Gentle Giant Chapter 63
On the way back from the furniture store, the two also stopped by Dain’s studio apartment. They packed up some simple belongings there and returned to the officetel.
As soon as they arrived, they unpacked the bags they had carried in both hands and began assembling furniture in earnest. By the time they roughly finished, it had already become pitch dark night.
Both were healthy, young male beast-men, but assembling furniture for the first time in their lives wasn’t as easy as they thought. When they moved the last nightstand next to the bed, both were completely exhausted and collapsed on the bed.
“I think DIY isn’t something you mess around with carelessly. Right?”
“That’s right, hyung. Should we just order ready-made products for the rest of the furniture?”
“Mm-hmm. I think we should.”
Dain stretched out his arms and yawned. He thought he might wake up with muscle pain after a long time.
Although Dain’s build was large enough to almost cover the entire super single bed, his stretching looked quite flexible. Juho observed Dain and gradually moved closer to him.
“Hyung, are your muscles very stiff? Should I give you a massage?”
“Huh?”
“What if your arms and legs hurt tomorrow?”
“I think it’ll be fine if I soak in warm water and come out.”
“Still, it would be better to loosen up your muscles a bit before soaking.”
“Is that so…?”
Dain’s ears could be seen fluttering. Not missing this moment, Juho earnestly grabbed Dain’s upper arm and pressed firmly. His long, thick fingers moved delicately along Dain’s muscle fibers.
The appropriate intensity that stimulated the muscles and the natural touch that flowed like water. It was only natural that Dain became drowsy and relaxed.
“Ahh. So good, Juho’s kneading is good.”
“Hyung, does it feel good?”
“Mm-hmm.”
Dain made a completely relaxed sound. Because of the previous ‘Lee Juho cat’ incident, “kneading” had stuck to Dain’s vocabulary.
Although he had become a kneading tiger once again, Juho was satisfied with the fact that he could confidently knead Dain’s body. What did it matter if it was kneading or massage? He could touch these pretty, voluptuous muscles.
Juho carefully moved his hands from Dain’s forearm to his back, making sure the saliva filling his mouth didn’t drip. The muscles that plumply covered his shoulder blades stood out enough to be visible even through the thin t-shirt, changing shape every time Dain raised his arms.
Juho wanted to immediately roll up the t-shirt and touch Dain’s bare skin. However, afraid that Dain might jump up and run to the bathroom the moment he grabbed the t-shirt, Juho’s hands could only move over the t-shirt.
“Ugh, th-that hurts. Ah!”
“Hyung, this area seems to be very knotted up. Just bear with it a little.”
“Uh. Gently, gently Juho!”
“Hmm. I’m being very gentle right now though?”
“Huh, really? As expected, our Juho is a tiger. You’re so strong.”
Even though he said he was being gentle, why did it hurt enough to make his body twist?
Dain couldn’t bring himself to say anything bad to Juho who was earnestly massaging him to loosen his muscles, and gave him praise saying it must be because he’s a tiger.
Dain only said pretty words to boost Juho’s spirits even while groaning. To be honest, he wasn’t being as gentle as he had told Dain. He was putting at least some strength into his fingertips.
Because reactions popped out every time he pressed, and it was fun and cute.
Juho laughed silently while pressing here and there on Dain’s broad back.
He also touched his sides, ran his fingers once over his prominent ribs, and pressed his straight spine once each.
The more he pressed Dain’s body, the hotter his own stomach became, which was difficult…
“Wow, Juho! I really feel lighter!”
A little later, Dain got off the bed and moved his arms this way and that. Just a moment ago, they felt heavy and he was sure he’d have muscle pain tomorrow morning, but like this, it seemed like he wouldn’t need to worry much as Juho said.
With an excited face, Dain also swung both legs around. Finally, he tapped his soles on the floor to check his body condition and raised both hands.
“Come here, Juho. Now I’ll do it for you.”
“Huh?”
“Your body must be stiff too. I’ll massage you too. Hurry up and lie down.”
“Ah, no. I’m fine.”
“No! I was really stiff until just now too, but after you massaged me, it’s all gone! But you lifted much heavier things than me.”
“I’m really fine, hyung. I loosened up a bit while massaging hyung just now.”
“Really?”
Your muscles loosened up just from moving like that? Suspicion appeared on Dain’s expression.
However, Juho had no choice but to insist that was the case. Even if he somehow managed to calm down what had already stiffened below, if Dain’s hands touched him here, he might do something that would leave him with no excuse even if he got kicked out.
Juho came down from the bed with a bright smile. It was the eye smile that Dain liked and couldn’t resist.
As expected, Dain’s gaze immediately focused from his body to his face. Juho maintained that expression and naturally moved away from the bed toward the bathroom.
“But after massaging hyung, I’m sweating a bit. Can I shower first?”
“Uh, mm-hmm! Got it. Soak well in warm water!”
Dain waved his hand gently.
Click.
After locking the bathroom door, Juho turned on the shower water hard and immediately directed his hand downward. Even the cold water pouring down forcefully couldn’t cool his heated body. Juho’s eyebrows crumpled with a short sigh and a curse slipped out.
“Haa, fuck.”
He felt like he was becoming a monk cultivating the Way.
* * *
After his first bubble bath, Dain emerged from the bathroom with a flushed face and quietly pressed his bottom against Juho’s side.
“Juho. Not sleeping?”
“Ah, hyung. We should sleep. Huh? You came out with your hair all dried?”
“Yeah. There was a hair dryer in the dressing room, so I dried it all before coming out.”
“I was going to dry it for you…”
Juho said disappointedly while looking at Dain’s fluffy hair.
“Ah. I did that today because I thought you might be tired, Juho. From next time, I’ll come out with the hair dryer. I like it when you dry it for me too. Look at this, I dried it roughly and it’s a complete mess.”
Dain said while pointing to his hair. Dain’s hair did seem more puffed up than usual. It felt like a poodle that had finished bathing and being brushed.
Juho pressed Dain’s hair with his palm and released it, then pressed and released it again. It was cute how the hair sank down when his hand pressed it, then puffed up fluffy again when he let go.
When Juho played with his hair, Dain rubbed his head against that hand completely. He wanted to do lots of things that he liked.
After playing with Dain’s hair for a while, a short yawn escaped from Juho’s mouth. Touching Dain’s hair seemed to make him drowsy.
And Dain, who caught that yawn sound perfectly, pointed to the pillow.
“Oh! You must be sleepy. Hurry up and lie down, Juho!”
“Yes, hyung should lie down too.”
“No, I’m not going to sleep yet.”
“Why?”
A question mark appeared on Juho’s face as he was about to lay Dain down and lie next to him. Normally he would have lain down first and fidgeted asking for an arm pillow. He wondered why he was saying he wouldn’t sleep.
“Today I’m going to watch you fall asleep before I go to sleep.”
“Hyung will…?”
“Mm-hmm. I felt so sorry earlier for not knowing that you couldn’t sleep because you were scared while we slept together. So today I’ll be by your side watching until you fall asleep, so you can rest assured!”
“Ah, no, hyung. I’m not scared anymore because I marked my scent and everything.”
“Hey, how could that alone make it okay! I’ll put you to sleep for a while!”
After finishing his words, Dain quickly turned off the lights and sat next to Juho. The lights from nearby buildings poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, so even with the lights off, it seemed like soft lighting was on.
Dain carefully laid down Juho, who still had a bewildered expression. Juho, who had been supporting his upper body with his elbow, had no choice but to lie helplessly on the bed under Dain’s touch.
He was nervous. How could he fall asleep knowing that Dain was watching him?
Completely unaware of Juho’s feelings, Dain was recalling the 5 methods for good sleep that he had searched for in advance.
‘First, appropriate lighting.’
This seems somewhat okay because of the night view lights.
‘Second, showering two hours before sleep.’
He showered warmly earlier, so this is okay too.
‘Third, appropriate exercise.’
We moved a lot today, so pass.
‘Fourth, keeping the body warm.’
Obviously it’ll be warm if we cover with blankets, so this works too.
‘Fifth, relieving tension.’
This, how do I do this? Hmm!
The last fifth method was the problem. How do you relieve tension?
Dain’s head tilted. Even though he often felt nervous, he didn’t know much about methods to relieve tension.
After thinking deeply for a while, something flashed through Dain’s mind.
What his mother used to do for him when he was young.
Dain once again told Juho, who still had wide-open eyes, to relax and began earnestly relieving tension.
Pat pat.
What is he doing right now…?
Juho looked down at his chest with a flustered expression. Dain’s round-tipped hand was regularly patting Juho’s chest.
“Hyung?”
“Mm-hmm? What?”
“Right now, this is…”
“Yeah, Juho. They say it’s good to relieve tension before sleeping. When I was young, my mom did this for me when I couldn’t sleep. This really helps you sleep well.”
“Relieving tension…?”
“Mm-hmm. How is it? Ah, no. Juho, don’t answer and try closing your eyes. If you close your eyes and feel this patting, sleep will come softly.”
Dain personally lowered Juho’s eyelids. At Dain’s words to keep his eyes closed, Juho could neither do this nor that, just trembling his eyelashes.
Where in the world would there be a person whose tension would be relieved by having their lover pat their chest with the lights off? Moreover, it felt even more sensitive because his eyes were closed!
Every time Dain patted his chest, Juho’s heartbeat also raced. At this rate, he felt like he’d have to run to the bathroom again.
Just when Juho was about to open his eyes, thinking he couldn’t bear it anymore.
“Hmm, hm-hmm! Sleep well, sleep well, our Juho.”
Dain began singing a lullaby with his clear voice.
Wait, is this really a lullaby…? The lyrics were those of a lullaby, but the melody was free-spirited.
Juho bit his lips to hold back laughter. His pounding heart also returned to normal not long after. Dain also stopped singing the lullaby soon, finding himself too funny.
Juho was trying not to open his eyes while laughing. In doing so, it seemed like the patting was indeed relieving tension as Dain said.
Gradually, at first Juho’s face couldn’t adapt and his eyelids twitched, but peaceful sleep eventually settled on his face.
“Oh!”
Even while sleeping, admiration flowed from Dain’s mouth at the still handsome face. Today’s mission of putting Juho to sleep was a success.
With a satisfied smile, Dain gave Juho’s forehead a short kiss. Then he carefully moved so as not to wake Juho and lay down beside him.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
