SIDE STORY (PART 7)

Yeonseo smiled faintly, and Taeheon gave her hand a slight tug, indicating that it was time to go. Yeonseo lowered her tired eyes and bowed slightly.

“Then I’ll step away for a moment. I’ll be right back.”

Before Yeonseo followed Taeheon towards the entrance, she glanced back, noticing the center director’s face turning pale, a mixture of surprise and bitterness. It was a bittersweet victory, but she couldn’t let it get to Taeheon’s face.

Observing the reactions of the employees with their whispering and feet shuffling, Yeonseo had a premonition that things would get noisier from tomorrow.

“Huh?”

As they were exiting the hall, Yeonseo noticed a flower arrangement, with Seonye and Leeyeok’s names elegantly arranged like trophies. She widened her eyes and murmured.

“Oh, Mom and Dad? When did they send this?”

“They probably wanted to show off.”

“Show off?”

Yeonseo looked up at Taeheon.

“It seems like my parents want to brag about having you as a daughter-in-law. Who does that without telling anyone? They must have a guilty conscience to secretly do such things behind our backs.”

Taeheon made a soundless snort. Despite knowing that his parents had shown favoritism towards her, but still, them boasting… 

Taeheon knew he shouldn’t speak thoughtlessly, but he couldn’t believe it. Despite his parents getting along with Eunho, there was a huge barrier between Yeonseo and them.

Still, she had to express her gratitude. Yeonseo took out her phone for a moment and took a picture of the floral arrangement.

“You like that?”

“It’s just, it’s my first charity event, so I thought I’d commemorate it.”

“Should I make a greenhouse for you, then?”

From flower wreaths to greenhouse. Sometimes Taeheon makes impulsive decisions and makes impressive leaps in his suggestions. She shook her head and smiled.

“No, you better not.”

Yeonseo and Taeheon moved to a staircase that nobody frequented, continuing their conversation.

“Let’s talk here. I still need to wrap it up before heading home.”

Taeheon looked at her wordlessly, hugged her tightly once, and then pulled away. That was all the relief Yeonseo needed.

“Then go ahead. I’ll wait for you.”

Yeonseo nodded with a determined smile, conveying many unspoken words and replacing them with a bright smile. It was an expression of pure love.

*

As soon as the work was done, Taeheon quickly ushered Yeonseo into the car, as if he wanted to take her away from this place as soon as possible.

Yeonseo couldn’t help but think of Taeheon waiting for her while she cleaned up. As soon as she buckled her seatbelt, Yeonseo blurted out her prepared remarks.

“We can do it in the car today.”

“We can?”

Taeheon chuckled as he smoothly gripped the steering wheel. Yeonseo pulled his jacket draped over her shoulder and nodded.

“If that’s what you want, it’s okay.”

“How do you know what I want? If you throw it around carelessly, it becomes useless.”

“Still, if it’s what you want, then it’s all good.”

“You should have said that when we got home. You must be tired, so close your eyes for a bit.”

“…Okay.”

“You did well. The party was nice.”

Yeonseo lowered her head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

“Thank you.”

The compliment was sweeter coming from Taeheon’s mouth. Being a man of few words, it was a sincere compliment. Yeonseo felt proud, thinking that the past hours were not wasted.

They drove smoothly through the dark road. Aside from letting go of each other’s hands once in a while, they didn’t do or say much on the way home.

Once they parked in the garage, Taeheon adjusted the air conditioner and turned off the garage lights. The silence fell like a black veil over the car.

Unknown to whom it belonged, the heated breath filled the confined space.

“If I really did what I wanted to do, you’d call me a bastard again, scold me, claw at me, and hit me again.”

“That’s because you won’t let go of you even after you’ve done it once. It’s physically demanding, you know.”

“Who’s pushing away by breaking up? You should give it your all when you have the chance.”

“But really, are we going to do it here?”

As Yeonseo muttered while peering outside where nothing was visible, Taeheon immediately crossed over and pushed the passenger seat back.

A thud. Taeheon’s head hit the ceiling.

“Ugh, it’s cramped.”

“…Since when has it been like this?”

Yeonseo hesitated, not putting her hand on his belt just yet. His body, already prepared, felt astonishing, fascinating, and pleasing.

“Since I thought about picking you up?”

“…That must have been hard.”

Yeonseo mumbled, her hand caressed his jaw, aligning their lips.

“Do you want to make it more comfortable?”

I want you to do whatever you want with me. As much as I love you, I want us to be intertwined as much. 

Yeonseo provocatively teased him.

From the moment they were in the same space, they were locked in a sensation as if their entire bodies were caressing each other. The process of becoming one was not difficult, as they were already soaked enough to not need any foreplay.

They exposed only the necessary parts and connected their bodies. Taeheon had no patience today, pushing the seats urgently, as if today was the first time he had embraced Yeonseo, despite doing so yesterday.

His breathing became ragged, his back muscles clenched and unclenched as if in a frenzy of activity, and he repeated the motions in rapid succession.

Moisture filled the window. The low breathing stuck to the cold seat. Yeonseo gently caressed Taeheon’s neck, where veins stood out, and screamed silently, her legs tangled in the air.

Yeonseo reached climax first. Despite wanting to tell him to stop, her feeble plea was sucked by Taeheon as he deeply kissed her.

After completing the act once, Taeheon quickly straightened up and carried Yeonseo inside their home after hastily adjusting their clothes. Except for the dim lights illuminating the corridor, the living room was pitch-black.

As he laid her down on the couch, he parted his lips and pushed his tongue in. In the darkness, they were each other’s only source of light. To avoid missing anything, they clung to each other’s fingertips, and lips possessed each other in the silent space.

Yeonseo called out to him passionately. After a long, sobbing struggle, he caught her ankle on the headrest of the couch. Her other leg was folded up so far that her knee was almost touching her chin.

“Open up more.”

Yeonseo tilted her head back and gasped at the brutal pleasure. It was another downhill after a steep descent. Thump, thump. After a strong pleasure that made her body shudder, an even more intense thrill pierced through her.

Without sympathizing with Yeonseo’s attempt to escape, he made her kneel on the carpet, and he came on top of her, straddling her from behind, greedily.

He was relentless; the relentless thrusting, the searing heat of their contact. It was difficult, but that’s what made it enjoyable. It was an unquestionable love.

Yeonseo’s body was completely dragged down to the carpet. He touched her abdomen, teasing her as much as he wanted before pulling her head back. When she tilted her head, Taeheon kissed her as if saying she did well.

The sensations touching every part of her face were so tender that tears threatened to fall. Yet, Taeheon’s lower body was like a fox. It was flexible and cunning, never letting her relax, always ready to surprise her unexpectedly.

Lying down reversed, they faced each other’s traces a bit more vividly. Again, Yeonseo was the first to lower her tail.

How many times did she cry? How many hours had passed? Yeonseo, now in a dreamlike state, lay diagonally on the sofa, breathing weakly.

Taeheon slid down the couch, wrapped his hand around her ankle, and kissed her.

“We’ve only just begun and you’re already exhausted.”

“No, I… can’t do it anymore.”

“Then let’s wash up.”

“No. I can’t believe how much I fell for that…….”

“You don’t have the strength to wash yourself. I’ll wash you. I want to.”

Taeheon was sitting on his knees under the carpet where Yeonseo was rolling. Wiping her skin carefully, Taeheon observed her reaction.

“Is it too hard for you?”

“And you say that…?”

“I tried to stop, but I couldn’t control it.”

No. Don’t be deceived by that look, by that face.

“Yeonseo.”

It sounded like a tempting voice inviting someone to play together in a secluded place.

“Let’s shower together. I’ll endure it in the bathroom.”

“What do you mean, ‘I’ll endure it’? Enduring is just enduring. And are you going to endure only in the bathroom?”

Yeonseo shot him a resentful look.

“Because you’re too pretty. That’s why I can’t guarantee.”

Taeheon’s chest fluttered as she frowned. He couldn’t believe he said she was pretty. How embarrassing.

Yeonseo, who had been lying weakly, slowly sat up and reached out to him.

“I’ll be watching.”

Taeheon scooped her into his arms, walking more slowly than usual, taking his time to try to ease the fever that was still raging.

However, he was caught revealing his dark intentions in front of the full-length mirror decorating the hallway. Yeon-seo whined that it was too much and rubbed her forehead against Tae-heon’s collarbone.

“Try harder.”

“Huh?”

Yeonseo’s round pupils were close. When the bathroom light turned on, the increased brightness made her close her eyes.

Then, slowly, her dark brown irises found their size. Inside them, Taeheon was fully reflected.

Joy filled his heart. He was excited to become the master of Yeonseo’s world.

He was determined to have this kind of love for a lifetime.

A love he struggles to suppress and swallows down.

A love that chases after his wife with a simmering heart.

“Just do something.”

“Whatever.”

Yeonseo laughed. At that moment, Taeheon was submerged in the clear lake of her eyes. She had always led Taeheon to the bright side.

She embraced him with a warmth like sunshine, so he wouldn’t be too dark or lonely, filling him with herself.

“Anything is fine, just do something for me.”

Once again, the desire to completely possess Yeonseo arose.

Taeheon stepped into the bathroom.

The door closed behind them.

Taeheon’s forest, where Yeonseo had buried herself, was complete.

A complete world where there was no escape from the feelings intertwined between them. In that world, they would whisper love to each other forever.