One More Time

Chapter 1: how do you want me?

Lee Jihoon ran a large bar owned by the Lee family and offered his customers various opportunities. One of them was a night out with his beautiful , handsome staff. Werewolves, chimeras, coyotes... The Lee's managed to market every supernatural they could get their hands on.
Wonwoo argued that the bar his friend dragged him to meet his boyfriend was unethical, but after all, how was it any different from a regular brothel?

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The first thing he noticed when he stepped inside was that it was dark. At first it was completely dark, but when the corridor ended and they could see the large dance floor, everything was bathed in light. No matter which way he turned his head, he saw colored lights. Noise reached his ears through the crowd of people that surrounded him like a fog.

Wonwoo ruffled his brown hair and sighed as his friend stopped dragging him and looked around for his lover. The smell of cigarettes, booze, and other odors he didn't want to name had mingled together and turned his stomach upside down. The smell of sweat from bodies rubbing together under the guise of dancing was the most overpowering. Why would anyone come here for pleasure?

"I don't see Jihoon," Soonyoung muttered. He was twenty-eight-year-old Jeon Wonwoo's best friend. Jihoon had bleached hair, black color eyes, fair skin, and a posture that drove a perfectionist like Wonwoo crazy all their childhood.

When Wonwoo looked over the crowd and saw the short boy talking to the waitresses at the other end of the bar, he said, "I saw him," and pushed his friend away. "Come on." He ducked into the crowd behind Soonyoung.

Leaning against the wall, he was busy giving instructions to the waitresses when he saw them coming out of the crowd and yelled, "Soonyoung!" and waved at them. Wonwoo watched the two of them kiss to say hello, not caring about being invisible. Lee Jihoon was a beautiful guy with chestnut hair falling down his back, white skin and sharp features. He was the youngest member of the Lee family, who claimed to hunt monsters in this supernatural world they were in. He also ran the bar-like brothel they were currently in.

Jihoon finally stopped looking into his lover's mouth and turned to Wonwoo with a broad smile as he tucked his hair behind his ear. "Hey, Wonwoo! How are you?"

"I'm fine," Wonwoo said as he leaned his shoulder against the wall, trying to fight off the stifling air that was closing in on him. "And you? Business seems brisk, though."

His dimples appeared. "That's right, we're super busy right now! Hey, you still got your eye on anyone? My promise to give you a friend price still stands."

Oh, Wonwoo loathed this. Capturing all those werewolves, chimeras, banshees and other supernatural creatures and selling them like slaves. Wonwoo felt like throwing up every time he stepped in here. "Thanks, but not really," he said as he turned his head to look at the crowd. How they were all enjoying themselves. Laughing as if they weren't using these supernaturals for their own dirty purposes, cheaply marketed because they had no right to live. They were all disgusting.

Jihoon shrugged. "Suit yourself, but if there's someone, be sure to let me know. I'll set something up for you."

Wonwoo nodded as if interested and gave him a few minutes to make out with Soonyoung. Meanwhile, he stood beside them, watching the crowd with empty eyes. Disheveled hair and makeup, half-naked bodies, supernaturals, some with werewolf faces, mingled together. Waiters were carrying alcohol up and down. Some customers disappeared in twos and threes down the hallway leading to the upper floors of the bar.

Just then Wonwoo's eyes fell on the bar counter. All the girls, with their palm-sized pieces of cloth they wore as dresses, and the men, showing off their upper bodies, were leaning forward, ignoring the drinks on the counter. Wonwoo squinted to see where they were looking and whispered, "Wow," under his breath that escaped his lips. He swallowed to clear his dry throat, squaring his shoulders.