Chapter 1.5
"Ah, the warmth of that man has probably not yet left the empty spot next to him. While Haewon was having rough sex with Kim Jaemin, Taeshin was also with another man. Indeed, in the middle of the night like this, some are naked, matching their bodies together."
Taeshin spoke endlessly in a voice lost in something, recounting how flustered he had been, how nervous, how wonderful it felt. Haewon simply listened without a word.
Was this the fruit of a long and tiresome unrequited love?
It made no sense rationally. If that man truly existed, a public prosecutor wouldn't just impulsively embrace someone who made an impulsive confession without considering the consequences, especially not if the other was someone as oblivious as Taeshin suggested. But Taeshin seemed to think there were no ulterior motives. Haewon had neither the will nor the heart to tell him that he might be being used in his voice filled with joy.
Most of Taeshin's school friends from the arts high school were quite well off, but Taeshin's family was among the wealthiest. If Taeshin had helped the prosecutor in a case involving his father's friend, there had to be something exploitable that the prosecutor saw in Taeshin. Haewon had known Taeshin for over ten years.
Haewon rolled over smoothly, changing his position. He expected Kim Jaemin to be asleep but their eyes met. Kim Jaemin was staring at him intently.
This is what love is.
These are the eyes of someone who likes someone.
If it was love, he wouldn't have left Taeshin alone in a hurry. Because that's what an animal in love does.
Kim Jaemin reached out and gently grasped Haewon's hair, not enough to hurt but firmly enough to turn his face towards him.
"Enough with the bed ratings. Just go to sleep."
Haewon spoke to the ecstatic Taeshin on the phone and hung up. Kim Jaemin took the phone and turned it off. The device fell with a thud onto the soft carpet under the bed.