That Face Is the Problem - Chapter 89.1
However, using a [Heal] skill wouldn’t slow down a heartbeat. It wasn’t beating fast because the heart was injured or malfunctioning.
“Why… did you use a [Heal] skill?”
Jae-gyeong asked in a trembling voice. “Is it because you don’t like the sound of my heart beating? Or is it that you don’t like me getting flustered around you…? That can’t be it, right? We’re a couple now, after all….” Just as Jae-gyeong was beginning to shrink into himself, Da-sol took his hand off Jae-gyeong’s chest.
“…I was checking. To see if it’s true that you really like me. Or if your heart was just acting up and you were mistaken.”
After finishing his sentence, Da-sol scratched his own left chest as if feeling awkward. It was an answer Jae-gyeong hadn’t even imagined.
“Do you… not believe that I like you, Mr. Da-sol…?”
Jae-gyeong asked, dazed. That Da-sol, who received confessions as naturally as breathing, whose appearance alone seemed capable of seducing anyone regardless of gender just by walking past, was feeling anxious because he didn’t trust Jae-gyeong’s affection? Was that even reasonable?
“I believe you, I do, but… I keep wondering if the reason is just because of my face.”
Da-sol said sullenly. If anyone else had said that, people would have called them out for being overly narcissistic, but even as he said it, Da-sol was breathtakingly beautiful.
“Of course, your face is truly amazing, but… I told you earlier. I actually started liking you because you gradually opened your heart to me and treated me warmly…?”
“Then if I act like a jerk, will you stop liking me?”
Da-sol glared at Jae-gyeong. In truth, his behavior right now wasn’t exactly polite either. Perhaps that was why Jae-gyeong felt like laughing. Is this his version of being extremely polite to me?
“Hmm… I’m not sure….”
Jae-gyeong said, swallowing his laughter. Da-sol’s expression turned serious.
Now that they had gotten a bit closer, Jae-gyeong felt like he could vaguely guess what Da-sol was thinking. If I stop liking you just because you acted like a jerk, is it even real love? He must be thinking something like that. Then he would probably get angry and fly into a rage. And I would laugh and say I was joking, and then tell him he was actually being quite polite…. He had just gotten that far in his thoughts.
“I’ll have to try harder.”
Da-sol said with the same serious expression as before. Jae-gyeong’s mind went blank at those words. He has to try harder? Instead of getting angry and asking why I would call him a jerk, he said he’d try harder…?
“Mr. Da-sol… you’re not sick, are you…?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I thought you’d get mad if I said something like that… but since you said you’d try harder, it feels like you’re a different person….”
“This is exactly why I need to try harder. You’re treating me like some kind of monster.”
“I never treated you like a monster…!”
Jae-gyeong’s lips were blocked. Da-sol’s lips had suddenly sealed his shut. Fortunately, there was no tragic clashing of their front teeth this time.
Da-sol kissed Jae-gyeong’s lips very carefully and gently. He didn’t use his tongue, but it was a bird kiss filled with such affection that one could hear the embarrassing, soft smack, smack sounds from the outside.
“It’s amazing that I don’t feel like throwing up even though I’m kissing a man.”
Da-sol whispered low.
Jae-gyeong truly thought it was the strangest and most romantic confession in the world. Mr. Da-sol really is such an interesting person.
“Jeong Mr. Jae-gyeong smells good, too….”
As he said this, Da-sol buried his nose near Jae-gyeong’s neck and sniffed. The feeling of his nose tip brushing against his neck was ticklish. Jae-gyeong clenched his fists without realizing it.
“Other guys run around emitting these original pheromones, a mixture of stale cigarette smoke, sour smells, sweat, and the stench of unwashed hair… But why do you have such a good scent? Were you always like this? Or did you put on perfume to try and impress me?”
“I don’t use perfume…. I just wash up every day… and the staff gave me a body wash and lotion set as a gift when I left my previous job, so I use that… maybe it’s because of that….”
Jae-gyeong, whose face was beet-red, rambled on with unnecessary TMI. Da-sol nodded as if satisfied.
“Jeong Mr. Jae-gyeong certainly has many things to like. You’re diligent with your workouts, too.”
“But you’re even more diligent with your workouts than I am, Mr. Da-sol. And isn’t there almost no one among hunters who doesn’t work out…?”
Feeling like Da-sol was forcing himself to give him compliments, Jae-gyeong turned his gaze away, feeling awkward.
However, contrary to Jae-gyeong’s thoughts, Da-sol was truly in the middle of admiring him.
“Most of those hunter bastards, if they awaken at a high grade, they just rely on that and stop working out, or if they awaken as F-grades, they just give up entirely. That’s why I didn’t cast Lee Hyeon aside. Even though he’s C-grade, he has a competitive spirit and there’s a sharpness in his eyes.”
“Ah….”
Jae-gyeong nodded. He felt a bit deflated by the sudden mention of Lee Hyeon. He even felt a suspicion that maybe the praise for him was just a build-up to praise Lee Hyeon.
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