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“Everyone, please take your seats.”

A moment later, following the staff’s guidance, the invited guests began to take their seats. Junhyuk sat in the front row and watched only Yejun on the stage.

As soon as Serious’s performance ended, the cheers of the fans standing outside the guidelines roared high into the sky. The staff standing off-stage guided Sanghyeon, Junhyuk, and other distinguished guests to the stage.

“That was a good performance.”

Junhyuk, who ran into Yejun coming down from the stage, placed a hand on his shoulder and spoke gently. Yejun, whose thin shoulders trembled slightly, gently pulled Junhyuk’s hand away and walked towards the waiting room as if fleeing.

[He went to his family home in Cheonho-dong.]

A moment later, after receiving a text message from the bodyguard he had assigned to Yejun, Junhyuk left the event venue as soon as the ribbon-cutting ceremony was over, without returning to his seat.

“I’m definitely not losing you this time.”

Junhyuk, who had a bodyguard assigned to Yejun, immediately got into a black sedan. The bodyguards in the car didn’t even ask Junhyuk for the destination. They started driving towards Yejun’s location, checking it in real-time. From then on, Junhyuk continuously called Yejun’s changed number. As expected, Yejun did not answer his call.

“Manager Park, are you sure Yejun went into his house and didn’t come out?”

“Yes, that is correct.”

As soon as Junhyuk arrived in front of Yejun’s house, he gave orders to the bodyguards to block all possible escape routes for Yejun. Then, he went up to the second floor and stood in front of the front door, which was made of opaque glass.

“I know you’re in there. So open the door!”

Junhyuk pounded on the front door as if he would break it and called for Yejun. No answer came from inside.

“Lee Yejun!”

Junhyuk picked up his phone and called Yejun. A faint ringing sound could be heard from inside.

“You are inside!”

Junhyuk called for Yejun even more desperately. A moment later, Yejun’s shadow was faintly visible through the opaque glass front door, and the door opened cautiously. At that moment, Junhyuk squeezed inside so that Yejun couldn’t close the door again. Then he grabbed his shoulders roughly.

“Lee Yejun, why have you been avoiding me lately?”

“It’s not like that.”

“Then why are you doing this?”

Yejun didn’t answer and stared at the tips of his toes to a frustrating degree.

“Yejun.”

However, seeing Yejun within arm’s reach, Junhyuk felt like he could finally breathe. Junhyuk wrapped his arms around Yejun’s shoulders and called his name.

“Are you angry that I didn’t tell you about my family background?”

“…No.”

“Then tell me. Did something happen?”

“…”

“Lee Yejun.”

Yejun hesitated for a moment. Then, with a determined look, he pushed Junhyuk away.

“You and I are men.”

Yejun’s clenched fist trembled slightly. Junhyuk didn’t quite understand Yejun’s words.

“What?”

Yejun confessed his false true feelings.

“Do you think this kind of relationship is normal?”

“…Yejun.”

“So if you’re going to keep acting like this, let’s not see each other again.”

Yejun bit his lower lip hard and stubbornly avoided Junhyuk’s gaze. Junhyuk was dumbfounded.

For such a pathetic reason…

Junhyuk cupped Yejun’s two cheeks and forced his gaze to meet his.

“Is that the only reason you could find to not see me?”

Yejun’s clear brown eyes shook as if there were an earthquake.

“Did the kisses we shared… did that act mean nothing?”

“Th-That’s…”

Yejun pushed Junhyuk’s chest hard and took a step back. But Junhyuk had no intention of backing down this time either. Instead, he took another step closer and continued in a low, growling voice.

“Don’t tell me you feel guilty about the sex we had together?”

“Cha Junhyuk… move aside…”

Yejun’s back, with nowhere left to retreat, hit the wall. Junhyuk immediately wrapped his arms tightly around Yejun’s waist and took another step forward. Yejun was trapped between Junhyuk and the wall and couldn’t escape anywhere.

“Junhyuk!”

“Then, I’ll show you clearly again. That you desire me just as I desire you.”

Junhyuk roughly pressed his lips against Yejun’s. Yejun struggled desperately and pushed Junhyuk away wildly.

“Don’t! I told you not to!”

“Lee Yejun.”

Just a moment ago, another reason why Yejun had to distance himself from Junhyuk had emerged. Junhyuk was the biological son of Sanghyeon, who saw Yejun’s body as an object of sexual desire. Yejun felt so filthy for having received the bodies of both the father and the son.

Absolutely not. Not anymore… I can’t let Junhyuk get hurt too.

Fat teardrops streamed endlessly from Yejun’s clear eyes.

“Yejun, what’s wrong with you?”

Junhyuk couldn’t understand the current situation at all. He wanted to know the reason why Yejun was struggling so much. But Yejun didn’t tell him the reason.

“Junhyuk, I can’t be with you.”

“So why?”

His ragged breathing calmed, and the flowing tears subsided. Yejun took a deep breath, looked straight at Junhyuk, and enunciated each word with force.

“Because I don’t like you anymore.”

At Yejun’s words, Junhyuk’s head went cold. At the same time, the short time he had spent with Yejun flashed through Junhyuk’s mind. But at that moment, Junhyuk knew his own heart very clearly. That from the first moment he met Yejun, he could never give up on him.

“So?”

Therefore, Junhyuk had no intention of moderately complying with Yejun’s demand. A crazed glint flashed in Junhyuk’s black eyes. Yejun seemed flustered by Junhyuk’s completely unexpected reaction.

“W-What do you mean, ‘so’?”

Junhyuk ripped the thin t-shirt Yejun was wearing right off. Yejun was so surprised he couldn’t make a sound. His mind was filled with the thought that he had to escape this situation. He desperately pushed Junhyuk and tried to open the front door, but only a black silhouette was visible through the opaque glass door.

I can’t get out.

Yejun pushed the door with all his might, but someone was holding it from the outside, preventing it from opening.

“…J-Junhyuk… don’t do this.”

Junhyuk grabbed Yejun’s wrist, went inside the house, and pushed Yejun into the nearest room. The t-shirt that had been precariously hanging on Yejun’s body fell to the floor. Yejun’s legs gave out, and he collapsed on the spot.

“J-Junhyuk…”

Yejun looked up at Junhyuk and kept backing away. But in the small room, his back hit the wall before long.

I can’t ruin Junhyuk too.

Yejun’s mind was a mess, filled with scenes of the past days he had tumbled around with Sanghyeon. He couldn’t go back and forth between a father and son. He couldn’t let Junhyuk, of all people, get hurt.

“I said I don’t like you! I don’t like you. The thought of mixing our bodies is disgusting. So please, just go back.”

Fat teardrops automatically flowed from Yejun’s eyes.

“You don’t like me? You find me disgusting?”

Junhyuk was flabbergasted by Yejun’s outcry. But there was no turning back now. He could finally touch Yejun again. He was overwhelmed with the expectation of being able to hold him.

I’m disgusting?

Junhyuk’s clenched fist trembled slightly.

“Yejun.”

Contrary to Junhyuk’s mind, which was filled with confusion, his voice was cold. Junhyuk’s gaze fell on Yejun, who was crying and begging. Junhyuk let out a smirk.

“If you wanted to do that… if you wanted to escape from me that badly… you shouldn’t have caught my eye in the first place.”

Junhyuk grabbed Yejun’s shoulders with a crazed smile.

Junhyuk pulled Yejun towards him, laid him down on the cold floor, and stripped off all his remaining clothes. Yejun’s body was somehow even thinner. When Junhyuk’s hot hand stroked Yejun’s back and then grabbed his buttocks, Yejun’s body shuddered.

“D-Don’t.”

Yejun, with tears streaming down his face, beat Junhyuk’s chest with all his might. But Junhyuk was just as desperate as Yejun. He held Yejun tightly in his arms without any gap and absolutely would not let him go.

“Junhyuk, please… don’t do this.”

“Why not? Why?”

Junhyuk spat out in a low voice, as if chewing his words. Junhyuk couldn’t understand for what reason Yejun was rejecting him so stubbornly. He felt like he would explode. But even with Yejun rejecting him like a madman, Junhyuk could never let him go.

Junhyuk was more desperate than anyone, and Yejun was also more desperate than anyone.

Junhyuk felt his heart crumble at the sight of Yejun trying to escape from his arms with all his might. He got on top of Yejun’s body, who was hitting him and shedding tears, and pressed him down with all his strength. There was nothing Yejun could do but shed tears.

“Ah, ah! No.”

“Why not?”

“Junhyuk… please.”

Junhyuk pressed his lips against Yejun’s. Yejun bit Junhyuk’s lip hard, as if he were tearing it. Blood trickled down from Junhyuk’s lip. But Junhyuk did not give up at that. He grabbed Yejun’s jaw hard, and Yejun, in the overwhelming pain, opened his mouth on his own.

Junhyuk took that opportunity to push his hot tongue between Yejun’s lips. Then he wrapped his tongue around Yejun’s, which was trying to escape, and began to suck on it. Yejun pushed Junhyuk’s chest wildly and resisted fiercely, but he could not overcome his strength.

“Hah!”

Yejun couldn’t find a moment to breathe during Junhyuk’s aggressive yet deep kiss, which was forced upon him. Yejun hit Junhyuk’s arm, pleading with the pain of not being able to breathe, and only then did Junhyuk briefly part his lips. Yejun gasped for breath raggedly. However, Junhyuk soon showered Yejun with kisses again.

Junhyuk finally pulled his lips away from Yejun’s and buried his face in the nape of his neck. Yejun stroked Junhyuk’s back and spoke in a tearful voice.

“Junhyuk… no. Let’s not do this anymore.”

Yejun burst into tears like that and finally began to beg.

“So why?”

“We can’t. We absolutely can’t.”

At that moment, Junhyuk felt as if someone had grabbed his heart and squeezed it tight. His chest was so tight and stuffy that he couldn’t breathe. He felt like he was going crazy. But despite Yejun’s stubborn refusal, he just couldn’t let him go.