“Wasn’t it Kwon Seo-oh that keeps throwing manners out the window?”

    Nam-woon thought for a moment and then admitted it.

    Well, he knew it was understandable. He had a vague sense that he was Kwon Seo-oh’s first, so there was no need to ask. However, if he hadn’t known that fact, he might have been curious.

    As Nam-woon remained silent for a while, Seo-oh frowned.

    “Why aren’t you answering?”

    “The front…”

    As Nam-woon hesitated, Seo-oh pressed his lips together firmly. A subtle tension filled the living room, as if announcing a winner. It would be weird not to have tried it, right? In the novel, Nam-woon had many lovers. But if he said he had tried, Seo-oh would definitely feel upset.

    The psychology behind asking if it was his first time was very simple. The other person wanted to hear, ‘Yes, you’re the first.’

    “The front, of course, I’ve done it before.”

    “…..”

    Seo-oh bit his lip and stared at Nam-woon. When he had rolled around on the sofa earlier, he had looked like a beast that had conquered the savannah with his d*ck, but now his eyes and shoulders were slightly drooped, making him look like a puppy that had been drenched in rain. In that moment of silence, Nam-woon discreetly avoided eye contact. When Seo-oh’s silence continued, Nam-woon finally spoke again.

    “But I haven’t done it many times. Well, when I say many times, I mean almost once or twice? So, not twice, but once…”

    It was a moment when it seemed better to keep his mouth shut and not add any unnecessary comments. 

    beep-beep-beep

    Suddenly, the sound of someone entering the front door code was heard from outside. Seo-oh widened his eyes and looked at Nam-woon. It was the same for Nam-woon.

    Nam-woon and Seo-oh stared at each other with their eyes wide open. Strange male voices could be heard from the front door.

    “Hey, no, it’s not.”

    “Try sprinkling the powder again.”

    “I don’t think powder would work for someone who doesn’t even come into the house.”

    “But what’s this in front of the door? …Chicken? Oh no, did this guy come into the house?”

    “Nah, it’s probably a delivery mistake.”

    Then the sound of entering the code was heard. Was it a burglar? Nam-woon frantically opened and rummaged through the cabinet under the sink, then took out a frying pan from it. As he approached the door stealthily, Seo-oh was faster. He blocked Nam-woon’s path and stood at the doorway.

    The door code was 0000, so of course. It was easy to solve. And sure enough, a small cheer came from the other side of the door, followed by a voice doubting Nam-woon’s intelligence. Clank. As the two men opened the door, they looked puzzled when they saw Seo-oh standing in front of the shoe rack.

    “Um, who are you?”

    The intruders outside the house asked for the identity of the person inside the house. For a moment, silence filled the house. Kwon Seo-oh didn’t answer and reached out to grab the intruder’s collar, but they turned and shouted as they ran away.

    “Hey, run!”

    “What are you guys doing!”

    They began thundering down the stairs, pounding on the railing as they went. Nam-woon and Seo-oh quickly put on their shoes and chased after them.

    “If you’re caught, you’re dead!”

    “Crazy, why is someone here?”

    “I don’t know!”

    Nam-woon ran frantically to chase after the two fleeing men. The sight of Seo-oh’s running ahead of him was like a wild beast chasing its prey. Nam-woon was no stranger to running, so he chased after them as hard as he could, but suddenly his right leg gave out.

    Thud!

    “Ow, damn it.”

    Nam-woon face-planted on the ground in a bad position. It was a mistake to do dirty things with Seo-oh and start running. Meanwhile, Seo-oh caught up with the men, tackling one and grabbing the other by the collar. As the man shouted something, Seo-oh suddenly threw a heavy punch.

    Nam-woon, holding his throbbing jaw, rushed over and pulled Seo-oh away.

    “Stop it! Stop! He’ll die!”

    Seo-oh, having stopped his fist, looked at the man and asked,

    “Who are you?”

    The man, caught by the collar, just coughed and didn’t answer.

    “Hyung, let’s go to the police station.”

    “Okay. Get him up.”

    Seo-oh roughly pulled the man up like a well-behaved thug. The back of the thug’s head snapped up, looking for a chance to get away to escape. Nam-woon grabbed him by the back of the head and said,

    “Let’s go.”

    “Where are you going!”

    “To the police station.”

    Then the man held by Seo-oh raised his voice.

    “It’s Seok Nam-woon who should go to the police station! You devil!”

    The man was furious.

    “You bastard, you stole my boyfriend!”

    “That bastard stole my boyfriend and pierced his nipples!”

    The voice echoed in Nam-woon’s ears like an echo. Nam-woon looked at the man and muttered,

    “Are you working at Umpyeong?”

    “……”

    “Your the guy that did the phone scamming right? It’s you, isn’t it?”

    The man suddenly shut his mouth. He lowered his head and muttered softly, “N-No, it’s not.” Nam-woon, who had snatched the man’s collar from Seo-oh’s grip, suddenly threw a punch.

    “Oww! What the hell!”

    “It’s prosecutor Seo Nam-woon. You bastard.”

    Nam-woon’s eyes shone brightly as he clenched his fist.

    ***

    “I… I gave the watch to my ex, it’s kind of expensive, but Su-in said he gave it to Seok Nam-woon, so I came to look for it.”

    Nam-woon looked down coldly at the man making lame excuses. His gaze was chilling. Intimidated by that stare, the man suddenly confessed to something he hadn’t even been asked about.

    “Oh, and I’ll return the two million won I took from you earlier.”

    What? Nam-woon glared at him, and the man’s shoulders slumped as he continued.

    “And Su-in asked why you hadn’t paid rent yet and told me you tell you to transfer it to his account quickly.”

    “What rent?”

    “Well, after you broke up with Su-in, you begged—no, asked Su-in to rent this studio apartment. You promised to transfer the money every month.”

    “Oh, and Su-in has a nipple infection….”

    What was he supposed to do about the ex-boyfriend’s nipple infection? Nam-woon suddenly remembered something and his eyes widened. Seo-oh, who was watching him closely, observed him sharply. With a nonchalant expression, Nam-woon addressed the man.

    “I understand, so why don’t you shut up and we go to your office…”

    “What nipple infection?”

    Seo-oh asked out of the blue. Nam-woon laughed awkwardly and stopped him.

    “Hey, what are you asking that asshole?”

    “If you don’t tell me, you’ll be wearing dentures starting tomorrow.

    Seo-oh threatened the man, completely ignoring Nam-woon’s words. The frightened man opened his mouth without any chance for Nam-woon to intervene.

    “That guy, no, Seok Nam-woon pierced Su-in’s nipple. It got infected and started bleeding.”

    Seo-oh looked at Nam-woon with eyes like heavy snow in the middle of winter. Shit. Nam-woon clasped his hands in front of his stomach politely.

    “Are you the owner of a piercing shop or something?”

    “…No.”

    “There’s a limit to perverted behavior, you know. Are you crazy?”

    “That thing I did….”

    “You even have a display of piercings in your house. Do you have a hobby for that?”

    Was there piercings at home? Seok Nam-woon, you crazy bastard! Nam-woon was momentarily speechless at the surprising fact but then confidently responded to Seo-oh, who spoke like a gangster from the underworld.

    “Hey, it wasn’t me. Believe me.”

    “If it wasn’t Hyung, does that mean there are two Seok Nam-woons?”

    Well, technically there were two. But Nam-woon couldn’t bring himself to say it and was crushed by Seo-oh’s words. The employees of Umpyeong watched in astonishment as Nam-woon, instead of defending himself, crumbled under Seo-oh’s words. Seo-oh then said, dismissing Nam-woon’s protests.

    “If it’s a hobby Hyung enjoys, I can join in.”

    Nam-woon looked up in surprise. Seo-oh’s eyes were pitch black.

    “But I can’t be the one to get pierced.”

    Seo-oh scoffed.

    “I can be the one to do the piercing.”

    Is this about nipple piercings? The employee of Umpyeong asked the boss.

    ***

    The Umpyeong Errand Center was not far from Nam-woon’s house.

    The boss of Umpyeong had already cashed out the 2 million won he took from Nam-woon. Since all the accounts he was using were blocked, he said he would return it in cash directly. He wondered if the accounts were blocked again because of his scamming activities.

    Getting out of the car and following the Umpyeong employee while keeping an eye on him, suddenly the Umpyeong boss exclaimed loudly.

    “Hey, you! Are you trying to escape again?”

    A man wearing a cap was hanging from the pipes on the wall of the two-story building. Upon seeing him, the Umpyeong employees suddenly started running, and Nam-woon and Seo-oh followed them hastily. The man hanging on the wall shouted in protest.

    “I’m not trying to escape, I just came out to make a phone call! Why can’t I even make a phone call!”

    “Then why are you taking that bag with you! Put it down right now?”

    After clinging to the wall for a while, the man finally made his way down. It wasn’t easy to descend from the pipes. As soon as he touched the ground, the Umpyeong boss snatched the black bag hanging from his shoulder. After unzipping it and checking the contents, he said angrily.

    “You fucking asshole are you trying to take my money again?”

    “That’s my money!”

    “How can this be your money! How hard did we work to rip it off from that bastard….”

    Mr. Umpyeong, who was glaring at Nam-woon behind him, clamped his mouth shut. Nam-woon strode over and extended his hand, the man handed over the bag without a word. Nam-woon took out a black plastic bag from the bag, which contained a bundle of 50,000 won.

    “No, that’s my money, you bastard.”

    The man in the cap looked at Nam-woon’s face and said in a daze,

    ”Seok Nam-woon?”

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