Knowing Brother-Chapter 67

Won Dae-young really didn't bring up the letter and just looked forward. In the middle of the car stopping, he checked his phone, checking messengers or SNS. That wasn't all. He also played music that he hadn't played when he picked up Choi Seol-woo. The car audio ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ came on between the two of them, who had never had an awkward gap.

It seemed like he wasn't aware of Choi Seol-woo, so I felt relieved, but on the other hand, I couldn't shake off the bitter feeling.

- I'm shaking more and more and more and twisting again warp, warp, warp

- I can't avoid shaking, you're my, turn everything upside down

A faint scent of perfume came from the front seat where hip-hop music was blaring loudly. It was soon summer. Won Dae-young unbuttoned another button of his shirt and flapped his collar. The color and shade of his muscles between his collars were reflected on the dark windshield. An underwear advertisement overlapped the reflected shape.

Today, Won Dae-young was darker than ever before. Choi Seol-woo, who had been glancing at the front seat, was the first to break the long silence.

“If it’s hot, turn on the air conditioner.”

Won Dae-young shook his head slightly to answer. His attitude of not paying any attention to Choi Seol-woo was strange. He had to be joking around, but he was Won Dae-young. It was the first time he had seen him like that. He realized that he was so indifferent to someone he had no connection with.

He should have been happy to see her, but he felt uncomfortable. Choi Seol-woo, who accepted that the reason was because the silence was awkward, said one more thing.

“And, you don’t have to take responsibility for transportation from now on. I can take care of it myself.”

“Okay.”

Won Dae-young’s response ended with him nodding his head to the beat of the music. ... ... This was right, but something, something was strange. Ambiguous questions filled his head.

“.......”

After thinking about it, Choi Seol-woo figured out why Won Dae-young’s indifferent attitude was uncomfortable. The devil didn’t fit. Why did his attitude suddenly change so completely? If there was a change in his mind, there must be a reason.

The car stopped at the subway station exit. Won Dae-young went to the back seat and said a few words.

Choi Seol-woo got out of the car, slammed the door, and walked a few steps before finally turning around. Choi Seol-woo had a personality that couldn’t stand ambiguous questions that didn’t make sense. He returned to the car and knocked on the passenger window.

When the window went down, Won Dae-young, who had been fiddling with his phone with his elbow on the windowsill, opened his eyes slightly.

“I’ve been feeling uneasy since a while ago. Your attitude suddenly changed. Of course, it was the result I wanted, but it’s strange. I need to know why you suddenly stopped talking nonsense. What’s wrong? What’s wrong with your mind? Is it because of the letter?”

“What? Are you curious about that?”

“You can’t talk openly while drinking at your house, just talk now. I can’t stand this kind of thing. If I go on like this, I won’t be able to sleep. As you know, I’m a person who is extremely obsessed with relationships.”

Won Dae-young raised his eyebrows as if he was happy. He personally opened the passenger door and signaled for them to sit down.

After getting in, the car went up a steep road and turned into an alley. Won Dae-young parked the car in a small alley in a residential area. After the engine stopped, the car, which still had the cold air from the air conditioner, was soon enveloped in silence.

Won Dae-young turned his head, even turning off the lights inside the car.

“Does it matter? Do you even care?”

“I feel better if I know for sure, so just talk.”

“You know, Choi Seol-woo.”

The streetlight was quite far away. He chose the darkest spot in the alley. The silence felt even greater in the pitch-black darkness. Won Dae-young stretched out his arm and placed his elbow on Seol-woo’s sheet. Won Dae-young, who had been leaning in close, continued.

“Yes... I have a change of heart. If you ask why.”

“......”

“Because you became uncomfortable.”

Did Choi Seol-woo finally get the ending he had originally intended? Was he still uncomfortable with the relationship with the same-sex lover he so detested? Or did he feel that Choi Seol-woo’s actions of blowing the chance to get back together with his ex-girlfriend were immoral?

It had finally come. The moment to end our relationship. As he realized that he could now distance himself, the cold snow seemed to be wrapping around his head.

A few weeks ago, after consulting with ChatGPT, he had written a profit and loss statement and a declaration of severance of ties. At that time, Choi Seol-woo quantified the things Won Dae-young had provided in the ‘Sales’ section of the profit and loss statement, and mainly entered the mental damage in the ‘Expenses’ section. The memories they had shared together were also included in ‘Sales.’ The profit after deducting expenses from sales was negative.

However, there was one item that was not included in the table,

'Unconditionally on each other's side.'

It was something that could not be quantified, so I could not write it down. Because of that one thing, I had held on to the relationship until now.

But now, even that relationship that I could not bring myself to convert into numbers was breaking apart.

"Look at me."

At the unexpected words, Choi Seol-woo turned to the driver's seat. It was impossible to predict his intentions just by looking at his calm eyes. The face of Won Dae-young, who had come closer, was new. A face that was expected and admired by tens of millions of people. His thick skin had a sticky yet mature atmosphere.

"Oh, Choi Seol-woo, you're uncomfortable. I thought you'd feel nauseous, but instead of feeling nauseous, I just kept thinking about other things."

"......."

"You're uncomfortable. You're bothering me. You're shaking up the damn basic things that I thought were certain."

Choi Seol-woo, who was defenseless, couldn’t come up with any defenses at the moment. Even though he had practiced acting calmly toward Won Dae-young for over a decade, he had never experienced a situation like this before.

Naturally, it was the right time to explain that he was disappointed, that he had lost interest, or that he no longer considered him family.

Won Dae-young must have seen Seol-woo’s agitated eyes, and even though his pride was screaming that he absolutely did not want to reveal his true feelings, he could not control his body as he wished.

After a few seconds, he doubted his ears.

Was it a hidden camera? A romance scam?

He’s not a poor bastard, so he wouldn’t seduce me for financial gain. What could it be? Why? What kind of possibility is this? He was filled with questions.

Seol-woo shook his head with a distorted face and asked a question.

“What are the basic ethics you think of?”

“Uh... Even if Choi Seol-woo slept with anyone in the world, I wouldn’t be on that list.”

After thinking about the meaning of the words, his head became dizzy. Won Dae-young exhaled deeply and leaned closer, resting his chin on the shoulder of the seat.

“Are you very tired now?”

His low mutterings were out of context. However, it wasn’t hard to grasp the implication. Since the air conditioner had been off for a long time, his lower body seemed to be getting hotter. The rapid drumbeat began to beat loudly against his left chest.

“Stop it.”

Choi Seol-woo tried to regain his cold gaze. When he answered in a half-asleep voice, his black eyes swept over Seol-woo’s face once, once down, once straight ahead, from a slightly closer place.

The dark silence was sensual. Even the rustling of clothes and the sound of breathing stimulated his senses.

“Let’s test it with a kiss. Of course, if you want.”

“Fuck, how could that be?”

“Grade it. What score is this kiss?”

Won Dae-young’s shoulder suddenly blocked his view. He lightly touched the passenger door handle and brought his smiling face closer. Crazy bastard. When on earth did he take off his seatbelt? His eyes were clear and shining.

“If it can’t be done because of Yoon Ji-hwan, then don’t think about it. I’ll take care of that. Depending on what you want.”

“......Crazy....”

He slowly lowered his eyes. While gently swiping his eyes across Seol-woo’s face, he maintained a certain distance, which seemed to mean that he was giving her one last chance to reject him.

He had no intention of sympathizing with this bastard’s impulsive sexual desire. How could a natural male not put in this much effort to succeed in a one-night stand? Seol-woo held onto his reason until the very end. I could have pushed his shoulder right away, but I decided to express my intentions directly.

“Daeyoung, don’t do that.”

You slept with the person you were dating not long ago.

I don’t know what your intentions are, or if you’re trying to scam me into romance.

Don’t do that to me. Don’t do that.

“Don’t do it, hyung.”

If you come one step closer, I won’t be able to refuse. So don’t do that to me. You can’t do that to me.

“Can you take responsibility?”

You must never hurt me. If you do, I’ll become someone who no one in the world can love.

So please, if you’re going to go, go now. If you don’t go now and leave later, then.

I’ll kill you.

“You’ll regret it 100% tomorrow. If you think I’ll come over if you tease me because my friend came out to me, then you won’t be able to see my face starting tomorrow. <Knowing Brother> will end like this. Can you take responsibility for everything?”

Even before Seol-woo’s threat ended, the answer he received was full of conviction.

“Oh, take responsibility. Even if you run away now, even if I push you harder than now, I take responsibility for it all. Have I ever not taken responsibility for you?”

“.......”

“No matter how far you run, I’ll catch up soon. Don’t worry.”

Choi Seol-woo couldn’t find the words to reply. He couldn’t block this kid’s actions anymore, and it was hard to ignore his heavy presence that filled the driver’s seat and covered Seol-woo’s seat, so all that was left was to open the door and go out.

Some might ask, “Couldn’t all of Won Dae-young’s words and actions be sincere? Even a few percent?”

No. Choi Seol-woo in this scene at this moment thinks this way.

Even a few percent can’t be sincere.

If that were the case, what would have happened to all of our time in the past ten years?

So before getting out of the car, Choi Seol-woo turned to Won Dae-young one last time. To show that he didn't care about him, he tried to mock him in a way he had never done to anyone before.

Choi Seol-woo pressed his face close to Won Dae-young's. Then, he put his hand between his legs, which were stretched out under the handle.