Correction Chapter 112

After the phone call with Jungmin ended, Kim Joohwan smiled as he looked at his phone screen. Why was Shin Jungmin so cute these days? If Jungmin knew he was thinking this, he would probably scowl and ask if he was crazy.

Yes, if he said that, he’d probably answer that he was crazy. He felt like he would end up pouring out all those childish words he thought he would never say out loud to him, and in the end, he would even say that.

Kim Joohwan handed off the tasks he had finished to his subordinates and left the company. On the way to Jungmin’s house, a flower shop caught his eye. Joohwan, lost in thought for a moment, soon pulled the car over to the side of the road and looked at the flowers for a long while.

He could clearly picture Jungmin’s disgusted face. Even if he got annoyed, wouldn’t he accept them in the end? Wouldn’t it bring a little life into that silent house? Kim Joohwan got out of the car and entered the shop.

As soon as he walked in, a large bouquet that particularly caught his eye was not made of a single type of rose, but of various types of flowers harmoniously blended, showing off their beauty. He found it absurd that he thought it looked like Shin Jungmin, but Kim Joohwan happily bought the bouquet and got in the car.

The navigation system informed him that he had 30 minutes left until he reached his destination. He wanted to get there quickly, talk to him, and spend the rut together. Not the terrible rut they had spent together before, but this time, he would devour him from head to toe, filled with love. So that he could never escape his embrace again.

However… that thought and hope were shattered in about 40 minutes. It was obvious that Jungmin would be asleep or in a state where it was difficult to get up. There was no way he’d be in a state of mind to open the door. Instead of calling or ringing the bell, Kim Joohwan asked for permission from the security office. The security guard, who had already seen Kim Joohwan a few times, gladly opened the door for him, and he easily reached Jungmin’s floor. As soon as the elevator doors opened, he felt a strange pheromone in the hallway.

It wasn’t Jungmin’s pheromone. The apartment was designed to prevent pheromones from leaking out in the first place, so there was no way Jungmin’s pheromones could be flowing out. It was a more unpleasant and disgusting pheromone. One that Kim Joohwan was very familiar with.

That pheromone had wandered this hallway and eventually knocked on the only door on this floor. Kim Joohwan felt all the blood drain from his body. He pressed the passcode and slowly opened the door. As the pheromone grew stronger, the bouquet in Kim Joohwan’s hand gradually lowered, and eventually, it was thrown to the floor.

He strode into the apartment without even taking off his shoes. And he saw two figures tangled on the floor of Jungmin’s bedroom.

It was the exact same scene he had witnessed that one day. It felt like an illusion, as if he had returned to the past.

Ah… now I know why I was so angry seeing that sight back then. Because he touched what was mine…. I was blinded by jealousy and got angry. I didn’t know that back then. I just denied the unfamiliar feeling.

If I had known this feeling at the time, would something have been different? Would a situation like this not have happened? Why is it that now, when I’ve finally realized my feelings, I’m filled with more fear?

I want to snap that alpha’s neck right now, but I can’t do that for fear of hurting Jungmin. And… because I’m afraid it might be what Jungmin wants…. That I might ruin the happiness he has only just found…. And then I’m scared that he’ll hate me for it… so I couldn’t move a muscle.

The man on top was moving his hips frantically. The man pinned underneath was staring blankly at the ceiling, but then he turned his head at a pheromone he suddenly sensed.

Upon spotting Kim Joohwan standing at the door looking at him, Jungmin’s mind snapped to attention. His chest felt tight. He didn’t want him to see him like this. Thinking that this was wrong, Jungmin began to struggle again after having stopped, but Shinwoo hugged him even tighter.

“Hyung, please—please!!”

“Ah, this is good. When did you become an omega? Huh? If so, you should have told hyung first.”

“No. I’m not an omega!!”

He had never become an omega. As much as he had strongly desired it, he knew his own body well. He had never once been an omega since birth until now.

“Ah…”

Kim Joohwan was gone. He’s not here.

“I’m going to knot you, Jungmin…. And let’s mate. Now, now those tedious processes are finally coming to an end.”

Mating…. If Jungmin had become an omega, it would be possible. But Jungmin didn’t think he had become an omega. Hadn’t the test results from just a while ago shown that the probability of him becoming an omega was almost nonexistent? Then why was he suddenly so scared? He was finally about to be with the alpha in front of him, so why did he feel like this was wrong?

“Hyung, calm down. Ugh!”

He could feel Yoo Shinwoo’s member growing inside him. It hurt. It hurt so much that—Jungmin unknowingly screamed, “Ack!” and Yoo Shinwoo immediately covered his mouth. Jungmin tried to pull his body away somehow. He pushed at Yoo Shinwoo’s shoulders and twisted his own body, but he failed as no strength went into his actions.

“Jungmin, look at me. Huh?”

Yoo Shinwoo pulled Jungmin’s face to make him look at him. If their foreheads touched and they met eyes, would they mate… would they mate just like that? He wanted to look away, but he couldn’t. He was scared and terrified.

“Hyung, this isn’t right. This isn’t right!!”

Shinwoo’s eyes had already gone wild. There was no trace of reason to be found in them. It’s okay. Wasn’t this what you wanted so badly? Even as he tried to console himself, all he could think about was running away. Would it be okay if he kicked him with all his might? Could he get away? Jungmin clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

Thinking that anything would be better than this situation, that he definitely wouldn’t regret it, just as he was about to try and escape somehow, Yoo Shinwoo suddenly started to retch, gasping as if he were suffocating. As Shinwoo’s penis, which had been getting bigger and bigger inside him, stopped knotting and began to shrink again, his body was pulled away as if on cue and thrown backward.

A jacket was draped over Jungmin’s naked, ruined body. It was the pheromone he had been waiting for. Jungmin blinked and looked at the owner of the pheromone.

“Are you okay?”

Kim Joohwan carefully helped Jungmin up.

“Weren’t… you gone?”

“Seeing your reaction, I guess I wasn’t interrupting.”

He smiled bitterly and carefully helped Jungmin up, then laid him down on the bed.

“Wait just a moment. I’ll be back after I clean that thing up.”

Saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, dragged out the retching and suffering Yoo Shinwoo, and closed the door. A brief commotion could be heard. He didn’t want to know what was happening outside. Only then did the tension release, and he could breathe properly. He tightly gripped Kim Joohwan’s jacket covering his body, barely inhaling the now-familiar pheromone, and closed his eyes.

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Jungmin opened his eyes to a warm and cozy feeling. He was lying in the bathtub, though he didn’t know when he had gotten in. Naturally, Kim Joohwan was sitting behind him, providing a safe place for him to lean on.

“You’re awake?”

“My bathtub… is small.”

“It is. Next time, let’s do it at my place.”

“…What about hyung?”

“Are you worried about that man in this situation?”

“……”

When Jungmin couldn’t say anything, Kim Joohwan clicked his tongue.

“I sent him to the hospital. It seems he had an adverse reaction to sunbae’s pheromones. He can’t die, can he?”

Because if he died, you would feel guilty and keep thinking about Yoo Shinwoo. He absolutely can’t die.

“He had an adverse reaction to my pheromones? But hyung said he thought I had become an omega.”

“He was talking about that, as a matter of fact. So I ran a test while you were sleeping, sunbae, and you’re an alpha. Still.”

As Yoo Shinwoo was being taken to the hospital, he said he didn’t know why he had done that. He said that now he could definitely sense alpha pheromones from Jungmin…. But he was confused, saying he had clearly felt omega pheromones as well, which made Kim Joohwan also run a test just in case, but no. He was still an alpha. Thankfully. If he had been an omega, they would have mated. The thought was truly horrifying.

“But why…”

“I didn’t say anything because I thought you’d worry, sunbae, but Yoo Shinwoo-sunbae, he’s a bit strange. There’s an issue the research institute is concerned about right now. It could be a case of brain confusion…. We’ll need to do more tests… but anyway, it’s not your fault, sunbae. So don’t worry about it.”

When Jungmin said nothing, Kim Joohwan clicked his tongue again, pulled his face closer, and kissed him. At that, Jungmin pushed his body away.

“We’re still talking.”

“You weren’t answering, sunbae, so I thought the conversation was over.”

Kim Joohwan’s hand, which had been stroking Jungmin’s body, became more intimate. Jungmin knew better than anyone what that meant. And it was also the touch Jungmin had been waiting for all day…. Suddenly, he remembered being held by Yoo Shinwoo earlier. He had been helplessly overpowered because of his force. No, was being overpowered the right expression? He had no concept of chastity anyway, and nothing to protect. So why did he feel so much resistance this time?

Jungmin grabbed Kim Joohwan’s hand as it tried to touch his member.

“…You don’t want to?”

“I slept with hyung earlier.”

“…So?”

“He even knotted me… You still want to do it with me?”

“What about you, sunbae? Do you want to do it with me?”

Kim Joohwan whispered in Jungmin’s ear, then kissed the nape of his neck. Heat began to rise again in his body that had grown cold. If he were an omega, the heat would have stopped after being knotted once. But he was an alpha. His rut was not over yet.

“Damn it.”

Jungmin clicked his tongue, pulled Kim Joohwan’s nape closer, and kissed him. That was Jungmin’s answer.