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Tae-Woo sat at the end of the bed as he first sat, watching So-Won’s behavior. So-Won returned to Tae-Woo’s side and found a guiding machine next to the bed, he then stopped in front of it. On the first night of moving to Tae-Woo’s house, he remembered him attaching a guiding machine and asked.
“Do you want me to turn on the guiding machine?”
“No, thank you.”
So-Won was looking for the power source of the guiding machine and thought he would naturally use it. He thought it would be good for Tae-Woo to get machine guidance at the same time as contact guidance, even though the connecting line is uncomfortable. But Tae-Woo’s thoughts were different.
Come to think of it, So-Won hasn’t seen Tae-Woo use machine guidance these days. Recalling the memory, Tae-Woo had never used the guiding machine at home since he began to visit his bedroom every night.
“Tae-Woo, why don’t you use a guiding machine at home?”
“I didn’t need to get machine guidance.”
Tae-Woo continued when So-Won questioned and showed that he didn’t understand.
“Thanks to Lee So-Won’s guidance, I didn’t have to use the guidance machine anymore.”
“But… I don’t know how to guide properly, so it wouldn’t have helped much…. At first, I could only hold your hand.”
“No, that was enough.”
So-Won closed his mouth and couldn’t say anything. So-Won was grateful when he said that that alone helped when they had only been able to hold hands until recently. So-Won felt his heart swell. So-Won nodded instead of answering.
So-Won stopped fiddling with the guiding machine and sat on the corner of the bed. It was so close to Tae-Woo that even if he moved a little, his shoulders would reach him.
“Then, the guiding….”
So-Won slowly opened his mouth and raised his head as he put his hand on the back of Tae-Woo’s hand.
Their eyes met for a moment, and the two kissed each other, regardless of who came first. No, maybe it was So-Won who started it first. It was So-Won who quietly closed his eyes first.
It was a kiss that was neither light nor strong. He kissed So-Won tenderly and gently touched his tongue. After a long kiss, So-Won seemed to forget to breathe, Tae-Woo removed his lips for a moment so that So-Won could breathe.
“Uhhaha”
Every time the tip of his tongue brushed, So-Won’s fingertips became tense. Tae-Woo’s fingers in contact with the back of his hand made him flinch. So-Won was ashamed that he would be caught responding to every move he made.
He continued to guide and then took a short break. It was late at night when Tae-Woo’s condition improved to some extent, and So-Won returned home with Tae-Woo. So-Won was very tired, maybe because he was busy walking around. Of course, Tae-Woo, who went to the gate, was exhausted beyond comparison with So-Won.
So-Won was sleepy enough to fall asleep right away if he lay in bed now. However, Tae-Woo’s condition was not completely improved, so he could not fall asleep yet. So-Won entered his room with a grim look on his face.”Where did it go….”
So-Won rummage deep in a drawer full of junk for a long time and pulled something out, shouting, “I found it!” In S-Won’s hand, there was a familiar-looking pamphlet.
[Guiding tips for men and women – For adults]
So-Won gulped and opened the first page.
His mind was hazy and he felt a warm warmth in his arms. It was good that the large size of both arms filled the emptiness after waking up. So-Won hugs something harder and rubs his face. But what he thought was a blanket was too hard to be a cloth.
“What?”
Blink, blink.
Tae-Woo’s arm stained with blood vessels was seen, causing So-Won to woke up from his sleep. Tae-Woo was fast asleep.
So-Won almost screamed. Fortunately, he managed to stop himself and there was no disturbance in the morning. So-Won quietly rolled his eyes in that posture. The window was half open, and a chilly wind was blowing through it.
For that reason, he seemed to be tangled with Tae-Woo in search of warm warmth. So-Won was pretending to be was tossing and turning to get away from him and then he paused.
…Let’s check Tae-Woo’s physical condition?
Since he is already hugging him, So-Won didn’t think it would be bad to check his condition. So-Won continued to pretend to sleep and checked the wavelength flowing from Tae-Woo. As the condition suddenly deteriorated, it was not much different before leaving for the gate, whether it was soon to return to its original state. The blood vessels returned as usual and remained calm.
This was a relief. There was no need to check anymore, so So-Won secretly released his arms holding Tae-Woo.
“Tae-Woo, did you sleep well?”
So-Won raised himself up, pretending to have just woken up. He doesn’t know since when, but Tae-Woo was already awake, but he seemed to have been unable to get up because of So-Won’s arm hugging him, making So-Won even more embarrassed.
“What time is it now?”
“It’s eleven o’clock.”
“It’s lunch soon….”
He woke up that late because he slept a little late. It was fortunate that Tae-Woo didn’t go to work first, leaving him behind. Before going to bed, So-Won tried hard to persuade Tae-Woo to take a day off from work tomorrow because his condition might get worse again.
When So-Won opened his eyes, he was hungry because he couldn’t eat anything since last night. What is today’s lunch menu? While looking through memories of eight years ago, which could not be recalled, So-Won suddenly noticed one fact.
Come to think of it, they’ve never eaten together at home….’
After starting to commute to and from Tae-Woo’s private room, they happened to have lunch together in his private room, but at home, they ate separately at a set time as if they had made an appointment. But So-Won never felt it was strange. It was because he had lived like that for so long. So-Won glanced at Tae-Woo. Shall he ask him to eat together? So-Won is more used to eating alone, but suddenly he felt it was strange to stay in the same house and eat separately.
“Tae-Woo, do you want to have lunch with me today?”
“If you wish, then we could do so.”
“Yes. Then I’ll call you when it’s time for us to eat together.”
So-Won texted right away. He was a little worried that Tae-Woo would say it was difficult because he always ate lunch alone on weekdays, but he replied that it was fine right away.
Tae-Woo was quietly looking at the open window, opening his mouth.
“Lee So-Won.”
“Why?”
“I have something to show you.”
So-Won tilted his head. Tae-Woo took So-Won outside without saying anything more. The moment So-Won went through the yard, his eyes widened.
“What?”
Two identical cars were parked in the yard unless there was something wrong with his eyes. When So-Won opened his eyes wide and looked up at Tae-Woo, Tae-Woo explained.
“I prepared it because I was worried that Lee So-Won would need to go alone on the day of the emergency call.”
“Well, are you giving it to me?”
“Yes. Ride it comfortably.”
Tae-Woo hands over the car key to So-Won. He shouldn’t like it this much, but his cheekbones and the corners of his mouth were honestly soaring into the sky. So-Won couldn’t hide his excitement and received the car keys with both hands.
There was no problem with material gifts between Esper and the guide. Of course, it would be burdensome if the gift was the price equivalent to the price of a house, but considering Tae-Woo, who changed his car every few months in the past, this would not be too much for him. In addition, it is not polite to refuse what he has already bought, so he thought he could take it.
“I prepared the same car because I wanted you to have the same car as mine, but…”
“No! I like it!”
The answer went out so fast that he cut off Tae-Woo. However, So-Won wanted to keep a car like this for a long time, so he wanted to finish the conversation quickly and look around.
So-Won was so excited that he forgot about being hungry. Excited So-Won even begged Tae-Woo to go around the neighbourhood. After arriving home, he realized that he had been walking around with Tae-woo, who was not healthy, but his excitement did not subside easily.
So-Won stared at Tae-Woo with a serious look.
It was always so quiet that So-Won rarely open his mouth first. It was the same as when they first met, Tae-Woo was considerate of him every moment. The same was true of the daily routine of going to work together and returning home together to guide and fall asleep together.
It was because of his appearance that he felt he needed to change.
It’s midterms week so I’m a bit busy with all of the projects and review.