PUCKD Ch 69

It didn’t take long for him to ejaculate. It was because he had been excited continuously since the middle of the housewarming party. After wiping off all the semen on his hand, I checked the time and realized it was already deep into the morning hours.

After seating Junghyun, who had insisted on calling a designated driver, in the passenger seat, Shin Hojae took the wheel himself. He didn’t drive because he didn’t own a car, not because he couldn’t drive.

It was Hojae who had gotten his license two years ago when he came to Korea and had always driven his old car to take his father to the hospital. This meant that the time of being called a beginner was long past.

“How are you planning to get back after going all the way to Seoul? Don’t be stubbornly willful and just quietly go home, okay?”

“I’ll manage. I said that because… I feel uneasy calling a designated driver after what we did in the back seat.”

“……”

In truth, it was simply that I felt unpleasantly put out, but Junghyun seemed displeased but too tired to prolong the argument. Hojae quickly started the engine, thinking that this silent moment was his chance.

It took exactly 2 hours from Suwon to Junghyun’s home in Gangnam, Seoul. The road was empty because it was early morning, but it was due to making two wrong turns midway.

Fortunately, Junghyun quickly fell asleep not long after the car entered the road and was unaware of the wrong turns.

“…CEO-nim.”

“……Huh.”

Junghyun woke up from sleep at the slight sensation of his body being shaken. Lifting his heavy eyelids, he saw an unexpected face staring intently at him.

“We’ve arrived, but I don’t know how to open the garage door.”

“Ah…”

In his sleep-addled state, Junghyun opened the console box and took out a small remote control from inside. It was the remote control to open the garage door. He pressed the button, and the garage door slowly opened with a whirring sound.

Checking the time on the dashboard, it was already well past 3 a.m. I thought we had left Yook Doomin’s house around 1:30 a.m., so why was it two hours later? I was curious, but the thought quickly dissipated with Hojae’s voice immediately following.

“I’ll park in that empty spot.”

“…Yes, okay.”

It was a much wider space than a typical parking spot, so all he needed to do was drive straight in, but Shin Hojae’s face, holding the steering wheel, was frighteningly serious. Upon closer inspection, I could see a slight redness in his white eyes.

He reversed and put the car in four times, insisting on aligning with the lines perfectly. Hojae finally smiled with satisfaction after successfully parking.

“Get out.”

“…Mr. Hojae, how will you get back now?”

I asked while unbuckling my seatbelt. That had been bothering me the whole time. It was ridiculous to drive me all the way from Suwon to Seoul, not a short distance.

Strangely, Shin Hojae absolutely refused to back down, and I chose to keep quiet because I was too tired to argue, but with a clear head after two hours of good sleep, I realized I shouldn’t have let him.

“As for me, I can take a bus later, or there are taxis.”

Junghyun sighed softly while closing the passenger door. Then, he took a car key hanging on the garage wall and tossed it to Hojae. The key landed in Hojae’s hand, drawing a parabola.

“It’s too late now. It’s dangerous to drive again right away. Get some sleep, and then drive back in this car.”

Shin Hojae’s eyes widened, and he opened his palm to check the car key inside. It was the key to the largest white SUV among the three cars in the garage.

I’ve been wanting to give it to him, and this opportunity presented itself. Junghyun smiled faintly inwardly and ascended the stairs leading into the house.

“Then I’ll return the car later…”

“You don’t have to return it. It’s a car I don’t drive anyway.”

“That’s a bit…”

Interrupting Hojae’s hesitant words, Junghyun quickly said,

“There isn’t a separate guest room. Is it okay if you just sleep on the living room sofa? When you wake up tomorrow, you can just leave without having to greet me. The garage door opens automatically from the inside, so you don’t need to look for the remote.”

“Ah, yes. Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it. I should be the one thanking you more. Driving the club owner home when he was drunk and all.”

“……”

At the word ‘club owner,’ Shin Hojae’s eyes trembled slightly, but Junghyun, whose back was turned, didn’t see it.

“I’m tired, so I’ll go up first. Ah, there’s a bathroom on the first floor, so use it if you want to wash up. Good night.”

“…Yes. Good night.”

A rather polite greeting returned when our eyes met.

A distance was felt that was hard to believe between two people who had just been sucking and fondling each other’s genitals two hours ago. Junghyun replied only with a nod and moved towards the bedroom on the second floor.

I was tired enough to fall asleep in the car, but for some reason, sleep wouldn’t come. Junghyun tossed and turned for a long time, then repeatedly drifted in and out of a light sleep.

Then, he woke up hearing small footsteps. Lying still and listening intently, he heard Shin Hojae cross the living room, descend to the garage, and start the engine in sequence.

Only after the engine noise faded and the sound of the garage closing was heard, did his heightened nerves slowly settle down. Only then could Junghyun finally fall asleep late.

The house Junghyun lived in when he was little had a small, cemented yard.

The two-story Western-style house at the end of the yard was quite splendid, but the place where Junghyun and his mother lived alone was a semi-basement room attached to the bottom of that house.

It was said to be a storeroom originally used to keep things, which was then rented out. Because of this, it didn’t get much sunlight and there was no indoor bathroom, so they had to use the one outside, but Junghyun really liked this house.

He liked the memory of cleaning every speck of dust in the corner with his mother when they first moved in, and the orange light that came in from the two-span window near the ceiling at sunset was also very beautiful.

Moreover, in this house, thanks to the landlady’s permission, they could hang laundry on one side of the cemented yard.

The previous goshiwon room they lived in had no air or sunlight circulation. No matter how strong the fabric softener his mother used, Junghyun’s elementary school uniform always smelled musty.

He knew that his mother, realizing the children in his class were making fun of it, used the expensive dryer at the laundromat afterwards. So, he was especially happy that this could at least lessen his mother’s effort.

“Mom!”

As soon as Junghyun closed the front gate, he ran towards the house. The sound of his shoes hitting the cement floor was noisy.

He was in a good mood. It was the day the test results from yesterday came out.

As soon as he flung open the semi-basement door, a stern voice was heard, “I told you not to run.” Junghyun quickly answered yes and neatly arranged the shoes he had taken off.

There was a smell of fish coated in flour being fried in oil. It was a savory and crispy side dish that Junghyun liked. This, too, was something they couldn’t often make due to the smell when they lived in the goshiwon room.

After neatly arranging his shoes, he peeked his head up, and his mother, standing in the tiny kitchen, smiled at Junghyun. When Junghyun smiled back, a dimple deepened below his lip.

“Hurry up and wash your hands, and let’s sit at the table. Today, I grilled flounder, which Junghyun likes.”

“Yes.”

Junghyun quickly washed his hands and immediately took out his test paper from his bag.

Even his seatmate, who was already attending four hagwons and studying ahead, had gotten two questions wrong on this math test. But Junghyun got everything right.

“Shall we sit down? Oh my.”

Junghyun abruptly held out the test paper to his mother before sitting down. A satisfied smile immediately crossed his mother’s face as she scanned the paper.

“My son, did you get a perfect score?”

“Yes. I got first place in the class.”

In fact, three other friends besides me also got perfect scores, but since saying I got first place wasn’t a lie, I only said that.

As I grew a little older, I learned what words my mother liked and started to answer selectively like this. Since it wasn’t a lie, I didn’t think it was a bad thing.

His mother placed the test paper aside and held out her arms to Junghyun. Junghyun smiled brightly and nestled into her arms.

“Who did you get your beauty and intelligence from?”

“You, Mom.”

“Of course. But our Junghyun also looks just like your father. You’ll be surprised when you see him later. So let’s always be thankful to your father, who gave you such an intelligent mind.”

“…Yes.”

Junghyun nodded reluctantly. In fact, Junghyun preferred being told he resembled his mother rather than his father, whom he had never seen since birth.

But he had made his mother angry by saying that before, so he only nodded obediently. His mother hugged Junghyun tightly and then pulled away.