“Haaah…”
As Jaeyoon sighed deeply while brushing his bangs back, his hand suddenly stopped. Feeling the sensation at his fingertips, he slowly lowered his hand and stared at his palm with trembling eyes.
‘No way, no way, no way…!’
Jaeyoon quickly brought his hands to his hair.
‘Ah-!!!’
While screaming internally and squeezing his eyes shut, Jung Jinhoo’s expression darkened with concern. “Jaeyoon? What’s wrong? Does your head hurt?” As Jinhoo approached with a worried voice, Jaeyoon quickly raised his hand to stop him.
“Jaeyoon?”
“Just a moment, just a moment… Please stay there.”
“What’s wrong? What happened?”
As Jinhoo frowned and took a step closer, Jaeyoon blurted out something that sounded almost like a scream.
“Stop! Stop, stop!!”
“???”
Seeing Jinhoo’s wide, surprised eyes, Jaeyoon bit his lip hard. I’ve been so out of it that I didn’t notice at all, but I haven’t washed my hair for days! And I haven’t even showered, so my body probably smells too! Have I been meeting people looking like this?!
As Jaeyoon clutched a handful of his hair in agony, Jinhoo carefully approached him but froze in place when Jaeyoon suddenly looked up with a sharp gaze.
“Jaeyoon…?”
“I’m sorry. But right now I’m really…”
I smell terrible.
“Hm?”
When Jinhoo tilted his head to the side, unable to properly hear the last part that Jaeyoon had mumbled, Jaeyoon bit his lip hard again.
‘Ah, Ah-!!!’
Mentally tearing at his hair, Jaeyoon slowly opened his tightly closed lips, turned his head to the side, and mumbled quietly once more.
“I couldn’t wash while lying down… I smell.”
“…Oh…”
Finally understanding Jaeyoon’s behavior, Jinhoo blinked blankly before breaking into a small laugh.
“Don’t laugh!! Besides, you should have told me… Why didn’t anyone say anything?”
I wanted to show only my cool side, but to appear this disheveled and haggard… Jaeyoon’s cheeks turned as red as apples. While he was tugging at his innocent bangs, a shadow suddenly fell over his head, startling him into looking up. And at that moment, something soft touched his lips. Opening his eyes wide, he looked at Jinhoo standing in front of him, who was smiling with his eyes and curling up the corners of his mouth. Then, leaning forward, Jinhoo enveloped Jaeyoon’s head with his large hands. Jaeyoon’s expression turned to shock at the gentle caress of his hair.
‘No, my hair right now, the smell too, ah really-!!!’
“Mmmph! Mmmmph!!”
Jaeyoon protested strongly despite his covered lips, but Jinhoo just looked at him adoringly and deepened the kiss. When a hot tongue traced the roof of his mouth, Jaeyoon’s body trembled slightly. When he pounded Jinhoo’s chest with his fist, Jinhoo chuckled softly, grabbed the back of Jaeyoon’s neck to prevent him from backing away, and continued the deep kiss. Tears formed at the corners of his eyes as his breath quickened. He tried pulling at Jinhoo’s collar and struggling in various ways, but eventually all his strength drained away.
When the resistance disappeared, Jinhoo slowly broke the kiss, smiling gently at the silver thread that stretched between them. Looking down quietly at Jaeyoon, who was panting with flushed cheeks and moist eyes, Jinhoo then lowered his head again.
“Hik!”
When lips touched his neck, Jaeyoon’s shoulders trembled. “Sunbae?” Despite his startled voice, Jinhoo slowly licked his neck with his tongue, then gently bit down.
“Wait, Sunbae?!”
What if a doctor sees this in the hospital?! As Jaeyoon hastily grabbed his shoulders, Jinhoo raised his head and met Jaeyoon’s gaze. Finding his surprised rabbit-like eyes cute, Jinhoo gave a quick kiss on his eyelid, then unbuttoned a couple of buttons on Jaeyoon’s hospital shirt and lowered his head to bring his lips to his collarbone.
“Wai—!!”
Just as Jaeyoon was about to shout, he squeezed his eyes shut at the moist sensation on his collarbone. After nibbling ticklishly, Jinhoo sucked hard on his collarbone. Urgent hands wrapped around Jinhoo’s head. “Sunbae, please…!!” Seeing Jaeyoon’s drooping eyebrows, Jinhoo removed his lips from the collarbone and kissed Jaeyoon’s lips again. When Jaeyoon wrapped his arms around Jinhoo’s neck to prevent him from going lower again, Jinhoo giggled softly while still kissing.
‘Think that’s funny, do you?’
Out of spite, Jaeyoon bit down hard on his lip, but when Jinhoo responded by entwining their tongues more deeply, Jaeyoon finally gave up. Fine, do whatever you want…
After a kiss shorter than the first one, Jinhoo smiled brightly at Jaeyoon’s pouty expression.
“Don’t smile. I’m getting attached to you.”
“Then I should smile more. So you’ll get attached.”
“Huh?!”
‘Where did that innocent guy who used to blush just from our hands brushing go?!’
Feeling somewhat deceived, Jaeyoon’s brows furrowed. Where did my soft rice cake go? Where did he go, and instead this… Jaeyoon quickly stopped his train of thought. That didn’t seem like something he should say to a high schooler. Pull yourself together, Lee Jaeyoon. No matter what, Sunbae is still a high school student… Meeting Jinhoo’s eyes as he curved his eyes into crescents and curled up the corners of his mouth, Jaeyoon just closed his eyes.
“Want to wash your hair?”
“Can I??”
At those eye-opening words, Jaeyoon looked at Jinhoo, who slowly nodded.
“You lost a lot of blood, but fortunately your head wasn’t severely cut, so they said you could wash your hair after some time.”
“That’s such a relief…”
As Jaeyoon let out a long sigh of relief, Jinhoo carefully brought his hand to the bandage on his head.
“Sunbae, what about my leg…?”
“The leg is off-limits.”
“I figured…”
Even though he had only removed the bandage, Jaeyoon already felt somewhat refreshed. As he awkwardly fidgeted with his hair and carefully tried to get up from the bed, Jinhoo’s hands moved toward his back and under his knees.
“Sunbae…?”
Looking at him with trembling eyes, Jaeyoon saw Jinhoo smile brightly. Then he lifted Jaeyoon up in his arms.
‘Ah-!!!’
Jaeyoon, who had been internally screaming several times today, flailed his left leg up and down, avoiding moving his bandaged right leg, and said,
“I, I can go by myself! If you give me that…!!”
Jaeyoon pointed at the crutches with his hand, but it was no use. Carrying him into the bathroom, Jinhoo carefully placed him on the edge of the bathtub.
“…VIP rooms even have bathtubs.”
Jaeyoon squinted at the hotel-like design.
“Huh?”
At Jinhoo’s innocent look that suggested having a bathtub in a hospital room was normal, Jaeyoon shook his head as if it was nothing. I keep forgetting, but Sunbae is rich.
‘Unlike Han Doyoon, he doesn’t flaunt it.’
As Jaeyoon frowned recalling Han Doyoon’s arrogant attitude, he was startled by Jinhoo casually unbuttoning his shirt and grabbed his hands.
“Sunbae, what are you doing?”
“You said you wanted to wash up, right?”
“No… I’ll, I’ll do it myself.”
“Your leg is injured. If you fall while trying to do it alone, it’ll be a big problem.”
“I can do it. I’ll manage somehow!”
At Jaeyoon’s words, Jinhoo smiled sweetly. That smile made Jaeyoon feel unease creeping up his back. “Sunbae?” As he carefully called out to him, Jinhoo smiled, eyes crinkling, and flatly refused with a “No.” Then he unbuttoned Jaeyoon’s hospital gown in an instant. As the breeze touched his suddenly exposed skin, goosebumps rose. Jaeyoon gazed longingly at his hospital gown, but Jinhoo mercilessly tossed it into a basket. As Jaeyoon awkwardly crossed his arms in an X-shape, he panicked when he saw Jinhoo hesitating while looking at his pants.
“No!! Absolutely not!!”
“But, you need to wash…”
After rolling his eyes around, Jinhoo awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck. Seeing his hesitation, Jaeyoon firmly declared:
“Just the top, please just wash the top!”
Please!! At the sight of Jaeyoon begging with clasped hands, Jinhoo nodded in a daze. Whew, Jaeyoon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. That was a close call… Although Jaeyoon was used to going to public baths with friends and changing clothes together in locker rooms, it was embarrassing to undress in front of Jinhoo, his boyfriend. Especially the lower part.
‘Pants are a bit… anyway, it’s just too much!! If Jinhoo sunbae were the same age as me, maybe, but… no, what am I thinking?!’
Thunk!
Jinhoo’s eyes widened as Jaeyoon hit his forehead against the bathroom wall. “Jaeyoon?!” As Jinhoo called out to him in panic, Jaeyoon smiled softly.
“My forehead was itchy.”
“Your forehead was…??”
“Yes…”
Even he knew it was nonsense, but Jaeyoon didn’t care at the moment. Jinhoo stared blankly at him before reaching out to stroke his reddened forehead.
“You injured your head, so you need to be careful. Okay?”
As Jinhoo spoke while tilting his head slightly, Jaeyoon nodded up and down obediently.
“I won’t do it again next time. Absolutely…”
“Hm? Mmm.”
Jinhoo blinked rapidly at Jaeyoon’s somewhat solemn expression.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
