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The Original Work Got Ruined After I Quit Being the Sub Male 61

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In the quiet surroundings, I felt our breathing mixing. Cedric, who had lightly kissed me and created a slight distance, stared at me intently from close up… then tilted his head a bit more than before and pressed his lips to mine again.

I unconsciously closed my eyes.

The sensation of two lips overlapping felt unfamiliar. Cedric’s lips moved and stirred… suddenly something moist and soft, different from lips, touched between my lips.

What is this? Is it his tongue?

When I reflexively opened them, the blunt tip entered inside. Somewhat surprised, I felt heat rushing through my entire body.

“Hup…”

My body tensed and my breathing wavered. I couldn’t think properly, as if someone had thoroughly kneaded the inside of my head.

I could only follow the unfamiliar sensation that crushed the inside of my mouth and searched for my tongue, learning the act called kissing.

Soon our lips separated and I met eyes that held me completely. Cedric, who had been stroking my cheek with his thumb, moved his lips with a face that felt somehow unfamiliar.

“Did you dislike it?”

Did you dislike it, did you feel repulsed?

He was asking with a voice that resonated deep within.

“…”

I slowly lowered my eyes.

“…No.”

A brief silence followed.

After a moment, Cedric placed his hand on top of my head, stroked the back of my head once, then pulled away. Since he started walking first, I followed behind at a distance of one step.

Somehow I felt embarrassed. But a strangely elated atmosphere filled the space between us.

“…”

I walked with an awkward air, then touched the tip of my lips where the sensation still remained. The first kiss I’d ever had strangely tasted sweet.

Somehow the inside of my chest felt ticklish.

…Yeah. I didn’t dislike it.

I think it was actually quite nice.

* * *

We continued our walk along the beach for a bit longer before returning to the villa. Riette and Gareth returned home before the sun completely set and had dinner with us.

After eating our fill like that and dispersing, I felt a persistent gaze from the entrance and looked up to find Lionel there.

He’d been like that continuously since I returned to the villa. I approached him and asked directly.

“Lionel.”

“Ah, yes, yes.”

“Why do you keep staring at me?”

Then Lionel laughed awkwardly as if flustered. He seemed to be hiding something, so I looked at him suspiciously, but he changed the subject first.

“Ah! More than that, did you enjoy your meal?”

“…Yeah. Did you men eat?”

“Yes. We took good care of ourselves separately.”

Since he was trying to hide it like that, it was awkward to interrogate him. I eventually decided to go along with his attempt to gloss over it.

“So earlier, what were you trying to say?”

“Oh, earlier?”

“Didn’t you say you had something to tell me?”

“Ah! That thing.”

Only then did Lionel seem to remember and start speaking. But instead of answering, he just raised the corners of his mouth and smiled refreshingly.

“I think that can be discussed later.”

“Hmm. Really?”

“Yes! Go up and rest with Young Master Cedric.”

…Why is Cedric’s name suddenly coming up here? The question arose again, but I just roughly went along with it and nodded.

I had planned to go up and rest with Cedric from the beginning, as he said.

Soon I looked around for Cedric. He was still standing in the corridor, waiting for me as I talked with Lionel.

I gave Lionel a final greeting with my eyes, then quickly ran to Cedric’s side.

“You could have gone ahead.”

“I wanted to be with you even a little longer.”

“…I-I see.”

I awkwardly scratched the bridge of my nose. His expressions of affection that he casually… threw out like breathing were embarrassing.

“…”

After trying kissing with him once, it wasn’t as difficult as I thought. Whenever I recall the sensation of that moment, my heart keeps pounding.

‘This… isn’t this the feeling of liking someone?’

Mmm. I think it is.

I think… I like him too.

Is it too hasty a judgment based on just one kiss?

“What did Lionel say?”

At that moment, Cedric’s voice interrupted my thoughts.

He seemed to be asking what conversation I had with Lionel.

“Ah, just… it wasn’t anything important. He kept staring at me so I asked why, but he didn’t tell me properly.”

Though it was actually quite trivial, I told him everything without hiding anything. There had been times before when he got sulky after I brushed things off saying they weren’t important.

Cedric, who had been listening to my story, frowned.

“Why does that guy keep staring at you?”

“I don’t know. Oh, and he said he had something to talk about, but he said he’d tell me when we return home.”

“…”

“…Why?”

I told him everything without hiding anything this time so he wouldn’t sulk again. But his mood seemed to have gotten worse instead.

He glared at empty space with a displeased look for a while, then let his eyebrows droop. Then he looked at me sideways like a dog gauging its owner’s mood.

“But I’m still better than some old man, right?”

“Huh?”

“Yeah. Young and firm me is much better.”

“Wh-what are you suddenly talking about!”

“Don’t be tempted and look elsewhere.”

Is he having some weird misunderstanding that Lionel has feelings for me? No, what’s the age difference between him and me! Not to mention the difference in status.

“In the first place…”

I don’t like men… I almost said that out of habit but held back. It was something that almost came out habitually.

To be honest, I still had the same feelings as before toward other men besides Cedric. But in front of him, I need to express myself more carefully.

So…

“I’m not really interested in other men besides you.”

Should I express it to this extent?

“…”

“…”

“…What was that?”

“What?”

My ears seemed to be getting hotter, so I walked with big strides. Cedric, following behind me, pestered me annoyingly.

“What did you mean by what you just said?”

“Just… exactly what the words meant.”

“So what is that supposed to mean?”

“Ah, I don’t know.”

“Why won’t you tell me? Eddie, hm?”

I stubbornly kept my mouth shut. Cedric also seemed to give up after continuing to ask and didn’t persist anymore.

I wondered if he’d be upset that I wouldn’t answer, but fortunately his mood… actually seemed to have improved. Perhaps he noticed the direction my heart was leaning.

“…”

…I’m planning to postpone putting ‘liking’ into words just a little longer. It won’t be too late even after I calmly organize my feelings that are jumping around toward him.

Of course, that also won’t take very long. I was confident of that fact.

How long had I walked in strange silence with Cedric? Soon my room came into view. When we went inside, Cedric naturally followed me in like it was his own room.

I glanced at him and asked.

“Are you going to sleep with me tonight too?”

“Yeah, if you’ll allow it.”

Cedric sat on the sofa by the fireplace and smiled brightly. After taking in that handsome face once, I turned toward the bathroom.

“…Alright. I’ll wash up first then.”

“Let’s wash togeth…”

“I said we’re not washing together.”

Another scheme. I blocked him in advance as he was sneakily peeking around trying to invade the bathroom and closed the door.

After enjoying a pleasant bath time alone and coming out, I sat leaning against the headboard of the bed and opened a book so I wouldn’t fall asleep first like last time while he was washing.

‘I must say goodnight properly before sleeping today.’

…Should I try kissing him first while saying goodnight?

It seemed like I could do it and it would be nice.

While imagining it in my head, my heart became somewhat anxious. I couldn’t read the book, and the time waiting for Cedric to come out felt unusually long that day.

I was so lost in other thoughts that I barely got past 3 pages. Time seemed to have passed quickly as I felt signs of him coming out of the bathroom, so I quickly shifted my eyes there.

His hair was still wet as if not fully dried when he came out wearing a bathrobe.

“You’re still not sleeping?”

“…Mm-hmm.”

When Cedric sat down next to me, the bed swayed and shook lightly. I was nervously breaking out in cold sweat, then closed the book first. Cedric was feeling the cozy night breeze blowing in from outside the window.

“Ah, the breeze feels nice.”

“R-right.”

“We should sleep soon, right?”

Cedric, who had turned toward me, asked. I nodded, then slightly turned my body toward where Cedric was sitting.

“Cedy.”

“Yeah?”

Facing him closely, he was looking at me with eyes like a quiet night sea. I swallowed and slowly closed my eyes, bringing my lips to where his lips were and gently touching them. My heart was trembling so the breath I exhaled was also shallowly trembling.

The kiss was short.

Even the momentary silence of a few seconds was overwhelming, so when I quickly pulled away, I saw in his pupils that he was blankly looking at me in the same position, with the same face as before.

“…”

“…Good night, as a greeting.”

“…”

I felt his breath once. Cedric, who suddenly came close, grasped the back of my head and pressed our lips together again. My heart dropped with a thump.

His blunt tongue that penetrated my mouth as if just a peck wasn’t enough touched the tip of my tongue. As our breaths became tangled and began to stick together thickly, even the air that had felt light became sultry.

Cedric’s touch stroking and caressing the back of my head felt good. That touch gently wrapping around the inside of my waist felt good.

I savored the affection he gave me with a bit more leisure than before. When I was holding onto his collar as the weight gradually leaned toward me…

I felt my back touch the bed and slightly opened my eyes. Cedric was looking down at me from above with a flushed face.

“…This kind of thing is cheating.”

Cedric, who quietly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, collapsed into my arms. When I reflexively wrapped my arms around him and hugged him back, he rubbed his forehead like he was being cute.

 

Hyacinthus B
Author: Hyacinthus B

Hyacinthus

The Original Work Got Ruined After I Quit Being the Sub Male

The Original Work Got Ruined After I Quit Being the Sub Male

I Quit Being the Sub and Now the Original Work is Ruined
Status: Completed Author: Released: 2025 Native Language: Korean
After regaining memories of his past life, he found himself reincarnated as the childhood friend of the omega female lead Riette from a novel. What's worse, he's a beta sub male lead who, in the not-so-distant future, will clash with another childhood friend and alpha male lead, Cedric, ultimately meeting an unfortunate end. Edgar decides to step out of this love triangle and support the two's love in order to change the predetermined ending, but— "Who decided you could just forget? You can't make something that already happened into something that never was." Somehow, Riette ends up falling for another man, and after going through a rut together, Cedric begins actively approaching Edgar. "We can't go back to being just 'friends' anymore." "......" "I can't do it. I... I can't do that." Edgar is just confused by this entire situation...

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