By Zephyria 
I stepped out of the bathroom, wearing a shower gown and drying my hair with a towel.
Vasily was nowhere to be seen in the bedroom, so I walked toward the living room. As I left the room, I spotted Vasily sitting in a chair, looking down past the window.
I approached him and asked, “Are you going to wash up as well, Esper-nim?”
“I should.”
Answering my question, Vasily stood up and paused as he looked at me. Noticing his gaze drifting toward the wide opening of my collar, I frowned and pulled the shower gown tighter.
After staring at me for a moment, Vasily entered the bathroom, which was already filled with warm steam.
I lay down on the bed, listening to the sound of running water from the bathroom. I knew I had to stay alert, but why on earth was the bed so comfortable at a time like this? Feeling that I might fall asleep the moment I relaxed, I forced myself to stay awake by staring at my smartphone.
I was worried about how long I would have to wait in this state. I wished the Gate would just open quickly…
The sound of water stopped, and I heard Vasily stepping out of the shower booth. A moment later, hearing the sound of slippers dragging on the floor, I turned my head to see Vasily, his body still damp from the shower.
Faced with the expanse of skin before me, I realized he wasn’t wearing anything and hurriedly looked away.
“Why—why are you naked?”
“Why are you surprised now? You always take your clothes off when we sleep.”
Sleep?
That wasn’t part of the plan. Whenever Vasily received guiding, he would fall into such a deep sleep that he wouldn’t even notice if I left his side. If Vasily fell asleep and failed to stop the hotel from collapsing, I might end up buried under the debris of the broken building.
“I thought you could only sleep while receiving guiding?”
“That’s not necessarily true. For some reason, I get sleepy whenever Guide Kwon Gi-dam is beside me.”
I was stunned by this new piece of information.
Leaving me frozen in surprise, Vasily turned off all the lights and climbed into bed. Rather than tension at having a half-naked Vasily lying next to me, I felt a sense of urgency.
Driven by the single-minded determination that Vasily must not fall asleep here, I began to strike up a conversation.
“Esper-nim, come to think of it, what was the schedule you had for this afternoon?”
“Ah, that? I was scheduled to have dinner with the President.”
“…?”
My body stiffened at the unexpected answer. He said it was a schedule that would be problematic to cancel; I thought it was just an excuse, but it was real?
“Is it really a schedule that’s okay to cancel?”
“Guide Kwon Gi-dam told me not to go, didn’t he?”
“That’s true, but…”
Still, it felt like a position one shouldn’t just skip. As I grew flustered, Vasily continued.
“Don’t worry. We’ve decided to reschedule the appointment.”
Now that I thought about it, Vasily’s contract was scheduled to end along with the President’s term. Until now, I had assumed he would leave for another country once the contract ended, but now that he had discovered I had implanted a suppression chip, the situation had changed.
Would he stay in Korea like he did before the regression? Even as I asked myself, I couldn’t be sure, so I asked him.
“Will you continue to stay in Korea even after the contract period ends?”
“My Guide is here; do you think I’d go to another country?”
“I asked just in case, as you might be thinking that way.”
“Then, would you come with me when the time comes?”
“…I like Korea.”
Is the option of leaving me behind not even on the table? As I clumsily deflected and declined, Vasily laughed softly.
Seeing Vasily’s firm attitude, I became curious. Why was he so insistent on me when he had never even accurately measured our matching rate?
“Couldn’t you meet a much better Guide in another country?”
“Guide Kwon Gi-dam.”
Vasily cut me off, calling my name. At the low tone of his voice, I realized my mistake and shut my mouth tight.
“That won’t happen.”
Once again, it was an answer filled with an uncanny amount of certainty. Hearing his response, I found myself unable to say anything.
Silence fell shortly after the conversation began. Since I had rarely shared ordinary conversations with Vasily, and even fewer personal ones, I didn’t know what to bring up. My lips felt dry and stuck.
Suddenly realizing that Vasily had become too quiet, I snapped back to my senses.
Did he fall asleep?
I turned my head to wake him, only to meet his eyes, which were glowing in the darkness. Lying in the same bed and facing each other, a strange atmosphere flowed between us. Unconsciously, I was the first to avert my gaze.
I heard the sound of the blanket rustling as Vasily moved. Even without looking at him, my heightened senses conveyed every single one of his movements.
Approaching me, Vasily leaned over, bracing his hand by my head. Fearing that our eyes would meet, I hurriedly closed my eyes, pretending to try and sleep.
“Guide Kwon Gi-dam, you’re aware that you’ve been acting suspiciously for a while now, right?”
I was glad my eyes were closed. Thanks to that, I could hide my trembling pupils.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You brought me all the way to a hotel, and you’re still going to keep denying it?”
As expected, he had realized that I wanted something from him. Since it had come to this, I thought it might not be a bad idea to tell Vasily the truth and ask for his help.
While I was seriously considering it, a soft sensation suddenly brushed against my lips.
“Ngh…”
I felt the sensation of a cold tongue tenderly licking my lips. Startled, I opened my eyes to see Vasily’s face as he kissed me.
His silver hair, which didn’t lose its luster even in the dark, poured before my eyes like moonlight. The moment I noticed his softly closed eyes and neatly resting eyelashes, bewilderment washed over me.
Belatedly, I realized Vasily had misunderstood. I wanted to grab his arm and tell him it wasn’t like that, but in the end, I couldn’t push him away and let my hand drop.
I was confused, not knowing why I couldn’t reject the kiss.
At the same time I felt I should push him away, the sensation of our lips softly brushing was far too pleasant. My heart must have been broken. Otherwise, there was no way it could be this loud.
Closing my trembling eyes, I slowly opened my mouth. A tongue slid between my lips, flicking against me before winding around.
I flinched at the ticklish feeling of my tongue being swept, letting out intermittent moans. Then, a hand slid beneath my shower gown. I trembled slightly at the cool sensation of a hand stroking up my leg.
“Ah, hng…”
I should be on high alert since the building could collapse at any moment…
Yet, paradoxically to the situation, I was panting, pinned beneath Vasily. Even though I knew this shouldn’t be happening, my mind, consumed by excitement, went blank.
Fingertips slowly groping my leg brushed against my inner thigh. My skin, flushed and hypersensitive, shivered.
A large hand lightly gripped my member.
“Ah!”
I gripped Vasily’s shoulder to hold back the excitement. However, realizing that his firm muscles moved every time he caressed my body, the excitement only grew larger.
“Va—Vasily… wait…”
I tried to stop him, saying I hadn’t intended to go this far, but before I could finish the words, my lips were blocked by his.
Easily overpowering my meager resistance, Vasily began to move his hand. I twisted my hips, letting out moans filled with arousal.
The sound of skin rubbing against skin tickled my ears. Despite only being touched a little, my lower half, which had hardened instantly, was already leaking pre-cum.
As the atmosphere gradually heated up, Vasily, who had been kissing me, paused. His lips, which seemed as if they would never release my entwined tongue, slowly parted, and he murmured softly.
“Ah, so it was this.”
What does that mean?
Panting, I looked up at him. The moment my gaze met his cool silver-gray eyes, my lips were swallowed again.
“Mmph…”
The kiss, as he tilted my head to dig deeper, was far rougher than the first. Our tongues mixed thickly, and saliva I couldn’t swallow in time leaked from the corner of my mouth.
Vasily used his teeth to bite my tender lip hard. I flinched at the throbbing pain, and the surrounding air turned ice-cold.
In an instant, a chill enveloped the room. Feeling the cold wind brushing against my skin, I opened my eyes.
Then, I met the eyes of Vasily, who was kissing me. His pupils, which had been a deep silver-gray until a moment ago, were glowing blue. Behind him, the ceiling was being covered in white ice.
The moment I was flustered by his gaze, which seemed somehow angry, the building shook. I instinctively knew that the Gate had opened. Seeing that the hotel hadn’t collapsed, it seemed Vasily had frozen the building to support it.
“Ugh…”
While I was distracted by the violent vibration, Vasily’s hand, which was still wrapped around my member, gripped it tightly. At the sudden stimulation, my lower body shook violently, and I hurriedly swallowed a moan.
Even in the moment he froze the entire building, Vasily continued to move the hand gripping my member while roughly ravaging the inside of my mouth. Feeling the severe vibrations, I clung desperately to Vasily’s arm.
“Ngh… ah-ugh…”
It seemed my mind had gone strange due to the terror. The anxiety that the building could collapse at any moment and the maddening excitement mixed in my head. Every time the building shook violently, the pleasure surged in size.
“Ah!”
The moment Vasily scratched the tip hard with his fingernail, I arched my back and reached a climax. My twitching, trembling member spurted semen into Vasily’s hand.