[ENGLISH VERSION] SEVENTEEN: Code One | SeokSoo

Chapter 9

During that night, Joshua told Dokyeom everything he talked about with Wonwoo. Joshua sat beside Dokyeom on his bed in their room.

"Kook Jihyun?!" Dokyeom frowned because he didn't expect his past best friend to do it.

"Yeah... She said that I seemed to want to take over your past position. Even though my purpose of coming here wasn't because of that. I-" Joshua said.

"I know. This is too much. I don't really understand if she knows why you didn't attack her back. This is just the first incident, let's just keep quiet. We don't know if she will do something else or not."

"I will be careful with her. I will try to fight her if she dares to me again."

"If you really want to be careful with her, you have to stay close with me."

"Like I said earlier, Dokyeom. She looks at me as someone who wants to replace your past position. She will definitely do something again to harm me. It feels like I'm in a vicious circle."

"Tomorrow is a holiday, right? Let's go to my house. My mother said that my father has regained consciousness and she wants to prepare our wedding immediately."

"WHAT? WE'RE GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW?!"

"As soon as possible. Jihyun won't dare to hurt you again as long as you're with me."

"WHAT?! But, won't this touch on your past?"

"I'm doing this for your own good. My past is indeed different with you. But if I do good things for others, she will definitely be happy. Even though I'm actually not ready for this marriage. My mother is afraid that if my father's illness relapses and he won't be able to see her son get married."

To be honest, Joshua still hasn't prepared anything, both physically and mentally. However, Dokyeom did this so that he could freely protect Joshua from anyone who dared to hurt him, but also to repay Joshua's kindness to Dokyeom's family.

"Oh, yeah. Joshua?" Dokyeom said as he headed to the bathroom.

"What's wrong?" Joshua said.

"It looks like you're going to be in heat period soon. Your pheromones are starting to sting. Stay with me so that other alphas don't prey on you, okay?"

"Heat?"

"Yeah, is this your first heat?"

"No, this is my second heat."

"How did you deal with your previous heat?"

"I took a suppressant pill made by my brother at that time. I don't know if he still makes it or not."

"It's good that you have that medicine. It's dangerous if you squirm at the reception tomorrow. Just tell me if you feel unwell."

•••

Still the same night, but at a discotheque located outside of Dokyeom's family area. Jihyun and Taehyung were chatting on the rooftop of the club while smoking.

"You know? Joshua went to school earlier." Jihyun said.

"Really? It was beyond my expectations. I thought he would have to be hospitalized for a month." Taehyung said.

"That's because you only scratched him, not torn or stabbed him. This is just the beginning. Let's see how strong Joshua can survive here. We make him give up and leave this area."

"However... If you continue to hurt him, Dokyeom will definitely cut off your head later."

"Joshua only dared to look at me, he didn't even get angry or fight me in class. Is it because he's afraid? He didn't report the incident to his teacher and kept it quiet. What's wrong with him?"