#45
Although he also recalled how coldly Hyun-oh had pushed him away when he had clung to him afterward.
Still, Hyun-oh was now before his eyes. Just that fact alone made Eunsol feel that the heated pain that had been tormenting him was subsiding.
“Haah…”
Hyun-oh exhaled deeply, his thick chest heaving. For a moment, his breath caught at the sight of Eunsol looking at him blindly, even though his body was covered in bruises.
What had he ever done for him?
Of course, from Eunsol’s position as the family outcast, marriage to him might have felt like a lifeline. But Hyun-oh was a person with strong self-awareness.
He was definitely not a kind husband to Eunsol.
He routinely came home late, and even on the rare occasions when they were together, he made Eunsol excessively mindful of his behavior.
And today, what about today?
Because of his carelessness, Eunsol had almost suffered a terrible ordeal. If Hyun-oh had been even a little later, Eunsol wouldn’t have been conscious like he was now.
As the traces of blood on his lips came to mind, Hyun-oh’s gaze darkened further.
A person who had contemplated death because of something that happened because of him was now smiling just because he had appeared before him.
“…I’m sorry.”
Hyun-oh’s sigh sounded like thunder in his ears. Eunsol realized that his thoughtless words had disturbed Hyun-oh’s mood.
The gaze that had been desperately looking at Hyun-oh until just now fell weakly onto the sheets. Eunsol bit his lower lip hard enough to draw blood.
At this pitiful sight, Hyun-oh finally closed the distance that remained between him and Eunsol. Eunsol slowly raised his gaze as he felt the edge of the bed sink.
At some point, a deep shadow had fallen over him. At the same time, Eunsol’s eyes froze wide open at the body scent and pheromones felt so close.
“Are you sure you won’t regret this?”
“…Yes.”
Eunsol nodded obediently, not understanding what Hyun-oh intended with such a question.
Hyun-oh slowly reached out so as not to startle Eunsol, and brushed his hair back from his forehead. Even from this slight contact, Eunsol reacted by pressing his lower lip hard with his upper teeth, causing droplets of blood to form again.
Hyun-oh’s thumb rubbed the wounded area with a gentle touch. Eunsol’s lips parted helplessly.
A heated gaze examined the wounds inside his mouth. Fortunately, since Eunsol hadn’t bitten his tongue further, the wounds were visible but the bleeding had stopped. Instead, his lips were stained with blood, making them redder than usual.
Eunsol couldn’t even breathe under the gaze focused on his lips. Instead of breathing, his eyelashes fluttered, subtly revealing Eunsol’s flustered state.
Then, at the sensation on his lips, Eunsol froze, unable to even blink. The droplet of blood that had appeared on his plump lower lip disappeared instantly into Hyun-oh’s mouth.
“Hyun-oh…”
Eunsol’s face flushed bright red, for a different reason than before. Though it was just a fleeting contact, he wasn’t too young to understand what Hyun-oh’s action meant.
Eunsol fidgeted with his fingers, not knowing what to do at the distinctly sexual contact. Hyun-oh pulled Eunsol’s arms to wrap around his neck.
They were close enough for their noses to brush. The soft light illuminating the bedroom flickered in Hyun-oh’s eyes.
“Rather than taking medicine, sleeping with me would be better for your body.”
Hyun-oh had received a message from Kim Myungjun as the party was in full swing and the after-party was underway.
[Mr. Eunsol’s condition is worse than expected. I think you need to come home.]
It was a rather unusual message from Kim Myungjun. It was a message asking him to come home, putting aside everything else, despite knowing what situation Hyun-oh was in.
The message conveyed an attitude of caring more for Eunsol than for Hyun-oh.
Nevertheless, before becoming angry, Hyun-oh left the party’s wrap-up to Kang Ye-ryeong and headed straight home. It was uncharacteristic behavior for him.
Acting on emotion rather than reason.
It was the same now. Hyun-oh took in Eunsol’s flushed face as he breathed heavily. Eunsol had responded quickly to an action that was barely worth calling a kiss.
Even accounting for the effects of the heat cycle, his body was excessively sensitive.
Eunsol’s pheromones, which usually felt pure and delicate, now seemed intent on drawing the alpha into his embrace, exuding a concentrated sensuality.
Until now, omega pheromones had only given Hyun-oh discomfort. Even during heat cycles that drove other alphas crazy, Hyun-oh had recoiled at the sensation of a sticky liquid covering his body.
But strangely, he wanted to keep inhaling Eunsol’s pheromones, feeling like he might lose his reason completely if he let his guard down even momentarily.
Hyun-oh suddenly realized that since the day he first saw Eunsol, he had never found his pheromones unpleasant.
“If you don’t want this, refuse now. I can still hold back.”
Hyun-oh offered Eunsol a final choice. His body was already responding, but he could still retreat. However, he wasn’t sure if he could stop if they progressed to the next stage in this state.
If his reason was stripped away one more layer, he felt like he wouldn’t let go of Eunsol until he satisfied his desires, even if Eunsol cried out.
Even now, blue veins were bulging prominently on the back of Hyun-oh’s hand placed beside Eunsol’s face. He could feel his patience disappearing in real time.
The sensation of the lips he had just tasted still lingered vividly on the tip of his tongue. Despite being fevered and bitten ragged, they felt so soft it sent shivers down his spine.
It was an impulse he didn’t feel toward anyone but Eunsol. Hyun-oh wanted to lower his head and greedily explore those delicate breaths.
He thought that perhaps he too was being swayed by Eunsol’s heat cycle.
Normally this would be unthinkable, but the effect of the pheromones Han Hyunyong had released on Eunsol seemed to be extraordinary. Eunsol’s pheromones surged throughout the room, enough to make even Hyun-oh’s reason waver.
Moreover, being so close that he could see the black pupils and the surrounding iris made Eunsol’s pheromones penetrate his entire body more intensely than usual.
Just as Hyun-oh was exhaling as if to steady his breath and calm his surging impulses—
Hyun-oh’s pupils dilated widely at the sensation suddenly felt on his lips. Eunsol, who had been quietly resting his arms around Hyun-oh’s neck, had pulled his head down.
After slightly tilting his head to make their lips meet without any gap, he froze. As if that was all he could do.
The tightly closed eyes trembling pitifully filled Hyun-oh’s vision. With particularly long eyelashes, the trembling of the eyelids was even more visible.
Hyun-oh’s stiff lips gradually softened. And soon he continued what Eunsol had started but couldn’t follow through with, as smoothly as flowing water.
“Mmph…”
Eunsol’s eyes moved restlessly behind his closed eyelids. The vivid sensations in his lips and mouth, incomparable to anything before, unconsciously made him tighten his arms around Hyun-oh’s neck.
Hyun-oh’s touch gradually became gentle, as if soothing the stiffened Eunsol. He stroked the dry back up and down as if comforting a child. The feeling of their connected lips was as soft as whipped cream.
At some point, Hyun-oh’s eyes too were hidden beneath firmly closed eyelids.
The stiffened body gradually relaxed. That sensation was so vivid that, even with his eyes closed, a faint smile curved Hyun-oh’s lips.
“…Hyun-oh.”
Before long, the two faced each other without any resistance between their bodies.
Eunsol’s cheeks were flushed like ripe peaches. The reality of looking at another person—especially Hyun-oh—up close when he couldn’t even properly look at his own body in the mirror momentarily felt like a distant dream.
Then suddenly, fear arose.
Everything was a first for Eunsol. Firsts are always accompanied by fear. Even though Hyun-oh caressed Eunsol with gentle hands, it was impossible to completely remove the tension filling his thin body.
The large eyes trembled mercilessly with deep fear.
The gaze that swept down the rapidly blinking eyelashes was hot. Hyun-oh steadied his breath while examining Eunsol’s reactions in detail.
“You’re scared.”
Eunsol seemed very frightened, like someone being chased. It was understandable. Even Hyun-oh’s past partners, though not as much as Eunsol, had shown similar emotions.
He was someone who trembled as if having a seizure even at a kiss.
Hyun-oh knew better than anyone that he was Eunsol’s first. The kisses, and the things that would follow.
“N-no, I’m not.”
Perhaps Eunsol felt that Hyun-oh’s words were mocking him. He shook his head vigorously from side to side. But because his head felt dizzy, he frowned for a moment and breathed heavily.
The color of the pain that had been tormenting Eunsol had changed. Hyun-oh’s pheromones were stimulating Eunsol more intensely than usual.
His vision began to blur as if thick fog had settled around them. The distinct face would become blurry, then clear again when he blinked, in a repeating cycle.
And with that, the fear filling his heart began to be stained with a different emotion.
Hyun-oh took Eunsol’s hand and placed his lips on the delicate fingertips.
“Are you really okay with this?”
Hyun-oh suddenly became aware of Eunsol’s age. If there had been a suitable age gap, Hyun-oh would have embraced Eunsol whenever his body desired, given that they were legally married.
But even when such feelings arose, looking at Eunsol’s face up close made him feel as if he were committing a crime, seeing the soft downy hair all over his skin.
Today, Eunsol was in heat, and he seemed to want him, so Hyun-oh was also in the process of loosening the reins he had so carefully kept tight. But if Eunsol was terrified, that was a different matter.
“I-I can do well. So please don’t stop.”
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
