TIN 88

“What…?”

A look of bewilderment appeared in his usually composed eyes. Pausing, Joo Do-hwa furrowed his brows and slammed the door he had just opened. Then, locking the handle, he ordered to those waiting outside.

“Don’t let anyone come in here.”

Who could have been outside? There wasn’t time to think about such things. He strode over and firmly grasped my forearm.

“…Huh.”

The hand I had kept in my pants slipped out. My limp upper body was forcibly pulled up. 

Normally I would have shaken him off, but I couldn’t muster any strength. It was also because he held me too strongly for me to do so.

“Ugh…”

“Why are you like this all of a sudden?”

Joo Do-hwa asked in a low voice as I made groaning sounds. His sharp gaze carefully examined my face. My palm was currently wet with fluids I couldn’t bring myself to name.

“You said you were in pain…”

I could almost hear the unspoken words. He was probably going to ask why I was in heat.

Honestly, I felt like this was bound to happen. My body had been strange since morning, and what that meant was obvious.

However, I had a reasonable excuse.

“Water…”

“Water?”

“I drank water…”

As soon as I finished speaking, he glanced down at the fallen water glass on the floor. After seemingly thinking about something for a moment, he turned to look at the closed door with a coldly hardened face.

“…Ah.”

The short exclamation indicated that he had figured out the general situation. That strange reaction occurred in my body suddenly after drinking the water. Perhaps something had been mixed into that water.

“Did you see their face?”

“…”

I shook my head no. Our eyes had met, but I hadn’t properly seen who it was. Though of course, I had my suspicions about who it might have been.

“Well, it’s obvious who would do this.”

Joo Do-hwa seemed to have similar thoughts as he clicked his tongue and released my arm. When he turned away, I unconsciously grabbed his clothes. He turned back hesitantly to look at me as I collapsed onto the bed.

“…Don’t go.”

Only after forcing out rapid breaths could I manage that single phrase. The only movement I could manage was to raise my head to look up at him desperately.

“Please…”

Please help me.

I desperately wanted to say that, but my voice wouldn’t come out properly. My lower abdomen was beyond tense to the point of numbness, and I felt like I needed to somehow relieve this sensation. At this moment, who he was didn’t even matter much.

“Hyung.”

But instead of reaching out to me, Joo Do-hwa spoke as if in warning. The quiet form of address was colder than ever before.

“Get a hold of yourself. Do you know who I am to act like this?”

“…”

I blinked blankly. My blurry vision prevented me from seeing his expression clearly. No, even if I could see clearly, I wouldn’t have understood well in this state of mind.

“What do you expect me to do, fuck you right here?”

His calm voice was full of obvious mockery. Perhaps finding my clinging to him amusing, he looked down at me with raised corners of his mouth.

“You said you were in pain.”

“…”

“You said you didn’t want to get an injection, but you want to take a cock instead?”

The realization that I had said those words to him didn’t matter. Even while receiving such a cold gaze, only my unquenched body mattered.

“Please…hng…”

Without even knowing what I wanted myself, I tightened my grip. The faint sweet scent increasingly provoked my built-up sexual desire. Though he was just standing still, his pheromones that leaked out like threads felt particularly strong today.

“Ugh…”

It felt different from when I sensed an omega’s pheromones. There wasn’t even a trace of instinctive discomfort or rejection, and I felt constantly thirsty as if my throat was dry. My stomach tingled painfully, making me want to cling to the alpha before me.

“P-Please, do something…hah…”

“…”

He just silently watched me like that. He neither removed my hand nor mocked me like before. His eyes, now devoid of laughter, had turned unsettlingly sinister.

“You look at me like I’m a ghost one moment, then cling to me like this in the next moment.”

Was it my imagination? He seemed angry. Especially with his cold expression and calm voice.

“Once the drug wears off, your attitude will change, so why should I serve you?”

Though his tone seemed gentle on the surface, there was an accusatory undertone beneath it. The problem was that I didn’t have enough mental clarity to understand his words right then. I didn’t know what attitude he was talking about, and only felt overwhelmingly wronged.

“No…”

So I shook my head and pulled at him. While taking heavy, labored breaths, I desperately tried to deny his words.

“N-Not like that…”

“Not like that?”

“Yeah, ugh…”

The man let out a small chuckle. He obediently lowered his upper body as I pulled. As the distance closed, his sweet pheromones grew even stronger.

“What do you mean ‘not like that.’ You’ll come when I fuck you then tremble like a scared puppy afterward.”

“…Haa, hng.”

Blink, blink—I closed and opened my eyes. Whether from tears or heat, I still couldn’t see clearly. While barely making out his silhouette, I saw the large figure reach out to me.

“Look, hyung.”

His fingertips touched my cheek. Because of my fevered state, his touch felt too cool against my skin. As I flinched reflexively, he spoke kindly.

“Go cling to Lee Yuna instead, like before.”

And what he did was sharply pull away his clothes from my grasp. His attitude was colder than before and seemed somewhat emotional. I immediately collapsed onto the bed but used every last bit of strength to grab him again.

“N-No…”

I grabbed his firm arm with both hands. Like right before falling asleep, I could feel his clearly pounding pulse. Ah, this belongs to both of us. I only realized this now.

“I’m s-sorry…”

“…”

“I won’t do it again, hng…please…”

I begged without even knowing what I did wrong. It was a half-remembered habit—I always acted like this when pushed to my limits. There was no use fighting or lashing out anyway.

“…Just once…”

Even while feeling desperate, I held back something stirring inside me. Though my instincts wanted him, I simultaneously felt the urgent need to not be discovered. Fortunately or not, that subtle sensation just circled inside my body, as if unable to find an outlet.

“I feel like I’m dying…ugh…”

It felt like I would just faint like this. There was the option of masturbating like before, but I had just realized that alone wouldn’t be enough. Furthermore, his pheromones wafting over were too sweet to just let him leave.

“Help me, hic…”

I tightly hugged his arm while my lower body trembled. My thoughts wouldn’t connect enough to express in words, and only primal desires filled my head. The destructive desire to have him do something to me, even if it broke my body was greater than ever.

Yes, regardless of who he was.

“…”

The alpha before me stared intently at my face. Though I looked up at him with hazy eyes, I still couldn’t see his face clearly. Only his temperature, cooler compared to mine, and his brain-meltingly sweet pheromones were distinct.

“Who am I?”

“…”

The sudden question momentarily awakened my foggy mind. Who was he again? As I blinked with that thought, he lowered his voice threateningly.

“I asked who I am.”

“…Joo Do-hwa.”

I barely managed to stammer out the name I recalled. I slightly furrowed my brows and narrowed my eyes. As if checking whether my uncertain answer was wrong, he nodded and commanded, “Call me.”

“Joo Do-hwa…?”

“Hyung.”

I unconsciously flinched in fear at that address. His twisted voice didn’t sound very pleasant.

He spoke while quietly lowering his eyes.

“That’s not it.”

“…”

“You should call me like before.”

Like before? I couldn’t ask that. As I just dumbly moved my lips, he immediately turned away. When he tried to pull his trapped arm free, I desperately hugged his arm and cried out.

“Do…Do-hwa-ya!”

As panic set in, my mind finally started working. What I needed to do came to me instinctively.

“Do-hwa-ya, please…”

However, I couldn’t finish my sentence. As soon as I opened my mouth, he grabbed my shoulders and pushed me back. The moment my head touched the soft sheets, his rough hands seized my chin.

“Hngh…”

My mouth opening and breath being cut off happened simultaneously. Just as I felt something touch my lips, suddenly surging pheromones flooded like waves. Hot breath was devoured by another’s breath, and a soft tongue invaded my mouth that was already full of heat.