#99
Panting heavily from his hurried movements, he felt the liquid slide down his throat, took a deep breath, and slowly turned to face Riyekan. Seeing Riyekan, Jin-ha visibly relaxed.
The anxious look, as if something serious had happened, was gone.
“…Wait. Was that a potion to remove the abnormal status?”
“Yes. For a moment, you looked unusually handsome, so I had to drink it. I feel better now.”
Riyekan let out a laugh as if it were absurd.
“Now, let’s wash up, get dressed, and have a meal while we talk. Don’t just roll around like a beast.”
“Physical conversation is better.”
“Yes. Then, I hope you have a good time conversing with yourself.”
He didn’t want to spend tedious time trying to persuade that troublesome man. Nor did he want to stop him from doing it alone.
Jin-ha left Riyekan behind and went to the bathroom alone. It was the first time he had stood upright like this since the first day, even though he had been to this bathroom several times in the past few days. On other days, he had always been carried in the man’s arms. It wasn’t because he enjoyed the romantic atmosphere. Jin-ha’s legs were so weak that he couldn’t stand, so he had no choice.
Even now, his legs were so weak that he felt like he might fall if he wasn’t careful. Jin-ha, trembling, carefully picked up the showerhead, making sure not to slip.
How do you use this? The showerhead looked similar to those on Earth, but it was different from the one in the annex, making it hard to tell which part was the valve.
At that moment.
“Jin-ha.”
Riyekan, with his arms crossed and leaning against the bathroom door frame, called his name.
“Why did you follow me? What about the conversation with your body?”
“It’s fine. He says he doesn’t want to talk to me.”
“Then wait outside while I wash up.”
“Let’s wash up together.”
“I don’t want to.”
What was he going to do? It was better to go back to bed than to let that beast-like man into the bathroom. He could do it anywhere, but it would be a little less exhausting to do it in bed rather than the bathroom.
Seeing Jin-ha’s wary gaze, Riyekan grumbled and politely declared.
“I won’t do anything lewd.”
“…Really?”
“I swear on Jin-ha.”
“Yes? By what right do you swear by me?”
“Is there anything more sincere than that right now?”
It was a fallacy, but it also seemed true. If he kept his promise, he wouldn’t do anything lewd, and if he didn’t keep his promise, Jin-ha was his, so he couldn’t do anything lewd.
…Is this right?
Jin-ha, tired and annoyed by such problems, eventually just nodded.
Then Riyekan walked in and took the showerhead first. Water poured out of the showerhead, which had shown no reaction when Jin-ha was holding it.
It was an artifact. Just like how some paths in the magic tower can only be walked by magicians, it seemed the shower could only be used by magicians.
‘So, did he come here on purpose to turn on the shower?’
Jin-ha looked up at Riyekan anew. Was that the reason he came into the bathroom, even making a promise not to do anything lewd?
Feeling his gaze, Riyekan, who was adjusting the water temperature, turned to look at Jin-ha.
“Why? Did you change your mind?”
“That’s not it. Wait, you promised not to do anything lewd.”
“I haven’t done anything lewd at all. I won’t do it either. But Jin-ha can do a little if he wants. Do what you want. I’ll just stay still.”
It was a skill of his to make one feel grateful and annoyed at the same time. Jin-ha let out a sigh in disbelief.
“That won’t happen.”
Riyekan, hearing the overly firm answer, smirked and nodded as if to say, do as you please. He lathered soap in the shower puff and started rubbing it on Jin-ha’s body.
Shoulders, neck, chest, stomach, back, buttocks, thighs, calves, and even the soles of his feet. Jin-ha, who was unknowingly receiving a bath service, only realized something was strange when Riyekan turned on the shower again to rinse off the lather.
‘Why did I let this man wash me instead of doing it myself?’
It must have been because he had gotten too used to receiving bath services over the past few days. But even so, if there had been even a hint of ulterior motive in Riyekan’s fingertips, Jin-ha would surely have noticed something was wrong. Surprisingly, Riyekan maintained a purely innocent touch throughout, with not a hint of lewdness, just washing.
As Jin-ha looked up in surprise, Riyekan took out shampoo and washed his hair. Jin-ha was soon wrapped in a large, fluffy towel.
“Now, go out first.”
Pushed out by the hand on his back, Jin-ha still felt strange as he left the bathroom. He had heard of such men. Men who seemed like trash when they weren’t in a relationship, but suddenly became affectionate and kind when they were.
Was Riyekan that type?
‘No, he’s just being capricious.’
Jin-ha immediately shook his head. Riyekan had always been a very capricious man. He was moody, mischievous, and self-willed.
Since he was a man who had endured his rut only with medicine after experiencing something unpleasant in his childhood, it was clear that he was in a strange mood because he was happy to have properly experienced his rut for the first time.
The Riyekan that Jin-ha knew was not the type to change his mind just because he had some sex.
“……”
Jin-ha suddenly felt his mood sink and stopped in the middle of the room. The inside of his chest, which had felt full until just a moment ago, now felt empty.
He took a deep breath and glanced at the bed. The rumpled sheets and the dirty bed sheets with traces of last night vividly reminded him of what had happened.
Ah, so it ended up like this.
“From now on, what should I…”
During sex, he complained, got annoyed, and even tried to hit Riyekan a few times, but honestly, he had been happy. Even though that pervert-like man kept asking for strange things and pushed too hard, and his stamina was like a beast’s, making it tough, how could he not be happy to overlap his body with someone he loved?
But being happy and worrying about what would happen afterward were separate issues. The words ‘serious relationship’ that came out of Riyekan’s mouth seemed like a joke. In fact, he didn’t even know what a serious relationship meant, so it might be unreasonable to expect a deep understanding from a man who was lowering the standard by saying to be a little more lenient.
It was clear what would happen in the future.
As long as the piece of his soul remained in his body, Riyekan would cherish him… no, love him. But would it be the same after he had regained all the pieces of his soul?
Jin-ha thought not.
However, even though a bad future was clearly foreseen, Jin-ha only felt the happiness of the sand-like happiness he had now. The sand slipping through his fingers was less regrettable than the sand that remained was more precious and lovely.
It was the first time for Jin-ha, a coward, to feel the preciousness of the present happiness more intensely than the fear of the impending catastrophe. That’s how much he truly loved that irresponsible and wicked man.
So, Jin-ha wanted to sustain this relationship, this happiness, for as long as possible. He wanted to be by Riyekan’s side for as long as possible.
How should he do that?
‘Why not just play along this time?’
Suddenly, Cha Ki-young’s words came to mind. Every time Jin-ha was drawn to Riyekan, those words had pierced his mind, and now they seemed to be the answer to this situation.
Just playing along. A light encounter. Moving forward without fear and cleanly stepping back when the destined end approaches. That might be the way Riyekan desired in a relationship.
Jin-ha nodded, ignoring his stinging chest. If that’s what Riyekan wanted, then he should do it that way.
It’s okay. Unlike what he had thought before, this relationship was not without benefit to Jin-ha.
“Yeah, let’s just play along.”
Jin-ha made up his mind, uttering the light words heavily. Just as Riyekan didn’t know the true meaning of a serious relationship, Jin-ha didn’t know the true meaning of playing along, but he couldn’t know his own appearance.
After organizing his thoughts, he suddenly felt hungry. Jin-ha tried to recall when he had his last meal. His memory was unclear. Riyekan had occasionally sat him on a chair or held him in his arms and fed him sandwiches, but…
As the hot affairs of the past few days began to fill his mind again, Jin-ha shook his head vigorously and quickly looked for a mirror.
‘The potion to remove the abnormal status doesn’t seem to work.’
How many more days would he have to live like this?
He had thought he had spent quite a few days on the bed, but since the abnormal status hadn’t been removed yet, it seemed not much time had passed.
Jin-ha stood in front of the mirror with a uneasy feeling and opened the information eye. It took some time to find the desired information as some of his childhood memories that had resurfaced since coming to the island were branching out.
‘My favorite snack when I was young was caramel’ or ‘The feeling of sand under my feet is squishy and nice’ and other useless information were erased one by one, and finally, Jin-ha found the information he wanted and made a dumbfounded expression.
[ Lee Jin-ha ]
Abnormal status: O%?g? � completed.
Fairy contained.
Fairy contained? What does this mean?
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
