“What did you do?”
“…Yes?”
“What did you do here? The two of you.”
“…We just…talked.”
“You two didn’t come out here because you were interested?”
“No! I was very uncomfortable there…so I came out first to wait for you….he came out here to smoke…so the situation couldn’t be helped, we didn’t come out together.”
In the hope that Kwon Taejung wouldn’t misunderstand, Yigyeom tried to explain the situation desperately, gesturing with his hands.It didn’t matter to him whether or not Kwon Taejung misunderstood him but still…he didn’t want Kwon Taejung to interpret the scene differently.
“Well…it’s none of my business whether you two were interested in each other or whatever.”
“…”
Kwon Taejung didn’t have the heart to say the opposite of what he meant. Everything was true. It was none of his business to know what kind of relationship Yigyeom had with any alpha. His private life was no concern to him. It didn’t matter to him at all, with whom Yigyeom met or dated unless he came out on the broadcast and caused some faux pas. It didn’t matter but the problem was…
“…Oh, fuck.”
But the moment he saw Yigyeom who was covered in the scent of another alpha, he felt dirty and that indimitating him with his face and he felt like finishing him that second.
But there was no reason to. They two could love each other and be happy, for all he cared. He could smile while clapping his hands while watching kids play with fire but he couldn’t understand why felt so dirty thinking about Yigyeom with another alpha.
“…Honest.”
Kwon Taejung managed to suppress his irritation and sighed at Yigyeom’s words, which sounded small, and just nodded. Honest, he was saying that word with such a face that Kwon Taejung thought it would be better to end the day there. If he stayed there any longer, he could turn into a weird person and even more confused, so he wanted to end it there.
“I got it.”
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Even after hearing words that seem to pick on him, Yigyeom didn’t ask why. Kwon Taejung stared at Yigyeom and gestured Yigyeom, who was standing a step away, to come closer. Kwon Taejung couldn’t stand the smell of another alpha on him.
Kwon Taejung could have approached him, but he wanted Yigyeom to come close to him. If you asked him, he wouldn’t have an answer. That time too without asking anything, Yigyeom stepped closer to him.
“You smell like that bastard.”
“…”
“Come here. I’ll get rid of it.”
Whether Yigyeom was in a hurry or was just obedient, that time too, just like Kwon Taejung wanted, he took a step closer. Yigyeom was glad that Kwon Taejung helped him in a difficult moment and the place where Kwon Taejung’s lips touched was still hot…
“…”
“…”
It was because he wanted to showered in the good scent that came from Kwon Taejung. Yigyeom sauntered step by step towards Kwon Taejung and came closer. Kwon Taejung, who had a larger stature, bent his body and grabbed and hugged Yigyeom’s smaller figure.
Warm energy and tremors were mixed as their bodies encountered each other. Kwon Taejung held Yigyeom tightly with one hand wrapped around the back of his head and looked down at Yigyeom’s pale neck wrapped under his arms, without saying a word.
“…”
Kwon Taejung wanted to bite him. He wanted to leave his trace on his pale skin and mess him up. So that anyone would think of him whenever they would see Yigyeom. Whatever Kwon Taejung did, Yigyeom took it all silently and that made Kwon Taejung hot.
But the fact that it shouldn’t be like that, the heart’s and mind’s intentions were on the flip side of a coin. So instead of leaving traces that could be seen, he covered Yigyeom in his pheromones. So that no one could see the traces he left. So that it couldn’t be felt.
So that no alpha could touch Yigyeom.
***
It began raining at the demolition village starting from early in the morning. Yigyeom opened to the loud noise of the rain outside, which was loud enough to wake him up, and slipped out of his blanket and opened the door. Whether it was because it was raining for a long time, the front of his shoes were wet in the front, as the water droplets bounced around under the eaves.
Surprised by the sneakers, which Kwon Taejung bought, being drenched, he quickly bought them inside his room and patted the sneakers dry and even wiped the floor before arranging the shoes over a newspaper. If he left it even a second longer outside, the water would have splashed inside and drench the insides. Yigyeom was glad he took it in before it could happen.
Now that he confirmed that it was little past seven in the mining, Yigyeom tucked his grandfather under the blanket and looked at the sneakers placed in one corner of the room.
“Come here.”
Those days, he felt he had become a person with all his walls broken down. It had been a while since he had seen Kwon Taejung but he was still like that. With one flick of his finger and at the words of asking him to come close, his heart was engulfed in a feeling which he couldn’t bear with and he rationalized his thoughts at the words that he would make the alpha’s scent disappear. Also, when Kwon Taejung hugged him, Yigyeom wanted him to grab his waist.
“…I’m going crazy, really.”
Yigyeom felt like he changed because of Kwon Taejung’s pheromones. It wasn’t like that before but after meeting him, everything began to collapse rapidly after he felt the scent of his pheromones that made him dazed, and his heart pound.
“…What should I do?”
Yigyeom kept thinking about him. Yigyeom gathered his knees together and placed his chin on top of it, as he kept thinking about Kwon Taejung. Even if he tried not thinking about him, there were too many traces left by Kwon Taejung in that house. His sneakers, the blanket he covered himself with, the TV on the wall and the faint musty smell that was eventually disappearing…there was no place without his trace.
Yigyeom remembered the feeling of his arms hugging his body and his breath brushing against his nape, as the sounds of Yigyeom’s breathing deepened like a sigh. Just thinking about it made him recall Kwon Taejung’s scent which hovered on the tip of his nose. Yigyeom trembled within himself as his body heated up. He had to shrug off his thoughts quickly before it became even more severe. He laid down in a deformed position and pulled the blanket up to the top of his head.
“…”
After feeling Kwon Taejung’s pheromones, he seemed to be able to feel other alpha’s pheromones faintly. It was just like how he could perceive Kang Jihoon’s friend’s pheromones almost immediately.
Now Yigyeom felt like he had to take the inhibitor again. Since he could detect other alpha’s pheromones, they might eventually notice that Yigyeom was an omega and that could turn into a difficult situation.
“…Inhibitors…”
The fact he couldn’t afford inhibitors was the same now as it was like three years. Yigyeom had no choice but to think of the cheap yet powerful inhibitor that the old lady acquired for him.
There was a time where he felt so nauseous and lost his composure due to feeling dizzy when he took it but it would be better to have it again because it had a strong effect. If he started taking the inhibitors again, it would definitely help to make everything disappear.
Yigyeom would get paid for his work at the cafe the next Tuesday, so he thought he should save a little to buy some inhibitors and also send some portion of it to Goo Daebom.
Kwon Taejung’s face came to his mind again and that was where his worries settled. Kwon Taaejung’s face which came with the loud sound of the rain and the darkness under the blanket, he could sense the touch of his lips and warmth which still remained after so many days. He had an urge to see if the sneakers were well. He peeked after lowering the hem of his blanket and looked at the sneakers which were resting on the newspaper.
It was raining a lot, would he come today? Kwon Taejung did tell him he hated it when it rained. It would be better if he didn’t. So that his clothes wouldn’t get wet by the rain. So that his luxurious car wouldn’t get dirty.
“…”
So that his heart wouldn’t beat anymore than it was.
***
Kwon Taejung was lying on the bed, his body becoming one with it before he stretched his arms and picked up his phone without opening his eyes. When he finally woke up, he confirmed it was a little past 8. He turned around and only then he heard the sound of rain.
Kwon Taejung felt for the button on the remote control which was on his side. Soon the curtains opened wide, which were usually pulled tight so that no light could enter his room.
“Ah, it’s raining.”
Kwon Taejung checked the dark view outside before he stretched again, relaxing his muscles. He really didn’t want to go outside on a day like that. Even if he did as usual, he would get inside his car in his parking lot, taking him to the parking lot of his company so there was no chance of getting drenched but since his destination was the demolition village, where there was no shelter from the rain, it was a bit different.
The wet mud would soil his shoes and the clingy dirt would likely stain his pants. Even with a large umbrella, water would surely splash onto his suit and moist remnants would stick to his skin. What would happen if he entered the container, already being wet and drenched from the rain?
“…Fuck.”
Kwon Taejung, who had been cursing since the morning, shook his head as if he was feeling terrible. He thought it would be better to take the day off. But it was the day where Yigyeom didn’t have a shift at the cafe and also since he understood Kwon Taejung’s words well, there was no chance that he would grab another part-time shift elsewhere, so it was not that worrying.
Also, no one would ask him to drop by the broadcasting station on a rainy day. Even if he did get a call, the caregiver would listen to him and inform Kwon Taejung on his moves so he thought it would be better to crash at his house that day.
