Throughout transferring buses and subways, I reflected on myself heading to the bastard’s house without complaint because Baek Sahyun told me to come. Though I had no choice but to leave home as soon as day broke because of the contact I received yesterday after parting with Chae Eunwoo.
Arriving in front of the magnificent mansion, I immediately pressed the doorbell button beneath the wall. They say rich house doorbells sound like herons shrieking, but this house’s sound was quiet and leisurely, perhaps resembling its owner.
How many times had the classical music repeated? The massive entrance door opened.
So tense that I held my breath and looked around at the full view. I could see a spacious pond containing carp and a gravel stone field laid diagonally. There were also evergreen trees with neatly trimmed branches and walls thick with greenery.
Just in terms of area, would it be easily five times the house I lived in with Jang Haesu? I laughed—*heh heh*—at the sense of deprivation.
“Ahem, um….”
“Oh my.”
When I stood at the front door, a woman wearing an apron greeted me. Looking at her, it was a familiar face. It was because we’d been stamping our eyes on each other every day while I came and went from this house.
“It’s Heejae. Have you been well?”
“Yes. If you’re looking for young master Sahyun, he’s on the second floor. But, um…. No, it’s nothing. Please go in, young master.”
The helper stepped aside next to the shoe cabinet without any particular explanation. While I took off my shoes and changed into house slippers, I could feel an uncomfortable gaze directed at me.
I understand. Since the young master who’d been absorbed in work for a while looked like he was going to waste time shut up in a room with a friend again, it would be natural to worry. It seemed Baek Sahyun’s parents didn’t like it either.
“Um, I’ll leave soon. I just came to receive something I left here.”
I tried making excuses while pulling up the corners of my mouth. Because I wanted to appeal that it would be a short meeting. But the helper forced a smile and soon turned her back. Ah, it was a fruitless effort.
I passed through the living room corridor and stepped up the stairs to the second floor one by one. The low-light art pieces hanging on the walls were familiar. When I reached the top of the stairs, I felt the secluded air where not a speck of dust flew. This too was a familiar view.
“Should I just go in?”
I stood hesitating for a long while with the door right in front of me. Seeing the bastard’s face that would be beyond it made me newly nervous. When you think about it, I hadn’t done anything that wrong, yet it felt like I should kneel and make a confession.
The reason I came to Baek Sahyun’s mansion—recalling the phone call I received last night made the tension grow even more.
[Come to my house so I can take care of your pheromones.]
“Uh, really?”
[Yeah. Whatever time is convenient for you. Meet that omega in moderation.]
A phone call had come from the bastard who’d had no contact whatsoever. Since I’d happened to be thinking about Chae Eunwoo, I was startled by Baek Sahyun’s name that suddenly appeared on the screen.
“O-omega? If you’re talking about Eunwoo, I just learned some studying from him. Are you…, angry?”
The bastard’s tone felt rather uncomfortable.
Having forgotten his kindness and arbitrarily changed teachers, there was no way moody Baek Sahyun wouldn’t be angry. Moreover, if the person I chose was the fresh and young, super popular omega Chae Eunwoo, wouldn’t he be even more annoyed?
Baek Sahyun asked leisurely.
[What do you think?]
“Huh?”
[In your opinion, do you think I’m angry?]
When the burdensome barrage of questions continued, I just chose silence. Talking back at times like this had a high possibility of leading to being on the defensive. Faint noise passed between the phones. The one who spoke first was Baek Sahyun.
[Don’t feel burdened, Jang Woohyun. This is a mutual deal.]
“……”
[I also want my sexual function erased as you desire.]
“…Wh-what?”
[That’s what you wanted when you proposed the pheromone shower, saying you’d make me a beta, right?]
Fuck! I was at a loss for words. Does this bastard really use mind reading or something? It was the moment I resolved that I had to play dumb somehow since I’d be screwed if I got caught. *Beep.* The call was mercilessly cut off.
I belatedly attempted an explanation with a long text message.
I don’t know why you’re making such an absurd misunderstanding. Honestly, whether you become impotent or not, what’s good about it for me? I wish you’d fix your victim mentality, Sahyun-ah. Aren’t you someone who will become the head of a corporation in the future? And also. If you’re born a manly man, you should be broad-minded.
But there was no way it would work. A reply of only two characters arrived.
Shut up
After that, hugging the silent phone, I headed to Baek Sahyun’s mansion from the early morning breeze.
*Creeeak.* With the heart of a sinner, I carefully turned the doorknob. The cool and heavy interior scent wafted faintly. Like a scene from a painting, Baek Sahyun sat in front of a well-lit window looking at a tablet. With his decent build doing that, it looked like a scene from a photo spread.
“You came early.”
Without even turning his head this way, Baek Sahyun greeted me. That rude bastard. I responded with a crude “uh” answer. Contrary to my expectation that sarcasm would come back, Baek Sahyun just told me to sit and concentrated on his work.
I sat awkwardly on the bed and looked at Baek Sahyun. His long fingers repeatedly enlarged and reduced documents on the screen. He’d narrow his brows as if having difficulty understanding, or twitch his mouth muscles.
The sight of him concentrating on one place without any distraction was unfamiliar. His usual personality seemed leisurely, but at times like this he was completely focused, exactly like a chaebol family’s young master.
I endured the boring silence while subtly watching from the bedside. To the point where my concern that he might rage furiously was embarrassing, Baek Sahyun had no interest in me.
‘Did this bastard forget I’m here?’
It was when I was lifting my butt, having that worry for a moment. The tablet was thrown onto the desk making a dull sound.
“Shall we do it right away?”
Taking off the glasses he’d been wearing loosely, Baek Sahyun said.
At the sudden proposal, I gaped. Nevertheless, the bastard approached without hesitation and grabbed one shoulder. It was a posture where I’d flop right onto the bed if he put just a little strength in. Truly the epitome of gay!
But I’d come to know too much information about the bastard now to struggle saying I didn’t want to. Baek Sahyun had been fed up with situations where I sexually rushed at him saying let’s try it once.
Instead, the more I resisted, the more he played with me as if it was fun. Then wasn’t there only one answer?
“If you’re mentally prepared, well. I’m fine with it. Sahyun-ah.”
If I showed a flustered appearance here, I’d definitely lose the initiative. I feigned composure. When I quickly pulled Baek Sahyun’s arm to make him brace against the mattress, a faint smile spread from the bastard’s lips.
“…You and that guy.”
Soon the smile completely disappeared and Baek Sahyun’s head gradually came up. His brightly shining gaze scanned my face. At a distance where our noses could touch, his lips slowly opened.
A soft but cold voice continued.
“How much did you two roll around together?”
It didn’t take very long to understand the question thrown without context. I could immediately realize what subject the bastard was referring to. Needless to say, it was Chae Eunwoo.
“You reek of omega scent. Did you even serve as a kept man?”
Baek Sahyun jeered, burying his head toward my checkered shirt and breathing in deeply. Is he crazy, this!
I didn’t back down and refuted.
“Am I insane? What rolling around with Eunwoo—over a kid who’s young as grass? I told you I’m old. I’m completely hyung compared to you and Chae Eunwoo, you know?”
“Even if you don’t have those feelings, that bastard would.”
Beyond his face tinged with laughter, anger was accumulating in layers. But why was this? The more the bastard showed such aspects, the more a strange pleasure or thrill spread.
Baek Sahyun shot out.
“You’re covered thickly with pheromones. Like someone marked their territory.”
“Hey. I’m a beta, so how would I notice every little thing like that?”
It’s not like they’d say ‘I’m going to emit pheromones now’ before releasing them. When I shook my head saying I really didn’t know, Baek Sahyun’s eyebrows twitched.
“Don’t deny it.”
“Man. You know better than anyone that I’m a beta, right?”
“So what.”
“…Why are you being like this, really? Are you a child?”
Baek Sahyun, still sulking, scratched his forehead, then looking at my stubborn expression, let out a sigh.
“Don’t go around meeting omegas from now on. Just stay with me.”
“Why? To fuck up my human relationships?”
“Your human relationships are already fucked, Jang Woohyun. It’s just annoying that you go around meeting omegas here and there.”
“……”
“What if you lose your mind for a moment, stick together, and a kid comes? Can you take responsibility?”
“No, if it’s a kid I made, of course I’d take responsibility….”
“Fuck, so. You’re going to stick around and do it?”
“That’s not what I meant!”
At that moment, certainty budded in one corner of my heart.
“…I’m asking because I’m really curious, Sahyun-ah.”
“What.”
“You—just how much do you like me?”
Baek Sahyun raised his body that had been half-lying down. When I snatched his hand that was about to leave and asked, Baek Sahyun’s face crumpled crisply. I could clearly tell this immediate reaction.
Baek Sahyun was definitely jealous. And quite blatantly at that.
