112 – AC

As the class was drawing to a close, Eun-won took out his phone after feeling a series of vibrations and checked the messages that had arrived in a row.

[Husband: I’ve arrived]

[Husband: Take your time coming out]

[Husband: Though if you want to see me quickly, you can come out quickly]

[Husband: No, you might trip if you do. Come slowly]

Checking the welcoming and affectionate words starting from the contact name ‘Husband,’ Eun-won quickly packed his bag and left the classroom the moment the class ended.

Cha Se-jin had told him to take his time, but Eun-won was impatient. Having no leisure to wait for the elevator, he hurried down the stairs and approached Cha Se-jin, who was waiting for him in front of the building.

“Did you want to see me that badly? I told you to take your time, but you pra[unauthorized copy]style="position:absolute;left:-9999px;font-size:0;">[stolen content]ctically flew here.”

“I missed you a lot, Director.”

“A lot?”

“Yes, a lot, a lot.”

Eun-won smiled as he spoke aloud the feelings he had kept tightly hidden inside, as they had previously been his alone.

In that moment, Cha Se-jin froze. The expression on his face, which had been smiling just a moment ago, vanished completely. Eun-won blinked, wondering if he had said something wrong. However, Cha Se-jin couldn’t say a word. He simply stared at Eun-won, then eventually let out a low groan and took a step closer.

And then, he buried his forehead in Eun-won’s shoulder.

“Director?”

“Just a moment.”

Cha Se-jin’s voice was low and sunken.

“I’m a bit…”

“Does your head hurt?”

“No.”

Cha Se-jin exhaled deeply with his forehead still pressed against Eun-won’s shoulder. He wasn’t in pain. Rather, he felt so good—so ridiculously good—that he felt like his insides were flipping.

A lot, a lot.

Those words from Eun-won’s mouth were wildly stirring his head and heart. Just how much of Eun-won’s love—spoken in such a small voice, with a slightly embarrassed face, but with a clear heart—had he missed all this time?

He wanted to revive every single one of those [stolen visit our sitecontent]feelings that Eun-won must have suppressed while looking at him alone. He wanted to have them all, without leaving a single one behind.

“If I had known sooner, I would’ve heard things like this from you every day, Darling.”

“…….”

“You telling me you missed me, that you like me, and that you love me.”

“Director…”

“I could have heard it every day, every hour. Fuck, to think I only realized it now… Ah, seriously, fuck, am I fucking crazy? How did I not know? How could I not know your heart? Am I even human?”

Moving beyond self-reproach to irritation, Cha Se-jin snapped his head up from Eun-won’s shoulder, targeting himself. Eun-won’s gaze traveled up following Cha Se-jin’s towering height.

“Ah, it’s such a fucking waste. What the hell have I been missing in my life? Ah, I’m going crazy.”

It wasn’t a solemn attitude, but every word felt incredibly sincere. Watching Cha Se-jin, who wore a face [visit our site]full of dissatisfaction, Eun-won let out a small laugh. He knew he shouldn’t laugh since it wasn’t a serious moment, but seeing Cha Se-jin harshly criticize himself because he was angry at only now realizing these emotions was so cute that he couldn’t help it.

“…I’m sorry for laughing. But… you’re just too cute, Director.”

“…You think me being like this is cute?”

“Yes.”

Looking at Eun-won, who nodded vigorously as if he truly meant it, Cha Se-jin let out a breathy laugh and gently pinched Eun-won’s soft cheeks.

“You really fucking love me, don’t you? Even this is cute to you.”

Eun-won nodded again. Finally breaking down at that nod, Cha Se-jin let out a pained sound and pulled Eun-won into a tight embrace. Someone passing by glanced at them, but they quickly hurried past, startled by Cha Se-jin’s sharp gaze.

Looking down at Eun-won in his arms with a gaze that had softened again, Cha Se-jin whispered, kissing his hair repeatedly.

“Everything you wanted to tell me all this time, tell me one by one from now on.”

“Yes, I will.”

“Can’t you tell me one more thing right now?”

“Hmm…….”

Rubbing his face against Cha Se-jin’s chest before lifting his head, Eun-won smiled softly and spoke.

“…I like you, Director.”

“……Kissing here would be a bit much, right?”

Seeing Eun-won nod slightly, Cha Se-jin exhaled as if he had no choice, glanced around, and quickly hid Eun-won inside his suit jacket to give him a quick peck on the lips. It wasn’t enough to satisfy him, but he felt he could endure it until they left the campus.

After putting Eun-won in the car, Cha Se-jin got into the driver’s [stolen content]stolen content -->seat and checked the time as he slowly drove out of the school.

“I’ve made a reservation for dinner at six. Since it’s our second day of dating, I felt we should celebrate. I wondered where to go, and then I remembered you mentioned the gnocchi you had before, so I chose that place. How does that sound?”

“I love it. But I think this is the first time I’ve seen someone celebrate the second day of dating.”

“Of course we should celebrate. There’s only one second day. I’m going to celebrate the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day, and so on. Because it’s an important day that only happens once.”

Seeing Cha Se-jin speak with such determined will as if it were the most natural thing in the world, Eun-won smiled softly and nodded. Because it was all true. Celebrating every single day with Cha Se-jin, which only happens once in a lifetime, was indeed a very natural thing.

“Ah, Darling.”

“Yes.”

“I thought it would be good to stop by for a moment before dinner, so I made a reservation at the center.”

“The center?”

“Yeah, the trait-bearer center.”

Stopping at a red light, Cha Se-jin looked toward the passenger seat. Eun-won was blinking slowly, looking at Cha Se-jin. His reaction suggested he didn’t quite understand why Cha Se-jin had suddenly made a reservation at the trait-bearer center.

“We had knotting yesterday.”

“Ah…….”

“Since that happened yesterday, I thought it would be good to check if your physical condition is really okay today.”

“…….”

“But if you don’t want to go, I’ll cancel it. I made the reservation on my own. If today is a bit much, think about it and we can go tomorrow, or if you just want to hear what they have to say, we can just listen and leave.”

Cha Se-jin spoke, organizing his thoughts one by one. He was extremely stolen content-->cautious, fearing that his words might sound coercive.

“Your will comes first in any case. You don’t have to walk on eggshells around me, and you don’t have to think about my house or your house. Just think about your own heart. Pregnancy is our business, and among that, you are the center of it.”

At the serious tone of the conversation, Eun-won slightly curled and uncured the fingertips resting on his lap. It was true that he was a bit surprised by the mention of the center. When the knotting happened last night, the thought of pregnancy had crossed his mind for a moment, but after that, through the immense pleasure, his fading consciousness, and the dizzyingly sweet time, ‘pregnancy’ had vanished from Eun-won’s mind.

Until Cha Se-jin brought up the center. It felt as if a reality that had seemed distant was suddenly touching his fingertips.

“…How did you think that far ahead? I had completely forgotten until you mentioned it just now…”

“Because it’s your business. And I’m the one who did the knotting. Because of me, you might be in pain or go through something unexpected, so of course I should think of it first.”

“…….”

“If you’re in a situation where you’re worried about getting pregnant, I wanted to let you know that there are ways to not be afraid. Even if not, I thought it would be good to have a consultation at least once. There’s no way you’ve thought about such things at your age. Actually, I was the same.”

Eun-won couldn’t speak for a moment. He knew Cha Se-jin was a kind person, but his heart fluttered because [visit unauthorized copyour site[visit our site]te;left:-9999px;">]he hadn’t known he was thinking of him with such detailed kindness.

Something that Eun-won himself had forgotten, Cha Se-jin had not missed. The initial pain in his body from the knotting, the resulting possibility of pregnancy, and even the fact that he might be scared in the face of that high possibility.

And despite thinking of all that first, he was telling him that his heart was the most important thing, and that he only needed to think of himself without worrying about anything else.

That low voice and serious gaze touched the depths of Eun-won’s heart.

“I…”

Eun-won looked down at the fingertips on his lap and slowly opened his mouth. He wasn’t entirely sure yet, but he wanted to convey his feelings as they were.

“It’s my first time going to the center for something like this, so I’m a little scared…. No, rather than scared… I don’t really know…. So, like you said, I think it would be good to go to the center and get a consultation.”

“Yeah. Let’s just go and hear what they have to say first.”

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“Yeah, I’ll listen with you. I won’t send you alone, anywhere.”

Cha Se-jin’s hand reached over to the passenger seat. Eun-won quietly took that hand. Just the touch of hand to hand made many things feel okay. And those hands did not separate for a moment until they arrived at the center and got out of the car.

The consultation proceeded calmly in a more comfortable atmosphere than expected. While having his physical condition briefly checked and listening to explanations about necessary tests and medication, Eun-won held Cha Se-jin’s hand tightly.

The doctor said that suppressants taken after knotting significantly lower the possibility of pregnancy. However, since it was a Dominant Alpha’s knotting, although the probability was very small, the possibility existed; therefore, if they wanted a more certain method, it would be best to visit the center daily for suppressant injections.

While holding Eun-won’s hand, Cha Se-jin asked the doctor things that Eun-won might be curious about. Whether the injections had to be daily, whether there were side effects to the injections. And finally, he seriously asked if there was a way to prevent sudden knotting. Looking at Cha Se-jin’s profile as he listened to the explanations, Eun-won realized once again that he was thinking of him very much.

After finishing the consultation, Eun-won swallowed the medicine with water as instructed. The sensation of the pill passing down his throat felt strangely realistic. He felt the realization that such a thing had actually happened to him becoming clear belatedly.

When they arrived at the restaurant Cha Se-jin had reserved, it was before six, but they were kindly guided into a room with a beautiful view of the outside. Eun-won sipped the lemonade that came with the appetizer. The sour, sweet, and cold drink brought back his appetite.

“Are you okay?”

Cha Se-jin asked calmly as Eun-won took another sip of the ade. Fiddling with the glass, Eun-won nodded.

“Yes, I’m okay. But I am a little concerned.”

“They say injections are better, but I’m worried because they said the side effects are significant since it suppresses strongly.”

Nodding, Eun-won let out a small breath and spoke the words that had been pooling in his mouth, wanting to ask for a while.

“…If something like that happens…. If I… get pregnant….”

“Yeah.”

“Are you… okay with that, Director?”

“Huh?”

“…Because I think it’s something… you’ve never thought about either. Like you said… it’s our business… you and I. I want to know what you think.”

Cha Se-jin, who seemed about to answer immediately to Eun-won’s question, paused to catch his breath and took a sip of the sparkling water in front of him.

“As I said before, I’ve never seriously thought about this situation either. But I don’t dislike it.”

“…….”

“Between you and me…. Uh, if a child is born between us, there’s no way I’d dislike that.”

Hearing Cha Se-jin’s answer, a small sense of relief settled into Eun-won’s heart. It seemed some unknown worry had been lingering in his mind.