It was a touch that seemed to say it’s okay, don’t be afraid, but even in his state, Yeonwoo imagined clinging to that hand and pulling it down between his legs. He wanted to pull the hand into his pants, to his backside, to stimulate the place that was soaking wet with lubricant that leaked like water.
And Yeonwoo shed tears, shocked by his own brief thought. With sobs escaping through his closed lips, Munbeom was now firmly embracing Yeonwoo with both arms.
Munbeom bent over Yeonwoo, who was curled up in a ball on the cold floor, almost completely covering him. With one hand stroking the tiles and the other caressing Yeonwoo’s back, he persistently ran his hand from below the neck to the lower back with careful touches. Eventually, Yeonwoo’s crying gradually subsided. He hadn’t stopped crying completely—he was just too exhausted from crying so much.
During this time, Yeonwoo’s anxious pheromones were running wild. Faced with the sweet scent spreading to the point of suffocation, Munbeom desperately suppressed himself.
The sweet bodily scent that permeated through his skin, rendering holding his breath meaningless, was gradually stimulating his alpha instincts. Though he wanted to stay like this until Yeonwoo was completely stable, he felt that one wrong move might cause him to harm Yeonwoo.
With his head bowed over the back of Yeonwoo’s head, Munbeom whispered again.
“Yeonwoo, you cannot stay here any longer.”
“…”
At that moment, a small voice was heard. Bending his head to listen, he heard only repeated refusals.
Even without Yeonwoo’s explanation, Munbeom could tell what state he was in and what had almost happened to him. It would be difficult enough to face a natural heat, but he had been forcibly pushed into his heat cycle. How terrifying must this situation be for a young omega? Perhaps at this moment, even he might be seen as a major threat to Yeonwoo.
Munbeom looked at Yeonwoo, who was curled up in a ball beneath him, shaking violently. Watching him panting helplessly, a shallow wrinkle formed between his brows. Pressing his fingertips on the tile, he whispered in a subdued voice.
“Excuse me for a moment.”
“…!”
Munbeom’s hand slipped under Yeonwoo’s abdomen. Then, grabbing his shoulder, he raised the body that had been curled up the entire time. As his head was raised, Yeonwoo, feeling dizzy, staggered with his eyes closed. Munbeom quickly wrapped Yeonwoo’s body in his own upper garment again and lifted him into his arms.
As his body was lifted, Yeonwoo swallowed a sob and struggled. But that resistance subsided against the firm and familiar embrace touching his body. Instead, his body, instinctively sensing an alpha that could satisfy him, tried to cling closer to Munbeom. About to lose his reason and embrace Munbeom’s neck, Yeonwoo instead brought his hands together in front of his chest and gripped them tightly.
Yeonwoo felt the increasingly stronger trembling and more sensitive sensations. Above all, his completely wet backside bothered him. Even now, lubricant continued to flow out.
Being this close, Munbeom couldn’t possibly not know about it. What if he found it strange? What if, by any chance, he found it disgusting…?
Yeonwoo’s lips trembled, and tears flowed again.
Holding Yeonwoo firmly in his arms, he quickly moved outside.
When Munbeom appeared, those who had tactfully moved to the corridor guided him to the pre-secured elevator, but he headed for the stairs. Unlike his two arms steadily holding Yeonwoo, his legs moved quickly. Seeing Munbeom descending rapidly, the security guards hurriedly followed, seemingly surprised.
Descending from the third to the second floor, there were people kneeling at the end of the dark corridor. Among those with bruised faces who couldn’t even raise their heads, one person looked up in surprise. The relatively unscathed face belonged to Lee Jonghoon. Though Munbeom quickly passed by, Jonghoon urgently raised both arms as if he had seen something. But before he could make a sound, Munbeom had already left the building.
Black vehicles lined the open space in front.
Munbeom hurriedly got into the waiting vehicle. As soon as he settled inside, he checked Yeonwoo’s condition. Yeonwoo, who had been gripping his hands so tightly that his nails dug into his palms without realizing it, lowered his head when he felt Munbeom’s gaze. Trying to curl up as he had done in the bathroom earlier, he hesitated, then hid his face in his palms. When he began mumbling very quietly, Munbeom tilted his head toward Yeonwoo.
Unable to hear clearly, Munbeom brought his ear close enough to touch Yeonwoo’s hand.
“It’s okay now. So, you can speak slowly.”
“…away.”
At the whisper mixed between gasping breaths, Munbeom’s face hardened.
Though he couldn’t hear Yeonwoo’s voice properly, he could guess. Yeonwoo was telling him to get away.
Being in a heat cycle, contact with an alpha would be burdensome. But he knew it wasn’t just for such a reason. Though he didn’t show it, Yeonwoo’s lower garments were all wet and damp. The area of Munbeom’s thigh where Yeonwoo’s buttocks touched was soaked enough to change color deeply.
He knew what had made it so wet. Yeonwoo didn’t want him to discover his condition. Moreover, he probably wanted to hide the fact that he was in heat.
The image of Yeonwoo curled up on the cold tiles, crying helplessly, came to mind. And even now, seeing Yeonwoo panting with his face hidden in his palms, Munbeom’s jaw tightened. Gritting his teeth until his molars ached, he took a deep breath.
Firmly embracing the flinching Yeonwoo with both arms, Munbeom tilted his head. With his gaze fixed on Yeonwoo’s face, which was mostly hidden by his palms, Munbeom spoke quietly.
“This incident is like an accident.”
“…”
“Yeonwoo, you’ve simply been caught up in something that happened suddenly, without any fault of your own, and you don’t need to struggle or be hurt because of it.”
Of course, the sudden heat must be very bewildering and frightening.
“I’ve called a skilled and trustworthy doctor who will be here soon. It may be difficult now, but you’ll be okay soon. Therefore, there’s no need to have negative feelings about your current state. We are manifesters, and this is an inevitable instinct.”
As Yeonwoo’s pheromones filled the vehicle’s interior, Munbeom’s breathing also gradually quickened. Heat rose to his eyes, and blood rushed to his lower body, but he tried to endure it all with the utmost patience.
“I know very well what state you’re in now. I understand that it’s bewildering. But it’s not your fault. So, instead of being ashamed of your current state, please hold on a little longer. Soon, you’ll be okay.”
Medical measures were almost ineffective in stopping an ongoing heat. The only immediately effective method was sex with an alpha. But Munbeom didn’t want to cool Yeonwoo’s heated body in that way.
With one arm firmly embracing Yeonwoo’s back, who seemed to be listening to his words, holding his breath, Munbeom touched Yeonwoo’s head and ear area with his other hand. Though Yeonwoo hesitated at the careful touch, he didn’t avoid it. Seeing Yeonwoo’s chest heaving greatly, Munbeom added quietly.
“Don’t worry. Everything will be okay.”
“…”
Somehow, things would be okay.
Because he would make it so.
Suddenly, he wondered why he was going to such lengths. But that question was erased as soon as it appeared. From the moment he heard from his grandfather that Yeonwoo had a loan shark debt, all of Munbeom’s attention was focused on just one thing. That was none other than Yeonwoo, now in his arms.
The disconnected phone number without any notice. Yeonwoo’s hidden debt, which he received through Secretary Kang. The circumstances that clearly showed he had been used by a man named Lee Jonghoon, or under the plans of that family.
The picture was clear without further investigation.
He could clearly see how Yeonwoo had been treated by those people, what neglect, deception, and violence had occurred.
Recalling Yeonwoo with a bruise on his cheek some time ago, Munbeom spread his hand and cupped Yeonwoo’s face. With Yeonwoo still hiding his small face with his small hands in his arms, the expression gradually disappeared from Munbeom’s face. His gaze, now staring straight ahead, had cooled.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
