My Alpha Era Began with Gongjindan Chapter 67

At the same time, Jung Pureum was on his way to the address Nam Jungyoon had sent him. The hotel name was quite verbose. He himself hadn’t even been to a hotel with Moon Yeonghwa yet….

Jung Pureum had heard about Moon Yeonghwa’s blind date early that morning. At first it was a little awkward, but Nam Jungyoon, who had quickly become close with him, had tattled in a flash.

Even upon hearing about Moon Yeonghwa’s blind date, Jung Pureum had been able to remain somewhat calm. Because he knew the blind date was a Western medicine doctor.

In fact, up until that point, he hadn’t thought Moon Yeonghwa had voluntarily gone to the blind date. He’d assumed Moon Yeonghwa had been forced into it by pressure from his parents or grandfather.

What a comfortably complacent thought. It was Nam Jungyoon who dropped the bomb on the perfectly composed Jung Pureum.

[He’s going because he wants to]

[You know that senior’s personality, right?]

[If he’d been forced, he’d have]

[Moon Yeonghwa runs a Korean medicine clinic]

[He’s the type to lie about an emergency patient and come back within 30 minutes]

From the moment Moon Yeonghwa didn’t return immediately from the blind date, Jung Pureum was tormented by all sorts of thoughts. Why? Is hyung not satisfied with me? Surely he doesn’t think it’s his fault that my pheromones became unstable?

His pheromones, which had finally stabilized, began to fluctuate at the news of Moon Yeonghwa’s blind date. The more Moon Yeonghwa tried to protect Jung Pureum, the more Jung Pureum felt like he was burning up inside.

I wish hyung would just stay still… Jung Pureum felt quite miserable. He had some idea why Moon Yeonghwa was acting this way.

Lately, Moon Yeonghwa had been paying noticeably more attention to Jung Pureum. Since Jung Pureum wasn’t ‘Nunmasae,’ he quickly realized that Moon Yeonghwa had finally noticed his feelings.

Finally! Yeonghwa hyung has finally grasped human emotions! Jung Pureum was moved. The tin woodcutter feeling his heartbeat! But this emotion didn’t last even a few days. Because Moon Yeonghwa immediately hit the avoidance button.

No matter how much Jung Pureum charged forward without brakes, it was all useless against Moon Yeonghwa’s avoidance skills. Moon Yeonghwa worried about everything all by himself. Worrying about the end before it even began! He was truly the worst possible target for unrequited love.

Jung Pureum arrived at the hotel before Park Seongjin. Offering the taxi driver double the fare had been the right call. When the driver asked where he was going, Jung Pureum answered without missing a beat, “I’m going to catch my runaway lover.”

Upon hearing this, the taxi driver raced through the city streets at a speed rarely seen in Seoul. Jung Pureum tried to gauge which had been more effective for the extra speed—the double fare or the runaway lover comment. Probably the latter. On the road, dopamine works better than money.

Not long after, the license plate number Nam Jungyoon had given him came into view.

Moon Yeonghwa was sitting in the passenger seat of an expensive imported car. The tinted windows made it impossible to see clearly, but Jung Pureum was certain Moon Yeonghwa was in that car.

Jung Pureum followed the imported car down into the parking garage. If he hit someone, hyung would get angry, right? Let’s resolve this in the most wholesome and peaceful way possible!

He genuinely intended to act rationally.

Until he saw Park Seongjin helping Moon Yeonghwa out of the car.

I just need to hit him. Jung Pureum quickly approached Park Seongjin. Judging by how much pheromone had been released inside the car, Alpha pheromones vibrated as he closed the distance.

Despite being soaked in Alpha pheromones, Moon Yeonghwa looked fairly intact. His face was pale and sickly, but even so, he was flipping Park Seongjin the middle finger.

“Hyung!”

Jung Pureum snatched Moon Yeonghwa away. His hands moved as swiftly as if he’d entered the physical education department just for this day. Park Seongjin, the dermatology clinic director, reacted slower than Jung Pureum, an active phys ed major.

“…Why are you here?”

“Hyung, what’s wrong with you?”

“Who is this person?”

It was literally a hellish three-way confrontation.

Moon Yeonghwa snapped to his senses. The strength that had been draining from his body suddenly surged back as a bonus.

“Nam Jungyoon tattled everything!”

It was a statement that would make the person in question collapse from injustice if they heard it. He’d come all the way to save him, and this is what he got—was he his director or his nemesis….

Even in this situation, Jung Pureum held Moon Yeonghwa, who was fuming that the vice-director had betrayed him. He could feel heat radiating from Moon Yeonghwa’s body. Instead of sandalwood, someone else’s Alpha pheromones reeked strongly.

“Hyung, why did you go on a blind date and leave me behind?”

“Uh? Well…”

“Was I not enough for you?”

“What is this? Did you have a lover?”

A melodrama worthy of a morning soap was unfolding in the hotel underground parking garage. Moon Yeonghwa, who had unwillingly become the protagonist of this melodrama, screamed internally.

Nothing ever went the way he wanted. Moon Yeonghwa shed tears of blood internally over his own ill-fated life. Ah, I’m going crazy. How do I clean this up….

“This is ridiculous. If you have a lover, why did you come to a blind date? Are you suggesting a threesome? Is that your taste?”

Moon Yeonghwa quickly grabbed Jung Pureum’s arm. Pureum, no! You’re a national athlete now! If you hit someone, it’ll be a big problem!

But Park Seongjin didn’t seem to realize that Moon Yeonghwa was trying to protect his own life.

“Well, fine. A threesome could work too.”

“….”

“…What could possibly work?”

Jung Pureum, who had been trying to resolve the situation in a wholesome and peaceful manner, promptly struck Park Seongjin in the face. Sometimes violence is the only way to solve a problem.

It was Park Seongjin who got hit, but the scream came from Moon Yeonghwa’s mouth. Moon Yeonghwa frantically clung to Jung Pureum.

“Pureum, let’s just let it go this once, okay?”

“Hyung….”

“Think about your career! Violence doesn’t solve anything!”

“If violence can’t solve a problem, then maybe it’s because you lacked the strength to begin with….”

“Forget that saying!”

Park Seongjin, who had been knocked down in one blow, muttered curses. Moon Yeonghwa stood in front of Jung Pureum, fearing Park Seongjin might lunge. It wasn’t to protect Jung Pureum, but to protect Park Seongjin.

“Looking at this now, you’re all crazy. Move aside, if you don’t want to get hit.”

“Park Seongjin. Calm down. Let’s resolve this like intellectuals, through conversation.”

“Conversation? After he hit me first?”

Moon Yeonghwa suddenly felt wronged. What is this bastard talking about. He seemed to have forgotten that he’d forcibly dragged someone who wanted to leave.

“Causing a problem here won’t do either of us any good.”

“Hyung, I’m fine.”

“What do you mean fine! Jung Pureum, stay still!”

“How can I stay still, right now!”

Park Seongjin looked at Jung Pureum and Moon Yeonghwa with a baffled expression. Just a moment ago it was a melodrama, but now it seemed like he was the villain intruding on someone else’s relationship.

He was bitter about getting hit in the face, but thinking calmly, fighting here wasn’t a good choice for him either. The underground parking garage might not look like it, but there were a lot of people passing through.

Sure enough, the parking attendant who had been watching this melodrama from afar turned his head upon meeting Park Seongjin’s gaze. An appeal that he hadn’t seen a thing.

“Hah, fuck. I thought he was kind of good-looking, but he turned out to be a complete landmine.”

While Moon Yeonghwa held Jung Pureum firmly, Park Seongjin took a step back.

“Hyung.”

“Stay still. Why do you keep hitting people? Are you a thug?”

“It’s all because of you, hyung….”

“….”

“Am I that bad? You know I like you, hyung, but you still went out to meet someone else?”

As the melodrama intensified, Park Seongjin drove off. Thanks to realizing that if this scene were recorded and spread online, it would be a direct hit to his practice.

There would be aftereffects, but compared to how arrogant he’d been, it was a pathetic exit. However, Jung Pureum and Moon Yeonghwa had no energy to spare for his departure.

“If I were that bad, it’d actually be a relief.”

“….”

“Hey, don’t make that face. Your hyung isn’t that wholesome of a person.”

Moon Yeonghwa swept his face with one hand.

Things had gotten tangled, and the situation was the worst. And of all places, they were in a hotel underground parking garage. His body was in the worst condition, soaked in someone else’s pheromones, and his mind was ragged too. That’s why he’d sent an SOS to Nam Jungyoon, but of course Jung Pureum had come.

Moon Yeonghwa kept wavering. He wanted to throw away his conscience and everything else and just fall head over heels for Jung Pureum.

What’s the problem if they like each other? The instincts that had been suppressed by social dignity and conscience for so long spoke to Moon Yeonghwa. Hey! Just devour him when he says he likes you!

A war broke out inside Moon Yeonghwa’s heart. When instinct rebelled and charged, social dignity and conscience collapsed feebly.

Jung Pureum was still holding Moon Yeonghwa. Leaning his cheek against his neighbor’s younger brother’s broad chest, Moon Yeonghwa opened his mouth as if making an excuse.

“This happened because you kept being so good to me.”

“….”

“I don’t want to be a burden to you, and I’m so anxious I could die thinking you might get hurt because of me… but you don’t know how I feel and you keep saying you like me, so this is what happened.”

It was a classic case of blaming someone else. Jung Pureum looked at Moon Yeonghwa, who was murmuring about how unfair it was against his chest. If a dog stays in a village school for three years, it learns to recite poetry; if you live next to Moon Yeonghwa for eight years, you immediately understand what this means.

“Hyung, do you like me?”

Moon Yeonghwa clamped his mouth shut. He seemed unaware that his silence was answer enough. Jung Pureum decided to act first, before Moon Yeonghwa suddenly came to his senses and bolted, thinking ‘I can’t do this!’

Their faces drew close, and their lips met.

Jung Pureum supported Moon Yeonghwa quite skillfully. The parking attendant watching the melodrama from afar screamed internally. Ah, you two! Go up to the hotel! You can’t do this in the parking garage!

Unaware that someone was watching, Moon Yeonghwa was helplessly swept up by Jung Pureum kissing him. The question of whether he liked him spun round and round in his head.

Instinct, having beaten down social dignity and conscience, triumphantly took its place. Yeah! I like Jung Pureum! I really like him! I want him as my younger brother! I’m a little scared of having a special relationship with him, but anyway, it’s true that I like him!

“…Let’s finish this upstairs.”

Pushing away Jung Pureum, who was pecking at him with small kisses, Moon Yeonghwa murmured quietly. Now, he could no longer deny this feeling.