Correction Chapter 30

One day, after seeing Shinwoo hyung with Youngmin, he drank alone.

He wondered why he liked hyung so much. At this point, he should be able to give up. There must be someone better than hyung in the world, so why him?

He pondered this as he emptied several soju bottles, but there was no conclusion. He just liked him. Just… he liked Shinwoo hyung for no reason.

He liked his kindness, the slight wrinkles that appeared around his eyes when he smiled, his large hands… his low but gentle voice, he liked it all so much. He especially liked his eyes. He loved their clarity, purity, and warmth that seemed to embrace all faults. So, after that, he decided not to waste time with useless thoughts like, “Why does it have to be Shinwoo hyung? Why do I like him?”

Simply… simply, Shin Jungmin liked Yoo Shinwoo. Very much.

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He felt suffocated. It felt like his whole body was being crushed, as if he were having a sleep paralysis. He felt a threat, as if he would be trampled to death if he didn’t open his eyes, so Jungmin forced his eyes open to survive.

“Huh….”

Is this what it means to be consumed by darkness? Goosebumps rose all over his body at the feeling of facing pitch black as hazy smoke swirled around him. An unfamiliar feeling. As the hazy smoke swirled again, he soon realized it was the smell of cigarettes, and Jungmin desperately tried to see the owner of this cool air that was pressing down on him. And as soon as he made eye contact with the owner, he realized that the source of this sharpness was pheromones, and he immediately recognized the owner. Pheromones he couldn’t forget even if he tried.

“What… are you doing?”

Jungmin forced his mouth open.

“Ugh.”

But perhaps it sounded like defiance, because the alpha pressed down on Jungmin even more, expressing his displeasure. He dropped the cigarette that had burned down to his fingertips and crushed it with his sneaker. There were already three or four crushed cigarette butts around his shoe. How long had he been doing this?

“Ah….”

As his gaze followed the cigarette butts, he saw Yoo Shinwoo at the end. Seeing him sprawled naked, Jungmin realized how this situation had come about. Yoo Shinwoo had reacted to Youngmin’s pheromones and embraced him. He remembered enduring the pain of being knotted by him, but after that, his memory was blank.

“Shinwoo….”

As he reached out to Shinwoo, another hand suddenly reached out and intertwined its fingers with Jungmin’s.

“Sunbae.”

Why… is this bastard here?

“Kim Joohwan….”

As his name was called, he smiled faintly and kissed the back of Jungmin’s hand. The feeling was so cold. As if he were casting a curse.

“Are you awake?”

“Why….”

“Why… I felt the pheromones of someone in heat, so I came to check, and there were two males going at it. Underneath the already unconscious sunbae – that son of a bitch was really moving his hips.”

Kim Joohwan glanced briefly at Yoo Shinwoo.

“…Did it feel that good? Huh? Did you enjoy it that much? Enough to lose consciousness?”

“Ugh!”

Kim Joohwan squeezed Jungmin’s hand as if crushing it. Then he abruptly stood up and forced Jungmin’s unresponsive body upright. He shoved the staggering Jungmin into the shower and turned on the water.

“Wha, what are you doing!”

Kim Joohwan rolled up his sleeves, pushed Jungmin against the wall, and twisted one of his arms behind his back. Even though he could easily overcome this kind of restraint under normal circumstances, his current condition prevented him from moving properly, and above all, Kim Joohwan’s pheromones continued to assault him. Sharply, to the point of nausea.

“…!”

Soon, Kim Joohwan’s fingers entered his swollen hole and mercilessly spread it open. Jungmin bit his lip at the feeling of semen flowing out. Whitish semen dripped onto the floor, mixing with the water and flowing down the drain. Things he could never keep inside his body. Unproductive things disappeared just like that.

“Why? Do you feel a sense of loss? It couldn’t have become sunbae’s anyway.”

A sneer could be heard in his subdued voice. He had accepted all of this. He had been prepared for it. But what about Kim Joohwan? Why did he suddenly appear and say such hurtful things? Why does this bastard always appear at these miserable moments to crush him?

Jungmin tried to bend the arm he was leaning against the wall and hit Kim Joohwan’s stomach with his elbow, but his body only staggered and didn’t reach him.

“Ha….”

However, he succeeded in his primary objective, which was to shake him off. He brushed back his wet hair and looked at Jungmin. He couldn’t tell what he was thinking. The eyes he had always considered deep had only darkened. And so, he didn’t want to lose, even more so. He didn’t want to be dragged down by Kim Joohwan, of all people.

“Yeah. It’s a shame. It could have been mine. But why are you interfering? Oh, don’t tell me you’re mistaken, thinking it’s yours because you’ve been inside it once? Ha, I don’t want it. I’m not interested in alphas other than Shinwoo hyung. Especially not you, Kim Joohwan. Assholes aren’t my type.”

Kim Joohwan’s expression remained unchanged.

“I’m glad I’m not within the range of sunbae’s perverted hobbies. And I’m not interested in sunbae’s hole. I told you before. Who’d want to stick it in a disgusting alpha’s hole? Sunbae’s pheromones aren’t my type either, they give me a headache. Don’t flatter yourself.”

With those curt words, Kim Joohwan left the bathroom.

“Haah.”

He collapsed, and the floor vibrated. It seemed to be a temporarily constructed shower stall. That’s a relief. At least it was a room with a shower stall… Jungmin stared at the water flowing from the showerhead and closed his eyes. He slept with Shinwoo hyung, or rather, Yoo Shinwoo. He was held by him. He couldn’t moan like an omega, and he had to struggle with the pain and suppress his physiological aversion, but his heart was happy. No, he thought he was happy, but why did he feel so sad?

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Kim Joohwan left the shower room, closed the door, and looked down at his lower body.

“I guess the hole remembers the taste, having been inside it once.”

He looked at his slightly erect penis, laughed in disbelief, then his expression hardened as he looked at Yoo Shinwoo lying face down on the floor. Shin Jungmin probably thought he was asleep, but in reality, Yoo Shinwoo was currently unconscious. He had taken measures to ensure he wouldn’t wake up anytime soon, as it would be troublesome.

“What should I do….”

He kept thinking. Continuously. Something was trying to sprout from the dark depths, but he didn’t know what it was. He was debating whether to pull it out or let it grow. After thinking for a long time, he couldn’t make a decision.

Shin Jungmin actually slept with Yoo Shinwoo.

He could roughly guess what had happened from the lingering pheromones of Shin Youngmin in the room. Whatever the reason, it was what he wanted. But look at you. You’re an alpha, yet you were embraced by him as an omega. As a substitute for someone else.

How ridiculous. He wanted to become an omega for him, so he spread his legs for an alpha he hated, and he embraced him, acting as a stand-in for the person he loved. It’s a perfect melodrama.

Kim Joohwan looked at Yoo Shinwoo and took a cigarette out of his pocket, putting it back in his mouth. He had thought this since they first met, but he was a truly bothersome person. Bothersome enough to make him think of killing him.

But he couldn’t understand the nature of this annoyance.

“What should I do….”

He quietly checked his watch and thought. The sun was already rising outside the window. If he left Yoo Shinwoo like this, someone would find him. Someone might spread strange rumors after seeing Jungmin coming out of the shower. A mixture of truth and lies.

What decision would those two stupid alphas make when faced with those gazes? He didn’t know about Yoo Shinwoo, but Shin Jungmin might claim responsibility. He might even try to take all the blame himself.

“Huh….”

Kim Joohwan exhaled smoke and took out his phone from his pocket. He called the bodyguards his parents had sent to protect him, who were nearby. Soon, men in black suits entered and carefully carried Yoo Shinwoo out. As soon as he left, he opened the window and aired out the room.

“Uh….”

Jungmin, who emerged from the shower, blinked at the sight of the neatly cleaned room. Then, seeing Kim Joohwan leaning against the window, he frowned.

“Smile, sunbae. I cleaned everything up.”

This time, instead of dropping the cigarette on the floor, he took out a portable ashtray from his pocket and neatly placed it inside.

“Keep your thanks to yourself. I’ll be sure to collect on this debt someday.”

Let’s keep it as a debt so he can’t leave. Thinking this, Kim Joohwan patted Jungmin on the shoulder and left the room.

Later, Kim Joohwan, recalling that day, said that he had severed the threads that would have entangled those two terribly.

It was the best decision he ever made in his life.