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* * *
Doun thought.
‘Kyung Samin, this con artist bastard…’
Samin, who had said they’d only do it once, had coaxed Doun with all sorts of sweet words. Though he was somewhat weak mentally, Doun was definitely a hunter with enhanced physical abilities compared to ordinary people. And he was S-class at that, one of the few among hunters.
But he was no match for the pleasure and stimulation he’d never experienced before, quickly becoming exhausted. His last memory was of sitting face-to-face sucking on his chest, but when he opened his eyes, he was lying on the bed.
‘What time is it now?’
Being held by Samin the whole time, he hadn’t even had a chance to check the time on his phone. Doun stared blankly at his body that smelled fragrant. Samin had definitely washed him. Doun reached for his phone on the nightstand.
‘7:20 AM…’
It was a somewhat ambiguous time to wake up. It was when Doun put down his phone and was tossing and turning.
“Hyeong…”
Samin, who had woken up from the sound, wrapped his arm around Doun’s waist with a drowsy face.
“Are you, *cough*, awake?”
Doun tried to answer but cleared his throat to fix his hoarse voice. The voice asking if he was awake was quite cracked, but couldn’t hide its affection. Samin answered with a silly grin.
“Yes. But I want to sleep a little more. I’m sleepy.”
“Yeah, sleep more. It’s only 7:20.”
Doun habitually stroked Samin’s fluffy hair. Looking at Samin rubbing his head as if asking to be petted more, he thought.
‘Well, he moved more than me yesterday, so he must be tired…’
The bed sheets that had been a mess with gel and bodily fluids had also been changed to fresh new ones. He must have remembered where the spare sheets were from when they changed them together once before.
As Doun fidgeted while thinking about this and that, Samin chuckled and patted his back.
“Isn’t hyung going to sleep more? Yesterday when I was washing you, you couldn’t even open your eyes. Sleep a little more with me.”
At Samin’s worried suggestion, Doun thought for a moment.
‘Should I sleep a bit more?’
Today’s schedule was to consecutively conquer floors 47 and 48 with other guild members who hadn’t learned movement skills. It wasn’t a schedule that required preparation or attention from the morning.
‘Jiyoon will bring the items needed for conquest, and Jiwon is as good at gathering as Minhyeok. I just need to work hard on conquest with Samin… Mm. Good. Let’s sleep more.’
Having finished thinking faster than usual, Doun relaxed his body and comfortably rested his head on Samin’s arm. Samin, who had put “giving Doun an arm pillow” around seventh on his wish list, grinned ear to ear even in his sleep.
“Going to sleep more?”
“Yeah. I’m a bit sleepy too.”
Samin hugged Doun, who was lying on his arm, a bit tighter. Doun, who had just woken up, was warm. Holding his soft, warm boyfriend in his arms, the flesh-colored festivities of yesterday came floating back.
‘Fuck. I had sex with hyung?’
The moment he retraced what happened yesterday, Samin’s arm tensed up.
“…Hey. Relax your arm. Again in the morning…”
Doun twisted his body and struggled. It wasn’t ordinary arm strength. Even among hunters who far exceeded the arm strength of ordinary adult men, Samin was rumored to be unparalleled. When he hugged tightly like that, it was suffocating.
Hearing the panting from discomfort, Samin quickly relaxed his arm and muttered while holding Doun and swaying left and right.
“Baby. Doun honey. Hyeong… I really can’t believe it? What should I do? Hyung and I really did all those things, tons, loads, incredibly much? It’s unbelievable. Really.”
“Samin, let’s calm down. You said we’d sleep more. Why are you doing this and waking me up completely?”
“Ah, hyung shouldn’t wake up. Let’s sleep again.”
Samin, who had been shaking his body enough to raise dust, suddenly became quiet. Doun closed his eyes quietly to sleep but couldn’t quite adapt to Samin’s unexpectedly hard forearm and squirmed to find the pillow he had been using.
“…Where are you going?”
“Your arm is too hard. My neck hurts.”
When Doun lay down properly with his head on the pillow, Samin quickly rested his head on Doun’s chest.
“Mm, then I’ll sleep hugging hyung.”
Samin, curling his large body like a shrimp, stuck close to Doun. Instead of pushing Samin away, Doun just gently touched his messy hair.
‘Ugh, Lee Doun’s heartbeat is so fucking cute.’
It was a morning when even the pounding heartbeat became lovely. Just when his desire to sleep more from fatigue was about to disappear.
“Yeah. Let’s sleep now. We need to sleep more to wake up and go conquering.”
Doun said this in his very hoarse voice. Then he gently stroked his back with the touch of someone caring for something precious.
Although Samin was bigger than Doun, judging by his usual behavior, he had many childish and immature aspects. The type who would fight with full power even if he got into an argument with an elementary school student.
So Doun was gradually becoming openly fond of Samin. Even though he was close to 190cm tall, and assuming they were hugging each other, Samin’s body was so big that his own body wouldn’t even be visible behind it, and his body hidden under clothes was full of muscles built through consistent exercise, and he even seemed skilled at sex.
While enjoying Doun’s caring touch, Samin felt emotional.
‘What? Our hyung is really treating me so well now that we’re dating…!’
He felt so proud of becoming Doun’s boyfriend that he wanted to write it on his resume. Samin quietly closed his eyes while being held obediently so as not to disturb Doun’s sleep.
‘Ah. Life is the best.’
* * *
Even though Doun had briefly opened his eyes at dawn and slept some more, his condition was similar. His voice was still hoarse, and his walking was strangely awkward.
“Hyung. I’m sorry…”
“I was the one who said let’s do it first, so why are you sorry?”
When Doun chuckled after washing up, Samin started being cautious.
“No, it’s just… thinking it was hyung’s first time made me get excited like a crazy person and keep you up late without letting you sleep, panting around…?”
“Mm.”
Doun stared at Samin who was glancing at him sideways and mumbling.
‘If I told Samin right now that he’s like “a puppy looking at its owner after causing trouble,” would he be hurt?’
Who would like being compared to a dog? Doun shook his head. Then he beckoned with his palm a few times as if telling the struggling Samin to come closer.
“…Why?”
It was when Samin hesitantly approached Doun. Doun slightly raised his heels to match eye level, then kissed Samin’s cheek.
“Hyung.”
“Like I said just now, I was the one who pushed for us to do it first. And if I really hated it, you wouldn’t be this intact.”
“…Yes.”
Samin wrapped his arms around Doun’s waist with slightly trembling hands. His precious soft tofu that he used to sing was cute suddenly looked like a man. No, he had confirmed he was a man enough yesterday, so why was he suddenly feeling it so vividly?
“If you’ve washed up, change clothes and come. We have to conquer two floors today too.”
“Are you really okay, hyung? Lee Doun isn’t lying again, is he?”
“Are you going to keep calling hyung Lee Doun, Lee Doun? Now that we’re dating, casual speech just flows out smoothly?”
“Yes. Casual speech just comes out smoothly.”
Samin didn’t care about Doun’s scolding. He was just busy acting cute by slightly lowering his head and rubbing cheeks together.
“I should glue this guy’s mouth shut.”
Doun said this while gently tapping Samin’s mouth with his fingertips so it wouldn’t hurt.
“Hey, if you glue my mouth shut, how can I kiss hyung?”
“At least you wouldn’t be able to talk. Even if you fell in water, only your mouth would float.”
“Should I try falling in to see if that’s true? Hyung, want to go to a swimming pool with me?”
“What swimming pool? Stop saying weird things and hurry up and get ready.”
Doun slipped out of Samin’s embrace and took out a potion from his inventory. Then Samin’s eyes widened and he muttered, “Hyung, did you even prepare to drink a potion yesterday when you asked me to do it?”
‘Ah… It’s weirdly embarrassing to drink a potion after having sex.’
Doun squeezed his eyes shut for a moment. He was a bit torn about whether to drink the potion or not. However, it was obvious he wouldn’t be much help in conquest with this condition. Since his discomfort was showing even in his walking, it would be a hindrance.
‘Let’s drink it first.’
Doun gulped down the grade 5 recovery potion in his hand. Potions could be purchased from the Veritas System shop that only hunters could use. Existing potions were classified from grade 1 to grade 7, with effects getting better the closer to grade 1. In the case of grade 5 recovery potion, it was a potion that healed wounds at the level of some muscle damage.
After drinking the potion, Doun felt relieved as the subtle discomfort he’d been feeling in his lower body disappeared, but his feelings became complicated.
“How is it, hyung? Are you better? Looking at the color, it seems like you drank grade 5.”
“…I’m better, but I’m having a bit of post-nut clarity right now.”
“Hey, if you’re better, that’s what matters. Thank goodness.”
Samin smiled with relief, then said he’d get ready quickly and disappeared into the room where the suitcase was. Looking at his bustling figure, Doun thought quietly.
‘It must be uncomfortable for Samin to keep taking clothes out of his suitcase. Should I suggest we share the dressing room?’
Even though there were two large suitcases, the clothes to wear would be limited. Since the dressing room wasn’t completely full of clothes anyway, it would probably be more convenient for Samin to store his clothes properly.
‘Why didn’t I think of this before? Samin must have been uncomfortable…’
Doun unnecessarily pursed his lips inward and made a sad expression. He had only been receiving from Samin, but Samin had been by his side while enduring various inconveniences.
‘I really need to treat him well…’
Doun made a resolution to himself. Just as Samin and Doun, who had finished preparing for tower conquest, were about to leave the front door.
“Hyung.”
“Huh?”
Samin called out to Doun who was about to go out first. When Doun turned his head toward him, he deliberately made a sound as he kissed his slightly plump-looking cheek.
“Let’s work hard on conquest together today too, baby.”
“…Yeah.”
Doun’s ears were completely red as he answered a beat late. Then he added in a small voice.
“And about calling me baby, in front of others too…”
“Am I an idiot? I only do that when we’re alone together. Obviously.”
Samin quickly cut off Doun’s worry. His boyfriend already lived his daily life being conscious of other people’s reactions, so there’s no way he’d be crazy enough to say such things that would get them caught up in rumors. Samin looked into his eyes with a serious face, telling him not to worry.
“Then that’s fine.”
Doun seemed relieved as he turned his head sharply and stepped out of the front door. Standing in the hallway, he looked back at Samin and said.
“Come out quickly. We’ll be late.”
“Yes, baby. I’ll just put on my shoes and come out.”
Even though he deliberately called him baby loudly enough to hear, Doun just nodded. As if it was okay to call him anything when they were alone together.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
