CH 62

“… … .”

Inseop’s eyes were so stiff that he couldn’t open them well. As he was about to get up, someone pressed his forehead with a hand.

“It’s okay. Sleep more.”

It was a cool hand. Choi Inseop lay down again when he heard that and closed his eyes. The hand on his forehead brushed his face. He tried to swallow his saliva, but his throat was stinging, so he frowned again without realizing it.

“Are you sick?”

A friendly voice asked. “Water,” Inseop answered with a broken voice. Soon, the cup touched his lips. He tried to get up to drink water, but it didn’t go as planned.

If someone hadn’t grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up, he would have been moaning on the pillow and fell asleep again. The cold water entered his mouth and passed down his throat and all over his body. After drinking as much water as possible, Inseop lay down again.

The hand that had touched his forehead earlier, this time brushed his hair away. It was a friendly hand. Wanting to be touched by the big hands as much as possible, Inseop rubbed his face in the cool palm of the hand and narrowed his eyes.

The hand, which had paused for a moment, moved slowly again. He didn’t know who it was, but the owner of this hand must have been a kind-hearted person. Without that, the hand that caresses a person would not be this soft.

He fell asleep again, hoping that the hand stroking his hair would stay by his side. He was in a confused state for a while, and someone grabbed his shoulder and shook hi,.

“Are you still sleeping? Can you get up?”

“… … .”

“Eat something and go back to sleep. You slept all day.”

“… uh, …”

Inseop, who had opened his mouth to speak, wrapped his hand around his neck and frowned. His throat was swollen and his voice was not coming out properly.

“You must have choked up from screaming so much.”

“… … .”

A series of scenes quickly flashed through Inseop’s mind because of the word ‘Scream’.

… He did it. With Lee Wooyeon. This goes beyond Lee Wooyeon’s mischievous prank. 

A sense of uneasiness flooded in endlessly and filled his throat. With every breath, reproach and shame about himself poured out of his body and piled up around him. He wanted to die.

“How’s the fever-00?”

Inseop unknowingly slapped away Lee Wooyeon’s hand reaching out to touch his forehead. The hand, hanging in the air, paused, and was then removed.

“Sorry.”

“… … !”

“I’m sorry. I made a mistake.”

Inseop was really surprised. Such human words came out of Lee Wooyeon’s mouth, but since the day he found out about his nature, he had given up… .

“No matter how much Inseop seduced me, I should have handled myself well, but it’s been a long time since I lost my reason.”

“… … . … … .”

Right. That’s right. So unlike Lee Wooyeon, this was not Lee Wooyeon.

“It must have been very difficult because it was your first time. I’m sorry.”

Inseop slowly moved his body and laid on the other side of Lee Wooyeon. Even if that person spoke like that, in the end the conclusion was that he did whatever he liked.

“Oh right. This isn’t your first time. right?”

“… … !”

“Did you say you tried it with a woman? Kate, right?”

“Ka… te… … .”

His voice cracked and it was difficult to speak. Still, wanting to clear out the huge misunderstanding this time, Inseop continued to speak in a hoarse voice.

“… … It is a flower. Mimosa… .”

“Flowers? Are you talking about a plant?”

Inseop nodded his head.

“Mr. Choi Inseop… Do you get excited by plants?”

“… … ! … … !”

“It’s just a joke. By the way, was Kate, whom Inseop often said to be with, a flower?”

“… … . … … Yes.”

“Going to water means really giving water.”

Lee Wooyeon’s voice as he said that seemed somehow cheerful. Choi Inseop did not answer and pulled the sheet up to cover his face. Lee Wooyeon pulled the sheet down.

“It’s getting hot. Still, you have a fever. It must have been a strain on your body when I took everything off in the bathroom.”

“… … . … … .”

“I was trying to get the semen out of Inseop’s hole, but I couldn’t help it because Inseop was begging me to put it in.”

If anyone heard it, they would think he must have been put in because he asked for it. Choi Inseop felt like he was going to die due to injustice, but he was already in a very bad condition, so he passed out and slept and did nothing.

“You can rest until tomorrow. There is no schedule for tomorrow.”

“… … ?”

“I told them to put off my schedule. Today was enough for me to go alone without a manager.”

Only then did Inseop look at his watch. The dim light coming through the curtain seemed to be the setting sun, not the rising sun.

“Today–.”

“It went well, you know. Don’t worry.”

Lee Wooyeon went around comfortably all day, making Manager Cha drive and chase after him while shouting “Lee Wooyeon, why me!”. He was the manager who was uselessly kind to Inseop these days.

“I’m sorry…”

When Choi Inseop said that in a very subdued voice, Lee Wooyeon paused for a moment and burst into laughter.

“ Ha ha ha ha ha.”

As the sound of his laughter dispersed in the air, Inseop shrugged his shoulders and bowed his head.

“Ha ha ha ha ha. Inseop. Are you really sorry? Or are you just saying that? Either way, it’s funny, hahahaha. You’re really amazing.”

Lee Wooyeon continued with a smile, swiping his messy hair up with his hand.

“Has Choi Inseop been living in the world like that? You can’t stand it when you think that you’ve caused harm to others. Like an idiot.”

“… … .”

Like a bastard till the end, he was digging into his heart, but his words were so sharp that Inseop could not be angry. It was something he had always heard from his mother and father. He was so considerate of others that it was useless. “Take care of yourself a little more, Peter,” his mother nagged.

There was only one time when he thought his own heart was more important than that of others and acted arbitrarily. As a result, it left a huge scar in his life, and Inseop became more concerned about harming others than before. Enough for it to be called obsessive-compulsive.

“Well, I mean… that’s enough. Anyway, there’s nothing to be sorry about. Since all the schedules these days were all relaxed.”

Lee Wooyeon’s hand patted Inseop’s head as if patting it. Inseop’s heart sank. Was the hand that pampered him in his sleep belong to Lee Wooyeon? Was he the owner of the friendly hand that touched his forehead and brushed his hair away?

Lee Wooyeon’s hand slowly glided down from his head to the nape of his neck, from his shoulder to his waist. Then he paused between the buttocks, giving him a meaningful pat.

“Get well soon.”

“… … .”

It was a dream. The dream was clear. If it was Lee Wooyeon, he wouldn’t have been able to use such humane movements.

“I’ll prepare a meal for you, so lie down.”

“I am…”

“It’s okay.”

Lee Wooyeon made Inseop lie down again and left the bedroom. Inseop, who buried his face in the pillow, lashed out at himself saying that he shouldn’t be weakened by this.

Lee Wooyeon was only good with words. So he should be cold. Don’t give him a chance. Calm down.

However, the porridge brought by Lee Wooyeon was so delicious and sweet that Inseop emptied the bowl and fell into a deep sense of shame again.