By Zephyria Seo Jeong-won took Kwon Tae-hee’s hand and entered the hospital room. Kwon Tae-hee allowed himself to be led, as if he were watching to see what Seo Jeong-won would do. Knowing they had to finish before the caregiver returned, Seo Jeong-won stopped Kwon Tae-hee near the door and stood on his tiptoes.
Just as he was about to kiss the softly curved lips, Kwon Tae-hee pulled his head back. They were almost touching. Seo Jeong-won wondered if he had been too sudden, lowered his heels, and slowly raised his head again. This time, Kwon Tae-hee repeated the same action as if playing a game.
“Someone might see us, Seo Jeong-won.”
“…Yes?”
“We’re too close to the door. What if someone comes in?”
Kwon Tae-hee whispered quietly and took Seo Jeong-won’s hand. He glanced at the caregiver’s room and pulled Seo Jeong-won toward Seo Gyu-won’s bed.
“He’s awake.”
“…Yes.”
“It seems he was waiting.”
At the low voice, Seo Jeong-won’s gaze turned to Kwon Tae-hee.
“Is he happy that you’re here, Jeong-won?”
Kwon Tae-hee stared at Seo Gyu-won with an expression devoid of emotion, then, as if losing interest, turned his gaze to meet Seo Jeong-won’s eyes. The beauty he captured in his eyes to erase the unpleasantness was excessive.
“Come closer.”
“…”
Kwon Tae-hee didn’t reach out to Seo Jeong-won, who couldn’t readily move, but waited for him to come closer. Seo Jeong-won’s anxiously trembling eyes briefly touched Seo Gyu-won over Kwon Tae-hee’s shoulder before quickly falling away. After hesitating, he closed the distance, taking a step closer.
“The door… is open.”
“I know. They won’t be able to see this far.”
Kwon Tae-hee replied, grasping Seo Jeong-won’s soft cheek with his large hand and lifting it. Seo Jeong-won, standing on his tiptoes, hesitated before reaching out. He wrapped his arms around Kwon Tae-hee’s neck as if clinging to him, pulling him closer and tilting his head up.
Kwon Tae-hee was more than satisfied with the slight weight of Seo Jeong-won holding onto him. Their soft lips met, pressing together as if crushed. A light touch, then they separated. Seo Jeong-won repeatedly pressed his lips to Kwon Tae-hee’s at close range. He really knew how to make a person anxious.
“Do it properly.Seo Jeong-won trembled at the low, ominously resonating voice. He had been obediently accepting the shallow kisses, thinking this was enough, but apparently not.
Seo Jeong-won pressed his lips firmly against Kwon Tae-hee’s and then lifted his head. He overlapped their lips again and slipped his tongue into the slightly parted opening. Kwon Tae-hee sucked it in as if he had been waiting.
“Ah…!”
Kwon Tae-hee, as if seizing the clumsily intruding flesh, embraced the struggling body and rubbed insistently. The groaning sounds from inside his throat fueled his excitement. He released the tongue that was trying to escape and used his hand to fix the head that was naturally tilting back.
Being careful not to release his Pheromone, he stirred and rummaged through the place that was already full with just a tongue. Instead of imprinting his scent on Seo Jeong-won as a habit, he left Pheromone on the moist mucous membrane so that it could be swallowed with saliva. Seo Jeong-won swallowed the gathering fluids in his hot mouth and pushed Kwon Tae-hee away.
“Stop… Haa, hee!”
It felt strange, as if they were doing something more than just kissing. His legs gave way, and he couldn’t come to his senses because of the strange sensations he kept feeling. Every time he swallowed the saliva pooling in his mouth, the tingling felt different from before.
There was a squelching sound. Chup, chup, chut— the sounds made by his mouth rang out explicitly. Seo Jeong-won, trembling, couldn’t completely push Kwon Tae-hee away and lifted his head, leaning his trembling body against him.
His white forehead was wet with sweat that had seeped through his thin hair. Kwon Tae-hee’s fingertips, digging into the warm scalp, were damp. Kwon Tae-hee considered making Seo Jeong-won even more embarrassed, but he broke the kiss at the sound of the door opening.
Seo Jeong-won trembled as if having a seizure, afraid that the caregiver might see them like this. Only Kwon Tae-hee was calm. He lightly kissed Seo Jeong-won’s lips, which were plump and swollen with saliva, a few more times as if stamping them, and then released him when a long shadow caught his eye.
“I said I’d be back soon, but it took too long—, oh? Hello. You’re the one who gave Gyu-won that Pheromone back then, right?”
As soon as the caregiver appeared, Seo Jeong-won hurriedly moved away. He swallowed his ragged breath and covered his mouth with the back of his hand.
“Yes, I’ll be seeing you often from now on. Please take care of me.”
Kwon Tae-hee politely greeted her, casually wiping the saliva from his lips with his fingertips.
“Oh my, of course.”
The caregiver smiled shyly at Kwon Tae-hee’s appearance. She felt a sense of delight at his handsome appearance, the kind you only see in dramas. She bowed her head, completely unaware that the man in front of her was the boss of the person she contacted more often than Seo Jeong-won.
“It’s so amazing. How he responds to Alpha Pheromone… You’re doing a really good thing. Our Jeong-won must be blessed.”
The caregiver simply looked at his handsome face with satisfaction. Rather than thinking about what kind of relationship would cause Seo Gyu-won to react to his Pheromone, she vaguely assumed that he was just a good person helping Seo Jeong-won. She had no idea why Seo Jeong-won looked like he was about to die every time he received Pheromone treatment.
“It’s good. For Gyu-won, and for Jeong-won.”
“I’m glad I can help Jeong-won.”
It was truly fortunate that he was taking Seo Jeong-won in exchange for Pheromone. Kwon Tae-hee skillfully concealed his sinister intentions and treated her politely until the end of the conversation. His elegant demeanor and handsome smile were constant.
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The doctor, without being flustered by Seo Jeong-won’s sudden request, assembled a medical team. Only after completing preparations to perfectly prepare for emergencies inside and outside the hospital room was Seo Gyu-won’s Pheromone treatment carried out.
Before releasing the Pheromone, Kwon Tae-hee told Seo Jeong-won to wait in the car. It was different from last time when he had told him to stay in the hospital room together. When he asked if he could wait outside the hospital room, Kwon Tae-hee only gave him a blatant look instead of answering.
Thinking that he might be allowed if he pushed a little more, he said that he wanted to wait inside, but only received a contemptuous look from Kwon Tae-hee. Kwon Tae-hee muttered that he seemed to have no tact and asked if it would be better for him to just leave. In the end, Seo Jeong-won had no choice but to quietly turn away.
As a result, no one was left in the hospital room except for the medical staff and Kwon Tae-hee. The caregiver also waited in the lounge, and Seo Jeong-won waited for Kwon Tae-hee to come out in the car. He had no way to check the time because his phone battery was dead. How long had he been there, trying to calm his anxious heart?
“Ah.”
Seo Jeong-won, seeing Kwon Tae-hee leaving the hospital entrance, got out of the car and moved quickly. Kwon Tae-hee was walking with a blank expression, but soon found Seo Jeong-won and curved his eyes.
“I told you to wait in the car, Jeong-won really doesn’t listen.”
“I was waiting, and then Executive Director came out. How is Hyung… is he okay?”
“Probably. He’s in the same condition as when you saw him earlier.”
“Still, that’s a relief. Thank you.”
It was clear that giving Seo Gyu-won a Pheromone shower was annoying and cumbersome, but facing Seo Jeong-won, who obediently expressed his gratitude, it wasn’t unbearably unpleasant.
“Unless something happens, I will give Seo Gyu-won a Pheromone shower every Monday evening.”
“Yes.”
“So, I was wondering, how about living with me at my house for the time being?”
“I think— no, I think I’ll be okay if Executive Director isn’t uncomfortable. But… can I go see Hyung for a moment? I want to see how he is, I miss him.”
Kwon Tae-hee ignored the pleading voice and put his arm around Seo Jeong-won’s shoulder. He moved slowly, opened the passenger seat door, and put him in the car.
“Shall we go now? I think I’m a little tired.”
He acted as if he hadn’t heard Seo Jeong-won’s request. Ignoring the face that was looking at me anxiously, he fastened the seat belt himself before moving to the driver’s seat. Even though he knew that Seo Jeong-won’s gaze was fixed on the hospital, he quickly left the parking lot.
The speed didn’t decrease even on the highway. Seo Jeong-won swallowed hard, gripping the seat belt tightly as the surrounding scenery flashed by in an instant. He hadn’t been told that he would be taken home, but he knew that the place he was heading to wasn’t Seoul.
Thoughts of having to say thank you and apologize for meeting Song Hae-seop without permission and for lying swirled in his head.
“Executive Director.”
“Yes.”
“…I’m sorry for lying yesterday.”
“Yesterday?”
Had he still not checked the date? If he thought about it for a moment, he would know how many days had passed, but Seo Jeong-won still didn’t seem to know how much time had passed.
“I don’t think I apologized properly. I won’t do that again from now on.”
“Okay. Don’t do that.”
Kwon Tae-hee hesitated for a moment. Should he tell him what day it was today, what day of the week it was? Then he wondered if he really needed to know. If he didn’t know until the end, it couldn’t be helped, and even if he found out late, that was all it would be.