Chapter 34
I did not actively respond, but I wasn’t as stiff as a statue either. Just like I had done many times with numerous people who wanted me, I skillfully intertwined my tongue, licked, and sucked in moderation.Yeah, well, if a kiss can surpass sex, it’s not a bad deal. After rationalizing it, I closed my eyes and responded moderately, truly moderately, to Jung YiyWon’s kiss.It was similar to when Jung Yiyeon sucked my dick. Just as I got excited by direct stimulation to my sensitive area, the teasing kiss that tickled the mucous membrane inside my mouth was inevitably strange. Dealing with a man’s delicate attitude towards me, like holding the most fragile glass in the world, was something I couldn’t help but be captivated by.So, the reason I couldn’t make quick decisions and acted absent-mindedly was all because the kisses were pouring out so relentlessly, to the point of being overwhelming.When I heard a click sound, I froze in surprise. When the door opened with a clanking sound, only then did I turn my head to look at the door.“Uh…”I pushed Jung Yiyeon’s shoulders so forcefully that he made a loud noise when I heard the creaking sound. And at that moment, a greater sense of bewilderment hit me like a powerful force.“Huh…?”What I saw through the open door was a massive figure. My brother, Won. My brother Won, whom I hadn’t seen in months, stood still as if his face and body had turned stiff upon witnessing the intertwined figures as soon as the door opened.“Ah! Hyung!”I screamed and stood up abruptly. In the meantime, I didn’t forget to adjust my pants. Though my legs almost gave out, Jung Yiyeon, who had stood up with me, supported me. I had no presence of mind to push him away. My face, flushed red, seemed like it would burst.“Um, I’ll be back in a bit, okay?”“Oh, no! No, Hyung! No.”I shouted vehemently, but I was too flustered to know what to do. No, damn it, how could I ask my brother, whom I hadn’t seen in months, to leave again! At the same time, I couldn’t let Jung Yiyeon come inside, right?However, the one who appeared at that moment was Jung Yiyeon.“Hello. I am Jung Yiyeon. I couldn’t greet you properly when we met before.”I was taken aback by his overly polite greeting. It was so shameless and audacious that it was astonishing. However, the lips that uttered such audacious words had recently been sucking my dick and swallowing my cum, making it almost surreal. It was incredibly out of place, and on top of that, the excessively polite and sensible greeting left me feeling like I was going to die of embarrassment.But my brother’s reaction was absurd.“I’m Won, his older brother… Seems like things are going well with my brother.”“What nonsense!”I exploded and shouted in frustration. My brother glared at me as if embarrassed by my behavior. He didn’t have the patience to endure someone picking a fight with him. Won’s thick eyebrows visibly furrowed, and his eyes grew colder in real-time.Suddenly, the moment I felt a fierce intent in Won’s eyes, he reached out towards me. I was startled by the abruptness, but my brother firmly grabbed my chin without hesitation.“Why does your face look like this?”My face? What’s wrong with my face?Not knowing words, I stared blankly at my brother. His gaze shifted away from me towards Jung Yiyeon. Then his eyes returned to my face, near the left cheekbone…“Oh… this is…”Only then did I remember getting punched in the face the day before during a fight with Siwoo. It came to me in the morning, and I had vented my anger on Jung Yiyeon, forgetting it again while facing another absurd situation.Though I couldn’t see myself in the mirror, it was apparent at a glance that my face was swollen and bruised. In that moment, I saw sparks in Won’s eyes. Before I could say anything, his gaze, full of hostility, turned towards Jung Yiyeon. The completely distorted eyes were no different from those of a beast or a wild animal.“Hyung! No, it’s not like that.”I instinctively covered Jung Yiyeon with my body and blocked Won’s way.“Move.”He had completely lost it. Won had always been an unpredictable person when it came to anything related to me. Ignoring everything I had done for him in the past, he was solely fixated on the wounds on my face.Just by looking at my brother’s gaze, I could tell. My brother was currently suspecting Jung Yiyeon as the culprit. And my brother was the kind of person whose fists were faster in understanding a situation than words.Of course, I had thought at least once about wanting to beat up Jung Yiyeon. However, that didn’t mean I wished for my brother to take matters into his own hands with Jung Yiyeon.“It’s not him, I’m telling you! Are you crazy, picking a fight with a guest?”Desperately, I tried to pull my brother away and shouted.“Where did you get beaten up? Did I ever teach you to get beaten up like a bastard? Who the hell did this to you?”“I just had a little fight after drinking. With a friend. It’s none of your business. Go inside. Hyung, go inside.”Hastily, I slipped on slippers over my bare feet.“Let’s go out.”Then, I grabbed Jung Yiyeon’s wrist and led him. It would be the worst to go into the house together with Jung Yiyeon in this situation. To avoid this, I first pulled Jung Yiyeon out of the entrance. Fortunately, Jung Yiyeon obediently came out of the house as I led him by the hand.After getting out of the house, I pushed Won into the house. With the carrier bag of my brother, I pressed him, urging him to enter the house.“Go in. I’ll say goodbye and come back soon. Hurry up, go in, huh? Don’t make a fool of yourself in front of the guest.”My brother continued to glare at me and couldn’t dispel his suspicions, but eventually, pushed by my hands, he went into the house. As soon as my brother entered, I slammed the door shut. In case Won turned around again and rushed out, I grabbed Jung Yiyeon’s wrist and pulled him towards the elevator, walking down the hallway.When we reached the front of the elevator after the corridor ended, I let go of Jung Yiyeon’s arm as if throwing it away.My head throbbed with pain. My heart, which had momentarily stopped beating when my brother appeared, now pounded loudly. People get so flustered that their faces turn red, and I felt like I was going to pass out.Damn it… Yeah, I understand very well that my brother is very open-minded about his younger brother’s sexuality. Fortunately.But getting caught in the act of intimacy was another problem altogether. And it wasn’t even an intimate act, damn it??It was insane. No, damn it, I didn’t know where to start or how to fix it. I wanted to scream in frustration, tearing at my hair. I felt like I just wanted to jump off something.“Ha, damn it…”When a person is pushed to the edge, anger no longer surfaces. I just felt like turning away. Maybe if I let go of reason, this pain and torment would end. It was just frustrating and agonizing. There was no end to the embarrassment and awkwardness.“I couldn’t even say goodbye.”At that moment, with Jung Yiyeon’s echoing voice, I truly didn’t know what to do anymore. My mind was spinning so much that I couldn’t even breathe. A whirlwind of mixed emotions, whether anger or confusion, made my head spin.“You’re really a crazy bastard.”I wasn’t in my right mind to the point where what I said in my head came out of my mouth. No, now there was nothing to be ashamed of.However, even with my swearing, Jung Yiyeon just shrugged his shoulders once. My reaction was so absurdly furious that Jung Yiyeon’s usual attitude seemed like nothing. I even wondered if I was the only one losing it over something so trivial because Jung Yiyeon’s attitude was so nonchalant.Ironically, seeing Jung Yiyeon like that calmed me down instantly. Surprisingly, a rush of pushed-away emotions flowed out. My tension eased. I just… I didn’t want to think about anything anymore.“Ha…”Only a breath of emptiness or a deep sigh escaped my lips. Taking a moment to catch my breath, I calmed my startled heart. I made an effort to calmly organize the current situation.“Your Hyung is truly amazing.”But Jung Yiyeon kept trying to break down my composure. His seemingly indifferent voice felt oddly provocative. I turned around to glare at Jung Yiyeon.“I heard your Hyung would easily take care of me if I mentioned that you were being bothered by me. Why didn’t you say so?”“Do you know that you’re bothering me right now? Ha…”Why is Jung Yiyeon so shameless?In reality, I never wanted to reveal my emotions in front of him. It was the same when I clung to him, even more so after I completely organized my feelings for him. I was angry about the fact that I ended up having a forced relationship with him ten times, but I didn’t want to show that anger. I wanted to treat him with an attitude that suggested he couldn’t make me angry.But now, I was just exhausted and in a state of surrender. Even if I pretended otherwise, I was annoyed and frustrated because of Jung Yiyeon. I had no idea how to untangle this mess, and it gave me a headache.Why should I respect and use polite language with that bastard? My judgment was distorted, and now I couldn’t even speak a polite word.“So, you should have told your Hyung.”Now, even Jung Yiyeon calling my brother ‘Hyung’ felt unpleasant. Was it because I was older that Jung Yiyeon addressed my brother as ‘Hyung’? Of course, it would have been unpleasant with any other title. The fact that Jung Yiyeon was intruding into my personal space was uncomfortable enough.“Anyway, I just need to endure a few more times. Why bother?”Jung Yiyeon meant that much to me now. There were only seven times left. Seven times to endure, and I didn’t have a reason to let my brother know.Especially considering Won’s personality, I couldn’t even imagine how he would solve my troubles. If the person he had to deal with was Jung Yiyeon, it seemed unlikely that he could handle it.“Ha… Jung Yiyeon.”I stared at him in silence.“Can’t you really stop now? What the hell are you expecting from me?”“It seems like you enjoy saying the same thing multiple times. In my opinion, nothing has changed.”It was frustrating. I felt like I was ranting alone in front of a huge, thick wall. Damn it, communication should be attempted for it to be called a conversation. It was just a futile argument to say we should stop if there was no change in Jung Yiyeon’s feelings.Taking a long sigh, I calmed my mind again. I hated it. Still, there were seven times left. Seven times.“Now you have my number, right? Contact me when you want to have the fourth time. And don’t come to my place anymore.”“If you ignore my calls again, I can’t guarantee anything.”“Don’t come to me. And don’t bother paying my bill or doing such things in the future. I don’t want you to interfere in my daily life.”“Ha… Can’t we even do that? Calculating the cost of that drink?”While the frustration was on my side, Jung Yiyeon spoke with a furrowed brow as if he was dying from his own frustration.“I heard you saying your wallet was tight. So I didn’t expect to receive so much criticism for covering the bill.”“Whose fault is it that I’m in this situation? What about the guy who blocked my jobs right now?”“…So I-”“Enough. Just leave me alone. Leaving me alone and rotting in front of me is your way of helping. If you wanted to be helpful, you should have avoided mentioning sex ten times. Is it a joke?”Jung Yiyeon shut his mouth. There was nothing wrong with what I said. Jung Yiyeon should have had no words to say even if he had ten mouths.But what was more bewildering was what happened next.Jung Yiyeon suddenly took out his wallet from my pocket. Then…“Then use this.”Unexpectedly, he took out a card and handed it to me. Jung Yiyeon’s personal credit card. It was so out of the blue that I just stared at it blankly.“Since I won’t follow you around, use this.”Ha. A hollow laugh burst out. Did Jung Yiyeon think I would happily accept the card and thank him if he told me to use it?“What’s this for?”“…What?”“Are you saying you’ll sponsor me or something?”I didn’t really get angry. It was just a question that popped out because I was so astonished.But strangely enough, it seemed like I hated Jung Yiyeon. Seeing the astonished look in his eyes and his stiff expression, I felt something like a sense of victory for the first time today. The face of a man who couldn’t even force a fake smile just seemed ridiculous.“Is this the compensation for ten times of sex? I thought chaebols at least buy a house for each. Am I too shameless for being unsatisfied with just ten times?”“What…!”“Why would I accept your card? What kind of relationship do we have?”Jung Yiyeon stood there dumbfounded, mouth agape. His gaze that looked at me trembled ruthlessly. It wasn’t the first or second time that I had drawn a line, but my calm demeanor in drawing the line again seemed to shock him.Ah, fuck, this feels good. With a feeling as if I were stuck in a dead end, my mood, which had been resigned, clearly improved on his face. It felt good to see Jung Yiyeon unable to look at me properly, his face dampened with weariness. Looking at his face as he turned away, I thought I wanted to hurt him even more. Despite knowing it was a childish emotion, it seemed inevitable in the circumstances.However, that pleasant feeling didn’t last long.Jung Yiyeon, who wiped his face several times, erased his expression, looked at me, and said a sentence that brought my mood crashing down again.“See you again tonight. At seven in the evening. At my place.”At that moment, the small sense of victory I had just felt was ruthlessly shattered. Once again, anger surged within me, and I felt the urge to slap Jung Yiyeon in the face. I even thought about just talking to my brother and asking him for help.Barely suppressing that impulse, I glared at him.“I’m meeting my brother tonight after five months. But why does it have to be tonight at seven?”“Instead of refusing tonight, if you do it twice next time, then refuse.”Damn it. I cursed internally.“At seven, damn it.”I managed to hold back the rest, but the damn it slipped out. After answering, I no longer wanted to see Jung Yiyeon’s face, so I turned away. Jung Yiyeon stood still, but I walked back towards the corridor leading to my home.How can I deal with that damn bastard? Because of Jung Yiyeon, I felt angry several times a day, from anger to annoyance, and it led to self-pity and resignation. And then, the anger boiled up again, and even that became annoying.I hated doing things like wasting emotions. So, I kept people who clung to me because they loved me away and lived only for the pleasure of sex. I wondered why I ended up in this situation. It was embarrassing.Since my brother was inside the house, I needed to manage my expression. Standing in front of the front door, I took a deep breath while holding the doorknob. I was so annoyed that I felt like I was going crazy, but I couldn’t show it in front of my brother. That was the way to protect him.After controlling my mind for a while, I finally managed to enter the house. My brother, Won, whom I hadn’t seen in five months, was taking a shower. While listening to the sound of water coming from the bathroom, I unnecessarily tidied up the entrance area. Even though all the bodily fluids had been swallowed by Jung YiyWon, I felt embarrassed that there might be some traces left.There had been a time when I showed my brother the sight of me being involved with Jung Yiyeon, but this was not a situation that could be immune to. Especially now, when emotions with Jung Yiyeon were not good, it was too embarrassing to show that I was associated with him.After cleaning up the entrance area for no particular reason, I went inside and saw my phone lying on the floor. When I picked it up, I noticed that the screen was completely shattered. It didn’t even turn on. I regretted yesterday’s action of just throwing away a still-usable device, but I also hated Jung Yiyeon again. Why did I have to buy a new phone because of this bastard? Damn it, I should have just taken that card and bought a phone.I tried to turn on the phone a few more times, but it didn’t work, so I just threw it down carelessly and flopped onto the bed. Then I realized it was still early morning.There was a voicemail left, full of curses. Surprised, I tried calling back, but he didn’t answer, so I only now realized that Jung Yiyeon had come to my house. There were probably quite a few missed calls on my switched-off phone.Jaeoh would have contacted me too, so I was worried again. I wondered what happened to the shop where I caused a scene yesterday. Although I didn’t remember breaking anything during our fight, I still wondered if there might be any problems. And that bastard Siwoo, who kept talking about suing and reporting, would he really sue me?Even though I was drunk and angry enough to lose my senses, hitting someone was still regrettable. I even regretted that.Looking in the mirror, I noticed that my left temple area was slightly red. It wasn’t swollen much, and it didn’t seem like I had a severe bruise. Siwoo’s punch was so light, how many punches did I throw in return… I remembered his face dripping with blood and felt bitter.My brother came out while I was applying ointment to my face.“Nice going,” he said bluntly, coming out of the bathroom wearing a loose-fitting T-shirt and shorts. Feeling embarrassed for no reason, I scratched my head.“How have you been? What have you been up to?”“Worked, you know. Not going around getting beaten up like someone else.”Ah, the aftermath. Just this level of injury. I felt embarrassed for asking about his well-being. As usual, Won had no way of talking about what he did. So, I didn’t even know exactly what he did. Unlike him, who seemed to think I should remain clean like a Grade 1 student.“Who did this to your face? Seeing you like this after a few months, I am so worked up. And why is your phone in such a state again?”“So, did you try to kill someone with that murderous look?”“Crazy, are you fighting like crazy over your lover? Serves you right. You said you were suffering emotionally.”“He’s not my lover. Not that person.”“You’re talking nonsense. You dragged him all the way to your house, saying he’s not that person?”Why was Won, this gorilla guy, so quick-witted even without being prompted? I was at a loss for words for a moment.However, I couldn’t exactly explain the relationship between Jung Yiyeon and me to Won. But I also didn’t want my brother to misunderstand and think we were in a romantic relationship.“It’s not me; he’s the one clinging. Your younger brother is so popular.”“Cute, really. Are you going around like that, with your pants down? You want me to believe that?”“Crazy, seriously…”I couldn’t look at my brother who brought up the earlier incident again without a hint of mercy. I blushed with embarrassment. Won laughed with a face full of signs that he was teasing me.“If you really didn’t like it, you would’ve borrowed my hand back then.”What he brought up was a story from the old days. It was about the time when I was living recklessly, meeting dangerous people without thinking. There was another exchange student I got to know in the United States who stuck to me like a stalker. My brother had cleaned up for me once. I was much younger and inexperienced at the time. I didn’t even care, but a guy stuck to me, so I asked my brother for help.Of course, the result was excessive suppression. After learning how Won handled a person, I vowed not to ask my brother for such favors again.“Is your job worth doing?”“Uh…?”By the way, my brother didn’t know that I’ve been taking a break for over three months. I was planning to see his face and talk about it, but I didn’t expect it to happen today.“What’s up? Did you break up?”Before I could speak, my brother asked first, and I silently nodded my head. He catches on too quickly, even too quickly. But why doesn’t he believe me when I say I don’t like Jung YiyWon?“Yeah, who does office romance? And that too, with the superior I was serving. You’re really something, you useless guy.”“What?”Oh, how did he find out? I was genuinely perplexed. My brother always exceeded my expectations, but I didn’t think he would know about Jung Yiyeon. My brother openly ridiculed me.“Jung Yiyeon, the grandson of Eunha Group Chairman Jung Pilwon. Among chaebol kids, there are always a few weird ones, but earlier, when I thought Jung Yiyeon hit you, I was furious.”“No… It’s not like that… But, hey, you do business with those kinds of people.”“You wouldn’t know about that.”When it comes to my boss, he swiftly cuts off the conversation about his work as if he’s cutting off his own part. Since he probably won’t talk about work, should I ask more about Jung Yiyeon? I hesitated; I couldn’t figure out what to say.“You seemed like you’d been on vacation since you came back from Japan.”“I just quit my job and went on a trip. Did you check the credit card statement?”“Yeah. Did you go together?”“No, I went alone. Why would I go on a trip with Jung Yiyeon?”“Is that guy really unilaterally sticking to you?”Won’s eyes narrowed. A sudden chill ran down my spine under his penetrating gaze. Should I honestly say something? If so, how much should I be honest? In the midst of this, I closed my mouth. I couldn’t figure out what to say.“Can you get him off?”“Is there a way?”“You have to use a method.”…What method? Is it just my imagination that my brother’s smile looks sinister?“It might be a bit tiresome to handle afterward, but you should give it a try.”“Oh, forget it. Your reaction is too intense. I can’t say anything, really.”“What am I going to do?”