his nose or mouth.
“What’s wrong? You’ll get indigestion.”
Baek Iseon picked up a tissue and wiped Jang Juwon’s cheek where the spoon had touched. Jang Juwon squinted one eye and said,
“No. It’s nothing. I just feel like someone keeps staring.”
“Oh my. Is it because I’m too handsome……”
“Ah fuck, you’re ruining my appetite.”
When Baek Iseon made a flower gesture with both hands and acted cute, Jang Juwon put his spoon down hard on the table.
“If you’re going to be with me from now on, you’ll have to get used to it.”
“I have no intention of doing that.”
“Then should we go to my place and eat from next time?”
“Haa…… Can I really just eat and leave?”
“Well, I can’t promise that.”
“……”
“Hehe.”
“Aren’t you busy, sunbae? Don’t you have class?”
Though they hadn’t spent a lot of time together often, in Jang Juwon’s eyes Baek Iseon hit on him whenever there was a chance, and the truth was he looked very leisurely. If he was a fourth-year, it would be normal to be constantly busy with job hunting and grade management.
“Are you worried about me?”
“No. You just seem free.”
“If I were free I wouldn’t have asked to eat at a place like this. But for our hoobae-nim, I can make time for about a day.”
“……Let’s get up if you’re done eating.”
The two got up from their seats holding their trays. Baek Iseon held the tray with one hand and placed his remaining hand on top of Jang Juwon’s shoulder. When Jang Juwon glared at him and swatted the hand off his shoulder, Baek Iseon paid no mind and put his arm around his shoulder again.
“Don’t cling to me when we’re outside.”
“Between sunbae and hoobae, this much isn’t strange, is it? Rather, overreacting is weirder.”
“……”
“What, does it turn you on to touch me?”
“……Fuck, seriously tone it down?”
“If you’re in a hurry we can do it in the car.”
When Baek Iseon grinned, Jang Juwon frowned in contrast. Then he grumbled and walked ahead first. Baek Iseon pretended to follow him while looking around the cafeteria with sharp eyes. He hoped it was just paranoia, but it probably wasn’t. Baek Iseon, accustomed to receiving stares, intuited that Jang Juwon’s feeling wasn’t a mistake. Someone was watching him. As long as he was by his side, that could absolutely not happen. Strength filled Baek Iseon’s jawline. He would clearly show that he was his.
“Let’s go together, hoobae-nim~”
“Now that we’ve finished eating, stop following me!”
“You don’t have afternoon class.”
Jang Juwon deliberately walked out of the cafeteria with quick steps. He wanted to escape this crowded place as quickly as possible. Plus from that uncomfortable gaze he’d been feeling since earlier. Baek Iseon walked over with big strides on those long legs and quickly caught up with him, then placed his hand on his shoulder again.
“You said you were busy, sunbae?”
“Mm…… It just got canceled.”
“Liar.”
“It’s true though. Let’s go eat dessert.”
“I’m full.”
Jang Juwon walked looking only ahead without even glancing at Baek Iseon who kept clinging to him. He was originally a shameless person, but today his clingy touches were particularly persistent.
“Going to meet friends?”
“No. I’m going to study.”
“The library? Should I come with you?”
“No. I’m going to do it alone at home. Now go to class, sunbae.”
“I told you it was canceled. Please believe what I say, hoobae-nim.”
“I can’t believe you.”
“Why, am I such an untrustworthy person?”
“……”
Of course. Who’s the one who says with their mouth they’ll do it just one more time but then squeezes you dry until you collapse— he thought, but couldn’t say it out loud.
“Ah~ What should I do? Class suddenly got canceled so I have free time…… I want to drink coffee but I don’t have friends……”
“Go with the fourth-years.”
“They’re not my friends.”
“I’m not your friend either, sunbae.”
“But…… you said you’d be my friend. If you dislike me that much, I can’t help it. I’ll sign up on the app again and post looking for friends……”
“That’s not a place to look for friends!”
“Heeing……”
“Fine, fine. I’ll go if that’s what it takes! Come on, let’s go. Let’s go.”
At Jang Juwon’s answer, Baek Iseon smiled brightly and began grabbing and pulling Jang Juwon’s wrist. Jang Juwon reluctantly followed where he led. After walking for a few minutes, they arrived at a nearby parking lot. Baek Iseon brought Jang Juwon in front of his car.
“Get in.”
“No, cafes are everywhere around here, why do I need to get in the car? Let’s just go nearby……”
“A newly opened cafe…… I really, wanted to go…… but I guess I won’t get to in this lifetime.”
“Ah, fine. I’ll get in.”
Jang Juwon slightly irritably opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat. On the other hand, Baek Iseon looked excited. The engine started and the car soon departed.
“Just how far are we going?”
Jang Juwon asked. He’d roughly thought they’d go to the downtown area, but the further they went, the fewer people and cars there were on the roadside. It seemed they’d been out to the city outskirts for quite a while now.
Since he hadn’t even set the navigation, there was no way to know the destination. Jang Juwon was starting to get anxious.
“We’re going to a cafe.”
“So where exactly is this cafe……?”
“Yeah. Yangpyeong.”
“Are you crazy?”
“We’ll be there soon.”
“That’s not the point!”
“I’m…… a beginner driver, so if you keep doing that next to me…… I might panic and crash into something……”
“Ha, crazy…… you psycho bastard……”
“The brake…… which side was it again?”
“Left, left!”
Jang Juwon anxiously raised his right hand and gripped the handle hanging above the car window. Then suddenly, Baek Iseon’s car dashboard caught his eye. Jang Juwon slowly counted the numbers on the dashboard. Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands…… ten thousands. Mileage, 30,000 km.
“You’re not a beginner driver.”
“My heart is always that of a beginner.”
“Don’t have that kind of heart!”
“Ahahahaha!”
Playful lies every time he opened his mouth. This was why there was no way to trust Baek Iseon. Everything he said seemed like a joke and sounded like lies. A person endlessly frivolous and self-centered, without a grain of seriousness. That was the Baek Iseon that Jang Juwon thought of. And he was most pathetic for foolishly being constantly deceived, taken advantage of, and swept along by him.
It was just a relationship where they only needed to take what they wanted for each other’s benefit. Why did Baek Iseon go out of his way to do such bothersome things? Because he couldn’t guess his intent, he seemed to be swayed even more easily. The always smiling face and cheeky tone of speech, everything made it difficult to know his true feelings.
welp at least they know they’re using each other. to a degree