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It was a remark containing a sharp bone. Sadly, it was not an insult. Woo Gippeum, Woo Hyunse, and even Woo Jihye—the youngest who receives all the affection of the old man—were all in the same position of being mere studs in this house.

Woo Hyunse only hummed and chuckled. He wondered why Woo Gippeum had come all the way here to smoke.

“You should be the one not worrying about useless things, nuna. And ‘kids who screw,’ what kind of tone is that for a gallery director? It’s cheap.”

Even though Woo Hyunse spoke sarcastically, Woo Gippeum didn’t twitch a single eyebrow. As if she had finished her business, she tapped the car body twice with a thud. It was a signal that he was free to go now. Not wanting to get involved any further, Woo Hyunse waved his hand as if shooing away a bird and rolled the window all the way up.

He came down the high hill and entered the main road. Only when he was caught at a red light at the intersection did he pick up his phone. From Kwon Siyul, there was only a single sentence: ‘You woke up.’

With his hands on the steering wheel, Woo Hyunse stared intently at that text. Even though it was just text, the voice penetrated his ears like an auditory hallucination. Perhaps it was because he had heard it so much last night that it was deeply ingrained in him.

“….”

He had doubted whether his cock would stand for a man, but it was a completely groundless worry. The fit was perfect. The body underneath was also erotic. The skin was fair and fine, but the elbows, knees, lower parts, nipples, and heels were a pink color like strawberry milk. Even the armpits and below—hair was nothing but fuzz, so for a fleeting moment, he even felt a pang of conscience about whether he was truly an adult.

But it was, literally, a blink of an eye. The moment he laid a hand on Kwon Siyul’s body, the conscience he believed existed evaporated without a trace. Regardless, Kwon Siyul was an adult. He clearly remembered the date of birth stamped on the identification card.

It was clear that although he wasn’t skilled, he had been handled by many hands. Every time his fingertips brushed against him, the nape of his neck, his cheeks, and his ears would dye bright red, and he would whine, twisting his waist. He was tearful, and he was wet. He would get erect as soon as he was touched, and if he shook him even a little, he would leak profusely.

He wondered if he would actually feel anything when he penetrated, but he swallowed the whole pillar that everyone else whined was too hard to take, and he climaxed while tightly erecting himself until he brushed against his belly. The image of Kwon Siyul clutching the sheets, eyes squeezed shut, and trembling violently was vivid in his mind.

Such a young thing, but so loose.

Though it was pathetic, he wasn’t in a position to say anything. If Kwon Siyul was used, then he himself was a rag that was so worn out it was falling apart. He was not the type to care about others’ pasts anyway, and…

“…Still, he’s too young.”

Even though he himself had been fooling around since a much earlier age than that, Woo Hyunse clicked his tongue as if scolding a dog covered in filth. Irritation surged past his throat. If he could, he would open up Kwon Siyul’s head, erase all the nights he spent with others in the past, and make sure that the partners involved would never stand on two feet on this earth again.

Isn’t this thought itself too childish? Even in the days when he played around without knowing whether it was day or night, he had never had such delusions. It was like some old man who had gone mad with jealousy after taking in a young concubine. Woo Hyunse bitterly mocked his own state.

His fingers hovered over the keyboard as if contemplating whether to send a reply. But instead of sending a text, Woo Hyunse brought up the number on the screen. When he pressed the call button, the signal began to ring.

He tapped the steering wheel to the rhythm of the signal cutting off at regular intervals. Five times, six times…. Just as he thought he wouldn’t pick up, a neat voice filled the car: “Hello?” That voice overlapped with the sound he had forcibly squeezed out of him while tormenting him at dawn, and Woo Hyunse leaned his cheek against the back of his hand gripping the wheel and grinned. It still sounded a bit raspy.

“―Kwon Siyul-ssi, we did spend a night together, aren’t you being a bit too cold?”

Meanwhile, the red traffic light turned green. Woo Hyunse pressed the accelerator while making a complaint that wasn’t quite a complaint. At the clear, ringing voice filling the car, the unpleasantness and stress that one cigarette hadn’t been able to resolve vanished in an instant.

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Unless there was something special going on, Woo Hyunse would come to pick him up in front of the store. It was useless even if Siyul tried to stop him, telling him to stop coming. Even when Siyul asked what he would do if he got caught by Manager Kang, Woo Hyunse acted shamelessly, saying it didn’t matter if he knew everything. He would often dangle that familiar yogurt drink in front of the convenience store as bait to lure Siyul.

Once, Siyul had tried to slip home secretly, only to be caught on the way. Even though he kept honking the horn from behind, Woo Hyunse pretended not to notice, pulled the car close to the shoulder of the road, drove slowly, and called for Siyul.

‘Why don’t you just get in?’

‘I told you I’m going to walk.’

He had clearly notified him by text. That he had work today, so he was going first, and he was going to walk. Yet, Woo Hyunse appeared like a ghost that showed up at that time.

‘It’s far.’

‘It’s not far.’

‘Then just go home together like this.’

Because it was dawn, it didn’t cause a major obstruction to traffic, but it wasn’t as if there were no people around at all. Delivery bikes and the occasional passing taxi would throw curses, saying, “Hey, you crazy bastard!” Woo Hyunse was calm even after hearing such insults. He waited longingly for only one thing: when Siyul would get in.

Thinking that someone might report them and the police would show up, Siyul had eventually given in and gotten into the car. That was just a few days ago. Since then, if Woo Hyunse appeared, Siyul sat in the passenger seat without a word. He had personally realized that resisting was futile.

“I have to go in early today.”

Before Woo Hyunse could say anything else, Siyul got the jump on him. Because he was coming home late every time they met, Kwon Yuwon’s gaze had been unpleasant lately. Sometimes, he would wait until Siyul came in, his sleepy eyes bulging, and nag him, asking what he was doing to be coming home now.

He could have been honest and revealed that he had recently started meeting someone, but the partner happened to be an Alpha. It was obvious that the moment he learned of the partner’s gender, Kwon Yuwon would make a fuss, grabbing a kitchen knife and threatening to slit the other’s throat.

‘I! Told! You! No Alphas!’

He would scream while hitting his back with bloodshot eyes. Even though he hadn’t heard it directly, that voice was so vivid it hurt his eardrums. Siyul shivered and rubbed his arms vigorously.

It would be fine if he just dropped him off quietly in front of the house, but Woo Hyunse wouldn’t let Siyul go right away. Even though it was deep in the morning, he would keep him for at least an hour, two hours, and sometimes until the dawn broke.

They didn’t only do lewd things. Sometimes Siyul would just sink into the seat and listen to the radio, or they would sit on a park bench with Siyul drinking beer and Woo Hyunse drinking another beverage.

“Then just one hour.”

“No.”

“That’s harsh.”

Dissatisfaction was etched into his furrowed brows. It tickled, making a laugh want to burst out, so Siyul quickly curled his lips inward. Looking at the clock in the car, it was 2:30 AM. He thought it would be fine as long as it wasn’t later than his usual return time, and seeing the expression on his partner’s face, which clearly showed his disappointment, Siyul felt his heart waver and secretly held up three fingers.

“Then just 30 minutes.”

“How about three hours?”

“Why is it increasing? I told you no.”

“You’re cold-hearted.”

“If you don’t like it, go in now.”

It was near the inn anyway, so it was only about a 10-minute walk. Woo Hyunse turned the steering wheel without a word. That was his answer.

“Come up here.”

After parking the car in a secluded spot, Woo Hyunse tapped his own thighs. Siyul shook his head from side to side.

Perhaps because the hesitation disappeared after they spent the night together, Woo Hyunse would naturally reach out his hand if there were no prying eyes. He would touch his cheek, fiddle with his earlobes, trace his eyebrows with his fingertips, and when Siyul looked back, he would press his lips to his forehead. Whenever that happened, Siyul would be startled and look around, and Woo Hyunse would laugh as brightly as a boy, as if his prank had worked.

“I don’t want to.”

But not right now. Even if it was deep in the night in a place where people didn’t visit often, what if someone happened to see? He knew the car tinting was good, though.

“Hurry. We don’t have time.”

Already 2 minutes had passed. The remaining time was indeed tight. In fact, Siyul didn’t want to go in immediately either. Just sitting still with Woo Hyunse would make him feel sluggish, and sometimes it would feel like a static shock, and occasionally when they kissed, it felt as if the soles of his feet weren’t touching the ground.

Siyul hesitated, then exhaled a short ‘hu’ and unbuckled his seatbelt. Whining, he climbed onto Woo Hyunse’s thighs and sat with his legs spread. Even if he was a man, with his frame and muscles, he must have had some weight, but Woo Hyunse didn’t twitch a single eyebrow.

Woo Hyunse fidgeted with Siyul’s waistline and then, like a snake crossing a stone wall, slipped his hand inside his clothes. Siyul flinched at the hot body temperature, then quickly grabbed the back of the hand that was squirming over his clothes.

“No.”

“No?”

“We did this yesterday, too.”

“I didn’t penetrate.”

“That may be true, but…!”

Siyul exclaimed in frustration. He hadn’t penetrated, but they had done almost everything else. Because of the commotion they had in the car, Siyul had come home drained, and Kwon Yuwon had looked at him suspiciously. If he went in like that again today, his quick intuition might immediately realize that he was hiding something.

“Still, no.”

“If everything is ‘no,’ then what can we do?”

Perhaps deeply sulking at the continuous rejection, the corners of Woo Hyunse’s lips sank slightly. He wrapped his arms around Siyul’s waist and rubbed his forehead against his shoulder.