#051
The atmosphere in the car suddenly became strange. The two looked at each other like tomatoes, just blinking their eyes.
The foolish question of whether it was okay to like someone made them embarrassed. Even Lee Gyo-ha, who had blurted it out, was internally screaming. The question that had escaped without a filter couldn’t be taken back.
“…Just drive.”
Once again, it was Hwi-kyung who came to his senses first. Even on a road with little traffic, they couldn’t stay parked on the shoulder for long.
“Asking if it’s okay to like me, really… why would you ask such a thing.”
“……”
“If I say it’s not okay, will you stop liking me? Can emotions be controlled like that?”
Gyo-ha was still flustered but at least he didn’t let go of the steering wheel. Thanks to that, the car rejoined the road. Only after confirming that Gyo-ha was driving at an appropriate speed did Hwi-kyung blurt out what he wanted to say.
It was fortunate that his flushed cheeks had cooled from leaning against the cool window. Otherwise, Hwi-kyung might have ended up a talking tomato like the still-red Gyo-ha.
Gyo-ha just kept driving without properly responding to Hwi-kyung’s blunt words. If he didn’t pay attention to the distance from the car in front, he felt he might accidentally cause a collision.
It couldn’t be helped. Gyo-ha still hadn’t calmed down. He could now bear having said something ridiculous, but as Hwi-kyung kept glancing at him, his body, having forgotten restraint, immediately showed a reaction.
…Why on earth did it get hard? Gyo-ha just looked straight ahead to avoid looking at his lower body as much as possible. He felt that if he lowered his head, Hwi-kyung would also look at his swollen front.
A fellow regressor getting an erection in a cramped car. This was an even worse situation than when Gyo-ha was Hwi-kyung’s executive director. Gyo-ha’s heart raced, afraid Hwi-kyung might outright ask, “Are you a pervert?”
It was truly unfair. Gyo-ha hadn’t had any unusual sexual urges until now. Moreover, he wasn’t a barbarian who would get an erection in inappropriate places.
But he got hard just because Hwi-kyung blushed while looking at him. Gyo-ha screamed internally and called out to the gods. Please make it go down right now! Preserve my dignity!
However, the gods weren’t free enough to devote effort to calming someone else’s erection.
Gyo-ha was so busy repeating the national anthem dozens of times in his mind that he didn’t properly realize he hadn’t changed the navigation destination.
“This isn’t my house.”
“…Oh no.”
As a result, Jung Hwi-kyung arrived in front of Lee Gyo-ha’s officetel. Hwi-kyung was also so flustered that he hadn’t paid attention to their surroundings.
“I didn’t change the navigation destination.”
“I was distracted… I’ll take you back.”
“It’s fine.”
“Or you could stay the night!”
Gyo-ha did his best to make up for his mistake. But the more he tried, the worse the situation became. It was because the conversation dragged on that Hwi-kyung’s gaze unconsciously lowered to Gyo-ha’s thighs.
“Hey.”
“Yes?”
“Why… did you get hard?”
“……”
“At what point exactly?”
It was difficult to pretend not to notice. When Gyo-ha was driving, Hwi-kyung was too busy cooling his flushed cheeks to notice, but with the car stopped, the prominently visible outline was impossible to miss.
It was absurd that he was offering to drive him home in that state. It was so ridiculous that words didn’t come out properly. Silence fell between Gyo-ha and Hwi-kyung again. Even muting would have been noisier than this.
“Do you… usually get hard for just anyone?”
Once again, it was Hwi-kyung who came to his senses first. Although he had unintentionally seen Gyo-ha’s upper body twice, it was the first time Hwi-kyung had seen Gyo-ha’s lower half with his own eyes.
Initially, Jung Hwi-kyung had never been curious about how big any part of Lee Gyo-ha was. He was such a Confucian youth that even Confucius would weep. But he was still human, and he couldn’t help his gaze repeatedly lowering.
Lee Gyo-ha seemed to have not only mentally but physically absorbed American culture. Even pressed against his form-fitting suit pants, a distinct shape was visible through the clothes.
Moreover, the more Hwi-kyung stared, the more it seemed to swell strangely. In Hwi-kyung’s mind, Gyo-ha had now fallen to the level of an irredeemable slut. It was fortunate that Gyo-ha didn’t know Hwi-kyung’s thoughts. If he had known, he would have shuddered with indignation.
“How is Jung Hwi-kyung just anyone?”
Fortunately or unfortunately, even while internally screaming, Lee Gyo-ha knew how to say what he wanted to say clearly. Contrary to expectations, when Hwi-kyung didn’t open the car door and run away, Gyo-ha also developed some bravado.
The person who had decided to leave his workplace over a mere kiss wasn’t running away because of an erection in front of him. In fact, Jung Hwi-kyung was in a state of great shock, but to Lee Gyo-ha’s eyes, he looked very calm.
Moreover, Hwi-kyung was regarding Gyo-ha as a rag that couldn’t be used again. Gyo-ha, who was perceptive in these matters, vaguely sensed how Hwi-kyung saw him.
“I don’t get hard for just anyone.”
“……”
“I got aroused because of you.”
It was good that he had drawn a clear line, but an unbearable silence fell between the two again. Hwi-kyung briefly considered opening the car door and jumping out.
Aside from the embarrassment, the atmosphere flowing in the car was too strange. Jung Hwi-kyung, who had lived as a virgin for fourteen regressions, couldn’t handle this atmosphere.
If he pushed away here, things might become awkward with Lee Gyo-ha, but if he stayed still, it seemed like a kiss or something more might follow. Hwi-kyung was confused about what he wanted. He did like Gyo-ha, but he hadn’t imagined things progressing so quickly.
Gyo-ha reached out to Hwi-kyung. Hwi-kyung reflexively squeezed his eyes shut. But the skinship Hwi-kyung expected didn’t happen. Gyo-ha had just unfastened Hwi-kyung’s seatbelt.
“Just stay the night. There are many rooms. I absolutely won’t touch you.”
“……”
“Isn’t it better if you go up first? You have work tomorrow too.”
Gyo-ha continued speaking quite calmly. Despite his lower half still being in that state, he spoke very composedly. Apart from his face being red, there was no sign that he was excited, separate from dying of shame internally.
This was Lee Gyo-ha’s way of being considerate. Hwi-kyung now realized that he was subtly drawing a line out of consideration for him. Gyo-ha knew that Hwi-kyung had no dating experience and was very conservative about these matters.
He should have been grateful for this consideration, but a corner of his heart felt a bit uneasy. Hwi-kyung glanced at Gyo-ha’s thighs. Then he raised his head and examined Gyo-ha’s still reddish face.
“Lee Gyo-ha.”
“Yes?”
“I’ll… lend you my hand.”
“……”
“You said you got aroused because of me.”
When he actually blurted this out, Hwi-kyung thought he had said something crazy. Because Gyo-ha made a stupid expression like someone who had been hit on the head. Just as he was regretting saying something strange, Hwi-kyung’s passenger seat suddenly reclined backward.
“How about your thighs instead of your hand?”
Jung Hwi-kyung, who was expected to jump out of the car immediately and issue a restraining order, was offering to lend even his hand. Such an opportunity only came after fourteen regressions.
Why refuse when the meal was laid out and all he had to do was eat it? Unlike the conservative Hwi-kyung, the open-minded Gyo-ha didn’t miss the opportunity.
Gyo-ha leaned his body close to Hwi-kyung, who was startled by his seat suddenly reclining. The gap narrowed to a distance where their lips would touch if he leaned just a little more. The hand holding Hwi-kyung’s to prevent him from escaping was hot with raised temperature.
Gyo-ha pulled the right hand he was holding onto his thigh and deployed the honey trap skills he had honed through fourteen regressions. His face, handsome enough to succeed as a model, had a direct impact even on the surprised Hwi-kyung.
“Can’t I put it between your thighs and rub?”
Jung Hwi-kyung, who had intended to manly lend his right hand once but heard an even greater request, was dumbfounded. What kind of attitude was this, asking for the whole package after being given help?
He had made a big decision to offer his hand, but when an even more extreme suggestion came back, it was difficult to respond immediately. Even in that moment, Hwi-kyung thought, ‘Crazy slut…’ as he looked at Gyo-ha who had quickly closed the distance.
However, Hwi-kyung was moved not just in heart but in body by that slut.
Hwi-kyung, unlike his usual iron fortress that never fell for anyone’s seduction, was greatly shaken. Despite being in this situation, he felt expectation rather than displeasure.
Even the light collision of their knees felt like a subtle stimulation. He couldn’t carelessly avoid Gyo-ha’s body as he kept recalling the urgent face that had asked if he wouldn’t run away even if Gyo-ha liked him.
Originally, office workers often get caught up in impulses after their first day at work. The concept of ‘going to work’ itself clearly interfered with people’s rational judgment.
“Well, if it’s just once…”
Despite having gone through fourteen regressions, Jung Hwi-kyung couldn’t completely escape the clutches of that first day at work.
Hwi-kyung still didn’t realize that even this was the Netflix-style development he hated the most.
