Gentle Giant Chapter 79
Juho pulled the sleeve off Dain’s left hand. He struggled quite a bit because the clothes were tight on the arm that had become thicker than usual due to the half-cast.
When the shirt that had been covering his upper body disappeared, Dain shivered at the air that suddenly felt cool.
“Hyung, are you cold?”
“It’s not that I’m cold, but it’s a bit…”
“Come here.”
Juho’s large hand gently rubbed Dain’s goosebump-covered forearm. Thanks to the friction heat from his palm, Dain felt somewhat better and turned to look at Juho as he asked.
“H-how is it?”
“What?”
“Do I have bruises on my back? I don’t feel any pain or anything on that side.”
“Ah. Wait a moment. Let me examine it more.”
“Okay!”
As soon as the answer fell, Juho put his hands on Dain’s pants.
Dain, who had been relaxed and limp at the words about examining, jumped up with a start. Because of that, he lost his balance and swayed, but Juho firmly caught and steadied him.
“You need to be careful, hyung. Do you want to hurt your right hand too?”
Juho clicked his tongue briefly. His heart dropped for a moment, worried that Dain might fall again.
Dain’s heart also dropped, but for a different reason than Juho’s.
Dain made his eyebrows into a figure-eight shape and barely grabbed his pants that had half-slipped down. He said he’d examine more, so why was he taking off his pants? Dain felt a sense of crisis that he might instantly become naked in front of Juho like this.
“Why the pants…!”
“What do you mean why? You must have landed on your butt when you fell, hyung. I need to check your pelvis too.”
“It’s fine!”
“How does hyung know it’s fine? You’ve never even seen it.”
“No, my butt doesn’t hurt when I sit, so it’s fine.”
Dain’s voice became meek. It was because he could see Juho’s expression gradually hardening the more he spoke.
Getting hurt, getting a half-cast, even taking bitter medicine. It had been a day full of pitiful things, and now he had made Juho pitiful too.
Watching Dain gradually shrinking his shoulders and becoming meek, Juho spoke as if granting a favor.
“Then let’s just take off the pants. I’ll leave the underwear on.”
“Y-you were going to take off the underwear too?!”
“Of course. I can’t see hyung’s butt unless you take off the underwear. It’s not like I have X-ray vision.”
“Ah, that’s true.”
Dain, who naively agreed with Juho’s words, relaxed the strength in his hands that had been holding his pants.
The moment Juho saw Dain’s weak grip loosen, he quickly took off Dain’s pants and executed everything smoothly, including pulling out his feet.
At those swift movements, Dain could only make breathless sounds like “eek!”, “huh!”, “uwah!”. Unaware that Juho was being more mischievous at his cute reactions.
Before he knew it, Dain’s body, wearing only yellow trunks, had turned red like a strawberry. Juho, who had been carefully examining Dain’s body from behind, lightly touched his left side and said.
“Look at this. From here to here. You’re bruised.”
“Really?”
“Yes, hyung’s left hand hurts so much right now that you can’t feel the pain here. We should buy cream that helps bruises heal quickly too.”
“Th-there’s such a thing?”
“Of course. Ah, maybe because hyung fell to the left, here too.”
This time Juho’s hand touched Dain’s pelvis. Every time Juho’s fingertips touched the supposedly bruised areas, Dain shuddered. It seemed to be because he felt an ambiguous sensation that was neither painful nor ticklish.
Dain’s face turned red, then blue, coloring in full spectrum. Juho, who had been persistently observing that face, said.
“Hyung, since we’re already in the bathroom, do you want to wash up and then leave? That would be better, right?”
“I’ll do that by myself, by myself.”
“Hyung is really so shy.”
Juho smiled as if he couldn’t stop it. It was like the smile of an owner looking at a pet cat throwing a tantrum.
Dain eventually surrendered to Juho’s bright smile. He might never be able to win against Juho even if he lived his whole life.
Dain entered the bathtub in a state of resignation. He rationalized that since he had to wash anyway, it would be much more convenient to have Juho help him.
“If you’re going to wash, you need to take off the underwear too.”
Juho’s index finger lightly tugged at the elastic band of Dain’s trunks. With just a small force, the trunks slipped down and hung precariously on his pelvis.
“Ah! Wait, wait!”
“Mm?”
“Juho! This won’t work! It’s too emb-embarrassing!”
“Hmm?”
“No matter what, this is a bit…”
Dain grabbed Juho’s wrist with a tearful expression. Of course, there was nothing to argue about when he was in a position to receive help, but embarrassing was embarrassing.
Juho tilted his head from side to side at Dain’s reaction.
“I’ve seen all of hyung’s already.”
“Uwah!”
“I know how cute it all is. It’s okay.”
“It’s n-not cute!”
“Hehe. Then is it manly?”
“Y-yes!”
Dain liked the word “manly” better than “cute.”
“Let me just check if that’s really true.”
Juho instantly stripped off Dain’s trunks. With just one hand, he couldn’t handle Juho’s strong force.
Dain looked at his underwear that had fallen powerlessly with a dumbfounded expression. It was the face of someone who had lost everything in the world.
Juho looked at Dain’s center and raised the corners of his mouth.
“You’re right, it really is manly.”
“You, Juho youu.”
“Yes, hyung. Shall we bathe now? What do you want to use today?”
“That’s too much!”
“What did I do? If hyung feels wronged, I’ll show you mine too.”
“Urgh…!”
Juho’s hand moved toward the slacks he was wearing. Seeing his quick hand movements, Dain shook his head vigorously. It was still a bit scary to see with his eyes.
Though he had no intention of taking them off anyway, Juho pulled his hand away with a regretful expression. It seemed like he could spend a whole day just “teasing Jung Dain” and it would be sufficiently rewarding.
If he laughed out loud here, he’d probably really get a flick on the forehead, so Juho quickly picked up several bath bombs and stood in front of Dain. Now it was time to soothe Dain.
Fluffy bubbles and even sweet peach scent. Looking at the bubbles filling the bathtub, Dain calmed his aggrieved heart. Thanks to Juho’s hard work, he could have a more abundant bubble bath than usual.
Dain had to keep his left hand out of the water, so he hung it on the edge of the bathtub and played with his hands, catching and releasing bubbles with only his right hand.
After confirming that Dain’s mood had improved somewhat, Juho washed him with meticulous hand movements.
Except for when he was very young, this was Dain’s first time being washed by someone. So when they started bathing, he was busy flinching and being surprised just at Juho’s hands touching his body, but once he got used to that too, he closed his eyes and began to enjoy what he was doing for him.
Purr.
When his face was wiped and his chin gently scratched, a satisfied sound came from Dain’s throat. Because that sounded so good, Juho kept scratching Dain’s chin and neck.
Where had Jung Dain gone, who had been upset about being embarrassed and ashamed?
Until Juho lifted him from the bathtub and applied body lotion, Dain just received his touch with a dreamily relaxed face.
“Smooch!”
Juho kissed Dain’s shoulder, which was glistening from the applied lotion. After that, he moved his lips to his elbow, wrist, and even fingertips, making “smooch smooch” sounds.
At the kissing sounds echoing throughout the bathroom, Dain came to his senses and fidgeted with his fingers, not knowing what to do.
“J-Juho. I want to put on clothes now.”
“Mm-hmm. Got it. Wait a moment, I’ll go get your underwear and clothes.”
“Thank you.”
“What for.”
Juho really did return with Dain’s underwear and clothes not long after. Dain tried to take them, but he shook his head and began dressing him personally.
Having experienced this pattern several times already, Dain quietly let him do as he pleased this time too.
“Hyung, what are you going to do now?”
Juho asked while drying Dain’s hair. Before answering his question, Dain frantically racked his brain.
It was a worry about ‘what should I say I’ll do so that Juho will leave me alone.’
After spinning around for a while, midterm exams came to mind.
This is it!
Dain shouted triumphantly.
“Ah! I want to study! I’m going to study for midterm exams!”
“Ah, studying. What kind? You brought your books, right?”
“Mm-hmm!”
At Dain’s answer, Juho brought several books from his bag. Dain, who received the books from him, quickly sat at the desk.
Studying was something each person had to do themselves. This was something Juho couldn’t do instead of him while using the excuse of nursing.
However, Dain overlooked the fact that all the other things he had done until now were also originally things he should have done alone.
“Is hyung comfortable? Hyung only needs to move his eyes.”
Right now Dain was sitting between Juho’s thighs.
Juho was behind Dain, turning pages for him and taking notes on his behalf.
Dain had been excited at first about studying alone. There was also the expectation that he could finally escape Juho’s embarrassing nursing.
That expectation was shattered the moment Juho spread his legs wide and pulled Dain to sit in front of him.
It was useless even when Dain twisted his body as if uncomfortable. Juho rested his chin on Dain’s right shoulder and stuck even closer to him.
Juho’s cool body scent and gentle breathing sounds, and even the mysterious presence he felt from his buttocks area.
Dain couldn’t hide his increasingly reddening face and raised the white flag.
“I-I don’t want to! I’m not studying!”
“Why? You said you were going for top of the class.”
“I don’t want to today, I don’t want to study!”
“Hmm? Then what do you want to do? Do what hyung wants to do.”
Juho said while tickling Dain’s cheek.
Given the situation, there was only one thing Dain could do.
“I’m going to sleep.”
“Ah.”
“I’m going to sleep soundly until morning, so Juho, you can’t touch me. Got it? If you wake me up in the middle, I’ll really get angry!”
“Got it. Then can I go out while hyung is sleeping?”
“Wh-where?”
At Juho’s words about going out, Dain flinched for a moment, but didn’t openly stop him like before. Honestly, he was so tired from wrestling with Juho all this time that he felt like giving up on everything.
When Juho sensed a hint of resignation in Dain’s tone, he smiled prettily.
“I need to buy cream for bruises, and I think I should buy a waterproof cover too. I’ll be back quickly.”
“You’re really only going to buy those things and come back, right?”
“Of course. I’ll just watch hyung fall asleep and then go out and come back. Lie down.”
“Mm-hmm, okay.”
After Dain covered himself with the blanket and stuck just his face out, Juho applied saliva all over Dain’s face because it was so cute.
Dain, who had been giggling and laughing at the ticklish feeling Juho gave him, blinked drowsily as the medicine’s effects spread.
If he had known it would turn out like this anyway, he wouldn’t have even thought about trying to stop Juho. His body was tired in its own way, and he was mentally exhausted too.
Thinking about the most eventful day of his entire life, Dain fell asleep.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
