#093
Shin Haejun’s red eyes sparkled delicately. He gently sucked on my lips, seeking permission.
I had suggested guiding first, so we could just do it. But I didn’t mind Shin Haejun’s somewhat polite approach.
‘He must have been under a lot of stress.’
Through our connected palms, I could feel that Shin Haejun’s power was very tangled. I suddenly realized how anxious he must be right now.
His power was unstable, like a walking powder keg, and our relationship was precarious. It’s natural for him to feel uneasy. Even if it was the path he chose, I couldn’t say I had no influence on it, so I felt a bit concerned.
I closed my eyes and quietly raised my free hand to cradle the back of Shin Haejun’s head. As I gently stroked it, Shin Haejun’s face slowly grew hot.
“I like you.”
Shin Haejun whispered and gave me a small kiss. He puckered his lips like a beak and planted kisses on my lips, cheeks, and near my ears as if leaving a mark. My neck felt ticklish, so I turned my head slightly, causing Shin Haejun’s face to look a bit dejected.
“Don’t you like it?”
“Ah… no, it’s just ticklish.”
As I said this while rubbing my neck, Shin Haejun suddenly lifted me up. Finding myself suddenly suspended in the air, I let out a small scream and wrapped my legs tightly around Shin Haejun’s waist.
“It’s okay, I’m holding you so you won’t fall.”
Shin Haejun said that, but suddenly being lifted into the air made it impossible to stay calm. I hurriedly hugged Shin Haejun’s neck and slapped his back with one hand.
“What are you doing so dangerously all of a sudden?”
Of course, I knew he wouldn’t drop me. But I couldn’t help feeling scared. When I asked grumpily, Shin Haejun hitched me up once to adjust his grip and started moving towards the bedroom.
I clung to him tightly to avoid falling. He opened the bedroom door, strode in, and laid me down on the bed.
‘He’s so gentle when putting me down.’
He had startled me by suddenly picking me up, but he was as careful as handling a baby when putting me down. I sank into the soft blanket and looked at Shin Haejun. As I watched to see what he would do next, Shin Haejun lay down at an angle and grabbed my feet that were sticking out of the bed.
“What— Ahh!”
Still holding my foot, he knelt down and kissed the top of it. It seemed like a pure kiss without any ulterior motive, but the fact that it was on my foot made me feel very strange. When I wiggled my toes due to the ticklish feeling, he kissed it again. There was a moist sound.
“W-what are you doing! It’s dirty!”
“I like you.”
Shin Haejun replied briefly and slowly kissed his way up from my ankle bone to the side of my calf, kneecap, and thigh. His attitude was extremely respectful. His careful touch, as if handling a fragile precious item, made my heart flutter continuously.
“I like you, really.”
Shin Haejun kept whispering repeatedly as if trying to brainwash me.
He continued to give light kisses, occasionally lifting his head to look at me with an intense gaze that felt desperate.
“J-just come here.”
I opened my arms towards Shin Haejun. Everything felt so embarrassing that I couldn’t stand it. Couldn’t we just hold hands and do the guiding by biting and sucking?
Shin Haejun reached out and took my hand. Then he bit the hem of my t-shirt with his lips and lifted it up.
Shin Haejun was about to bite my exposed stomach when he muttered, “It’s too flat.” He raised his upper body with a dissatisfied look.
“I need to feed you more.”
“It’s fine…”
“I can see all your ribs. You need to get a bit plumper.”
He rubbed my stomach a few times with a serious expression, then put his mouth on it and made a blowing sound. I giggled because it tickled, and Shin Haejun laughed along with an innocent face. He seemed to like that I laughed.
“Ah… I really like it. What should I do!”
Shin Haejun exclaimed and buried his face in my stomach. Each time Shin Haejun breathed, I felt his warm breath on my stomach.
“…You’re like a puppy.”
I reached out and stroked Shin Haejun’s hair. His straight, firm hair rustled as it moved.
“I really like you. Truly.”
Shin Haejun mumbled, his voice muffled because his face was buried, sounding something like “I weally wike you.” I didn’t understand why he kept repeating that he liked me.
“You can stop saying it now.”
“No. I’ll keep saying it.”
I tried to stop him, meaning I understood now, but Shin Haejun seemed to have a lot more he wanted to say.
When our eyes met briefly, Shin Haejun’s gaze looked a bit sad. I realized that he was very anxious, and that’s why he kept showering me with “I like you”s as if talking to himself.
Although he didn’t show it, he must have been uneasy about the atmosphere suggesting some progress between Hyun Dowoon and me.
‘I feel sorry…’
Somehow our relationship had become like this, but I suddenly felt apologetic. It would be nice if emotions, work, and everything could be clearly cut like slicing radish.
“No, don’t look at me like that. No matter what, I’m here because I want to be.”
Shin Haejun cried out in a slightly rough voice. I’m not sure, but perhaps my apologetic feelings had shown on my face without me realizing. I stared at Shin Haejun’s anxiously wavering eyes for a moment, then reached out my hand again.
“…You’re silly. I can’t let go even if it’s just to survive, you know?”
“Don’t think strange things. Just know that I really like you a lot, and I’m waiting for you to recover.”
Murmuring that, he nestled into my arms. Given how big he was, it was closer to him covering my body than being embraced. I hugged Shin Haejun’s thick body tightly, as if hugging a large teddy bear.
“…I really like you.”
Shin Haejun whispered, kissing my cheek and nape. I hesitated for a moment, then patted his back as if in response. I could see Shin Haejun’s Adam’s apple bobbing greatly.
Taking the opportunity, I carefully slipped my hand inside Shin Haejun’s thin knit sweater. Soon, I felt his heated skin flinch slightly. Shin Haejun, who had been extremely tense, suddenly raised his body as soon as I started guiding through our touching skin.
“Wait a moment.”
He pulled off his knit sweater and threw it on the floor. His well-defined muscles, almost threatening in their perfection, repeatedly tensed and relaxed.
His eyelash shadows were clearly visible on his face as he lowered his eyes to look at me. Seeing his wavering gaze, I slowly took off my t-shirt to hide my slight nervousness.
As I raised my arms, Shin Haejun offered to help and pulled at my t-shirt. His body temperature seemed even hotter than before. A temperature that felt like it could burn touched my skin briefly before pulling away.
After taking off my t-shirt, Shin Haejun’s eyes traced a straight line from my collarbone to my chest and stomach. Feeling as if flames were licking where his gaze touched, I reached out my hand again. Shin Haejun then slid on top of me, lying down as if perfectly fitted. He supported himself so that I felt none of his weight.
“…Let’s do the guiding.”
In response to my soft whisper, he firmly grasped my hand. After interlocking our fingers, he kissed my cheek.
As we started guiding, a small moan escaped Shin Haejun’s lips. He repeatedly whispered that he liked me in a voice full of passion.
Shin Haejun, with his large body, kept confessing as he buried his face against me. He desperately spoke and kissed, but once the guiding really got underway, he concentrated so much that he couldn’t speak.
“Kick me if you don’t like it.”
Saying that, he lowered his head. I was startled and flailed my legs, but his large hands firmly held my thighs. When I opened my eyes wide and just breathed heavily, Shin Haejun smiled brightly. He looked very innocent.
However, unlike his smile, his tongue was very persistent. He absolutely wouldn’t let me go. I melted, panting under Shin Haejun.
***
Shin Haejun stared intently at Lee Jaeha, who was sleeping peacefully in his arms. At some point, Lee Jaeha had fallen asleep looking very tired after being tormented for a long time due to losing focus.
The words he had kept uttering due to his extreme anxiety later burst out naturally from his mouth simply because he felt so good. Every time he said he liked him, Lee Jaeha’s whole body would turn red and tremble, which was too beautiful.
While gently stroking Lee Jaeha’s hair, Shin Haejun suddenly heard a loud warning sound from outside. It was a beeping sound that he was quite familiar with.
He carefully got up so as not to wake Lee Jaeha, then quickly ran out to the living room. The dungeon prediction gauge on the table was ringing very noisily.
[Dungeon occurrence, 5 minutes before entrance opens. 1km radius, S-class Yellow Lava Dungeon (expected)]
Shin Haejun glared at the gauge with a hard face. The sweet time had instantly vanished. All that was left was a harsh situation where he had to protect the person he loved.
‘S-class…’
There was no way to gather a team within 10 minutes. And a single S-class esper couldn’t handle an S-class dungeon alone, plus there was a very high risk of going berserk.
It meant he had no way to protect Lee Jaeha by himself.
Without hesitation, he found his phone and called Hyun Dowoon.
– What’s the matter?
“An S-class lava dungeon is expected to occur within a 1km radius in 5 minutes.”
It would have been nice if he could handle an S-class dungeon alone. Although he didn’t like it, he was glad to have him now. Two S-class espers could tackle an S-class dungeon. The problem was that Hyun Dowoon was closer to a support type than an attack type, but at least he could continuously recover their status, so they just needed to push through.
As soon as Shin Haejun finished speaking, the call suddenly cut off. He didn’t panic and just crossed his arms, staring at the gauge. It was to check the countdown.
“Where is Jaeha?”
After waiting for about a minute, Hyun Dowoon appeared in the living room.
“He’s sleeping.”
The sight of a sleeping Lee Jaeha and a shirtless Shin Haejun. Hyun Dowoon quickly realized that Shin Haejun and Lee Jaeha had done contact guiding.
Shin Haejun thought for a moment, then considered that Hyun Dowoon’s teleportation ability might be useful.
“Can you take him far away?”
“Are you thinking of clearing an S-class dungeon alone?”
“…Eliminating the chance of him getting hurt is the priority.”
Just as Shin Haejun said this, there was a rustling sound from the bedroom, followed by padding footsteps as a disheveled Lee Jaeha appeared.
“There’s no need for that. Let’s tackle it together.”
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
