Reasonable Loss - 38

“What if I collapse again from your scent? The bathroom floor is tiled; if I fall badly, I could crack my head open.”

“So you pushed me away because you’re worried I might crack my head open?”

“You said you get a headache from my scent. It’s, it’s awful. You even had a nosebleed last time.”

So move aside. Eunsoo pushed Dokwon again. He was so tall that it felt like a giant mountain was blocking his way. The light was dimmed because he blocked it completely.

As Eunsoo finally managed to get away from Dokwon, he tried to leave the bathroom quickly. When he grabbed the doorknob of the half-open door, an arm reached out from behind him, and the door slammed shut.

Eunsoo’s breath caught. With the presence pressed closely behind him and the thick pheromones emanating, his knees went weak. As he trembled, he tried to ask for space, but Dokwon buried his nose in his neck.

The firm tip of Dokwon’s nose, a cooler body temperature compared to Eunsoo’s neck, and his slow, warm breath. Eunsoo was stiff as a rock. Compared to the times they had been close before, this touch seemed insignificant, yet his heart was pounding wildly as if it had been a long time.

“Turn off the lights.”

“I don’t want to. Isn’t it better if I get used to your scent?”

Dokwon openly embraced Eunsoo’s waist. Every time he spoke, his warm breath lightly tickled Eunsoo’s skin. Eunsoo looked down at Dokwon’s hands around his waist, shrinking his neck.

“Will you not collapse?”

“I can’t guarantee that.”

“Then it’s not okay.”

Eunsoo, with his lips tightly shut, tried to pull Dokwon’s hands away. But Dokwon’s hands didn’t move. Instead, they subtly slipped under Eunsoo’s clothes.

“Don’t act so high and mighty. You had sex with me, and now you say my scent is awful?”

Eunsoo’s body stiffened. He didn’t understand why Dokwon was acting like this suddenly. He had once seen his scent as a disgusting stench. He had even insisted Eunsoo clean up his traces and brought him here.

Is it fun? Is he teasing him?

Eunsoo sighed deeply and muttered in a barely audible voice.

“…It’s because I hate it.”

“What? I can’t hear.”

“It’s because I hate seeing you in pain.”

“……”

“It’s sad that you find my scent… disgusting, but it’s even sadder that you’re in pain.”

At that calm voice, Dokwon’s hand, which had been hovering around Eunsoo’s abdomen, abruptly stopped. Then, his hand was quickly withdrawn. The breath that had brushed Eunsoo’s neck also disappeared. However, his hand still blocked the door. Eunsoo grabbed his sleeve and pushed his hand away.

“I’ll organize the bedroom now.”

With that, Eunsoo left the bathroom with an indifferent expression.

The bedroom was the place where Eunsoo had spent the most time in this house. Naturally, there would be many traces left.

Eunsoo first searched the drawer next to the bed. But all he found were… such things. Condoms, gels, those kinds of things. The things Eunsoo and Dokwon used almost every day. Sometimes several were used in one night.

Eunsoo hesitated for a moment. Was this also his trace? Though Dokwon had bought them. Eunsoo glanced at Dokwon. Dokwon was frowning, leaning against the wall. It seemed he was displeased with something else.

Pouting, Eunsoo closed the drawer without taking anything. He then looked around and headed for the dressing room to gather a few of his own underwear and clothes.

At that moment, Dokwon blocked Eunsoo’s path.

“That’s enough. Just go.”