“Ah… R-right…”
Partner… sleeping together…
Even though I knew intellectually that even between men, an omega could get pregnant, hearing it said like that made me feel embarrassed.
“So Chae Seungyeon-ssi, being an omega, should definitely have had suppressants to prepare for heat cycles… but they weren’t visible at all in the luggage sent from the Gwak family.”
“Oh, the luggage? You looked through it.”
“Yes, I’m sorry. The reason I looked through Chae Seungyeon-ssi’s luggage was in case the Gwak family people had planted something strange…”
“Something strange?”
“Like recording devices or small cameras.”
“Ah…”
No way… No matter how messed up the family is, my mother-in-law wouldn’t go that far…
Even as I thought this, I also vaguely felt that the probability wasn’t entirely zero.
“It seems Chae Seungyeon-ssi was also worried about that part, weren’t you?”
Thinking it might seem a bit strange if I said I hadn’t really thought about it, I nodded slightly.
“Ah, well… That’s right. After all, I need to be careful about heart cycles…”
“Heat cycles.”
“Ah, yes. Heat… cycles…”
Even as I rolled my tongue in my mouth muttering to myself, I wondered why they made the terminology so difficult.
“But what did you receive from that man earlier?”
Then, Baek Woojin brought up what happened earlier. It was a good opportunity to clear up the misunderstanding.
“Woojin-ssi, about that person. You know Jeonghan from the kindergarten, who’s close friends with Kkotsu? Da Jeonghan.”
“I know him.”
Even though they had never met, he seemed to have heard of him. That was fortunate at least.
“Jeonghan is that person’s son. He’s called Da Eunseong-ssi and he’s a divorce lawyer.”
“I see.”
“Really… it’s a strange connection, isn’t it?”
“Yes, it’s terrible.”
“What?”
For a moment I was startled, thinking I had misheard, and looked at Baek Woojin, who said with an indifferent expression,
“That doesn’t change anything.”
“…”
He really was a cold man. Kkotsu and Jeonghan are really close and like each other a lot… Doesn’t he care at all?
Well, I thought this stubborn side was also like Baek Woojin.
“Ah, and earlier, what Eunseong-ssi gave me… it’s this.”
I took out the deodorizer from my coat pocket. Surely he wouldn’t take this away too, saying it was from a black company…? I looked at Baek Woojin with a slightly tense expression.
“Was there anything else he said?”
But unexpectedly, Baek Woojin didn’t even touch the pheromone deodorizer and asked me.
“Something else…?”
I thought for a moment and then opened my mouth.
“Ah… He mentioned something like pheromone shower…?”
When I looked at him with eyes asking what that was, Baek Woojin sighed slightly and said,
“Originally, when you have frequent physical contact, marking occurs and such effects can happen. But it’s not a pheromone shower. If I had really given Chae Seungyeon-ssi a pheromone shower… those kinds of guys wouldn’t have been able to come near at all.”
There was some disgust in the part where he said ‘those kinds of guys.’
“And regarding pheromones, I think it would be good to talk with an expert. For now, please get out.”
“Oh, yes.”
Only then did I unfasten my seatbelt and get out of the car.
There’s a hospital in a place like this…?
The street was a bit away from downtown, quiet enough that few people were walking around. Next to the alley was a two-story building.
“It’s more like a small clinic than a hospital… but this is the only place where test results come out quickly.”
“Ah… I see.”
I looked at the clinic sign with a somewhat lackluster feeling.
<Woongseong Clinic>
An ordinary sign with an exterior that looked quite old. My trust dropped a bit, but I decided to believe in Baek Woojin.
“Is this perhaps a place run by your friend?”
I asked since Baek Woojin really had many friends.
“He’s a friend, colleague, and also my teacher.”
“Teacher?”
I was flustered when an unfitting title came up.
“Yes, we’ve known each other for quite a long time. You could say we met as teacher and student. Now he’s called Doctor by many people, but I’ve been calling him Professor since I was young.”
“Ah…”
As expected… how should I put it. He didn’t look like he would, but Baek Woojin seemed to surprisingly have many people around him. This time was the same.
“And, this is a first.”
Just as I was relieved by Baek Woojin’s explanation and was about to take a step, Baek Woojin grabbed my hand and said that.
“A first? What kind of…?”
What was he saying was a first? When I looked at him with puzzled eyes, Baek Woojin answered with a somewhat tense face.
“Bringing a serious partner to the Professor.”
A serious partner…?
What, is he talking about me…?
“Let’s go in.”
Whether I was looking at him with puzzled eyes or not, Baek Woojin just went up the stairs. It was such a cool action that I thought I must have misheard and followed him up.
Creak.
When Baek Woojin opened the rusty iron door, a jingling bell sound came along with a musty smell wafting out. It wasn’t unpleasant to the point of being offensive, but perhaps because the building itself was too old, there wasn’t a place that didn’t smell.
I thought it was a bit unexpected. Given Baek Woojin’s personality that I knew, he wouldn’t even set foot in a place like this…
“Excuse me…”
I entered inside and looked around. Looking at just the interior, it was definitely a place for medical purposes… but I couldn’t see anyone at the desk. There was just a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa reading a yellowed newspaper.
“Oh, did you come?”
“Professor.”
I had my doubts, but… the middle-aged man was exactly the teacher and professor that Baek Woojin had mentioned.
“Come in. Oh ho, that person is… Chae Seungyeon-ssi?”
“Oh… Yes, nice to meet you for the first time. I’m called Chae Seungyeon.”
I quickly greeted him and shook hands with Professor Choi who extended his hand. Since Baek Woojin called him Professor, I thought he would be someone much older… but Professor Choi looked young enough to be in his early fifties and had a gentle impression.
“Nice to meet you, Chae Seungyeon-ssi. I’m internal medicine specialist Choi Jintaek, and you can call me Doctor Choi, Professor Choi, or Teacher Choi, whichever is comfortable for you.”
Professor Choi, who spoke with a hearty voice, had curly permed hair and wore thick round glasses. He also wore a large ring on his left hand, making him look like an eccentric character you’d only see in comics.
“Uh… then… can I also call you Professor like Woojin-ssi does?”
“That’s fine, Chae Seungyeon-ssi. Please come this way.”
“Yes.”
While following Professor Choi who was personally guiding me, I glanced back. Baek Woojin was continuously watching me with eyes that seemed to say not to worry.
Normally, such a gaze would have been burdensome, but today those eyes were reassuring.
“Please sit over here.”
“…?”
I thought I would enter the examination room, but I had to stop walking after just a few more steps. Professor Choi instructed me to sit on a purple sofa not far from the waiting area.
“Here…?”
“That’s right.”
“Here?”
“That’s right?”
Though I felt suspicious, I sat on the sofa as Professor Choi said. Baek Woojin sat on the sofa across from me, looking at the medical record files placed on the table.
“Hmm, it’s not here. Wait a moment.”
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
