By Zephyria What is going on!
Yu-jin, with a flushed face, looked around in confusion. When is Winston coming? He kept glancing in the direction he had disappeared, feeling restless, but the couple from before kept coming into his sight. They didn’t seem to care about their surroundings at all. Seeing them laughing occasionally and clinging to each other without any gaps, Yu-jin felt another emotion.
I’m jealous…
He suddenly thought, startled, and quickly shook his head. What am I thinking? Aren’t I being too horny! I’m going too far, get a grip!
It was when he was scolding himself forcefully.
“What are you doing here?”
Startled by the sudden voice, he raised his eyes and saw men he had never seen before looking down at him. Yu-jin reflexively shrugged his shoulders and took a step back, but there was nowhere to run.
The men were all big. Yu-jin felt intimidated among the big men, as if they were working out or something.
“I’m… waiting for my boyfriend…”
Please go away! Please don’t pay attention to me, please!
He desperately hoped, but they didn’t notice at all. Maybe they ignored it. What was certain was that only Yu-jin was sweating profusely and feeling troubled. The men who heard Yu-jin’s words exchanged glances with each other, and then one of them casually asked.
“When is your boyfriend coming?”
Yu-jin was flustered and lowered his face, mumbling.
“I, I don’t know.”
For some reason, he felt like he had lied. Even though he told the truth. The men seemed to have the same thought, and they just chuckled.
“So you don’t know when he’s coming?”
“Wow, he’s a bad guy. Where did he go, leaving such a pretty kid alone?”
“I would never do such a thing.”
“Of course not, how can anyone trust a guy like you.”
The guys who were talking arbitrarily burst into laughter. Yu-jin could only look around, unable to laugh along.
“Um, well… I’ll be going now…”
He was about to say, “I’m leaving,” when suddenly one of them blocked Yu-jin’s way.
“Where are you going?”
At that, another guy also blocked his side and chimed in.
“Your boyfriend will be looking for you when he comes, can you just wander around as you please?”
“What if he gets surprised and looks for you when he sees you’re gone? Poor boyfriend.”
“Uh…”
Yu-jin, at a loss for what to do at the continuing words, could only roll his eyes. He was in a panic and his head wasn’t working properly. Winston, when are you coming?
Seeing Yu-jin’s eyes quickly filling with tears, the men made a flustered sound, “Uh-oh,” and then changed their words.
“No, I mean, let’s just hang out with us in the meantime.””Come here, there’s a pool outside. Aren’t you hot?”
“What’s your name? Don’t just stand there, let’s go out together.”
The men who suddenly surrounded Yu-jin started chattering away, each saying whatever they pleased. But to Yu-jin, those sounds were just noise.
Winston, hurry.
He tried to hold it back, but eventually, he wiped away the tears that had welled up with the back of his hand. Suddenly, someone grabbed his shoulder and pulled him.
“Huk…!”
Startled, Yu-jin cried out as he was pulled away, but soon he smelled a familiar sweet scent and relaxed his shoulders.
“Winnie.”
His face lit up as he looked up and identified the man. Winston, who had smiled at Yu-jin, turned to the men with a hardened expression.
“What are you doing? Right now.”
“Wi, Winston.”
Unlike before, the men stammered, their faces noticeably flustered.
“Was the lover you were waiting for Winston?”
At someone’s words, another guy looked at Yu-jin in embarrassment.
“No, then why didn’t you say so sooner…”
“Winston, no, don’t misunderstand. We really didn’t know.”
“That’s right, we just wanted to hang out with him since he was alone, we didn’t mean anything bad.”
“Really,” they insisted on their innocence one after another, but Winston just stared at them with cold eyes.
“Really, nothing happened?”
Winston asked Yu-jin as if to confirm. Yu-jin hesitated and nodded. It was true that nothing had happened. He was just a little scared.
“I was just a little scared… that’s all.”
At Yu-jin’s words, the men’s attitude changed completely, and they started chattering triumphantly.
“See, we didn’t do anything, did we?”
“We were just trying to hang out with him, being friendly.”
“It’s your fault for leaving your lover alone in the first place. He was just standing there, not knowing what to do.”
“That’s right, so we deliberately struck up a conversation with him.”
At the men’s words, Winston just frowned as if annoyed.
“Now that you know, don’t touch my lover in the future.”
He said bluntly, then turned around and left the villa with Yu-jin. Yu-jin, who had been dragged along in a daze and sat in the passenger seat, finally took a breath and waited for Winston to sit in the driver’s seat.
“Um, did your business go well…?”
For some reason, he felt intimidated, and his voice also faded away. He knew he hadn’t done anything wrong, but he couldn’t understand why he was being so cautious. Still, Yu-jin asked, anxiously, and Winston replied casually.
“No, they told me to come back in the evening. They’ll have it ready by then.”
“Have what ready?”
Yu-jin asked, curious, but Winston just mumbled, “Nothing,” this time. The Campbell family’s villa was less than a 10-minute drive away.
It was only after getting out of the car that Winston explained to Yu-jin.
“I need to take some medicine, but I didn’t bring it. I went to see if any of the guys who participated in the party had it or could bring it to me.”
“Medicine?”
Yu-jin, who had been feeling gloomy, was startled by Winston’s explanation and widened his eyes.
“Oh, are you sick? Are you not feeling well?”
He asked, quickly becoming pale with fear, and Winston hesitated, then smiled nonchalantly.
“It’s not a disease or anything like that, I take it because of my constitution. You could say it’s a medicine that balances my pheromones…”
“Ah…”
Only then did Yu-jin relax his shoulders and let out a sigh of relief.
“Will something bad happen if you don’t take it?”
“It’s easier to take it.”
At the ready answer, Yu-jin nodded, “I see.”
“Then you really need that medicine… so we have to go to Evelyn’s house in the evening?”
“Probably.”
Yu-jin could only say, “Okay,” again. Winston tilted his head, puzzled by the reluctant response.
“Why? Is there something bothering you?”
Yu-jin avoided Winston’s persistent gaze and mumbled.
“No, nothing.”
“Yu-jin, we promised to be honest.”
That was true. But this was unavoidable, wasn’t it? But he couldn’t say that he didn’t want to see Evelyn.
“It’s okay, it’s nothing.”
Winston was silent for a moment at Yu-jin’s stubborn refusal to open his mouth, then asked.
“Do you want to go to the party too?”
“Huh?”
Startled by the sudden question, Yu-jin turned his head without realizing it. He immediately met Winston’s eyes, and Winston continued, seeing Yu-jin stiffen.
“Is that what it was earlier too? You wanted to play at the party, but I forced you to come here…”
“No, no, that’s not it.”
Yu-jin shook his head urgently. He’s going to misunderstand! Eventually, he reluctantly opened his mouth and said.
“It’s not that… I just don’t want you to see Evelyn again.”
Yu-jin, who had finally confessed, lowered his head, and then silence fell.
“Yu-jin, I’m not meeting Evelyn because I have other intentions…”
“I know.”
Yu-jin quickly interrupted Winston, who was trying to explain again, in a sulky voice.
“I still don’t like it. Honestly, where did you go alone with Evelyn earlier, leaving me alone? You could have talked about that medicine in front of me. Why did you have to go alone, leaving me alone…”
I was so scared.
Yu-jin swallowed the last words and pursed his lips. He felt like he had become a child. How could he be throwing such ridiculous tantrums? He should have handled it like an adult. Regret and relief mixed together, confusing his mind, but Winston, who had been looking down at him in silence for a while, sighed and replied.
“Okay.”
He raised his head without realizing it, and Winston said with a wry smile.
“I won’t go. I’ll tell them I don’t need the medicine.”
“Really?”
Yu-jin shouted without realizing it, and Winston readily nodded.
“It’s good to take it, but it doesn’t matter if I don’t. So it’s okay.”