Gentle Giant 96

Gentle Giant Chapter 96

The decisive day had dawned. Dain tapped the carrier containing his preparations. Thanks to the ambitiously prepared package arriving while Juho was at the company, he was able to receive it without being caught.

“Hyung, shall we go now?”

“Mm-hmm! I think I’ve packed everything!”

Juho was already prepared and standing at the entrance waiting. Dain approached him with quick steps, pulling his carrier. Juho also seemed to be looking forward to their first trip, his expression appearing softer than usual.

The two had changed their travel destination from Gangwon-do to the outskirts of Gyeonggi-do. It was a decision to reduce even a little bit of the travel time back and forth.

This time too, when Juho said he would take care of the preparations, Dain insisted and insisted until he booked the accommodation himself.

Today, Dain was planning to give both Juho and himself an unforgettable night, so he couldn’t compromise on the accommodation.

Fortunately, there was no traffic, so they could move without getting bored. Looking at the surrounding scenery gradually changing to green as they passed tall buildings, Dain rubbed his palms against his thighs.

His heart, which had been fluttering since receiving the package a few days ago, was now pounding as if it would jump out completely upon arriving at the travel destination. Unaware of Dain’s feelings, Juho smoothly parked in front of a restaurant.

“Hyung, we’ve arrived. They say this place has the best food.”

“Really? Wow, I guess that’s why there are so many people.”

“That’s right.”

Juho answered with a smile. At that answer, Dain, who had barely managed to hide his awkward expression, followed Juho toward the dakgalbi restaurant for lunch.

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“Hyung? What’s wrong? Doesn’t the food taste good?”

“Oh, no! It’s delicious!”

“But why did your chopsticks stop? Are you carsick?”

Juho asked while gently stroking Dain’s flushed face. Dain shook his head to indicate he was fine, but honestly, his memory of coming here had completely evaporated.

Right now, all of Dain’s nerves were focused on the carrier in the car.

“Really? Hyung, eat a lot. This is delicious.”

“Mm-hmm, thank you. You eat a lot too, Juho.”

“Yes, I’m eating a lot.”

Juho, who had placed several well-grilled pieces of dakgalbi on Dain’s plate, grinned. Following that smile, Dain awkwardly raised the corners of his mouth and hurriedly put the dakgalbi in his mouth.

Juho observed Dain while pretending to drink water. His mysteriously restless behavior since morning, his earlobes that had turned red and couldn’t find their original color, and his awkward eye contact were enough to arouse Juho’s suspicion.

The problem was that he couldn’t even guess why Dain was acting like this.

The incident when Juho collapsed wouldn’t be a problem again now. Dain had been surprisingly generous about that matter, enough to surprise Juho.

It wasn’t that he didn’t like the trip either. Although the travel destination had changed, it was originally a place he had been considering along with Gangwon-do, and during the preparations, Dain couldn’t hide his excited fidgeting.

Then what the hell is it? Juho’s nerves were on edge. It bothered him that Dain had something he didn’t know about.

Carefully managing his expression that wanted to harden, Juho poured water for Dain and said.

“Hyung, are you happy we came on this trip?”

“Mm-hmm! Super happy! The weather is completely perfect today too, right?”

“That’s right. Hyung, let’s do everything you said you wanted to do on this trip today. Okay?”

“Yeah! We’ll do everything but…”

Dain blushed and glanced at Juho.

‘But does Juho also have the desire to do it…?’

Dain recalled the fact that the two of them had never talked about such things until now. He was a little worried about whether Juho might be scared if he got ahead of himself alone.

However, remembering Dohyeon’s voice saying decisively, “Hey, there’s not a single guy who would dislike it. From what I can see, it seems like Juho was holding back thinking of you,” Dain steeled his resolve.

Although he couldn’t concentrate properly, he had to enjoy himself for now and settle the score later at the accommodation.

Dain enjoyed the trip with Juho while holding onto his still pounding heart.

They ate famous food, took a walk around the nearby lake, then went to a cafe and ate sweet desserts. In between, they stopped to take plenty of photos of the handsome Juho, and before they knew it, dinner time had approached.

“We’ll eat dinner at the accommodation, right?”

“Yeah, I reserved the barbecue area!”

At Dain’s answer, Juho entered the accommodation address into the navigation. The accommodation was located deep away from the main road, so it seemed like they could spend a leisurely night.

As Dain had said, food was prepared on the accommodation’s balcony ready to be grilled and eaten right away.

After roughly organizing their luggage and changing into comfortable clothes, the two began grilling meat in earnest.

This time too, Dain took the tongs instead of Juho, who was about to burn everything. Although controlling the fire wasn’t easy since it was charcoal, the meat with added fire flavor was delicious enough to keep eating even when they were full.

“Ugh, I’m full! Juho, what about you? Should we order more meat?”

“I’m full too. But hyung, what’s with the beer? Did you want to drink?”

“Yeah, today somehow… Do you want to drink too, Juho?”

“No, I’m fine. What about you, hyung? Is alcohol okay for you?”

“Mm? Ah, because of my hand? It’s fine! It’ll be off soon anyway, it’s all healed!”

Dain raised his left hand and wrinkled his nose. At that confident appearance, Juho also let out a deflated laugh.

Actually, Dain was planning to bravely get through the whole process with the help of alcohol. It seemed like he probably wouldn’t even be able to attempt it if he were completely sober, stumbling around confused. No, the probability of that was 100%.

My boyfriend has no idea I’m having such naughty thoughts. Dain sipped his beer while his gaze was directed toward Juho.

Really, why is he acting like that today? Meanwhile, Juho swallowed the sigh that was trying to escape through his lips with a troubled mind.

Dain was drooling beer from the corner of his mouth because he was looking at Juho. He didn’t even seem to notice that the beer was flowing.

Juho wiped Dain’s mouth with a tissue. Then he took the beer can from Dain’s hand and placed it on the table.

“Are you already drunk? What’s this, you’re spilling it all.”

“No, I’m not drunk!”

Dain quickly wiped his lips. His mind was entirely filled with those thoughts, so his body didn’t seem to be listening.

Dain shook his head vigorously. Juho was looking at him with worried eyes. Meeting those eyes full of affection, Dain stood up from his seat. Now he was really determined.

Dain put strength into his eyebrows and led Juho into the room.

“Wait, we haven’t even finished cleaning up what we ate yet… Hyung??”

Juho called out to Dain with a flustered voice as he dragged him into the room without explanation. However, Dain ignored Juho’s calls and just laid him down on the bed.

And he began kissing his face all over.

“Huh??”

It was ticklish and moist. Receiving Dain’s shower of kisses with his eyes wide open, Juho thought Dain must definitely be drunk. Otherwise, there was no way he would attack him after laying him on the bed.

Juho kissed Dain back, remembering the first time Dain kissed him and laughed.

Look at Jung Dain, who didn’t even know about kissing and pecking properly, attacking first like this. How admirable.

But good things were good things, and if they went further from here, it would gradually become dangerous. Juho barely managed to suppress the urge to bite Dain’s lips. And with the most gentle touch, he separated Dain from his body.

“Hyung, that’s enough now. Get up, I’ll go clean up and come back.”

“Wait, Juho!”

Dain was put down on the bed by Juho’s hands faster than he had expected. Dain, who had planned to naturally transition from pecking to kissing, looked bewildered. That’s why he firmly grabbed and pulled the wrist of Juho, who was trying to get up from his seat all too cleanly.

Thud.

This time, Juho ended up in a position covering Dain.

“…?!”

His golden eyes trembled finely. Looking at Dain beneath him, Juho rarely blushed.

Dain was equally flustered, having unintentionally ended up in an aggressive position. However, seeing Juho’s reddened face, red lips, and moist eyes, he thought it worked out well instead. They say to strike while the iron is hot, and this was exactly a golden opportunity.

Dain licked his lips as his mouth felt dry. Then he firmly grasped both of Juho’s cheeks and pulled him down.

“Mmh.”

“Hyeong, hyung…!”

How long did they press their lips together and suck? They couldn’t even feel the passage of time. All he could feel right now was Juho’s red, plump, and soft lips.

Juho also tangled his tongue while running his fingers through Dain’s hair. The rough, not-smooth tongue characteristic of feline beast-men made goosebumps rise on his back. Strength naturally entered his fingertips. This was the limit of what he could endure.

“Ha…”

A small sigh flowed from Juho’s mouth.

He couldn’t tell if it was satisfaction or regret. Juho unconsciously withdrew his fingertips that had been tense with strength. His overly excited heart pounded as if demanding greater stimulation.

Juho clenched his jaw hard enough to make a grinding sound and got down from on top of Dain.

Actually, he wanted to collapse right onto Dain like that. And if possible, he wanted to devour not just Dain’s lips but his entire body.

But that was just his own desire, and he didn’t want to scare Dain. If Dain wanted it, he could be good, gentle, and kind forever. If that was the ‘Lee Juho’ that Dain wanted.

“Juho.”

Dain called to Juho, who was trying to leave the bed.

Juho’s eyebrows rose. It was hard to understand what reason there was for the strange behavior Dain had been showing since earlier, and for continuously holding onto him.

On the other hand, unlike Juho who was just confused, Dain wanted to continue this atmosphere. It felt like he could do anything right now.

Rather, it seemed like Juho was the one avoiding situations beyond this. Still, he couldn’t back down after coming this far. Dain sat Juho back on the bed and brought out a box from his carrier.

Life is practice. Theory was finished, so now only the practical remained.

“Juho, which one do you like?”

Juho’s mouth fell open. Various items were neatly arranged on the bed. He couldn’t believe that Dain was the one who had prepared these things.

“What… are these…?”

Juho asked stammering, unlike himself. Dain watched his reaction while fiddling with the items. He didn’t know that this action was driving Juho even crazier.

After combining various words for a while, Dain slowly continued talking.

“Um, you’re surprised, right? Sorry, I don’t know much about this… Actually, I was going to talk about this in a more natural atmosphere than this… I want to love you a bit more, I guess you could say. Of course, if it’s burdensome, we can slowly next time…! Mmph!”

Dain’s words were cut off by lips and couldn’t reach a proper ending. Juho knocked Dain over in one go and climbed on top of him. Looking at the items scattering on the bed from the impact, Juho showed the brightest smile in the world.

“Hyung, are we using all of these?”