SMNTCERR, Special Chapter 26: Syntax Error #12.
Sangwoo, who was left alone, stood with an annoyed expression. He was wrong for not paying attention to the warning to stop three times, but he also didn’t understand why the other party was so angry just because he acted indifferent with a few words. Furthermore, he had even worn someone else’s costume and played around. Jang Jaeyoung was a person who seemed familiar but also unfamiliar.
“If you want to get angry, then get angry. Why break the glasses?”
The task of sweeping up the broken glass later became unavoidable for Sangwoo.
Sangwoo blocked the doorway to prevent the cat from getting close. Then he put on the same clothes and gloves before starting to sweep up the glass shards.
There has been glass broken by Jaeyoung once a year, so now there is only one glass left out of the set of four. The first glass was broken because he accidentally knocked his elbow when having sex on the dining table. The second glass broke while washing dishes. The third glass is today’s glass, broken because he crossed the line with his lover’s tease due to infidelity.
Among all these reasons, he thinks this is the most ridiculous.
After he wiped the table and finished cleaning, eight minutes had passed.
The cat walked around under the table, looking for Jaeyoung’s traces.
Sangwoo used his foot to gently kick the tail of the animal. “Do you know why your boss is like this?” Meow.
“Seems like he is very angry, with no conscience at all.”
Sangwoo looked at where Jaeyoung went before slowly following his footsteps. He took one step at a time and climbed the carpeted stairs to the second floor, passing through the game room until he reached the closed bedroom door.
Knock knock. Sangwoo knocked on the door and waited for a moment, but didn’t hear any sound from inside. He cautiously opened the door.
The room was dark without the lights turned on. Although there was a little light coming through the gap in the open curtain, it was not enough to brighten the room. Jaeyoung lay face down on the bed, the suit that was angrily discarded scattered on the floor, while he wore only pants. His back and neck were wet, as if the other party was trying to wash away the scent of perfume. “Are you asleep?”
Sangwoo cautiously approached the bed. It seemed like Jaeyoung was already asleep, probably exhausted from working outside for six days without being able to rest fully.
‘I should let him sleep for about two hours, when he wakes up, maybe his anger will subside. Then we can have sex and have dinner together and pack things.’
Sangwoo sat for a while, gazing at the handsome face. Then he helped brush away the messy hair behind, kissed, and lightly kissed the forehead of the other before going up to the bed and pulling up the blanket that was under the legs to cover him. As he lifted the other party’s head slightly to insert the pillow, unexpectedly Jaeyoung opened his eyes and pushed Sangwoo’s shoulder to sit down immediately. “Uh, what is it?”
His body twisted in the blink of an eye, allowing him to see the ceiling.
Sangwoo suddenly became aware of his back touching the bed. Meanwhile, Jaeyoung rested on his waist, holding onto his arms on both sides. Jaeyoung stared at Sangwoo without saying a word. Sangwoo was the first to break the silence.
“Thought you were still asleep.”
“…”
“I was just gonna cover you with a blanket and leave.”
“Is that all you wanted to talk about?”
It was clear that it was a question with a correct answer, but Jaeyoung wanted to hear something else.
“You used your younger brother to test my sincerity. I was just role playing around, five minutes later you already got angry. I think it wasn’t fair.
I didn’t really cheat, so why be angry? Stupid.
Starting tomorrow, we’re going on a vacation. Forgot already? Go pack, lazybones.”
Pointing out the truth is not always the best way to solve a problem because humans are emotional creatures, and some humans tend to rely more on emotions. Sangwoo remained silent. Jaeyoung slowly opened his eyes, observing him.
“What were you thinking earlier?”
“…”
“Seems like you were thinking something annoying.”
It seemed that Sangwoo’s boyfriend was angrily disregarding reason and logic. Two years ago, when he sold the limited edition skateboard of the other party on eBay, Jaeyoung’s anger had reached the level of 4.0 due to a misunderstanding. At that time, Sangwoo gave the buyer seven times the money to buy back the skateboard and fix the mistake. However, this time the anger had no tangible reason, in other words, there was no way to solve the problem because it was based on an optical illusion.
“Are you just going to keep thinking about other things?”
The other person forcefully grabbed Sangwoo’s chin, squeezing his cheek in a way that made his face look funny. Meanwhile, Jaeyoung pretended as if it was normal, imitating a fish hooked on a fishing line. Sangwoo smiled, while Jaeyoung kept his mouth shut with a calm expression. However, Jaeyoung had been waiting for Sangwoo for a long time, whether he was in a happy or angry mood, he waited eagerly to sleep together.
“Are you smiling?”
Even the small wrinkles between Jaeyoung’s eyebrows looked cute.
Sangwoo felt his lips curl into a smile. At the same time, he extended his arm. When his fingertips touched Jaeyoung’s forehead, Jaeyoung’s face immediately looked worse than before. Sangwoo used the fingers of his dominant hand to press against Jaeyoung’s forehead before sliding his fingers down to his nose.
He then cupped his cheek with his hand, gently lifting it up.
“I missed you so much.”
“Don’t change the subject. Do you think doing that will make me forgive you?”
Sangwoo evaluated Jaeyoung’s words and raised his head, slightly touching the corner of the other’s lips. Although Jaeyoung agreed to let him kiss him quietly, his face didn’t show any emotions. Sangwoo repeated the same action, causing Jaeyoung to turn his face and the kissing landed a touch on his cheeks instead. Sangwoo kissed him twice more without paying attention.
“Wait, wait…”
Kiss, kiss, kiss. When he kissed him, Jaeyoung stretched himself without knowing what to do. Sangwoo’s two arms embraced the other’s neck tightly and pulled him down to himself.
“This is enough…”
When he held the other’s neck tightly and quickly kissed all over his face, Jaeyoung closed his eyes, as if surrendering. Although there was a slight cooling of emotions, the other’s face still seemed dissatisfied.
“You have many ways to abate my anger in this world.”
“…”
“Do you think just being cute is enough?”
Jaeyoung squinted, his eyes almost closed. The face that is often seen when the other relaxes gently, the soft surroundings that enveloped both of them, the image when Jaeyoung blinked slowly, like a slow-motion music video.
“Close your eyes. I’m going to kiss you.”
Sangwoo gently brushed the corner of his lips, causing Jaeyoung to laugh and cover his nose. Soon, the eyelids of the other party also slowly closed, revealing his eyelashes. This was one of the ways to turn the broken-hearted man into someone who was loved, making sleeping peacefully an easy task.
Sangwoo pressed his lips against his own cautiously, as if it was their first kiss.
“Once more, you are going to apologize using your body, you ar-…”
Sangwoo swallowed the useless words from the person above his lips, and as a result, the corners of Jaeyoung’s mouth curved up. Even though Sangwoo had his eyes closed, he knew that the other party was laughing silently.
Jaeyoung focused on kissing as if he had never been heartbroken before. The other party’s hand cupped his cheek, while his knees began to move closer between his legs. Jaeyoung hugged Sangwoo tightly around the waist before taking a deep breath, appreciating the considerate actions. It was a stark contrast to the intense gaze and expressions of dissatisfaction from the person who used to look at him.
After a while, their lips separated. Jaeyoung rested his chin on Sangwoo’s collarbone and looked up, his eyes seemingly softer than before, making him feel securely bound. Sangwoo willingly let the other party take control. At the same time, he was pulled into the warm embrace beneath the darkness.
Year after year, Jaeyoung was no longer the teenager he once was. The handsome face preserved his tenderness. Now, he experienced the time spent together with Sangwoo. Sangwoo still appreciated the changing appearance of the other party every day, after being together for seven years in this sweetsmelling disease called love. Sangwoo stopped intending to find an antidote forever, and instead chose to live in a world far from reality.
“Chu Sangwoo.”
“…Hm?”
“Don’t tease me like that again.”
Was he being taught by Jang Jaeyoung about ‘teasing’ like this? Sangwoo had many things to say, but he knew that when Jaeyoung acted like a child, kissing was much more fruitful than arguing. As he paused, the larger hand slowly moved closer and touched his eyelids.
“I know you haven’t done anything, but just by looking at others like this… I feel really bad.”
“Even if it’s just imagination?”
“No, don’t make me think.”
“Okay, I won’t.”
As he responded with happiness, the hands that used to cover his eyes slid up to Sangwoo’s head.
‘You’re really strange.’
Jang Jaeyoung has a habit of not caring about information and believing in intuition without reason. But from what Sangwoo saw, that intuition isn’t very accurate, and he gave an example. Jaeyoung stares at the employees of a burger shop with a suspicious look, afraid that those people will hit on Sangwoo. But among the countless people, there are few who genuinely show interest in Sangwoo, about 0.8% to be exact. “For example, Mike, Cornerman, who is one of Jaeyoung’s victims, didn’t just come closer to Sangwoo, their relationship wasn’t good either.”
However, what is important is that Sangwoo doesn’t care about anyone except his beloved, that’s the truth. If he were a reasonable person, he wouldn’t imagine that a device that works continuously from beginning to end, 81 months, would have unexpected results. Sangwoo understands that Jaeyoung’s suspicion is not the product of a rational thinking process, but rather an imaginative and inspiring activity that gives power and inspiration to himself, like watching movies or playing VR games.
Sangwoo didn’t express these thoughts, because on the contrary, he believes in data more than intuition. In this case, he knows well what to say.
“I love you.”
Jaeyoung blinked a few times. Then he shifted his gaze away from Sangwoo and stared at the pillow almost piercingly, without necessary need.
“I told you I love you.”
Jaeyoung closed his eyes, pretending not to hear and nestled into Sangwoo’s embrace quietly.
[Minor conflicts have been resolved.
The system is back to normal.]
For dating with love, maintaining it is as important as developing it anew. Now, Sangwoo has successfully closed the conflict as he used to be in the army for seven years. Of course, Jang Jaeyoung will have to talk about this again someday, because the protagonist is a vengeful person. But at least for now, he is relieved.
When he released Jaeyoung like that, he buried his nose in the back of his neck and took a deep breath, and the corner of the other party’s lips dropped as if satisfied.
“The smell of Chu Sangwoo… It hasn’t smelled for a long time.”
After being angry and arguing, they reconciled and explained like children. The one who finds it easy to lower the other person’s anger is the protagonist, isn’t he? Jaeyoung kissed Sangwoo’s neck before grabbing his shoulder and flipping him over.
Sangwoo expected something different from that pushy action, but Jaeyoung hugged Sangwoo gently like a brother and pulled his T-shirt down slightly. He could tell what the other party was thinking. On the back of Sangwoo’s neck, there is an intricately decorated J letter, which is permanently tattooed in a position that cannot be seen when Chu Sangwoo is wearing a shirt.
They both want to possess each other, but they have different ways. Sangwoo wants their relationship to be legally accepted, while Jaeyoung, after writing his initials on Sangwoo’s body, wants to come and bite him more often. Both don’t really understand why the other party is trying to do that, but they still respect each other.
Jaeyoung was determined to bite and lick Sangwoo’s neck for a while, enduring the itchiness. Sangwoo felt as if a big dog had climbed onto his back. Just act like an animal and go with it, but he thought it would be nice if it was during that peak phase.
“Writing your own name on the body AS PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OF
LOVE is like a clear way of doing things for a child.”
“Silent…mine.”
“Isn’t there a method that suits people our age?”
“Like what?”
The voice from behind was full of longing. Jaeyoung is a person who understands things very quickly, and likes to ‘tease Chu Sangwoo.’ More than his main job. Sangwoo naturally avoids Jaeyoung’s traps.
“Sign on the marriage certificate.”
“That can be done in the winter, what can be done now?”
Jaeyoung’s fingers, which used to stop at the back of his neck, slid down to his waist. Sangwoo twisted his body slightly and replied.
“Let’s discuss it like adults.”
“Really? Okay.”
“Huh?”
“At first, I thought we would have sex in another minute, but let’s discuss it like adults.”
“No!”
Sangwoo accidentally shouted and turned over lying down, while Jaeyoung was trying to cover his mouth to suppress laughter. Sangwoo thought the picture was cute, but at the same time felt annoyed because it seemed like his lover was just playing around. He did not expect to have real sex at all. _____________________________________.
[1] “eBay”- the largest online trading platform in the world.
[2] “VR” refers to the description of new computer games that provide a virtual reality to allow players to experience the game action from a first-person perspective.
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