CHAPTER 26 – Gangneung (Part 4)

Blushing all over, Seoyeon took a sharp intake of breath. She thought this was too much and pressed the back of her hand to her lips. Her lips. Br*asts. Back and b*ttocks. Thighs and calves. It felt like Dojun was painting her body red, one after the other.

Twisting her body didn’t help, and pleading for him to stop was futile. Oscillating between embarrassment and pleasure, Seoyeon’s limbs had completely weakened.

Dojun opened her up, her body burning with his insistent gaze and hot caresses. Seoyeon arched her back as his long sh*ft slammed into her. A cry escaped her involuntarily. Needing something to cling to, she raised her upper body and tightly embraced Dojun’s neck.

Too bright, too deep, too intense.

That’s why she couldn’t bear it.

Seoyeon shuddered as he lifted her by the waist, and Dojun slowly lowered her back to the bed. He moved slowly, pressing his lips to hers. Their breaths mingled, their hearts raced, and their bodies vibrated.

“Hmph…….”

Unable to endure her body being tinted crimson one part after another, and feeling like she might die from the convulsive trembling in her lower abdomen, Seoyeon turned her head. The distant blue sea was blurry. As she stared at the vague horizon between sky and sea, Dojun grasped her chin and turned her face towards him.

After forcing her to make eye contact, he pushed himself back in. Seoyeon closed her eyes tightly as she felt her stomach flutter. When she moved her head away, Dojun grabbed her again and held it in place. When she still didn’t open her eyes, he kissed her tightly shut eyelids.

The moment his hot lips touched hers, something inside her seemed to explode. After kissing both eyes, one at a time, Dojun spoke to Seoyeon, whose eyes were still closed.

“Open your eyes.”

Seoyeon shook her head. She felt like she shouldn’t open them. The feeling of something welling up overwhelmed her, making her scared and afraid. If she opened her eyes, she felt like she would be sucked into an unknown world.

Dojun gently captured Seoyeon’s lips. Consoling her, soothing her with his tongue licking and his lips pressing, he said,

“It’s okay.”

He traced a warm, soft path with his lips on her cheek, ear, and neck.

“Open your eyes and look at me.”

As Seoyeon’s eyelids slowly parted, Dojun’s darkened eyes came into view. Those eyes were like ropes – no matter where she was thrown, they would pull her back up. Seoyeon clung to that gaze, meeting his eyes.

Entwining their gazes, Dojun moved his body. Seoyeon, with sounds bubbling up, bit her fingers and sobbed. Like waves endlessly coming in, Dojun surged forward. The waves pushed Seoyeon higher and higher.

“What do I do… Stop… Stop it.”

Seoyeon looked up at Dojun with a tearful expression. Keeping his gaze fixed on her, Dojun began increasing his pace. He lifted her chin and kissed her, ignoring her pleading headshakes, their sweaty foreheads pressed together.

Ah, ah.

Seoyeon moaned. Licking her neck, Dojun pushed her further to the end, making sure she only looked at him, only clung to him, only pleaded with him.

Ahhh. 

With a long, scream-like cry, her body convulsed. Arching her back high, she tightly squeezed her legs. Clawing Dojun’s neck, she clenched her eyes shut.

In the darkness behind Seoyeon’s tightly shut eyes, light beads popped and shattered. She felt like she was soaring to the sky’s end and then plunging into the deep sea. She felt like she was becoming a wave that shattered into pieces and disappeared, so Seoyeon ended up sobbing.

“It’s too much.”

At Seoyeon’s words, Dojun chuckled. The vibration reached Seoyeon’s face, which was pressed against his bare chest. She was cradled in his embrace, as he had rolled them onto their sides while still joined.

Even with their n*ked bodies touching, she wasn’t embarrassed, perhaps because she was already too embarrassed. Seoyeon sighed as she thought about it. She blinked, but her tear-swollen eyelids felt heavy. Not only her eyes, but her whole body seemed to be puffy.

“I told you to stop.”

Seoyeon looked up with renewed resentment. Dojun picked up on that and said.

“I don’t really listen, aren’t I?”

Thinking about how accurately he described himself, Dojun traced his fingers along Seoyeon’s spine and spoke again.

“When I was in middle school, my mother used to say that. That I don’t really listen well”

“What happened?”

“No idea. If I knew, I would have been a well-behaved kid.”

Slowly caressing her back, Dojun smiled wryly. Remembering that Dojun had lost his mother long ago, Seoyeon felt her heartache, thinking about how long it must have taken him to smile so calmly. Turning her gaze away, Seoyeon spoke with a lump in her throat.

“Go take a shower first.”

“In a bit.”

“Then I’ll go shower first.”

“That, too, in a bit.”

Really not listening.

Seoyeon thought as she looked up at Dojun. He smiled wryly and kissed her forehead.

“Let’s just stay like this until the sun sets.”

Turning her body, she saw the sky filled with a red sunset through the window. Dojun hugged Seoyeon from behind, wrapping his arms under her chest.

“It’s pretty.”

Seoyeon murmured, almost like a sigh.

“It is pretty.”

Dojun said as he gently squeezed her br*asts. Slapping his hand, she rolled her eyes at his ridiculous excuse of being cold, then turned her gaze back to the setting sun.

“My grandma used to tell me not to stay near the water for too long.”

Seoyeon mumbles and Dojun asks.

“Why?”

“She said I might catch a cold.”

After giving a frivolous answer, Seoyeon smirked.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Because I remembered my grandmother.”

“Why, what about your grandma?”

“She keeps eating just the chestnuts from the chestnut bread. I told her to eat the bread too, but she says it tastes bad.”

“Looks like your picky eating habits come from your grandma, Yoon Seoyeon.”

“I’m not a picky eater.”

“Then let’s have eel for dinner.”

“I don’t want that.”

Dojun laughed. The vibration warmed Seoyeon’s back. The peaceful scenery they were watching together and the warmth of Dojun’s body behind her made Seoyeon murmur unconsciously.

“It feels like a dream.”

At those words, Dojun gently turned Seoyeon’s face towards him. Their warm lips met, interlocking like puzzle pieces. As Seoyeon opened her lips to receive Dojun’s probing tongue, she thought, if this moment is a dream, if it’s so warm because it’s a dream, she hopes the day never ends.

What started as a day trip turned into a short two-day journey.

It was only when evening had fallen that Seoyeon got up from the bed to get dressed. Dojun reached out and pulled her back down, saying 

“We’ve come all the way to the sea, don’t you think we should see the sunrise?

Seoyeon pretended to hesitate for a moment, but in truth, she also wanted to stay a little longer. Using the excuse of her body feeling tired from repeated lovemaking, Seoyeon nodded.

For dinner, they had the famous godeungeo-jeon-bap (seasoned mackerel roe rice). After returning to the hotel, they took a brief stroll along the night beach. The cold January wind tangled Seoyeon’s hair, which Dojun then combed through with his fingers.

They exchanged small talk late into the night. Dojun asked most of the questions, and Seoyeon answered. Stories of being scolded by her grandfather as a child, tales of the hydrangeas that bloomed in the yard, the names of the schools she had graduated from, and her favorite fruits and colors.

These trivial stories went on endlessly. Dojun would occasionally trace Seoyeon’s lips with his thumb, gazing at her intently before kissing her.

They continued to converse loosely until Seoyeon fell asleep without realizing it. In the hazy moments before falling asleep, she thought Dojun had lightly chuckled and brushed her hair, but she couldn’t be sure.