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Anthony moved closer to Jaekyung's ear so that he could talk better to him, as the music in the place was loud. The lights twinkled, and every time Jaekyung's face was fully illuminated, the boy marveled at his beauty.
"What are you looking for tonight, babe?"
"Sex." Jaekyung answered without hesitation.
Anthony nodded, with a half-smile. If Jaekyung agreed to f*ck him, he would already consider himself victorious. But it was always the cute ones who were only looking for sex. Whatever. A co*ck is a co*ck.
"Good enough." Antnohy thought as he gulped down the rest of his drink.
Anthony stroked Jaekyung's thigh, and whispered in his ear.
" Would you like to go somewhere less noisy?"
Jaekyung made no gesture with his face. He just nodded once, and without even looking at Anthony took out his wallet and paid the bill for both of them.
"Where are we going, Jaekyung?" asked Anthony as Jaekyung's car started to turn into unfamiliar streets.
"Hotel."
**
"You mean all the rooms are occupied? Even the presidential suite?" asked Jaekyung angrily at the front desk of the hotel.
"We are very sorry, sir. Due to the Christmas and New Year's holidays, the city is overflowing with visitors..."
This was already the third hotel they'd both been to, and still no luck.
"f*ck my life..."
Anthony looked at him from the passenger seat.
"Do you live alone?" asked Jaekyung.
"No. I live with three friends, and a dog who barks like a motherf*cker every time he senses new people in the house, so sneaking into my room discreetly isn't an option. And my friends wouldn't let us f*ck in peace. They like to cheer in the next room every time one of us brings a partner home. It's not sexy, believe me." The boy said a little sad.
Jaekyung exhaled and rolled his eyes. He really wanted to have sex. Why was his life so hard?
"Okay. Let's go to my place, then."
**
There was no reason for Jaekyung to be careful. He was a free, single, adult man, fully entitled to have all the sex he wanted in his own home. And Dan was nothing more than a project patient. But still...
"Don't make any noise, and don't leave my room until I tell you to, okay?"
**
"Boy, you sure like sucking nipples." Anthony said with a chuckle. His nipples were red and plump from all the times Jaekyung had sucked on them. In fact, the first time Jaekyung had ejacul*ted, he had done so while biting hard on one of them.
Jawkyung did not respond. He simply pulled the nipple out of his mouth at the same time he pulled his co*ck out of Anthony's ass, and roughly flipped him over so that he was on all fours on the bed. Anthony had a very nice ass, and he was just a little bit paler than Dan, so if Jaekyung closed his eyes while f*cking him and if he concentrated just a little bit, he could fantasize about Dan.
Jaekyung rammed hard into Anthony, who could barely hold on to the sheets. He was close to org*sm and wanted to come one more time. Jaekyung was kneeling behind Anthony, holding his hips as he mercilessly thrust in and out of his reddening ass. Anthony moaned almost in pain, but the brave boy took it all. Jaekyung plopped down and rested his left arm on the mattress, while he began to rapidly jerk the boy with his right hand. Feeling the double stimulation and Jaekyung's sweaty skin on his back, the boy almost started to scream and wriggle. Jaekyung was breathing on his neck and his hot breath blowing through his curls was driving Anthony crazy, intoxicated with so many sensations.
In less than a minute, Anthony came and covered Jaekyung's hand with his cum, moaning. The sperm that came out of Anthony joined the sperm that had already stained Jaekyung's bed half an hour earlier.
Jaekyung's body was tense and his strokes became faster and faster. Feeling on the edge, Jaekyung quickly pulled out of Anthony and laid him on his back on the bed, pulled off his condom and brought his co*ck close to the boy's mouth, straddling his chest. The boy eagerly took what Jaekyung offered into his mouth and began to lick the tip of Jaekyung's co*ck, and when his front teeth gently grazed his slit, Jaekyung felt a sudden, overwhelming org*sm. Jaekyung jerked off as he grunted and came copiously all over the boy's face, leaving his mouth open so that he could taste everything that fell into it.
Slowly recovering from the org*sm, Jaekyung sat up and patted the boy's cheek in a congratulatory gesture.
"That wasn't bad."
That was enough to satisfy him, at least for this night.
Anthony had clear and precise instructions for the next morning. A maid would bring him breakfast early before he left, and at eight-thirty in the morning a taxi would be waiting for him outside the building to take him wherever he wanted to go.
**
The first person Jaekyung saw after that night was Dan. Dan always got up early because he liked to watch the sunrise from the panoramic windows. The sun streamed in through the window, illuminating the kitchen and Dan, giving his skin a dreamy glow, as if Dan was a spirit of grace. He was busy with the coffee maker.
"Oh, good morning, Dr. Joo! Did you sleep well?"
Sleep... Jaekyung did anything but sleep the night before.
"I did."
"Good, because today will be a busy day. Please sit down for breakfast."
Dan poured Jaekyung a cup of coffee and his glass of cold milk. This new lactose-free milk was just as delicious as whole milk, so Dan always bought it at the supermarket. Usually, lactose-free milk was an ugly color and tasted a bit bland. Jaekyung loved the brand from the first time he tried it, thanks to Dan.
After serving Jaekyung, Dan took a seat.
"We have a mini conference with the pharmaceutical company, and also appointment with the gynecologists. By the way, Dr. Joo, I don't know if it's my imagination, but I could have sworn the baby kicked me last night, I wonder if that's possible in this trimester, as I have understood that..."
"Watch your back, you dumbass! Ugh, we're about to lose the mission! You've been shot five times!"
Both men were startled to hear the voice of a person in the other room. Dan looked at Jaekyung, who had eyes like a deer in headlights. It was obvious that Anthony had not obeyed Jaekyung about leaving the house, and stayed behind playing video games on Jaekyung's nephews' game console.
Dan turned his head slightly to the side and Jaekyung spoke without thinking.
"I can explain!"
But Dan's face was one of even greater confusion. Why should Jaekyung explain things to him?
"I mean... Uh... This guy, there were no rooms... in the hotels..."
Dan's confusion was growing, and the expression on his face was indecipherable.
"Oh, doctor, you don’t have to... I mean, I have no right to meddle in your private life... besides, why would you need to look for a hotel room? This is your house."
Jaekyung shrugged his shoulders in a gesture of dignity and pride. Whenever Jaekyung felt for some reason found out and humiliated, he resorted to haughtiness.
"What's it to you? Come to my office after breakfast."
Jaekyung wiped his mouth with the napkin and got up from the table, intending to get the outsider out of the house, but at that instant Anthony appeared.
"Good morning! I was lured by the delicious coffee scent, but I couldn't abandon the mission. Sorry I couldn't join you sooner. Oh, by the way, hi! My name is Anthony and last night Jaekyung and I hooked up."
Anthony got closer to Dan.
"You're pregnant? How cool! But I hope Jaekyung is not the father. It's not nice to break up marriages, unless you're looking for a polyamorous relationship? Is that so? Can you include me in your list of candidates?"
Dan was still a little surprised, but as sweet and kind as he was, he smiled at Anthony. Meanwhile, a bead of sweat was running down Jaekyung's temple. It was amazing how Dan could maintain an apparent calm despite all the nonsense the unknown boy had said in less than a minute. If it were up to Jaekyung, he would have already grabbed him by his shirt collar all the way to the exit.
"Uhm, no, Jaekyung is not the father. I'm only a research subject, and I'm staying here temporarily for convenience."
"Then where’s the lucky father?"
"I'd rather not talk about it..."
"Single dad, then, I guess... Well, that's preferable to having a worthless bum who doesn't love you by your side."
"...You guys must have things to talk about, so I'll take my leave..." said Dan, getting up.
"Aww don't go away! It's so interesting to see a pregnant man! Can I touch your belly?"
"No." Jaekyung retorted, bluntly.
"Me, I'd like to get pregnant but I don't even know if I have a uterus." Anthony said, looking skyward in his reverie.
"Or maybe I'd like to get my partner pregnant too. Jaekyung, don't you feel like becoming a daddy? We can find out if I have a uterus, or maybe you have a uterus! Would you let me..."
"Don't even think about saying that!" interrupted Jaekyung, mortified.
"Didn't you have somewhere to go? I told you a cab would wait for you."
"Yes, but my dad sent his assistant to pick me up, so I declined the cab and decided to wait for him here. His plane is waiting for me at the airport.
Jaekyung looked at him, arching an eyebrow. The guy looked like a random broke international student.
"I should be flying to his estate in Monaco today...how boring. He wants to introduce me to his newborn son, but I don't want to go...my 'stepmom' is such a bitch." Anthony gave one too many explanations about his life, pouting, to these two men who were looking at him perplexed. Dan ended up liking his carefree and somewhat silly soul.
Anthony was handsome, free, and apparently very wealthy. Dan, on the other hand, was the opposite. A tasteless, lower-class, abused, pregnant boy.
Famous model Doyun, gorgeous old money European baby Anthony... once again, reality slapped Dan in the face. Hard.
"Well, I'll retire. It was nice meeting you, Anthony. I hope you have a safe trip."
"It was nice meeting you, Dan, hope to see you again soon!" replied Anthony, smiling.
"Kim Dan, wait..." said Jaekyung to him, but Dan was already walking away.
"Oh my goodness! He's so cute! Do you like him? That’s the reason of the nipple thing last night?"
"Anthony, shut the hell up." Jaekyung snapped back at him, running a hand over his face.
**
Evenings were a personal space for Dan. Usually his day was packed with X-rays and pokes in the arm or butt cheek, but the quiet nights were for reading and studying. Dan had not given up his studies; he never wanted to, on the contrary, his situation as a special patient made him more curious about the human body, and made him love science and his future profession even more, and so he took some remedial courses for some subjects, and enrolled in some online programs. He felt like fish in water inside the labs and examination rooms, and was proud to understand and have a well-informed opinion about anything Jaekyung said regarding his case.
As a person, Dan felt inferior, but not as a physician. In the medical field, Jaekyung and Dan were equals. Future Dr. Kim felt that he could look up to Dr. Joo with his head held high.
In the evenings Dan also chatted with his grandmother. At sixty-two, her relative youth helped her cope better with her illness, and these days she was in a good mood because she was in almost no pain, so she could spend up to an hour on video calls with her grandson. She loved watching the boy's tummy, and she never forgot to ask Dan to thank Jaekyung for her for allowing Dan to stay there.
"I wish I could meet Dr. Joo in person. He must be a wonderful lad..."
Dan also chatted with his friends, especially Yoon-gu, who missed him very much. Dan felt a little jealous when Yoon-gu told him everything he did with his other friends, but Yoon-gu would say so many words of encouragement and affection to him that this was quickly forgotten. Dan also felt a little sad to see how his friends attended classes without him, but it was only natural, life went on for everyone.
So his nights were bearable. As long as he was online.
Because when there was no one left to talk to, Dan would turn off the lights and lie quietly in his bed, at the mercy of his hormones and his longings.
Some nights he would cry thinking about Professor Lee. He never felt Professor Lee inside him and he hardly remembered anything about the rape, at least not lucidly, and so he had no memory of what it was like that day, but his brain played tricks on him from time to time, and in the early stages of his sleep he would feel the guy on top of him. He felt the man's breath on his neck, and his hands going where they should never have gone. Dan was never close enough to the professor to feel such a thing, but his mind managed to create this scenario in a way that felt sickeningly realistic. What made the experience sadder and uglier was that Dan was his friend for a long time, so he couldn't hate him. Confusion and heartbreak were more painful than pure hatred.
But Dan was undeterred by his mind. He would quickly do something, anything, to chase those demons away. He would read an extra module, or look up some interesting recipe to prepare for Dr. Joo the next day.
Other nights, his mind would involuntarily lead him to think of Jaekyung. Jaekyung hadn't brought any more boys home since Anthony's day, and Dan didn't notice him going out at night anymore, but he felt Jaekyung's gaze on him a little strange. It wasn't a look of displeasure, but a kind of fascination mixed with... fear? Apprehension? Jaekyung quickly turned away when Dan's eyes fell on him.
But Jaekyung was true to his word not to let anyone else touch Dan, so Dan felt Jaekyung's hands exploring his anatomy, but not his eyes. Sometimes he felt Jaekyung's hands pressing on certain places on his body a little more than necessary, just a second or two, but Dan dismissed those silly thoughts out of respect for the doctor. It was impossible for Jaekyung to feel the slightest attraction for him.
" He must even be repulsed by me. It's to be expected."
**
Dan needed to calm his hormones. He couldn't lie to himself. He needed to feel something. Dan touched himself many times, and even used his fingers more and more often, but he did it too many times until his body lost the sense of novelty and besides his fingers were fine and delicate, and too short. one day he was so horny that he went so far as to put four in, and only then, after half an hour of trying, with his fingers numb and the rest of his body cramping and while touching himself from the front, did he have a half-assed org*sm. His fingers were not getting where they needed to go.
Jaekyung, as always lacking all restraint and decorum when it came to speaking, brought it to his attention in the study room as he stared at Dan's butthole in the light of a large lamp.
"What have you been doing down there? It's puffy and I even notice slight lacerations."
"I... Uhm..."
Dan felt his whole body melt from embarrassment and was unable to form a single coherent word to respond, so he lay on the examination bed like a limp potato with his heart about to burst out of his mouth.
"Be careful what you stick in that hole. Just because you have a uterus doesn't mean you lubricate. And even if you did... Just imagining some inappropriate object getting stuck in there, I can see my head rolling at the medical board, the ministry, and the company. Don't get me in trouble with emergency surgery to take things out of your ass. Understood?"
"Yes, doctor," squeaked Dan like a mouse, on the verge of tears from shame.
**
Jaekyung, indifferent to Dan's torment, did not let the matter slip by. he was a physician concerned about Subject 101's health, so one random afternoon he came unannounced to Dan's room, who was reading in his bed.
"Kim Dan."
"Yes, Dr. Joo?" replied Dan. Jaekyung was holding a box in his hand.
Jaekyung said nothing to Dan and threw the box on the bed, and wordlessly stared at Dan, arms folded.
"Are those... shoes?" thought Dan. It was an elegant box lined in black velvet, whose label in gold letters read Zeus Store.
"What's in the box, Dr. Joo?" asked Dan.
