Pyeonghwa Apartment 801 (3)
Things were over with Woohyun, but he deliberately said it that way. He hoped he’d seem dirty and vulgar. And it was the truth. He could see Jaehyuk’s fists clenching tight.
“I knew it… so that’s how it was.”
A low, cold voice. Jeongbae forcibly pressed down on his strangely heating eyes.
‘Good, this is enough. Now he’ll really be sick of me.’
“Anything else?”
Jaehyuk was looking straight at Jeongbae with his brow slightly furrowed. At his attitude still telling him to go on, Jeongbae bit his lip once and continued. It was hard, but he had to keep going.
“I’m incredibly vain. That’s why I show off about becoming a doctor. Saying I’m preparing for medical school at least makes me look like something. But my head’s too stupid, so I’m always in the same place. Just wasting time.”
“……”
Suffocating silence. Jeongbae raised his voice without realizing it. The cracked sound was ugly.
“Later I’ll cling to you all annoyingly. I approached you for your money, face, and body. I’ve tried being a gold digger before too.”
Relief and misery mixed together that it was finally over. Jeongbae slowly picked up his bag.
“When I come back…”
He took a small breath and barely finished speaking.
“…I hope you’re gone.”
Just as he turned without looking at Jaehyuk to leave, his wrist was grabbed. He was pulled and his body pressed right against Jaehyuk. A cold gaze and frigid expressionless face came close enough to touch.
“A gold digger.”
Jaehyuk’s eyes narrowed as if gauging something.
“How much did you ask for?”
A calm voice was heard, but Jeongbae got goosebumps from an inexplicable fear.
“Hm?”
“How much money did you extort?”
Jaehyuk folded the corner of his eye slightly. An expression that seemed to smile, but wasn’t smiling. That calm face was rather more frightening. Jeongbae’s head became complicated. Money and such… he’d never extorted any. A very long time ago, he’d just pleaded not to leave. That’s when he heard the word ‘gold digger.’ At the pain rising again, Jeongbae, who lightly pressed his aching chest, barely continued.
“…One hundred. No, two hundred.”
Seeing Jaehyuk’s lips curl up, he quickly raised the amount.
“You extorted quite a bit.”
A tone saying how admirable. Jaehyuk’s smile deepened. Jeongbae tried to shake off Jaehyuk from the encroaching anxiety, but was pulled by that strong force and embraced tightly. At the thick pheromone scent, Jeongbae’s eyes widened.
“But what should we do about this?”
Jaehyuk whispered with a laugh in Jeongbae’s ear.
“This time, I’m the gold digger.”
“What?”
A large hand slowly stroked the cheek of Jeongbae, who questioned back loudly without realizing. Long fingers covered more than half of Jeongbae’s face.
“You’re the one caught by me.”
“……”
Without time to answer, Jaehyuk’s lips overlapped onto Jeongbae’s lips. A kiss that stickily entangled their tongues. Jeongbae froze right there.
‘What is this crazy bastard saying right now…’
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
At that moment, the sound of the door lock opening was heard. Startled, Jeongbae struggled and pushed Jaehyuk away. But he was pushed against the entrance wall with a bang, a thigh dug between his legs and his body was lifted up. He hit wildly with his arms, but Jaehyuk didn’t budge like a stone, and the wet tongue that invaded his mouth swept the roof of his mouth. Large hands cupping both cheeks. He absolutely couldn’t shake off those hands.
‘No. No. No. You crazy bastard.’
Thud.
Despite his desperate efforts, the front door opened.
“Um… Jeongbae hyung?”
Jeongbae’s mind went white. Orphanage brother Sejin was standing frozen right at the door. His bear-like large frame and gentle face had turned deathly pale.
Only then did the crazy bastard Jaehyuk release their lips with a smacking sound, stuck out his tongue and licked from Jeongbae’s cheek to his ear, then said in a nonchalant voice.
“Who are you? What kind of brat knows this house’s passcode?”
“I… I… I’m…”
Jaehyuk, who hid Jeongbae behind him, looked down at Sejin with a terrifying face. At that momentum, Sejin flinched and stiffened.
“Um… Jeongbae hyung. Who… is this person?”
“If you barged into someone else’s newlywed home without even ringing the bell, you should reveal your affiliation first.”
Bang.
Jaehyuk kicked the front door hard. The iron door rang with a resounding sound. Sejin, trapped between the door and Jaehyuk, made a tearful face.
“Hyung! This person is scary!”
“You crazy bastard, to my younger brother!”
Jeongbae, who came to his senses with a start, dangled from Jaehyuk’s neck from behind. When he hit his chest wildly, Jaehyuk exaggerated.
“Ow, it hurts. Stop hitting. Younger brother?”
At that moment, Sejin closed his eyes tight and swung his fists wildly, lunging at Jaehyuk.
“Get away from our hyung! You molester bastard!”
Thwack.
When he opened his eyes at the tremendous impact sound, Jaehyuk was covering his face with his hands. Jeongbae quietly unwrapped the arms around his neck.
“Ow…”
Blood was flowing from the nose of Jaehyuk, who raised his head.
***
“I’m sorry.”
“Well, it can happen.”
With an ice pack on his nose, Jaehyuk answered sullenly. After the big commotion, pressed for time, Jeongbae hurriedly went to work, leaving only Sejin and Jaehyuk.
Sejin was sitting on the floor on his knees. With both hands on his knees, like a student dragged to the principal’s office. Jaehyuk arrogantly sat in a dining chair with his legs crossed, looking down at him.
‘His build is like a bear, as expected of an alpha. Why is that thing a younger brother?’
Jaehyuk’s gaze slowly scanned Sejin. In many ways, it was an unfavorable look.
“What exactly is your relationship with Jeongbae hyung?”
Sejin’s voice cracked low. Even at Jeongbae’s explanation that he wasn’t a molester, he didn’t let go of his suspicion. Why is this neat-looking alpha bastard at Jeongbae hyung’s house? And with their mouths pressed together…
Though he himself was tall, the gaze was even higher. Shoulders wide like an athlete’s, face looking like it should be on TV, giving an alien feeling. The expressionless face was arrogant beyond compare.
“Can’t you tell by looking? We set up house.”
“What?”
“Why? Don’t like it?”
“……”
Sejin was at a loss for words. Where did he bring such a viper-like bastard from? He definitely caught innocent Jeongbae hyung’s weakness.
“What do you do for work?”
Sejin’s words came out blunt without realizing. Jaehyuk, who’d been expressionless, frowned briefly then shrugged his shoulders.
“I bum around. I’m unemployed.”
“…Where did you meet hyung?”
“On the street. He seduced me first, asking for a one-night stand?”
Seeing Sejin’s face turn deathly pale, Jaehyuk thought this was it. His inability to hide his expression clearly showed he was still a kid. To this extent, he could handle him.
“That can’t be… Hyung…”
“He was going to fuck and dump me. A poor alpha like me with nowhere to go.”
“What are you saying! Our hyung isn’t that kind of person!”
“Go ask hyung directly then.”
Sejin still trembled while on his knees. Jaehyuk subtly probed such a Sejin.
“It’s probably not the first time hyung brought a man home…”
“He’s never brought anyone!”
“Really? Never mind then.”
Whether it was a shock, Sejin began to sniffle. Why is such a big guy so gentle? Jaehyuk changed his words thinking oops.
“Well then, brother-in-law, please take care of me from now on.”
“Brother…in-law?”
At the unheard-of title, Sejin’s eyes became as big as saucers. Jaehyuk grinned. To settle in like this, he needed someone on his side.
“So, Jeongbae takes care of his brothers-in-law too?”
“Yes. When you become an adult, you get kicked out of the orphanage after one year… Jeongbae hyung sometimes feeds and shelters us at home until we save money to become independent.”
“……”
“Honestly, if it weren’t for hyung, I would’ve been doing rough physical labor at construction sites ages ago.”
Sejin cleared his throat, getting choked up for no reason.
“Even in my senior year, when I said I’d get a part-time job, hyung worked more part-time jobs and saved money. Saying we couldn’t ruin our exams. Hyung paid for all the academy fees and reference books. The orphanage can’t pay attention to those things… Even when I got in a motorcycle accident recently, hyung took care of everything.”
“……”
“This year it’s my and Dogyeom’s turn to leave the orphanage… He’s not related by blood at all, but he’s a really grateful hyung.”
The bear seemed to quite like being called brother-in-law, as he spilled things about Jeongbae smoothly. As expected, he was quite a useful fellow. As expected, but unlike what he said with his own mouth, Kang Jeongbae wasn’t calculating.
“Jaehyuk hyung, how did you end up with nowhere to go?”
“My family went bankrupt.”
“Oh no…”
Jaehyuk, who’d ruined a perfectly well-maintained family business with his three-inch tongue, fell into thought.
Kang Jeongbae calling himself a promiscuous, vain gold digger.
‘Calling himself a gold digger over a measly two hundred. Did he think I’d believe that?’
Jaehyuk chuckled. If he wanted to kick him out, there were many ways. Threatening to expose him at school and humiliate him, or bluntly speaking, he could report him to the police. He could insult him by framing Jaehyuk as shameless. Wouldn’t it be normal to at least cuss him out refreshingly, calling him crazy?
Logically, that was right. If it were his prideful self, his affection would drop completely for someone who cursed and reported him. But Kang Jeongbae was different. Rather than saying things that hurt Jaehyuk, he put himself down. To anyone, those were words trying to cut ties.
A man whose face turned bright red and honestly revealed all his weaknesses and disgrace. He couldn’t help but be tempted.
‘Hah… ugly thing. Really making a person go up and down.’
However, to alpha Jaehyuk, who’d fallen late in life, everything just looked pretty.
Promiscuous…
Even just counting partners he met for casual sex, they exceeded double digits on his phone. Rather, he was the one who should feel guilty.
‘That glasses-wearing doctor bastard. I need to make sure he can never meet him again. I need to cut off the sprout. Completely.’
Jaehyuk resolved to ransack Jeongbae’s phone and delete every contact. That sweet expression and sugary body. If they’d tasted him even once, they definitely couldn’t forget. Jaehyuk’s hands trembled with anger. Just thinking about Jung Woohyun made him sick. A partner with an obviously good family background, stable job, and kind-looking smile. All those things felt hateful.
‘Alpha bastards, I wish they’d all die except me.’
Sincerely wishing for the extinction of 10% of humanity, Jaehyuk looked at Sejin, who was somewhat out of it somewhere.
