“I helped you hide so that Goo Daebom doesn’t notice you, I also listened to you when you told me not to meet him. So, you should also do something for me.”
“…”
Kwon Taejung’s face was surprisingly calm and serious even though he was joking. He teased him and joked with him but his face didn’t reflect so, thus Yigyeom, a bit intimidated, barely clasped his hands in front of him, fumbling with the tip of his fingers.
“…If you tell me what I should do…I will.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“You are going to do everything I say?’
“…Not all…I will first listen to it and if I can do it, I will.”
Yigyeom was not the type of easy person who would agree to do everything without hearing it out first. As if Kwon Taejung knew what Yigyeom wanted to say, he smiled playfully and the latter only heaved a small breath.
“I’m not going to request you to do anything strange so don’t sigh.”
“…”
“Just play with me for a month. That will be enough.”
Yigyeom couldn’t comprehend what the word, playing, meant. It wasn’t that he didn’t know what the word meant but in which connotation it was being said. Yigyeom, who was usually busy doing part-time jobs and had no free time, could not recall the meaning of the word ‘play’ that easily.
“….I do not understand what you mean.”
“It’s like what I said. Just play with me for the time I will be in the container. I’m bored, that’s why.”
Kwon Taejung shrugged his shoulders, implying that there wasn’t anything more to explain, and looked at Yigyeom tilting his head. He could understand what he meant behind the term, 3 months, but the word ‘play’ was still hard to get.
Yigyeom still couldn’t understand how the gangster who was standing in front of him was asking me to play with him.
“Since I have part-time jobs every day, I don’t have much time on my hands. So I think it will be difficult.”
“So it will work if you have time?”
“Huh?”
“I will arrange the time. Don’t worry.”
Yigyeom couldn’t interpret the meaning of Kwon Taejung’s way of words more and more. It wasn’t that the words used were difficult but the point of his sentences was strangely off.
“…Thank you so much for helping me today.”
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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“Ft-tet.”
Maybe it was because he was such a gangster, he didn’t know much about the real world. In fact, Yigyeom remembered someone saying that the previous service manager was said to spend thousands at drinking parties. After living in such extravagance his whole life, he had no idea of the world and 1 million seemed nothing but mere play money.
“It’s only 150,000 won. They pay me more than other places.”
“150,000 won?”
Yigyeom sighed looking at Kwon Taejung’s dumbfounded face and coming a little closer to him. He meant to imply that they should get out of there immediately. However, Kwon taejung didn’t budge and was standing still, smiling at Yigyeom who approached him.
“You like being stuck with me like earlier? You should say so.”
Kwon Taejung’s height, which looked threatening, came close without hesitance. Yigyeom was pushed back inside the concave space inside the pillar just like that, cooped up.
Similar to before, Yigyeom was enveloped and pushed by the man’s warmth and pleasant odor. Yigyeom, flustered, could not utter a word and looked up at Kwon Taejung who was in front of him.
“I wanted to..say that we should leav-leave. Since I’m in the middle of working…I should also clean the broken glasses…”
“I will give you the money. Come home with me.”
“My work didn’t end yet…If I don’t finish my job well, this kind of work won’t come again.”
“I will make it so that this kind of work can come again. If it doesn’t, I will give you the money.”
“St-Stop…”
Yigyeom’s ears turned red as he realized that he was so close to the man’s embrace as if he was about to hug him. Like before, his fingers, ears, and the body that was sticking to him had a mild temperature.
“Ah…”
Yigyeom’s thoughts were wavering because of Kwon Taejung’s smell, and thoughts like being close to him was good were surging inside his mind. Yigyeom pressed his lips a little deeper on the man’s shoulders and quivered. The thoughts of clinging to the man crossed his mind.
Yigyeom inadvertently rubbed his cheeks on Kwon Taejung’s shoulder. Kwon Taejung wrapped his hand around the back of Yigyeom’s head, gently patted his hair, and edged his hand down to touch his neck. At that moment, Yigyeom’s shoulders dropped.
“…I-I…should really go back to work.”
“Goo Daebom must still be inside the hall, will you be okay?”
“…”
“On the off chance you don’t know, he is the owner’s relative. He is the son of the chairman’s older brother. So he will be there until the end of the event.”
Yigyeom’s eyes were quickly clouded in anxiety. He did think that he wouldn’t be someone ordinary but it was frightening to think that he was a family member of such a great conglomerate.
“So next time, do your work where he would not be present. Just come with me today, hm? I will help you again.”
“…”
“Be a good boy”
Whether it was his fingers combing through his hair, whether it was because of his scent or it was his fear of Goo Daebom, he couldn’t persist in continuing his work. Yigyeom, who was still pressed to Kwon Taejung, met the latter’s eyes and nodded.
“…Then…one more time….I ask for your help.”
“It’s good that you understand well. It’s pretty.”
Yigyeom looked at Kwon Taejung’s smiling face but avoided his eyes, seeing how close he was to him. A little close, if he was a little closer, he could have pressed his lips on his. Even if Yigyeom wanted to retreat away from the man, he had already blocked his surroundings with his body so he couldn’t do so.
“Whatever I do, stay still. I am going to get you out of here safely.”
Kwon Taejung laughed playfully seeing Yigyeom’s excited face and pulled away from him. Only then could Yigyeom breathe a little and stare at the man’s wide back.
“Stand here.”
A waiter who was passing by with a wine and drinks tray, Kwon Taejung clutched onto him and picked a wine glass before turning and meeting Yigyeom’s eyes. Just like that, he poured the wine into Yigyeom’s uniform. Yigyeom, stupefied by his ridiculous antics as his mouth gaped open, unable to say another word. Kwon Taejung only laughed seeing how the white uniform was ruined by the red wine.
“Ah, sorry. Mea culpa.”
An act which was posed as a mistake, Kwon Taejung claimed naturally it was so and after noticing something somewhere, he raised his hand. Yigyeom looked at the person who was approaching them. It was the man who visited him once before.
“Oh? Yigyeom?”
“…Hello.”
Yigyeom greeted, flustered as he did so and tried to hide his wet, wine-stained shirt. Of course, it was not enough to cover the large and red traces left by Kwon Taejung.
“Secretary Baek. I made a mistake. I didn’t see the staff passing by, so I spilled some wine and also broke some glasses.”
“Huh?”
“I think this story would be enough. So to apologize to him, I will take him to the slum and escort him home so Secretary Baek, please clean up the mess here. What was it called? That….there might be rumors of why he couldn’t finish his work and he might not find work because of that in the future so make sure something like that doesn’t happen and say it’s all my fault. Do I need to explain more?”
“No. I’ll take care of it.”
Kwon Taejung laughed at Secretary Baek, who seemed to be working with him for a long time, and later Taejung patted Yigyeom’s shoulder.
“Ah, I really don’t know how to live without Secretary Baek.”
“…Stop saying nasty things and return quickly, sir. There are a lot of eyes here. If they see you with an employee drenched in wine, it’s a perfect situation to make rumors about.”
“Ah, right. My image isn’t great these days. Then I’ll head off first. Best of luck, then.”
Kwon Taejung after leaving everything to Secretary Baek wrapped his hands around Yigyeom’s fingers, who was in a trance. His wrist was very thin and he could wrap his hand around his whole hand and only the tips of his finger would remain uncovered.
“Does it hurt?”
“…A little.”
Yigyeom looked down at his wrist held by Kwon Taejung and nodded. It wasn’t because of the strength of him pressing on it but it still hurt.
“But I’m holding you really gently.”
Kwon Taejung’s hand, which was holding his wrist, slid down and covered around Yigyeom’s hand and pulled it forward a little as if to go forward. Yigyeom looked blankly at his own hand which disappeared under that man’s hand and raised his head to capture the face which was hard to comprehend.
“Let’s go now. It’s too suffocating here.”
Kwon Taejung left the pillar and strode, as Yigyeom’s legs followed suit. Everyone was watching how Kwon Taejung was holding his hand and it embarrassed Yigyeom however he could untangle their interlocked fingers because of how strong the grip was.
Yigyeom could not move and was dragged by the man across the doors of the banquet hall and appeared outside. They walked out of the banquet hall and boarded the elevator but the man did not let go of his hands.
“…Your hands…”
“Why? So that you can run away?”
“…I won’t run away…”
“Still, I won’t let go of it.”
“It hurts…”
“I know because I am holding it tightly. It must hurt.”
They were talking, but the conversation didn’t seem to go anywhere. Kwon Taejung released the strength from his hands a little and Yigyeom tried moving his fingers.
“It tickles.”
It was still hurting Yigyeom but as Kwon Taejung said his fingers tickled him, Yigyeom let go of his strength and gave up on his resistance however the grip on his hands retracted a bit. Yigyeom felt a little more comfortable and sighed. Along with that little movement, the elevator plunged to the lowest floor.
It tickled my heart
haha i had fun translating too 🥰
I’ve been waiting for this story to release enough chapters to get into the rhythm of it and I’m glad I did. Great story and lovely translation.
please look forward to more 🙂
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