“Get to the front door at the speed of light. You can do this, Yoon Hyena.”

As she rehearsed the simulation she’d run through countless times in her head, a realistic question popped up.

‘What if he’s there?’

“It’s not like I looked on purpose, and it was completely unavoidable. So even if I run into him, I just need to act normal.”

She forced herself to speak clearly, suppressing her anxiety, then gripped her right hand—still hesitating at the door—with her left. Only then did the tightly shut door finally open.

‘Please don’t be there. Please don’t be there.’

Muttering like a prayer, Hyena reached the kitchen and froze. Gunwoo sat at the dining table, looking perfectly put together.

The moment she saw him, all her earlier resolve evaporated like steam. Hyena’s eyes darted around quickly.

‘Should I just run away?’

By the time that thought crossed her mind, she’d already locked eyes with Gunwoo. Unable to bear the awkward silence, Hyena spoke first.

“Haha, you’re up early.”

“Look who’s talking.”

“I have some work I didn’t finish yesterday…”

She tried to pass by with an awkward excuse, but Gunwoo’s voice stopped her.

“That’s why I told you to knock, didn’t I?”

Hyena froze.

“It’s natural. Guys need to release regularly. Especially on nights when they’ve had too much to drink—it’s even harder to hold back.”

That was so like him, deliberately bringing up the topic she’d been trying so hard to avoid. Hyena turned her head to look at Gunwoo. His face was the same as always, his gaze fixed on his tablet.

She suddenly became curious. She was this bothered and uncomfortable, but was he really completely unfazed? So she asked.

“Oppa, doesn’t it bother you at all?”

Gunwoo looked up. His gaze poured over Hyena’s face, filled with complicated emotions.

“You saw… that.”

“Why would I be uncomfortable when you’re the one who saw it?”

The answer came without hesitation, leaving a bitter taste. This proved it once again—to him, she was nothing more and nothing less than a little sister.

Beyond her bitter thoughts, Gunwoo’s voice reached her.

“Sit down. Let’s eat breakfast.”

Sitting across from each other to eat breakfast in this state? She couldn’t tell if he was just oblivious or genuinely didn’t care at all.

“I don’t feel like it.”

“Didn’t we agree to eat together?”

‘Because eating alone is boring.’

Words Gunwoo had said once overlapped with his voice.

In the end, Hyena had no choice but to awkwardly take a seat at the table. Only then did Gunwoo approach the sink.

Sizzle, sizzle. Appetite-stimulating sounds and delicious smells that naturally raised expectations brushed past her nose.

Hyena quietly watched Gunwoo cooking. How long had she been staring when her eyes widened.

Gunwoo, who had definitely been wearing a crisp shirt and dress pants perfectly, was now standing before her completely n*ked.

She blinked rapidly, but the n*ked figure before her didn’t disappear.

His perfect inverted triangle torso rippled with each movement, his back muscles writhing like something fierce, and his well-defined arms showed off their blue veins as they moved.

Below that, his firm b*ttocks created a distinct line, making Hyena’s eyes widen even more. Especially when she caught glimpses of pink flesh peeking between his steel-like thighs.

She swallowed involuntarily. As she wet her parched mouth with water, Gunwoo suddenly turned around.

“How many pancakes?”

“Cough, cough.”

Startled, she choked. By the time she came to her senses, Gunwoo had already stepped closer. He, who had been standing n*ked before her just moments ago, was now neatly dressed.

Pat, pat. His rough hand tapped her back. Even though fabric separated them, her skin underneath grew hot. Flustered by this, she hurriedly pulled away from his touch.

“I’m… fi… ne.”

She forced the words out with difficulty. Fortunately, Gunwoo returned to his original spot without much suspicion. Still fully clothed.

In the end, what she’d just seen must have been a fantasy she’d created herself.

‘Am I… a pervert?’

At this unexpected conclusion, Hyena squeezed her eyes shut. Not because of the shocking conclusion, but because she didn’t want to face n*ked Do Gunwoo anymore.

If not for the sound of dishes clattering nearby, she would have stayed like that for a while.

When she cautiously opened her eyes, she saw appetizing food beautifully plated on pretty dishes. Pancakes, sunny-side-up eggs, avocado salad. All things she loved.

“Eat.”

At his gentle urging, she couldn’t quite meet Gunwoo’s eyes and just nodded. She carefully broke the yolk of the sunny-side-up egg, and golden liquid poured over the avocado. 

She scooped up a generous portion of the yolk-soaked avocado and the salad beneath it, pushing it into her mouth without hesitation.

Instead of the familiar taste of store-bought sauce, the flavor screamed “I’m homemade,” making her eyes close automatically. Various flavors danced together in her mouth.

“Hyena.”

Her heart dropped at his low voice. Before she could recover, the next words followed.

“Open your mouth.”

At the irresistible request, she opened her mouth. Sweet pancake slid into her open mouth.

The fairly generous piece melted away in an instant. Again, one piece, then another.

Hyena accepted everything Gunwoo gave her without leaving anything behind.

“You take it so well.”

Making me want to feed you something else.

Startled by the added words, her eyes flew open. Then she met Gunwoo’s gaze as he looked at her indifferently. Looking at his clean face made her feel self-loathing.

This time too, it must have been an auditory hallucination she’d created.

“Should I make more?”

Hyena shook her head. If she ate more in this state, she’d definitely get indigestion.

“Doesn’t it taste good?”

“No, it’s really delicious.”

She meant it.

“That’s a relief.”

His voice, tinged with a slight smile, made her heart flutter again. Gunwoo stood up from his seat.

“I’m heading out first, so take your time finishing and come in.”

“Okay.”

His large hand settled on Hyena’s disheveled hair.

“I’m off.”

Gunwoo left those words behind and walked away, taking the coat he’d hung on the chair. Left alone, Hyena buried her face on the table.

With Gunwoo gone, reality settled back into the space.

“What were those hallucinations and auditory hallucinations I just experienced?”

After lightly banging her head on the table a few times, Hyena stood up. She’d concluded that all the strange phenomena were due to lack of sleep.

Returning to her room, Hyena closed her eyes.

‘Do you like my body? What part? My c*ck?’

‘What if you still can’t take it all like this?’

‘Swallow it. All of it. You’ve been wanting to eat it all along. Through this hole.’

The blaring alarm sound pierced into the dream where all her senses—sight, hearing, touch—were on high alert.

Hyena’s eyes flew open.

“Haa. Haa.”

Her rough breathing and soaked underwear confirmed the lingering traces of her dream without needing verification. A dirty dream, hallucinations, auditory hallucinations—and on top of that, another dream. At this level, it was definitely serious.

“How can I face oppa like this?”

Clutching her head, Hyena walked back into the bathroom.

***

Lingering in front of the office, Hyena let out a long sigh.

‘I already got through the most embarrassing first encounter, didn’t I?’

And then you had another weird dream after that.

She quickly shook off the following thought and closed her eyes.

‘Confidently. Stand up straight.’

The first thing that caught her eye when she entered the office was Gunwoo. And he was in his original form—n*ked Do Gunwoo.

She blinked rapidly, and only then did the suit he was wearing come into view.

‘I’m crazy. I’m really crazy, Yoon Hyena.’

Clutching her innocent head, she moved to her seat with movements reminiscent of a 007 operation. Fortunately, Gunwoo, focused on his work, didn’t notice her.

That would have been just fine.

Finding her unusual movements strange, Heejin spoke to her.

“Is something wrong?”

“No.”

“Then why are you moving like that? Like you had some incredibly steamy night yesterday.”

Hyena’s face instantly turned bright red. Enough to surprise even Heejin, who’d been joking.

“What? Did something really happen?”

“No, nothing happened!”

Her voice got louder without realizing it. Naturally, the surrounding gazes turned toward her. Gunwoo’s gaze also swept over her, but that was all.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Hyena stared intensely at her monitor. Despite working harder than ever since joining the company, all she got back were results full of mistakes.

Eventually, around afternoon, Hyena had to answer a summons from the new grim reaper.

“Deputy Manager Yoon Hyena.”

Hyena slowly looked up. Gunwoo was staring at her with piercing eyes.

“What are you doing? The team leader is calling you.”

At Heejin’s nagging, she reluctantly stood up.

“Yes, Team Leader.”

She forced out a voice that sounded normal and smiled awkwardly. Even then, her gaze avoided Gunwoo. She was afraid she might encounter him n*ked.

“Let’s talk in my office.”

At his emotionally controlled command, Hyena had no choice but to follow behind him.

Thud. The sound of the door closing seemed unusually loud. The team leader’s office with the blinds drawn was no different from a sealed room.

“Deputy Manager Yoon.”

“Yes?”

“Is something going on?”

“Hahaha, no. Nothing at all…”

“Then why is your work this shitty?”

The approval file she’d submitted earlier was thrown carelessly onto the table. The report sticking out between the pages was covered with highlighter marks.

“Typos, numerical errors, missing references. Where exactly is your head while you’re working?”

She had nothing to say even with ten mouths.

“I’m sorry.”

Hyena bowed deeply.

“Getting this shaken up just from seeing my c*ck. We haven’t even started yet.”

Hyena’s eyes widened. She couldn’t tell if what she’d just heard was real or an auditory hallucination.

“What? What did you just…”

Gunwoo smiled languidly at Hyena’s wide eyes. But what came out of his mouth was completely contrary to his fresh smile.

“It’s weird that you’re this shaken up just from seeing a guy’s c*ck. It’s not like it’s your first time.”

She couldn’t understand the direction of the conversation.

“Ah, is mine a bit different?”

He’d always been direct in his expressions, but never this raw. They’d never even had this type of conversation before.

“Haven’t seen one yet? Is your boyfriend not great in that department…”

She couldn’t listen anymore.

“W-we’re still in a platonic love relationship.”

“Platonic?”

Gunwoo scoffed like he’d heard the most ridiculous thing in the world.

“Hyena, all men think the same way. They’re always plotting—how to get you under them, how to make you cry beneath them, how to make you theirs.”

“But… you’re a man too, oppa.”

The words came out before she knew it. After hearing such expl*cit words repeatedly, she seemed to have been influenced too.

“I know. I’m one of those bastards too.”

She didn’t know how to respond to his answer, devoid of any playfulness.

‘First, I need to get out of this situation.’

Having barely reached a conclusion, Hyena opened her mouth.

“Team Leader, what you just said is clearly s*xual harassment.”

“Ah, sorry. I didn’t tell you beforehand. Right now, public mode is off.”

“…”

“And there’s something we need to address. Didn’t you sexually harass me first? You secretly peeked at my c*ck.”

c*ck. c*ck. c*ck. Just hearing the word made Do Gunwoo’s member seem to sway before her eyes.

“Without looking away once, until I came. Even after I came.”

At the expl*cit expression, Hyena squeezed her eyes shut. This wasn’t something that could be solved by just avoiding it.

“I told you it wasn’t on purpose. Why bring up something that’s already over?”

“I thought it was over, but it doesn’t seem to be at all.”

Gunwoo blatantly glanced at the approval file on the table as he spoke.

“I’ll admit the mistakes. But isn’t it too much to bring personal stuff into the company?”

“It seems like you can’t separate work and personal matters.”

She had nothing to say to his pointed observation without any excess.

“Fine. Now let’s just forget about that incident…”

“Why forget? You already saw it.”

“…”

“My c*ck is a pretty decent piece—don’t you like it?”

That confidence, that arrogance. And that boldness.

She didn’t like any of it. Even less did she like herself for unconsciously agreeing with his words.

“Why should I like it!”

“Because you’re the first to see my c*ck. The first evaluation always matters most, doesn’t it?”

“What? First?”

It was unbelievable. Gunwoo, reading the emotions displayed on her face, took a step forward. As the distance closed, Hyena instinctively stepped back. But her efforts were futile.

“Hyena.”

The predator who’d cornered his prey until there was nowhere left to retreat called her name in the sweetest way possible.

“Have you ever seen me lie to you?”

Hyena shook her head without realizing it.

“Then believe me. You’re the first to see my d*ck.”

Even though the word changed from c*ck to d*ck, Do Gunwoo’s member automatically came to mind. 

Hyena shook her head roughly. It was a desperate struggle to purify her mind, possessed by a lewd demon overnight.

“Stop trying to push it away and just accept it. The fact that you saw my bare d*ck won’t change.”

After dropping truth bombs without holding back over her head, Gunwoo suddenly stepped back. Only then did Hyena cautiously open her eyes. The file full of mistakes swayed before her eyes.

“What are you doing? Take it right now and fix it.”

It was an order from Team Leader Do Gunwoo, who’d changed his expression in an instant.

She didn’t know how the day passed. When she came to her senses, quitting time was approaching.

As soon as she left the company, she picked up her phone. After a few rings, the other person answered.

“I saw someone I care about n*ked.”

—What? How did that happen?

At Yoo Jeong’s voice coming through the phone, Hyena let out a long sigh.

“It was an accident.”

—So?

“I’m dying from being bothered by it, but he’s completely unfazed.”

—Then you’re fine.

It was an answer typical of Yoo Jeong, who confronted everything head-on.

“Is that really enough?”

—The reason you’re worried right now is because you have to keep seeing him. If you didn’t have to see him, there’d be nothing to worry about.

“Yeah.”

—Then there’s no choice. You just have to pretend you’re unfazed too.

It was a conclusion she’d reached herself, but hearing it through someone else’s mouth made it feel a bit different.

“Phew, it’s hard.”

—Just think of it as an unfortunate accident and forget it.

“I’ll try. But when can we meet?”

Hyena’s voice was full of regret. If only she could meet Yoo Jeong at a time like this and chat to her heart’s content, she’d feel better, but unfortunately, it was deadline season, so they couldn’t meet.

—I don’t know. It’s complete chaos here right now. I’ll contact you as soon as things settle down. Until then, prepare lots of stories. Including about that guy.

The call ended with those playful words. Hyena stared at the dark sky.

“I don’t know if I’ll be able to tell you about Do Gunwoo.”

Her voice, mixed with a sigh, scattered on the wind.