TTOA Chapter 85

“Jae-jin… hurry.”

“Hurry…?”

“Teach me how to date properly. Otherwise, I’ll just keep putting my dick in you.”

“Huh? Ah…”

Seo Eui-woo propped himself up against the bookshelf with one arm and looked down at Kwon Jae-jin. Their faces were so close that their rough breaths mingled. Kwon Jae-jin could see the coarse, gray eyes that resembled those of a wild beast.

He had seen similar eyes before. It was when Kwon Jae-jin stubbornly refused to Guide him before restoring his memories, the eyes of Seo Eui-woo suppressing his desire. The yearning gaze of a predator enduring hunger with its prey in sight.

“Actually, I want to just ram it in right now. I think I’d come the moment I stick my dick in…”

Seo Eui-woo intertwined their legs. Kwon Jae-jin could clearly feel the thick, swollen cock inside the stiff, black combat pants, halfway up his thigh. He groaned as he rubbed against him slowly.

“Like last time, just sticking it in and ignoring everything you say, not pulling out… You said that’s not dating. You’ll want to break up with me again.”

Having heard the words “break up” once, Seo Eui-woo had become quite cautious. If it were before, he would have already lost his mind, tearing off their clothes. No. He would have used coordinate teleportation as soon as they returned home, immediately pouncing on Kwon Jae-jin without exchanging a word.

That’s how desperate Seo Eui-woo was. He craved a proper date, something even the future version of himself couldn’t achieve, to the point of feeling a mental hunger. Mental desire overwhelmed physical lust.

Even so, he couldn’t completely erase his instincts, so Seo Eui-woo wedged his thigh between Kwon Jae-jin’s legs and thrust his hips up and down.

“Jae-jin, hurry. Before it’s too late.”

“Ah, I understand. I was about to say that too. Then first, let me explain a typical date…”

“Eung… Why is it so soft between your legs? I want to put my cock in.”

Seo Eui-woo lifted Jae-jin’s right leg. He put his hand under his knee and buried himself shamelessly in his open lower body.

“Keuk, ahh, Seo Eui-woo.”

“Why? I didn’t put it in. I didn’t take off your clothes. It’s okay, isn’t it?”

“No, how am I supposed to say anything like this? Stop, let go first. Let’s talk first.”

“I know. I won’t. I won’t do it.”

“I know you can’t stop… Haa, so what is a date?”

“A date is, a, a meeting or appointment between lovers…”

“What? Don’t put up a cute boner. I’m barely holding back from wanting to touch it… Haa, I want to put your ass on my face and lick it.”

“What, what… Are you even listening?”

“I am. I really won’t do it, okay? Trust me. And you, Jae-jin, stop being so slow and tell me clearly, huh? I’m going crazy with anticipation.”

“Euheuk… Ah, shee…”

The sound of fabric rubbing against each other filled the air. The trousers creased deeply, highlighting the contours of their thighs and buttocks. A hot heat filled the inside of the tightly stretched cloth. Moreover, it was sticky with precum, making the inside of his briefs as hot and humid as a tropical climate.

Kwon Jae-jin reached back and grabbed the bookshelf to support himself. The shelves of the wooden bookshelf creaked. It wasn’t easy to stand on only one leg and withstand Seo Eui-woo’s heavy weight as he pushed up against him in an ambiguous way. His breathing grew increasingly erratic.

“Ugh… Seo Eui-woo.”

Kwon Jae-jin gasped and narrowed his eyes. At this rate, it seemed like it would never end.

Jae-jin gritted his teeth and changed his approach.

“Right now, immediately, let’s go…”

“Eung? Go where…?”

“On a date.”

“Yes…?”

“It seems like Seo Eui-woo can’t understand what I’m saying, so let’s just do it. Let’s go on a date.”

Only then did Seo Eui-woo stop thrusting his hips. The inside of his trousers felt unpleasantly sticky. Jae-jin gestured towards the doorway as if to say, “Look.”

“Follow me. Let’s change clothes first.”

“Right now…?”

“Yes. That’s what I said, isn’t it? Don’t just stand there, move.”

“Ah, okay, uh-oh?”

The memorable first date was a mess from the start.

*

A genuine Manet. A genuine Degas. A genuine Gericault. And Seo Eui-woo.

Standing tall in the middle of the second-floor art gallery, he resembled an ancient Greek sculpture. Even just standing under the downlights from the ceiling, his presence was exceptional, more like a work of art than the artworks themselves.

He already possessed a finely chiseled, muscular physique, which was further accentuated by the jet-black shirt and black suit trousers he wore. The shining shoes, belt, wrist cuffs, expensive watch, and heavy leather and woody fragrance made him look like a different person.

Clothes make the man. After only seeing him as a wild, beastly creature, dressing him up and changing his appearance made him quite something. Exceptional. One of a kind.

“This is what a date is.”

Kwon Jae-jin, having changed into a white shirt and suit trousers, and wearing a gray jacket similar to the color of Seo Eui-woo’s eyes, leisurely looked around the gallery, leaving Seo Eui-woo behind.

Being alone in a quiet, dark space, in a room with high ceilings and genuine masterpieces hanging on the walls, created a plausible atmosphere.

“Usually, you wear good clothes, go to good places, and eat good things. Furthermore, you spend time together experiencing various things.”

“Wear, go, and eat…”

“The main point is to spend quality time with your lover. The main purpose is to build experiences that only the two of you can share.”

Seo Eui-woo, leaning his weight on one leg, repeated ‘wear, go, and eat’ to himself again. Then, as if he understood, he quietly curved his neat eyes.

“Ah, I see. Like when we went to the sea, Jae-jin? We wore clothes, went over the sea and drank coffee then too.”

“…Yes. That’s exactly it.”

The taste of the iced Americano he drank on the vast ocean was still unforgettable. Seo Eui-woo chuckled when Jae-jin confirmed it.

“Haha, no wonder. I kept wanting to go. I kept asking you to go to the sea, to the canyon. You refused.”

“No, well… I’m regretting that too. Especially the scenery of that canyon was spectacular. I should have gone with Seo Eui-woo.”

Kwon Jae-jin had spent the past four years looking only at the sea from the beachfront mansion. There was no need to explain how impressed Jae-jin, who had been living like that, was by the mountain scenery, the nine-tiered valley, and the landscape intertwined with seven-colored rainbows that crossed in pairs.

Moreover, that canyon was the place that changed Kwon Jae-jin’s life. The events and regrets he experienced there overturned Seo Eui-woo’s relationship, which was on the verge of being severed. It was a meaningful place.

Even so, he probably couldn’t go there again.

“Jae-jin, do you want to go there?”

“No. It’s okay now. It’s obviously dangerous. I’m not that reckless.”

“If you want to go, I’ll get rid of the people somehow.”

“No. Don’t do anything rash. And this house is enough as a date place.”

Get rid of the people, what are you going to do?

Jae-jin stopped Seo Eui-woo. In any case, Seo Eui-woo’s mansion had many spaces that rivaled decent date spots. This exhibition room too. The library, the swimming pool, the party room, and even the training room or shooting range in the basement were all places you could go to without feeling disappointed. He knew that various garden trees were planted in the yard where the Gate incident had occurred, and there were many things to see such as fountains and sculptures.

“Actually, things were strange all along. It was weird that we were always stuck in the bedroom, leaving this big house.”

In the beginning, they were always busy Guiding each other whenever they made eye contact. When he told him about his regression and their relationship improved, they moved to the mountain villa due to the fire, so they never had the chance to come back here.

“We’ll be leaving in the spring, so let’s go on house dates until then.”

“Okay…”

Seo Eui-woo rested his chin on his hand and tapped his prominent temporomandibular joint with his fingertip. His eyes were staring into the distance, making it hard to know what he was thinking.

“That was a date. What I’ve been wanting to do with Kwon Jae-jin all along was a date… No wonder, that’s right…”

Seo Eui-woo murmured softly, watching Manet’s brushstrokes on the canvas.

“Oh, Jae-jin. I understand now. We need to kiss, have sex, and go on dates. And everything else too.”

In an instant, Seo Eui-woo’s eyes changed.

It was the eyes of someone who had broken out of the egg of ignorance and emerged from the cave.

Seo Eui-woo began to distinguish the reality of his mass of desires. Intelligence settled in his tenacious gray eyes, and he began to separate some of the vast and sticky chaotic emotions he felt for Kwon Jae-jin.

What Seo Eui-woo realized was the difference between lust and affection.

Expressing affection was not just about kissing and having sex, Seo Eui-woo could now emphatically agree.

Seo Eui-woo wanted to go to the sea with Kwon Jae-jin, wanted to go to the canyon, and wanted to see that face smiling faintly while drinking iced Americano again. A date. That’s what he wanted.

Seo Eui-woo smiled silently. His consciousness was trembling.