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Taein got up and at the continued knocking sound, he went “Oh” and grabbed the door handle. When he opened it, he could see Gu Wanjae standing there with an incredulous expression.
“You didn’t lock the door?”
Come to think of it, that was right. Being used to door locks, he hadn’t thought to check the closed door separately. At the door that opened immediately without any locking sound, Gu Wanjae had an irritated expression. Taein looked at that face and went into the room.
“Didn’t you lock it?”
“Yeah. I didn’t know.”
“What do you mean you didn’t know. If you knew I went out, you should have locked the door first.”
Even while Taein walked showing his back, Gu Wanjae kept talking to him. Taein found that a bit tiring. He had kept fighting with Gu Wanjae, kissed, and even after coming here was listening to such nagging. Sighing, Taein turned around.
“Hey… I’m tired, can’t you stop?”
As time passed, while watching the music program, Taein no longer wanted to fight either. He had exhausted too much energy during the day. He didn’t even want to question Gu Wanjae about suddenly kissing him. What was the point of questioning that? Right now, he felt more pathetic about his back being soaked just from some kissing. Taein looked at Gu Wanjae with a genuinely tired face. No more anger or anything came out.
Gu Wanjae looked at such Taein and smacked his lips.
He looked like he had tons of things to say, but he didn’t voice those words.
He just said “Fine” and sat down.
And Gu Wanjae began unwrapping the plastic bags he’d brought with his hands. Taein also sat in front of him to help.
“Hey. But just tell me this one thing.”
“What.”
“Lock the door properly.”
“……”
Taein just rolled his eyes sideways.
“What’s with the eyes? Hey. Do you think I’m saying this because I’m worried about you? I’m worried my money will get stolen, okay? We’re going to live together anyway, so if my money gets stolen then…”
For someone who spent all the money he received from his father on useless things, his words were strange. Taein didn’t listen further and cut him off.
“Yeah, I got it. I’ll do it.”
Taein answered half-heartedly and took out disposable containers from the plastic bag. As he mechanically repeated just opening lids, Gu Wanjae also removed the lids from disposable containers. There were many side dishes, so there were quite a few containers. After removing all the containers, Taein found wooden chopsticks and took a bite of rice. Gu Wanjae also ate rice in the same way.
The four large pieces of tteokgalbi placed between them were occasionally torn off.
Taein ate rice to fill his stomach, and Gu Wanjae did the same. They couldn’t tell if it was going into their mouths or noses.
This wasn’t Gu Wanjae’s first time visiting this motel. He had selected the menu that was delicious that time and asked Taein about it, and thinking it seemed to be roughly the same meaning as his, he had bought the most delicious tteokgalbi, but he couldn’t taste it. He didn’t know why.
* * *
When they finished eating and cleaned up the trash, it was past 9 o’clock.
Even then, Taein hadn’t exchanged long words with Gu Wanjae.
Are you washing up? Yeah. I guess I can put this here? Yeah.
Taein showered with soap in the bathroom and brushed his teeth with spicy toothpaste. His body was severely dry, but it would be fine soon.
Gu Wanjae was watching TV when he saw Taein coming out of the bathroom and got up.
Taein pretended not to notice and shook his hair. Gu Wanjae also didn’t give Taein a glance and went into the bathroom.
In the room where Gu Wanjae had disappeared, Taein first spread out the bedding wide. It was thicker than the guesthouse bedding and the fabric was stiff. There were also many pieces. Taein spread out two sets of bedding and settled in one spot. Then he rested his head on the pillow with his not-quite-dry hair.
When he was riding in the car, he had wanted to go to Seoul immediately, but after eating in the same space and making eye contact, the emotions that had reached their peak became somewhat dulled. There were still things that bothered him, but thinking simply seemed better for him. Kissing was just, well, that kind of thing. Although it was an act that required emotional involvement, Gu Wanjae’s intention had been clear from the start. He had only kissed to ask questions like “Are you really okay with this?” and “Are you really fine?”
He had only pressed lips together to threaten that hyung Geon might come at him like this.
It was infuriating, but since the intention was only that much, he needed to think about it more lightly too.
Taein fell asleep listening to the whooshing sound of Gu Wanjae showering.
It didn’t seem like he slept for long.
Taein woke up to the sound of “Ahem.”
Gu Wanjae seemed to have coughed.
He could also hear the sound of a finishing cough, “Hmm.”
Taein kept his eyes open and just looked at the motel wall. The lighting was already dim. The TV was on, but he had fallen asleep with lights on before, so this was nothing. Taein closed his eyes and tried to sleep again. As he breathed quietly and relaxed his body, it seemed like Gu Wanjae had also gotten on top of the bedding. Footsteps could be heard, then couldn’t be heard anymore.
A movie was playing on TV. An ordinary foreign action movie. That movie that was released 3 years ago hadn’t been popular in Korea. Not long after, it was released directly to cable channels and became a movie that could be easily seen every dawn.
Taein opened his eyes.
The front kept getting bright then dark with only the TV lighting.
It was difficult to try sleeping again.
Strangely, his mind was clear.
After staying awake with his eyes open for 5 minutes like that, Taein frowned at the sound coming from behind.
“Kang Taein.”
“……”
“Are you sleeping?”
“…Yeah….”
“You answer when you’re sleeping?”
Taein closed his mouth. Gu Wanjae also didn’t ask why he wasn’t answering. As silence fell like that, the sound of TV movie dialogue echoed around the two people. Gu Wanjae occasionally coughed, and Taein quietly just looked at the wall. It was Gu Wanjae who broke the silence.
“About what happened today. Don’t think about it too much.”
“……”
“That hyung isn’t really of good quality either. I’ve heard things too… I got worked up, but thinking about it, you were probably pissed.”
In the darkness, Taein’s eyes narrowed.
“You know how I… when I get angry or excited, I can’t think straight.”
“…Yeah, I know that.”
Taein reacted to those words.
“Hey, even so.”
He seemed a bit upset that it was immediately acknowledged. Taein looked ahead and chuckled. After closing and opening his eyes, Taein threw his gaze toward the TV.
“You said something right, so why.”
“Are you over it now?”
“What is there to be over or not over? Just sleep.”
Saying “just sleep” while looking at Gu Wanjae, Taein relaxed the strength in his neck. He didn’t feel anything special because of the soft pillow. Taein moved his head to get into a proper position. When he lay down facing forward, his left arm that had been pressed down the whole time felt refreshed.
Gu Wanjae also lay down in his spot. Whether he had been watching the movie, his eyes were directed toward the TV. After briefly scanning that sight, Taein also directed his eyes to the TV. He roughly knew what movie it was, but it was a movie he didn’t feel like watching. He had never watched it thoroughly from beginning to end, but strangely he knew the entire content. It was boring.
Taein tossed and turned with his eyes closed.
He pulled the blanket up to his chest and tried to sleep.
“But, are you going to sleep?”
At the sound coming from nearby, Taein opened his eyes and looked to the side. Gu Wanjae, who had been lying in his spot watching the movie, had his body positioned at the boundary of the blankets.
“Of course.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to sleep after relieving ourselves?”
At the words “I’m tired,” Taein laughed.
“Since I’m tired, I should sleep. Idiot.”
“No, you should relieve fatigue before sleeping.”
Lately, right before falling asleep, they would bicker like this and then suck each other off. Taein was incredulous at Gu Wanjae for leading them into a jerking off atmosphere right after making up, as if they weren’t even animals. Still, it wasn’t anger or irritation but rather “incredulousness,” so he just chuckled at those words too. Perhaps seeing his laughing face, Gu Wanjae moved his body closer while lying down.
“You’re laughing, Kang Taein.”
“But if you do that one more time, you die.”
“What.”
“Are you asking because you don’t know? Ki… ah, it’s disgusting to even say.”
The moment he put “kiss” in his mouth, it felt like kissing Gu Wanjae would become a fact. No, it was a fact, but he didn’t want to acknowledge a meaningless kiss as a real kiss. What he and Gu Wanjae did was just a tool of threat, the result of an argument. It couldn’t be anything more than that. Gu Wanjae, who reached out his hand, said “That much?” and smiled wickedly.
“Yeah, fucking…”
Gu Wanjae put his hand inside the blanket and groped Taein’s stomach. Since he was wearing pants with a zipper, his hand couldn’t go directly into the underwear. Gu Wanjae stroked his stomach a couple times then unzipped it. As the zipper went down with a zip, Taein brought his legs together. And Taein recalled a fact he had momentarily forgotten. That his underwear was wet. Even though they had jerked each other off a few times, the awkwardness was unavoidable. Taein grabbed Gu Wanjae’s wrist and pushed that hand back.
“Hey… I’ll take it off myself.”
It was better for him to take it off himself and just remain naked.
Taein didn’t show any rejection to Gu Wanjae sucking him off first. If he volunteered to go first for no reason, Gu Wanjae would get erect a total of two times. The first time because it was the first time, the second time because he sucked Taein’s butt, he got greatly erect. Through experience, Taein had roughly figured out Gu Wanjae’s erection frequency and patterns.
“…Well… my hand is already inside.”
He couldn’t match Gu Wanjae in strength. When the hand that seemed to be pulling back touched him again, Taein made a flustered face. He turned back and looked at Gu Wanjae saying “Hey,” but Gu Wanjae was only licking his lips with his tongue.
“Ah… shit….”
“You’re a bit wet….”
Gu Wanjae, who immediately noticed, made an explicit word choice. From then on, Taein just sighed and closed his eyes. Pointing it out would only embarrass him. Perhaps sensing Taein’s inner thoughts, Gu Wanjae raised one corner of his mouth. The hand that penetrated in one go reached deep places from the start. After lightly brushing past his drooping cock, Gu Wanjae stroked Taein’s perineum with his whole hand and raised his fingers to directly touch his back hole. Even with just a few back-and-forth motions, moisture quickly appeared on his hand.
“Hey, touch mine too.”
“……”
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
