323 – HGL 323

323

The body of Sa-young, who he held in his arms, shrank even more. The ears visible through his black hair were flushed red. The skin that touched was also hot. Eui-jae barely held back the laughter that was about to burst out.

Thick arms and hands wrapped around Eui-jae’s waist and back, pulling him onto his lap. Eui-jae stood awkwardly, as if climbing on top of Sa-young, who was sitting in the chair. Sa-young muttered sullenly.

“I guess you think taking off the mask is some kind of ultimate move….”

“It is, isn’t it?”

“At times like this… Hyung should be the one taking it off.”

Every time Sa-young spoke, his neck and collarbone area vibrated. Strangely, it was suffocating. The hand around his waist tapped his side. As if urging him.

“I guess I’ll be the one to take it off.”

“……”

“You have to allow me that much… if you’re sorry.”

Somehow, it felt like he had dug his own grave. Before Eui-jae could say anything, careful hands caressed the chin of the mask. Click, the lower part of the mask lifted. His chin and lips were exposed outside the mask. Sa-young’s lips touched his chin.

“Tilt your head down, just a little.”

Eui-jae hesitated, then tilted his head down slightly. A low chuckle was heard. His lips tickled his chin and neck. Thud, the mask fell to the floor. Eui-jae slowly opened his eyes. Narrow, curved eyes were looking at him as if praising him.

“……”

The hand that had been stroking his face grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him in. Eui-jae did not resist and lowered his head even further. Soft lips touched his parted lips. Light kisses rained down on his face. Acting cute. Eui-jae chuckled without realizing it. Sa-young whispered, rubbing his lips against his cheek.

“How long can you stay?”

“I don’t know, only as long as Student Ga-eul maintains it… Hey, don’t touch my waist. It tickles.”

“Will you come again?”

“I’ll keep coming until I go out with you… No, wait a minute. If we hadn’t argued like this, we could have gone out together then!”

At the sudden shout, lips touched him as if telling him to be quiet. Eui-jae tried to pull his head back and shout again, but at the same time as a large hand pressed down on the back of his neck, a thick tongue burrowed into the gap between his parted lips. Hey, a small cry was buried in his mouth. His strength drained as a snake-like tongue tickled the roof of his mouth. A ticklish sensation spread from his mouth to his whole body.

…Damn it, it feels good.

Tongue intertwined with tongue, and a wet sound echoed. Eui-jae gasped softly and leaned forward. A firm body and arms supported his collapsed upper body. As he grabbed his shoulders, fingers gently stroked the straight spine from behind. Unable to bear it, he twisted his body, and Sa-young rubbed his tongue as if soothing him. Eui-jae let out a small groan.

“Eung….”

A small smile was conveyed through his lips. The tongue that had been rummaging through his mouth retreated. While he was catching his breath, Sa-young murmured, kissing his jawline.

“You’ve become very sensitive, Hyung… in the time I haven’t seen you.”

“Shut up….”

I guess so, a laughter-filled voice tickled his ear. Lips that had been lightly biting the tip of his chin touched his lips again. Hot breaths mingled through his parted lips.

“Does it feel good?”

“……”

“It should feel good….”

“Why….”

Why are you asking so persistently? As Eui-jae twisted his head, lips with a little more weight than before followed and landed all over his face. After the shower of kisses, Sa-young lightly bit the tip of his nose.

“That way, you’ll want to come find me again.”

“……”

“And… every time you feel this sensation,”

A large hand reached under his top and stroked his bare skin. What? Eui-jae was startled and straightened his back. The palm of his hand stroked his back and side as if soothing him.

“You’ll keep thinking about me, won’t you.”

Eui-jae slowly blinked his eyes. The blurred vision cleared, and Sa-young’s face came into view.

“……”

Skin with a rosy complexion and reddish eyes, eyes lowered to kiss his chin and neck. Slightly wet eyelashes. Swollen lips. As if sensing his gaze, Sa-young slightly raised his eyes. His heart pounded as their eyes met. It was different from feeling good. If you were to classify it… it was similar to the feeling he had right after killing a Monster.

Satisfaction. And…

Excitement.

‘…Damn it.’

Sa-young blinked slowly. Eui-jae squeezed his eyes shut.

‘I don’t know anymore.’

He grabbed Sa-young’s cheeks. And, he lowered his head and kissed him. He forced his tongue between the plump lips that had opened in surprise. Just like Lee Sa-young had done, he intertwined his tongue and stroked the roof of his mouth, and he could feel the body he was riding on twitching. Eui-jae slightly opened his eyes. Sa-young had closed his eyes and was absorbed in the kiss. His long eyelashes trembled occasionally.

‘This is, quite….’

Fun.

As he slowly pulled away from his lips, the closed eyelids slowly opened. Eui-jae wiped his wet lips with the back of his hand and opened his mouth.

“Lee Sa-young.”

“……”

“You don’t have to do this….”

Eui-jae hesitated for a long time, pursing his lips, then slowly continued.

“I can’t stop thinking about you these days.”

“……”

“So don’t do useless things. Take your hand off my waist too. Where do you think you’re touching?”

Eui-jae firmly grabbed the hand that had reached under his top and pulled it out. Sa-young chuckled.

“You liked it, though.”

“Shut up.”

“Didn’t you lose strength in your waist, too?”

“Stop talking!”

At the outburst, Sa-young burst into laughter.

“Ahahaha….”

The long laughter gradually subsided. A bright smile appeared on his flushed face.

“Is that so?”

“……”

“I didn’t know I had already succeeded….”

Sa-young hugged his waist tightly and buried his face in Eui-jae’s chest. And he began to rub his face against him. What an annoying guy. Eui-jae sighed softly and stroked his messy hair. As he did so, a resentful feeling suddenly rose up. He stopped stroking his hair, and Sa-young raised his head.

“And you should be thinking about getting out, instead of thinking about calling me here?”

“Didn’t you know when you came? That I can’t leave right away.”

“……”

Eui-jae pressed his lips tightly. Sa-young continued to speak nonchalantly.

“The notebook will continue to be connected as long as I’m here. The faster the cure is developed, the fewer people will lose their lives to Mutation.”

Sa-young shrugged his shoulders.

“Isn’t it much more beneficial that I’m here?”

“But….”

“It’s not some silly spirit of sacrifice. This is.”

Black fingers touched Eui-jae’s hair. Was it because his fingers were black? His hair looked particularly white. Sa-young smiled, raising only the corners of his lips.

“It’s to prevent the worst-case scenario.”

“You….”

Eui-jae only moved his lips and swallowed his words. His heart sank. Did he notice? Does he know? But how? Even I only realized it recently. Sa-young asked, stroking his gray hair.

“Do you know? Your hair has been getting whiter and whiter.”

“……”

“Even if you dye it, it doesn’t last long, and it just keeps getting whiter. At first, I thought it was because you were an S-class, so the dye didn’t last long. That’s common.”

“……”

“But while staying in this world and watching countless people mutate… I realized that wasn’t the case.”

Purple eyes scanned Eui-jae’s face. His voice was filled with worry.

“It looks even whiter than the last time I saw you….”

Eui-jae did not answer. Because it was true. Whitening, Mutation, was gnawing away at his body little by little. Sa-young whispered, twining his fingers in his hair.

“I won’t ask what happened at the West Sea Rift. I’m not even curious.”

“……”

“Instead… just answer this.”

Their eyes met. Purple eyes stared at Eui-jae as if to pierce him.

“How much time do you have left?”

Eui-jae closed his mouth. Sa-young gently urged him.

“If you don’t know, I’ll change the question. How much time do you think you have left?”

“…I don’t know.”

Eui-jae barely managed to open his mouth. He hadn’t looked in the mirror for some time. He didn’t want to see his hair getting brighter and brighter. He didn’t even feel like solving it. He was just desperately averting his eyes and running away. From his mutating body. From the future that was coming.

Eui-jae answered in a small voice.

“…I don’t know. How much time I have left.”

“…Is that so?”

“But I have enough left. It’s not urgent.”

Sa-young tilted his head slightly. Eui-jae avoided his gaze. He knew. That he didn’t have much time left. But he didn’t want to pass on his urgency to Sa-young. And.

Eui-jae flicked Sa-young’s forehead with his finger.

“Don’t worry about that and think about getting out.”

He didn’t want to leave Lee Sa-young alone in a place like this just because of something like that. Just as Sa-young was about to say something again, Eui-jae lowered his head and bumped his lips against his. Sa-young twisted his head, but Eui-jae stubbornly chased his lips. Sa-young snapped irritably.

“Hyung…!”

At that moment, he felt a sensation of his toes floating in the air. It seemed the time had come. Eui-jae covered Sa-young’s mouth with his hand.

“I’m looking for the Mana Stone. I’m going to come back here. Don’t resist saying you won’t leave then.”

“……”

“I’ll be back.”

Eui-jae kissed Sa-young’s forehead. His vision blurred. He widened his eyes to capture Sa-young’s face in his eyes for the last time.

And.

He saw eyes glaring fiercely at him,

“……”

He realized that something was seriously wrong.