Formless Chapter 21

“I just… I don’t trust promises of money easily…. A-and I also felt burdened about suddenly quitting the tutoring. Because I thought you would get angry, I…”

Heewoon, frightened, spoke ramblingly.

“I was thinking about what I would do if I quit my job for sunbae. I look like a complete fool now, don’t I?”

“Ah, no.”

It was untrue. Gangwoo, who smiled and shook his head, said with a sigh:

“I let it slide because you were cute, and now it’s become neither this nor that. I thought wrongly. This is all because I am not scary enough, isn’t it?”

“No. You… you are really scary.”

R-really. You are really scary.

Heewoon was startled and denied Gangwoo’s words. Gangwoo’s gaze fell upon his cheek, which was twitching slightly.

“I’m scary?”

“Yes, yes.”

Heewoon nodded repeatedly as if he had seen the last flicker of hope. Gangwoo twisted up the corner of his mouth.

“Then be a little more scared.”

Gangwoo, having tossed out the single sentence, stood up. Heewoon, who was sitting slumped, stared blankly as Gangwoo walked out to the veranda.

Should I run away right now….

The sound of a drawer opening, as if someone was searching for something, was heard. The thought that it might be a knife suddenly flashed through his mind. Let’s run away. The moment that thought struck him, Heewoon managed to move his shaky legs and stood up. Just as he was about to head toward the front door, a voice was heard.

“Sit on the sofa.”

I should run away.

Contrary to his thoughts, Heewoon’s body turned around, went to the sofa, and sat down. His legs, where he rested his hands, were trembling fiercely. His heart was pounding so fast he felt like he would die. He wanted to run away because he didn’t know what Seo Gangwoo would bring, but his body wouldn’t move.

Gangwoo came out from the veranda holding what looked like pliers in his hand. Perhaps sensing Heewoon’s gaze, Gangwoo held it up for him to see and opened his mouth.

“Sunbae. Do you know what happened to that bastard back then?”

“Hmph….”

Heewoon was trembling too much and let out a faint groan.

The scene he had briefly buried in the back of his mind suddenly popped out. One man kneeling and several men surrounding him.

“Money was strangely missing. When I traced it back from the end, that bastard turned up.”

The thick air and dark lighting came to mind.

“He wouldn’t tell the truth no matter how much I asked, so I crushed his fingers, one by one.”

A hand, drenched in blood and drooping limply, followed.

Gangwoo took one step closer. Heewoon groaned and slid his hips back. The scene of blood spurting flashed before his eyes.

Gangwoo smiled faintly, watching Heewoon floundering in terror.

“I won’t do that to sunbae. It would be a shame if those pretty hands were ruined.”

“U-ung….”

“I just need to punish the mouth that lied.”

I’m going to pull out a tooth. Heewoon asked back blankly at the casual remark.

“…A tooth?”

It was so calm that he thought he had misheard.

“Yeah. Don’t worry. I’ll pull out one from the inside so it won’t be visible.”

Heewoon, who was backing away to avoid the approaching Gangwoo, was grabbed by the collar and pinned onto the sofa. While Gangwoo mounted him, pinning down both his arms with his knees, Heewoon stared blankly at the pliers held in Gangwoo’s hand.

The opposite hand abruptly entered his mouth and pressed against his lower teeth. After staring into his parted mouth for a long time, he muttered:

Small teeth. Gangwoo pressed the teeth behind the front teeth and the molars with his finger, then inserted the pliers into Heewoon’s mouth. Clang-clatter, the metal scraped past his teeth. He felt a cold sensation against the inside of his cheek.

“Don’t move. It’ll be hard to pull if you move.”

Heewoon, who had been blank, only came to his senses after the pliers clamped down firmly on his tooth. It felt like the tooth was already halfway pulled out.

“Aaack! Aaack!”

Heewoon opened his eyes wide and screamed. The liquid continually flowing down his throat must surely be blood.

“Ha. I haven’t pulled it out yet.”

Gangwoo looked down at Heewoon’s face, which was contorted in pain as if his tooth had been pulled out, and said in disbelief.

He firmly secured Heewoon’s jaw. Rough breaths erupted from Heewoon’s mouth and nose.

“Huff, huck. No…. No. D-don’t do it. Please, Gangwoo.”

“I told you I’m only pulling out one. Just stay still without irritating me.”

Seo Gangwoo, silhouetted against the fluorescent light, looked like a demon. He was seriously planning to pull out a healthy tooth without anesthesia. Heewoon, terrified, struggled and screamed.

“Aaack—! Aaack—!”

He shook his head, overcoming the strength of Gangwoo’s grip on his jaw, fueled by some unknown power. It was a desperate struggle.

Because of that, blood flowed from his lips, which had collided with the misaligned pliers. Even when Gangwoo placed the pliers down on the cushion above Heewoon’s head, Heewoon was still screaming uncontrollably.

“Hey.”

A large hand clamped hard over Heewoon’s mouth and nose.

“Eugh…!”

In the view of Heewoon, whose eyes were wide open, Gangwoo’s face grew closer and closer. His bloodshot eyes trembled aimlessly. The chest Gangwoo was kneeling on was heaving roughly.

“Stay docile.”

The chilling voice drilled into Heewoon’s ear. Heewoon’s struggling ceased. Even the rough breathing had stopped.

The black eyes they met completely trapped Heewoon. Something was rising like heat haze within the pupils.

“Or you don’t know what I’ll do.”

It was murderous intent and madness that prickled the skin. A trace, like a stain, left on someone who had killed a person.

The hand covering his mouth was slowly withdrawn.

“I need to go get tape.”

Heewoon was frozen until Gangwoo got off his body. He felt strength drain from his entire body. If Seo Gangwoo came back with tape to tie him up, he would suffer a horrific torture. Just like that man in the abandoned factory.

At that moment, Heewoon tumbled down from the sofa. Thud, his knees hit the floor. He scrambled hastily on all fours and hugged Gangwoo’s thigh.

Gangwoo looked down at Heewoon clinging to his leg and let out a dry laugh.

“G-Gangwoo. Just let me go this one time. I will really listen well. Even if you don’t pull out a tooth… I-I can really listen well.”

Despite the cold gaze, Heewoon did not release the arms wrapped around Gangwoo’s leg.

“Please. I-I was wrong, Gangwoo. They said you could die if you pull out a tooth without anesthesia.”

“Not a single person has died.”

That meant he had done it multiple times. A chill ran down Heewoon’s spine.

“I, I will die. I’ll really die. I, I hate being in pain… I’ll go into shock.”

Gangwoo frowned, looking down at Heewoon, who was plastered to his leg and weeping floods of tears.

“Huu… I was wrong…. Please save me…. Gangwoo.”

Heewoon was trembling so much he looked like he might bite his own tongue. Gangwoo felt something wet touch his instep. Looking down, Heewoon’s crotch was wet in a circular stain. It seemed he had leaked some urine earlier.

“Huu… I, if I don’t have teeth, it’s hard to eat….”

“Who said I was pulling out all of them?”

“A-and you didn’t even sterilize it….”

Gangwoo’s expression became strange as he looked down at Heewoon, who was sobbing with his entire body shaking. He rubbed his forehead and called Heewoon’s name.

“Woo Heewoon.”

Heewoon, who raised his head at the low voice, had a face smeared with tears and snot. How much cold sweat he had produced in that short time—his bangs were soaked as if he had washed his face.

“Let go.”

At the short command, the hand Heewoon used to grip Gangwoo’s pants tightened sharply before slowly relaxing. Gangwoo stared coldly at Heewoon’s wet face. It was the expression of someone who had let go of a lifeline on a cliff.

Gangwoo’s gaze briefly landed on the pliers on the sofa.

“Gangwoo, Gangwoo, please….”

His eyes returned downward. The wet eyes glistened. The twenty-six-year-old man’s crying face looked extremely youthful.

Gangwoo looked down at Heewoon and mumbled, as if contemplating.

“If I let this slide, you’ll do it again….”

“No. I won’t do it again. Really. I won’t lie either.”

Heewoon denied it with wide eyes and kept glancing, as if he wanted to grab Gangwoo’s pants. His slender fingers also kept wiggling. Gangwoo paused for a moment and then asked, testing him.

“Are you sure?”

Heewoon raised his head sharply and met Gangwoo’s eyes, nodding repeatedly. A few tears that had been clinging dropped to the floor.

Gangwoo sighed, stepped past Heewoon, and slumped onto the sofa. As he leaned back, a sound like air escaping from the plush sofa was heard.

Heewoon followed him with his eyes.

Is it over?

Seo Gangwoo’s expression seemed slightly relaxed. The pliers were not near his hand but slightly further away. Maybe he wasn’t going to pull out a tooth.

A slightly relieved Heewoon only then noticed his wet crotch. Shame rushed over him belatedly. He hesitated and tried to cover it with his shirt, but Seo Gangwoo spoke.

“Take off your clothes and come here.”

Heewoon moved quickly. He tore off his jacket and T-shirt in one go, and after hesitating for a moment, he stripped off the pants with the circular stain and the even wetter underwear all at once. As he usually did, he also took off his socks and stood in front of Gangwoo.

His body kept twitching slightly because he didn’t know what Seo Gangwoo would do. The moderately warm air felt intensely chilly.

“Kneel down.”

Heewoon knelt without the slightest hesitation and rubbed away his tears with the back of his hand. Gangwoo looked at his clumped eyelashes and said:

“Sunbae is foolish, so unless I make it clear, you probably won’t remember….”

Heewoon’s eyes widened. His terror-stricken pupils looked up at Gangwoo. His expression changed momentarily with whatever he was imagining.

“You will suck my cock until I say you’re done.”

Relief appeared in Heewoon’s eyes. Gangwoo noticed it and let out a chuckle.

When Gangwoo nudged his knee with his foot, Heewoon reached out his hands toward the fly of Gangwoo’s pants. With trembling hands, he lowered the zipper and pulled out the penis. Even without an erection, it was heavy.

Heewoon didn’t hesitate at all. He held the shaft as if supporting it with both hands and clumsily clamped his mouth around the glans. Then he glanced up at Gangwoo.

There was no particular expression on his face. It seems this is how I should do it. Heewoon opened his mouth wide and moved his head, just as he had done once before.

It was difficult to fit the whole thing in, so he pushed it in as far as possible. He only inserted half of it, but the tip touched his uvula, causing him to gag. Heewoon forcibly swallowed the saliva that had instantly pooled in his mouth.