Gentle Giant 47

Gentle Giant Chapter 47

“Um, Juho, say hello! This is our noona, Jung Dahee. Noona! This is my b, boyfriend Lee Juho.”

As if it was still embarrassing to say “boyfriend” out loud, the tips of Dain’s ears turned slightly red. Juho, who noticed that change even in the dim lighting, lightly rubbed Dain’s ear before greeting Dahee.

“Hello. I’m Lee Juho. I’ve heard a lot about you from Dain hyung.”

“Yes. Hello.”

Juho greeted Dahee with a good-natured face. The overwhelming intimidating atmosphere he had seen at Scarlett headquarters couldn’t be felt at all. Dahee, who let out a big sigh inwardly at that tremendous gap, said to Dain.

“Dain, there’s a vending machine over there. Could you get some drinks for your friend? Noona seems thirsty too.”

“Huh? Yeah yeah. Got it! Juho, wait here for a moment, I’ll be right back!”

At Dahee’s words, Dain turned around without question.

When Dain’s warm, small hand that he had been holding the whole time slipped away in an instant, Juho’s eyebrows slightly furrowed. Of course, he didn’t like this person called Dain’s noona who started ordering errands as soon as she saw him.

Seeing Juho’s gaze persistently watching Dain’s retreating figure, Dahee made a firm resolution and spoke up.

“You’re the son of Scarlett’s chairwoman.”

Juho raised his eyebrows as if surprised by the words that came from Dahee’s mouth. He didn’t think they had met before… How did she know?

Only then did Juho carefully examine Dahee’s face and nodded expressionlessly without saying much. Juho, who had hardened his expression, instantly returned to that man he had been at Scarlett headquarters.

“I heard from Dain. How you two met.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Dain doesn’t know, does he? About Juho-ssi’s family background or Juho-ssi’s position.”

“I don’t think he necessarily needs to know.”

At Juho’s answer, Dahee shot back.

“It’s something he necessarily needs to know! Would Dain have met Juho-ssi if he had known?”

“Hah… So…”

He had deliberately not talked about it. It was also the reason he had thoroughly deceived him until now.

It wasn’t that he didn’t know how Jung Dain had misunderstood and met him. He probably met him directly thinking he was a cat beast-man in the same situation. If he had known from the beginning that he was a tiger beast-man, the conversation itself wouldn’t have progressed. It was a fact that became clearer the more he experienced Dain.

Juho looked at Dahee with an annoyed face. At those blazingly shining yellow eyes, Dahee swallowed and continued.

“Dain would probably run away without looking back if he knew what kind of person you are.”

“…I know.”

“Ha, ha, ha, so you do know.”

Dahee hit her chest with her fist as if frustrated.

Seeing Juho’s upset attitude at her words, it didn’t seem like he was meeting him just to play around lightly. If she had seen even the slightest sign of that, she would have grabbed him by the hair to separate him from Dain, advertisement or whatever.

Dahee’s mind raced as she looked at Juho.

Her younger brother Dain had definitely met Lee Juho being faithful only to his feelings of liking him, and while she didn’t know what this black-hearted tiger was thinking, he didn’t seem to be treating Dain carelessly.

In this situation, if she stepped forward to separate the two by revealing his identity, it seemed like it would cause unnecessary trouble.

Anyway, she didn’t want to shock her precious younger brother. Dain already had difficulty meeting people. Even though the intention wasn’t bad, she was afraid of what would happen to Dain if he found out he had been deceived by the boyfriend he liked. Thinking of Dain, Dahee really didn’t want to, but she stepped back.

“Fine, well… what good would it do for Dain to know now. I won’t tell Dain either. While you’re dating him, hide it well and don’t do anything improper to Dain.”

“While we’re dating…?”

Juho, who hadn’t given much response to Dahee, heard something that grated on his ears. ‘While we’re dating’… His lips twisted at the woman’s words that spoke of their end as if it were natural.

“Yes, while you’re dating. You’re not going to say something like getting married or promising a lifetime together, are you?”

Seeing Juho’s expression getting more and more distorted at her question, Dahee let out a hollow laugh. Not funny at all, really. Who decided that?! Dahee glared at Juho with a sharp expression.

“Lee Juho-ssi. Do you know what Dain’s dream is?”

“…”

“His dream is to pass the civil service exam and then go down to the countryside to live with and take care of mom and dad.”

Juho’s eyes widened at the words coming from Dahee’s mouth. What…? Take care of mom and dad…?

As a tiger beast-man who had lived almost like strangers with his family since becoming an adult, these were words he couldn’t understand at all. Moreover, Juho had never had even an ounce of affection for his family, even as a child.

“What on earth…”

“You don’t understand, do you? You would. But Dain thinks that’s natural. And that point seems completely incompatible with Lee Juho-ssi’s tendencies.”

Dahee looked over the man standing in front of her once more.

From one to ten, everything about him was obviously incompatible with her younger brother Dain. Even if he had somehow adjusted to Dain until now, he wouldn’t in the future.

A man who was born with chosen looks and environment… Ha, ridiculous.

Dahee, who shook her head to clear her thoughts, turned her body to look at the wall as if she had finished what she had to say. Juho also didn’t want to continue this conversation with her any further.

When only heavy silence was enveloping the two people, Dain came walking quickly with drinks in his hands.

“Noona! Here, this ion drink is noona’s favorite, right?”

“Mmhm, that’s right. Dain didn’t forget?”

“Of course, noona only drinks this. Juho, this is for you!”

Dain, who smiled brightly at Dahee, held out a drink to Juho. It was a pine needle drink that was supposed to be good to drink after alcohol.

“Ah…”

“You don’t like alcohol but you said you drank a little earlier because of the company dinner, so I bought this!”

Dain shook the canned drink in front of Juho. Imagining Dain deliberating in front of the vending machine for a while to choose this drink, Juho unconsciously smiled.

Juho quickly took the drink and held it against Dain’s cheek. At the cold feeling touching his cheek, Dain scrunched his shoulders and looked up at Juho.

“You ran around buying drinks for hyung, didn’t you? Look at this, your cheek is red. Cool down with this. And thank you, hyung. I’ll drink it well.”

Juho stroked Dain’s cooled cheek with his hand again and then drank the beverage.

Dain looked at Juho drinking the beverage refreshingly with sparkling eyes. His lips twitched at the thought that he had chosen a drink that could help Juho even a little.

And Dahee watched that scene with an incredulous expression.

A tiger beast-man drinking pine needle beverage. What is this. No matter how she thought about it, her younger brother Jung Dain’s sense was the worst. However, Juho, who didn’t care about such things, finished the drink deliciously without even frowning once.

Dahee gulped down the ion drink in her hand at the feeling of her throat burning for no reason.

“Please give it to me. I’ll throw it away.”

Juho held out his hand to Dahee and said this with the most well-mannered and gentle face in the world. When it was just the two of them versus when Dain was with them was completely different. Feeling Juho’s tremendous gap once again, she made a disgusted expression.

Dahee watched Juho’s figure quickly moving away, then hit the forearm of Dain who was watching him the same way beside her. Looking at Dain who said ‘Ah!’ and rubbed his forearm, Dahee opened her eyes in a triangular shape.

“You, you!! Does a tiger beast-man really make sense?! Does it make sense?!”

“I, I told you earlier… that I thought he was a cat beast-man at first. But Juho really doesn’t seem like a tiger beast-man…? He’s much kinder and more gentle than me, studies hard, and isn’t he amazing…?”

Dain earnestly listed Juho’s merits. He wanted to score as many points as possible with Dahee.

And really, objectively speaking, he seems incredibly gentle for a tiger beast-man…? Dain tilted his head.

“Hah…”

Only to you, only to you!! You should have seen the look in his eyes when he was looking at me earlier… Dahee recalled Juho’s menacing appearance. Then she hit Dain’s forearm again.

“Did you go to the health center or not?”

“Huh?”

“I told you last time we met to get tested once! Heat cycle!”

“Ahh…”

At the sound of ‘heat cycle’ coming from Dahee’s mouth, Dain’s ears turned red. It was an embarrassing word just to say out loud.

“Did you go or not?”

“I didn’t go. I can’t this semester. I have classes all week long. I’ll go during vacation. I’ll really go.”

“Jung Dain. I told you not to keep putting it off!”

“I’m not putting it off! I’ll really go during vacation! And even if I go, it’s obvious I’ll be a male type anyway…”

Dain pouted. It was obvious that he was a healthy and sturdy male beast-man that anyone could see, but noona had been nagging him about heat cycles since last time.

Even though his boyfriend was that dangerous tiger beast-man, Dahee felt like she was going to burst with frustration at Dain’s still naive attitude, unable to do this or that.

When Dahee was gently hitting Dain’s back out of frustration, Juho, who had returned, urgently blocked her hand.

“Please stop. Where is there to hit on hyung…”

The words were moderately polite, but the look in his eyes toward Dahee was quite insolent. At that gaze, Dahee’s fingertips flinched as she instinctively stepped back.

Only Dain, who was completely unaware of the atmosphere between the two people blocked by Juho’s back, tapped Juho’s shoulder and laughed.

“It doesn’t hurt at all, Juho. Noona is doing this because she’s worried about me. Noona, okay. I’ll definitely go during vacation.”

“Right. Got it. You’ll keep your promise this time?”

“Yeah! Noona, I’ll really keep it. Ah, we should go now. It’s almost 11 o’clock. Noona, work hard on filming, and I’ll contact you again when I get home. Thank you so much for today!”

Dain said while quickly grabbing Juho’s hand. Dahee nodded at Dain’s words. Juho also seemed to want to get out of this place quickly, as he slightly bowed his head to greet Dahee and then turned around with Dain.

Watching the two people walking away affectionately together, only worry accumulated on Dahee’s face.

She never thought that Jung Dain would get a lover, and a boyfriend at that, so quickly. Until now, not only their parents but she herself had never given her younger brother proper sex education, naturally. What if he causes an accident first… A big sigh poured from Dahee’s mouth.