He then scrutinized Cheongyeon’s face, as if thinly slicing it with his sharp gaze. Cheongyeon simply wore a face that suggested, Why is this crazy bastard doing this again?
Mu-won brought the freshly snapped, still-verdant flower close to Cheongyeon’s face, as if comparing the flower and Cheongyeon’s features.
Cheongyeon looked anxiously down at the flower that approached his lips. Tap, tap. He lightly tapped Cheongyeon’s lips with the flower.
In response to the gesture, which was a command to open his mouth just like that day at the tavern, Cheongyeon cautiously parted his lips. Mu-won plucked a petal and pressed it onto Cheongyeon’s tongue. His gold eyes, which seemed to pierce a person, stared intently into Cheongyeon’s mouth.
Cheongyeon couldn't move. He couldn’t even swallow his saliva, and the petal on his tongue gradually became wetter.
“Why aren’t you eating it?” His voice sounded almost gentle. Cheongyeon’s Adam’s apple remained still.
“Or maybe you’re deliberately not eating it.”
Cheongyeon’s gaze conveyed utter incomprehension.
‘Tae Mu-won is still suspicious of me.’
He knows that the Flower Clan eats the Vengeance blossom. While his heart pounded with fear, his mouth filled with saliva. Cheongyeon had to exercise tremendous self-control. It was no different from being offered a feast in front of a person who had been starving for days.
The scent of the Vengeance blossom was much sweeter and richer than that of the chocolate. Cheongyeon spoke carefully, being cautious not to swallow the petal.
“...I don’t eat flowers.”
Suddenly, Mu-won laughed savagely.
He pulled the petal out of Cheongyeon’s mouth. Then, he swallowed it along with the Vengeance blossom in his hand in one gulp. Cheongyeon screamed internally, but no sound escaped his mouth. It was thanks to his tightly clenched jaws from the tension.
Mu-won crushed the delicate petals and stem with his teeth, and then, in Cheongyeon’s stead, his Adam’s apple bobbed. Gulp. The Vengeance blossom disappeared into Tae Mu-won’s stomach.
“Ah, now that I think about it.” He scanned Cheongyeon’s entire body with his eyes. “I was your first customer, wasn’t I?”
Cheongyeon visibly furrowed his smooth brow.
“...Customer?”
“Since you opened up shop, you’ll be fucking out of luck with your eyes set so high.”
“What on earth are you talking about?”
“The money I gave you is your fee. The price for stripping you naked.”
The money Cheongyeon thought was compensation suddenly became a prostitution fee. Cheongyeon’s face flushed with shame. He clenched his fists, just like his tightly bitten lips.
“What I received was... compensation for a misunderstanding. The Boss of Peira said so…”
“This bastard keeps bringing up Tae Cheon-oh.”
Mu-won, cutting Cheongyeon off, wore a genuine smile, not a sneer, across his face. Only then did Cheongyeon realize that Mu-won had deliberately provoked him.
“Fucking hell, where did the guy who said he was scared of me go?”
Mu-won was questioning his change in attitude. In truth, he was still just as afraid of Tae Mu-won. However, he couldn't control the momentary surge of anger and retorted.
He thought he was cleared of the Flower Clan accusation, and the fact that Tae Cheon-oh had made him a promise also made him feel a bit more defiant. It was a foolish judgment. He should have just kept trembling without saying a word.
Swoop. Mu-won suddenly bent his tall frame and brought his lips close to Cheongyeon’s ear.
“Hey, what a shame that your backup plan got shattered. I don’t listen to the Boss.”
Cheongyeon didn’t even breathe the entire time Mu-won whispered beside him. It was because of the Vengeance scent emanating from Mu-won’s breath. The Flower Clan's instinct to crave survival kept trying to override his reason.
If he didn’t hold onto his senses, his hunger for the Vengeance blossom was so great that he felt like he would pounce on Mu-won’s lips. And of all things, Mu-won had eaten the Vengeance blossom...
The moment Mu-won pulled away felt unbearably long.
Since Cheongyeon remained stiff and silent, Mu-won finally took out a cigarette and lit it, as if he had lost interest.
“If you wanna get naked, act up again.”
Snap. When Mu-won made a feigned bite from above, Cheongyeon flinched and his shoulders trembled. Mu-won, who had broken Cheongyeon’s frozen state, walked away.
Cheongyeon immediately fled back into the medicine shop. The plastic bags on his wrist rustled loudly.
His nerves were on edge from the sound of Mu-won’s footsteps behind him, but fortunately, he was able to open the shop door in one go. Cheongyeon stepped inside and grabbed the curtain he had only partially opened. Thinking Mu-won might still be watching him, he quickly drew the curtain shut.
“Hah…”
Having covered the entire shop, Cheongyeon finally released the breath he had been holding and quickly backed away. Thud. When his thigh hit the counter, all the strength drained from his body. Cheongyeon placed the plastic bags on the counter and pressed down on his wildly beating heart.
When Mu-won had dragged him to the sea building, the Vengeance flower scent had clearly vanished. But now, the scent was on him again. He must have plucked another Vengeance blossom.
If he hadn't smelled the Vengeance flower scent beforehand, he wouldn't have been able to hide his agitation the moment Mu-won pulled out the flower. He would have been so captivated by the flower, just like at the garbage dump, that he wouldn't have been able to regain his senses. Tae Cheon-oh said Mu-won was mistaken, but it was Tae Cheon-oh who was wrong. Tae Mu-won’s judgment was accurate.
Goosebumps erupted on his arms and the nape of his neck from the terrifying obsession with the Flower Clan.
But surely this time, Mu-won would be convinced that he was not from the Flower Clan?
Cheongyeon gathered the rice grains that had spilled from the plastic bag onto the counter. It seemed the move would have to be postponed for a while. Doing anything reckless and provoking Tae Mu-won again would only make things worse.
Cheongyeon gently pressed the stinging wound on his neck with his hand. Fortunately, it hadn't been a deep cut, so all he needed was to apply some ointment.
‘But if he was going to be this suspicious, why did Tae Mu-won let me go after forcing me to drink his blood...?’
Cheongyeon stood holding the counter, glaring with wary eyes at the curtain that let no light through. As if Tae Mu-won were standing right outside.
And at the same time.
A commotion erupted on the fifth floor of the sea building. It was due to a tree trunk that suddenly shot out of the tree piercing the building. The enormous trunk, as large as the main body of the tree, was strangely stretched toward the left warehouse. Like a threatening hand.
The lower-ranking members were puzzled by the abruptly grown trunk, but they simply used a saw to cut down the trunk that was blocking the way.
The tree trunk, soon turned into firewood, was not explicitly mentioned again.
Not until someone took an interest.
*******
‘Chapter 2. The Sperm Whale’ [T/N: It was in the raw, so it’s here too…]
Mu-won flipped the page with the large title.
[Report] Subject: Cheongyeon Age: 27
He had received the report a long time ago, but every time he turned the first page, he was consistently dumbfounded.
“A lot.”
“Who?”
Tae Cheon-oh abruptly interjected into Mu-won’s muttered thought. The handsome guy snuggling next to Tae Cheon-oh also subtly glanced at Mu-won. His eyes clearly showed a desire to possess both men and suck the sweet juice out of them. Or perhaps he was already horny as hell.
When Mu-won raised his middle finger and fiercely sucked it, the man got excited all by himself and squeezed his legs together.
“Throw the bastard out.”
“Why? He’s so cute.” Tae Cheon-oh squeezed the butt of the man, who was much smaller than him. “A light-ass is exactly my type.”
The herbalist, who saw a savior in a bastard like this, was just ridiculous.
There was only one reason why Tae Cheon-oh, who was obsessed with anything gold or pretty, hadn’t flirted with the herbalist. Tae Cheon-oh liked types that were as promiscuous as he was. Mu-won threw an ashtray when Tae Cheon-oh put his hand inside the man’s pants and fingered his asshole.
Tae Cheon-oh, unlike his large frame, nimbly dodged while holding the man. Perhaps more excited by the sudden situation, he abruptly pulled down the man’s pants and shoved his yam-like cock in. Meanwhile, the bastard being fucked was screaming, Oppa, Cheonoh Oppa, in a frenzy.
“Fucking hell, you’re worse than a couple of dogs in heat.”
Despite Mu-won’s curse, Tae Cheon-oh was panting heavily.
“Hah, baby. Mu-won Oppa must be jealous. Do you want to suck Mu-won’s too?”
“Yeah, Hnng! I wanna suck Mu-won Oppa’s dick.”
The guy, who was being fucked with his arms held behind his back, opened his mouth and showed his clear tongue. Hehe, he lowered the corners of his eyes, making an overtly slutty face to try and excite Mu-won.
Mu-won looked down at his own still lower body. When Tae Cheon-oh released his arms, the man fell forward. As Tae Cheon-oh kept ramming his cock into him, the man crawled forward on all fours. The man's hand, which reached out and gripped Mu-won's firm thigh, trembled with excitement.
“If you’ll be my toilet, I’ll let you suck my cock.”
“Hah! Shit!” Tae Cheon-oh roared, perhaps imagining Mu-won pissing on the man’s face.
Mu-won roughly pushed away the man who was rubbing his face on his dick while holding onto his thigh. Tae Cheon-oh tightly pinched the man's plump nipples and asked,
“Fuck, is my baby my toilet? Huk, then Oppa can pee inside you, right?”