#070
“Still, we should clean up together…”
“I can clean up. It seems late, so please go ahead and leave.”
Jaihan and Hanjin couldn’t easily accept Kang Dojun’s order to leave quickly because he wanted to be alone with Lee Yeonwoo. They had eaten together and there was a pile of things to clean up. The guilty feeling of making a mess and leaving crept up on them.
As they hesitated and argued at the front door, Kang Dojun subtly glanced at Shin Gihyeon.
“If we keep staying, it’ll be uncomfortable for the sunbae-nim too, so let’s go quickly.”
“Yeah, go quickly. Hyung and I can clean up.”
Lee Yeonwoo hugged Kang Dojun’s back and poked his head out to speak.
‘You don’t look like you’ll clean up though.’
At Shin Gihyeon’s persuasion, the scales of Jaihan and Hanjin, which had been tilting toward leaving, became balanced again.
“Go ahead. Go on.”
“Yes, we’ll clean up so please go.”
“Th…then excuse us.”
“Thank you for the meal! Thank you!”
“We’ll be going.”
Lee Yeonwoo waved to them as they reluctantly left.
***
“Hello, I’m Grace’s manager Han Taehoon. Nice to meet you.”
“Hello, thank you for giving us a ride.”
After leaving Kang Dojun’s apartment, they got into the car that the manager had come to pick them up in one by one.
Hanjin said to the manager with a trembling voice:
“Hyung, I feel like I’m dreaming today.”
“Did you have fun?”
“Yes…”
Hanjin clutched his pounding chest and stole a glance at Shin Gihyeon next to him.
He had a company dinner and meal at a great senior’s house, and met a celebrity he liked. The only regret was not being able to share it with the other members.
“Um… sunbae-nim, today was really, really fun.”
“Yes, for me too.”
“If it’s okay, could I get your contact information…”
“Hanjin-ah, have you memorized all the choreography for this concert stage?”
“Not yet…”
“Then let’s go practice.”
Jaihan cut off his words, worried that member Hanjin might make Shin Gihyeon uncomfortable. Being young, there were still some small mistakes in his social interactions.
‘The leader does his job well.’
“I promised to play InsideUs with Yeonwoo hyung-nim today…”
“InsideUs?”
“Yes. It’s a game where 8 people carry out missions while catching the mafia hiding among them. Jinhyeong hyung and Biyu hyung also agreed to play together.”
“……”
When did they make that promise?
Jaihan sighed. He had become close with Lee Yeonwoo without realizing it. He recalled the image of Lee Yeonwoo hugging Kang Dojun from behind earlier.
‘Did the sunbae-nim become close like that too?’
It was late at night, and the practice excuse was something he had blurted out to stop Hanjin from trying to get Shin Gihyeon’s number. When the other members came back after their schedules ended, they would definitely be drunk with fatigue.
“Then let’s rest today and practice hard tomorrow.”
“Yes!”
Hanjin smiled brightly at Jaihan’s words. He seemed very excited about enjoying a trendy mobile game with acquaintances.
‘Huh.’
Shin Gihyeon, who had been sitting next to Hanjin listening to their conversation, hesitated while holding his phone.
‘I also promised to play InsideUs with Yeonwoo today?’
There was a participant he didn’t know about.
***
Contrary to everyone’s expectations, Lee Yeonwoo earnestly helped clean the house. He left the floor to the robot vacuum he had nicknamed “Doyeon” and focused on washing dishes.
Kang Dojun’s movements stopped as he was wiping the table. He recalled what Park Daeho had said in the morning.
He approached Lee Yeonwoo. The duck lips that unconsciously popped out as he squeakily washed dishes were cute.
“Yeonwoo-ya.”
“Yes?”
“Um, would you like to stay somewhere else for a day the week after next? Just one day.”
Lee Yeonwoo’s big eyes blinked.
“I have to film a variety show, and it seems like the location will be our house. I’ll book a hotel for you to stay at…”
“Am I in the way?”
“…What?”
“Am I in the way of filming?”
Kang Dojun lowered his eyes. It meant why are you saying something so hurtful.
“That can’t be.”
Rather, the variety show team would welcome Lee Yeonwoo’s appearance.
“They even requested your appearance but I was going to refuse.”
“Me?”
“Yeah, I was going to send you somewhere else because you might be uncomfortable.”
Lee Yeonwoo fell into thought with Kang Dojun behind him, showering kisses on his face.
Kang Dojun didn’t appear on variety shows often. Rural Conquest that he filmed with him was his first variety show since debut. He hadn’t developed a taste for variety shows either.
Yet the reason he was filming another variety show.
“Is it because of Han Taegu?”
“Huh?”
“The reason you’re appearing on this variety show.”
Kang Dojun’s mouth closed at Lee Yeonwoo’s direct hit.
“Your image got completely ruined, didn’t it? You’re appearing to recover from that?”
“Completely ruined… it’s not that bad.”
“It’s partly because of me too. Because of the contract.”
“Why do you keep saying useless things. Who said it’s because of you? Are you trying to hurt my feelings?”
Kang Dojun lightly lifted Lee Yeonwoo and sat him on the table.
Lee Yeonwoo stroked Kang Dojun’s hair with his wet hands. The moisture from washing dishes was enough to style his hair.
He played around making various hairstyles. No style looked bad on him.
“I want to appear too.”
“…What?”
Kang Dojun, who had been quietly receiving Lee Yeonwoo’s touch, looked up.
“You said they requested my appearance too. If it helps, I want to do it too.”
“No.”
Rural Conquest had ended and was gradually being forgotten, and now another variety show appearance? It was annoying.
“I’m okay now. I told you earlier. I have to see you every day, hyung. I can’t go a day without seeing you. I’ll stick right to you.”
Lee Yeonwoo moved his hand from Kang Dojun’s hair down to stroke his neat eyebrows. Going further down, he touched his thick eyelids.
Kang Dojun comfortably closed his eyes. Encouraged by this, he also stroked his high nose bridge and rubbed his red lips. Then he slipped his index finger right into his mouth.
Kang Dojun’s eyes opened.
“I want to appear too.”
“No…”
Lee Yeonwoo pressed down on his tongue to stop his movement. And with gentle eyes curved beautifully, he said once more:
“I want to appear too.”
“I don’t want…”
“What? What did you say?”
Kang Dojun chewed on the finger that had entered his mouth. Even so, Lee Yeonwoo had no intention of pulling his hand out.
Taking advantage of the moment when the finger paused, he quickly said:
“I don’t want…”
Lee Yeonwoo didn’t miss that gap.
“I can’t hear you well, hyung.”
He felt the sensation of sharp nails pressing against his tongue.
Kang Dojun looked down and was silent for a moment, then stuck out his tongue and licked his index finger.
Lee Yeonwoo’s body trembled. However, he soon came to his senses and showed a playful smile. Lee Yeonwoo pressed Kang Dojun’s palate firmly to make him open his mouth.
He swept down the bumpy palate with his fingerprint as if tickling it. He also tapped the molar area with his nail and explored every corner.
“I’ll appear.”
This time it wasn’t asking for permission but a unilateral notification.
Kang Dojun finally consented with a laugh. He couldn’t win. Lee Yeonwoo, having gotten the answer he wanted, finally pulled out his finger.
Stubborn and greedy too.
He didn’t dislike it. Be more greedy. Even if someone gets annoyed saying ‘did you leave it to them?’, act like you’ve left it to them. Only to me. Demand more. Keep going. I’ll give you everything. So love me. Forever.
“Come here.”
He pulled Lee Yeonwoo’s cheek close and deeply sucked on his lips. Their disheveled breathing and each other’s breath urgently intertwined.
Even in the house with just the two of them, Kang Dojun whispered very quietly so only Lee Yeonwoo could hear. It felt like seduction.
Can we go all the way?
***
Lee Yeonwoo lifted his heavy eyelids.
“Ah.”
And let out a sound like a sigh.
‘What time is it?’
He reached out to look at his phone but stopped. His hand was tightly clasped in Kang Dojun’s hand. He slowly looked around. This wasn’t his room but Kang Dojun’s room.
Yesterday’s events gradually came back to him. When that big thing entered his body, the pain and suffering were greater at first, but later pleasure dominated his body and he had clung to him crying and wailing.
‘Damn, embarrassing. He definitely said it was his first time too.’
He had briefly planned to lead coolly and show off his charm, but it came to nothing because just receiving the pleasure he gave was overwhelming enough.
They were both firsts, so why was there a difference?
‘Is he lying?’
When that thought occurred to him, sadness washed over him. He bit down on the back of Kang Dojun’s hand.
“Ah!”
But the scream came from Lee Yeonwoo, not Kang Dojun. It was because Kang Dojun, who had been lying behind Lee Yeonwoo’s back, bit his nape.
“It hurts when you bite.”
“You bit me too, hyung.”
‘I thought he was sleeping.’
“When did you wake up?”
“A while ago.”
Kang Dojun licked the bite mark on Lee Yeonwoo’s nape with his tongue and pulled him toward himself.
“Sleep more.”
Kang Dojun had gone to sleep after finishing all the cleanup on behalf of Lee Yeonwoo, who had collapsed asleep. With fatigue that wouldn’t disappear, he buried his face in Lee Yeonwoo’s shoulder and closed his eyes.
But Lee Yeonwoo seemed unable to sleep and was fidgeting.
“Going out?”
When he turned his head, Kang Dojun’s face looking at him pitifully came into view. Lee Yeonwoo moved his lips.
“Just… my phone.”
Kang Dojun reached out on his behalf and handed him the phone from the bedside table. Then he hugged Lee Yeonwoo tightly and closed his eyes again.
Lee Yeonwoo tried to escape several times by wriggling, but because Kang Dojun wouldn’t let him go, he had no choice but to lie quietly and fiddle with his phone.
「Hyung-nim, where are you? 6928839 This is the room code!」
「ㅠㅠAren’t we playing InsideUs? Everyone’s waiting」
These were two messages from Hanjin. He had completely forgotten about the game promise while getting intimate with Kang Dojun.
「InsideUs or whatever it’s called. Are Grace playing that together too?」
「Where are you? Not playing games? You said you’d teach me」
「Hanjin-ssi said he’d teach me. It’s okay if you don’t come」
‘They played without me.’
He had forgotten to tell Shin Gihyeon that Grace was also playing together, but it seemed they had fun on their own.
「Sorry, I fell asleep early. If you’re playing today too, let’s play together.」
A reply came immediately after sending the message.
「Yeah, this is fun. Yesterday 6 of us playedㅋㅋ The Grace kids said they’ll play again today too. I’ll contact you later.」
‘Looks like yesterday was fun.’
Since Grace has 5 members, it was good that they enjoyed it with 6 people including Shin Gihyeon. It seemed they had become close while gaming and had started speaking casually at some point.
「Yeah, today let’cursor11」
“InsideUs?”
The message had a typo due to the voice heard from behind while trying to send it. Because they were close together, he could feel the vocal cords vibrating.
“Weren’t you sleeping?”
Since he was facing away, he couldn’t tell if Kang Dojun was sleeping or not, so he had been getting startled from earlier. He was sulking.
Lee Yeonwoo turned his body completely toward Kang Dojun and pressed his head against his chest. If they were face to face, he could tell what he was doing.
Kang Dojun rubbed Lee Yeonwoo’s cheek hard. His gentle eyes got squished.
“Another game.”
As if he had gotten a taste for teaching Shin Gihyeon new games, Lee Yeonwoo had been glued to his phone lately. Shin Gihyeon was happy that when he taught one thing, he knew three.
‘I could do ten.’
Lee Yeonwoo was subtly aware that Kang Dojun disapproved of him playing games. To appease him, he grabbed his palm touching his cheek and rubbed his face cutely like acting spoiled, giving him short kisses.
“I’m just playing with the kids for a bit.”
“I want to play too.”
“…What?”
Kang Dojun said while inserting his hand between each of Lee Yeonwoo’s fingers holding his hand.
“Let me join too.”
This was the first time he had been jealous of a game.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
