His eyes snapped open even before the alarm rang. And he discovered the arms holding him tightly.
When he opened his eyes using Ganghyuk’s arm as a pillow instead of an actual pillow, Ian felt as if he owned the whole world. He held his breath at Ganghyuk’s unfamiliar sleeping face with his eyes closed.
His neatly handsome face had distinct features even in the darkness. Moonlight flowing through the window softly illuminated only one side of his face.
His fingertips twitched at the sight of his flawless, clean skin. He wanted to touch it, but only bit his lip, afraid Ganghyuk might wake up.
‘Sleep more. Why are you already awake.’
Then a voice with no trace of sleepiness rang in his ear. When he opened his eyes wide in surprise, a large hand gently stroked his hair.
Strangely, his nose bridge stung at the affectionate touch. Being able to endure his grandfather’s absence was all thanks to Ganghyuk.
If he hadn’t met him, Ian’s life would have been very pitiful and unspeakably desperate by now.
Wanting to get a little closer, he wrapped his arms around Ganghyuk’s waist. Then their groins naturally pressed together. His cock, particularly hard in the morning, bumped against a much larger mass of flesh.
‘Driving me crazy.’
Ganghyuk chuckled and lifted Ian on top of him. After finding the swollen hole and inserting his fingers to thrust a few times, he immediately inserted his cock.
‘Huk!’
Despite the sudden insertion, the hole that had been tormented all night familiarly swallowed the cock. Like that, Ian swayed on top of Ganghyuk with a drowsy face, came about twice, and only then was moved to the bathroom.
He got hard from Ganghyuk’s touch while washing him, so in the bathroom he received the club-like cock between his thighs.
‘Good thing I’m young.’
Ganghyuk was truly amazing. Though older than him, their stamina was incomparable. After washing Ian, who had gone soft as a jellyfish, drying his wet hair, preparing breakfast, and then going to work with a smooth face.
Ian cleared his throat unnecessarily, still feeling as if the cock was moving in and out of his hole. A troubled look appeared in his eyes looking down at his apron.
It didn’t show much, but he was hard. In a place where he could hear the conversations of customers sitting and eating in the hall.
Flustered, he turned on cold water and washed his face. After roughly wiping his face, dripping with water, with his sleeve, he tried to collect himself while doing the piled-up dishes. Still, his facial muscles kept grinning the same way.
‘Sex is essential in adult relationships.’
The sweet voice echoed in his head. In other words, Ian was currently dating Ganghyuk.
He had confessed that he liked him too. Feeling proud of himself anew, his mood was fluffy. A humming tune flowed out even while doing dishes.
When he answered a customer calling for him and went out to the hall, it felt as if the world had brightened a tone.
He wished it would hurry up and become evening. He wanted to see Ganghyuk’s face after work and confirm that yesterday and today weren’t dreams.
‘What should I call him?’
Until now, he had called Ganghyuk “Executive Director,” but it didn’t seem right to call him that even though they were dating. Other people would call Ganghyuk that too, but he wasn’t just one of many people—he was his boyfriend.
He stomped his feet again at the word “boyfriend” and missed the sound of a customer calling him.
“Ah, I’m sorry. I’ll ring you up right away!”
Pull yourself together, Yeon Ian.
Ian let out a big breath and forcibly pushed thoughts of Ganghyuk out of his head. He found it amazing how everyone else managed to go about their daily lives while dating.
His heart kept pounding, and just thinking about that person made the corners of his mouth curl up on their own.
In the end, Ian made several more mistakes after that. He broke a glass cup, and when settling accounts, he realized he’d made calculation errors too, but he was just happy.
He wanted to quickly earn a lot of money to pay back Ganghyuk’s money and give him gifts with his own earnings.
After closing the shop, he took out his phone from his pocket. If there was one more thing that had changed, it was Ganghyuk’s contact.
Before, Ganghyuk would often not respond to Ian’s messages, but today, although there was a bit of a time gap, messages came consistently.
Ian’s eyes sparkled as he looked over the messages he’d exchanged with Ganghyuk all day. His flushed cheeks looked like ripe peaches.
「Executive Director, did you have lunch? I’m eating soup rice. (photo)」
Around lunchtime, he’d sent a message with an attached photo of the soup rice he was eating. About 30 minutes later, a reply came.
「(photo)」
Ganghyuk just sent one photo without any words. The glistening raw fish looked appetizing.
「Wow, that looks delicious. I like sashimi too.」
Seeing the sashimi photo made his mouth water. While eating hot soup rice, he imagined chewing tender raw fish.
「I’ll buy you some」
At the reply that came shortly after, Ian giggled with the spoon still in his mouth. So this is what Ganghyuk shows when he’s dating.
Just as he wanted to do everything for Ganghyuk, he could feel that Ganghyuk felt the same way, and after laughing for a while, a customer even asked him if he’d won the lottery.
「Around eight」
The last message was a time. It was the answer to Ian’s question about what time he’d get off work today.
Looking at the time, it was already 7:45. Following Soyeon’s advice, he’d changed the shop’s operating hours starting today from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wishing Ganghyuk would get off work at this time every day, he was walking toward the stairs when a subtle musk scent wafted from somewhere.
It was Ganghyuk’s pheromone that he’d smelled to his heart’s content until this morning. Ian looked around for Ganghyuk.
He was certain Ganghyuk was nearby, but since he couldn’t see him, he tilted his head in puzzlement. With Ganghyuk’s height and build, he should be easily noticeable even if hiding somewhere.
Like a puppy, he was sniffing around trying to find where the scent was coming from strongest. A long shadow overlapped his own shadow.
Before he could turn around, warm heat covered the top of his head. When he tilted his head back, he saw the face looking down at him.
“Executive Director!”
His cheerful voice cut through the night air. Like a puppy greeting its owner, it looked as if a tail was wagging furiously behind him, and a faint smile spread across Ganghyuk’s lips too.
“When did you get here? Did you just arrive? Or were you waiting for me?”
Ian, who had turned around, placed Ganghyuk’s hand on top of his head and chattered like a lark. The flush on his cheeks deepened even more.
Ganghyuk lowered the hand that had been stroking his hair and caressed his reddened cheeks. His cheeks were quickly cooling in the cold wind.
“Let’s go.”
After pinching the soft cheek once, Ganghyuk gestured with his eyes toward a sedan parked nearby.
“Where to?”
Ian asked with wide eyes. Ganghyuk walked toward the car without answering. Quickly following beside him, Ian carefully held Ganghyuk’s hand. When warmth touched his palm, Ganghyuk lowered his gaze, and Ian grinned and gradually intertwined their fingers.
“The wind is cold. Your hand is warm, Executive Director, so it feels nice.”
The lips that rambled on with excuses, as if anticipating what he might say, were red. Ganghyuk silently gripped Ian’s hand tightly and headed for the car. As they approached, the person sitting in the driver’s seat got out and opened the back door. Ian bowed his head at the familiar face.
“Hello.”
The intellectual-looking handsome man with half-rimmed glasses smiled back at Ian’s greeting.
“It’s been a while, Ian-nim.”
Ian let out an awkward laugh at the polite form of address. Jaehyun’s attitude had changed. He didn’t seem surprised even though they were holding hands.
“You can just call me Ian though…”
“This is more comfortable.”
He tried to subtly suggest it since the title “Ian-nim” was strange, but it was no use. Then Ganghyuk gently pushed Ian’s back.
When Ian sat inside, Ganghyuk also got in the back seat. Jaehyun, who had closed the door, walked around the hood and opened the driver’s door.
The air inside the car was warm. Ganghyuk’s pheromone was also subtly spread throughout, so Ian sank deeply into the seat. The muscles that had been stiff from working all day ached slightly.
“How’s your body?”
At Ganghyuk’s question, Ian raised his eyes. Their gazes met immediately. His jet-black eyes looked especially deep today. Happy that he was worried about him, Ian cleared his throat softly and answered.
“I do have some muscle pain, but I’m okay. I can just put on a pain relief patch before bed later. But where are we going?”
