Flower Fiancé Chapter 105

As he said, Ji Yeonwoo wrapped his arms around his neck, and Choi Moohyuk put strength into the hands holding his waist, lifting him up and entering the water. Ji Yeonwoo tensed his whole body and clung to Choi Moohyuk even more, holding on tightly.

“It’s okay, try putting your feet down.”

His feet touched the bottom, but the water was quite deep, coming up to his chest. It was a lagoon, and since it was standing water, the current wasn’t strong, but the unfamiliar feeling of floating in the water wasn’t very pleasant.

Even with Choi Moohyuk holding him, the shallow current kept sweeping him, causing his feet to lift off the bottom and touch down repeatedly. Without meaning to, his breathing grew increasingly rapid. Ha, haah. Ji Yeonwoo, exhaling short, unsteady breaths, clung to him with all his might.

He glanced sideways at Choi Moohyuk. He was looking back with eyes full of puzzlement. Ji Yeonwoo, clinging to Choi Moohyuk’s water-soaked upper body, had no choice but to confess.

“Moohyuk, you know…”

Choi Moohyuk looked down at him with a questioning gaze. Ji Yeonwoo, pouting his lips and hesitating, finally spoke up with difficulty.

“The truth is, I can’t swim.”

Contrary to expectations, Choi Moohyuk didn’t look surprised. His reaction was as if he had known it all along.

“You knew?”

“More or less.”

“Since when?”

“From when I heard you say you don’t like the rain?”

What kind of thinking leads to the conclusion that someone who doesn’t like rain probably doesn’t like water?

“Ah, I thought, this person isn’t close with water. But then you’d sit in the bathtub once you got in and stay there for quite a while, so I also wondered if you might be okay when you’re with me.”

Ji Yeonwoo, mouth agape and staring blankly, leaned his head against Choi Moohyuk’s shoulder.

“Wow, I can’t keep up with you, really.”

Shaking his head, he let out a low voice, and Choi Moohyuk burst out laughing. As the strength in the hands holding him loosened, his water-soaked body slipped and slid down.

“…Ah!”

Startled, Ji Yeonwoo put strength into his arms and hugged his neck tightly. The hands hastily adjusting and clinging to him trembled slightly.

“Don-don’t let go. I feel like I’m going to drown.”

Fear could also be felt in his reaction.

“Do you have any bad memories associated with water?”

Finding it puzzling, Choi Moohyuk gathered Ji Yeonwoo in his arms and asked. Leaning his head against Choi Moohyuk’s shoulder, Ji Yeonwoo panted softly and spoke.

“When I was young, I got swept away by a wave once. I don’t remember exactly what happened, but since then, I can’t go into the ocean at all. Even when I do get in water, I only dip my ankles in shallow streams or shallow places at most.”

Choi Moohyuk frowned.

“Why are you telling me this now? If you’d told me earlier, I would have chosen a place without water.”

“I thought I’d be okay because I’m with you, Moohyuk.”

He felt the hands holding him tighter against the firm, water-soaked body. Still frowning, Choi Moohyuk lowered his gaze.

“I was alone back then, but now I have you, Moohyuk.”

Choi Moohyuk wrapped his arms around the thin back in the water like a vine. Just how severe was the fear that he couldn’t even remember it? He had overlooked it because Ji Yeonwoo always said everything was fine. There was fault on Ji Yeonwoo’s part for not mentioning it earlier, but also fault on Choi Moohyuk’s for not being a bit more attentive.

With wet hands, he swept back Ji Yeonwoo’s damp hair. As if regretting having spoken, Ji Yeonwoo looked up at him with drooping eyes.

Choi Moohyuk, who had been stroking his trembling cheek with his thumb, pressed their lips together. In the wide-open outdoor space, among people freely playing and enjoying themselves, eyes were drawn to Choi Moohyuk and Ji Yeonwoo spending intimate time together, but they were beyond being conscious of those stares.

After pressing their lips together for a while, Choi Moohyuk sat Ji Yeonwoo back on the wine bar chair.

“Stay here and watch. I’ll just do one more lap and come back.”

Ji Yeonwoo smiled with his eyes and nodded. His touch rubbed the white thighs exposed below the swim trunks. Even though they had been in the water for a long time, his body temperature felt hotter than usual.

Choi Moohyuk, who had been rubbing the soft flesh of his inner thighs with a touch full of reluctance, pushed off the chair and rose above the water. After touching and pulling away from his lips, he disappeared into the water in the blink of an eye.

It all happened in an instant. Staring blankly with a dumbfounded expression, Ji Yeonwoo only blushed deeply after seeing Choi Moohyuk moving away.

“Whoa, that was surprising…”

Ji Yeonwoo muttered softly, covering his lips with the back of his hand, and lowered his gaze. The spot where his lips had touched felt as hot as if burned.

Choi Moohyuk’s body swimming through the water was sensual even from a distance. His well-proportioned, muscular physique didn’t lag behind even among Westerners. Perhaps that’s why people’s gazes followed Choi Moohyuk wherever he went. Of course, Choi Moohyuk, paying no attention to their stares, was occasionally aware of where Ji Yeonwoo was sitting.

When their eyes met, Ji Yeonwoo waved his hand lightly toward Choi Moohyuk. Looking away first, Ji Yeonwoo splashed the water with his calves, playing with his feet, and surveyed the surroundings.

The horizon of the blue Bacalar Lagoon touched the sky, making it ambiguous where the sky ended and the lagoon began.

People freely swimming in the picturesque lagoon, people drinking beer and chatting, and Choi Moohyuk mixed in among them.

With a smile on his lips, Ji Yeonwoo moved his feet dipped in the blue lagoon water and let out a light breath.

It was an afternoon more leisurely and peaceful than any he had ever experienced.

∞ ∞ ∞

Leaving the lagoon, the two had a late lunch and walked back to the resort. The street trees planted along the long straight road were perfect for blocking the sunlight.

Walking along, thinking the scent of grass was nice, Ji Yeonwoo suddenly paused. He smelled a rich magnolia blossom fragrance. It was a scent very familiar to Ji Yeonwoo.

Ji Yeonwoo approached Choi Moohyuk, who was standing a step ahead. Choi Moohyuk, breathing in short gasps, was breaking out in a cold sweat.

“Moohyuk…”

Hearing the low calling voice, Choi Moohyuk frowned. A faint moan escaped from between his closed lips. The gesture of wiping his face while squinting his eyes even conveyed impatience.

“We need to get to the resort quickly. It seems like, haah…”

Ji Yeonwoo, watching Choi Moohyuk with wavering eyes, bent down and draped his arm over his shoulder.

Choi Moohyuk couldn’t finish his sentence, but Ji Yeonwoo thought he knew what he was trying to say. An Alpha’s rut was about to begin.

“It’s okay, lean on me. Can you walk?”

Nod, nod, Choi Moohyuk shook his head.

“Hold on just a little longer. We’re almost there.”

Using his own body as support, Ji Yeonwoo helped Choi Moohyuk walk. Fortunately, the resort was visible just ahead.

A thought suddenly crossed his mind.

‘Come to think of it, have I ever seen Moohyuk going through a rut?’

They had been dating for nearly a year, but he had never once seen Choi Moohyuk in rut. It was understandable when he couldn’t feel Choi Moohyuk’s pheromones due to pheromone deficiency, but he hadn’t felt them even recently, which seemed a bit strange.

‘Surely he hasn’t been enduring it alone all this time? The rut of a dominant Alpha?’

But he couldn’t bring himself to ask if that was really the case. The arm wrapped around his shoulder was gradually tightening. With the pheromones flowing out ever more intensely, Ji Yeonwoo’s vision also began to swim.

His legs grew heavy, and his steps slowed down more and more. With a plop, forcing strength into his buckling legs, Ji Yeonwoo clenched his teeth tightly.

He needed to get inside quickly and find the suppressants for him. Even though holding him, an Omega, would help calm the rut, he knew that if he could at least take the suppressants, Choi Moohyuk would suffer a little less.

What was fortunate was that their accommodation was a standalone resort. As long as they kept the door closed, even if Choi Moohyuk fully released the pheromones of a dominant Alpha, it didn’t seem like it would affect the outside.

Entering the resort entrance and stepping into the hallway. Seeing the front door leading into the house just ahead, he finally let out a breath of relief.