By Zephyria After speaking gently and kissing Yu-jin’s temple, Winston put him back to sleep and left the bedroom. He went down to the kitchen, drank a glass of water, and suddenly frowned, turning around and walking in a different direction. The place Winston headed to was the bar. It could be seen that the liquor bottles that filled the shelf on one wall were quite empty. Unconsciously, a sigh escaped his lips. He must have drunk with his friends. If Yu-jin makes friends and has a good time, isn’t that a good thing?
You can’t even spend time with him, so jealousy is unsightly, Winston.
He sternly scolded himself, calmed his emotions, and headed to the bathroom. Let’s take a vacation as soon as possible. Once this is over, we should go on a trip together for a few days. Yu-jin is probably very lonely. I have to say I’m sorry and comfort him a lot.
Where should we go that Yu-jin would like? He thought of various places in his head throughout the shower.
* * *
“Welcome, Andrew. You really came alone.”
Yu-jin, who greeted him at the front door, said with noticeable joy. As promised when he came last time, Andrew came to see Yu-jin alone. His eyes were clearer than usual, and his hair was neatly combed back, so he looked quite like a member of the Campbell family. Yu-jin was once again happy and glad that he was sober, and he kept smiling brightly.
“Come in. Would you like something to drink? You’ve quit drinking now, right?”
“Yeah.”
Andrew nodded. Yu-jin blushed red on both cheeks and was overjoyed.
“Then tea would be good. What are you doing, come in quickly. I’ll make you some tea. I have delicious fruit tea.”
Come on, come on, he said, grabbing Andrew’s hand and pulling him inside, and Andrew awkwardly followed Yu-jin inside. Yu-jin sat him on the sofa and hurried to the kitchen to take out the teacups. He took out the tea leaves, making a fuss.
“How are you feeling? Are you okay? I heard it’s very hard for a while after quitting drugs.”
“I’m fine.”
Andrew replied, watching Yu-jin’s busy back.
“I wasn’t addicted in the first place. I only did it a few times lightly.”
“I see.”
Because he didn’t know much about that kind of thing, Yu-jin just accepted it obediently.
“Still, I’m glad you’re not doing it anymore.”
I should have some sliced lemons somewhere.
Yu-jin rummaged through the cupboard to find other ingredients while the water was boiling. When he saw a jar with brown sugar of irregular sizes and shapes that he had taken out and was about to put it back, Andrew suddenly hugged him from behind.
“Hiek…!”
A scream burst out with a startled, rough breath. He dropped the jar, shattering the porcelain and scattering sugar on the floor, but Yu-jin couldn’t move at all. Frozen in an instant, Andrew breathed roughly behind him and said.
“Tea is okay, Yu-jin. We have something more urgent than that.”
He didn’t know what he was talking about. Unable to even make a sound, he trembled, and Andrew hugged Yu-jin’s waist tightly with one arm while moving his other hand as he pleased. The hand that had risen from his waist and stomach to his chest, grabbing his nipple, almost made Yu-jin faint. Something unpleasantly bulging on his butt rubbed against him. Yu-jin knew what it was, but he couldn’t bring himself to admit it.
“Wh-what, what are you, what are you doing…”
Yu-jin’s voice was mixed with tears.
‘Yu-jin, come here.’
The voice of the man he had forgotten suddenly came back to his mind. From the low, sunken voice to the glistening purple eyes, it came to him as vividly as if it were happening right in front of him, and he completely froze.
“Hoo, hoo.”A hot, moist breath tickled his ear. Andrew rubbed his lower body against Yu-jin’s backside, whispering incessantly.
“You were expecting this, weren’t you?”
“N-no, n-no…”
Yu-jin was too terrified to even pronounce the words properly. He barely managed a sound, and Andrew chuckled derisively.
“Don’t bother pretending you’re not into it. Oh, is that your thing? Fine, we’ll do it that way.”
“N-no, stop, I d-don’t… Aaaagh!”
Andrew grabbed Yu-jin by the hair and threw him down. He screamed as he fell to the floor, and Andrew climbed on top of him, roughly mashing his lips against his. Yu-jin struggled desperately to escape, but he was helpless against the man’s weight and strength. Tears welled up in his eyes, filled with disgust and fear.
Yu-jin.
Suddenly, Winston’s face flashed in his mind. An unknown strength seemed to surge through him. He flailed his hands wildly, trying to grab anything, and at that moment, he grasped a shard of broken pottery. Without another thought, he swung it.
“Uwaaaagh!”
A repulsive scream echoed, and the weight pressing down on him vanished. Yu-jin scrambled away from the floor, crawling backwards, and turned to see Andrew lying down, clutching his arm and groaning. Yu-jin didn’t waste any time and desperately darted into the bedroom.
“You, you son of a bitch…!”
Andrew cursed as he chased after him. Yu-jin, utterly terrified, rushed into the room and locked the door behind him.
“You fucking bastard, open the door! You’re gonna die today, you filthy male prostitute, you seduced me first, how dare you…”
The door rattled as if it would break down any second. Yu-jin, paralyzed with fear, frantically looked around. Finally spotting what he was looking for, he grabbed it and shouted.
“I’ll tell Winston!”
Andrew suddenly fell silent at his desperate cry. Gathering what little courage he had, Yu-jin shouted again.
“I’ll, I’ll tell him what you tried to do to me, I’m calling him right now! Winston won’t let you get away with this, I mean it!”
His heart was sincere, but reality was impossible. Yu-jin’s phone battery was dead. He frantically pressed the power button, his face paling, and desperately searched for the charger. After a moment of silence, Andrew suddenly slammed on the door. Yu-jin nearly screamed, clamping his mouth shut to barely suppress it. Andrew, panting heavily on the other side, said,
“Fine, then I’ll tell Winston you seduced me.”
“What? That’s not true!”
“You told me to come alone!”
Yu-jin protested, but Andrew immediately roared back.
“I can’t believe I fell for a guy like you and ended up like this. Who do you think Winston will believe, his brother or some male prostitute like you?”
“He’ll believe me, of course! Are you stupid?”
Yu-jin shouted without hesitation.
“Winston loves me, he trusts me more than anyone in the world! And I trust him! Think about what Winston will do to you when he finds out what you did, he’ll be even less forgiving because you’re his brother!”
He was certain. Winston would trust him more than anyone.
A heavy silence hung in the air for a moment. Yu-jin, staring intently at the door, finally heard a deep sigh, followed by Andrew’s voice.
“…I’m sorry.”
All the bluster from before was gone, replaced by a deflated tone as Andrew apologized.
“I don’t know what came over me. Please, don’t tell Winston. I don’t care if that bastard hits me or whatever… Ah, shit!”
He spat out a curse as if he was about to explode, then continued, helpless.
“Please, I was wrong. I’m begging you. My mother might kick me out if she finds out about this. My father will cut me out of the will, and I won’t get any inheritance.”
Andrew’s voice was filled with fear. His trembling voice alone was enough to show how cornered he felt. Yu-jin calmed down a little because of it. He couldn’t call anyway. The best thing to do was to send Andrew away while he was backing down.
“Okay.”
Yu-jin managed to speak in a calm voice.
“I won’t tell Winston. But you have to get out of this house right now. Don’t even think about tricking me, the CCTV cameras are watching. If you’re not gone in one minute…”
“Okay, okay, I’m going! I’m going right now!”
Andrew shouted urgently before Yu-jin could even finish his sentence, then made a loud clatter as he hurried away. Soon after, the intercom in the bedroom chimed, announcing that the front door had been opened. Yu-jin immediately checked the screen and saw Andrew running away as if fleeing. Only after watching the front door close did Yu-jin finally let out a sigh of relief and collapse to the floor.
Sugar…
He belatedly remembered the broken jar from earlier. With trembling legs, he struggled down the stairs and barely made it to the kitchen, where he knelt down and began to gather the scattered shards and sugar. Fear washed over him, making his breathing ragged.
“Hngh…”
Yu-jin’s shoulders shook as he slumped to the floor, quietly sobbing.