No matter how one looked at it, the spacious house lacked the sense of liveliness one would expect from someone living there. The empty living room, the sofa and table placed haphazardly, the TV filling one side of the wall, and the clear view of the outside through the glass window.
It was already the third time Wooyeon had brought Dohyun over, once for studying, once for dinner, and now for another purpose. Each time, Wooyeon found Dohyun sitting on the sofa strangely unfamiliar. Although his profile as he quietly watched TV was the same as usual, there was a subtle tension in Wooyeon’s mind.
“… Are you sure about your lecture?”
In truth, telling him to go to sleep was almost like a gamble. It wasn’t the right time for such a conversation, and Dohyun already had a scheduled plan. Even Wooyeon felt it was a somewhat forced request, but vague confidence moved his lips. Fortunately, Dohyun just got out of the car and came up to the house without any fuss.
“It’s okay since they don’t take attendance anyway.”
Whatever he was thinking, Wooyeon felt a small comfort in his words. At least the plan wouldn’t be disrupted, which relieved the melancholy mood.
“And even if it’s not okay, it’s too late now.”
Dohyun tilted his head slightly and turned his eyes to Wooyeon. It was an openly observing gaze, but Wooyeon didn’t pay much attention. He just seemed like a small, anxious creature, huddled with his knees drawn up.
“Are you feeling okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
There were still about four hours left until the effects of the sedative injection wore off. It wasn’t a long time, but once the anxiousness began, it seemed endless. As Wooyeon anxiously checked the time, a gentle voice spoke to him.
“It seems like you’re not feeling well after all.”
“….”
Wooyeon looked at Dohyun with his lips firmly sealed. Because they were sitting apart on either end of the sofa, there was a vague distance between them. Dohyun leaned against the armrest, resting his head at an angle.
“Is it because of that?”
It was straight to the point. Although not directly addressed, he wasn’t clueless enough not to understand. Wooyeon recalled Dohyun’s upper body in the bed and shook his head slowly.
“I’m not worried about that anymore.”
Just that morning, Wooyeon had been preoccupied with that matter. He couldn’t sleep, and all weekend, he couldn’t stop thinking about Dohyun. But the moment he overheard their conversation, he forgot all those worries.
“It’s already in the past….”
Ironically, if it weren’t for that incident, he wouldn’t be thinking like this. Despite it being a regrettable action, it was the best choice for Wooyeon.
“…Is that so?”
Dohyun responded softly and vaguely covered his mouth. His eyes, which returned to the TV, only reflected the flickering light instead of Wooyeon. Dohyun closed his mouth for a moment, then asked politely with that tender tone.
“You’re not going to talk about it?”
Since he had abruptly told him to go to sleep, he must have felt something strange about that too. He probably knew that saying he was in pain was just an excuse from the moment he got into the car. Not asking anything in the past hour was his own form of consideration.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Dohyun, who’d been staring into space, muttered suddenly. Wooyeon’s shoulders twitched as if he’d felt the gaze. Dohyun had a persistent and intense gaze, like a predator aiming for its prey.
“Just ‘for today’?”
“…”
The sharp glint in his eyes suddenly flickered. The atmosphere felt unsettling, and Wooyeon felt a heavy weight in his chest even before he opened his mouth. The pheromones sank heavily, gripping his heart tightly.
“Then what about tomorrow?”
“…!”
Just like throwing a stone into a calm lake, one small pheromone created a strong wave. Wooyeon sucked in a deep breath without even blinking.
It wasn’t a significant amount of pheromones. It wasn’t intentional harassment, nor was it an attempt to pressure Wooyeon. It was just something that flowed out with the change in Dohyun’s mood, nothing more and nothing less.
However, even with just that, his stomach twisted violently. His face turned pale, and his heart pounded loudly as if it would burst. As Wooyeon felt the strangeness, he hunched over, but his pheromones that had already started to leak out couldn’t be suppressed.
“Wooyeon.”
Dohyun approached Wooyeon with a rare surprised expression. He narrowed the distance, wrapped his arms around his shoulders, and carefully examined his face. Wooyeon lifted his head with gasping breaths, feeling something crumbling as their eyes met.
“Ugh…!”
The overflowing pheromones flooded Dohyun’s entire body like waves. A sweet and thick scent began to fill the air around them. Wooyeon instinctively breathed out hot breaths as if diving into Dohyun’s embrace.
“Ah, ugh…”
It didn’t feel like his own body. Heat boiled in his stomach, and his chest felt wildly unsettled. The uncontrollable pheromones shamelessly targeted only Dohyun.
“Ugh…”
Never before had he experienced such a sensation. Throughout the heat cycles that came and went, Wooyeon always maintained his composure. Part of it was due to regularly taking suppressants, and part was due to his own low libido. This was the first time pheromones flowed so freely, drenching someone like this.
“…Haah, hah….”
But feeling this overwhelmed was unheard of for him. The entire house seemed to be filled with the scent of Wooyeon’s pheromones. The scent was so strong that it almost suffocated him. Despite clinging to Dohyun with his entire body, his already heated body couldn’t calm down.
“…You.”
Dohyun looked at Wooyeon with a stern face. Despite the evident arousal in his eyes, not a single Alpha pheromone was released. And with the way he was biting his lower lip with his fangs, it looked like blood would soon be drawn.
“Right now, this is…”
Before Dohyun could finish his sentence, Wooyeon looked up. Blood had started oozing from Dohyun’s lips. Wooyeon tried to reach out, but before he could, he was firmly grabbed.
In an instant, everything turned upside down. Dohyun grabbed Wooyeon’s wrists and pushed him down onto the sofa. Wooyeon, with fingers trembling, breathed out a sigh into the air as his head hung low. Seeing him close his eyes without resistance, a faint smile formed at the corner of Dohyun’s lips.
“…No wonder it felt strange.”
The moment Wooyeon resolved to give up on him, a thought crossed his mind simultaneously. If he were to give up like this, he wanted to leave at least one trace. Unlike four years ago, he wanted to hold onto vivid memories of him in his heart.
“Well, let’s go…”
Since they had slept together once, the second time should be easier. After all, Dohyun was also an Alpha, so if he persisted and clung on, he would have to give in pretending not to be able to resist. Since Alphas are all the same, he could just give up afterward. That series of thoughts had brought Dohyun to this point.
“What gave you the guts to do something like this?”
Dohyun cut off his words, firmly holding onto Wooyeon. His lips, now slightly bloody, looked rather attractive. The occasional fluttering of his eyes was probably to hold onto the remaining consciousness.
“Just… accidentally…”
“Accidentally?”
A hollow laughter erupted, not from Wooyeon, but from Dohyun. He lowered his head and muttered in a dry voice.
“You’re really living up to your name.”
Wooyeon admired the fact that Dohyun had maintained his composure all this time. If he were any other Alpha, he would have jumped at him long ago, but Dohyun hadn’t even released his pheromones. Although he was gripping Wooyeon’s wrist as if he would break it, even that was a means to control himself.
“…Sunbae.”
So Wooyeon called out to Dohyun with a whimper-like voice. Dohyun blinked as if to encourage him to continue speaking. The remaining sanity glimmered clearly through his sharp eyes.
“Let’s… let’s sleep together.”
“…”
“Anyway, we’ve already done it…”
Tears mingled in his voice. It was because his instinctual touch signaled that something was wrong. According to Wooyeon’s original plan, Dohyun should have lost consciousness as soon as Wooyeon began emitting pheromones. He should have shown a face intoxicated with excitement, not this complex expression.
“So just…”
“It’s no big deal to have sex with you here, Wooyeon.”
Dohyun opened his mouth with an unusually sluggish tone. The syllables seemed to drag on as if his mind was slow to process.
Then, a lower voice followed.
“We didn’t sleep together.”
The firm voice sounded nothing like Dohyun’s. Wooyeon widened his eyes, recalling what he had just said. And Dohyun, it seemed, was personally reviewing what he had said.
“We didn’t sleep together that day.”
Something that had been stacked carefully collapsed all at once. Instead of rejoicing in the fact that nothing had happened, he felt disappointed at the fact that he was nothing. Dohyun confirmed that Wooyeon was distracted and then released his wrist.
“Do you think I would touch someone who was unconscious?”
He asked, descending from the sofa with a steady voice. He stumbled a bit upon reaching the ground, but quickly regained his balance and lifted his head. Seeing his blurred pupils, it seemed that he was dizzy from the surging pheromones.
“If you knew, then today…
“Why did you lie?”
Wooyeon limply grabbed onto Dohyun’s clothes. Dohyun awkwardly stepped back, his face mirroring the confusion from four years ago when he rejected his confession.
“Why did you lie to me knowing I would misunderstand?”
The pheromones stirred, but this time with a different meaning. It wasn’t just desire, but also unfairness and sorrow. He had come this far with a certain feeling and thought. Ending up with nothing made him lose Dohyun.
Dohyun calmly replied to Wooyeon’s question.
“I just didn’t say anything.”
“But if you didn’t say it, I wouldn’t know.”
It was a contradictory statement. Meanwhile, he firmly held the wavering Wooyeon. Wooyeon retreated again, looking at him with teary eyes, gritting his teeth.
“In the end, even that…”
“You’re calling that a lie?”
Interrupting him, Dohyun raised the corner of his mouth slightly. It wasn’t mockery, nor was it a cheerful smile. He chuckled a few times and then opened his mouth with that tender tone again.
“Yeon-ah.”
Their gazes met. The pheromones stopped, and it felt as if his breath had stopped too. The gentle tone rustled like a resentment.
“Those words shouldn’t come from you.”
Unable to utter a word, Wooyeon widened his eyes in shock. Various emotions swirled chaotically within him as he watched Dohyun walk away. The gentle spring breeze that surrounded them seemed to leave his side.
He knows who he is 😆
So many head games from Dohyun ugh! I really wanted wmWooyoen to punch him! I’m not a violent girl but this guy! OK, cleansing breaths! Is there a breath emoji?
HE’S A JERK BUT ALSO A GENTLEMAN ARGHH, I HAVE LOVE AND HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM😭😭
i suddenly want danny to come sooner…
Mee too
Me three😖
If Danny comes soon I bet 100% Dohyun wouldn’t be able to handle how close his “Yeon-ah” and that guy is 😩😩
ugh I don’t like this
!!! This is insufferable I hate this feeling. I hope Danny or another alpha would come and make dohyun jealous
🥲 wait what i was hoping a lot since they got to see a movie and then now…. everything’s just collapsed?
i do glad that they didn’t sleep toghether or else… it would turn into sth like a mess. But somehow i don’t why he’s acting like this there must be sth from him that we didn’t know. Still looking forward to next chapters. 😭 Wooyeon ah come here i’ll give you a hug okay.
Poor baby wooyeon
Dohyung understands almost everything but he still told that to Graham. I mean, didn’t he noticed that Y lied about his smiled? He obviously likes you. Danny please hurry
Gooyeon lied*
Why is he playing with him like that??? Wooyeon has him too idealized, I know, but Dohyun didn’t have to be like this
I don’t like it
Atp move on bruhh…..
Thanks for the chapters
I didn’t understand anything….