#043
Kang Dojun’s heart froze for a moment then began beating violently again. He was too bewildered. He recalled his past actions.
How had he treated Lee Yeonwoo, what had he done, what expressions had he made? His past was recorded on video, making it easy to resolve these questions. The conclusion came all too easily.
It wasn’t doubt like ‘Could this be right?’ It was certainty like ‘This is right!’ Only then did the puzzle pieces fit together.
He had always protected Lee Yeonwoo.
When he saw the poison clauses in the contract, when he looked after Lee Yeonwoo who was scolded by the elders for being bad at housework, when he rushed over as soon as he went through difficult times.
It wasn’t because he was charmed by Lee Yeonwoo’s cute appearance as a survival strategy, nor because he was swept away by his tempestuous personality.
Simply, because he liked him…
Suddenly, Lee Yeonwoo’s arms and legs placed on top of his body felt incredibly heavy. It wasn’t weight, but the feeling of being deeply crushed by something emotional.
Kang Dojun let out a dry sigh. Since when? Since when had he been liking him?
No matter how much he pondered and pondered, it didn’t come to mind. Once you’ve already fallen, finding the starting point was ridiculous. And it’s not like current emotions would disappear by doing so.
But he wanted to know the cause. Although he had no interest in romance, he had thought he would eventually take the route of meeting a good woman and getting married. He had never once thought he would like a man.
His train of thought only deepened and the video flowed endlessly until suddenly episode 7’s highlight and cookie video showed a close-up of garlic with BGM that could appear in a horror movie playing softly.
Normally he would have laughed it off, but he had no time to pay attention to that.
‘I like Lee Yeonwoo.’ With this as a premise, he pondered the direction to move forward. Should he pretend not to know, should he make advances, wouldn’t Lee Yeonwoo find it burdensome?
If they got together, what would happen to his acting career after that? No, was this current emotion just momentary? Caught up in tens of thousands of thoughts, he just stared at the screen that had turned black with the horror movie BGM ending.
His face was reflected in the black screen. And one more person, with cold eyes glaring at him.
“Did you watch it?”
The owner of those eyes stretched out a pure white arm and tapped the black screen.
[Episode 7 Replay]
It seemed like the horror movie BGM that had ended was playing again.
“I told you not to watch episode 7.”
Lee Yeonwoo’s words spoken in an even tone gave him chills. And along with the chills, seeing Lee Yeonwoo’s sulky face reflected on the screen brought another emotion that made him bewildered once again.
‘Ah… that expression is cute too.’
* * *
Lee Yeonwoo grumbled even while preparing to go out. Kang Dojun sat in his chair and quietly watched him.
“Looking at it, hyung seems to do everything I tell you not to do.”
“Yeah.”
“I absolutely told you not to watch episodes 3 and 7… did you watch episode 3 too by any chance?”
“Not yet.”
“Not yet? If it’s not yet, that means you’re thinking of watching it?”
Even his gentle eyes that weren’t scary at all looking up to glare, even his lips pouting as much as possible to argue with him, were just cute.
Now that he looked, it was severe.
“Hyung? Are you sick somewhere?”
Lee Yeonwoo approached Kang Dojun with worried eyes even while getting angry.
As if representing his lively personality, his body was always warm. Hot hands covered Kang Dojun’s cool forehead. So affectionate.
“You don’t have a fever. I wonder if you can go to Namsan Tower.”
Along with worry, he seemed concerned that there might be disruption to their plans.
“Are you very sick? Why are you so out of it?”
Even his blunt words contained plenty of worry about him. He was kind and good-hearted too.
Rose-colored glasses were equipped so everything looked good no matter what he did.
“Hyung?”
“…I’m fine.”
He snapped back to his senses. What exactly did he want to do with Lee Yeonwoo? Until he decided that direction, he couldn’t show it. He was scared that his feelings might make him uncomfortable.
That thought continued even after arriving at Namsan Tower. Lee Yeonwoo sitting in the passenger seat was excited and humming some unknown song.
‘…Cute.’
Kang Dojun quietly turned off the radio that was playing softly.
There was also the option of going to the observatory by cable car, but since there would probably be many people, they decided to move by car. But when they actually arrived, perhaps because it was a weekday afternoon, it was quieter than expected.
Before going up to Namsan Tower’s observatory, they looked around the gift shop. When Lee Yeonwoo looked at the items saying “They have all these things too?” he responded “Right” in agreement.
The observatory charged admission, so Kang Dojun hurriedly pulled out his wallet, but Lee Yeonwoo presented tickets he had purchased online.
“When did you buy them?”
“I just bought them in the car. Yours too.”
Even wearing a hat and mask, Lee Yeonwoo’s proud mood was clearly felt, so Kang Dojun covered his mouth.
‘Cute and smart.’
Either other people had gone up first, or there were only the two of them in the elevator going up to the observatory. He looked worriedly at Lee Yeonwoo who got on the elevator without hesitation.
“Hyung, get on quickly!”
Lee Yeonwoo said to Kang Dojun in an excited voice. Eventually Kang Dojun also pressed his hat down firmly, got on, and stuck close to his side.
“Your medicine?”
“I took it this morning. More importantly, look at the ceiling.”
A video was playing on the elevator ceiling. Lee Yeonwoo was looking up at the ceiling, and Kang Dojun couldn’t take his eyes off him.
He never dreamed he would come to like a man. It was still unbelievable and endlessly bewildering. Yet his gaze unfailingly turned toward Lee Yeonwoo, which was absurd and amusing to himself.
He took out his phone and looked at photos taken during the “Rural Conquest” filming. The gallery was full of photos of Lee Yeonwoo.
‘He was pretty then too.’
Though he hadn’t realized it, he seemed to have already been liking him then. Even his carelessly cut hair and crooked expressions were pretty and cute.
He looked at Lee Yeonwoo again. With his mask pulled down to below his nose, he seemed absorbed in blankly staring at the video on the ceiling.
“Are you dizzy?”
Lee Yeonwoo’s eyes blinked and he lightly shook his head.
Why is he pretty? Every little action captivated him. Not knowing his own heart, he was so pretty it made him irritated.
He grabbed Lee Yeonwoo’s mask and pulled it up to cover even his eyes. Seeing him struggle in the darkness before his eyes, he hurriedly pulled the mask back down.
Dissatisfied black eyes turned toward him.
“What are you doing?”
“…Sorry.”
“Hyung, you’re really strange today.”
He couldn’t argue with his words. Well, it was true. In his current state, nothing was working properly.
“We’ve arrived.”
Just then the elevator doors opened and Lee Yeonwoo grabbed Kang Dojun’s sleeve and pulled. It was weak force, but he was pulled along as if bewitched.
Fortunately there were few people and it was quiet. The observatory had various interesting things and offered unique experiences. There was also a digital telescope, but that cost money and required payment.
Lee Yeonwoo rummaged through his pockets then regretfully drooped his shoulders. Kang Dojun reflexively pulled out his wallet.
“Wow, hyung look at this! At this rate, won’t we even see car license plates on the roads?”
Lee Yeonwoo leaned his head close to the digital screen as if he might fall in and shouted in amazement. He seemed completely excited and couldn’t see anything around him.
Kang Dojun hurriedly looked around. No matter how quiet it was, there were still people.
“Look quickly. Time’s almost up!”
“Yeah, got it.”
At his cute urging, Kang Dojun finally turned his gaze to the digital telescope.
He didn’t forget to grab Lee Yeonwoo’s shoulder in case he wandered around while he wasn’t looking. However, contrary to expectations, Lee Yeonwoo was quite well-behaved. While he had yielded the screen for Kang Dojun to look at, he also seemed to want to see for himself as he brought his face close to the side.
Normally he would have moved aside so Lee Yeonwoo could see the screen easily, but just staying close like this felt infinitely good.
“Wow, the building here is pretty. Please zoom in more.”
“Like this?”
“Yes.”
He wanted to hurry home and define his emotions, to think seriously about them. But on the other hand, he also thought it would be nice if this time continued.
‘It’s like a date.’
While having such foolish delusions by himself, he kept glancing at Lee Yeonwoo whose eyes were sparkling under his hat brim.
This was really serious.
* * *
[Wonyang Dojun advances to Namsan Tower????]
I went to Namsan Tower with my friend today and saw 2 men with their faces covered by hats and masks. The observatory was especially quiet today so the 2 really stood out. One with really good physique wasn’t looking around the observatory but kept checking the surroundings, so I was like what, why is he like that;; but my friend quietly got excited saying isn’t that Kang Dojun.(?) For a moment I thought are you crazy. But the smaller one was calling the bigger one hyung, hyung, and since there weren’t many people and his voice was loud, I could hear clearly. The smaller one was saying something about how amazing the telescope was and the bigger one would nod at him. It wasn’t much but it was heart-fluttering. The hat brim the big one wore was always facing toward the small one. They’re both probably hyung-dongsaeng but it’s so heart-fluttering hehe. (Delusion lens activated).
So the conclusion is… who exactly are those 2? Somebody tell me. Somebody help me. Are they Wonyang Dojun and Lee Yeonwoo? Is that it?
[How would I know. You’re mistaken ã„´ã„´ please live in reality.]
â””Did you see those 2 take off their hats? Masks?
â””Damn. Do you have business at the police station?
[But Lee Yeonwoo is currently in Seoul. He appeared for 1 second on Kim Haseon’s YouTube.]
â””Damn. Wow; then what I saw was really…?
â””If you were suspicious you should have gone and asked them, why ask here?
[What were those two doing?]
â””Damn. They were just looking at the digital telescope and walking around here and there. But the big one was wearing designer clothes and had amazing physique. Anyone could see he had celebrity physique.
[Try DMing Wonyang Dojun ã…‹ ask if he went to Namsan Tower today.]
â””Damn. ;;; his account is managed by the company.
â””Would nobility answer a mere citizen?
[Did the damn hamster come out for a Seoul walk?]
â””Is Lee Yeonwoo a dog? Seoul walk? ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
