The glass door leading from the living room to the outside was open. On the table, sandwiches and salad were visible. Han Team Leader, who was standing in the kitchen, filling a tall glass with ice, turned to look at me.
“Have you changed your clothes?”
“…Yes. I thought it would be nice to go for a walk after eating…”
“Since you couldn’t go out last night.”
He replied as if agreeing. If his voice hadn’t been so clear and if there hadn’t been a hint of a smile around his mouth, I wouldn’t have known he was teasing. Without responding, I sat on the sofa facing the sea. Han Team Leader came over with a glass pitcher filled with fruit and pink liquid, pushing the table towards me.
“Even if you don’t feel well, eat some. It’ll settle your stomach and prevent motion sickness.”
“…Okay.”
Come to think of it, I had to catch a flight today. I wished I had slept less and gone for a walk with him yesterday, or even just lay down and talked.
I picked up the neatly cut sandwich in a triangle shape and slowly took a bite. The bread was soft, and the potato and spinach inside were savory.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t help you clean up yesterday.”
It bothered me that I hadn’t done anything since yesterday and was filling my stomach with the food he had made. Han Team Leader poured juice into my cup and replied.
“When you move in, it would be good for Lee Seodan to take care of things like laundry. You couldn’t even do the dishes yesterday.”
“…”
I paused chewing. With the sea in the background, the man in a white shirt wearing a pleasant smile looked like a painting.
“When we go back, it’ll be Monday night, so I’ll finish work on Tuesday and come to your place to move some stuff. Contact the landlord today to find a new tenant. Move the remaining stuff this weekend.”
“…”
“Let’s just throw away most of the stuff. Especially furniture. We can buy new ones later if we need them.”
I swallowed the remaining sandwich and took a sip of juice before cautiously speaking.
“This weekend is too soon-”
“No, it’s not.”
He interrupted my words with a still smiling face.
“I won’t entertain any arguments about this issue in the future.”
It was a familiar face. The tone and expression were reminiscent of the superior in the meeting room and the owner in play. If I took one step further, it would almost be certain that I would receive a verbal or physical reprimand from him.
I eventually closed my lips that I had opened. I grabbed another sandwich to eat.
“What time are we going to the airport?”
I asked him when my stomach was full. Han Team Leader checked the watch on his wrist and replied.
“Since it’s a 5:50 flight, we have about an hour and a half here before departure.”
“…An hour and a half?”
It was much shorter than I thought. I had thought I would have time in the afternoon for an evening flight, but I had forgotten how long the procedures at the airport would take. Did my disappointment show on my face? He glanced at me with a slight disappointment.
“Let’s enjoy a leisurely time during Chuseok.”
“…Okay.”
“And…”
After tidying up the empty glass, he remained silent for a moment before speaking.
“This isn’t something I was going to bring up right now, but what do you think about taking about six months off before I quit my job next year to start a business together?”
“…What?”
“Both you and I won’t have many opportunities like this in the future. Once the company gets going, we’ll both be busy for a while. It might be better to take a break before that.”
Even as he said it, he seemed unfamiliar with the contents of his own words. It was hard to think that he, who had lived every day fiercely enough to be nicknamed a workaholic, would say such a thing. I blinked and asked.
“Like a preparation period before starting a business?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
“…Then…”
“I think it would be nice to stay at home with Lee Seodan without any special plans, and also travel for a bit longer. It would be great if we could spend time together during the daytime. We could even live in a country you like for a month or two.”
As I struggled to find a suitable response, he added, “Of course, I’ll have preparations to make, and you won’t be able to completely stop studying either. Sometimes, we might even travel for market research. But primarily, I’m considering it as a period of rest and recharge. Do you mind?”
“…No, of course not…”
Just the thought of being able to spend six months with my partner and leisurely enjoy weekday afternoons together was almost unimaginable. I just nodded my head, and he chuckled as he started to tidy up the table.
“Supervisor Kim mentioned that she will personally guarantee to teach Lee Seodan the art of relaxation soon.”
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“You’re applying sunscreen.”
As I walked over with the glass pitcher and glasses, he took them from me and placed them on the sink counter.
“It’s in the bathroom. Put some on your legs and don’t forget your hat.”
“Yes.”
I debated whether to insist on doing the dishes, but I figured I’d just be teased again, so I went into the bathroom. I found his sunscreen tube, squeezed out a bit onto my palm, and applied it to my face while looking in the mirror. I spread the cream on my cheeks and forehead. The white cream melted quickly, emitting a fresh and pleasant scent.
“Team Leader, this…”
I was about to call him, but thinking that my voice might be drowned out by the running water, I came out of the bathroom with the sunscreen and cap in hand.
Han Team Leader turned to lock the faucet. The kitchen was already clean, as if the dishes had been finished. I held out the tube and said, “There’s not much left, so it might be a waste to apply it to my legs.”
“It’s not a waste.”
He replied, grabbing my wrist with his large hand. He snatched the sunscreen away and sat me down on the stiff sofa. Han Team Leader lifted my chin with his long fingers and carefully inspected my face.
“You’ve applied too little. You’ll get sunburnt.”
“Ah… I see…”
Squeezing the sunscreen onto his palm, he dotted generous amounts onto my cheeks, chin, and nose. I felt his face was too close, so I closed my eyes. His meticulous fingertips swept over my nose, eyebrows, and eyelids.
“Mmm.”
I felt a cold sensation on my neck.
“Stay still. Unless you want to become a boiled egg.”
He applied sunscreen to every exposed area of my body, including my neck, behind my ears, and the back of my neck. His large, warm hand glided smoothly over my skin with just the right amount of pressure. With each breath, the sweet scent of the sunscreen and his close proximity enveloped me, seeping into my lungs. My knees and thighs were pressed against him.
“Umm…”
“Don’t make strange noises.”
He grabbed my wrist and squeezed sunscreen onto my arms. I opened my eyes when his fingertips lightly grazed the slightly sunken part of the opposite elbow. His voice was dry as he tickled the soft flesh inside my forearm, making his intentions dubious.
“There’s no sun there…”
“You’ll get sun there if you lift your arms.”
He thoroughly covered both arms with cream, then grabbed my legs and pulled them up to my knees. I grabbed onto the sofa behind me to keep from falling. Squeezing out a long line of sunscreen, he drew a line between my knees and ankles. His fingers gently massaged my legs as they moved upwards. As his fingers slid up, they lightly touched the inside of my thigh through my shorts. I looked at his slightly blushing forehead and stifled a sound.
“The other side.”
I lifted my foot, which only had socks on, onto his thigh. He pulled me closer, holding onto me tightly as he squeezed sunscreen onto his hand.
“…Team Leader.”
A cold sensation touched my rounded knee. He leaned back slightly, as if admiring a work of art. His wrinkled forehead was partially obscured, but my knee was adorned with white sunscreen, forming a smiley face looking back at me. He even had a smiling face directed at me. His upturned lips were symmetrical and evenly shaped.
“You were curious about my impressions of the trip with Lee Seodan yesterday.”
“Yes?”
As I stared blankly, he pressed firmly on my knee with warm palms. The sunscreen-smudged face that was smiling moments ago now looked messy. Chuckling faintly at my expression, Han Team Leader started applying sunscreen to the lower part of my leg. His large hand formed a ring with his thumb and forefinger, lightly gripping my ankle. He tapped a few times as if experimenting, then exerted pressure on the handle.
“Ouch!”
“When we get back, I’ll look into getting ankle cuffs for our next play.”
“…”
“Leather or metal would be nice.”
I was relieved that my pulse wasn’t racing. To avoid him noticing my suddenly accelerated heartbeat, I exhaled slowly.
After finishing applying sunscreen, Han Team Leader lowered my legs to the floor beneath the sofa. As I stood up, my legs felt wobbly, and I almost stumbled. With a light smack, his palm lightly tapped my buttocks over my pants.
“Ugh!”
“The hat.”
“…Yes.”
Before stepping outside, I took off my only pair of shoes, leaving them along with my socks behind. My bare feet sank into the sand beyond the door. Even in the shade of the eaves, it was warm.
“Let’s walk towards the water.”
He said, closing the door and checking the latch.
I wiggled my toes in the warm sand. As he said, the sand, warmed by the midday sun, was too hot to stand on for long. As we approached the water, the sand mixed with salt became damp and firm.
Han Team Leader stopped at the point where the waves lapped gently, reached behind him, and held my hand, his firm fingers slipping between mine.
“Let me know if it’s too hot.”
“Okay.”
It was a leisurely walk. As I followed him, I took photos of the blue horizon, the distant sky, our intertwined hands, his handsome feet stepping on the sand. The light blue waves rolled in slowly, lapping at our feet. The sun, shining down on the brim of my hat, was hot.
Although the sea breeze made the air bearable, it was not the ideal time for a long walk under the scorching sun.
We climbed up to find the shade of palm trees on the hot sand. After resting for a while, we walked back to the accommodation. After washing off the sand from my feet in the bathroom, there were forty minutes left until departure time.
Since there wasn’t much to take out again, I put my suitcase near the entrance after organizing it. I also gathered his belongings in the same way while he tidied up the kitchen. Then, after making sure there was nothing left behind, I checked the bedroom. Han Team Leader was pulling the curtains over the wide living room window as I emerged.
“Should I… close the bedroom curtains too?”
I hesitated before speaking. The white curtains blocked the view outside.
Glancing back, he looked down at the watch I had given him on his wrist.
“We have thirty minutes left.”
“…Yes.”
“Would you like something to drink?”
“…No, I’m okay.”
“Sit down then.”
I settled onto the single sofa. My heartbeat was slightly faster. I could hear the sound of the fridge opening in the kitchen. He soon returned with a glass of juice and a bowl of ice, placing them on the sofa and sitting deeply into the long sofa, positioned at a 90-degree angle from mine.
Before he spoke, I knelt down to the floor and rested my knees between his legs. He lifted his eyebrows slowly and smiled.
“You’ve become quite perceptive.”
The stiff fabric of the sofa touched my chest. I reached out, unzipping his pants and bringing my face closer. My heart fluttered as if a butterfly had landed in my chest.
“Lately, it seems like Lee Seodan enjoys sucking my cock.”
He said leisurely as he watched.
“Am I mistaken?”
“Mm.”
To avoid answering, I took out his genitals from his underwear and put them in my mouth. Bathed in the warm sunlight streaming through the white curtains on a bright afternoon, I knelt down and sat on my knees, sucking his genitals. Unlike yesterday, this time I could act as I pleased.
With every movement of my head, I felt my body heating up, both from the wet sounds and his breath above me. His firm fingers slowly tangled in my hair.
“Ugh, mm… ah.”
The area under my closed eyelids grew warm. Unconsciously, I reached down and grabbed the semi-erect object in my underwear. I briefly spat out his stiff penis and licked the tip with my tongue. The taste of salty pre-cum felt lewd. I gently pressed my lips against his stiff glans before opening my mouth wide to accommodate the shaft. I felt his strong abdominal muscles under his shirt.
“Let go.”
He said in a rough voice. Thinking my hand, wriggling in my pants, wouldn’t be visible behind the sofa, I hesitated but reluctantly withdrew my hand. I pressed my body against the sofa and focused on licking him. Not long after, with a low moan, he ejaculated into my mouth, then allowed me to touch my genitals until I reached my climax.
“Ah, mm…”
Even after reaching climax, the tingling sensation in my body didn’t subside. Like carbonation mixed in blood flowing through my veins, I couldn’t stay still. He gently lifted me off his neck and kneeled back down until I finished, continuing to caress his genitals.
“Do you want to kiss?”
“Yes.”
I wanted to press my lips against his, intertwine our tongues, and embrace him. Even if we couldn’t have sex, I wanted to undress and caress each other’s bare skin.
“Do you?” Slowly murmuring “Is that so?”, Han Team Leader reached out behind me. There was a bowl on the table. It made a clinking sound.
“Open your mouth.”
His hand appeared in front of my open lips. There was a square ice cube between his tidy fingers.
“Bite it until it melts away.”
“Mm…”
“When it’s all melted, I’ll kiss you.”
His finger holding the ice cube entered my mouth, against the back of my warm tongue.
“Ugh!”
It was cold. My ears grew warm, and it was difficult to control my expression, but I closed my mouth immediately. Finishing quickly seemed like the best option. It didn’t seem like it would be too difficult to melt one ice cube. As soon as it touched my tongue, the square ice cube, already starting to melt, rolled around my slippery mouth.
Confident at first, I soon became flustered. Even after the sharp edges melted away, the ice remained hard and cold. My mouth grew numb as if it had frozen shut. I breathed heavily with my lips parted. He looked down at me with an unreadable expression. Despite the ice cube still seeming far from melting completely, my mouth was painfully cold.
“Team Leader, I…”
My tongue was frozen, making my speech garbled. Gasping for breath with the ice on my tongue, I grabbed his thigh desperately.
“Endure it.”
He said mercilessly.
“Don’t be a baby.”
“Mm…”
His gaze was unwavering, as if he could bore holes into my face. I forced my blue lips shut. Rolling the ice beneath my stiff tongue, a chill pierced through my delicate flesh. My lips trembled.
“Team Leader, this…”
My pronunciation was distorted. I gasped for breath with my mouth open.
“It’s not melting anymore…”
Even with the ice on my tongue, it didn’t feel heavy as if it were paralyzed. The inside of my lips stung, and the pain, like needles piercing my tongue, only grew worse. Twisting my body, I looked up at him through blurred vision, feeling feverish.
“Too… cold… Team Leader…”
Watching me squirming, he placed his palm in front of my lips.
“Spit it out.”
“Mm… Ugh…”
Since it was really becoming unbearable, I spat out the reduced ice fragment. The ice, worn down at the edges in my mouth, was now small and round. While I blinked away tears, silently watching the ice melting in his palm, he said,
“You’re getting more stubborn.”
“…”
“You can’t even endure this much.”
It was true. If we were in a relationship and I had to comply with his demands unilaterally, I might have endured even if my mouth had cracked open. The remaining chunk of ice quickly melted into clear water in his palm. I sat quietly with the cold sensation in my mouth that didn’t seem to subside. Taking out a tissue to wipe his hands, he seemed to have no intention of kissing me, as he couldn’t melt the ice.
As I glanced around, he picked up the bowl with the ice and, as I expected, headed not to the kitchen but to the window seat. He gestured for me to sit on the spacious cushion where I had watched him yesterday.
“Take off your clothes.”
Instead of standing up, I followed his instructions. I took off everything except my socks under the bright sunlight and his gaze. He grabbed my shoulders as I tried to kneel beneath the window seat.
“Come up and lie down.”
“Like this-”
“No, the other way.”
My buttocks lifted toward him. Holding onto one cushion, I assumed the position lying face down. His fingers touched my rounded buttocks.
Encased in his palm, he poured the oil a few times slowly. With each application of force from his grip, my skin turned white, and when he released, blood rushed back, leaving red marks. After repeating several times, there were blotchy red marks on my buttocks.
“Ah!”
With a sharp sound, he fiercely scratched one side of my buttock. The stinging pain made my waist involuntarily rise.
Han Team Leader inserted the cushion under my waist. Despite not exerting force, my buttocks floating in the air were gripped firmly by his fingers. The cold sensation touched the folds swollen from yesterday’s sex.
“-Ah!”
It was ice. The square, hard edges pressed against sensitive areas. I felt my heart racing to my throat and closed my eyes.
“If I insert it like this, it might hurt you.”
Estimating the size and shape of the ice, he said. Then, silence followed. I turned my head, unable to identify the source of the faint sound, and my mind heated up as I watched him spit out the melted ice from his mouth into his hand.
“Melt the rest inside the hole.”
With reddened lips, he said calmly. The ice, with rounded edges, touched the entrance of my hole. I relaxed and released a deep breath. With a thud, the ice pushed against his finger and slid inside.
“Ugh!”
As if the shock came a beat late when touching something hot, the sensation of the cold ice hitting the swollen inner walls of my hole hit me a beat later. He pressed my waist tightly as I writhed, grabbing onto the cushion with my nails. Using his long fingers, he pushed the ice deeper.
“Team Leader, I, can’t, it’s too, too cold…”
“Apply pressure. It will melt if you squeeze it.”
“Ah, I can’t, I can’t, it’s too, ugh…”
My head hit the wall. He pulled me closer, placing my buttocks on his thigh. As he pressed down on my lower back, I realized there was no way to escape. My teeth chattered violently. It felt like the cold was spreading throughout my body.
