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A strong smell of alcohol wafted from Kang Il-hyun as he approached. Dismissing it as just the drink was clearly going too far. There was a limit to patience. Last night he'd tormented someone like that, and today he'd dropped a phone in water. That much had been tolerated, but then he came in while someone was sleeping and outright threatened to cut off a dick with an axe.
To tolerate any more would be pathetic. Ja-kyung lunged straight at Il-hyun. A fist flew but he dodged swiftly. The opposite fist followed but he grabbed and twisted the arm. Breaking free from the twisted grip, Ja-kyung kicked Kang Il-hyun's calf. He staggered briefly then turned with a laugh.
"Pissed off, huh?"
He crushed his cigarette against the wall then motioned with a crooked finger to come. Ja-kyung took a fighting stance and rushed in with a knee strike. Kang Il-hyun blocked with his hand and stepped back, so Ja-kyung immediately spun with a kick.
At the fast and agile movement, Kang Il-hyun's body reeled backward, and Ja-kyung didn't miss that chance, launching forward. The two got tangled together and rolled on the bed, and Ja-kyung yanked out the axe embedded in the bed and brought it down toward Kang Il-hyun's head.
He dodged swiftly and the axe blade fell right where Il-hyun's face had been. Realizing this wasn't a joke, Il-hyun grabbed the arm and shoved Ja-kyung away. In an instant, Ja-kyung rolled and stood up, throwing the axe. Il-hyun ducked his upper body to avoid the flying axe, which embedded into the wall with a thud.
Looking back at that, Il-hyun narrowed his brow.
"You really tried to kill me? I'm your employer."
Ja-kyung breathed roughly, extended his middle finger, and ground his teeth.
"Fuck off, you psycho. I'm not signing any contract with you. I'm moving out of this house first thing tomorrow."
"That's what you get for talking to your ex-girlfriend and ruining my mood."
Ja-kyung shouted in disbelief.
"You said you weren't petty!"
Kang Il-hyun shamelessly raised his chin.
"I wasn't, but today I am."
Then he ground his teeth with a displeased expression.
"Did Veronica have that sensual of a body? My dick's pretty sensual too, want to take a look?"
He tried to take off his pants so Ja-kyung ignored it and charged again. Il-hyun defended without gaps until one moment a fist landed properly, and with a crack, his jaw turned. Il-hyun's expression turned fierce. As Ja-kyung's punches continued flying, Il-hyun blocked them then thrust out his own fist.
Thud—Ja-kyung took the hit and stumbled backward, then spat on the floor. Blood mixed with the saliva. Seeing that, Il-hyun looked upset.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to do that just now."
"Shut up!"
Blocking each other, exchanging blows, rolling around, the items in the bedroom went flying and the table was overturned. Eventually the TV glass cracked and even the large frame on the wall fell and shattered. Rolling around on the floor, Ja-kyung got on top of Il-hyun first, grabbed his collar, and growled.
"Say it. Say you won't do it again!"
Il-hyun laughed and licked his tongue.
"Ha, this position is nice. Move your hips just like that."
Feeling Kang Il-hyun's dick hardening beneath the ass sitting on him, Ja-kyung shuddered with fury. How could a dick get hard even in this situation. This bastard isn't even human. A fist flew but this time he didn't block.
Crack—just as the fist buried into Kang Il-hyun's jaw, a sound came from the door.
Looking up, Park Tae-soo stood there with a surprised face.
***
Wang Han and Wang Lun, having their early breakfast, went wide-eyed seeing Ja-kyung come down. It was surprising enough that Ja-kyung, who loved sleep, was up early, but the corner of his mouth was split and bruised. The lady of the house also looked at him with worry.
"Are you hurt?"
Yes. Ja-kyung nodded when footsteps sounded from inside. It was Kang Il-hyun's voice. He was trying to just grab the bread served for breakfast and head upstairs when the man approached first. Seeing Kang Il-hyun's face, Wang Lun and Wang Han couldn't keep their mouths shut.
His cheek was bruised and his lip was split too. Their gazes alternated between Ja-kyung and Il-hyun. Last night hearing loud thumping from the next room, Wang Lun had joked about how intense they must be going at it. They hadn't had sex, they'd fought.
"Good morning."
After smiling pleasantly, Kang Il-hyun looked at Ja-kyung. Yesterday he'd defended himself and ended up hitting back since he got heated too, but it seemed bruises showed up well. Seeing Ja-kyung's mouth corner swollen, he felt upset and approached, but Ja-kyung just grabbed the bread and went right up to the upper floor.
Il-hyun's eyes narrowed. Why was he so angry. He followed and called out but Ja-kyung didn't even acknowledge it. He even scurried away and slammed the door shut. He tried to open it but stopped at footsteps approaching from behind.
Looking back, Wang Han who had been eating earlier had followed. He coughed once then approached, and in the awkward atmosphere, he scratched his nose bridge for no reason. Il-hyun looked at him and smiled with a good-natured face.
"Did you have something to say to me?"
"Representative, leave Wei—no, Ja-kyung alone."
One of Il-hyun's eyebrows rose. The word "leave alone" struck a nerve. Wang Han noticed that and thought carefully about how to speak before opening his mouth.
"Starting a few days before work, he doesn't even meet people. He's sensitive. But if you keep provoking him like that, it could interfere with the work."
"Are you saying I provoke Lee Ja-kyung?"
"Yes."
"Should I be happy about that?"
"No. That's why Ja-kyung... hates that kind of thing."
"What kind of thing?"
Wang Han spoke after truly careful consideration.
"Being clingy."
At those words, Il-hyun's expression turned fierce. So was he saying he'd been clingy to Lee Ja-kyung all this time.
"He came to our house at ten, and back then Wang Lun was like you, Representative. He thought he'd gained a new younger brother and was showing affection, but Ja-kyung hated that kind of approach. Thanks to that, when they were young, they were like enemies. Of course, they still fight often now."
Il-hyun listened silently.
"My words might sound presumptuous, but if you keep doing that, you'll only breed resentment."
Kang Il-hyun's expression seemed more shocked than expected, which was curious. He thought he'd get reprimanded for being impudent, but he looked seriously contemplative. Could it be sincere. The silent Il-hyun slowly nodded his head.
"I'll take it to heart. Thank you."
Seeing him readily accept, Wang Han inwardly sighed with relief. He was the employer after all. And with quite a nasty personality. He was grateful he simply agreed. After he went down, Il-hyun knocked and entered Ja-kyung's room.
Inside the bedroom, staff were in the middle of cleaning. Seeing broken items continuously being brought out, they must have really gone at it. Ja-kyung was sitting on the sofa eating the bread brought from downstairs. While eating, he frowned from the pain of his split mouth.
"Okay?"
Sitting beside him and asking, he only nodded. Staying here with Kang Il-hyun, it seemed like this would happen once a day. He asked if there was any thought of moving elsewhere for the three of them to stay. After thinking for a moment, Ja-kyung nodded.
"Alright then. I'll bring it up to Representative Kang depending on the situation."
Then Wang Han patted Ja-kyung's shoulder. It meant to cheer up. Ja-kyung let out a long sigh and tore off half the bread to offer to Wang Han. Even as a child, when there was food, he'd always save half to share.
While receiving and eating that, a staff member cleaning came out carrying a box full of something. Ja-kyung stood up and went there without thinking. Then noticing a micro camera among the items in the box, he frowned.
So that's how he knew and appeared with ghostly timing—he'd installed cameras. Then did that mean the sex was all recorded too. Considering his paranoia-level collection of recording files, he couldn't guarantee there weren't any.
***
Il-hyun looked outside with a quite serious face. Park Tae-soo seated in front occasionally observed that appearance. Il-hyun was quite shocked by what Wang Han said. Clingy? Me? To Lee Ja-kyung? He thought he'd been quite affectionate.
He'd even cut off Choi Ki-tae's head and brought it, and reattached Wang Lun's severed finger. How much more affectionate could he be? Should he ask for a list of people he hates instead. If he killed them all, would he open his heart?
Then he let out a small sigh. Worrying about this at an important time. Even he thought it was pathetic and absurd.
"Should we stop by the hospital?"
At Tae-soo's question, Il-hyun touched his bruised cheek. Despite his delicate appearance, his fists were quite fast and the impact was strong. He was good at hit-and-run tactics, and even matched one-on-one with Tae-soo who was former mercenary. His thoughts again drifted to Lee Ja-kyung.
"Truly crazy."
He muttered to himself and Tae-soo in front turned going "What?" Il-hyun gestured no and leaned back against the seat. Closing his eyes, a face floated up. During sex his eyes turned especially red, his skin was smooth and soft. His flesh scent was nothing short of excellent, and even his cursing while moaning was lovely.
But with yesterday's incident, this morning he seemed truly furious. Tae-soo said Lee Ja-kyung was the only one who hadn't signed the contract yet. Was he really being hated. If he'd exposed him back then, he wouldn't be having these worries.
Fuck. He was truly properly obsessed.
Regretting not exposing him earlier, he gave a bitter smile as the struck area pulled and ached.