By Zephyria My face instantly flushed and my head went blank, so I couldn’t come to my senses.
“If a proper distance was possible, I wouldn’t have introduced you to Hyung.”
Sung Se-han’s voice came from above my head. I remained frozen, staring straight ahead.
“Why are you doing this when you know everything?”
Sung Se-han’s tone was definitely gentle, but a strange, chilly atmosphere made the air in the room cold. I raised my head and looked at Sung Se-han.
“Se-han…!”
I didn’t know the details, but I didn’t want Sung Se-han to be rude to Kang Robin because of me.
“Sung Se-han.”
Kang Robin, who had gotten up from the side table, walked towards us. Kang Robin’s bare feet came into my view as I looked at the floor, not knowing where to look.
“Tell me exactly. Do you like Lee Tae-kyung?”
Thump. It felt like my heart had sunk. Sung Se-han’s arm held my shoulder tightly as I tried to step back in a hurry.
“Hyung couldn’t have not known that until now.”
“Then should I change the question?”
I didn’t want to hear this conversation. I just wanted to run away quickly, but I couldn’t control my body, so I felt like my chest was about to burst.
“It would be more accurate to ask if you feel sexual desire for Lee Tae-kyung.”
“Kang, Kang Robin Sunbae…!”
I had to explain it properly quickly, but my heart was beating so fast that the words wouldn’t come out properly. First, I pushed Sung Se-han’s arm away and quickly continued.
“I like Se-han too, but we’re too close….”
“Of course I do.”
Sung Se-han’s arm wrapped around my shoulder again and pulled me in. I just blinked, frozen.
“We kiss every time we meet these days.”
It didn’t feel real that I was having this conversation in front of Kang Robin. I was so overwhelmed that my head felt empty and I couldn’t think of anything.
“We’ll have sex soon too.”
I couldn’t stand it anymore and pushed Sung Se-han’s shoulder away.
“Stop talking nonsense! You’re really crazy…!”
My face was burning hot, and my vision was blurred.
Even though Kang Robin was his father, the two of them hadn’t met long ago. I was on the verge of collapsing with frustration because of Sung Se-han, who didn’t distinguish between what he should and shouldn’t say in front of his still cautious father.
“Do you have sex alone? It’s not something Lee Tae-kyung agreed to either.”
Kang Robin, with his hands on his hips, scanned me with narrowed eyes. I slowly lowered my trembling fist in front of his cold gaze.
“Don’t bother a kid who’s living comfortably for no reason and put him back where he belongs.”
I felt like my heart was pounding with every word Kang Robin said. Was he saying that my place wasn’t by Sung Se-han’s side?
“I’ll take care of that.”
Sung Se-han replied in a tone that was neither rude nor polite. Hah. My body shrank even more at Kang Robin’s sigh.
“Lee Tae-kyung, you’re in big trouble. It looks like Se-han’s not going to let you go.”
What could I say here? I was the one who wanted to be by Sung Se-han’s side.
Suddenly, Kang Robin reached out his arm, and my shoulders flinched for a moment.
“First, put him to bed. Looking at his face, he’s about to collapse.”
Kang Robin’s large hand brushed very gently over my head. I looked at Kang Robin’s back with a dazed feeling.
Is my face that bad…?
“Let’s go, Tae-kyung.”
Sung Se-han wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me in. I left the room and walked down the hallway, still in a daze.
“Don’t think about anything today and get a good night’s sleep.”
Sung Se-han’s husky voice echoed widely in the hallway. I bit my lip tightly and looked up at Sung Se-han.
“How can you not think about anything? Why did you say those things in front of Kang Robin….”
“Then think about me a lot.”
Sung Se-han looked down at me as I just opened and closed my mouth, speechless.
“I told you. You can’t run away now.”
Sung Se-han opened the door for me, but I didn’t move.
“Sung Se-han.”
Even though I barely opened my lips, the words I wanted to ask didn’t come out easily. Sung Se-han waited for me with the door open.
“Are you… doing this to me because you can’t… date a girlfriend?”
I couldn’t bring myself to ask if he saw me as a way to relieve his sexual urges.
“What are you talking about? I can date a woman if I want to.”
Then why. I looked at Sung Se-han with a determined expression. I was afraid that if I didn’t get an answer now, I wouldn’t be able to move forward even one step.
“Tae-kyung, the day you came to me. I decided to release Grandmother’s song, and another change happened.”
I waited for Sung Se-han’s words without even blinking.
“The control device here started to malfunction.”
Sung Se-han tapped his head with his finger. Only then did I think I knew what Sung Se-han was trying to say.
A certain line that was clearly in place between us. It was something Sung Se-han had drawn.
“You mean the control device that keeps you away from me?”
“Yeah.”
“Why do you need that?”
“Because it’s good for each other.”
I felt suffocated by the answers that didn’t connect clearly. But I had no intention of backing down today.
“Explain exactly what you mean.”
“You already know. What happens if there’s no line between us.”
Sung Se-han suddenly came closer, and I ended up stepping back. His long arm stretched out and his large hand cupped my cheek.
“Lee Tae-kyung.”
I froze, unable to move even as Sung Se-han tilted his face and approached.
The second kiss. My heart was pounding so hard that it felt like it would burst, so I couldn’t hold out any longer and closed my eyes.
But even after waiting for a long time with my eyes tightly closed, his soft lips didn’t touch mine. Instead, a sweet breath landed on the corner of my mouth.
“I only think about you and said I’m going to have sex with you. Why are you talking about women?”
Even with my eyes closed, I was so dizzy that I didn’t have the courage to open them again. But I couldn’t suppress the growing desire and struggled to open my eyes.
In a close distance where our breaths could touch, his clear eyes reflected my image. After taking a few breaths, I finally opened my mouth.
“Sung Se-han, were you… perhaps inclined to like men too? Or….”
“Why would I like men?”
Sung Se-han’s eyebrow shot up as if he was very displeased.
“Then why do you like women….”
“I’m not interested in women or men. I’m just saying I only think about Lee Tae-kyung.”
It was the most perfect answer that came out of Sung Se-han’s mouth. I tried my best to hide the smile that was spreading across my face, but it didn’t work.
“Lee Tae-kyung, you like me too. Regardless of whether I’m a man or a woman. Right?”
Sung Se-han tilted his head to the side and asked as if he was forcing me. I couldn’t look straight at his rough eyes and lowered my head.
“I, I….”
It was too easy to say that I liked Sung Se-han. I had liked him from the moment I first met him. Thinking about it made my chest swell and I couldn’t breathe well.
“Se-han, I saw you playing the piano and….”
There were so many things I wanted to say, but I couldn’t figure out where to start.
“You don’t have to answer now.”
Sung Se-han’s arm wrapped around me, pulling me close.
“Tae-kyung, you can’t meet anyone but me anyway.”
I was held tightly in his firm embrace, and I took a small breath.
“Because I won’t let you go.”
I opened my mouth wide, but words didn’t come out easily. I was sure an unsightly voice would come out.
Instead, I reached out my arms around Sung Se-han’s broad back. Even though I was hugging his back where I could feel his firm muscles, it didn’t quite feel real.
“Se-han, I…”
Ding-dong.
[How to Prevent the Death of Genius Idol Sung Se-han.]
I gasped, my mind suddenly snapping back, and I opened my eyes wide.
[Ah! Ah! Microphone test! The Lee Tae-kyung Re-debut Celebration Event reward, Sung Se-han’s Photo Album, is activated!]
I had completely forgotten about it. I was supposed to receive Sung Se-han’s photo album from Status Window.
[You may have forgotten! The reward level increases as a penalty for mentioning the mission!]
The fact that the reward level was increasing sounded good, but I didn’t really expect the penalty to be positive.
[Lee Tae-kyung will also feel all the emotions and pain that appear in the photo album. Get ready!]
I knew it…! My body stiffened with sudden tension.
“Tae-kyung?”
Sung Se-han grabbed my shoulders and looked into my face. I was too busy looking at Status Window to reassure Sung Se-han.
“What’s wrong? Are you sick somewhere?”
“No. I was just thinking…”
[Sung Se-han’s Photo Album]
[Going to Sung Se-han’s twelve-year-old Summer!]
Twelve-year-old Summer, that’s after Se-han and I met…
‘Agh!’
Suddenly, a scream rang in my head, followed by vivid scenes unfolding urgently.
“Ah, aagh…!”
I couldn’t believe the scenes unfolding before my eyes, and a scream burst from my own mouth.
“Tae-kyung! What’s wrong?”
Sung Se-han tried to support me as I collapsed, but I just crumbled to the ground.
Before my eyes, in a dark, narrow space like a basement, Sung Se-han was lying on the ground.