Chapter 38
Hot steam rising in wisps.
The humid air he hadn’t felt in a long time.
Seo Won was marveling at the proper bathroom, better than he had expected, when he turned around and was startled. Baek Rak, who had guided him to the bathroom, had come in with him and started taking off his clothes.
“What? Baek Rak, you, what are you doing?”
Baek Rak crossed his arms and pulled his shirt up, stopping at his chest as he stared intently at Seo Won.
“Why?”
“Why are you… taking off your clothes?”
Seo Won unconsciously stepped back. The moment he saw Baek Rak’s solid chest, a certain scene automatically formed in his mind. That scene that had troubled him so much earlier.
As Seo Won’s face gradually reddened, Baek Rak’s eyes narrowed.
“Then, you want to wash with clothes on?”
“No… I’m the one who needs to wash, so why are you…”
Baek Rak finished taking off his shirt and unbuckled his belt as he spoke.
“It’s better to wash together.”
“But why?”
“Is there a reason to waste water?”
Seo Won, who had resolved to argue against whatever reason he gave, couldn’t say anything. He knew well how difficult it had been to bring the water. In fact, Baek Rak had suffered the most.
Unlike him who had only driven, Baek Rak had to deal with creatures. He had always saved him in dangerous moments too.
“…Wash first and leave some water for me, then.”
So there was no need to argue here – he could just wait outside. Even if he couldn’t soak his body in hot water, just a shower would be enough.
As Baek Rak placed his loosened belt and two swords on the shelf and looked ready to take off his pants, Seo Won hastily turned around.
Still, if they both paid attention, it wouldn’t be unfair, but unlike him, Baek Rak seemed to have no particular thoughts about it. That’s why he was taking off his clothes so casually.
He felt both embarrassed and indignant for no reason, his insides boiling. He needed to forget about it quickly…
Ignoring the rising heat, he quickly moved his steps.
“Yoon Seo Won.”
But he hadn’t gotten far when that low voice calling him made his feet freeze. Baek Rak hadn’t physically forced him, but strangely his body wouldn’t move.
Baek Rak slowly began approaching.
“Why are you running away so frantically?”
“…”
He walked over leisurely and pressed close behind him, tilting his head. He could feel the guy’s breath over his right shoulder. His mind was screaming that he should run away immediately, but his feet wouldn’t lift.
“What’s the need to wash separately? I’ve already seen your body anyway.”
“…”
“Or does it bother you that I’m here?”
“…It doesn’t bother me.”
Seo Won clenched his fists and barely managed to retort. He didn’t want to be caught by Baek Rak, and even less did he want to receive strange misunderstandings.
“Then there’s no problem at all, right?”
“I’m… uncomfortable, that’s why.”
“That’s what being bothered means.”
“No, it’s not.”
“If it’s not, then why are you red here and here?”
Baek Rak’s hand brushed past his nape and cheek. Seo Won screamed inwardly and squeezed his eyes shut.
“…Because the bathroom is hot.”
“Really?”
Finally, Baek Rak pulled his body away. Seo Won felt the presence moving away and was deeply relieved. But at that moment, his body was suddenly spun around. Seo Won’s eyes widened at the bare skin visible before him.
“Then there’s no reason to be uncomfortable.”
“What, huh?”
“The water will get cold soon, so hurry and take off your clothes.”
“Wait, Baek Rak?”
The water getting cold isn’t the problem! As Seo Won struggled to escape, Baek Rak grabbed his shoulders firmly. Unable to move and looking up at him, Baek Rak said meaningfully,
“If you run away from here, I might misunderstand.”
“What misunderstanding?”
“That you like me…”
“Hey!”
Seo Won hastily covered Baek Rak’s mouth.
“You should stop talking nonsense! Why would I like you? What’s so pretty about you?”
As he glared and shouted angrily, Baek Rak’s eyes curved into a long smile. When Seo Won hesitated at that eye-smile, Baek Rak pulled down the hand covering his mouth and said,
“What other reason would there be for running away?”
“I said it’s not that.”
“No problem then.”
“Wow, this…”
Seo Won’s face flushed red for a different reason. He was indignant beyond feeling wronged at this situation where the moment he left the bathroom, it would look like he was confessing to Baek Rak.
“I understand, so let go of this.”
He shook off Baek Rak’s hands gripping his shoulders and hands like dusting off dirt.
Who’s doing what to whom? How ridiculous. There might have been physical contact, but he had no memory of sharing spiritual communion. It hadn’t been that kind of situation so far, and there was no reason for it. Baek Rak protecting him was also because of the conditions for becoming a hunter, so there was no way he’d misunderstand.
Thinking he should finish quickly and leave first, Seo Won took off his clothes without hesitation.
After washing his body once with water and about to enter the bath, Baek Rak was already inside.
Seo Won glared at Baek Rak.
“Hey, there’s no room.”
“Come in over here.”
“…”
Why are you spreading your legs? With his improved vision catching glimpses of what was under the water, Seo Won looked away and stood on one leg.
“Bend your knees. I’m going to sit on the opposite side.”
Seo Won entered the bath and pushed Baek Rak’s legs aside. Then he bent his waist to sit down.
Splash!
He was caught by Baek Rak and ended up sitting down in the bath. Right between the guy’s legs!
“Aaah! What are you doing?”
“This is more comfortable for both of us, so stay like this.”
“It’s not comfortable at all!”
Seo Won tried to get up from his position, conscious of Baek Rak behind him. But because Baek Rak was pressing down on his shoulders, he couldn’t stand up. When he leaned forward to go to the opposite side, he was pulled back, so he could only flounder, unable to do either.
“You can’t sit on the opposite side anyway.”
“Let go of this?”
“The water will overflow.”
“You could let go, couldn’t you?”
As he tried by all means to get to the opposite side, his body was suddenly pulled back and he felt Baek Rak’s hard body against his entire back.
When Seo Won, who had been struggling, froze completely, Baek Rak wrapped both arms around Seo Won’s stomach and whispered quietly,
“Stay still.”
“…!”
“If you keep moving, it’ll be troublesome for both you and me.”
Seo Won held his breath at the heavy mass he felt against his buttocks. It wasn’t fully erect, but it was already half-standing. His fidgeting around trying to escape seemed to have stimulated Baek Rak’s erogenous zones.
‘No, but it wasn’t touching until just now!’
Forgetting the fact that he was completely held in Baek Rak’s embrace, he stopped resisting. If he moved any more here, he might not be able to handle what came next.
But Baek Rak suddenly started slowly stroking his stomach. Seo Won hurriedly tensed his abs at the tickling sensation and grabbed Baek Rak’s hand.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
“I felt this before too, but you’re more solid than I thought.”
“More than you thought… No, more importantly, why are you touching?”
“Out of habit.”
“What habit! Ah… wait! Stop touching, ngh. Keep doing…”
He definitely grabbed it, but he didn’t know why the hand was moving on its own. When Baek Rak spread his hand wide, it felt like his entire abdomen was in his grasp. The touching hand was strangely gentle.
‘Ah… damn it.’
Seo Won felt bewildered and drew his legs together. He crouched down as much as possible to hide his lower half that was starting to get aroused, but Baek Rak followed and covered his back with his own body. It felt more pressed down than before.
“Stop… ngh, stop it.”
When hot breath fell on his nape, his shoulders naturally curved.
“I’m only touching your stomach, so why…”
‘The touching is the problem!’
He had only come in to wash, so why had it become this situation? This guy who was bland to the point of being indifferent was touching him with such hands and wouldn’t let go. Was it really true that he didn’t care?
No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like he had asked the wrong person whether he liked him. Or was he just enjoying watching his reactions?
Seo Won gritted his teeth and turned his head. At least if he saw Baek Rak’s expression, he felt he could understand what he was thinking by doing this.
As he tried to look at the guy…
“…!”
The hand that had been wandering around his abdomen started moving downward.
“Wa-wait!”
He didn’t have the leisure to observe him. Seo Won hastily covered his lower half with both hands. But he was soon caught by one of Baek Rak’s hands and had to give up space. Baek Rak’s other hand that entered through the gap spread his thighs and dug inside.
“Ah, ngh! Don’t, …ah.”
He could no longer hide that he was aroused.
When Baek Rak grasped his firmly erect cock and lightly stroked up the shaft, Seo Won trembled violently. He tried to close his thighs somehow, but his strength gave out.
“Standing up like this?”
“Haah, ngh!”
“You know you were already a little hard before you came in?”
“Cra-crazy bastard… that’s, ah!”
When Baek Rak began rapidly shaking the shaft up and down, Seo Won’s voice cracked high. Water splashed against the bathtub walls and gradually overflowed outside. Even so, Baek Rak’s hand showed no signs of stopping.
Then when his large hand wrapped around the glans and rubbed the split tip with his thumb, Seo Won’s waist arched greatly.
“Hng, ngh! There, ngh!”
His fingertip then slightly penetrated inside. When he flicked it teasingly, Seo Won felt like he was going crazy. It didn’t hurt, but the stimulation was too intense. The aching sensation rushing from the tip of his cock passed through the shaft and gathered in his lower abdomen.
“Is this why you wanted to avoid it?”
“Ahng, you, hey… st-stop.”
“Getting this hard in secret?”
“Ngh, ngh, ahngh!”
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
