Shhhhhh.
Lee Kanghyun turned on the shower and quietly let the warm water hit him. As the powerfully pouring stream struck him, his stiff muscles felt like they were melting away.
He stood blankly under the water for a while before slowly reaching out to squeeze some shampoo. He washed his hair, which was covered in dust and blood, and thoroughly rinsed off the bloodstains and poison residue clinging to various parts of his body.
After roughly finishing his shower, he stepped into the bathtub where steam was rising.
“Haah…”
As soon as he entered the appropriately warm water, his entire body instantly relaxed and became languid, and a pleasant smile faintly appeared on his previously stiff lips.
Fatigue began to wash over him. Now he truly didn’t have the strength to even lift a finger. Drowsiness surged. His eyelids wouldn’t lift.
Leaning against the bathtub, he lost consciousness just like that. He fell into a sleep close to fainting.
It had been an hour since he fell asleep.
Kang Yujun, who had been sitting on the living room sofa, was starting to get anxious.
‘Why isn’t he coming out?’
At first, he had been too distracted cooling his flushed face from the shocking visual stimulation. But as time passed, his embarrassment subsided and worry began to raise its head.
He listened carefully to the sounds from the bathroom. He heard nothing but Lee Kanghyun’s breathing. It was too quiet.
‘Don’t tell me he fainted?’
Lee Kanghyun was always the type to say he was fine while recklessly pushing his body. Even now he had said he was fine, but his body might have been overloaded and he could have collapsed.
When his thoughts reached that point, his rational judgment completely flew away. He immediately rushed to the bathroom. He didn’t even have time to knock.
Bang!
“Lee Kanghyun! Are you okay…!”
Kang Yujun, who had urgently opened the door and rushed in, stopped right in his tracks.
“…Huh?”
Lee Kanghyun was sleeping peacefully with his eyes closed.
Lee Kanghyun’s face as he slept with his head leaning against the bathtub was incomparably peaceful, unlike his usual prickly expression full of annoyance.
Perhaps because of the heat in the bathroom, his white cheeks and the area around his eyes were flushed a pale peach color, and his eyelashes were wet with moisture. His collarbones and smooth shoulder line, clearly exposed above the water, created a strangely dangerous atmosphere mixed with the steam.
“Crazy…”
A groan escaped from Kang Yujun’s mouth.
His heart began to pound wildly—thump, thump. His face started turning bright red as if it would burst at any moment.
“Who, who sleeps so defenseless in someone else’s bathroom…!”
It was an absurd complaint. Lee Kanghyun had just fallen asleep in the bathtub. The fact that he was defenseless was purely Kang Yujun’s impression.
He fumbled around, not knowing where to place his gaze, and swept his face with both hands.
Every time he heard Lee Kanghyun’s peaceful breathing, Kang Yujun’s earlobes burned bright red as if they would burst.
I need to wake him up.
He knew that in his head. But putting it into action wasn’t easy.
Kang Yujun held his breath as much as possible to avoid waking him.
He tried hard to keep his gaze fixed only on Lee Kanghyun’s face. His gaze couldn’t go lower than this. Absolutely not. He kept repeating it to himself, but human instinct wasn’t so easily controlled.
His gaze, which had been tracing the slender shoulders and collarbones, slowly began to descend.
Lee Kanghyun’s body line was excessively beautiful and firm. When his long, straight, white legs also came into view, Kang Yujun even felt dizzy.
And then, inevitably, his gaze went between Lee Kanghyun’s legs.
Hup.
Kang Yujun stopped breathing. Without realizing it, he forgot to exhale. He stayed like that for a moment.
“Aaaaah!”
Five seconds later, a strange scream burst out along with his held breath.
He covered both his eyes with his hands and then whirled his body around. Then he rushed out of the bathroom making a loud clattering noise.
Bang!
The bathroom door closed roughly.
“Mmm…”
Lee Kanghyun, who had been in a deep sleep, furrowed his brow and opened his eyes at the sudden loud noise.
Just as he was gathering his hazy mind and trying to understand the situation, he heard urgent footsteps from outside the door, stomping across the living room floor.
“You’re crazy, Kang Yujun. You’ve lost it! Crazy bastard! Just die!”
At the same time, he could hear Kang Yujun screaming and berating himself.
What the hell. Why is that bastard having a fit again?
Lee Kanghyun, who had been woken up by Kang Yujun’s bizarre behavior, irritably swept back his wet bangs.
He’s really something.
“Does he seriously have brain damage or something?”
Lee Kanghyun clicked his tongue. Poor young guy.
As expected, it didn’t make sense for a normal person to be as diligent as Kang Yujun. There must be something wrong with his brain. Lee Kanghyun nodded, convinced. He was the normal one, and Kang Yujun who worked hard was definitely abnormal.
Anyway, thanks to that crazy bastard’s rampage, he was now wide awake. He turned his neck, which had become stiff from sleeping uncomfortably leaning against the bathtub, and slowly got up from the now lukewarm water.
Taking out two fluffy towels from the shelf, he roughly wrapped one around his waist and shook off his dripping hair with the other one as he opened the bathroom door.
The moment he opened the door and took one step into the living room, as soon as Lee Kanghyun emerged, Kang Yujun rushed at him as if he had been waiting.
At a speed that would have been invisible to an ordinary person, Kang Yujun used a super-large towel as big as himself to thoroughly wrap Lee Kanghyun from neck to ankles without any gaps. With his entire body wrapped and only his face sticking out, Lee Kanghyun said irritably,
“What are you doing?”
What weird thing is this again?
When Lee Kanghyun asked with a deeply furrowed face, Kang Yujun flinched, his shoulders trembling, and took a step back.
He couldn’t even make eye contact with Lee Kanghyun properly. With his neck flushed bright red, he stared intently at empty space and stammered out excuses.
“You’ll be cold. You’ll catch a cold.”
Cold? The heating was working so well that he wasn’t cold at all even though he wasn’t wearing anything, yet he says it’s cold? It was an excuse that even a passing dog would laugh at.
“I’m not cold at all though? Let me out of this. I came out with a towel around my waist.”
“That towel is too small! Does that one towel cover anything, huh?!”
Kang Yujun screamed while still keeping his gaze fixed on the ceiling.
“What’s there to hide between guys?”
“Why is there nothing to hide! Are you a pervert?”
At the absurd words, Lee Kanghyun let out an incredulous laugh.
“I just needed to cover my lower body. And why are you suddenly wrapping up someone else’s body and making a fuss? Are you seriously sick somewhere?”
“You’re the sick one. A guy with nothing but bones walking around half-naked is unsightly!”
“Who says I have nothing but bones?”
Lee Kanghyun bristled. It was true that he had a slimmer build and was a bit thinner compared to other muscular Hunters. However, he had basic muscles in place. He absolutely did not have a body that deserved to be called nothing but bones.
“I’ve never seen anyone as skinny as you in my life? People might think you’re an idol!”
But Kang Yujun’s thoughts seemed to be different. At the ridiculous argument that had started again, Lee Kanghyun pressed his brow firmly. Dealing with that childish bastard gave him a headache. He suddenly felt insanely tired and annoyed by this entire situation. Anyway, it was nearly impossible to win against that stubbornness with words.
“Yeah, sure. I got it. Maybe I should change my career to idol even now. Thanks.”
Lee Kanghyun cleanly gave up any further rebuttal. In fact, if he wanted to, he could immediately tear this scrap of a towel and escape. But if he did that, it was all too obvious that Kang Yujun, with his eyes rolled back, would cause another commotion. Lee Kanghyun no longer had the energy left to waste on that meaningless argument.
With his limbs tightly bound, he started hopping on both feet while wrapped in the towel.
Hop! Hop! Hop!
“What are you doing right now?”
A flustered Kang Yujun shouted, but Lee Kanghyun, without responding, hopped across the living room in the form of a giant cocoon. His target was the spacious and soft sofa.
Hop! Thud.
Arriving in front of the sofa, Lee Kanghyun flopped forward without hesitation and sprawled out.
“You tied me up so I can’t change clothes. How can I go home like this? I’m just sleeping here.”
Speaking shamelessly, Lee Kanghyun, still rolled up in the towel, buried his face in the sofa and really closed both eyes. He quite liked the feel of the soft leather sofa.
He started wriggling around on the sofa in earnest, searching for the most comfortable position. With his limbs bound, he could only twist his body while lying face down.
Watching that defenseless back view squirming around trying to settle in, Kang Yujun was completely at a loss for words.
I thought he’d throw a fit demanding to be untied, but he perfectly adapted in one minute and is trying to sleep again. He quietly watched Lee Kanghyun struggle. Then he suddenly remembered the naked, white body he had seen in the bathroom earlier.
Heat rushed to his face again. If he continued watching this wriggling creature like this, he felt like he wouldn’t live to his natural lifespan.
In the end, Kang Yujun quickly turned around as if being chased and fled to his bedroom.
