HH | Chapter 3.1

Eunil looked around the inside of Leehyup’s house with wandering eyes as soon as he stepped in. The fact that he couldn’t sense even the slightest sign of anyone there only left him with more disappointment.

When Leehyup had masturbated while treating Eunil like he was inanimate, Eunil had also dismissed it as nothing because it seemed so ordinary. But as time went on, it became anything but nothing.

If they met, it would probably be awkward. He hoped they wouldn’t run into each other because the awkwardness would show, but barely three days had passed and he was already like this, so all he could do was let out a bitter laugh.

He went to work listlessly. Following his usual routine, he first took the laundry basket out of the dressing room and carried it to the washing machine. There was never much laundry piled up from something he did every day, but today there were a lot of towels. Not only towels, but panties, two… pairs? Both had thick white stains inside.

Eunil rubbed the stain with his thumb. He didn’t need to touch it to know what it was, since it was something he had been seeing a lot lately. It was semen that had burst out and soaked the panties after only a brief rub through the pants.

It had started recently. After he had seen Leehyup masturbate, too. The number of times he masturbated in a month, something he could barely count on one finger, had soared in just these three days. Yesterday he did it twice overnight and threw away two pairs of panties like Leehyup did.

Eunil stood motionless, touching the stained drawers like a machine that only moved its thumbs. He stroked them as if he were grooming a pet’s fur, as if testing the beautiful sheen of velvet, then gradually widened the area. Then he gripped them hard again. He caged them in his hand and kneaded them, and when he spread them open once more, he pressed his tongue lightly to the stain.

He licked it softly. He carefully touched it with the tip of his tongue and let his breath seep in. Then he used his jaw to lap at it, licking with panting breaths, and when the thick texture softened under the saliva, he put it in his mouth and sucked.

“Haa…”

That alone was enough to make him hard. That too was a recent phenomenon. Just thinking about Leehyup made him end up like this, with his hand sliding into his pants. Still, he knew it was a workplace, so he had never done anything like that in Leehyup’s house, but his body, already inflamed, wouldn’t calm down. No, it felt more like it was gathering up more and more stimulation, like it was telling itself to just burn up.

The moment he pulled back Leehyup’s bed sheets, and when, between the cool woody scent, he caught the smell of a man he had smelled on the drawers, Eunil couldn’t hold back and collapsed onto the bed. The instant he ground his front against the rustling blanket, sweat burst out all over his body.

“Hah, ah!”

Uncontrollable desire rose in him. A heat more intense than anything before. Eunil hurriedly pulled down his lower half, took out his penis, and rubbed it in desperation while burying his face in the blanket. Leehyup’s scent hit him full in the face. He inhaled it deeply and bit down on a handful of the blanket to suck on it, just like he had done with the panties.

“Uunng, mmph, mmmph!”

Eunil rubbed his whole body against the bed like a snake crawling on the ground. The desire that wasn’t being satisfied no matter how much he was touched made his lust flare up sharply, and he dragged his shirt up without restraint until it was bunched at his chest.

Eunil rubbed at his body wildly. Then, when the tiny grainy touch made his shoulders flinch, he grabbed a handful of the flesh of his chest and kneaded it. He lifted his hips low. He pressed the tip of his penis against the sheet and ground against it again with ferocity.

“Hah, huh!”

He felt like he was going crazy. Like an electric shock, a current crackled from head to toe.

“Haa, sir, sir!”

Eunil finally spurted out semen, his back trembling violently. His ragged breathing wouldn’t settle, and his mouth turned dry.

This was masturbation on a completely different level from anything he had done before. The pleasure was so intense that he couldn’t even keep quiet, and Eunil couldn’t open his eyes properly, like a newborn kitten.

The amount of semen he let out was different too. What clung to the pants crushed under his knees was such a huge amount it was hard to believe he had also come at dawn today.

Now he had to admit it. The feelings he had buried in his heart for Leehyup. The moment he had deliberately pretended not to know, forced himself to look away, and yet still ended up being driven to climax.

Eunil knew he had no excuse for burying his face in Leehyup’s bed like a dog and inhaling his scent. He wanted to touch the real Leehyup. He wanted to press bare skin to bare skin, rub against it, tangle with it. He didn’t want to keep pretending in his head anymore.

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It was when Eunil had finished cleaning and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, the door lock disengaged and Leehyup came in through the open door. He walked into the house looking so neat it would have been easy to believe he was just on his way to work, and passed Eunil with an indifferent glance.

It had been three days. Since the day Eunil had sprawled on Leehyup’s bed. Eunil was uncomfortable facing him because of what he had done, but the desire to see him came first, and a small smile tugged at his lips.

“Long time no see.”

“…”

When Leehyup gave no reply, Eunil followed him into the dressing room. He helped him by taking his jacket, then the tie pin and cuff buttons. Everything about it was so natural that, if not for Leehyup’s fleeting downward glance, he might not have noticed anything odd at all.

Eunil’s hands were bare. Once he realized that, even the most ordinary actions felt constrained. Eunil hesitantly lowered his hands, and then Leehyup’s tie swayed in front of his eyes.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you taking it?”

“Ah, yes.”

Eunil took it quickly. Since he took it as silent permission, there was no reason to feel any more hesitant. He took his shirt and belt as well, the ones he was peeling off in one go, and Leehyup handed them over just as naturally.

“Isn’t three o’clock quitting time? Why haven’t you gone yet?”

“I was about to go now… If you haven’t eaten, should I make something for you?”

Leehyup took off his navy pants. He left himself in only his underwear and looked straight at Eunil.

“Sure. I’ll pay overtime.”

He said it in an emotionless tone and walked to the bathroom. Even as Leehyup took off the rest of his underwear without waiting for an answer, Eunil stayed impassive. Still, he was fine. He knew that was why he could see even that side of Leehyup, and he also knew that his own gaze was not pure.

Today he didn’t have any tutoring part-time work, so there was no reason to rush. Just being able to spend the day at ease with Leehyup and make money at the same time made him hum to himself.

In a buoyant mood, he put on disposable gloves. He took out the food basket that Manager Jo had brought in the morning from the refrigerator and plated the neatly arranged dishes from the tiered lunch container onto separate plates.

Just as he was carefully working, the sound of water stopped by his ear. Eunil put the pot of braised ribs onto the induction stove at the right moment. It could have been reheated in the microwave, but simmering it like this would make it taste fresher, as if it had just been made.

By the time everything was set out, Leehyup came out at the perfect moment. His neatly combed hair made him look younger and more relaxed. He sat down and moved his chopsticks only to the side dishes closest to him. Eunil felt a little sorry at the sight.

There was the braised ribs, rich with sauce until the meat had gone soft, the beef brisket veggie rolls wrapped around all kinds of vegetables, the braised yellow croaker cooked down to look delicious, and yet Leehyup was only eating the stir-fried greens.

“Sir. Try the braised ribs. They’re really good.”

Just in case Leehyup thought he had tasted someone else’s food first, Eunil quickly added, “I had lunch set aside for me too, and it was really good. I even mixed rice into the sauce and ate it.”

Then he placed a piece of rib on Leehyup’s small plate. Leehyup glanced up at Eunil, then casually picked up the meat and slowly brought it to his mouth. His neat mouth as he ate made Eunil feel warm inside, so this time he put the beef brisket veggie roll on the plate.

“Try this one too.”