Yunhui's large hand slipped through the opening of Ian's bathrobe. Ian flinched involuntarily the moment Yunhui's hand touched his bare skin. The robe, held closed by nothing but its belt, slipped aside easily, exposing almost his entire upper body.
The sensation of having his upper and lower lips sucked was strange. He had kissed Yudam countless times over the years, but Yudam had never kissed him as though he meant to devour him. Compared to what Kang Yunhui was doing to him now, Yudam's kisses had always been gentle and cautious.
"Ugh!"
Yunhui bit down hard on his lower lip, drawing an involuntary moan from him. His tongue immediately pushed through the gap between Ian's parted lips, plunging deep into his mouth and catching Ian's tongue, tangling with it.
Ian had never experienced such a rough, unrestrained kiss before. It genuinely felt as though Yunhui were devouring him.
The kiss was so intense that he could barely breathe. Struggling for air, Ian tried to push Yunhui away by the shoulders, but the man would not budge.
That was alarming in its own right. It also wounded Ian's pride to discover that the difference in their physical strength was so great.
Yunhui's hand swept down his chest, and then, with a soft rustle, the bathrobe fell completely open. Yunhui had untied the belt.
Meanwhile, Ian had been stumbling backward under the pressure of Yunhui's body. Before he knew it, his back was against the wall.
There was nowhere left to retreat. He was trapped between the wall and Yunhui.
"Ah!"
A shrill gasp escaped him as Yunhui's hand slid over his waist and moved toward his groin.
Ian reflexively bit Yunhui's lip and hurriedly seized his hand.
"Ugh."
Yunhui groaned and raised his head.
When Ian saw blood gathering at the corner of his mouth, he swallowed hard.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to..."
The apology had escaped him automatically at the thought that he had hurt Yunhui, but the moment he said it, something struck him as strange.
Why was he apologizing?
That bastard was the one forcing himself on him.
Yunhui seemed just as taken aback. He regarded Ian with a peculiar expression before letting out a short, incredulous laugh.
Ian turned his head away, embarrassed to meet his eyes.
His thoughts were in complete disarray.
Is this really happening? Am I actually going to do that with Kang Yunhui?
"You're acting like it's your first time."
Yunhui caught Ian's chin and turned his face back toward him as he muttered the words.
Ian could not answer. He merely grimaced.
It was confusing enough that another alpha was insisting on taking him, but the truth was that Ian had never even had sex with Yudam.
He had always been cautious, worried that he might become so aroused during sex that he would end up bonding with Yudam. Besides, he had assumed they would get married eventually, so there had been no reason to rush.
He had never mentioned it to anyone, knowing they would hardly believe him.
This entire experience was a first for him, which only made it all the more bewildering.
"Ha. Are you serious?"
Although Ian had said nothing, Yunhui apparently guessed the answer for himself.
"That's...!"
Ian could not finish.
His eyes widened.
A white aura had begun pouring from Yunhui's body.
Ian's body recognized the alpha pheromones before his mind did. Their power was far greater than anything he had known, sending a prickling sensation across his skin.
"Apparently no one ever taught you how dangerous it is to let someone know it's your first time."
Muttering those inexplicable words, Yunhui closed his hand around Ian's neck.
The moment the white aura touched his skin directly through Yunhui's hand, the contact felt as hot as a burn.
Pheromones spread from Yunhui's hand through Ian's entire body, leaving him completely unable to move.
Ian had heard plenty about the adverse reactions alphas experienced when exposed to another alpha's pheromones, but he had rarely had any reason to experience them himself.
Sometimes, when alphas clashed, they would threaten each other with their pheromones. Ian, however, was not the sort of person who got into fights.
Besides, Yunhui was the only alpha among his close acquaintances.
There had never been any reason for Yunhui to threaten Ian with his pheromones.
At least, not ten years ago.
The hand that had seemed ready to seize Ian by the throat slid along the side of his neck and around to the back, where Yunhui gripped his hair.
He pulled Ian toward him, bringing their lips together again.
The kiss was even deeper than before, making it difficult to breathe, but Ian could not move.
He could not even raise his hands to push Yunhui away.
He tried to summon strength into his arms, but they only tingled, refusing to move as he wanted.
So this is the power of Kang Yunhui's pheromones.
Even though they were both alphas, they were on entirely different levels.
Ian had never realized it before because Yunhui had never openly released his pheromones during their high school years.
Yunhui's other hand caressed Ian's abdomen, brushed past his hip, and moved farther down.
"Ah!"
A startled gasp burst from Ian when Yunhui grasped a part of him that no one, not even Ian himself, had ever touched with sexual intent.
Ian had expected to feel repulsed.
No matter who Kang Yunhui was, he was still another alpha. Surely Ian would experience a rejection response the moment Yunhui touched him.
But he could no longer think about rejection or anything else.
The tingling sensation had spread beyond his skin and into his head. Even remaining on his feet had become an ordeal.
The place Yunhui held in his hand began to burn as well.
It was so hot that all Ian could think about was getting away.
Struggling against the force bearing down on his entire body, he managed to lift both arms. His hands trembled violently.
Even so, he refused to give up and tried desperately to push Yunhui away by the chest.
"You're wasting your time."
Yunhui whispered against his lips.
"You can't beat me."
Yunhui did not need to tell him. Ian's instincts had already recognized the truth.
They might both be alphas, but Yunhui was an alpha of an entirely different caliber.
He was more powerful than any alpha Ian had ever encountered.
And now he was making Ian experience that difference firsthand, overwhelming him with the sheer force of his pheromones.
"Ugh..."
Yunhui tilted his head again and bit down hard on Ian's neck, drawing another moan from him.
He ran his tongue slowly over the place he had bitten, then began lightly worrying Ian's jaw, cheek, and earlobe with his teeth.
It did not hurt, but the sensation was strange.
Rather than feeling as though he were engaging in a sexual act, Ian felt as if he were being dominated by the overwhelming alpha that was Kang Yunhui.
A sudden wave of anxiety swept over him when he realized he still could not move.
Yet even in that state, he could feel with terrible clarity the repeated pressure of Yunhui's hand as it tightened around him and then relaxed.
If his body was going to be beyond his control anyway, he wished his senses would go numb as well.
Instead, every nerve in his body seemed to have gone wild, leaving him more sensitive than ever.
The tingling heat was enough to drive him mad, and there was absolutely nothing he could control.
He felt like a raw fish, stripped bare and laid out in front of Kang Yunhui.
"Wait, ah!"
Ian desperately wanted to push him away, but there was no strength in his arms.
Then Yunhui bit his earlobe, making his face contort in pain.
He wanted to twist his body and break free, but he truly could not move.
It was almost unbelievable how completely his body refused to obey him.
"Stop for a second!"
Ian finally managed to squeeze out the words at the top of his lungs.
Yunhui's movements stopped abruptly.
His lips were still touching Ian's ear, and every one of his harsh breaths washed across Ian's cheek.
"Are you seriously going to do it? With me?"
Relieved that Yunhui had at least stopped, Ian hurriedly poured out the words.
Yunhui raised his head and met his eyes.
The white aura was still pouring from him, rippling around his body.
Its force pressed down on Ian so heavily that even his chest ached.
"Do I look like I'm joking?"
Yunhui stared directly at him as he asked the question.
Ian could not answer.
He wanted to believe it was a joke, but he could not.
The look in Yunhui's eyes was unmistakably that of a predatory alpha.
Yunhui simply scooped Ian up into his arms.
Ian had never imagined he could be lifted so easily, and while he was still reeling from the shock, Yunhui carried him into the bedroom and dropped him onto the bed.
Then he immediately climbed on top of him.
Yunhui sat astride Ian's thighs, pulled off his shirt, and tugged down his trousers.
Throughout it all, Ian remained completely immobilized beneath the pressure of his pheromones.
When Yunhui approached him again, now completely naked, Ian felt as though his mind had gone blank.
"Do you regret it?"
Yunhui asked quietly, his face hovering just inches from Ian's.
Ian stared at him without even blinking.
Regret?
He did not have the presence of mind to think about anything like that.
He was still reeling from the shock of realizing that something he had believed absolutely impossible was genuinely about to happen.
"It's too late now, though."
Yunhui's lips brushed his as he whispered.
Then his tongue pushed into Ian's mouth and swept through it without restraint.
While Ian was still dazed by the overwhelming kiss, Yunhui pushed one of his thighs aside, lifted his leg, and moved his body between them.
The hardness between Yunhui's legs kept pressing insistently against Ian, almost as though he were doing it deliberately.
Even as Ian felt his entire body being crushed beneath Yunhui's pheromones, every place Yunhui touched burned.
With the repeated stimulation against his groin as well, he could barely think straight.
Nothing was happening the way he had expected.
Yunhui's pheromones were certainly overwhelming him, but this was nothing like the rejection response Ian had imagined.