Chapter 105: An Innocent Pretense

“Eut…!”

Jaeyul’s climax, which I had lost count of, was over.

As he had come without pulling out his penis, my stomach felt full even though I hadn’t eaten anything, and my throat was dry as if I hadn’t had water for days, with all the moisture in my body having been wrung out by the fluids gushing from above and below.

In the long-lasting s*x without even being able to sleep, I momentarily forgot what I was doing.

Ah, it’s not that I didn’t sleep at all.

There were a few times when I lost consciousness as if I had fainted.

Even then, Seon Jaeyul was still on top of me, moving busily, so it was highly probable that I had fainted.

This is really the limit now.

Of course, I had thought it was the limit a long time ago, but now, I’m really on the verge of death.

The inside, which had been overworked for so long, felt not just hot but sore, and my penis, which had gushed as many times as Seon Jaeyul had come, felt sore in the urethra just by being still.

“Ah… wait a minute!

Get off, you’re heavy…!”

I was already dying from lack of stamina, but suddenly a weight as if a rock had been placed on my back was added.

It was definitely Seon Jaeyul, who had been doing that thing from behind.

It’s obvious, seeing as his body, wet with sweat like mine, was burning up.

I twisted my body, flailing my arms and legs, to get away from Seon Jaeyul, who strangely wouldn’t move.

I struggled, even though I knew it was difficult to get away properly since we were knotted.

A big guy like him on top of me was suffocating.

“Ah, ugh…!”

No… why isn’t this coming out…?

The ignorant thing that I thought was stuck in my inner wall while knotting was slowly slipping out of my hole as I moved.

Whether it was because the inside had been overworked, or because it was originally like that, I had to feel a considerable sense of foreignness and pressure even as the weapon-like penis was pulling out.

Why isn’t this guy’s thing losing its strength?

Are all alphas like this…?

“Haah, ha… I almost died….”

Finally, finally… it seems the long, long s*x is over.

The complete end was signaled by the overwhelming glans also slipping out.

How many days had passed?

It felt like a couple of months had gone by.

As a free man, I lay on the grassy field, gasping for breath, and looked up at the cavern ceiling.

Even though it was the stuffy interior of a gate, my heart felt so open, as if I had been released after a long confinement.

Relieved, I’d say.

Well, it’s not that I disliked all the time until just now… but no matter how good something is, a proper rest is necessary.

I have no strength in my arms and legs, and it’s a struggle to even open and close my eyelids, but I don’t feel bad.

I’m also proud, as if I’ve solved a huge problem.

After lying there for a while, looking at the ceiling, an important problem came to mind.

It seems I’m still not completely in my right mind.

“Jaeyul-ah!”

Come to think of it, hadn’t Jaeyul fallen on my back as if he had fainted just now!

And seeing as he hasn’t shown any movement so far, he might be unconscious.

Thanks to the short rest, I was able to move my body to some extent.

Without even thinking of putting on clothes, I turned Jaeyul, who had collapsed on the grassy field, onto his back.

“Haah, thank goodness… really, thank goodness.”

There were no problems that I had worried about.

His chest was rising and falling with even breaths, and his face with his eyelids closed also looked very peaceful.

His hair was drenched in sweat, but the heat that had been scorching his whole body had gone down as if by a lie.

Even the thick pheromones that had filled the cavern had calmed down, leaving only a faint lingering scent.

Jaeyul’s appearance was the same as usual, to the point that I thought the rut was completely over.

I thought as I stroked his wet hair.

What a relief.

That we had safely overcome this crisis, and that I was able to help in overcoming it.

How fortunate that this act I had committed did not turn out to be a useless thing.

I brought the blanket that had popped out of Poppy’s mouth and covered Jaeyul with it.

Looking at the deeply sleeping kid, I was able to shake off the little tension that remained in my chest.

Fortunately, Jaeyul didn’t regain consciousness during the rut.

If his condition had been a little better, he would have come to his senses in the middle.

If that had happened… it’s obvious that we would have been in a situation where we couldn’t get out of it.

Wasn’t what I was most worried about that even our current relationship with Jaeyul would be broken?

Fortunately, such a disaster didn’t happen, and Jaeyul’s rut is also ending well, so there’s no need to be tense anymore.

“Sleep well, Jaeyul-ah.”

Just like at home, I lay down next to Jaeyul and hugged his large body.

Hoping that today too would be a comfortable sleep, untroubled by nightmares.

Pat, pat, I patted his back at a regular speed.

“Woof, woof woof!”

I woke up to the sensation of my chest being pounded and the loud barking of a dog.

I don’t remember it well, but I was in the middle of a very pleasant dream, and the intruder who had woken me from my sweet slumber was annoying.

“You… what are you doing.”

Of course, the star of the commotion was Poppy.

The kid, who had transformed into a puppy, was on my chest, jumping up and down on his front paws and barking.

He seemed to have been determined to wake me up.

But as I came to my senses, I saw something strange.

“Poppy, what’s that on your neck…?”

Poppy was wearing an unfamiliar collar.

A collar that looked like it was made of woven vines was fastened around Poppy’s neck, and the other end of the leash was tied to a wooden stake stuck in the ground.

Whether it was because I was still half-asleep, that sight felt quite strange.

“Khang!

Khang khang!”

Poppy spewed out a torrent of words as if he had been waiting for my question.

While glaring at me and even baring his fangs.

“…Jaeyul, put a collar on you and tied you up here…?”

Why all of a sudden?

Poppy has been fine without a collar until now.

Besides, is such a shabby vine even a match for Poppy?

It’s so crude that it looks like it would snap with just a little force.

Why is this kid, who can easily break it, tied up and acting so wronged like this?

“You’re awake?”

Flinch.

Poppy froze like a statue at the sound of Jaeyul’s voice from behind him.

Then he lies down quietly on my chest, as if he hadn’t said or done anything at all.

“Uh… yeah.

Jaeyul, what were you doing?”

Now that I looked, the cavern, which was surrounded by rock walls, was full of a mouth-watering smell.

And in one of Jaeyul’s hands was a large wok.

“I was making some food because I thought you would wake up soon.

Were you not feeling well?

Why did you sleep for so long.”

“Me…?

How long did I sleep?”

My body feels light, as if I had a deep sleep for sure.

I felt something strange as I took Jaeyul’s outstretched hand and stood up.

My thoughts were not connecting quickly, perhaps because I was still not fully awake.

It just… feels like I’ve forgotten something important… ah!

My mind is like this.

This is not a situation where we can have such a casual conversation, so I don’t know what nonsense I was spouting.

It seems I went through Jaeyul’s rut with him, lay down next to the sleeping Jaeyul for a moment, and then fell asleep just like that.

Naked, of course.

“Wait!”

I stopped trying to get up and snatched the blanket that was covering my body.

The sleepiness was completely gone.

My heart was pounding as if it would burst in an instant, and all sorts of thoughts were popping up in a complicated way.

What on earth should I say as an excuse?

Both Jaeyul and I would have been sleeping naked, so he would have known that something had happened.

If I said, ‘I was so hot, I took them off,’ would he believe me…?

Considering that our bodies would have been a mess of all sorts of fluids, he would never believe it….

“What’s wrong, hyung?”

But Jaeyul’s reaction is a bit strange.

Why is he so nonchalant after something like that happened…?

If he really knew everything, wouldn’t it be normal to ask what happened right away?

And as I calmed my flustered heart a little, I realized that my body was not naked.

“…Huh?

No, it’s nothing….

I must be still half-asleep.

You, how are you?

Are you okay now?”

“I’m fine.

It was a rut, but I don’t know why I feel so light.

Even without any pheromone stabilizers.

I didn’t make any mistakes, did I, hyung?

I barely remember anything after I entered the gate.”

Seeing Jaeyul respond as usual, it seems he really doesn’t remember anything.

I don’t know what happened, but I should also play dumb for now.

“Th-that’s a relief!

Nothing happened, so don’t worry.

I’m hungry, shall we eat first?”

“It’s all ready.

Let’s eat quickly.”

I don’t know the exact circumstances, but things are going as I wished.

None of the worst-case scenarios I had feared happened.

Everything is going smoothly.

“So… you also woke up to find me sleeping and only Poppy was wandering around?”

“That’s right.

But he kept trying to take me somewhere, so I tied him up over there.”

As we ate the grilled beef that was Poppy’s emergency food, I heard about what had happened while I was asleep.

After hearing Jaeyul’s words, my worries completely disappeared.

Poppy, who had gone to investigate the inside of the gate, had returned while we were asleep.

And that admirable kid had washed my body and even dressed me before Jaeyul woke up.

…I won’t ask how he washed me and dressed me with puppy paws.

Just as I don’t ask how on earth he was grilling beef in a house with no one in it.

It seems anything is possible with Poppy.

Anyway, it’s certain that Jaeyul wasn’t the one who did it.

If he had known that he had done that, that kind of thing with me while he was out of his mind, he would never be able to act so nonchalant.

Of course, he should be shocked and out of his mind.

From Jaeyul’s perspective… it would mean that he had done that kind of thing with his family, with his brother.

I should give the good puppy Poppy a big reward later.

Should I buy him a whole cow?

Right now, I feel like I could buy him anything he wants.

“But there’s no way Poppy would have just told you to go out, right?”

“I don’t know.

It’s not like I can understand what a beast is saying.”

As if you can’t.

“Poppy!”

At my call, Poppy ran over without being conscious of the vine collar tied around his neck.

Of course, the leash he was tied with broke all too easily.

He had just been enduring it as Jaeyul had told him to.

I stroked Poppy, who had burrowed into my arms, and asked about the results of his investigation.

“Woof!

Woof, ah-woof!”

“Really…?”

It really… seems like all the situations are going as I wished.

I was worried that there might not be a back door to the gate, but it seems I can completely shake off the anxiety that had been lingering in a corner of my heart.

“Jaeyul-ah, let’s go.”

“Where?”

Thinking of the guys who would have wanted me to die, a smile naturally forms on my face.

How should I kill them to feel a little better?

It’s a happy dilemma.

“To our home.”