He smiles even when waking from sleep. Yeon Dogyeong, who wore a smile as if it were natural and nodded, closed his eyes. Joo Seonghan, who wiped the sweat from the back of his neck, also lay down. But he couldn’t sleep. The sleep that had been filling his head blocked Joo Seonghan’s nose and mouth at some point, preventing him from falling asleep. A few hours later, Joo Seonghan eventually got up again and approached Yeon Dogyeong. And he quietly looked into his closed-eyed face.
His heart became comfortable. Breathing wasn’t difficult, and as if proving he was reassured, he even felt drowsy. It seemed like he could fall asleep if he stayed a bit longer. Joo Seonghan carefully exhaled the breath he’d inhaled while looking at him. Feeling the warmth subtly coming over, he couldn’t bring himself to touch him for fear of waking him, and just stared at him piercingly in the dim place.
‘Hand.’
Then he blinked at the voice heard unexpectedly. He stiffened while looking down at his lips forming an arc. Then he said it once more. Hand. Not knowing what to do, he hesitated then brought his hand to his chest. When he patted it, he went pffft, laughed, and opened his eyes. At the teasing laugh, he turned his gaze away with a hot face. He, who had been laughing out loud, pulled Joo Seonghan’s hand and wrapped his arm around his waist. Unable to resist the pulling force, Joo Seonghan clumsily climbed on top of him.
‘Shall we get off once and sleep?’
‘……’
‘I need an answer to know.’
He was strangely coercive at times like this. He was proposing with his mouth but forcing with his eyes. It seemed like he would back away if told no, but Joo Seonghan didn’t dislike doing such things with him.
It was like a child who got a taste for a stimulating first experience. It was also like a teenager excited by a deviation committed by straying from the right path. Whatever it was, it meant he didn’t dislike bumping bodies with Yeon Dogyeong, rather he liked it and kept thinking about it. Moreover, he also slept like honey after releasing semen. Joo Seonghan, who finished his brief deliberation, nodded a couple of times.
‘I’ll suck your dick, so take off your pants and come up.’
It felt like he was turning red from his ears to his shoulders. No one had ever sucked Joo Seonghan’s penis before. Joo Seonghan tried hard to calm his hands that were about to tremble in a different sense and took off his pants and underwear. He slid his body and climbed onto the chest of him who was leaning against the wall and half-lying down.
‘Opposite.’
‘What?’
‘Kneel and get on the opposite way. Joo Seonghan-ssi has to suck my dick too.’
Ah, I see. He turned around and lay face down, showing him his butt. Yeon Dogyeong lightly stroked the inside of his thighs that spread wide with his body between them. Joo Seonghan paused while opening Yeon Dogyeong’s pants buckle.
‘Your body is pretty. Do you exercise?’
‘…I swim at the neighborhood pool.’
‘I see.’
The breath was close. Smack. The place his lips touched wasn’t the penis but the butt.
That day, Yeon Dogyeong sucked Joo Seonghan’s penis as promised. And he sucked other places too. The sensitive hole between his buttocks. Joo Seonghan was shocked while puffing out breath while fighting with a python, and Yeon Dogyeong continued to dig into the hole with his tongue as if it were nothing.
He teased Joo Seonghan’s hole all too naturally. At the ticklish breath touching the wrinkles, Joo Seonghan’s penis, which had ejaculated once, began to stand again, and his legs kept losing strength at the subtle pleasure tickling his waist.
When he made moaning sounds with his penis in his mouth, he pulled out the tongue he’d put deep inside and inserted a finger. He turned around to ask what this was, what on earth he was doing. Yeon Dogyeong spoke casually to such a Joo Seonghan. Don’t keep taking your mouth off, bite the glans. For some reason, Joo Seonghan couldn’t move against him speaking informally.
“Which way are you more drawn to?”
“What?”
He asked back in surprise. Joo Seonghan quickly drove that day’s events from his head. He rubbed his lips with the back of his hand and looked up at Yeon Dogyeong. As if being lenient, he smiled, turned his gaze, and pointed ahead. It wasn’t a single path. The passage was divided into two.
“Joo Seonghan-ssi, pick one you want.”
“Me?”
“Yes. If it’s a dead end, we can just come back out.”
He sat on a nearby flat rock and took out water to drink. Joo Seonghan examined both paths. Both were equally pitch-black and full of moisture. Joo Seonghan examined the paths once more and stretched out his finger.
“The left.”
As if it was unexpected that he made the choice so readily, or because he picked quickly, Yeon Dogyeong looked at Joo Seonghan with a smile without even standing up.
“Is there a reason?”
“There’s a smell from the right.”
“Smell?”
“…Yes. My sense of smell is quite sensitive.”
There was a strange smell from the right path that seemed both familiar and unfamiliar. It was strange, but not bad. Rather, it was on the good side. But he felt averse to it for no reason. Good yet anxious was the most appropriate expression.
“Like a dog.”
“……”
“It’s too big to call a puppy.”
“…Are we resting before we go?”
He grinned and stood up. He handed the water bottle to Joo Seonghan and walked ahead into the left passage.
“We’re almost there, so let’s just go.”
He hurriedly swallowed the water and followed alongside him. There was moisture on the passage rock wall.
“Almost there, does that mean we can get out of the cave?”
“Probably.”
It felt like meeting hope after a long time. Joo Seonghan put the water bottle in his backpack and wiped the sweat beads on his neck.
“I should ask.”
Yeon Dogyeong stopped walking and said. Joo Seonghan, who stopped along with him, looked up at Yeon Dogyeong hoping the light of the flashlight he held wouldn’t come to him.
“…What?”
“How do you know?”
“I’m not curious.”
His voice trembled a little. Drip, drip. There was also the sound of water droplets falling. Joo Seonghan stroked his chin with the back of his hand and lowered his head. Even breathing became conscious under Yeon Dogyeong’s continued gaze. Unable to endure the silence any longer, as he was about to step forward before him for the first time, a low voice was heard from above his head.
“You’re killing me.”
“Team Leader Yeo…”
“Don’t raise your head. If you hate bright light.”
Joo Seonghan lowered his head and gaze that he’d half-raised back down. He didn’t quite understand what the situation was right now, but he seemed to know what kind of face Yeon Dogyeong, whom he couldn’t see, was making. A cool expressionlessness without a hint of laughter. Was being curious the right thing to do? Joo Seonghan still had no talent for human relationships.
“I usually notice things before others even figure them out.”
“…Yes.”
He answered first even though he didn’t know what he meant. He had a premonition that once they got out of this cave, he wouldn’t be able to have this kind of conversation with him anymore. He couldn’t know exactly what this kind of conversation was, or what this premonition was, but Joo Seonghan faithfully engaged with the given situation.
“But I really don’t know about Joo Seonghan-ssi. So I think it’s better not to touch you.”
“……”
“It just so happens that Joo Seonghan-ssi will lose his memories of this place?”
He tried not to touch, but since he’ll lose his memories, should he try touching? Joo Seonghan thought quietly and opened his mouth.
“I…”
“What?”
“Can I raise my face?”
Ha. Yeon Dogyeong let out a short breath. Joo Seonghan looked down at the tips of his worn shoes and chewed the flesh inside his mouth. Tap. As if telling him not to chew, Yeon Dogyeong touched Joo Seonghan’s cheek.
“Raise it.”
Joo Seonghan raised his head and looked at Yeon Dogyeong. His lips were crooked. He raised his eyes and matched his gaze to the pale pupils where light had seeped in.
“…Please continue speaking.”
Yeon Dogyeong’s smile deepened. He lowered his eyes and laughed kuk kuk. That might be a real laugh. Leaving the thought that suddenly came to mind alone, he stared at his face as if enchanted. He, who licked the corner of his lips, put away his laughter. Leaving only a smile, he approached Joo Seonghan. He unconsciously stepped back. As if that’s what he wanted, he nodded and kept approaching. Thud. Joo Seonghan’s back touched the wet rock wall.
He wanted to swallow saliva. Their faces were close enough that the sound would be heard, so he forcibly tightened his throat. Yeon Dogyeong grasped such Joo Seonghan’s neck. His thumb touched his Adam’s apple. As he gently circled it, he swallowed the saliva he hadn’t known had pooled. As expected, it made a sound.
“Want to have sex?”
He asks in a plain tone. His hand climbed up the neck soundlessly like a snake. Before fingers could enter his left ear, Joo Seonghan opened his mouth not too late.
“…Here?”
“Yes. Here, standing. Joo Seonghan-ssi will pull your pants down to your knees and I’ll just take out my cock.”
“……”
