“Be careful not to catch a cold! By the way, what’s Seo Baek-han doing? My baby’s been sleeping like a starving puppy for three days, not even getting gruel.”
“…I was supposed to ride the Ferris wheel with Baek-han Hyung.”
I know Joo Yun-woo wasn’t genuinely curious about Seo Baek-han’s whereabouts. It was probably just a casual grumble before hanging up. But I felt compelled to add what I was going to do with him, something my sister wouldn’t even be curious about.
Joo Tae-hyun realized only after saying those words that he wanted to brag about this situation to someone, anyone.
He never understood people who proudly shared intimate moments with their lovers on social media with hashtags, but now he fully understands the feeling.
He can’t believe this moment of being with the person he loves.
If he doesn’t record it somewhere, if he doesn’t shout it out to the world, it feels like it will disappear like a bubble.
“Oh, my.”
Joo Yun-woo seemed dumbfounded and was about to add something, but she sighed deeply and ended the call with a wish for a good time.
The timing was perfect as the car slowly came to a stop. Until the appointment time… well, there were about 15 minutes left. It was chilly, but the weather was nice, and there were no people in the parking lot, so Joo Tae-hyun considered getting some fresh air for the first time in a while.
His physical condition wasn’t great, but… it was just because he overdid it with the sex. He should be fine, right?
Even in this moment where his sense of smell seemed numb, Seo Baek-han’s Pheromone, plastered all over his body, asserted its presence. He had been intoxicated by his Pheromone the whole time, so he wanted to clear his head with the cold air.
Joo Tae-hyun, who had been burying his face in the gown, ruffled his disheveled hair and was about to open the car door when a sudden wave of hunger made him furrow his brow.
What is this?
Even when he skipped two meals because he was busy, he didn’t feel this hungry.
As Joo Tae-hyun rubbed his suddenly aching stomach, he vaguely realized where that hunger was coming from.
It wasn’t that he was hungry, but that he lacked Seo Baek-han’s Pheromone.
His lower body vibrated with his Pheromone as if it wasn’t his own. He had been wearing the clothes Seo Baek-han gave him while resting at home, but all the cells in his body seemed to be screaming that they needed more of Seo Baek-han.
It was as if, as punishment for wanting to wash away his traces with the cold air, an intense and ravenous sensation surged to the top of his head.
The mentally felt hunger was unfamiliar. Joo Tae-hyun checked how much time was left and then buried his nose back into Seo Baek-han’s gown.
What if he loses his mind and goes into Heat like before?
What happened at the Lotus Flower Palace must never be repeated.
It was an unpleasant and embarrassing incident for Seo Baek-han, but it was a disaster for Joo Tae-hyun. If he had been even a little younger and weaker, he might have made the wrong choice.
“……Haa.”
Joo Tae-hyun devoured Seo Baek-han’s Pheromone left on the gown like a hunting dog. He lightly chewed on the soft fabric and even sucked on it slightly as if he were drooling.
Just as he was breathing heavily, wanting to quickly regain his composure.
The back window of the car rolled down.
“…Oh.”
“What are you doing? I kept knocking, but you didn’t even notice.”
…It was Seo Baek-han.
Joo Tae-hyun blinked blankly and quickly pushed the gown he was holding to the side. Seo Baek-han’s gaze seemed to linger there for a moment, but he couldn’t bring himself to ask if he had been watching his pathetic state.
Did he see? …He probably saw.
But the windows are tinted, right? He couldn’t have seen everything.
No, but why didn’t the driver say anything to me and just roll down the window?
His mind was in turmoil, but Joo Tae-hyun opened the door and got out as if nothing had happened.
“You arrived early.”
Act natural. Seo Baek-han also knows that my Pheromone is acting strangely. It’s just a measure to prevent a potential situation, so there’s no need to be embarrassed.
“Just now. The traffic wasn’t as bad as I thought.”
Fortunately, Seo Baek-han didn’t embarrass Joo Tae-hyun with mischievous questions like what he was doing with his nose buried in his clothes. He simply closed the car door after Joo Tae-hyun got out and led the way, saying that they should go this way.
Thanks to that, Joo Tae-hyun was able to quickly regain his composure.
It seems that Seo Baek-han and his Pheromone, which he actually came into contact with, had a greater influence than the traces left on the clothes… but who cares?
The important thing is that Seo Baek-han is quite kind today.
He pretended not to know about his embarrassing behavior in the car and created a comfortable atmosphere with appropriate conversation.
“It gets really crowded in the spring. All kinds of flowers bloom and it’s beautiful.”
“It sounds like it. It’s like that at Namsan, too.”
Even though the sun was setting, it wasn’t very cold thanks to the good weather today. The cold breeze on his face felt refreshing.
In fact, Joo Tae-hyun didn’t care about flowers.
Even the scenery with only sparse, dry leaves hanging on the bare branches looked beautiful. He never imagined that a day would come when he would walk side by side with Seo Baek-han like this…
“Wow. It’s huge.”
The Ferris wheel looked very large up close. The huge steel structure made a loud creaking sound even in the gentle breeze.
But perhaps because the faces of the people waiting in line were all bright, the Ferris wheel was not eerie but lovely, even though it was not yet illuminated.
“There are fewer people waiting today. It’s the off-season.”
“I guess so.”
“But it’s good that we don’t have to wait, right?”
“…Yes.”
The Ferris wheel began its arduous journey, creaking like a small boat facing a strong storm. Perhaps because two large men were seated, the shaking was less compared to other Ferris wheel cars without passengers.
“That’s, it’s pretty.”
The space was so cramped that their knees were already touching, and they had to put their legs into the slightly open space, so Joo Tae-hyun couldn’t move rashly.
All he could do was look outside and make awkward comments.
In fact, the timing was ambiguous. It wasn’t around sunset or when the night view was most beautiful, so if you were going to visit the Ferris wheel on a day like today, you wouldn’t choose this time.
“…By the way, Hyung.”
Seo Baek-han hadn’t said much since getting on the Ferris wheel, and Joo Tae-hyun was struggling with awkwardness alone.
Maybe it means that he should just enjoy the scenery outside, as befits the name Ferris wheel. But if he stayed still, the embarrassing thing that happened in the car kept coming to mind.
Seo Baek-han’s gaze glancing at his gown with clear saliva marks.
A feeling of embarrassment and dismay washed over him, and Joo Tae-hyun tried to break the silence somehow.
“People, I mean, the citizens of Pyongyang really care about Hyung.”
The only thing he could come up with was something like this.
“That’s, even though they recognized who Hyung was, they didn’t rush to take pictures or talk to him, which shows that they respect his privacy-.”
“Tae-hyun-ah.”
“Yes?”
“Earlier.”
Because their legs were intertwined, the vibrations were transmitted to him when the other person spoke. Joo Tae-hyun, who had been busy talking to himself, realized this only now that he had called him briefly.
“Why were you doing that in the car?”
“…”
“Because you were lacking my Pheromone?”
Ah… He thought he was going to pretend not to know. Joo Tae-hyun made an unnecessarily cold expression at the embarrassing story that was suddenly brought up. Otherwise, he felt like he would do something Seo Baek-han didn’t like again. Like biting his lip or chewing on it for no reason…
“Lacking, rather than… If my condition gets weird like it did at the Lotus Flower Palace, it’ll be a disaster, haa!”
Before he could finish speaking, his lower lip was painfully bitten. Seo Baek-han, who chewed on it as if he were going to crush it with his teeth, gently wrapped it with his mucous membrane when he tasted a faint taste of blood.
His arms passed right next to his face and rested on the glass behind him, so his body leaned back slightly without him realizing it. When did he get into this position…? Joo Tae-hyun blinked, trapped in Seo Baek-han’s arms.
As his weight leaned this way, the Ferris wheel creaked precariously.
It wasn’t crowded, but it wasn’t completely empty either. He became anxious at the thought of what would happen if someone saw them, but when the hot flesh smeared his palate, he didn’t care about that. Whether someone takes a picture or not. It’s not like they’re having sex, what’s wrong with kissing?
The scent of ripe fruit, which didn’t suit winter, filled the small space. Joo Tae-hyun was trapped in Seo Baek-han’s arms and mindlessly drank in the saliva. It was just a kiss, but the position, which seemed to press down from above, reminded him of the time when they were rutting in the hotel.
The sound of his tongue, which had been crushing his mouth, moving away and his lips slightly parting was explicit. For a while, they only listened to each other’s breathing in the precarious distance as if they were about to kiss again.
“……I really wasn’t planning on doing it today.”
Only after hearing Seo Baek-han’s voice, mumbling while still kissing, did he come to his senses.
Again? If he did it again today, his body might really be torn in half.
Of course, he was in a position where he would miss even a single grain of his Pheromone, but still…
He’s not going to have sex here where people can see, is he? Is he going to tell me to do it in the car then?
I wish we could do it later… like after riding this Ferris wheel, going to a restaurant that people often go to, and looking around at things. It’s not too late to have sex after spending time like that. I’m not saying we should faithfully follow a date course, but shouldn’t we at least eat a meal before mixing bodies? Anyway, Seo Baek-han will do whatever he wants, whether it’s the place or the method, so until then, just a little…
“Um, Hyung.”
Just as he was about to call him cautiously, a sharp vibration rang out.
“Ah, it must be my sister. We talked on the phone earlier-.”
He didn’t know when he had taken it out, but his phone was pushed to the corner of the seat. Both of their eyes met on the phone screen.
[Cheon Seung-pil]
Joo Tae-hyun, who had been trying to change the subject, swallowed a groan when he saw the name on the screen. Cheon Seung-pil. Would answering the phone at this timing… help to change the subject?
“It’s Cheon Seung-pil.”
“Ah, yes.”
Anyway, he couldn’t just let it keep vibrating, so Joo Tae-hyun reached out and grabbed the phone.
“My sister asked me for a favor about Seung-pil a little while ago.”
“Is that so? Then you should answer it.”
“Hyung?”
Seo Baek-han, who had taken the trouble to squeeze into the narrow seat next to him, put his arm around Joo Tae-hyun’s shoulder and pressed the call button with his other hand.
─Joo Tae-hyun! I got a message from Yun-woo noona, can’t I just go to your house?
Without even pressing the speaker button, Cheon Seung-pil’s clear voice echoed through the narrow Ferris wheel car.
─When is Seo Baek-han’s Rut? He’ll be away from home then, right?