Chapter Fifteen

Tae-Woo was briefly troubled by a request he had never received.

Tae-Woo don't mind touching it, but he didn't answer easily because he was afraid that So-Won would be afraid of him.

However, when Tae-Woo saw the guide looking at him. It looks like he is the only one scared and his worries disappeared.

"You can touch it." Tae-Woo replied.

It was a rude request, but fortunately, Tae-Woo did not seem to have felt unpleasant.

With Tae-Woo's permission, So-Won looked at the dark red veins flowing through Tae-Woo's arm.

So-Won used to be scared and disgusted, so he didn't even want to touch it, but now he felt like he could touch it.

So-Won raised his hand and touched Tae-Woo's arm with a careful touch.

He felt a soft vein over the rough flesh.

So-Won thought it would be hard as it looks, but it was an unexpected touch.

However, the touch was more addictive than So-Won thought, so he couldn't hold and swept Tae-Woo's arm with his finger once more.

It was bumpy and soft, and it was hard again.

"Doesn't it hurt?" So-Won asked.

So-Won brought up the question that he had been thinking about since last time.

The large protruding veins looked like a severe disease and he looked sick.

This is the side effects of not being guided.

Did these veins, which wrap Tae-Woo's body even more in eight years, bother him a lot?

"I'm fine for now." Tae-Woo replied.

'For now.' So-Won pretended not to hear the short word.

The moment So-Won reflected on the words and admitted that he had always been sick, So-Won was afraid he would suffer more guilt.

He dared not touch Tae-Woo's arm anymore.

So-Won stopped moving after covering his hand on the back of Tae-Woo's hand.

So-Won continued to hold his hand.

He didn't want to press heavily on Tae-Woo.

Tae-Woo felt the careful touch of So-Won in his arm.

A warm energy flowed into Tae-Woo's arm where the thin fingers passed and disappeared leaving a weak tickle.

Tae-Woo quite liked the strange feeling.

However, after touching Tae-Woo's arm a couple of times, So-Won put his hand down and did not move anymore.

In the quiet silence, there was no movement for a long time.

Tae-Woo looked at So-Won, he felt that So-Won's hand was getting heavier.

So-Won was bowing his head

"Mr. Lee So-Won?" Tae-Woo called So-Won's name carefully, but he couldn't hear an answer.

"Are you sleeping?" Tae-Woo couldn't see So-Won's face because of his bowed head, but Tae-Woo felt that So-Won was asleep when he heard the even breathing sound and the constant beating of his heart.

So-Won's head nodded occasionally and fell down.

He seemed tired after moving busily from day to day.

So-Won closed his eyes and dozed off.

His head shook.

Tae-Woo tried to reach out to lay down So-Won sleeping uncomfortably while sitting.

Tae-Woo was afraid of hurting So-Won because he couldn't control his strength.

If he hurt So-Won even a little, he wouldn't be able to raise his head with guilt for the rest of his life.

Tae-Woo thought about waking up So-Won, but in the end Tae-Woo didn't want to wake him up.

Instead, Tae-Woo closed his eyes quietly next to So-Won.

Tae-Woo fell asleep later than So-Won, but he woke up before him.

Tae-Woo, who opened his eyes in a sitting position, bowed his head to check the person with on his waist.

So-Won, who was curled up and lying on his side, was clinging to Tae-Woo and hugging his waist.

So-Won was steadily guiding in the contact area.

Somehow, unlike usual, Tae-Woo's body was light as if it were flying.

Tae-Woo felt the urge to fall asleep next to So-Won. It looks like he would not know even if Tae-Woo carried him back on his bedroom.

So-Won's skin shone transparently in the sun.

The positively closed eyes trembled as if they were complaining about the bright surroundings.

There was a pink color on So-Won's cheeks, which were heated up while sleeping.

His chubby lips were redder than it was.

"Well…" When Tae-Woo slightly took off So-Won's hand and got up from bed, So-Won that lost Tae-Woo groaned softly.

So-Won tossed and turned for a while as if he was about to wake up, but he fell asleep again with his even sound of breathing.

After confirming he is still sleeping, Tae-Woo covered So-Won's body with a blanket.

Tae-Woo remembered So-Won coming into the room yesterday.

After hanging around outside the door for a long time, the face that came in after opening the door turned blue.

If he was scared, he didn't have to come, but he even came to Tae-Woo and guided him even though his body was shaking.

Tae-Woo left the room quietly so that So-Won would not be awakened.

He doesn't plan to come back there for a while after he left home today.

So-Won needed time.

Even if it was the designated match that So-Won wanted, he seemed confused as he became Tae-Woo's guide.

Good So-Won didn't make it obvious, but maybe he regretted being his guide because he was more terrible than he thought.

For the time being, So-Won had to spend time alone and Tae-Woo should give him enough time to adapt.

To do so, the monster Tae-Woo should not be at home.

Tae-Woo thought that So-Won could rest at ease only if he was not seen, and Tae-Woo had to go to the gate tomorrow.

It hasn't been long since Tae-Woo went to the last gate, but he was contacted urgently by the gate dispatch office yesterday.

The cycle was shorter than usual.

Tae-Woo could guess why.

Since there was a guide, it was the will of the upper part to make Tae-Woo work harder.

Tae-Woo checked his physical condition as he left the house.

As usual, Tae-Woo's body was not throbbing, but rather light.

It was thanks to So-Won holding Tae-Woo all night.

Maybe the upper man had the right idea.

At this rate, Tae-Woo thought he could go far even if he went to the gate tomorrow.

The sun rose in the sky.

The sunlight creeping toward So-Won finally reached So-Won's eyes.

The light that came through the window bothered So-Won.

"I don't want to get up." So-Won opened his eyelids several times as if he didn't want to open his eyes, and eventually opened his eyes slowly.

His clear brown eyes were full of drowsiness.

So-Won realized that it was softer and more fluffy than his blanket.

He belatedly recalled last night, jumped up.

So-Won held back his sleep, but in the end, he seemed to fall asleep.

So-Won looked around in a hurry, but he couldn't see Tae-Woo.

He found a seat next to him, which was neatly arranged, confirming that Tae-Woo was the one who neatly arranged it.

As if it had been a long time since he left, the neatly arranged quilt did not feel cold.

For some reason, So-Won felt depressed and lied down again.

So-Won fell asleep while guiding Tae-Woo in his room.

So-Won even said he would guide Tae-Woo properly next time.

There was no excuse even if he thought So-Won was a pathetic guide.

"Tae-Woo?" So-Won called Tae-Woo.

So-Won called Tae-Woo a little louder because he couldn't hear him.

So-Won snooped down the hallway and checked the first floor visible under the railing.

So-Won thought he would be on the first floor, but was not there either.

He wandered around the house and looked for Tae-Woo, but couldn't find any traces of him.

It was only then that So-Won checked the time.

"Ah…" So-Won sighed.

It was natural that Tae-Woo was not at home.

Even if Tae-Woo came back home late, he would leave home early in the morning the next day.

So So-Won went to bed early and woke up late on the day Tae-Woo returned home.

At that time, it was really good that there was no Tae-Woo when So-Won opened his eyes, but he didn't know why he was so sad now.

As So-Won's busy movement to find Tae-Woo ceased, the empty house became quieter.

So-Won came back to his room.

Tae-Woo's house was too quiet without anyone.

The soundproofing was so good that So-Won couldn't even hear the wind blowing.

So-Won is in a messy mood.

Tae-Woo's house, which he has lived in for eight years, felt strange because he was in a noisy house before.

Suddenly So-Won felt terribly lonely.

So-Won didn't want to be alone.

'Tae-Woo isn't at home either, so should I go out and come back?' So-Won thought.

While thinking about where to go, So-Won suddenly returned to the past and noticed that his car had disappeared.

So-Won sighed.

It was a remote place, so it didn't go well even if So-Won called a taxi, and the bus stop was a walking distance, for about 15 minutes.

It was even an incredible dispatch interval in Seoul.

So-Won knew roughly the time when the bus came, but he didn't want to walk for 15 minutes outside, with a soaring heat.

So-Won eventually gave up going out and resumed organizing his luggage he unpacked yesterday.

When Tae-Woo returned, So-Won wanted to apologize for falling asleep during the guided tour, and decided to guide him properly this time. He waited for Tae-Woo to return, but he did not return.