“Mr. Suhwan, snap out of it. Mr. Suhwan?”
“Ugh…”
Yunhyun, who had been shaking Suhwan’s body as he lay collapsed on the bar table, looked down at him with a perplexed expression.
“What should I do?”
Yunhyun and Suhwan had dinner together after work as planned. Suhwan, who had been complaining about not feeling well, devoured the food ravenously once it arrived. Yunhyun chuckled at the sight of him eating like someone who hadn’t eaten for a week.
Then, as the mood improved, he persuaded Suhwan, who was about to go home, to come to a bar. Suhwan, who didn’t look like the type to go to bars, kept looking around the dark, modern-styled establishment and adamantly insisted he wouldn’t drink alcohol.
So, having no choice, Yunhyun ordered a non-alcoholic cocktail for Suhwan and his usual gin and tonic for himself. Suhwan sipped his non-alcoholic cocktail, saying it was delicious.
Then, after ordering another drink, Yunhyun had to urgently use the restroom and left his seat, but when he returned, Suhwan had collapsed after drinking another cocktail that Yunhyun had ordered—one with alcohol. The flustered Yunhyun approached and was in the middle of shaking Suhwan, who couldn’t come to his senses.
“I can’t believe just one drink did this.”
“Mmmmm.”
Of course, the cocktail he drank had a higher alcohol content than others, but it wasn’t enough to get this drunk. This was the kind of reaction someone might have after a few cans of beer.
This is really different from the rumors. Isn’t the atmosphere too different from when he first interned?
Yunhyun, who had been tilting his head at the questions he’d had for a while, sighed and asked the waiter for a glass of water. A cold glass of ice water was promptly placed on the table.
“Mr. Suhwan, just take a sip of water, okay?”
“Mmmm, don’t wanna.”
“Just one sip, come on.”
Yunhyun, speaking softly as if coaxing a child, held the water glass to Suhwan’s lips. Blinking in a daze, Suhwan looked at Yunhyun with unfocused eyes.
“Seunh… hyuna.”
“Seunhyu… Seunghyun? Are you talking about your fiancé?”
“I’m so… tired.”
“Hmm.”
Yunhyun looked down with troubled eyes at Suhwan, who was whimpering and breaking into tears. What to do? He should get him home quickly, but he didn’t know the address, and even if he asked, Suhwan probably couldn’t tell him.
After a moment of deliberation with a groan, Yunhyun put the water glass on the table. Then, apologizing in a small voice, he searched Suhwan’s pockets.
“Sorry. Just for a moment.”
“Mmm.”
He felt something hard in the inner suit pocket. Yunhyun quickly took it out. It was Suhwan’s phone. If he could just unlock it, he could somehow contact his fiancé.
“Huh?”
But as soon as he held the phone, it began to vibrate vigorously. Looking at the screen, someone was calling.
[Seunghyun♡]
Must be the fiancé. Yunhyun smiled slightly and answered the call.
“Hello…”
—Hyung, where are you now?
“…”
—Hyung?
Yunhyun was momentarily speechless at the stern voice. Then, barely gathering his wits, he answered:
“Ah, are you Lee Seunghyun? I’m Cha Yunhyun, Mr. Suhwan’s colleague. We met once before, right?”
—…
“Lee Seunghyun?”
Puzzled by Seunghyun’s silence, Yunhyun raised his voice to ask. He thought his voice might not be heard clearly due to the noise in the bar. But soon, a low voice flowed through the receiver.
—What about hyung?
“Ah, well, Mr. Suhwan is quite drunk right now. I think you need to come pick him up.”
—…He’s drunk?
“Yes, this place is at… Huh?”
Yunhyun, who was about to give the location, took the phone away from his cheek in confusion as the call abruptly ended.
What’s going on? Did the call drop? Is the signal unstable since we’re underground?
Yunhyun was about to go outside to try contacting him again, but he couldn’t leave through the door and stood frozen in place. Someone strangely familiar was just opening the bar door and coming inside.
“Ah… Lee Seunghyun… sir?”
Seunghyun stared impassively at Yunhyun, who was pointing at him with surprised eyes. Then he immediately turned his gaze away and walked past Yunhyun.
“Hyung, get up.”
“Ugh… urk.”
Seunghyun approached Suhwan and raised his hand to pat his pale cheek. But Suhwan, already heavily intoxicated and not in his right mind, couldn’t even open his eyes properly and just groaned in distress. Seunghyun sighed at the sight.
“Come on, let’s go home.”
“Mmm.”
Having no choice, Seunghyun forcefully lifted Suhwan and let him lean against his body. Yunhyun, who had been watching, quickly approached.
“It must be difficult by yourself, let me help…”
“No need.”
Seunghyun replied coldly, supporting Suhwan’s bottom with his hand and rising from his seat. Unconsciously, Suhwan moaned and wrapped his arm around Seunghyun’s neck. They looked strangely accustomed to each other.
“Whoa.”
Although Yunhyun thought they would surely fall, Seunghyun, after retrieving the phone from Yunhyun, walked straight ahead in that position. Didn’t he say his fiancé was definitely an omega? How is he so strong?
Yunhyun watched the two disappear with incredulous eyes.
As soon as they left the bar, Seunghyun gritted his teeth. His pheromones, already unstable due to the pheromone regulation medication, scattered in all directions. The body he was holding flinched and trembled slightly.
“Damn it.”
Seunghyun swallowed his curse and contained his pheromones. People stared in surprise at the peculiar sight of a man carrying another man, but Seunghyun paid no attention and continued walking.
“Hoo…”
After arriving home and laying Suhwan on the bed, Seunghyun let out a long breath he had been holding. Though he seemed to have gained more strength lately, carrying Suhwan, who was an alpha, was quite strenuous. Seunghyun stood up and looked down at Suhwan, who was lying diagonally on the bed.
“Mmm.”
The drunk Suhwan was completely passed out. However, he twisted his body and let out a whiny groan, seemingly uncomfortable in his tightly fitted suit. Seunghyun looked at him and sighed again.
“Haa… really.”
Seunghyun bent down and pulled at Suhwan’s tie. He easily removed it, placed it aside, and took off his suit jacket. Then he began unbuttoning his shirt one by one.
Even Seunghyun found the current situation absurd. Today of all days, he had a late exam and was already stressed enough, but when he received a message saying Suhwan would be having dinner with a colleague, he couldn’t help but frown.
Okay, it was understandable. He had been preoccupied with exams, and it was true that he had been keeping his distance because he felt Suhwan was avoiding him due to the pheromone issue.
But that didn’t mean he was willing to tolerate Suhwan getting completely drunk with a colleague. Seunghyun, while undressing Suhwan, once again gritted his teeth.
I really don’t like that guy. What was his name—Manager Cha Yunhyun? He needed to find a way to separate him from Suhwan. Just as Seunghyun’s eyes were dangerously gleaming—
“Mm… Seunhyu… na.”
“Hyung.”
Suhwan, coming to his senses, blinked his eyes slowly. A familiar scent brushed his nose. Unconsciously reaching out, Suhwan grabbed Seunghyun’s nape and pulled him down.
“Haa… Seunhyuna.”
“Mmph… hyung.”
Suhwan buried his face in Seunghyun’s neck and sniffed like an animal. The pheromones filling his lungs made him dizzy.
He had missed it. He had really missed it so much. He had been breathing in these pheromones daily until his whole body was saturated, and though it had only been a few days apart, he was so upset. He never wanted to be separated again. Suhwan tightly embraced Seunghyun with a yearning heart.
“Seunhyuna… it’s all my fault.”
“…What did you do wrong?”
“It’s… hic.”
“Hmm? Tell me.”
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
