By Zephyria 
Just then, the door to the locker room opened, and the other protagonist of the problem appeared. The moment everyone saw Grayson Miller, they suddenly shut their mouths and said nothing. They turned their heads, pretending to be doing their own thing, but the chilling silence proved more than anything that they were conscious of him.
“Hi, Miller.”
Only Ezra spoke to Grayson. As someone known for being friendly and having a good personality, he greeted him with a smile, and Grayson responded with a smile, just like Ezra.
“Hi, Ezra. Good morning.”
Listening to their casual greetings, Dane continued to change his clothes. He wondered what Grayson would say if he knew about the commotion that had just occurred, but he didn’t feel the need to find out.
The day before, Dane had furiously yelled at him, got into his car, and immediately left the parking lot. He knew that Grayson Miller had stood motionless in the same spot until he could no longer see him in the rearview mirror.
Even amidst his anger at the receding figure that didn’t even twitch, he felt a sense of eeriness. He was wary that he might chase after him in his car, but thankfully, that didn’t happen.
I barely managed to clean it up, don’t mess things up again.
Just as he was feeling disgusted by the bleak premonition that the headstrong guy would be more than capable of doing just that, Grayson turned around the cabinet and ran into Dane.
For a moment, the two stared at each other in silence. It was only a brief moment of about two or three seconds, but Dane was fully prepared to respond to whatever outrageous thing Grayson might say. Whether he screamed or punched him in the face.
Just as he suddenly recalled the image of him standing and staring at his car and felt a chill, something unexpected happened. Grayson Miller smiled at Dane. And it was with a bright, radiant face, fully revealing his neat teeth.
“Hi, Striker.”
Huh?
Dane paused at the sudden situation. Everyone else was just as bewildered. The guys who had been inwardly harboring some suspicion and waiting for the next development blinked and focused their attention on them.
But nothing more happened. Grayson whistled, opened his locker, started changing his clothes, finished getting ready without anyone saying a word, and left the locker room.
Only after the sound of the door closing, thud, did they finally come to their senses one by one, as if awakened from a spell.
“Uh, well…”
When someone stammered and started to speak, another guy finally opened his mouth.
“So, were Dane and Miller really putting on an act…?”
Starting with his bewildered words, a commotion arose here and there.
“No, was it really an act?”
“Is Dane that good at acting?”
“Ah, actually, I thought it was a bit clumsy. Dane just can’t act.”
“It was Miller who was awkward. Dane’s acting wasn’t bad. I was fooled by Dane.”
“So, in any case, it was really nothing?”
“Ah, it’s so anticlimactic…”
Listening to the sighs and words of relief coming from here and there, Dane was dumbfounded, but one thing was certain. Thanks to that bastard’s sudden behavior, this incident really ended up being just a trivial happening.
It’s just that he had no idea why Grayson Miller was doing this…
Is there any need to know? Dane changed his mind. Anyway, it’s been cleaned up, and maybe he thought it wasn’t right after thinking about it later. Even if he has no emotions, he knows what social face-saving is.
After drawing his own conclusions, he finished changing his clothes and closed the locker door. If everything just ends like this, that’s fine. Of course, that was just Dane’s thought.
Not a chance.
Grayson, who had come outside, stood in front of the door, listening to the voices inside, and thought with a blank face. He had fully confirmed Dane’s violent reaction the day before. The reason he had stood there blankly watching him leave alone was because he realized that his approach was wrong. And Grayson had since completely revised his plan. Along with the realization that acting like that was definitely not a good idea.
What was that yesterday?
He continued to analyze with a cooled head. He couldn’t understand himself at all. Had he ever lost control of himself to that extent? What was he so angry about?
The reason is one thing. It’s because the other party is Dane Striker.
Only when it comes to that man does he always lose his usual self. That won’t do, Grayson thought as he left the spot. Taking large strides and moving leisurely, he recalled.
To have that man, I have to think more calmly than usual.
If he acts like nothing happened, Dane will be off guard. There’s still plenty of time left. He put his hands in his pockets and walked away, whistling.
When that time comes…
Just imagining Dane’s surprised face made his Conception harden. Grayson continued to whistle and walked down the quiet hallway.
Desire Me if you can
As usual, on a bright blue sky and a sunny morning, firefighters bustled about under a man hanging outside the window of a tall building.
“Hey, hey, keep people away from this side. Keep people from gathering.”
“Is the air mattress ready? Everyone be on alert in case he falls!”
“Are the cops here yet? They’re always so slow.”
Listening to the flood of words, Dane moved busily. From above, the hanging man kept shouting something. It was impossible to tell whether he was asking for help or telling them to leave him alone, so they just continued to do their jobs. Of course, the person who was loafing around on one side amidst the busyness was predetermined.
“Miller, Miller!”
Wilkins shouted roughly, calling his name. They needed even one more person, but such a reliable person was just watching, so he was burning up inside.
“Come here, help me with this!”
He waved one hand and nodded repeatedly, but Grayson’s reaction was lukewarm. Unable to watch any longer, Ezra shouted.
“Miller, what are you doing! Hurry!”
Even as everyone called out to him, Grayson still had a nonchalant reaction. DeAndre, who was struggling to spread out the air mattress with him, shouted.
“What the fuck are you doing, you son of a bitch. What are you going to do if he falls!”
It was meant to tell him to move quickly, but embarrassingly, Grayson didn’t comply. Soon, everyone gave up on his attitude of just looking away as if he was annoyed.
“Damn it, why does he even come if he’s going to be like that?”
Everyone agreed with DeAndre’s curse. Dane, who had been silently installing the air mattress, glanced at Grayson with a frown, but said nothing. At that time.
Desire Me if you can
“Hey, if you’re this unmotivated, isn’t it better to just quit?”
One of the group who had safely rescued the man and returned spoke. Grayson, who was taking out a drink and drinking it, looked at him, and everyone’s attention was focused. As if they had been waiting for it, words began to pour out from here and there.
“You’re just getting in the way, standing there like that.”
“What’s the reason you became a firefighter? You should still do something, right?”
“If you just wanted to watch, you don’t necessarily have to play the role of a firefighter, do you?”
Grayson, who had been blinking and listening to the pouring resentment, opened his mouth.
“Why are you saying this to me?”
Everyone was furious at his words, which they couldn’t tell whether he really didn’t know or was pretending not to know.
“It’s too much to just ignore it when someone might die in front of you!”
“Don’t you even think about what would happen if something went wrong with that person?”
Grayson, who had been listening to the pouring accusations, said.
“Maybe he wanted to die.”
At that moment, Dane, who had been standing by, raised his head, and everyone was surprised and looked at Grayson. Then, Grayson added with a smile.
“You have to let them do what they want to do.”
The guys who had been loudly talking until just now stopped talking at once. In the chilling silence, everyone had similar thoughts.
What did I just hear?
“…Let’s talk for a minute.”
Suddenly, Dane stepped forward and grabbed Grayson’s arm. And the rest of the group just stared blankly as they headed to the empty lot behind them.