By Zephyria “You can sleep for another 30 minutes. I’ll take you to work by 9.”
He was slowly falling asleep at the touch of the hand stroking his neck when he suddenly opened his eyes wide.
“Hey, you…!”
He immediately realized what this heavy weight pressing down on his lower abdomen was. He tried to get up abruptly, but his body wouldn’t listen. Only an unpleasant groan escaped his lips.
“Ahiss, ouch…!”
“Ah, damn.”
Sung Se-han, pulling his shoulders into his arms, buried his lips in the crown of his head.
“Does it hurt a lot? I did apply ointment, though.”
His whole body flushed with heat at the whispering voice, and sweat instantly soaked even the palms of his hands.
He had done it with Sung Se-han. He had done that, with Sung Se-han….
“Is your back okay?”
He hurriedly pushed away the hand that was slowly starting to stroke his back.
“Ah, wait. Let go….”
He tried to pull his buttocks back, since his shoulders were being held, but that wasn’t easy either. A dull pain, as if his whole body had been beaten, made his whole body creak.
“Hey, Sung Se-han. Aren’t you going to clean that up?”
He pushed Sung Se-han’s waist hard with one hand, but he didn’t budge an inch. Because of Sung Se-han’s firm body that he felt in his palm, and because of the heat, it felt like strength was draining from his hand instead.
“Hey, you….”
The moment he lifted his head, he met brown eyes. He was breathless with astonishment.
Sung Se-han was still looking at him with glistening eyes, as if licking him.
“Sung Se-han, I have to go to work.”
His mouth was so dry that his voice kept faltering.
He knew that he wouldn’t pounce on him again to do it again, but seeing the guy, who had been doing it all night, holding that hideous thing stiffly, made him break out in a cold sweat.
“Tae-kyung, shall we shower together?”
“No.”
He immediately shook his head. Why would a guy who had already finished showering and changed into indoor clothes want to shower? He had to keep his wits about him.
“Why are you the only one wearing clothes, you bad guy.”
He knew that he had wiped his body, but if he had put pajamas on him instead of leaving him naked like this, he would have been really grateful.
“Because our Tae-kyung looks the prettiest when he’s naked.”
Sung Se-han hugged him tightly, and his cheek was pressed against his firm chest. He gave up pushing Sung Se-han away and wrapped his arms around his broad back.
10 minutes. If he hugged Sung Se-han and inhaled his scent to his heart’s content, he felt like he could forget the fatigue of the day and focus on work.
“But, Tae-kyung.”
The low bass tickled his ear, making him hunch his shoulders.
“Yeah….”
In his increasingly hazy consciousness, he rubbed his lips against Sung Se-han’s firm chest.
“In your dream.”
“Yeah….”
“Did I have an accident because of you?”
His body completely stiffened as if all functions had stopped for a moment.
His heart stopped beating, and the blood in his whole body cooled, even the tips of his hands, which had been warm, turned cold.
“Tae-kyung.”
A large hand slowly began to stroke his stiff shoulder.
“Yeah….”
He pretended to rub his forehead against Sung Se-han’s chest and blinked his eyes rapidly. Gulp. He swallowed hard. Did he say it out loud? What exactly did he say?
“I don’t remember… Did I talk in my sleep…?”
It was fortunate that his voice was hoarse, so it didn’t sound too awkward.
“You kept.”
The hand that had been stroking his shoulder moved down to his back and began to pat it. It was a cautious touch.
“You kept crying. It broke my heart.”
The hand stroking his back became firm. It felt like Sung Se-han’s strong life force, seeping through his spine, was circulating the blood throughout his body.
It was as if Sung Se-han was arguing that the world he existed in was the real reality.
“Did I…?”
His eyelashes, which were still wet, were so heavy that he closed and opened his eyes briefly.
“I must have had a bad dream. I don’t remember.”
“Yeah.”
Sung Se-han kissed his hair, and a fragrant breath poured out.
“It’s best to forget things like that quickly.”
Yeah. He nodded and hugged his firm back tightly. He had to forget bad dreams. Now he would forget everything and just stay like this for 5 minutes….
“Then shall I tell you about my dream?”
Huh…? He slowly lifted his head and met Sung Se-han’s eyes.
Sung Se-han’s dream. He couldn’t understand why his heart was starting to beat so wildly at such a trivial remark.
“I fell asleep for a while, and in my dream, I saw Robin Hyung and Joong-seop Hyung.”
“Uh, uh…?”
He couldn’t react to the calm tone, so he just widened his eyes. Meanwhile, his heart was getting louder and louder.
“I don’t remember… but it seems like I had something urgent to do. I kept feeling rushed. Robin Hyung told me it was raining and tried to stop me, but I shook him off and left the living room. I just couldn’t think of anything but that I had to go quickly….”
He was definitely listening to Sung Se-han’s words, but it felt like his ears were ringing and he couldn’t hear anything. Frozen in front of the transparent eyes staring at him, he couldn’t even blink.
Sung Se-han’s hand slowly moved and began to sweep up his hair.
“Tae-kyung, suddenly your voice grabbed me.”
The sight of Sung Se-han frowning passed by in a very slow scene.
“You shouted not to go, so I turned around… but there was no one there.”
He barely closed his eyes and then slowly opened them again. It had been a long time since he woke up, but he couldn’t tell if he was dreaming or if it was reality.
Sung Se-han’s hand moved slowly and lifted his chin, making him look straight into his eyes. There was no question or doubt in his transparent eyes. They were just honestly reflecting him.
“I definitely heard your voice, but there was no one there, so I felt frustrated.”
“Ah….”
He avoided Sung Se-han’s hand, lowered his head, and then slowly sat up. A tingling pain spread from his buttocks to his whole body, but he didn’t have the luxury to feel such a thing.
“We’re… going to be late like this. We have to shower and get ready quickly….”
“Tae-kyung.”
Sung Se-han, who had raised his upper body, wrapped his arms around his shoulders.
“What do you think about my dream?”
He looked at the white sheets and then turned to look at Sung Se-han.
“What do you mean, what do I think.”
He wanted to smile naturally, but the corners of his mouth didn’t move at all.
“You both didn’t get much sleep… and you’re tired, so you just had a silly dream.”
“Ah, is that so.”
The brown eyes that had glanced past him narrowed as if gauging something. Thump. Thump. Thump. It felt like Sung Se-han was hearing the sound of his heart shaking anxiously, and he was breathless.
“Se-han….”
“It would be better to rest in the bathtub than to shower.”
Sung Se-han, who had left a light kiss on his neck, got off the bed.
“Wait 10 minutes. I’ll go fill the tub with water.”
“Uhng, thank….”
Only after Sung Se-han left the bedroom and the door closed did he finally let out a big breath.
“Haa, haa.”
Unable to sit still, he got off the bed.
He looked around, not knowing what to do, and then picked up the shirt that was draped over the sofa by the window and hurriedly put it on.
“Hah…!”
He tried to leave the room in a hurry, but his legs gave way and he slumped down on the sofa.
“Wait a minute… please, let’s think calmly.”
He clutched his head with both hands, but instead of calming down, his confusion only increased.
“What the hell, what happened…?”
He couldn’t calm down at all, so he clutched his chest and lay down, then abruptly raised his upper body.
“No way.”
This absolutely didn’t make sense. It was impossible.
January 8th, which he had confirmed as a penalty. The scene that Sung Se-han had mentioned a moment ago was definitely what had happened that day. He could tell right away with just a few words.
“How the hell…!”
Sung Se-han’s death accident was in the future from now, so it hadn’t happened yet. But how could it be in Sung Se-han’s dream….
In an instant, his blood cooled and his fingertips turned cold.
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t that it hadn’t happened yet, but that it had actually happened. So that meant that Sung Se-han had already experienced the accident.
He had only returned to prevent the accident that day.
“Hah… I’m going crazy.”
A headache washed over him, so he leaned against the sofa and closed his eyes.
If he thought about it calmly, it could be said that it was possible for Sung Se-han to have such a dream. As someone who had returned to the past, there was no situation he couldn’t believe.
“Ah…!”
He lifted his head abruptly at the thought that suddenly occurred to him.
Could it be that he would be penalized because of this? Talking in his sleep wasn’t something he could control…?
No. Status Window wasn’t an easy opponent, so it would be better to prepare in advance.
“Hoo.”
For some reason, he kept sighing at the feeling that something was going wrong.
Swish―
Sung Se-han, sitting on the edge of the bathtub, was looking at the water that was gradually filling up.
The irises that had been staring at one spot gradually narrowed.
“A silly dream, he says.”
The sharp brown gaze turned towards the bedroom outside the bathroom. Even though it was half-hidden by his eyelashes, his eyes were still fierce.
“He definitely had the same dream, so why did he say it like that.”
Sung Se-han, who had slowly crossed his arms, tilted his head to the side. Even though it was half-hidden by his eyelashes, his eyes were still fierce.
“What are you hiding from me, Lee Tae-kyung.”