Chapter 8 – ​The ​Price ​of ​a ​Misjudgment

His ​stomach ​churned ​violently. ​His entire body ached ​as ​if he had ​been beaten, and ​groans ​escaped ​his ​lips ​involuntarily.

When ​he opened his ​eyes ​in ​a haze, Yoon ​Ki-hyun found himself in ​an unfamiliar ​room. As ​he pushed ​himself up ​with ​trembling ​arms, an unfamiliar ​sight of ​nudity caught his eye.

After ​blinking a few times ​to clear his blurred ​vision, the ​face ​of a man who absolutely should ​not be here appeared ​right ​in ​front ​of ​him.

‘What the hell ​is this?’

Flustered, ​Yoon ​Ki-hyun fumbled at ​his ​chest. The clothes he should ​have been ​wearing ​were gone, and ​he ​felt ​only ​his ​warm, bare ​skin.

Surely ​not?

It was ​just as Yoon Ki-hyun, looking aghast, scrambled ​to get off ​the bed.

“Ah, you’re ​awake?”

Jeong Si-jun reached out ​with a ​thick hand, wrapping ​it ​around Yoon Ki-hyun’s ​waist [stolen content]with visit Read on Read BL Novelsour sitea ​smile. In ​that ​instant, goosebumps ​erupted ​across Yoon ​Ki-hyun’s ​skin.

‘What is ​this, ​seriously. ​Fuck!’

His throbbing head ​tried ​to spin ​the ​gears ​of ​memory, but it kept stuttering. He remembered clearly that they had met at a bar yesterday and gotten into an argument. The problem was what happened after that.

The most crucial part was gone, as if it had been sliced away by a knife. It was such a textbook blackout that he felt a surge of irritation.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he’d been drinking heavily since arriving in this city, but of all times, he had to drink enough to lose his memory now.

He drank often, but this was the first time something like this had happened, leaving him completely bewildered.

‘But then again, yesterday was a day worth drinking the fuck out of.’

Not only had he met a wretched bastard due to the reckless request for help from a former colleague, but he had also spent the entire day cringing at his own clumsy sarcasm.

Moreover, the guy he had called out in a fit of rage had even tested the waters to see if he was interested in working at a host bar.

And then there was the guy who joined them, a young brat who viewed Guides as nothing more than fantasy sex partners…

‘No, still, this is too much.’

How could so much bad luck pile up in a single day?

As Yoon Ki-hyun shook his head and frowned, Jeong Si-jun released his grip on the waist and asked in a tone that was uncharacteristically gentle.

“Do you want some water?”

To think the man who always spouted words more obnoxious than imagined could actually speak in such a tone.

But why had he been like that until now?

The thought crossed his mind for a moment, but then he wondered if the bastard had eaten something wrong.

Still, he was genuinely thirsty, so he gave a slight nod. Jeong Si-jun let out a short laugh and rose from the bed.

‘Ah, fuck. Put some clothes on.’

Looking at Jeong Si-jun’s half-naked back made his mind feel unsettled. Since they were both stark naked, it was certain that something had happened, but what kind of accident had they caused?

After all, there was only one kind of accident that would result [visit [unauthorized copy]unauthorized copy -->our site]in two people waking up naked on a bed with muscle pain.

‘Did we sleep together?’

He tried to ignore it, but it was a state that couldn’t be explained unless they had rolled around in a messy tangle. The muscle pain felt throughout his body and the foreign sensation between his buttocks were things Yoon Ki-hyun was quite familiar with, so there was no mistaking it.

Fuck, fuck. While Yoon Ki-hyun was sighing deeply with a sharp scowl, Jeong Si-jun returned with a glass of water.

“Drink.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Who would have thought I’d be served water by Jeong Si-jun in my lifetime.

Thinking this, Yoon Ki-hyun reached for the glass, but then he saw a hideous object and squeezed his eyes shut.

‘Gah, my eyes!’

If this were a public bathhouse or a sauna, it was a size that would have garnered the envy of all men, but seeing it first thing in the morning in a hotel room with just the two of them was unpleasant.

Yoon Ki-hyun’s mind remained chaotic as he gulped down the cool water.

‘Was Jeong Si-jun always this attentive? I’m sure when we met at the bar yesterday, he was fucking blaming everyone else, implying that he almost died because of me.’

‘Why is he suddenly acting friendly in a way that doesn’t suit him at all? Gasp, could it be that this bastard is nearing his end too?’

Various theories swirled in his head until they finally reached one conclusion.

Jeong Si-jun had lost his mind. Even at a glance, that seemed certain.

Deep in thought, Yoon Ki-hyun didn’t seem to intend to pull the glass away from his lips even after finishing the water. Jeong Si-jun tilted his head slightly and murmured.

“What are you thinking about so deeply?”

“Team Leader Jeong.”

“Yes.”

“Did we… by any chance… yesterday.”

Yoon Ki-hyun glanced up at Jeong Si-jun. Looking down at Yoon Ki-hyun sitting on the bed, Jeong Si-jun laughed so widely that visit visit our siteour sitehis canines showed, answering before Yoon Ki-hyun could even finish his sentence.

“Are you asking if we had sex?”

“Yes.”

“We did. Obviously. Your moans were incredible, Team Leader Yoon.”

“Ah, fuck.”

He had been clinging to a sliver of hope that perhaps he had vomited on Jeong Si-jun’s clothes, leading to them being removed, or some other mishap that warranted nudity.

It was all for nothing. Based on the dull pain in his body and various other clues, he had guessed what happened last night, but receiving confirmation directly from the other person’s mouth felt as terrible as expected.

‘Am I actually insane?’

No matter how he thought about it, the version of himself drunk yesterday was a lunatic. Not just a regular lunatic, but a complete psycho.

To think he had done it with Jeong Si-jun because there was no one else to roll around with.

It was absurd. He would have felt much better if he had slept with that young brat whose name he barely remembered, the [Read on Read BL Novels]style="font-size:0;color:transparent;display:inline;">visit our siteone who had hit on him saying he wanted to do it with a Guide.

Of all the men in the world, why the fuck did he have to roll around with this bastard?

“Looking at your face… you don’t remember, do you?”

In the meantime, Jeong Si-jun had returned to the provocative tone Yoon Ki-hyun knew well, as if something was displeasing him. It was a tone that sounded both sarcastic and annoyed.

“Ah, yes. I don’t remember a thing. Let’s just consider it a mistake we both made while drunk.”

At Yoon Ki-hyun’s nonchalant response, Jeong Si-jun let out a hollow laugh. Despite the curve of his lips and the sound of the laugh, his eyes, which weren’t smiling at all, were fierce.

He questioned him, as if picking apart his words.

“A mistake?”

“Yes. A mistake. It happens in life, having sex on a whim while drunk.”

“How can you say something so irresponsible? This isn’t a joke.”

Yoon Ki-hyun frowned at Jeong Si-jun’s objection.

He had felt it since yesterday, but the attitude of the people at the Center, including Jeong Si-jun, had been bothering him. Asking for guiding as if they had a deposit left with someone who had resigned, or lecturing about responsibility to someone they had rolled around with once while drunk—wasn’t that ridiculous if you thought about it for even a second?

Everyone acted as if they were owed something. The only entity that could legitimately demand something from Yoon Ki-hyun was the bank, to which he had to pay back the principal and interest every month.

“What does it matter if I’m irresponsible? Besides, it’s not like you’re a virgin, Team Leader Jeong.”

“What the fuck… aside from guiding, this was my first time having sex, okay?”

When Yoon Ki-hyun shot back in an irritated tone, Jeong Si-jun became so agitated that the veins in his neck bulged. Listening to Jeong Si-jun’s sophistry, Yoon Ki-hyun blinked, completely dumbfounded.

What kind of nonsense is this? Then what should he call what he and that guy did in the guiding room?

“No, what kind of bullshit is that?”

“Aside from doing it because I needed guiding, this was my first time with someone. Literally.”

It was nonsense that both made sense and didn’t make sense at the same time. It was as if they were competing to see who could talk more bullshit…

Yoon Ki-hyun didn’t want to argue with Jeong Si-jun over such an absurd topic.

In the first place, he didn’t even have the energy, and every time Jeong Si-jun shouted nonsense, his head throbbed from the lingering hangover, making him feel like he was going to die.

“Ah, forget it. Then let’s just say I took your virginity, Team Leader Jeong.”

It was just as Yoon Ki-hyun, in a state of resignation, half-closed his eyes and tried to get up from the bed. A hollow laugh poured down from above him.

“Ha, this is unbelievable, really.”

“So what do you want me to do about it?”

“You have to take responsibility.”

“…?”

Unable to control his expression, Yoon Ki-hyun looked up at Jeong Si-jun. Jeong Si-jun was still looking down at him confidently, without a single shred of clothing on.

‘No, can’t he do something about that thing down there first? Why does he want to have a conversation without clothes… fuck, this isn’t a bathhouse.’

Looking down at the bewildered Yoon Ki-hyun, Jeong Si-jun began to speak boldly.

“If I took your virginity as you said, you should take responsibility. And for your information, what we did in the guiding room was also my first experience.”

To think he’d suddenly find out about another man’s first experience, something he had no desire to know.

Yoon Ki-hyun carefully asked Jeong Si-jun.

“Are you perhaps not fully sober yet?”

“No. I didn’t even drink that much yesterday. Who gets drunk on two glasses of liquor?”

That meant the other guy was almost sober while he was practically wasted; the audacity was truly something. He didn’t understand why the hell he was being told to take responsibility.

“So you basically ate me while you were sober, and now you’re telling me to take responsibility instead?”

As Yoon Ki-hyun looked at him as if he were the biggest piece of trash in the world, Jeong Si-jun began to fly into a rage, looking aggrieved.

“Ah, what are you talking about! You’re the one who pounced on me first! You’re the one who took off my pants first, saying you’d show me a lesson! When I asked why you were doing this, you even took off my underwear and seduced me, so why are you acting like this now? If you ate someone, you should take responsibility!”

He looked so genuinely distressed that it didn’t seem like he was making things up.

Yoon Ki-hyun blinked, lost in thought. He couldn’t even imagine what kind of bullshit his drunk self had spouted last night.

If he had thrown a punch saying he’d show him a lesson, he could understand, but he took off his pants and underwear? This wasn’t some trashy plot from an R-rated pervert manga…

Even if that were true, demanding responsibility didn’t make sense. Even if a Guide, who is the same as a non-awakened, clung to them while drunk, an S-class Esper could shake them off if they wanted to.

And yet, to enjoy it to the fullest and then demand responsibility now was simply laughable. Yoon Ki-hyun murmured with a very serious expression.

“The one who put it in my back hole was you. I’m the one who got eaten, so why are you so angry? Ah, did I perhaps break your back?”

As soon as Yoon Ki-hyun finished speaking, Jeong Si-jun’s eyes became fierce, as if they were emitting fire.

“Fuck, what are you talking about? No, I didn’t!”