By Zephyria 
#Side Story 4
The noisy sounds that continued to bother his ears made his eyes open on their own. Kim Ha-yoon was nowhere to be seen beside him. Where did he go? Ire, barely rising from the bed, clutched his waist. “Ah, it’s stiff. I told you to take it easy.”
Grumbling, he came out and saw Kim Ha-yoon baking something in the small kitchen next to the living room. As he got closer, he smelled delicious toast. Tick- Soon after, two slices of well-baked bread popped out of the machine.
Kim Ha-yoon flipped an egg and kissed Ire on the cheek as he came beside him.
“Did you sleep well?”
“Why did you wake up so early? Aren’t you tired?”
He suffered from low blood pressure every morning, so he wondered how he managed to wake up. The two returned home at dawn and fell asleep as soon as they washed up, but unlike Ire, who had no energy, Kim Ha-yoon was more energetic than usual.
No, to be honest, he was especially like that the day after they had sex. So Ire sometimes wondered if this guy was taking all his energy away.
“Today is an important day. Surely you haven’t forgotten?”
There was no way he could have forgotten. He naturally turned his head to check the time. Today was Matteo and Anna’s wedding day. It had been quite a while since the two had become close, but he never thought they would get married.
When he first heard about the two getting married, Ire was surprised that he was more indifferent than he thought. He thought he would be a little sad, but he wasn’t. Rather, the fact that Matteo had someone to rely on brought him great joy.
He would welcome Anna anytime, even if it was someone else. Of course, there was strong opposition from her family. Although she had no children, he could fully understand how her family felt. So he tried harder to treat them well whenever he met them. He didn’t know if that feeling was conveyed.
“Congratulations. You have a new stepmother.”
Kim Ha-yoon kissed him lightly and buried his face in his neck. When he flinched because it tickled, he put down the spatula and hugged him.
“How do you feel?”
“Not bad.”
“I don’t like it.”
“Why?”
“We should have gotten married first.”
When he made a dumbfounded expression, Kim Ha-yoon raised his head and met his gaze. His blue-gray eyes wandered for a moment, lost. Whenever Kim Ha-yoon brought up marriage, Ire didn’t know how to react. Instead of a clear answer, he patted his back.
“I’ll go wash up.”
“Shall we wash together?”
“You have no shame.”
“Don’t expect that from me.”
After letting him go from his arms, he stroked his cheek and brought his lips to him affectionately. As the kiss became more and more explicit, Ire barely pulled Kim Ha-yoon away and took a step back.
“Just kiss. Okay?”
“Liar.”
Even though he told him to restrain himself because it was a wedding today, he rushed at him like a madman in the sea last night. He instinctively sensed that if they hooked up now, they might not be able to go to the wedding or anything else.
He escaped to the bathroom and locked the door. Fortunately, Kim Ha-yoon gave up quickly. When he came out after showering, Kim Ha-yoon was putting the food he had made on a plate and carrying it.
Then, the oil bottle bumped into the plate and tilted to the side. Just before it fell to the floor, the oil bottle stopped in mid-air and floated gently, settling back in its place. Kim Ha-yoon, who was watching it, was making a very displeased expression.
He put the plate on the table and approached Ire. He silently dragged him to the living room sofa and sat him down, then took out a hair dryer. Whoosh- The sound of the wind made his silver hair flutter in the wind.
After sleeping together, Kim Ha-yoon always wanted to dry his hair. He didn’t know why he liked the act of drying the hair of a grown man, but he thought it was one of his expressions of affection and mostly accepted it.
“Let it break next time.”
As expected. As he dried his hair, he brought up the situation from earlier as expected. He often nagged whenever Ire used his powers like this. He said that this much wouldn’t put a strain on his body, but he didn’t even like that.
After completely drying his hair, he went to the table, where bacon, bread, vegetables, and fruits were cut beautifully.
The vegetables were grown in Zone D, and the seeds were brought from district a. Fortunately, the soil was fertile and the plants grew well, and thanks to the weather this year, they were able to harvest quite a lot of grains.
He tucked his dried hair behind his ears and picked up a piece of bread with a fork and put it in his mouth, and the scent of butter filled his mouth.
“Did we have butter at home?”
“I brought it.”
“It’s delicious.”
Kim Ha-yoon stared silently at him as he munched like a squirrel. As he reached his mid-twenties, Ire shed a lot of his childishness and added the maturity of an adult, as well as the skillfulness and sensual feeling that came from it.
When he kept staring, he winked at him as if to show off.
See that? He’s become more brazen.
“You’re doing more and more cute things….”
“Were you fluttered?”
“Yeah. Fucking.”
“I’ll do it again later.”
He laughed at his relaxed appearance. Wasn’t he whining that he wanted to stop in bed last night, and then getting annoyed? Even saying, “Are you even human?” while staring intently. As he bit into the toast, the phone rang.
Ire stuffed the bread into his mouth, took a sip of water, and got up from his seat. He went to the sofa and pressed the button, and Seo Young-jun’s face appeared as a hologram.
-Ire. You haven’t left yet, have you?
“Yeah. Why.”
Seo Young-jun hesitated slightly.
-No, just….
He could guess why he had contacted him in the morning. Seo Young-jun was dating Baek Seol, and he knew that the two had recently had a minor argument. He seemed to be wondering if Baek Seol was coming with him today.
“Seol will go too. Come looking great.”
At those words, he heard a low laugh from beyond the receiver.
-You’re the only one for me. I love you.
After uttering those embarrassing words, Seo Young-jun hung up. As he turned around, Kim Ha-yoon was leaning back in his chair, holding a knife in one hand and tapping it. Judging by his displeased expression, something must have bothered him earlier.
He pretended not to see and returned to his seat.
“Don’t be jealous and eat quickly.”
As he slyly pushed the salad plate over, Kim Ha-yoon laughed as if he was dumbfounded.
“It’s not jealousy, it’s annoyance.”
“They say you get more annoyed as you get older.”
“Yeah. It’s not just annoyance that increases, but also greed. My possessiveness becomes enormous too. So be careful. Unless you want to see some innocent bastard die.”
“Friends can say thank you to each other, right?”
“Really? That’s strange. Why haven’t I ever heard you say those words to me, even though we’re friends? Was our relationship worse than friends?”
He finally understood why he kept acting so twisted. He had been scolded for not reacting and saying strange things because he was embarrassed after hearing the words “I love you” last time. But it was embarrassing and awkward to say words that he had never said in his life.
“I, I’ll do it slowly later….”
“Liar.”
“…….”
He felt like he would get burned if he stayed any longer, so he quickly cleaned up what he had eaten, brushed his teeth, and went outside to take out his clothes. As he put on his shirt and pants and struggled with his tie, Kim Ha-yoon came and stood in front of him.
He smelled good from just having washed up. As he looked at his smooth, muscular body with only a towel around him, he felt aroused for no reason and inadvertently averted his gaze. He wondered if he was really human, seeing that he was aroused again after hooking up like that last night.
Kim Ha-yoon skillfully tied the tie.
“Teach me too.”
“Later.”
His father passed away half a year ago, and Kim Ha-yoon took the position of Chairman. Ire also attended the funeral, and that was the first day Kim Ha-yoon tied his tie for him. He seemed to have answered “Later” back then when he asked him to teach him.
He thought it was a strange mentality that he wanted to handle the tie himself, even though he was the type of person who had to get things done right away. Kim Ha-yoon smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the perfectly placed tie.
“You look great.”
“Can I go with my hair down?”
“Do as you please. But you’d look great even if you tied it in pigtails in my eyes.”
When he frowned, his expression became mischievous. He even went to find a rubber band from somewhere, asking if he wouldn’t like to tie it up. He didn’t try any further when he showed his disgust, but he had a feeling that this guy was going to play with his hair soon.