20XX Love Chapter 13.2 - 12. SIX (2)

“I didn’t want to stop it.”

“…….”

“I remember everything. And I could have chosen everything.”

Kim Yikyung remembered recalling Seo Jungin’s words verbatim to himself.

At that time, he held Seo Jungin and fell into uncontrollability, dominated only by the urge to hold Seo Jungin.

“It felt like it wasn’t me, but I couldn’t say it wasn’t me either.”

It felt like the hidden desires deep inside his heart were all pulled out and exposed raw.

“And after that…… why am I becoming so fond of this…….”

Seo Jungin raised his head and looked up at Kim Yikyung. Even those words of Seo Jungin, Kim Yikyung could recall the same way. Why was he becoming so fond of this?

“Jungin.”

“Suhyuk, Woohyun, Heechan, Taeyong, and even Hyung…… why am I becoming so fond of you all?”

Seo Jungin felt an overwhelming tenderness and a heart-wrenching longing at the same time.

His body changed, his heart changed, everything changed. He couldn’t help but feel crazy. Everything that happened to him in the ward was inexplicable with his former self. Could he explain these things with his head, his mouth, his heart?

The uncontrollable obsession and lust the five boys showed towards him. And himself, who felt the climax of the boys’ actions and emotions. He could no longer imagine himself without these boys.

‘If these boys disappear from me, then…… I, I…….’

Seo Jungin, recalling a painful future mixed with some past memory, filled his light-colored eyes with tears.

Kim Yikyung slowly reached out and stroked his soft hair. Watching Seo Jungin trembling with fear, he was dizzy with complex emotions.

“We need to heal your body first. You’re a complete mess right now.”

“……If Taeyong sees me, he’ll be angry at Suhyuk.”

Kim Yikyung grinned and slipped his hand under the blanket.

“That’s why I’m going to do it. I took Taeyong’s healing ability while he was sleeping.”

💘

The three returned to the hospital room.

Hwang Woohyun greeted them with worried eyes, but he didn’t say anything embarrassing to Seo Jungin.

Jo Heechan ran to hug Seo Jungin, but was startled when he saw his eye color and exclaimed,

“Oh. Hyung! Your eye color. It’s back to normal?”

“Yeah. I woke up and……”

“Thank goodness, Hyung. It’s good, right? It’s back to normal, isn’t it?”

Hwang Woohyun also immediately approached Seo Jungin, looked into his eyes, and checked their color. Light brown, a mysterious, delicate color.

“……You were worried because your eye color changed. I’m glad.”

At Hwang Woohyun’s warm smile, Seo Jungin smiled awkwardly.

However, instead of the simple joy that things had returned to normal, he felt uneasy. Somehow ominous and his heart was churning.

It feels like it hasn’t returned to normal. It’s not that it’s returned, but that it’s become irreversible. Like he’s about to lose everything.

“Hyung, eat this.”

“Huh……?”

Jo Heechan popped a hot bar into Seo Jungin’s mouth.

“You must be hungry. Eat this. I’ll make you some cup ramen too.”

“Nom…….”

Seo Jungin took a delicious bite of the hot bar that Jo Heechan gave him. He was hungry. And the ominously churning feeling subsided the moment he saw Jo Heechan’s bright face.

Seo Jungin really liked Jo Heechan. He liked the positive energy that Jo Heechan’s easygoing nature gave off and his trivial but warm heart.

Meanwhile, Nam Taeyong was perched on a chair, glaring at Choi Suhyuk. Choi Suhyuk did not avoid his gaze at all, but sharply returned Nam Taeyong’s stare.

Nam Taeyong’s gaze shifted to Seo Jungin, who was munching on a hot bar right next to him. He scanned him from head to toe. His light brown hair was shiny and flowing, and his clear skin was flawless.

‘Kim Yikyung. He secretly took my ability and fixed him all up. He’s afraid I’ll beat up Choi Suhyuk, that bastard.’

It was just funny how everyone was silent about Choi Suhyuk and Seo Jungin.

Why doesn’t anyone say anything about how Choi Suhyuk almost burned them all to death trying to have Seo Jungin all to himself? Why doesn’t anyone say anything about how he went to the room across the hall and fucked Seo Jungin all night long?

Seo Jungin was nonchalantly munching on the hot bar and eating it deliciously. The corners of Nam Taeyong’s mouth lifted slightly.

“Seo Jungin. Are you alright?”

Seo Jungin suddenly felt like he was choking on the hot bar.

“Ugh, cough, cough.”

“I guess Choi Suhyuk didn’t bite this time. I thought you’d be chewed up all night. Or did someone heal you already?”

“Cough, cough, cough.”

“Nam Taeyong. Stop talking nonsense and check Jungin’s condition.”

Kim Yikyung looked across at Nam Taeyong with a hardened expression and gave him a curt order. Nam Taeyong immediately felt annoyed.

He already healed him. He must have seen the state of the ability configuration inside his body while healing him, so why is he asking me to do it again?

“……!”

Suddenly, Nam Taeyong’s expression hardened just like Kim Yikyung’s. He sensed something was amiss.

As Nam Taeyong abruptly stood up and strode toward Seo Jungin, Choi Suhyuk grabbed Seo Jungin’s hand with an uncomfortable expression and tried to hide him behind him. However, Nam Taeyong, who had reached Seo Jungin in an instant, wrapped his arms around his slender waist and pulled him to a nearby bed, laying him down in a flash.

“Ugh……”

Nam Taeyong snatched the hot bar from Seo Jungin’s mouth and tossed it carelessly onto the table before pulling open his shower gown.

“Ah.”

As soon as his palm touched the soft, moist skin that was revealed, Nam Taeyong barely managed to stifle a sigh.

“Taeyong.”

“…….”

It was skin he wanted to caress and feel to his heart’s content. It fit snugly in his hand, clinging moistly.

“Nam Taeyong.”

“Be quiet. It’s echoing in my hand.”

Nam Taeyong shook his head and closed his eyes, starting to concentrate.

There must be a reason Kim Yikyung gave him that look. He had already seen the state of his body while healing him, but the fact that he asked him to check his condition again meant something. There was a change in Seo Jungin’s body.

“Take a deep breath.”

Nam Taeyong muttered, instructing Seo Jungin, and used his healing ability to meticulously check every nook and cranny of his body.

Seo Jungin’s body was clean. Perhaps because Kim Yikyung frequently duplicated abilities, he was very proficient in using healing powers. His organs, his internal state, and his smooth skin were all perfectly fine, without a single blemish or flaw.

He slightly opened one eye and pulled the gown open a little further, revealing pink nipples. There wasn’t a single mark on the shiny areola or the soft-looking tips.

Nam Taeyong frowned, wearing a very dissatisfied expression. He had checked Seo Jungin’s condition and tried to find something to nitpick about as a bonus, but there was nothing left after Kim Yikyung had healed him completely.

Having no choice, Nam Taeyong closed his eyes again and concentrated. He was trying to check the configuration of the flames swirling in his stomach.

“…….”

Kim Yikyung carefully observed Nam Taeyong’s concentrated expression.

In fact, Kim Yikyung had already noticed something was wrong while healing Seo Jungin’s body in the room across the hall. The configuration he felt in Seo Jungin’s body. The flames of Choi Suhyuk and the Mutated Entity had completely disappeared from Seo Jungin’s body.

Of course, that was the result everyone wanted. Five espers had been clinging to Seo Jungin to expel the configuration inside his body.

However, it wasn’t just the flame configuration that disappeared from Seo Jungin’s body. It was related to the anxiety that the five espers had already begun to feel while rolling around with Seo Jungin.

The tingling sensation had completely disappeared from Seo Jungin’s body. Naturally, the radiation guiding had also disappeared. Even after all that with Choi Suhyuk, there was no tingling residue on his skin.

If his guess was correct, if his premonition was correct.

[I think Jungin’s ability has changed a bit.]

After the initial flame configuration that Choi Suhyuk had fed him disappeared, a change occurred in Seo Jungin’s body.

[Mixed with the guide ability, I can feel the esper ability.]

Not only had he poured out radiation guiding with red eyes during the fierce battle at Bloodhole, but he had also exploded the esper’s attack ability. It was probably the result of Choi Suhyuk’s flame ability fusing with the guiding ability.

Then, could it be that the flame configuration fed by the Mutated Entity didn’t disappear from Seo Jungin’s body, but fused again? Then what kind of change would occur?

The worst premonition, the one that absolutely shouldn’t be, came to Kim Yikyung’s mind.

What was certain was that only Nam Taeyong could confirm it. He, who had duplicated the healing ability, could not distinguish the configuration of the ability. That was an ability only Nam Taeyong possessed.

“Ha……”

At that moment, Nam Taeyong let out a sigh and removed his hand from Seo Jungin’s body. No one could speak after seeing Nam Taeyong’s face after that short sigh. A tense air instantly filled the hospital room.

“…….”

Nam Taeyong just stared down at Seo Jungin without a word.

“What’s wrong, Taeyong? You look scared…… Is something wrong with me?”

“…….”

“Am I okay?”

Nam Taeyong, his face pale, didn’t answer. Looking at Nam Taeyong, Kim Yikyung felt all the blood drain from his head. The unpleasant sensation of his premonition becoming reality filled the void.

“Nam Taeyong.”

Kim Yikyung’s voice was heard, but Nam Taeyong couldn’t move. It was as if a blackout curtain had been drawn in front of his eyes, and soon he couldn’t see anything.

He turned his head at the hand gripping his shoulder and saw a monster covered in blisters staring back at him. On its wrist was a sapphire bracelet identical to his own.

So, was this our future after all? To become a Mutated Entity after screaming in pain from the rising toxicity and the tearing of our bodies. To become a terrible monster, one by one, at the end of a rampage, our bodies consumed by toxicity.

Was our future to become monsters in this ward, wandering through space and time, and being killed by ourselves?

“Taeyong, what’s wrong……?”

He looked down again at Seo Jungin, who was gently taking his wrist.

The soft brown eyes blinked, delivering a death sentence. To the five espers of the K814 team.

They could no longer receive guidance from Seo Jungin. Not even a sliver of guiding ability could be felt from Seo Jungin’s body.

Seo Jungin’s body was completely filled with a perfect esper ability, flowing continuously through him.