ALL BARK NO BITE | SADISTIC BEAUTY SPINOFF

Chapter 46

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~ 320 F, La Grande Maison, Haenan Acropolis: Apartment Complex, Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

As they fondled, clutched and caressed each other in the burgeoning sunset. Wookyung saw Minho's face aglow with the orange light of the early evening, looking vibrant and coloured with love. His lips were like rubies as his half-closed eyes glistened with wetness. He needed to know... if it was true. If what he seeing was truly his', he wanted to hear his voice, to confirm his doubts.

So he asked him the question that was sitting underneath his tongue...

Wookyung closed his eyes as the question left his lips, unprepared for what fortune or misfortune it might bring to their newly fortified union. If Minho truly had feelings for him... nothing would go wrong, but if there were still barriers between them... he wanted to know what they are. He stood with bated breath as he clung onto Minho, his arms around his lean waist and his head resting on his smooth, porcelain shoulder...

Minho had grown quiet.

Wookyung knew that he was considering it but wasn't planning on rushing him. He didn't mind the silence nor his possible refusal, he only awaited his answer, that would determine if they even had a future. He wasn't lying to him either, the library... the bedroom... these weren't to entrap him. But the longer that Minho was around him, the needier he got. The food, the conversations, the kisses and conversations...

How could he possibly let go of all this...

He wanted this to happen everyday, to wake up to him, hug him, kiss him, to put him on every surface of the house and make love. Even if Minho said no to his question... he wanted him to think about the possibility of a life together... because he couldn't help thinking about it himself. He hated being bound or adjusting to someone else's time but with Minho, he suddenly felt more stable.

Like he could finally settle down...

Surrender his entire life to someone other than himself...

He felt Minho pull back with his lips pursed and his brows knit. Wookyung felt that his shoulders had suddenly drooped and his hands began fiddling with the front of the robe. He took his face in his palms, unable to bear the fact that he looked almost... upset by his question. "What happened...?" he asked him with worry and Minho looked at him with an air of distress.

"It's okay..." he soothed him, rubbing a thumb over his cheek "You don't have to say it... I'm not expecting anything" Wookyung promised him and Minho took a sharp breath "Wookyung..." his knee began shaking nervously, "I'm sorry but I... I really can't" he looked down sadly and Wookyung felt his heart break regardless of how prepared he was. He was expecting his answer... so why did it hurt more?

Was it his refusal or the fact that he knew that once this evening was over... Minho would return to that woman's apartment... and stay with her... speak intimately with her... sleep next to her... touch her... for reasons unbeknownst to him... for an unknown amount of time... like she was a secret being kept from him while Minho acted like nothing happened. He didn't want the thought to bother him but it did.

Wookyung shook his head... his whole world... was sitting right in front of him... he couldn't let his invasive thoughts sully even the little time that he had left to spend with Minho... and yet something inside him wanted to pursue the truth, why wouldn't Minho just tell him if he was living with someone else? Why keep it as such a secret? Unless... "You don't have to say it Hyung..." he began

"But can I know why... you cannot move in with me? Even for a while..." he asked and Minho looked stunned, quickly averting his eyes and his lip quivered as he thought of the next lie to tell to him "It's... it's not like that... I do wish to be with you but... not now... I need more time to work things out. I want to be independent... and not be a burden on you..." he tucked a lock of hair behind his ear