By Zephyria 
He thought something was strange, but when he looked again, Yeom Cheon-ho was violently choking Choi Hwan’s neck and shoving his fingers into his mouth. Looking at Choi Hwan’s expression, it was clear that it was not a consensual act. Lee Yeon-rok tried to stop them and ran over, but Yeom Cheon-ho, who was straining his neck until the blood vessels turned blue, achieved his goal.
“Ugh! Cough, cough!”
With a coughing sound, Choi Hwan spat out a pill from his mouth. Yeom Cheon-ho quickly snatched it away and threw it into the sink, flushing it down with water. Choi Hwan, whose face was red, vomited a few more times and then shouted angrily.
“What are you doing!”
He was angry, so he completely abandoned his usual polite language. After lightly breathing and catching his breath, Yeom Cheon-ho took off his saliva-covered gloves and threw them away. He swept back his disheveled hair and said in a cold voice that Lee Yeon-rok had never heard before.
“I can’t stand seeing my Name partner doing drugs.”
Lee Yeon-rok, who was shocked and opened his mouth wide, looked at Choi Hwan, and he jumped up. Then, he pointed his finger and shouted.
“Who are you calling a drug addict! It’s not drugs!”
“There must be some misunderstanding…”
Lee Yeon-rok tried to mediate, saying that they should talk it over, but Choi Hwan shouted with a face that was so wronged that he was about to die.
“I told you! He said it was a medicine that helps me concentrate on acting! It’s not drugs! He said all the students take it!”
Lee Yeon-rok, who unknowingly changed his expression completely at the efficacy of the medicine, which was too suspicious for anyone to hear, questioned Choi Hwan.
“…Hey. Who gave that to you?”
“Good question. Have you heard of Hwang Si-yeon? He gave it to me, and he’s a really trustworthy friend! He’s a really nice guy!”
Lee Yeon-rok wondered if he had ever seen such an idiot and scolded Choi Hwan.
“Hwang Si-yeon or whatever, how do you know if it’s medicine or drugs, you idiot!”
Lee Yeon-rok, who often teased him for being foolish and easily deceived, was now genuinely worried about Choi Hwan’s intelligence. When even Lee Yeon-rok was cornering him, Choi Hwan flinched and shouted with a broken voice.
“Idiot! I graduated from Korea University!”
“Then you must be a Korea University graduate idiot.”
“……!”
While Choi Hwan was opening and closing his mouth and shouting at Lee Yeon-rok, Yeom Cheon-ho made a phone call somewhere. In less than an hour, Choi Hwan’s agency CEO and manager appeared. Only then did Choi Hwan realize the situation and try to run away, but Yeom Cheon-ho blocked him. The agency CEO, who had suddenly been summoned by a big shot named Yeom Cheon-ho in the middle of the night and appeared with a flustered face, listened to the story and scolded him.
“Hey, you bastard! Are you crazy? Don’t pick up anything and eat it!”
At this point, Choi Hwan, who couldn’t even make the innocent excuse that he ‘received it from a trustworthy friend and it was okay,’ shrank back. Even the nice Jo Jun-ho was making a face like an angry goblin. Choi Hwan, who had been thoroughly beaten by the two, was dragged to the hospital as he was. While he was getting a drug test at the hospital, Park Yeo-sa and Kim Jeong-seong entered Choi Hwan’s room.
Fortunately, nothing special came out of the room, and Choi Hwan’s drug test results were also fine. It seemed that he had never touched drugs until now, and the thing he received from his friend was a medicine taken by ADHD patients.
However, this incident did not end there.
Lee Yeon-rok could see that the relationship between Yeom Cheon-ho and Choi Hwan had cooled down. Yeom Cheon-ho didn’t seem to have any personal feelings and his attitude returned to normal, but only Choi Hwan seemed to have deep personal feelings without knowing any shame.
Lee Yeon-rok suddenly recalled a video he had seen in the past. A dog that didn’t know what it shouldn’t eat and ate it, and was forcibly dragged to the animal hospital to have its stomach pumped… Choi Hwan, who kept his distance and glared at Yeom Cheon-ho whenever he saw him, was exactly like that.
‘Tsk, he’s immature and doesn’t know how to reflect.’
That was all Lee Yeon-rok thought. And a few days later. He had a delicious breakfast and chatted with the bodyguards, and he was about to declare that he would quit smoking, saying that he would only smoke until today. Lee Yeon-rok, who was enjoying his last cigarette, coughed when he saw something.
“Did you choke?”
“Cough, cough, no… Just now…”
Just now, didn’t Moon Kyeon-woo give Choi Hwan chocolate and kiss him on the cheek? Did I see it wrong? Lee Yeon-rok doubted his eyes in a daze.
“Was today Valentine’s Day?”
Park Chung-seong, who quickly checked the calendar on his phone at Lee Yeon-rok’s question, nodded.
“Ah, come to think of it, today is Valentine’s Day.”
“You don’t even know it’s Valentine’s Day because you don’t have a Darling.”
“Then do you have a Darling?”
“……”
“Ah. That’s. I didn’t mean to mention Lee Yeon-rok…!”
Park Chung-seong was teased by Jeong Bo-eun and unintentionally poked Lee Yeon-rok’s sore spot. Thanks to that, Lee Yeon-rok, who received friendship chocolates from the two by poking their sides, returned home. I must have seen it wrong, right? I must have mistaken them whispering for a cheek kiss, right? Well, Choi Hwan is dating Yeom Cheon-ho, so…
And that evening, Moon Kyeon-woo and Choi Hwan confirmed that Lee Yeon-rok’s eyesight was fine. He came down after eating alphabet chocolates and chatting on the rooftop, and it was somehow noisy. Such a commotion was rare in this quiet and peaceful house, so he went to find out in a daze, and the source was the living room. Surprisingly, Yeom Cheon-ho was angry.
“I’m really upset.”
Yeom Cheon-ho’s way of getting angry was also extremely elegant. When he erased his usual gentle appearance, he was so surprisingly overbearing that even Lee Yeon-rok, who was not the person involved, involuntarily flinched. Choi Hwan and Moon Kyeon-woo were where he was casting his cold gaze. Lee Yeon-rok didn’t think it was his place to interfere, so he hid behind the folding door and listened.
“I know you’re angry with me. In fact, I don’t even know if it’s something to be angry about.”
“No…”
Choi Hwan tried to protest, but Yeom Cheon-ho cut him off.
“But isn’t this disrespectful while you’re still dating? Showing up after not saying a word for days, and then showing me that you’re with Moon Kyeon-woo?”
His voice was so cold that the living room temperature seemed to drop below freezing. No, more than that, Choi Hwan, you crazy bastard! Yeon-rok gasped. Just because he stopped his friend from taking some suspicious drugs, he’s dumping Yeom Cheon-ho and immediately switching to Moon Kyeon-woo?
What do they call this? Yeon-rok wracked his brain. Love at first sight? Polyamor—something? Polyamory? Is that when you date multiple people? Anyway, he knew things were a mess right now.
Besides Choi Hwan, what was up with Moon Kyeon-woo? Just a month ago, he was drowning his sorrows in alcohol after breaking up with his lover, so when did he and Choi Hwan hit it off? Even Moon Kyeon-woo’s face was endlessly gentle as he looked at Choi Hwan.
“Seriously! Does Hyung only know we broke up when I say it? Can’t you tell we broke up by reading the room?”
In Yeon-rok’s eyes, Choi Hwan seemed to be beyond brave, bordering on reckless. He was brazen and immature to an excessive degree. Even Moon Kyeon-woo chimed in at this point.
“It’s unfortunate that it turned out this way, but trust between lovers was broken, so it’s an inevitable result.”
“Right! I even understand you stopping me from taking the drugs! I know I was wrong! But you had to snitch to the CEO and Jun-ho Hyung! Do you know how much I got chewed out? I can’t go anywhere without Jun-ho Hyung now!”
Can’t you please reflect a little?
Yeom Cheon-ho pursed his lips at Moon Kyeon-woo and Choi Hwan’s shameless attitude, coldly scanning them.
“I understand. It’s all over now, so do as you please.”
Then, he turned around with an indifferent attitude, and Choi Hwan…
“Seriously! Why are you so devoid of humanity? I’m dating Moon Kyeon-woo, and that’s all the reaction I get? Did Cheon-ho Hyung even like me? You said I was your first love!”
His voice was inwardly resentful. Yeon-rok, who was listening, felt so suffocated that he silently pounded his chest. But then Yeom Cheon-ho…
“Who was it that went around saying we were dating because we were a good match? I was just acting accordingly. And when did I ever say you were my first love?”
He said. Choi Hwan jumped, startled by the cold and heartless voice, and shouted.
“You said I was your first love!”
He was so upset that Yeon-rok racked his brain, but he couldn’t recall Yeom Cheon-ho ever saying it himself.
“It’s not like I wanted to say we were a good match! I know you were drawing a line in your heart, even if you didn’t say it. What’s the point of just matching my actions? You have no heart! And honestly, is seeing each other only two or three times a week really dating…!?”
Then, Moon Kyeon-woo started taking Choi Hwan’s side like a spiteful sister-in-law.
“Hwan is right. Neglecting your lover because you’re short on time? I can’t even imagine doing that. Of course, I know Yeom Cheon-ho is ‘a little’ busy, but even so, it’s not basic etiquette.”
Yeon-rok shook his head at what he heard. I don’t want to get involved in that mess. Not now, not ever… Yeon-rok backed away and quietly retreated. Then, he returned to his soundproof room, closed the door tightly, and hugged his Cherished doll, Lime.