“What?”
“Because hyung keeps seducing people….”
“Where does it hurt?”
“Down below, down below. Why are you pretending not to know when you do?”
Yeo Dowoon couldn’t continue speaking. The harmonious atmosphere instantly became as cold as ice. Feeling the urge to pull out the steering wheel and smash Yoon Minoh’s head with it, Yeo Dowoon barely managed to advise.
“If you’re going to act like a crazy bastard, get out right now. Before murder happens.”
“Ooh, it’d be quite a sight if rumors spread all over the neighborhood that an Esper killed someone.”
Yoon Minoh was not only a dog in heat but also a psychopath with something wrong with his frontal lobe. Though it was a very short time, he felt ashamed of himself for having regarded him as an immature child.
“Get out, you crazy bastard.”
“No. Didn’t hyung say you’d buy me food?”
“That was when you were in your right mind.”
“I’m in my right mind now too.”
Yoon Minoh grinned and touched Yeo Dowoon’s firm thigh. When he convulsed and removed his wrist, he made a face melted in ecstasy like someone intoxicated.
“I’ve always wanted to do it at least once in a car too. It’s romantic, isn’t it?”
“Yoon Minoh!”
“Keep calling my name like that, hyung. It’s so…, it sounds so good.”
“Fuck off, you bastard!”
“Mmm, please fulfill your junior’s dream…….”
If anyone heard them being called senior and junior anywhere, he’d feel wronged, so what kind of nonsense was he spouting?
Yeo Dowoon twisted his arms to escape from Yoon Minoh, who had already bound both his wrists. But the more he did, the deeper Yoon Minoh’s crazed eye-smile became.
“Every time hyung resists, it throbs down below.”
“I warned you.”
“Throbbing, throbbing.”
“Let go.”
“Throb, throb……, kheuk!”
Struck by an ice chunk that rushed at light speed from behind, Yoon Minoh collapsed with a thud like crushed grass. Yeo Dowoon quickly pushed away the heavy body leaning on him as if looking at an insect.
This must be why people say you shouldn’t show any openings to black-haired beasts.
“Crazy bastard…….”
Yeo Dowoon changed his destination while trembling. Even meat was too good for this fucking bastard.
He planned to load the unconscious Yoon Minoh and return to the dormitory, throw him anywhere, and be done with it. Cherishing in his heart the truth that once a pervert bastard, always a pervert bastard.
***
The group of idiots led by Baek Seonwoo all coughed awkwardly, finding it suspicious that he had returned alone when he’d left with Yoon Minoh.
Among them, Baek Seonwoo, who had the most shameless personality, let out a suspicious nasal sound. As the gaze followed him with the will to interrogate, Yeo Dowoon rebuked fiercely.
“Don’t you have anything to do?”
“Anything to do?”
“If not, go wash your feet and sleep. I feel like I’ll get pissed off if you keep staring.”
Though his words were too harsh, no one could speak carelessly.
Cha Uihyeon, who had been leaning against the wall, first awkwardly put his hands behind his back, and Ko Ijae, who had been sitting on a folding chair, quietly avoided his glare.
“Why do you always look at people like that, hyung?”
Only Baek Seonwoo was left desolately alone, having to endure Yeo Dowoon’s venting. Yeo Dowoon spat out as if his anger wouldn’t subside no matter how many times he thought about it.
“If your eyes are made like that, at least use your mouth prettily.”
“……I didn’t say anything though?”
“I’m talking about your usual conduct. Your usual conduct.”
He wanted to protest the injustice that he’d never even had a chance to converse with him normally, but Ko Ijae stealthily moved his hand and pulled at the top of his pants.
At that gesture that seemed like an order to shut up, Baek Seonwoo had no choice but to turn his back on his own dignity with tears.
“Dowoon must be tired from all the hard work. Yeah. Hyung was wrong. Rest well.”
“I’m tired from seeing hyung’s face.”
“……I see. You were tired from seeing hyung’s face.”
It was when Baek Seonwoo, who repeated like a parrot whatever he was attacked with, stood up staggering as if playing the role of a scarecrow pecked by a sparrow’s beak. Dreureureuк! The tightly closed hospital room door opened its mouth.
The one who took the initiative and rushed in was Ko Ijae, who had been groaning unable to bear the pressure.
“Is the Captain, is the Captain alright?”
Shim Woomin, who had been trudging out of the hospital room, stepped back in surprise at the commotion.
“……Ijae-ssi?”
“He is alright, isn’t he?”
Ko Ijae shouted almost tearfully. He continued speaking rapid-fire.
“Has he regained consciousness? I need to apologize right away, so can I know from when entry is possible?”
“Wait a moment, Ijae-ssi.”
“It’s all because of me…, it’s something I ruined because of me, so I must apologize. I must apologize quickly…….”
“Ko Ijae-ssi!”
Shim Woomin, who noticed Ko Ijae beginning to tremble, hurriedly grabbed his shoulders. Yeo Dowoon didn’t get irritated even at Ko Ijae’s reaction, which could be considered suffocating.
It was because he could understand that feeling without any particular effort.
“Calm down and take a deep breath first. You don’t want to be dragged to the wave testing room again, do you?”
While Shim Woomin was persuading Ko Ijae, Yeo Dowoon looked with a heartbroken feeling at the figure of someone quietly revealing their shadow.
Perhaps it was because of the hospital’s characteristic pale lighting, but Cha Haseong looked especially exhausted today, making him worry more.
He was even still wearing the outfit he’d seen on the airplane. It was clear he hadn’t even had time to change.
“Guide-nim.”
Yeo Dowoon’s heart fluttered for no reason at Cha Haseong’s appearance, which felt like he was meeting after such a long time. It would probably be the first time since escaping from the monster’s belly.
At the tense call, Cha Haseong finally gave him his attention. His gentle eyes immediately curved sweetly. His reddish lips moved and created unexpected words.
“My Esper was hiding here.”
Yeo Dowoon could immediately notice that the end of his voice was slightly cracked. His Adam’s apple bobbed greatly at the terrifying atmosphere as if his condition had reached an extreme.
Of course he’d never been hiding, but Yeo Dowoon, who had been examining him carefully, asked a question completely unrelated to what he’d just heard, baffling Cha Haseong.
“Are you alright?”
“…….”
“You don’t look alright, so I’m worried.”
In an instant, Cha Haseong lowered his head once, then raised it back up and stroked his own cheek.
The stride of his steps approaching Yeo Dowoon was very wide. Plop—sitting right next to him, he whispered slowly. It was a tone that stretched out leisurely like a lazy person.
“It feels strange, like I’ve stolen a husband from the legal wife.”
“……What?”
“Shouldn’t you be worrying about your superior first?”
“…….”
“No, wait. Should I call him your bedmate partner?”
Then Yeo Dowoon answered as if uncomfortable.
“I’ve been telling you all along that the Captain and I aren’t in that kind of relationship.”
He thought another worthless argument was about to start, but fortunately Cha Haseong quickly changed his stance.
“Right. That’s what you said.”
“Yes, that’s what I said.”
“If Dowoon-ssi says so, I have to believe it. What else can I do?”
When embarrassment showed on Yeo Dowoon’s expression, Cha Haseong buried his lips on his shoulder and giggled.
“Sorry for teasing. I guess I’m sleepy.”
He was blinking repeatedly trying to drive away the drowsiness, when Yeo Dowoon placed his palm on Cha Haseong’s forehead without permission. Though it was naturally performed skinship, Cha Haseong didn’t show any rejection.
He was definitely warm, but at this level, it was impossible to tell whether it was a slight fever or a high fever.
“It would be better if you rested now.”
Therefore, Yeo Dowoon, who expressed an extremely subjective opinion, recommended with generosity.
“Should I carry you if it’s hard to walk?”
“…….”
“…I spoke wrong. Should I give you a piggyback ride?”
“I have nowhere to go. Here, it’s far from the base, you know. And I can’t go home either.”
After all, the Esper-only hospital facilities and the base were somewhat distant.
He’d heard that originally they were located in a much closer position, but some Espers who exploited this would run away to the hospital at every opportunity, so they chose to relocate. Once they holed up saying they’d receive treatment, there was no justification to forcibly drag them out.
‘Still, fuck.’
If you dug deeper, it was a judgment that completely excluded the possibility that a truly urgent situation could occur. Whatever it was, they must have concluded it was better than turning a blind eye to slacking off.
Since it was difficult to go to the exclusive hospital even once, there were many cases of visiting the nearest general hospital to roughly receive treatment and leave. Yeo Dowoon paused for a moment before opening his mouth.
“I bought another house nearby for occasionally sleeping in.”
“…….”
“Would you like to rest there at least? Of course I’ll stay here.”
While hurriedly adding, in case he might appear to have impure intentions. He swore that without any desire, he only hoped that Cha Haseong could rest on a comfortable bed.
But Cha Haseong remained silent as always.
Yeo Dowoon blankly watched the fingers sliding down his thigh. His solar plexus burned hotly. Cha Haseong spoke casually.
“Thank you for inviting me.”
He, who had been rubbing his forehead like an immature child, soon grasped Yeo Dowoon’s knee with weak strength.
“We can go together then.”
