#50
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The mattress sank slightly as the weight of someone climbing up was felt. It was Taeseong. The exhausted Bonoh was washed by Taeseong’s hands after the intense sex. Because Bonoh was struggling, Taeseong finished after coming just once.
Just once. While Bonoh showed every embarrassing sight possible, Taeseong came exactly once. His pride was cracked. He wondered if he had premature ejaculation, but then concluded that Taeseong was abnormal. Thinking about it more would only give him a headache.
“Kim Bonoh, are you sleeping?”
“……”
Taeseong asked, but Bonoh stubbornly remained lying turned toward the wall. He had deliberately lain on his own bed, but after Taeseong cleaned up the floor and washed himself, he had followed and lay down too.
“Hmm. Seems like he’s sleeping.”
While speaking teasingly, Taeseong’s hand headed toward Bonoh’s buttocks.
“Hik! Hey! You perverted bastard!”
Bonoh was startled and swatted away Taeseong’s hand. Taeseong chuckled and hugged Bonoh from behind. Only then did he realize that Taeseong had been trying to tease him.
“Really, what the hell, fucking bastard, perverted bastard… Kim Bonoh is doing all the cursing you should hear today.”
“You need to hear more. What kind of person acts like that, huh?”
Though he brought it up, he was too embarrassed to directly mention what they had just done. Taeseong wrapped his arms around and pulled Bonoh’s body to him. When he rested his chin on his shoulder, it tickled. He was also bothered by Taeseong’s cock touching his lower back.
“If you keep squirming like that, I’m going to get hard again.”
At those words, Bonoh immediately froze. If they did it one more time here, he’d die from exhaustion. Sex with Taeseong was always overwhelming and hard to handle. Until now, Bonoh had always fallen asleep as if fainting, and when he opened his eyes it was morning. This time he had even ejaculated watery fluid noisily, but fortunately (by Taeseong’s standards) it ended after just once, so he could remain awake and be held like this.
Being held naked quietly after the act felt strange. The heat pooled between their bare skin made their body temperature vividly felt, making his heart race and feel dreamy. Enough to have the absurd thought that maybe they could start dating like this.
Looking back on his life with Taeseong, Bonoh wondered what was different from dating. He had ended up dating his ex-girlfriend through social pressure that wasn’t quite pressure, so maybe this time would flow similarly. When he had such optimistic thoughts, his heart seemed to beat loudly. Heat circulated through his body in a different sense than before.
“You know, the guys keep calling you my wife. Funny, right?”
Bonoh’s voice trembled pathetically. He wanted to speak in the most nonchalant voice possible, but it wasn’t easy.
“……”
Bonoh waited for Taeseong’s answer, but it was quiet. During their time living in the dormitory, the silence between them had never been this awkward. Bonoh swallowed and spoke again.
“Do we look like we’re da-dating to them? Haha…”
This time his tongue even got twisted. But still, Taeseong said nothing. Bonoh squeezed his eyes shut and opened them.
“Hey, Joo Taeseong. Are you sleeping?”
At the continued silence, Bonoh sat up and turned around, making eye contact with Taeseong. Taeseong wasn’t sleeping and was looking at Bonoh with open eyes. Surprised, Bonoh gasped.
“Hey.”
“Huh, yeah?”
Bonoh responded almost reflexively to Taeseong’s voice. He tensed up, his body stiffening as he wondered what would come out of that mouth next.
“Unless you clearly say ‘I like you, let’s date,’ I don’t consider it dating. Whether you rub lips or rub cocks, whatever you do, you have to clearly establish the relationship through confession. Got it?”
“Ah, yeah… I understand.”
Bonoh felt the remaining heat in his body cool down instantly. It felt like blood was seeping out from his entire body. His body felt numb and even a little cold. Unable to maintain eye contact, Bonoh lowered his gaze. Then he turned back toward the wall to avoid showing his expression.
Ah, so it wasn’t that after all. Bonoh was embarrassed at himself for getting excited for a moment. What had he been saying? If he could, he wanted to take back all the words he’d said.
“You understand? Really, what do you even know to be answering like that?”
He heard Taeseong’s snorting voice from behind him. It wasn’t much and was similar to usual, but that tone felt sharp enough to cut him.
“Yeah, I understand why you said that.”
“Really? Your brain worked unusually well, Kim Bonoh.”
“……”
Bonoh’s strength completely drained. Even when he tried to retort, he gave up because he couldn’t trust himself to steady his voice.
From behind, Taeseong pulled Bonoh into a tight embrace. He felt pleasant pressure as the rounded chest touched his back, but Bonoh tried to pull his body forward. Though Taeseong hugged him closer, making him be held again.
It would have been better if he had just fallen asleep during the usual intense sex. Then he wouldn’t have said such stupid things. Regretting, Bonoh closed his eyes.
“Hey, Kim Bonoh. Don’t you really have anything to say to me?”
At Taeseong’s words, Bonoh, who had been searching in Japanese while drawing on his phone, looked up. He had a dumbfounded expression from being suddenly called while studying for exams.
“Ah, one of our liberal arts classes is a report and one is an exam, right?”
“Yeah. They announced it several times during lectures, but what were you doing instead of listening? Pay attention, don’t make a fuss trying to study belatedly after class ends.”
“Okay…”
Bonoh clearly had an expression showing he had asked for no reason. Because of Kim Bonoh’s frustrating behavior, Taeseong unconsciously nagged. This wasn’t what he wanted to talk about.
“But besides that, don’t you have something serious to say?”
At those words, Bonoh’s brow furrowed and he became quite serious.
“Uh, um. What should we eat for lunch tomorrow?”
“Forget it. Just study. If you don’t want to take summer courses again.”
“Ah, that was because my ex-girlfriend dumped me!”
“Ha, shit…”
Taeseong dry-washed his face. His large hands roughly swept over his features. Recently, after sex, Bonoh had brought up that ridiculous nickname ‘wife’ and subtly tested Taeseong. The ‘wife’ that those two guys who followed Kim Bonoh around like remora fish were looking for was indeed him, so Taeseong was momentarily relieved. And he was amazed that he could clearly see Kim Bonoh’s intention to test him.
It was obvious he was trying to date without confessing. After he had devoted his body to satisfy his sexual desires, it seemed like he wanted to gloss over things without establishing their relationship, which made Taeseong find Bonoh detestable. During sex, Bonoh was more passionate than anyone else and was never less excited, yet Taeseong seriously thought he was serving Bonoh.
It was Bonoh who gave signals by breaking rules. When he gave hints to confess, he said he understood. He was stupid to believe those words.
Even after that day, Kim Bonoh didn’t break any rules. That meant they hadn’t had sex or similar physical contact since then. Taeseong was irritated by this fact and kept getting on edge. All his energy was consumed trying to soothe himself, thinking it was because of exam period.
“Um, Joo Taeseong. Then…”
At Bonoh’s quietly heard voice, Taeseong removed his hand that had been covering his eyes. What useless thing was he going to say now?
“Want to take a walk outside? If you’re feeling stuffy. I also don’t feel like studying right now.”
But this time it wasn’t entirely useless. A walk was desperately needed for the frustrated Taeseong. It would be even better if Kim Bonoh set the mood and confessed while they were out walking. Taeseong got up.
The campus near midnight was very different from the daytime scenery. After passing the central library at the campus entrance and going a bit deeper, hardly any people could be seen walking around. Most buildings were also turned off except for those with graduate research rooms. The contrast with how busy it had been during the day made it feel even quieter.
“It’s quiet…”
“……”
Bonoh awkwardly tried to make conversation.
“Have you heard that ghost story? About the statue in front of the business building. They say it moves when midnight comes.”
“You believe that? How can a statue move?”
“I don’t believe it, but they say this place has such strong negative energy that they deliberately built the campus here. Oh, I heard from a senior before that a few years ago, a senior from our department came to get a bag he left in the classroom after drinking and saw a ghost!”
“He was probably drunk and saw things. You should drink less too.”
“No, some old man quietly approached and said ‘student.'”
“There, student.”
“Wah!”
Just then, when someone called from behind, Bonoh jumped in place in surprise. Taeseong looked down at his own hand that Bonoh had grabbed. Looking at Bonoh’s expression as he gripped his hand tightly while turning around, it seemed like he had grabbed it unconsciously.
“What’s the matter that you’re screaming?”
The person who called was a security guard. Because Bonoh had screamed loudly, the security guard also looked startled. He shone his flashlight toward Taeseong and Bonoh. Taeseong frowned at the suddenly brightening view.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
