HARD 19

Go Woonha hesitated, then took his hand off the pad and said curtly.

“Go Woonha.”

Then, he added another phrase, his tone laced with sarcasm.

“Woonha hyung is here.”

“……”

“Don’t make me punch in the passcode and come in. I think I’ll see Mr. Cha Gyuwon in a really irritated state if you do. But I’ve rarely been irritated before, so I don’t know what I’ll do either.”

How much of a snail-like creature Cha Gyuwon was, was none of his concern. Since he knew nothing about him, he didn’t know how considerate he should be, nor did he want to be. His relationship with Cha Gyuwon wasn’t like that. And yet, whether Cha Gyuwon knew it or not, wasn’t he already making many exceptions for him?

When there was no answer from inside, Go Woonha swallowed a sigh and pressed the first number of the passcode. Beep.

It was then.

A frantic fumbling with the doorknob was heard from inside, followed by a bleep-bloop sound.

“I-I-I opened it!”

Cha Gyuwon pushed the door open with a thud and then disappeared inside as if running away.

The sight of the large body vanishing so nimbly was so absurd that a “What the?” almost escaped his lips.

“How interesting.”

Muttering, Go Woonha went inside, kicked off his shoes as if tossing them aside, and grabbed Cha Gyuwon, who was trying to hide in a room, and knocked him over.

“Don’t!”

At that, Cha Gyuwon literally squeezed his eyes shut, covered his mouth, and struggled.

Only the part of his face above his nose was visible. Thanks to that, his hollowed eyes were even more noticeable. His nicely cut hair was hopelessly rumpled and pressed down. In a word, he was a mess. He didn’t smell, so it seemed he had washed, but it looked like all he’d done was wash and sleep, over and over.

Cha Gyuwon struggled to get out from under Go Woonha. Go Woonha clicked his tongue and pressed down hard on Cha Gyuwon’s waist with the inside of his thigh. Then he pressed down near his shoulder blades to restrain him, making it painful to move carelessly. It was a perfect method of restraint that made their difference in build irrelevant.

“Mr. Gyuwon, are you trying to make me angry?”

Go Woonha growled. His voice was still smooth, so it probably didn’t sound fierce, but it was effective on Cha Gyuwon.

He was still looking up at Go Woonha, his mouth covered. With only his eyes highlighted on his strikingly handsome face, they looked like the moist, tearful eyes of a doll.

But things like that couldn’t soften Go Woonha’s heart.

“What is it? Are you avoiding me? That pisses me off.”

“Th-that is.”

“If you open the door and run away, am I, a guest, supposed to just stand there blankly and leave?”

Go Woonha demanded authoritatively, though he was closer to an intruder than a guest.

“Or should we just never see each other again? I’m fine with that.”

For a moment, a hurt expression flickered in Cha Gyuwon’s eyes.

Taking that opportunity, Go Woonha pulled Cha Gyuwon’s hand away.

“Aack!”

Cha Gyuwon screamed as if he were crying.

“What is this.”

No matter how much he turned his head, he was under Go Woonha. There was no hiding it. Go Woonha let out a dry laugh.

“You were covering this?”

“……”

“How absurd….”

“Don’t, don’t look.”

Cha Gyuwon begged in a deeply hoarse voice. His chapped lips made him look sickly, a stark contrast to the robust body below his neck. And around those pathetic lips, on his chin and cheeks, a stubble had grown in.

“Mr. Gyuwon, you grow a beard too?”

“…That’s why I was trying not to show you.”

“I thought you were a baby, but you grow a beard.”

Go Woonha observed him as if he found it interesting.

“…I was just going to shave and come back out.”

“Why? It’s new and interesting.”

“It’s not interesting to me.”

“Talking back now, are we?”

“Can you get off me now?”

“Why. Afraid I’ll pull down your pants and eat your dick?”

“……”

Gyuwon looked up at Go Woonha with confused eyes.

His angel had been very mean two weeks ago, and now that they met again, he was even meaner and saying crazy things again.

“Eat a chili and get a spanking.”

Go Woonha said, his eyes crinkling into a smile.

“I should eat Mr. Gyuwon up and give you a spanking.”

“…It’s eat a chili and go ‘maem maem’.”

“What’s ‘maem maem’?”

“It means it’s spicy…. You hold your nose and cry….”

“Nah. A spanking is better in that case.”

Cha Gyuwon, having given up on everything, let his arms and legs go limp. His resigned appearance stimulated Go Woonha’s sadistic side. Of course, he wasn’t particularly a masochist or a dominant. He just pursued whatever was fun at the moment.

“Ah, I think I’m getting hard. But I’m mad right now, so I shouldn’t do anything to please Mr. Gyuwon.”

But this time, it seemed that teasing Cha Gyuwon would contribute more to his pleasure.

It’s not like he could never have him, anyway.

Go Woonha got off Cha Gyuwon’s body and held out his arm.

“Get up.”

Cha Gyuwon looked back and forth between Go Woonha’s face looking down at him and his outstretched hand, then got up with a commendable expression, holding back his tears.

“Wait a minute. You’re going to shave with that?”

Go Woonha, who had doggedly followed him into the bathroom when he said he would shave and come out alone, sat on the edge of the bathtub and asked with a frown.

What Cha Gyuwon had taken out was just a cheap disposable razor.

“Yes….”

“You’ve been using that until now?”

“Isn’t this the most convenient?”

“You must have been born with good skin. Still, that’s not right. You have a pretty face, you’ll ruin it all.”

Cha Gyuwon repeated the words pretty face to himself. He had never heard that from anyone other than his mother.

“Wait a minute.”

Go Woonha stood up and warned Cha Gyuwon once more.

“If you use that while I’m gone, I’ll shave off your pubes too, so wait.”

He must be joking…?

Cha Gyuwon blinked his eyes dazedly, as if he had heard something absurd.

But as Go Woonha headed for the front door, he shouted, “I’m not joking, I’m serious!” causing Cha Gyuwon to throw the razor down as if he’d been burned.

A short while later, Go Woonha returned. Cha Gyuwon wasn’t surprised at all to see him punch in the passcode and enter as if it were his own home.

“You waited quietly? Good boy.”

Rather, it was Go Woonha who was surprised to see Cha Gyuwon still sitting on the edge of the bathtub.

He felt like he had told a large dog to wait, then left and come back. If he listens well, you should praise him. Go Woonha lightly patted Cha Gyuwon’s cheek and laid out the things he was holding on the sink counter.

Cha Gyuwon tilted his head toward the sink, as if craving the attention of Go Woonha, who wasn’t looking at him.

At a glance, it was hard to tell what the items were. Go Woonha took some shaving soap powder and worked it into a rich lather. His movements were very skillful.

“Look here.”

Go Woonha said to Cha Gyuwon with a nod of his chin. As Cha Gyuwon lifted his head slightly as told, Go Woonha, his gaze lowered, picked up the lathered brush.

“Since you’re an adult, it’s better to do things the adult way, right?”

The lather was applied evenly to his chin, under his nose, and his cheeks. Cha Gyuwon closed his eyes at the slightly sharp scent of cologne. It was literally the scent of an adult.

“Cover the skin well like this.”

Putting down the brush and the lathering bowl, Go Woonha picked up a blade this time.

Seeing that, Cha Gyuwon’s eyes grew wary, and Go Woonha grinned and skillfully twirled the blade.

“Have you seen Sweeney Todd? The musical.”

“No.”

“In it, a barber kills people while giving them a shave.”

“……”

“Watch it later. It’s fun.”

“Why are you telling me that right now of all times…?”

“I know, right. Maybe because your scared face is interesting, Mr. Cha Gyuwon.”

He’s so mean. During the time he had left him, Cha Gyuwon had missed Go Woonha, resented him, blamed himself, and hated himself, trapped in an endless cycle of thoughts. Because of that, he had grown a little thinner and had fruitlessly returned to his own dark age before meeting Go Woonha.

And now, he had suddenly popped up and was teasing him again.

The problem was that his attitude somehow made his own heart feel lighter. As if it had all been no big deal.

“Head up.”

Go Woonha murmured softly.

His eyes closed automatically at the quiet voice, softened by concentration. Entrusting his throat to the angel who had just spoken of a barber who slit his customers’ throats made him tense, and yet… it felt good. Honestly, he felt like if Go Woonha slit his throat right then and there, he would just accept it as something that couldn’t be helped. And since he would be the last thing he saw, it felt like he might go to heaven.

He would laugh if I said something like this. Or maybe he’d get irritated again.

“What are you thinking about?”

Go Woonha asked.

At the pleasant shave, shave sound, Cha Gyuwon answered a beat later.

“Do you shave like this too, hyung?”

“Sometimes.”

Go Woonha was the type with light body hair. On top of that, he had gotten laser hair removal, so he barely grew a beard.

Cha Gyuwon unconsciously lowered his gaze. Go Woonha noticed where he was looking and let out a soft laugh. Even though he belatedly looked up, pretending not to have seen, it was too late.

“Curious if I shaved my pubes too?”