“Other than Kang Taejun-nim…… no one does this kind of thing to me.”
Park Shinui, whose pupils had gone slack from passing out, exhaled short breaths and weakly pushed Kang Taejun away. Because he had been tormented by the grueling training that started in the morning, his already meager stamina had already been scraped to the bottom.
And yet, was it because their bodies were pressed together? Even in his utterly exhausted state, Kang Taejun’s presence was felt far too vividly. Every place they touched still tingled, as if the uncontrolled guiding waves were flowing on their own. Come to think of it, guiding. How much had his contamination level dropped by now?
“That doesn’t seem like something Park Shinui-ssi, who has partners overflowing, should say.”
Kang Taejun’s sarcastic tone fell from above his head, but what came out of Park Shinui’s mouth was not a sharp retort but a worried question.
“Kang Taejun-ssi…… is your body alright?”
At the out-of-the-blue words, Kang Taejun furrowed his brow and asked back.
“Is my body alright, what do you mean?”
“There was a battle earlier.”
“……”
Even though his desire had already been satisfied, Kang Taejun wasn’t separating from Park Shinui because of the warmth of the guiding that was subtly permeating. It was strange that he, who detested being in close contact with anyone, had no particular thought of pushing him away.
It wasn’t just this time. He had been committing actions unlike himself quite often recently. Things like watching over Park Shinui’s unscheduled training, or returning home without fail.
Until just a while ago, Park Shinui had been someone whose very handshake was disgusting to Kang Taejun. Yet these days, he was holding this man’s hand every day and pulling him into his arms.
Despite the amazing matching rate, it wasn’t that long ago that he found even being in the same space unpleasant, let alone embracing, yet to so willingly accept this physical-contact-focused guiding method that was inefficient. Even he himself found it questionable.
Why was it, when he was clearly someone who detested Park Shinui? There were too many parts that couldn’t be explained to dismiss it as the effect of guiding. Guiding lowered contamination levels; it didn’t change one’s feelings about a person. Kang Taejun forcibly shoved that uncomfortable question into a corner of his mind.
“Your contamination level must have risen and it must have hurt…… I was wondering if you’re alright now.”
“……”
Park Shinui in his arms exhaled hot breath and opened his mouth again. Kang Taejun couldn’t answer right away and furrowed one eye. The person burying their face in his chest and cautiously showing concern felt unfamiliar.
“What will you do if I’m not alright?”
Though the tone he spat out was still cold, his gaze was fixed on the crown of Park Shinui’s head.
Since when was it? When he felt that the existence called Park Shinui diverged in many ways from the data he knew.
Recently, Park Shinui constantly made remarks and actions that deviated from expectations whenever they were together. It was the same now. To think he would say words of concern for the opponent who had roughly cornered him.
The vulgar Park Shinui, who had only spouted transparent lies and low-quality tricks, had been frequently showing unexpected sides like this lately. As if, just as he claimed, he had lost his memory and only the core had been replaced with someone else.
“If you’re not alright……”
Looking down at Park Shinui’s face as he trailed off as if pondering, Kang Taejun felt an inexplicable thirst. His body, which had already felt like a thousand pounds, had become much lighter, and the recovery of destroyed cells was progressing rapidly.
His body’s condition was at its best, incomparable to the usual holding hands or embracing bodies every other day. But why did it still feel far from enough? What was this strange hunger? Just because the contamination level had dropped didn’t mean what the body wanted disappeared. No, it was rather the opposite. Having tasted a little, he seemed to want it more deeply.
“I said this just now, but simply holding hands or embracing won’t do.”
“……”
“What should we do? In my current state, making you ejaculate once more would speed up recovery.”
A chilling heat flickered in the black pupils revealed beyond the mask. Kang Taejun subtly moved his hips and observed Park Shinui’s reaction. Though he only rubbed up and down a few times, his lower half became hard and heated in an instant.
At the pressure blatantly pushing in, Park Shinui startled and desperately shook his head.
“No, no! A kiss! There’s also kissing. Let’s do that!”
Park Shinui’s face had already heated to a bright red as if about to burst. He seemed to have judged that kissing was better than having his cock ravaged again, but in reality, Park Shinui’s lower half was also firmly raising its head enough to feel betrayed.
Seeing that sight, Kang Taejun felt like sparks were bursting inside his eyes. A different kind of heat from the destructive fever that had surged due to contamination sizzled and boiled his brain matter.
“You’ll kiss?”
“Yes. Yes. That would be better……”
Kang Taejun stared intently at Park Shinui, who nodded his head vigorously along with his answer. As their gazes tangled, his complexion gradually dyed into a deeper crimson. He must have recalled the time they kissed like beasts in the air-raid shelter last time.
Kang Taejun tried to mock the embarrassed Park Shinui but couldn’t. Far from mocking, he froze the corners of his mouth he was about to raise and bit down hard on his molars. Tendons also rose fully at his temples. An unbearable desire lacerated his entire body.
He rubbed his hips while quickly lowering his head. In a fleeting moment, their lips came close enough for their breaths to tangle.
“Then open up.”
Kang Taejun lifted Park Shinui’s chin and pulled his lower lip. He pushed his finger into the opening mouth and touched his tongue.
“Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.”
While actually blocking it with his finger so he couldn’t stick it out, Kang Taejun brought his face close and commanded. Park Shinui couldn’t keep his gaze in one place with a troubled expression and lost focus.
Watching his pupils shake this way and that, ridiculously, he even looked innocent like someone who had never kissed before. Even though it was a thought that didn’t suit the jaded Park Shinui at all, who had spread countless scandals, Kang Taejun really felt that way.
“That’s…… Kangtae……”
It was the moment Park Shinui couldn’t hold back and tried to speak. His slippery tongue gently wrapped around Kang Taejun’s finger that had been touching inside his mouth.
The moment that sticky, hot sensation penetrated his brain, Kang Taejun’s brow twisted violently. He roughly grabbed the back of Park Shinui’s head and growled lowly.
Damn it.
Then, swallowing the twitching lips in one go, fuck, he spat out another curse viciously. He didn’t know what was what, but the thought that something was going wrong pierced his entire body.
***
Park Shinui had been staying indoors for two days. Even after far exceeding the designated time, not even his shadow appeared at the training room entrance. It seemed he would skip training today as well, following yesterday.
Kang Taejun irritably tapped his forearm with his fingertips like playing a keyboard with his arms crossed. Soon he closed his eyes and expanded his senses throughout the entire Center. When he sharpened his nerves, sure enough, Park Shinui’s waves were faintly detected in Lee Haneul’s guiding training room.
“Ha.”
A scoff burst out as if in disbelief. Kang Taejun irritably raised his closed eyes and glared at the tightly shut training room door. He couldn’t fathom at all why Park Shinui was suddenly so blatantly avoiding him.
Since that strange guiding two days ago, he had been avoiding him, so he wondered if it was because of that day’s actions, but the other party was none other than Park Shinui. There was no way he would avoid training just because their bodies touched and their lips rubbed. Then there must be another reason.
“……”
Kang Taejun withdrew his ability and swiftly turned his body. Whatever it was, who cares? He detested wasting time waiting for someone who wouldn’t even come. He wasn’t curious about the reason why or anything.
Kang Taejun headed straight to his office without even thinking to close the training room door. He snatched up the documents on his desk, but because uncontrolled force was applied, the paper ripped straight across to the side.
Thud, he put down the file folder and sat in his seat with his arms crossed. As he glared holes through the paper, white smoke began to rise from the edges where his gaze landed.
“Tsk.”
Kang Taejun clicked his tongue shortly and tilted his head back, exhaling a long sigh. Once twisted, his mood showed no signs of settling.
The source of this unpleasantness was clear as to whose fault it was. It was because of Park Shinui, who showed neither hide nor hair at the Center or even at home.
But shouldn’t he feel more relieved if he doesn’t see his face? To think his nerves would be on edge this much just because he disappeared from sight for a mere two days.
“Damn guiding effect.”
He muttered lowly and blamed everything on a physiological phenomenon.
