[What can I do when you say you want to eat samgyeopsal without a second’s hesitation]
[Just change one word, you idiot, ah fuck, I don’t know how this bastard is top of his department at our school]
Having received the model answer, I was dumbfounded. I hadn’t thought for even 0.0001 seconds that I needed to change the word “lover.” If not calling a lover a lover, then what should I call them? I was dying of happiness from having a lover, and I was crazily happy that it was Kkotmoa, and I was in the mood to brag about it on a worldwide broadcast. The path of love was long, arduous, and full of difficulties. As a dating novice, I was in a position where I had to tie a headband around my head and study dating from today.
When I entered the room where Kkotmoa and Samyukshippal were sitting, the meat that was already cooked to perfection was making delicious sounds and stimulating my stomach. The staff member grilling the meat first put the nicely cooked samgyeopsal on Samyukshippal’s plate. Samyukshippal, who had been staring intently only at the meat the whole time, quickly picked up his chopsticks as if he’d been waiting.
“Hyung, eat first.”
Admirably, Samyukshippal held the meat he received in front of Kkotmoa’s mouth while smacking his lips with an expression of holding back what he wanted to eat. He couldn’t take his eyes off the meat held in his chopsticks. Kkotmoa glared at me briefly but with a pleased face, deliciously ate the meat Samyukshippal offered. I noticed it was the shrewd behavior of Samyukshippal, who knew that since I was paying anyway, he could fill his stomach with only meat, but still, it was admirable.
Literally filling our stomachs with meat, we also had a glass of soju. I ordered the soju on purpose. Because I needed the excuse of drunk driving. Therefore, I literally drank only one glass, and Kkotmoa drank all the alcohol from one bottle except for one glass. Samyukshippal also said he wanted to toast together, so I added a soju glass and poured him cider. After drinking one glass, I also toasted together with cider. It was a harmonious meal with continuous laughter.
Since drinking even one glass was still drinking alcohol, I called a designated driver and came to the front of Kkotmoa’s villa. After paying the fee, Samyukshippal tapped his plumply full belly and bowed politely at the waist.
“I ate well today too, hyung’s lover Invincible hyung.”
I liked all the titles Samyukshippal called me. When I patted his head, he went into the villa with a beaming smile.
“You could go straight home, so why did you send away the designated driver? It’s annoying to call again.”
Now it was time to give the reason why I deliberately ordered soju and purposely drank one glass.
“If I go home after drinking, Mom will scold me.”
“……What?”
I was selling out Mom, whom I also sold out at the drop of a hat even in high school.
“Even if I drink one glass and go home, she notices like a ghost and destroys my back. So……”
“……”
“Let me sleep over.”
“……”
Kkotmoa watched me with a suspicious expression and dubious eyes. For no reason, cold sweat ran down my back and I became anxious that my lie might be discovered. Nevertheless, I still had no awareness that this kind of lie was bad. What can I do when I want to be together even if I have to do this?
“It’s true. Even before, when I drank alcohol, I slept at Kang Junwoo’s. I can’t go home.”
“Then why did you drink?”
“Because I wanted to sleep at your house.”
Kkotmoa, who let out a shallow sigh, entered the villa first as if he had no choice. Realizing it was permission, I quickly followed in too.
When I entered the house too, Samyukshippal, who must have washed his face and was wiping his face with a towel, had puzzled eyes. His bangs were all wet and stuck to his forehead, which was cute. Kkotmoa only said ‘Hyeondo hyung is sleeping over too’ and immediately went into the bathroom to wash. I didn’t miss that gap and grabbed Samyukshippal’s arm and dragged him to a corner. To the corner farthest from the bathroom. And I lowered my voice.
“Samyukshippal, tell them you want to sleep at your aunt’s.”
“But I want to sleep with my hyung?”
I had a clever plan I’d thought of in advance, knowing this would happen. It was a proposal Samyukshippal couldn’t refuse.
“How many kids in your class have cell phones?”
“Um, many.”
“I’ll buy you a cell phone. I’ll pay the bill too. Beg your hyung saying you want to sleep at your aunt’s. We’re allies, aren’t we?”
Samyukshippal’s pupils clearly shook. This was a reaction no different from a contract being sealed.
“……You’ll really buy me a cell phone?”
“Yeah. Your cell phone will be the best among the kids in your class, because I’ll buy you the new one that just came out from D Electronics.”
“Just trust me, Invincible hyung.”
And as soon as Kkotmoa came out from washing, Samyukshippal showed his tenacity from when buying sneakers once again. He really was a kid who could become anything. I worried what if Kkotmoa felt hurt by Samyukshippal wanting to sleep at his aunt’s house, but from the look in his eyes directed at me, I felt he knew what I had done. My spine momentarily felt chilled, but I shamelessly pretended not to know. In the end, Kkotmoa allowed Samyukshippal to sleep at his aunt’s house.
While Kkotmoa was taking Samyukshippal inside the apartment, I called Secretary Park. It was because Secretary Park had called when we were eating meat earlier, but I hadn’t answered. I knew perfectly well what it was about, but I couldn’t answer the phone in front of Kkotmoa.
—Yes, Hyeondo-kun. It’s me.
“Did you look into it?”
—First, Shin Yunho-ssi’s older brother in France works in finance and seems to be helping to some degree.
Shin Yunho was the French-Korean mixed race who adopted Kkotmoa and was hospitalized, and the person who touched dangerous money and was greedy for things to get this far. The one Kkotmoa calls Daddy.
“I thought I received a report that he cut off contact with all his family and was living separately.”
—Yes. The help he received is recent. When we contacted the French side, they said if he breaks up with Jeong Seonwoo-ssi and returns to France even now, they’ll accept him. They said he can bring the children too.
“……Wasn’t France a country where same-sex marriage is legal?”
—That’s at the government level, and there are individual differences. Shin Yunho-ssi is a third-generation mixed race whose grandmother is French. Although Shin Yunho-ssi’s father is second-generation mixed race, he was born and lived in Korea, so he’s Korean to the bone. Same with Shin Yunho-ssi’s siblings. The most generous one is Shin Yunho-ssi’s older brother who is helping now.
This was an unexpected development. If Kkotmoa’s Daddy broke up with the flower shop dad and took Kkotmoa and Samyukshippal to France…….
“Secretary Park, isn’t there a way to handle this here?”
—Having top-notch lawyers and going to a legal battle would be most advantageous, but it would take a long time and wouldn’t be easy. Anyway, Shin Yunho-ssi’s fault can’t be overlooked either. Also, even if we win the legal battle, wouldn’t the money borrowed from private loans be a problem?
“What’s the problematic amount?”
—It’s a little over 2.7 billion won. It wasn’t that much from the start, but while trying to resolve it by borrowing from private loans, the interest snowballed to three times the principal. That’s why they’re hiding now.
I had no choice but to bite my lips. 2.7 billion won was definitely not a small amount. I, who was just starting to learn stocks, couldn’t make that much profit in a short time, and even if I pulled out all the cash in accounts under my name, it was about 1 billion won. It would be solved if I sold one of the buildings under my name, but it was impossible because Mom was managing them. No matter how much I tried to rack my brain, no sharp solution came out.
“In Secretary Park’s view, how likely do you think it is that Shin Yunho-ssi will take the kids and go to France?”
—Well, in my personal opinion, I see it as currently less than 10%.
It was a number I could be relieved about for now. Secretary Park was receiving daily reports on my behalf through the bodyguards attached to Kkotmoa’s dads. That was being briefly organized and piling up in my email. Since it was something Secretary Park said, I could trust it.
“I understand for now. Please organize the rest and send it to me. I’ll check it later.”
After confirming only the urgent parts, I hung up. Just then, the sensor light at the apartment entrance turned on and Kkotmoa was coming out.
“Who were you on the phone with?”
“Mom.”
My excuse repertoire was unchanged to the extent that I wondered what I would have done if Mom didn’t exist. Anyway, since I had to inform her about sleeping out, I thought I should secretly send Mom a message later without Kkotmoa knowing.
When taking him there, Samyukshippal had held both mine and Kkotmoa’s hands in the middle, but now there was no obstacle. I naturally held Kkotmoa’s hand and interlaced our fingers. My lover, whom I decided to date starting today, also held my hand back.
It was an incomparably pleasant spring night. With the rustling rhythm of tree leaves as background music, the wind tickling my cheeks and the warmth touching my hand, and the path we walked together. It couldn’t be better than this, but the lust wriggling deep in my heart didn’t satisfy me enough.
“This is near school, is this okay?”
Kkotmoa lifted our clasped hands and asked in a strange tone. It was a question unbefitting a kid with two dads.
“Does it bother you?”
“I’ve seen this kind of thing since I was little, so it doesn’t particularly bother me, but I’m worried it might bother you. You’re really famous at school.”
“I don’t care. I originally don’t care about others’ gazes.”
“……Still, let’s not show it at school.”
It seemed Kkotmoa was quite bothered after all. Not for himself but worried that harm might come to me. Since I was already known as D Group’s successor—that too was because Kang Junwoo blabbed about it in freshman year—anyway, it seemed he didn’t want my name to be tarnished. I wanted to spread rumors throughout the entire universe telling everyone not to touch him because Kkotmoa was my lover, completely regardless of such things.
Ah, but since I had no intention of letting it reach my parents’ ears without preparation, it seemed better to be careful for the time being. If my parents found out before I finished my preparations, the one who would suffer harm would likely be Kkotmoa, not me.
