By Zephyria 
A moment of silence flowed. Soon, Choi Hwan burst into cheerful laughter. His eyes, which were leaning towards Yeom Cheon-ho, were sparkling.
“What is that? It sounds like I’m Hyung’s first love.”
Yeom Cheon-ho only laughed quietly, as if affirming it. Yeon-rok lay still and thought. His first love, whom he met in the past, has even become his Name partner like this, so it was natural that he would consider it fate and ask to date him first. Yeon-rok, who had completely missed the timing to reveal his presence, continued to listen to the two’s conversation.
“When did we really meet? Give me a hint.”
“We met on Christmas Eve.”
“Christmas Eve? You’re not telling some novel story right now, are you? No, I really don’t remember at all? Can’t you just tell me how many years ago it was?”
“Actually… I want to keep that meeting as a memory of my own. I would appreciate your understanding.”
Yeon-rok regretted it a little. Why am I here listening to the conversation of newly dating couples? And I’m starting to want to go to the bathroom. While Yeon-rok was spacing out, the two bickered for a while about whether to tell the story of their first meeting. Soon, Yeom Cheon-ho left because he was busy with work. Yeon-rok hoped that Choi Hwan would leave quickly too.
“Ew, first love my ass! Ugh! I can’t stand it!”
“…?”
As soon as Yeom Cheon-ho left, Choi Hwan’s attitude changed drastically. He was shuddering and scratching his body.
“That Hyung is more than filming a romance movie… Ack! What!”
Choi Hwan, who was grumbling, inadvertently turned his head towards the hanging rattan chair that had slowly rotated and jumped, making eye contact with Yeon-rok, who was sitting there. He pointed his finger at Yeon-rok, horrified.
“What, what, what are you! What are you eavesdropping on like a rat!”
“I was here first taking a nap in the first place. More than that, you were pretending to like the CEO, weren’t you?”
As Yeon-rok said in an interesting voice, Choi Hwan flinched reflexively. He looked around, then glared with a prickly attitude like a sea urchin.
“So what if I was?”
“……”
“Ah! It’s my first time dating! And it’s true that I like that CEO Hyung the most, but what’s wrong with acting a little?”
Choi Hwan confessed everything because he felt guilty, as Yeon-rok just stared at him. There was an unbelievable word among them, so Yeon-rok narrowed his eyes.
“It’s your first time dating? You’re lying.”
He looked suspiciously up and down because he didn’t trust his flashy behavior at all, and Choi Hwan got angry.
“Why would I lie! Do you know how much my manager and CEO control me? I’ve never even pretended to date except when I’m acting since I was a child actor!”
Choi Hwan protested in a voice full of injustice and sorrow. Come to think of it, Choi Hwan was an actor who debuted relatively early and gradually built his career. It was no exaggeration to say that he was the most valuable actor in the company he belonged to, and since he wasn’t a docile person, the CEO and manager seemed to be strictly controlling him. Yeon-rok rested his chin on his hand and said loudly.
“So the CEO is your first love and your first relationship?”
“Don’t say first love!”
Choi Hwan jumped again, as if he couldn’t stand it just hearing it. Looking at it like this, he definitely seemed like someone who had never dated before.
“You were the one who said first love first. Oh, wait, then.”
Yeon-rok was listening to Choi Hwan’s words when something suddenly came to his mind, and he blurted it out without realizing it.
“Then was your first kiss with the CEO?”
“W-What are you talking about! I’ve done it before! I did it as soon as I got my ID!”
“You’re not counting kissing during filming as a kiss, are you?”
“……!”
Choi Hwan, who was embarrassed because he was caught off guard, screamed silently and ran over. The rattan chair shook violently as the two bickered. Choi Hwan, who had been desperately kicking his feet to barely catch up with the rattan chair that was spinning around, finally grabbed his collar and shouted.
“You little punk! Are you going to keep peeking?!”
“No, then don’t make out in the house. You’re doing it where everyone can see! It’s not like I wanted to see it?! Let go!”
Yeon-rok was getting motion sickness from being shaken continuously on the hanging chair, so he took off Choi Hwan’s hand with a touch of annoyance and was startled. A warm energy spread with the contact of skin against skin. Choi Hwan also let go of the hand holding his collar, startled. It had been well over a month since he came to live in this house, and this was only the first contact between Yeon-rok and Choi Hwan.
A moment of silence flowed between the two. Choi Hwan, who was rubbing his hand, put his foot on the swaying rattan chair to fix it so that it would no longer rotate. He looked down at Yeon-rok and asked arrogantly.
“So, have you ever kissed?”
“Of course. I already had a pretty girlfriend in high school. I did it way before you.”
Choi Hwan’s face turned sullen because he thought he had lost in dating experience. But soon he snorted and leaned forward with a gangster-like expression.
“Geez, even a loser like this dates?”
After looking up and down at Yeon-rok like that, Choi Hwan made a subtle expression. He grabbed the edge and leaned his body further forward.
“…Well, I guess your face is somewhat passable.”
Shadows fell between his sharp nose and straight eyebrows. As expected of a job that makes a living with his face, he was even more handsome and overwhelming when seen up close. Yeon-rok unknowingly tilted his head back. What, what is this. Is he crazy? Why is he getting so close?
It was when he was clenching his fist tightly in nervousness. The corners of Choi Hwan’s lips curled up as he brought his face close enough to kiss him. He mischievously flicked the ends of Yeon-rok’s tied hair with his finger.
“Are you nervous right now?”
“……What?”
“Are you afraid I’m going to kiss you? I wouldn’t even want to with that homeless-like hair.”
Choi Hwan laughed as Yeon-rok looked dumbfounded, and then he stepped back with a much better mood. He casually put his hand in his pocket and left indifferently. Yeon-rok glared at his hateful back and made a decision. Kiss my ass. I must keep this hairstyle for a while.
“Doryeonnim, you really have good athletic sense.”
Today, Park Chung-seong and Jeong Bo-eun poured out endless compliments that were close to flattery. Yeon-rok smiled brightly, wiping away sweat with the towel handed to him by the other person. It felt refreshing and good to move his body for a while. Jeong Bo-eun looked at Yeon-rok with regretful eyes.
“It’s just a shame that you don’t gain muscle easily. Originally, Self-defense art and interpersonal sports like boxing and sparring are more advantageous the bigger your physique is.”
“Well, it’s hard enough just maintaining my weight. I have a constitution that doesn’t gain weight easily.”
Even though he was eating everything Park Yeo-sa gave him, he had recently lost 1kg more. It might be because he had been sleeping in late these days and eating breakfast and lunch together. Because of that, Park Yeo-sa made health food for him at least once a week.
“It would be good to consume protein and carbohydrates without being picky. Just put everything that suits your taste in your mouth first. Let’s increase your body fat percentage.”
The exercise ended with the advice of the bodyguards, who were playing a role similar to a health trainer beyond a Self-defense art teacher. After lightly running to warm up his body, Yeon-rok stopped as he opened the door to the shower room attached to the exercise room.
“……What?”
Choi Hwan, who had finished exercising first and was coming out of the shower, glanced at the hairband Yeon-rok was wearing with a very displeased look. He also glared at the stretched-out neck of the T-shirt he had been wearing for years. On the other hand, Yeon-rok was preoccupied with something else.
‘……His name was in a place like that.’
Unlike Yeon-rok’s, which was located on the right side of his chest, Choi Hwan’s ‘name’ was located on the left side of his chest. If Yeom Cheon-ho’s name was in the same position as Yeon-rok’s Symbol, as if it had pushed it back and appeared on his back, Choi Hwan’s was in a position that seemed like a mirror image. Yeon-rok suddenly became curious. Where would Moon Kyeon-woo’s Symbol be? But looking at their current relationship, it was uncertain whether he would be able to find out in the future.
“Aren’t you jealous of my body? My muscles are no joke, right?”
Choi Hwan misunderstood Yeon-rok’s gaze towards the Symbol and boasted. He didn’t have the physique of Yeom Cheon-ho, but he had a great body that showed that he had taken care of it with as much care as he could. Yeon-rok became serious.
“No, I’m not jealous at all?”
Then he pretended not to hear what he was about to say and passed by him, entering the shower room.
Yeon-rok took off his clothes and turned on the shower. He wiped the mirror, which was already full of moisture because Choi Hwan had used it, with the palm of his hand. His brow, which had been comparing Choi Hwan’s body, which had been extremely controlled in body fat and was close to a perfect sculpture, with his own, was wrinkled in truth.
“……I’m really not jealous at all.”
As he grumbled and washed himself squeaky clean, Choi Hwan was leaning against the wall, waiting for him for some reason.