MTLNOVEL 69.
69.
When Sehun saw the acceptance message, his heart, which had been calm until then, started beating vigorously. He twisted his head while sucking on Jian’s soft tongue. As the angle of their lips changed, their tongues intertwined more intimately.
While soothing Jian’s body, which was panting from being unable to breathe through his nose, Sehun indulged his desire until their lips swelled.
After a long while, a strand of saliva stretched between their parted lips. Sehun licked Jian’s glistening lips with his tongue. When he caressed Jian’s reddened eyes with his thumb, Jian covered his mouth with the back of his hand.
“No, why, suddenly…”
Jian’s trembling voice, unable to form proper words, sounded pitiful. It was surprising that he was so shocked by just a kiss after they had already had sex.
Sehun hugged Jian tightly in his arms. Jian made a choked sound, but this was all Jian’s fault.
What did it matter if he was older? His actions were so cute.
“I prefer kissing you to any congratulatory message.”
You don’t know how much I’ve been holding back since that day. Their first time having sex was in a state of intoxication, but from then on, Sehun wanted to do it while sharing their hearts.
He didn’t just want Jian’s body, but his heart as well.
Sex definitely had an effect. Every time Jian, who used to see him only as a younger brother, became conscious of him, Sehun felt a thrilling satisfaction.
Even now, he couldn’t help but laugh seeing Jian trying to subtly pull his hips back.
“… Don’t tease me.”
Hearing the sulky voice, Sehun buried his face in Jian’s neck. Jian’s unique, comforting scent somewhat suppressed his boiling sexual desire.
“Okay. I’m sorry.”
A small sigh returned in response to the apologetic voice. Although Sehun felt regretful that their time alone was coming to an end, he had achieved his main goal.
Click.
He unlocked the handcuffs that had been restraining Jian’s wrists. Jian fluttered in surprise within Sehun’s arms.
After removing one side, Sehun removed the other and put the artifact in his inventory. Jian’s white wrists, which had been hidden by the handcuffs, were revealed.
“Did you… just release me?”
Jian touched his freed wrists in disbelief. Sehun gently brushed Jian’s hair back from his forehead.
He lightly pressed his lips to Jian’s round forehead. The eyes looking up at him were clear and pure.
“Now, let’s go back to our home.”
In truth, Sehun wanted to keep Jian confined here forever. What changed his mind was Jian himself.
Seeing how quickly Jian adapted, even though he had every right to resent Sehun, pricked at a conscience Sehun didn’t know he had.
Although it wasn’t enough to say Jian felt the same way as him, Sehun was certain that no matter what he did, Jian wouldn’t leave him.
The fact that Jian occasionally asked about Hyunsu, Hyunwoo, and other Dark Net guild members, but never once asked about Seonjun, also played a part.
He was grateful that Jian had endured without complaints or dissatisfaction despite how uncomfortable it must have been. Thanks to that, his emotions, which had been boiling like an active volcano, had somewhat subsided.
Hyunwoo’s gradually increasing pressure was also annoying. Sehun had left a note in Jian’s handwriting on the cafe door saying they were going on a trip to celebrate finishing the college entrance exam, but the sharp-eyed ones realized something was wrong and caused an uproar.
Thinking that the research institute guys had appeared again, they mobilized all available personnel to close in, to the point where Sehun seriously considered dealing with Hyunwoo.
Unless he could completely hide it from Jian, it was too dangerous unless it could be a perfect crime, so Sehun decided to end Jian’s confinement.
It was also becoming a bit difficult to see Jian staring out the window with a blank face from time to time.
“Really?”
“Yes. Let’s have a celebration party at home. We’ll buy a delicious cake.”
Sehun quietly held his breath as he watched the smile slowly spread across Jian’s white face. It was a bit cute to see Jian so happy, unaware of what was to come.
* * *
Smooch.
“Stop it…”
Jian pushed Sehun away with a flustered face at the sensation of lips touching and leaving his neck.
Hyunsu’s round eyes wavered, unable to grasp the situation as they looked between Jian and Sehun.
Clank.
The fork that Hyunsu had been holding moments ago rolled across the table. He was so shocked that he didn’t even notice the strawberry on the end of the fork getting squashed.
“You two…”
“Yes. We’re dating.”
Sehun dropped the bombshell in response to Hyunsu’s stammering words. Jian and Hyunsu’s mouths fell open.
Sehun, who had just said something incredible, was busy sticking close to Jian again, planting small kisses on his white neck.
It felt like a cold wind was blowing from somewhere. Jian closed his eyes at the throbbing sensation in his temples.
It was the fourth day since escaping confinement.
Sehun had made an irreversible mistake. The events of the past days unfolded like a panorama in Jian’s mind.
When Jian, properly dressed for the first time in a long while, returned home with Sehun, who was wearing an artifact to change his hair and eye color to hide his awakening as a hunter, they first encountered Hyunsu lingering in front of the cafe.
From Hyunsu’s expression, as if he had seen a ghost, Jian could tell that a lot had happened while he was confined in the mansion.
Thanks to Hyunsu’s quick contact, not only Hyunwoo but also other close acquaintances all flocked to the cafe.
Hyunwoo looked at Sehun and Jian with a face full of things to say, but instead of prying, he just patted Jian’s shoulder.
At that moment, Jian thought that perhaps Hyunwoo had also noticed Sehun’s true nature.
Except for Hyunsu and Hyunwoo, the others all seemed dubious, but when Jian confirmed that he had indeed been on a trip, they just made sour faces.
They only threatened that they wouldn’t let it slide if he disappeared like this again, and then it passed without incident.
Hyunwoo, responsible for a large organization, had no choice but to return to the guild and was busy dealing with the influx of work, while Hyunsu came to Jian’s house every day.
On the first day back, he even spread a blanket on the living room floor and slept there.
Today too, he came with winter strawberries dangling in one hand, and while eating them, he made an expression like he might faint upon seeing Sehun’s open display of affection, then just gaped like a goldfish at Sehun’s words that drove the point home.
“Hyung, right? We’re dating?”
Sehun interlocked his fingers with Jian’s and placed their hands on the table, confirming the kill. What would happen if Jian said no here?
Thinking that he might be confined again, Jian could only nod his heavy head.
“No, really, does this make any sense…”
Hyunsu’s shocked gaze alternated between Jian’s reddened face, Sehun’s shameless face, and their interlocked fingers that looked like they would never separate.
“Wow, you’re really something…”
Then he looked at Sehun with an admiring face. He even gave a thumbs up.
“I support you two.”
He even said he supported them. Despite still looking shocked, he adapted quickly.
As Jian just blinked in a daze, Hyunsu quickly picked up the strawberry that had fallen on the table, ate it, and started chattering away.
“Jian hyung, still, don’t give in to this bastard too much. The trip story is a lie, right? The other hyungs might believe it, but I don’t. I’ve been watching Han Sehun all this time, how could I believe that?”
His voice was full of clear conviction, even as he snorted. Somewhere, the sound of the original story shattering could be heard.
Hyunsu’s face showed sympathy for Jian, shock towards Sehun, and inexplicable admiration, but there was not a trace of regret.
It seemed he had thought there might be a chance for feelings to develop between Sehun and himself, given that they were the seme and uke in the original story.
While it was truly fortunate that it didn’t become a love triangle, Jian also wondered if this was really okay.
“Still, I’m glad Jian hyung looks good. I thought you’d be skin and bones.”
Hearing Hyunsu’s words, Jian suppressed his complicated feelings. Even he thought his adaptability would be S-rank if it were a skill grade.
Even now, only a hollow laugh escaped him, as if he had reached enlightenment. Meanwhile, Hyunsu, seeming to have completely shaken off the shock, speared another strawberry with his fork and ate it. His chewing lips were as red as the strawberry.
Hyunsu is definitely not normal either…
Jian felt like applauding Hyunsu’s quickly recovered mental strength, given that a friend he had known for nearly 10 years was now dating the hyung who had raised him.
Could it be that dating between brothers was not strange here? Jian, who had been running his own hopeful circuit, only realized what a big misunderstanding that was after seeing the reactions of others.
* * *
“What? You two are dating?”
“Even an American couldn’t handle this.”
“… I think my hearing has gone weird.”
Jian just rubbed his neck at the more intense reactions than expected. Only Hyunsu, who had already heard it once during the day, was observing the shocked faces of the hyungs with an interested look.
“Is it April Fool’s Day? No, it’s not. It’s still winter. Or are you all pulling a hidden camera prank on me? Right?”
Leo’s voice, which was also good at projecting, echoed loudly in the living room. Jungsu, who had been half-open-mouthed, covered his ears and moved away from Leo.