“Get up now. Let’s eat.”
“Mmm.”
Seunghyun patted Suhwan’s back, urging him. Though reluctant, Suhwan was indeed hungry, so he lifted his head unsteadily.
Then his eyes met Seunghyun’s directly.
“…”
“…”
Suhwan just blankly thought how long Seunghyun’s eyelashes were. Why he had such a thought at that particular moment was inexplicable.
Then, as if following a natural sequence, Seunghyun’s face drew closer. Suhwan reflexively closed his eyes.
Smooch.
“…?”
Teasing Suhwan, only a soft, brief sensation touched his cheek. Following that short peck, a small laugh could be heard. Suhwan opened his eyes in surprise.
“We need to eat. Come on, get up.”
“…!”
This made it seem as if he had been hoping for a kiss. Suhwan’s face flushed red with embarrassment.
But too shy to say anything, Suhwan followed as Seunghyun pulled him from the room toward the living room.
“Just a moment. The food seems cold, I should heat it up.”
“Did you buy all this?”
“Yes.”
Seunghyun took out various foods from bags placed on the table. Seeing how tired Suhwan was in the morning, he had bought samgyetang (chicken soup with ginseng) and tteokgalbi (grilled short rib patties).
Seunghyun skillfully opened the packaging, transferred it to dishes to heat, and set the table. When Suhwan tried to help, he firmly refused and made him sit down. Suhwan sat alone on the chair, awkwardly waiting.
“Eat a lot.”
“Thanks.”
Genuinely hungry, Suhwan expressed his gratitude and immediately picked up his spoon. He first sipped the milky broth and then devoured the samgyetang and tteokgalbi.
“…?”
Then feeling something strange, he looked up and his eyes met Seunghyun’s, who was staring at him intently. Suhwan gently put down his chopsticks that had been holding tteokgalbi and glanced at Seunghyun.
“Aren’t you eating?”
“I already ate.”
“Oh…”
But why is he sitting across from me? Suhwan tilted his head, looking at Seunghyun.
“Are you sure you don’t want any?”
“Yes, just watching you eat makes me feel full and happy.”
“Oh… really?”
Does he think I’m eating too enthusiastically? Or is he being sincere? Contemplating this, Suhwan simply brought the remaining tteokgalbi to his mouth. He was too hungry and the tteokgalbi was too delicious to think about anything else.
The alpha’s voracious appetite was only satisfied after devouring an entire chicken and inhaling the tteokgalbi. Though he left a little, eating this much alone was quite significant.
With his stomach full, Suhwan glanced at Seunghyun again. He barely managed to stop him from clearing the table right after eating, and cleaned up himself.
“Senior, come here.”
“…?”
As they went to the living room, Seunghyun beckoned to Suhwan. Puzzled, Suhwan approached the sofa.
“What is it?”
“This.”
Rustling something out, Seunghyun slipped something small and hard into Suhwan’s mouth. Having accepted it reflexively, Suhwan rolled it around with his tongue. A sweet and slightly bitter taste spread in his mouth. It was chocolate.
“Is it good?”
“Yes.”
Nodding, Suhwan smiled with satisfaction. The rich chocolate that melted softly in his mouth was exactly to Suhwan’s taste.
“Do you have more?”
“Would you like more?”
“Yes.”
Seunghyun’s fingers unwrapped another chocolate. Suhwan, expecting him to give it to him again, hesitated.
It seemed a bit embarrassing to be fed like before. This time, he held out his hand to Seunghyun, intending for him to place it on his palm.
“Huh?”
But Seunghyun, having unwrapped the chocolate, quickly popped it into his own mouth. Then he smiled at Suhwan.
What’s this? If he wanted to eat it himself, he should have said so. Was he teasing? Thinking this wasn’t like Seunghyun, Suhwan tilted his head, when something suddenly grabbed the back of his head.
“Ah…!”
Falling forward, Suhwan practically collapsed onto Seunghyun. And instantly, Seunghyun sucked on his lips. His lips stung from the collision as they fell, and between them, Seunghyun’s tongue slid in.
“Mm… ngh.”
The sticky tongue thoroughly explored his mouth. The rich chocolate melted on his tongue, mixing with saliva. Since Suhwan had just eaten chocolate too, the remnants in his mouth mingled with Seunghyun’s, messily entangling.
Yet he couldn’t really tell what it tasted like. Seunghyun’s saliva mixed with chocolate was too sweet, emitting an aroma even richer than the chocolate itself.
Saliva that couldn’t be swallowed dribbled from Suhwan’s mouth. The saliva, clouded with chocolate, was mixed to the point where it was impossible to tell whose it was.
“Hnng…, ngh.”
“Ha… delicious. Isn’t it?”
“Ngh, mmm.”
Though Seunghyun asked, he didn’t wait for an answer and continued sucking on Suhwan’s lips as if savoring them. All the saliva in his mouth was sucked away, and by the time Suhwan felt nothing but a stinging pain instead of chocolate flavor, he was finally able to break away from Seunghyun.
“Ah.”
But he realized that his body had fallen backward. Somehow he had been lying on the sofa, being kissed by Seunghyun. Startled, Suhwan barely managed to speak while pushing away Seunghyun, who was approaching again.
“Wait, just a moment.”
“…Why?”
His lowered voice sounded somewhat dangerous. Seunghyun’s gaze looking down at him contained heated fervor. Suhwan was no longer innocent enough to misunderstand that gaze. He was just surprised by Seunghyun’s sudden excitement.
But Seunghyun had been holding back in his own way. Since discovering Suhwan sleeping surrounded by his clothes. It wasn’t possible to pin down someone who had been starving all day, so he had restrained himself with superhuman patience. Seunghyun’s eyes gleamed dangerously.
“I don’t think we should be doing this.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean… constantly ki-kissing and s-sex…, hmm, doing that.”
After doing everything they’ve done, now he brings this up?
Seunghyun’s eyes narrowed. He was trying to figure out if Suhwan was saying this because he genuinely disliked it or if he had some other intention.
But examining Suhwan’s reddened face, he didn’t seem to dislike it or have hidden motives. That puzzled Seunghyun.
“Do you dislike doing things with me?”
“It’s not that I dislike it…!”
“Then what’s the problem?”
Honestly, the problem was that he didn’t dislike it. Suhwan had never properly pushed Seunghyun away until now.
Of course, there were reasons each time. Once he was drunk, and the next time he was in rut. These were quite plausible excuses.
But both times, he could have pushed him away at any point. After all, Seunghyun was an omega, and Suhwan was an alpha. There was a slight difference in physique. Probably Suhwan was much stronger too.
Yet Suhwan couldn’t push Seunghyun away until the end. Even now, his uncontrollably pounding heart confused him.
“We’re… going to cancel our engagement soon.”
That’s what he finally said. Seunghyun and he were a relationship with a predetermined end. They needed to cancel their engagement and live their separate lives.
Setting aside himself as the villain, the protagonist naturally needed to meet another protagonist and find happiness. The cancellation wasn’t just something Suhwan needed to do to survive. At least, that’s what Suhwan believed.
However, Seunghyun, who was the main character and one of the protagonists of this world, seemed to think differently.
“About that.”
Seunghyun’s face, looking down at Suhwan, tilted slightly. His slanted gaze fixed on Suhwan.
“Why should I cancel our engagement?”
“What?”
“Engagement cancellations are for when both parties dislike each other, but that’s not us. Is it?”
“…?”
While Suhwan was confused by Seunghyun’s question, he grabbed Suhwan’s hand that was pushing against his chest. Then he pulled it close to his face. Suhwan was horrified to see his fingers entering Seunghyun’s mouth.
“W-when did I say I liked you?”
“Senior, are you using me and throwing me away?”
“W-what?”
Using and throwing away? Suhwan felt wronged. What use? He had only been used thoroughly.
Between red lips, an even redder tongue squirmed, licking Suhwan’s fingers. Suhwan flinched at the sensation that felt like being burned.
Why couldn’t he push him away? Just a light bite on his finger, yet he couldn’t move his body at all, as if a predator had seized the back of his neck.
“That’s how it is. You enjoyed it so much, but now saying you don’t like it means you’re using me. Were you playing with me?”
“Who’s playing with… ugh.”
As Suhwan tried to protest, Seunghyun bit his finger rather strongly, making him moan and shrink back. It would surely leave a mark. It hurt that much. When Suhwan reflexively tried to pull his hand away, Seunghyun pressed down firmly with his lower body.
“Isn’t throwing away an omega you shared a rut with playing around?”
“No, that’s… hngh.”
It was nonsense. Without even thinking twice, it was absolute nonsense. But if others heard it, it was the kind of statement that could easily be misunderstood.
Suhwan felt wronged but couldn’t properly protest this time either. Heat was rising from their interlocked lower bodies, and Seunghyun’s pheromones were emitting so strongly that it was suffocating.
“Don’t overthink it, senior.”
“Hng…”
“Anyway, it feels good doing things with me, doesn’t it?”
“Haah.”
Lowering his head, Seunghyun lightly bit Suhwan’s lips as he sighed. Even Suhwan’s breath was sweet. How desperate he had been at school. Perhaps because he was infertile, the faint pheromones that only emerged when highly excited always made Seunghyun impatient. Even a single sweet breath that dissipated so quickly seemed too precious to waste.
Trying hard to conceal that urgency, Seunghyun devoured Suhwan’s lips. The soft lips opened without resistance, accepting Seunghyun’s tongue. In fact, they responded even more actively than when eating chocolate earlier.
“Haa, senior.”
“Haah.”
He buried his face in the neck still clearly showing traces of the previous night. Seunghyun pressed his lips near the collarbone where red marks remained. Then he sucked hard on it. Why did he taste sweetness even from such places? It was as if Suhwan’s entire body was like candy.
“Shall we go to the bed? Or…”
Seunghyun’s hand lifted the hem of Suhwan’s clothes. His slightly cold fingers traced Suhwan’s body. At the touch sensually caressing his bare skin, Suhwan felt a tingling in his lower abdomen.
“I don’t mind doing it here.”
“Hah, ah…”
Just as silence is often taken as agreement, moans uttered without an answer were essentially the same as consent.
Thinking as he pleased, Seunghyun sank his teeth into the flushed skin. Now there would never be a time when his marks disappeared from Suhwan’s body.
Seunghyun smiled sweetly as he kissed various parts of Suhwan’s body.
