“Why are you lying on the floor? Give me coffee!”
Because of the sudden strike on his ear, the sounds he heard became hazy and he couldn’t hear properly for a moment. With difficulty, grasping at the floor for purchase he stood up as if suppressing his urge to cry and cleaned his hands. Like his body was accustomed to it, he made the coffee.
“Here is your coffee.”
“Alright, since I’m busy today, I’ll see myself out. But you do know what happens when you think about ridiculous things right?”
“…Yes.”
“Work hard.”
Goo Daebom tapped Yigeom’s cheeks with his fingertips and grabbed the coffee with him. Yigyeom who watched the car standing outside the cafes soon disappeared and only then he started to lose the strength of his legs. He plopped under the counter just like that.
“…”
It was not something that happened to him for the first time and Yigyeom did meet Goo Daebom once a month, so he should be used to it already but whenever he faced Goo Daebom, the strength of his legs would disappear and his body would tremble. It was even more severe whenever he used violence.
It was scary. Even though Goo Daebom wasn’t aware that he was an Omega, Yigyeom was still scared when he might know of it and that he could put him up for sale anywhere if he did.
Yigyeom wondered, if his grandfather would pass away and he would be left alone in that lonesome world, what would he do? When he would be the only one left alone, there would be no one to care for him.
“…What should I do?”
Although it was only talk now, when the interest from the broadcast company would wither away, demolition would begin and when people would forget Daramdong, Yigyeom would cease to exist in anyone’s memory and only Goo Daebom would be there waiting for him. When I would be all alone in this world. Since Yigyeom was frightened, he buried his face in between his knees while his body trembled pitifully.
***
Whether it was because Goo Daebom visited him earlier in the cafe, Yigyeom continued being wary of his surroundings as he glanced off his shoulders multiple times on his way home. Luckily he could not see Goo Daebom or any loan sharks but his once shaken heart didn’t calm down easily.
Yigyeom boarded off at the bus station close to Daramdong and trudged along the familiar route. In the span of 3 months, that road would be long gone. But before that, he should get out of there but thinking about it only quickened his heart beat. Yigyeom shook his head and as he entered the alleyway, he passed by the flickering streetlight.
Yigeyom’s eyes flicked to the bricks in front of the door. It was obvious that there was no one there and even though it was a familiar sight, the image of the Chief who sat there before on the now empty place, emerged in his mind.
When he returned home that time after meeting the Chief for even a short amount of time, he could feel his underwear being drenched. It never happened before until then, so he was taken aback and felt humiliation while he washed his underwear for a long time.
Even if he just remembered that event, his ears would redden in shame of it and as the memories of the thug like Chief surged in him, he opened the front door.
“…Ah…”
He could hear someone speaking inside. There was no television and there was no one who would be visiting him at that late hour but for sure there were echoes of chatters from inside. Yigyeom opened the door carefully and entered inside.
“…”
Once he opened the door, a sweet smell hit his nose. Yigyeom now knew what kind of smell it was very well. He knew that once he smelled that scent, his underwear would get wet even if a little.
“You came?”
But what was that thug like Chief doing in his house, he couldn’t understand. That too, watching a television who knows where he bought it from, with his grandfather.
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.
“…Qtja jgf sbe vblcu tfgf?”
“Jjc’a sbe rff? P’w kjamtlcu j vgjwj klat sbeg ugjcvojatfg tfgf.”
“Lbk vlv sbe mbwf lc?”
Bkbc Kjfpecu mieamtfv bc tlr bkc ifur ktfc tf kjr rlaalcu bc atf oibbg, jcv ofia ilxf tf kjr jigfjvs ufaalcu qlrrfv jr tf ibbxfv ja Tlusfbw, ktb rffwfv rtjwfifrr. Pa tjv jigfjvs yffc 3 tbegr rlcmf tf tjv yffc tfiqlcu atja biv wjc, pera ab rff Tlusfbw’r ojmf.
“Yigyeom, greet him. Junghee’s mother introduced this pleasant young man.”
“…Aunt did?”
Yigyeom couldn’t understand how the aunt from the laundry shop introduced Kwon Taejung that easily. Yigyeom looked at Kwon Taejung who was sitting on the floor. What did all of them think to bring that thug inside?
“Since you came, I should go now. Grandpa, I’ll take my leave now. If you are bored, you can watch dramas with that. If you sleep all day, you will feel listless and it will be hard on you.”
As if he had become his grandchild, Kwon Tajung chuckled and stood from the floor while bending his upper body slightly. The ceiling was low so Kwon Taejung, who was almost 190cm, couldn’t help but cramp his legs.
“Please rest.”
“Thank you for today. Come again.”
“Sure, grandpa.”
Yigyeom was unable to understand even more how they became so close, and relieved a small sigh before following Taejung’s back and got out of the room.
“Let’s talk for a minute…”
“Ah ah…my legs fell asleep. How can a house be this small? I couldn’t stretch my legs for three hours fuck…”
Yigyeom followed Kwon Taejung, who limped out of the gate. Kwon Taejung plopped on the pile of the bricks he saw earlier before entering the house and Yigyeom stared at him.
“….What happened?”
“You heard Grandpa. It’s totally like he said. The aunt from the laundry shop introduced us.”
“So I’m asking what do you mean?”
“My legs hurt so I can’t think.”
Yigyeom stared at Kwon Taejung who tapped his legs a couple of times before raising his head to face him. They continued to stare at each other in stillness but there was a pitiful feeling lingering.
The unhappiness that clouded that pretty face, Kwon Taejung liked it. It was to the point that there was an urge to make him cry even more.
“…That television…”
“I bought it. I wanted to buy a bigger one but the walls are small so they said it can’t be hung. While hanging it, I nailed the walls, is that okay?”
“….”
“Ah, it’s going to be torn down anyway.”
Kwon Taejung mumbled to himself, and as the blood returned to his legs, he stretched it and with the usual distance between them, he stood up in front of him and met Yigyeom’s eyes.
“You must be angry but it’s less than I expected.”
“…I also thought so…”
“…”
“I am not as angry as I should be and it’s strange.”
Whether it was because Yigyeom saw grandfather smiling in that room that is usually quiet and absent of any bustling , he wasn’t as angry as he thought he would be.
“It’s nothing strange. People are like that. Even if you are pissed, you’ll get better once you see my face.”
“…”
“Isn’t that so for you?”
Kwon Taejung whose eyes smiled as he looked down at Yigyeom and his pupils shook a little. Rather than appreciating how he sweet-talked, Yigyeom was more touched by the face which smiled while looking at him.
It was like those crumbling walls and the light of the streetlamps existed for him. Kwon Taejung couldn’t lift his eyes from Yigyeom, even though he was thinking that Yigyeom was pondering on something strange.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“…”
“Do I look handsome in your eyes?”
Yigyeom , who looked like he was caught thinking so, lowered his eyes and stared at Kwon Taejung’s long legs before opening his mouth.
“I don’t know how it came to this, but with grandfather…thank you for spending time with him. Thank you for the television too…I should pay you back but my situation isn’t good right now, so I can’t pay you right now.”
“You are making me sad.”
“…”
“Do you think I have the thought of asking you to pay back? I need something from you but it’s not money so don’t worry.”
“What…do you want from me?”
Yigyeom who asked the question even though he was wary and scared of Kwon Taejung, and the latter smiled at him. If need be, Yigyeom could have run inside and locked the door behind him. Yigyeom was the kind of person that would not grow close to him. But those eyes that crossed the line and touched him, Kwon Taejung liked it and he felt like a madman.
“Are you going to do whatever I ask of you?”
“…That’s not it.”
Kwon Taejung laughed loudly at Yigyeom’s answer. Kwon Taejung’s loud laughter spread throughout the alley.
“If not then why are you asking?”
“…If you don’t want to say it, then you don’t have to.”
“It’s not that I don’t want to but you might be surprised if I do.”
There was nothing particularly surprising about it, but he couldn’t suppress his urge to tease Yigyeom and make him flustered. Kwon Taejung leaned against the crumbled walls and reached his hand out to Yigyeom.
“Come here.”
Kwon Taejung could feel Yigyeom’s eyes on his hand. The eyes that brushed against it, traced its way from his wrist to his arms. The gaze that settled on his arms made his way inside Kwon Taejung’s head and made a mess of it until his lower stomach. Ah fuck, he was falling for it again.
It wasn’t the gaze that caught his eyes. It was Yigyeom’s trembling figure while he watched his hands. It wasn’t a gaze of contempt but a gaze of deliberation.
Was it okay to do that much? Those hesitant eyes and steps moved forward a little, and the sound of sand under his shoes increased Kwon Taejung’s excitement, which wasn’t phased that easily.
“I knew you wouldn’t come.”
If Kwon Taejung pretended to be a little more weak and pulled Yigyeom, he would be there with him with one more step. Kwon Taejung knew he was being on guard, because Yigyeom was a nice kid who thanked him for spending time with his grandfather. But he didn’t want Yigyeom to come to that extent. Kwon Taejung’s legs stopped tingling and he shook it a few more times before moving from his place.
“If you want to know what happened, ask the laundry shop tomorrow.”
“…”
“It’s late. Go in.”
“Excuse…”
Kwon Taejung turned over his shoulder at Yigyeom’s voice and turned his body half-way to face Yigyeom, whose voice caught him.
“Hm?”
“…Your legs…are they okay?”
Oh, there was an urge to cause an accident. Kwon Taejung smiled, suppressing his wish to approach Yigyeom right away.
“It’s fine. Thank you for asking.”
Kwon Taejung laughed and that was when Yigyeom avoided his eyes. If it was day, he could have seen where Yigyeom went red in a better light, however it was dark, so it was a pity he couldn’t.
“I’ll go now. Good night.”
Kwon Taejung who moved a few steps back holding eye contact, then turned around and left the alley. He could still feel Yigyeom’s eyes on his back just like that day.
“Ah, fuck…”
Fuck, Kwon Taejung was up to no good. He sighed and swiped his bangs away as if he was frustrated. He had the strange thought of buying that alley and marking it as a troublesome spot.
Thank you for the chapter
thank you for reading~
Thanks 😊 ❤️