He obviously had a good body, so I couldn’t understand why he would say such a thing.
“I’m okay with it.”
Even if it were Kang Taeyun, he could probably do it with his clothes on, but because he was hiding, I became more curious.
Just as I was wondering if he had some kind of trauma regarding his body, Kang Taeyun boldly took off his shirt.
I thought he would keep trying to hide, so his decisive action caught me off guard.
“……Scars.”
“I told you. It would be hideous.”
“Still, this is…….”
They looked like traces of long-term abuse.
I couldn’t find the words, filled with a sense of tragedy as I looked at a body that seemed to have been intentionally beaten by someone.
Because his image was so refined and neat, the sight felt even more shocking.
‘In the original story, there was no mention of Kang Taeyun having scars on his body…’
Come to think of it, while there were mentions of Kang Taeyun having sex, there was never a mention of him taking his clothes off.
It was obvious that anyone would want to hide scars like these.
But he had stripped and revealed his scars to me.
It felt as if the original story, which was driven only by lust, had truly changed—as if I had become someone special to him.
“Is it disgusting?”
“No.”
On the contrary, tears welled up in my eyes because I felt so sorry and upset.
I felt so much pain for him that I wanted to comfort him if I could.
“……You only left them where they can’t be seen.”
Unlike his handsome face, his body was covered in diagonal scars that looked like he had been whipped.
Looking closely, I could even see some fading bruises.
“……Who was it? Who made you like this?”
“Does it matter? If it were me, I’d want to put my clothes back on.”
“Don’t change the subject… who was it? Do your parents know…?”
No, maybe the cause of this violence was his family.
Kang Taeyun wasn’t the type of person to be beaten or looked down upon by someone on the outside.
Seeing how the anger Yoo Joohwan displayed was directed at Chairman Kang, I wondered if there was a connection.
I sent him a look of urgent frustration, but Kang Taeyun just stared at me without opening his mouth.
He looked like a man trying to read my heart.
My eyes burned at Kang Taeyun’s calm reaction.
“Why… don’t you report it?”
“Because I’m used to it.”
“Used to it…?”
Even so, I wanted to scold him, asking if he hadn’t even tried to escape.
But it felt ridiculous for me to interfere and tell him what to do.
It might look like I was just pretending to be his lover now after neglecting him all this time.
I curled my trembling hands into fists and looked down.
“How… can you get used to this. It hurts when you get hit.”
I felt like I was going to cry, but I held it back and forced my emotions down.
I had only just discovered Kang Taeyun’s scars, but my heart ached with guilt.
Perhaps it was the affection built up over the time we spent together.
Looking at my face full of sadness, Kang Taeyun asked in a nonchalant tone.
“Are you pitying me?”
“No. It just makes me upset to think about how you must have been hurting all alone.”
“I don’t know about when I was a kid, but it doesn’t hurt now.”
“…….”
“I told you, I’m used to it. So, it was worth being hit.”
Those words made it sound like this sort of thing happened frequently, even recently.
What kind of life had he lived for such words to flow so casually from his mouth?
Thinking of Kang Taeyun, who was always perfectly composed, made me feel like I was going crazy with anger.
I felt my eyes grow red, wishing I had possessed this body before he ever got hit.
“Are you upset?”
“Anyone would feel the same way I do.”
“Even if it were one of those other bastards?”
“…….”
“Tell me, Siho. Would you cry like this even if it were someone else and not me?”
At those last words, I raised the eyes I had been casting downward.
‘I’m crying?’
I looked up at Kang Taeyun with a face of disbelief and put my hand to my eyes.
I thought I was holding back my tears, but apparently, I wasn’t.
“……I’m not. I’m not crying.”
“…….”
“I’m just doing this because I’m upset.”
But it was also true that it hurt more because the person was Kang Taeyun.
When I roughly wiped my eyes with the back of my hand out of embarrassment, Kang Taeyun’s lips stretched into a long smile.
“Siho. Do you like me? Enough to hurt for me like this?”
“…….”
“I knew it. Our Siho. You do like me.”
“…….”
“Say it. That you like me.”
Kang Taeyun brushed my cheek, smiling beautifully with his eyes like a flower in full bloom.
I was clearly sad just a moment ago, but seeing his lovely face made my heart pound.
I bit my lip at the light flutter of excitement, like facing the spring.
“I…….”
‘I have feelings for you. But I can’t be sure of the depth of those emotions. Until I know for sure, I don’t think I can give you the answer you want.’
I wanted to convey that to him.
Seeing my hesitation, Kang Taeyun lightly pressed his lips to mine and made a mwah sound.
“If that’s hard to say, I’ll wait. Whether it’s tomorrow, or the day after.”
“…….”
“As long as you don’t run away from my side, even if your heart has changed, I just have to make it change back.”
“……Taeyun.”
“Let’s kiss, Siho.”
Kang Taeyun kissed me again, his gaze different from before.
Unlike the look that was full of lust earlier, this kiss was filled with deep affection.
Was it because I didn’t avoid him after seeing the scars, or because I cried for him?
Either way, it seemed to have been reflected in a good way to Kang Taeyun.
I wrapped my arms around Kang Taeyun’s shoulders in response to the affectionate kiss.
It wasn’t a one-sided kiss; it grew deeper and more explicit, as if we both wanted each other.
It stirred a latent sense of possessiveness within me, enough to make me want to monopolize everything about him.
As the kiss deepened, Kang Taeyun picked me up in his arms without breaking the contact.
Startled, I pulled my lips away and gasped for breath.
“……Where are we going?”
“To the bed.”
As if he were disappointed, Kang Taeyun lightly kissed my reddened lips repeatedly.
The lips that touched and parted several times made me feel truly loved.
Like ink spreading over water, my emotions kept flowing, making my heart feel heavy.
With this feeling, I felt like I could have sex with him no matter how many times he asked.
As I buried my face in his chest at the flutter of feeling like I was in a real relationship, I heard a sound similar to mine coming from him.
I didn’t know because he always had a relaxed expression, but he seemed to be nervous as well.
“……It’s strange.”
“What is.”
“Just because.”
I let the words drift, saying it was just something.
Perhaps it was because I didn’t want to realize that Kang Taeyun felt the same way I did.
When I put my hand to my chest at the change in emotions that had seeped in over a short time, Kang Taeyun let out a rough ha sound.
He looked like a man who wanted to get down to business quickly.
When Kang Taeyun opened the door, a canopy bed appeared under the soft lighting.
It was an interior style that didn’t suit him.
“……Do you like this kind of style?”
“I asked a company to do it, and they set it up like this.”
Seeing the narrowing of his brow, he seemed to dislike it quite a bit.
I turned my head slightly because I felt like I was going to laugh, and then I saw a banner and flower petals thrown in the trash can.
It was so full that things were spilling out of the trash, which was truly funny.
When I let out a small laugh that didn’t fit the mood, Kang Taeyun carefully laid me down on the bed.
“I thought it would be nice if the first time I had sex with you was a bit more romantic.”
Kang Taeyun climbed onto the bed, saying it was clumsy because he did it in a short amount of time.
“I was going to treat you gently so you wouldn’t get scared again.”
“…….”
“But seeing you now, I can’t control myself. I didn’t know I was such an impatient guy.”
Kang Taeyun roughly swept his hair back.
His angry muscles, which stood in contrast to his neat image, became prominent every time he moved.
A pure face and unruly muscles.
And the painful scars settled on his body.
I slowly reached out and carefully stroked those scars with my fingers.
“It must have hurt a lot.”
“…….”
“From now on, even if you’re used to it, don’t get hit… I hope you won’t.”
I conveyed my sincerity to Kang Taeyun, just like the day I told him not to get hit when he dropped me off at my front door.
I felt like he would listen if I told him sincerely now, too.
Because it was a tone closer to a request than interference.
It was only for a moment, but Kang Taeyun’s gaze wavered.
Unlike his usual relaxed and steady gaze, it was a strange look I was seeing for the first time.
When I blinked, Kang Taeyun quickly wiped that look away and smiled as beautifully as an evening primrose.
“Okay.”
Kang Taeyun gently grasped my hand that was touching his body and kissed the back of it.
I thought he had a kind nature, but my face heated up at the act that seemed to show respect for his partner.
When I cleared my throat because my cheeks must have turned as red as peach blossoms, Kang Taeyun laid me down and got on top of me.
I didn’t realize it when we were facing each other, but once I was laid underneath him, Kang Taeyun’s presence felt massive.
