JADE 19

He’d neglected his main job so much that a call stealthily came from his second older brother.

—Aren’t you coming to the hospital anytime soon?

“I’ve scheduled surgeries until next year, so can’t I play around a bit more?”

—You know there’s no one as good as you.

“Seeing you praise me like this, you must be really desperate, huh?”

—If you know that, then come back to work.

“If it was a place that would go under without me, then it deserves to have gone under long ago… Have a nice day, Youngjun-hyung!”

—Hey, you son of a—!

Wow~ to be in such high demand. Of course, it was only one place, but in terms of percentage, that’s one hundred percent.

Seeing how the cheerleading academy’s head director liked him, it seemed she would be disappointed if Jin Sejun suddenly stopped showing up.

So, he was going. He’d brought in all those people, so if he disappeared after that day, wouldn’t he be too ashamed to face the new clients who had sent their children, trusting in him? He was simply fulfilling his duty as a member of society.

“You didn’t take your car. Did you walk here?”

“No? I took a taxi.”

Perhaps because he had burned away his worldly desires and sorted out his feelings over the weekend, he felt nothing even when looking at Kwon Joowan’s clear face.

Of course, the universal impressions a human would have (like ‘handsome’) were still there, but he no longer wanted to deliver a love uppercut to that jaw. So, it could be said that he was now over Kwon Joowan.

He had sorted it all out on his own, but this is what Kwon Joowan blabbered.

“Because of what I said, I thought you might not come anymore.”

“What’s this? Did you want me not to come? I came because I thought you might think that.”

“Ah… that’s.”

“No, Mr. Kwon Joowan. It’s true I’ve been hanging around to torment you until now, but now I have a role here too, you know? Once I see Yiseo compete, I’ll go back to the hospital on my own, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

“Is that so….”

But the moment he saw a look of relief on Kwon Joowan’s face, he felt strangely pissed off. Jin Sejun linked arms with the head director, who had just arrived, and glared venomously at Kwon Joowan.

“How dare a deputy director with little authority. Head Director, Jon-teacher is bullying me.”

“Ahem! Jon-teacher! You shouldn’t be hazing him. Jun-teacher is our lucky charm!”

“Hehe.”

Even the rather idealistic head director couldn’t kick out Jin Sejun now that she’d had a taste of the miracle of capitalism he had brought about. Jin Sejun smiled obnoxiously and openly followed on the heels of Kwon Joowan as he entered the practice studio.

Even though they were alone in the closed practice studio as always, the tension that was usually present was nowhere to be found. Jin Sejun blatantly interfered by flopping down on the mat Kwon Joowan had picked up.

“Is it because your dick is big, Jon-teacher, that your ego is so strong too?”

“Excuse me?”

“Hm? It’s hard to understand when a person with an excess of dick-consciousness speaks.”

“Mr. Sejun.”

“Hey, hey, please distinguish between public and private matters. I told you to call me Jun-teacher. If you say my name in such a sexy way, I’ll get a hard-on, you know?”

“Are you crazy, Mr. Jin Sejun?”

“Yes, I’m crazy about you, Mr. Kwon Joowan. The way you’re looking at me is turning me on.”

“Hah….”

Kwon Joowan, whose face had hardened, softened the moment he saw Jin Sejun’s face. The only people who could get angry at Jin Sejun’s face, which was full of mischief, were probably his family.

As Kwon Joowan let out a hollow laugh and tried to wipe the mat, Jin Sejun went so far as to roll from side to side on top of it. It was the kind of act a giant dog that still thinks it’s small would do, but it was endearing.

It was when Kwon Joowan gave up and took out another mat. Jin Sejun opened his mouth calmly.

“After experiencing the friend zone with my whole body, I found it’s surprisingly easy to give up.”

“That’s good. I said it for your sake, Mr. Sejun.”

He rejected me because he thought he would hurt Jin Sejun, who doesn’t even play the same sport? He couldn’t understand it at all, but now there was no need to.

Jin Sejun sneered with his usual provocative smile.

“No, actually, it’s because I never wanted it that desperately in the first place.”

“That’s a relief too.”

“So what, did you think someone like me would get discouraged just because I was rejected by you of all people?”

“No….”

“You did. You said you thought I wouldn’t come today.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“No? My feelings aren’t hurt, though?”

Haha, why is it so much fun to torment people? With just this much provocation, he forgot all about his weekend of rotting away alone.

Jin Sejun was tempted to tease him even more on a whim, but he maturely gave up the idea and wiped the mats together.

“Hey, Big Dick.”

“Thanks for the compliment, F-cup.”

After a few days of this, Kwon Joowan not only reacted nonchalantly to Jin Sejun’s sexual harassment but also joined in, spouting crazy things himself.

Of course, this was absolutely not done openly in the sacred educational institution; it was only when they were certain no one was around.

The moment he heard ‘F-cup,’ Jin Sejun cupped his own pecs with both hands and muttered.

“Should I get my pecs pumped up for you, Jon-teacher? This is a C-cup at best, you know.”

“…It seems sufficient.”

“You beta bastard, what do you know about pleasure?”

“That’s really, hah…. Seriously, don’t say things like that anywhere else.”

“Who else would I say this crap to but you? You think I want to commit social suicide?”

“I’m happy to hear that.”

“Because it’s special treatment?”

“Yes, I like being your ‘omega,’ Mr. Sejun. I think I’m about to go into heat right now.”

A burst of laughter erupted from Jin Sejun, who had been staring blankly at Kwon Joowan.

“Haha! Joowan-ah, do you want to have my baby?”

“Crazy, you’re crazy….”

“The world is a scary place, so ‘seriously, don’t say things like that anywhere else’~.”

“…That will never happen, so don’t worry.”

Answering without any inflection, Kwon Joowan adjusted Jin Sejun’s loose collar.

Realizing that his sunken gaze was blatantly fixed on his cleavage, Jin Sejun was about to say something, but Kwon Joowan left as soon as he had fastened the button all the way up.

It was a judgment that was a bit late to be making, but there was definitely something wrong with Jin Sejun. No, he was broken in many ways, even in aspects he had never considered before.

“Yoonmi-noona said you’re an alpha but wanted to be set up with a beta….”

“Ah, yes. I was worried things would move too fast from the start if I met an omega. There’s none of that between betas, so even if there’s no thrill, it’s reassuring.”

“Ah… you’re very alpha-like.”

“I get told I’m the alpha of alphas a lot. If my heart is in it, I could get married tomorrow. Because I’m responsible, like an alpha.”

If it were text, there would have been a lot of ‘h’s attached to his speech. The blind date, who had shown interest in Jin Sejun’s appearance, maintained a strangely cold attitude after that remark. In response, this was what Jin Sejun thought to himself.

‘If I were a proper alpha and you were an omega, let’s see if you could be so cold. You’d be melting like fucking butter.’

Unlike omegas, there weren’t many beta men who would want to date an alpha with a crazy, sexually harassing old fart lurking inside. No matter how handsome his appearance, how gentle his speech, or how much money he made.

Then again, a beta woman might have found it less off-putting, but it couldn’t be helped since Jin Sejun was the one who wanted to meet a man. He didn’t think he had a particular preference for the male form, but his taste had indeed changed.

Even aside from the topic of dynamic types, there was no progress in conversation because Jin Sejun would often be the only one enthusiastically talking about cheerleading, which the other person had no interest in. He even had a date end before they could finish a cup of coffee because he got serious with a beta who made a joke about cheerleading using the same repertoire he used to tease Kwon Joowan.

Since the only private conversations he had, aside from parent consultations, were the over-the-line sexual harassment talks with Kwon Joowan, he was at the point where he was forgetting what to talk about on blind dates.

As this kept repeating, his few sources for blind dates dried up.

As a natural consequence, Jin Sejun was once again seized by the thought that he had no marketability in the dating scene. This time, it hammered home the fact that he wasn’t attractive even without his pheromones.

This is all Kwon Joowan’s fault!

Actually, it wasn’t just Kwon Joowan’s fault. Excluding the recent “something” with Kwon Joowan that had been posthumously desecrated, his most recent flirting had been his sex account activities.

So at one point, he even considered meeting a clueless young kid.

That is… completely forgetting his own younger days when he had studied hard but was secretly promiscuous and crazy for girls, he had even considered meeting an immature omega who hadn’t been exposed to other proper alpha pheromones.

Of course, this wasn’t to say he would become some crazy criminal like a pedophile. It was just that he was starting to regret losing the chance with the college-student omega coach who had shown interest in him.

Come to think of it, this person had also made it obvious they liked Jin Sejun, but Kwon Joowan had cut them off, so it was reasonable to blame Kwon Joowan.

So, uncool as it was, he subtly tried talking to Coach Hong when Kwon Joowan wasn’t looking (a shabby move that his sister-in-law, Chaeyoonmi, would have condemned if she knew).

“What do you usually do after work?”

“Ah, ahh…. Usually, I meet friends or watch dramas at home. Haha.”

But…. Coach Hong’s reaction was strange. He, who had always smiled as refreshingly as a zesty citrus fruit whenever he interacted with Jin Sejun. When he asked if something was wrong, he trailed off vaguely and avoided the conversation.

As he was getting water, feeling bewildered, a few kids from the junior class surrounded Jin Sejun.

“Jun-teacher, Coach Hong is weird, isn’t he?”

“Hmm, rather than weird, he just seems a little different from usual.”

“I know everything.”

“Why do you think that is? This teacher is so curious.”

At the proud tone, Jin Sejun waited expectantly, giving them time to draw it out. The words kids spread without a filter are usually the scariest and the most accurate.

“I saw Coach Hong getting scolded by Jon-teacher.”

“By Jon-teacher? The deputy director?”

“Yes.”

It was hard to believe that that Kwon Joowan had scolded someone. He was in a position where he could, but since the head director was the one who had taught Coach Hong, it was admittedly a bit strange.

Still, does he scold a teacher in front of the kids? Of course, these kids are elusive, but….

Hmm, I should be careful about my surroundings when I make sex jokes to Kwon Joowan.

“‘Once you’ve entered our academy, dynamic types don’t exist. Regardless of whether you have a dynamic type or not, or what it is, we don’t draw lines on roles and potential!’ That’s what the head director always says. So I don’t know what Jon-teacher meant.”

“Uh-huh, I’ve heard that a lot too.”

Jin Sejun nodded and waited for the next words.

“He was scolding him, saying it would be troublesome if he looked for an alpha at the academy.”

“Coach Hong couldn’t say anything.”

Kwon Joowan said that?