#112
“To make more excuses, until recently, you weren’t someone I could confide such deep concerns in,” said Riyekan, hesitating before pressing his chin against Jin-ha’s forehead. It was a silent protest. He wasn’t shameless enough to protest outright, “How could you?” but neither did he want to admit the truth so easily. His inner conflict was evident.
Jin-ha chuckled at the man’s childish protest.
“Alright, let’s say that’s true.”
“Thank you for conceding.”
Jin-ha teased playfully, inwardly surprised. This was Riyekan’s way of speaking. Lately, he had felt like they were becoming more alike, but now even his speech patterns were rubbing off.
“So, no more secrets now?”
“Hmm…”
“Are there still more?”
Riyekan suddenly shouted and pushed Jin-ha’s shoulders away. Jin-ha avoided Riyekan’s gaze.
“It’s nothing important.”
Compared to the fact that his father was from another world, it was indeed nothing. His father was close to Master Senistry, who took care of him when he was young, and the fact that Riyekan’s first love was him…
…Probably.
As Jin-ha tried to escape reality, a sudden thought crossed his mind. If he combined the information Riyekan mentioned with the fact that his father was from another world, it meant his father was a descendant of fairies. And Master Senistry also had the soul of a fairy, a descendant of fairies. Maybe the two were closely related by blood.
No, that’s absurd. Above all, the two didn’t look alike at all.
His mind was in chaos. Jin-ha, who had been scanning through a vast mountain of mixed information, discovered something that sparked in his mind.
“Our baby, do you recognize your mom now?”
His mother’s voice echoed in his ears. At the same time, the thoughts that had filled his mind scattered away.
What was I thinking about? But before Jin-ha could continue his thoughts, Riyekan grabbed his shoulders and shook him hard.
“Are you the only one allowed to have secrets after taking all of mine? How can you do that?”
Ah, yes. He was talking to Riyekan. Jin-ha quickly made an excuse.
“I’m not saying I’ll keep it a secret forever. I’ll tell you when we get a little closer.”
To be precise, he planned to tell him when he could handle Riyekan’s stubbornness better. Recently, he had gained too much. The island, a large sum of money for the island’s use, and even the report from Master Senistry he received today. They were all things he couldn’t handle. He didn’t want to add anything more to this list. He thought he should tell him when he could refuse Riyekan’s stubbornness, who tried to force his assets on him.
“Closer, you say?”
Riyekan narrowed his eyes and glared at Jin-ha, then placed his fingertip a little above his navel. Jin-ha, feeling an ominous premonition, tried to push him away, but Riyekan was so strong that he didn’t budge.
“This much.”
“No, I’m not curious.”
“We’ve been this close, how much closer do we need to be?”
“Ah, please…”
Jin-ha wanted to cover his ears. No, he actually tried to cover his ears with both hands, but before he could, Riyekan grabbed his right hand with his left. Then he whispered into the ear he couldn’t cover.
“If I had known you wanted to get closer, I would have just done it without protection last time.”
The pervert inside Riyekan was coming out. Jin-ha glared at Riyekan with disgusted eyes.
“Then I could have gone a little deeper. As I said, when you don’t use protection, it swells up. So that the semen can go deeper by filling the back hole tightly.”
Riyekan, who had dramatically made a face as if he had realized something, let out a sigh like an exclamation.
“I thought you were just saying you wanted to get pregnant to match me, but you were serious. Right? Unless that’s the case, why would you say you want it deeper?”
“No, when did I say that…!”
“What other meaning could ‘wanting to get closer’ have?”
“Obviously emotional…”
“Don’t worry. Actually, you can do it without protection even if you’re not in heat. Next time, I’ll definitely get you pregnant. I’ll push my thing deep inside you and shake it so that…”
“Stop talking like a pervert.”
“You started it first.”
“How many times do I have to say it’s not what you think?”
“Hmm, I want to get closer quickly.”
Riyekan, who had been saying whatever he pleased, rubbed his forehead against Jin-ha’s shoulder and acted like a child. Even though he was spewing trash from his mouth, his actions were childish. Maybe it was this gap that made it hard to treat Riyekan harshly.
Riyekan moved the hand that had been pressing above Jin-ha’s navel up by about two finger widths.
“I’ll put it in up to here. Are you satisfied with this?”
“Riyekan!”
“Not satisfied, huh. But even I can’t get any closer than this…”
Listening to the obscene talk, he felt nauseous and a throbbing sensation deep inside his abdomen. It felt like an organ he had never been conscious of before was pulsating. Surprised by the strange sensation, Jin-ha pushed Riyekan away roughly. Riyekan, who was pushed away roughly, burst into laughter.
Was his mental age lower than when he was Riri? Jin-ha looked at Riyekan with dissatisfaction and let out a groan-like sigh.
“Alright. I’ll stop.”
Riyekan shrugged, realizing that Jin-ha’s patience was running out.
“I didn’t start knowing that Lee Jin-ha was a difficult, picky, old-fashioned, and dignified man, so I have no choice but to endure.”
Pretending to endure. Jin-ha could now read this man’s patterns quite well. He would pretend to back down like this, but one night, he would suddenly say, “Shall we get a little closer today?” and start talking nonsense, pushing deeper. That could be tonight, or a few days later, or a few weeks later. Until that day, Jin-ha would be tense with the uncertainty of when it would happen. And Riyekan would enjoy even that tension.
Anger welled up inside him, but Jin-ha suppressed it. If he provoked Riyekan’s nerves any further and he changed his mind to interrogate him about the secret right away, it would be troublesome.
He thought he should have kept the secret a secret from the beginning, but the regret didn’t last long. Jin-ha, who was quite shameless and lied elsewhere, strangely couldn’t pretend to have no secrets when confronted by Riyekan.
“Yes, thank you very much.”
What came out in the end was an ambiguous expression of gratitude.
Riyekan, who wouldn’t have missed the reluctant tone in that remark, accepted only the meaning.
“That’s right. You should be grateful and happy to have a serious relationship with such a generous man.”
“I didn’t say that much.”
“By the way, I wondered why the Queen cared so much about Lee Jin-ha, but it turns out you have the soul of a fairy.”
Riyekan ignored Jin-ha’s words and changed the subject. Jin-ha, glaring at the shameless man, answered obediently.
“The Queen said that Master Senistry was the same.”
“Right. That’s why the Queen lent Master Senistry a lot of power.”
After looking at Jin-ha for a moment, Riyekan said,
“Promise me one thing. Never become a fairy.”
“…Can you become a fairy just because you want to?”
“The Queen can. Since Lee Jin-ha already has a little of the fairy’s soul, it would be easier. Even ordinary people sometimes become fairies.”
“Even ordinary people become fairies?”
“Sometimes the Queen grants the request when fairies beg her to turn a human they like into a fairy.”
“Oh my god…”
Until now, in cases related to fairies, it was assumed that the person had died in a place where they couldn’t be found while playing a dangerous game with fairies. To think they might have become fairies…
“What about the promise?”
Anxiety that he couldn’t hide in time seeped into Riyekan’s question. Jin-ha, unable to suppress the rising mischievousness, asked,
“Are you worried that I might become a fairy?”
“Of course. If you become a fairy, you’ll leave me soon, so how can I not worry?”
Surprised by the unexpectedly honest response, Jin-ha unknowingly stared blankly at Riyekan. Then Riyekan let out a deep sigh.
“It’s not a boast, but I have a bad reputation among fairies. Very, very bad.”
“That… would make sense.”
Remembering how the fairies were terrified when they went to the fairy garden, saying, “They’re here again,” it was an understandable story.
“Fairies trust each other deeply, so if you become a fairy, those nasty things will believe what they say about me and start to dislike me more. Fairies have very thin ears.”
“I see…”
“Anyway, so you must never become a fairy. Besides, the size won’t match. How can we have sex if you become that small?”
“I knew it. I knew you couldn’t leave out vulgar words.”
Jin-ha shook his head but couldn’t hide the smile on his lips.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
