Chapter 46 Part 1

“I don’t like you saying it like that, as a condition.”

Lee Jun refused as if he didn’t need to think about it. Chaeheon was so flustered by his firm attitude that he almost missed Lee Jun walking ahead. Chaeheon quickly caught up and stood beside Lee Jun.

“I just wanted to kiss you.”

“I know.”

“If you know, why are you refusing?”

Chaeheon took a step forward, blocking Lee Jun’s path. He even crossed his arms, as if he wouldn’t move until Lee Jun kissed him.

“We’re a couple who can kiss, aren’t we?”

“Even if we weren’t, you would have done it, and you would have wanted to, right?”

“That’s… true.”

“So, next time, just say you want to.”

Chaeheon immediately responded to Lee Jun’s cold retort.

“I want to.”

“That…”

He wondered if Chaeheon didn’t feel bad even though he was acting so coldly.

“I know Lee Jun gets prickly when he’s in a bad mood, but do you have to pretend to be upset? Why are you keeping such a distance from me?”

Chaeheon snorted, as if he knew Lee Jun very well. Lee Jun was even more perplexed by Chaeheon’s confidence that he would never be intimidated or pushed back by such things.

Mood? Yes, he was in a bad mood because of Han Jeong-min. It was fair to say that in their tangled story, he was one of the reasons he broke up with Chaeheon.

But like a lie, when Chaeheon looked at his face and mentioned a kiss, he forgot all about Han Jeong-min. And he himself had been drawn to Chaeheon. He had cut off that impulse himself.

He didn’t exactly attach meaning to skinship, but he didn’t take it lightly either. Every time he kissed Chaeheon, the emotional connection they shared was so profound that he wondered if he was really meeting him to sort out their feelings.

When Chaeheon gently covered his lips, they shared sweet and ticklish kisses, and when he pressed harder, their kisses made him tingle down to his toes. Whatever it was, it shook him, so he didn’t respond immediately. Lee Jun unnecessarily bit his ticklish lips, suppressing his thoughts.

“So, kiss me.”

Chaeheon took Lee Jun directly into an empty room. He pressed Lee Jun against the wall as if there was nowhere else to go and tilted his head.

He hadn’t been able to kiss him from this distance earlier.

Lee Jun sighed, thinking Chaeheon hadn’t listened to his earlier refusal. It was awkward because he received the emotions from the kiss, but he didn’t dislike the act itself.

“Today, you do it, Senior.”

“What?”

Lee Jun frowned and looked at Chaeheon.

“You asked me to do it.”

He understood Chaeheon’s wish that it shouldn’t be forced.

‘How mean.’

He knew Lee Jun wouldn’t dislike it and was using it well.

Chaeheon’s half-closed eyes scanned Lee Jun’s lips. At his persistent gaze, Lee Jun felt heat rising to his lips even though they hadn’t touched.

“It seems you like kissing me.”

“…”

Lee Jun flinched and looked at Chaeheon.

He understood the meaning of his own actions from Chaeheon’s words. Lee Jun bit his innocent lip once and gave a resentful look at the unnecessarily quick-witted Chaeheon.

“I should have pretended not to notice.”

He spoke perfectly well, not at all in a tone that would pretend.

“Hurry and do it before I change my mind.”

You know this is a lot of compromise, right?

Chaeheon provoked Lee Jun with mischievous eyes, implying, ‘I’m being so considerate to you, Senior, there’s nowhere left to back down.’

Knowing he couldn’t avoid it, Lee Jun leaned his upper body towards Chaeheon. The reason he held back for a shorter time than usual was his intention to finish quickly and leave.

Lee Jun’s eyes met Chaeheon’s lips. Then he leaned in and lightly pressed his lips against Chaeheon’s.

He tried to pull away, but Chaeheon’s lips parted. As if urging him to put his tongue inside, Lee Jun cautiously pushed his tongue forward.

At Chaeheon’s willing acceptance, Lee Jun narrowed his eyes and closed them completely.

Knowing it couldn’t end lightly, he had to do enough to prevent Chaeheon from persistently arguing that it wasn’t enough.

He twined his tongue around Chaeheon’s moist and soft one. He sharpened his tongue to brush beneath Chaeheon’s, then explored his even teeth.

Lee Jun explored Chaeheon’s lips and mouth so thoroughly that he could feel Chaeheon’s throat flutter.

As his tongue intertwined and swept the mucosal lining, a low chuckle escaped Chaeheon’s throat.

It was a laugh as if he was being tickled, and Lee Jun opened his eyes. Chaeheon’s eyes had been open all this time, clearly fixed on Lee Jun.

Feeling saliva accumulate, Lee Jun withdrew his tongue, and at the same time, Chaeheon’s lips parted wider, and his tongue entered.

“Eup.”

Chaeheon completely blocked Lee Jun’s lips, breathed into him, then twined his tongue and sucked on it.

As Lee Jun recoiled, Chaeheon’s hand grabbed his neck and recaptured his parted lips. Chaeheon’s lips pressed against his with force, causing Lee Jun’s head to tilt back.

“Ah.”

A longing moan escaped Lee Jun’s throat as his mouth opened, accepting Chaeheon’s tongue. His eyes automatically closed, and he clung to him. Chaeheon roughly scraped Lee Jun’s lips, which had been gently tickling and teasing his insides.

“Now I can breathe.”

Chaeheon pulled away, continuously leaving light pecks on Lee Jun’s lips.

Lee Jun opened his eyes and looked at his face.

“It’s red again here.”

Chaeheon poked Lee Jun’s lips with his index finger.

“How much more do we have to do for this color not to fade?”

Lee Jun, not wanting to satisfy his curiosity, swatted his hand away.

Lee Jun subtly pulled up his shirt and sniffed it. Chaeheon’s pheromones were infused, subtly present. This was practically the same as openly flaunting that he was with Chaeheon.

Lee Jun entered the house, softening his footsteps, thinking everyone would be asleep.

He planned to change, shower, and go to bed as soon as he entered his room. However, when he actually entered, he met Haein’s gaze, sitting there as if waiting for him, and his plans went awry.

“I knew it. Did you really think you wouldn’t get caught by me by sneaking in so quietly?”