That guy is This guy Side story 2 chapter 5

5.

Wine to drink alone with your loved one. Who wouldn’t be thrilled by this romantic situation?

After finishing dinner, Chae Yoo-jeong and I took our wine bottle and glasses and sat side by side on the sofa. I put on a movie with the sound turned down, turned off the lights in the living room, and opened a bottle. Golden liquid filled the wine glass.

“It’s like juice, isn’t it?”

"Yes."

Chae Yoo-jeong held the glass of wine I poured for him, smelled it, and nodded his head. The white wine said to contain honey gave off a sweet scent just by pouring it into a glass.

I poured some wine into my glass and sat down. I held out a wine glass to Chae Yoo-jeong, who was looking at the wine with a curious expression.

“Although the alcohol content is low, wine is wine, so drink it slowly. There’s no need to empty the whole glass.”

"Yes."

Chae Yoo-jeong smiled softly and followed my gesture with his glass of wine. The wine glasses clinked together, and a clear sound rang out.

I took a sip of wine and continued to monitor Chae Yoo-jeong’s mood, who was sitting next to me.

‘If this is enough…it’s pretty good, right?’

Of course, it would be nice if we could progress to skinship through this drinking party, but what was more important than that was the good memories and experiences that Chae Yoo-jeong would have, was what I first had in mind.

Since I ruined the first drinking party of his life, I had to make up for it somehow this time. I want Chae Yoo-jeong to have good memories of me when he drinks.

“Hyung, can you drink? You have to go to work tomorrow.”

“The alcohol content is low, so what?”

To me, alcohol below 10 percent was literally no different from drinking water.

So what if I drank some? It was my first time drinking alone with Chae Yoo-jeong, so I wanted to put aside thoughts about tomorrow.

"How is it?"

I asked Chae Yoo-jeong, who tried wine for the first time, what he thought. Chae Yoo-jeong evaluated the drink, tilting his head with a strange expression.

“It’s sweet, but… it’s a bit bitter.”

“It’s not really juice. Wine is naturally a bit bitter. I don’t drink it often, so I don’t know much about it.”

I pushed a plate of cheese in front of Chae Yoo-jeong and took another sip.

“Are you going to start preparing for the summer season competition right after the vacation is over?”

“I think so. There are hold cups in the fall, so I won’t be able to rest until the end of the year after this vacation.”

“You really need to get some rest during this vacation.”

I answered lightly, but nervousness began to surge in my heart.

After this vacation, he’ll be busy until the end of the year? Crazy. If this continues, we’ll only be stuck with kissing until the end of the year, right?

"I guess it’s difficult. If you look at it objectively, it’s true that your skills are a bit worse than before."

“They said Kwon Do-hyun will retire after this season.” 

"Really? His skills are still good enough to think of retirement.”

Kwon Do-hyun was player Tenet who was working as a jungler on the team along with Chae Yoo-jeong. Perhaps because his position and age were the same, Chae Yoo-jeong was also someone he felt comfortable dealing with.

Retire. Actually, it wasn’t surprising. Although it is getting later and later these days, professional gamers usually consider retirement when they turn 25.

Aging Curve [1] is a problem, and there are so many young and talented players who are making strides.

“You haven’t thought about it yet, have you?”

“I think I’ll do it until at least next year. If my body can still handle it, I think I’ll do it next year as well.”

Even though it was about his own retirement, Chae Yoo-jeong spoke calmly without any emotional changes.

In fact, it was too early for Chae Yoo-jeong to worry about it. Not only did he win the competition yesterday, but even when looking around the community, it was difficult to find any criticism of Chae Yoo-jeong’s skills.

I smiled mischievously, holding my chin to prevent the air from becoming too heavy.

“Don’t worry, I’ll feed you after you retire.”

Chae Yoo-jeong, who is probably 10 times wealthier than me, rolled his eyes and burst into laughter at the joke. Although the alcohol content was low, his laughter was brighter and louder than usual, perhaps because of the alcohol involved.

“Are you going to keep dating me even though I’m unemployed?” 

"Of course. That’s the only good thing about being a salaried worker. Something stable. Since you can use all my salary, how about taking a year off when you retire? You can also travel. You’ve been working since you were 19.”

"Traveling..…”

Chae Yoo-jeong, who was fiddling with a wine glass, asked me with his eyes sparkling.

“There are so many places I want to go with Hyung.”

"Where?"

“The sea. I want to go abroad too... I think America would be good too. I used to go there for the Hold Cup, but I was busy so I couldn’t see anything.” 

"Okay. Let’s go to the sea first this year. It’s not a big deal.”

It looks like the sea is quite possible during this vacation. The nearby sea is worth a day trip or overnight trip.

Although it was a topic that came up by chance, traveling was a really good idea. If I can’t go on vacation this year, I’ll definitely make time to go see Chae Yoo-jeong and the sea at the end of the year. Because the winter sea has its own charm.

A few more conversations took place like that. Chae Yoo-jeong who, like me, had been sipping wine between conversations, surprisingly emptied his glass cleanly as it seemed to suit his taste.

“Can I have one more drink?”

“You can, but… Are you okay?”

“One more drink is okay.”

Chae Yoo-jeong spoke with a bright smile, similar to usual. Can I really give it to him? His complexion is fine, though.

Still, I was worried, so I filled it with a much smaller amount than before. Although the alcohol content was low, it was still wine. Moreover, Chae Yoo-jeong was weak to alcohol and at the same time I did not know the exact amount of alcohol he drank, so I had no choice but to be cautious.

“If you feel like you’re going to get drunk, put it down right away. Do you understand?” 

“Yes.”

Chae Yoo-jeong, holding a refilled wine glass, nodded his head calmly. Anyway, his answer was very good.

Now Chae Yoo-jeong drank the wine without any hesitation even though he said it was bitter at first.

As he continued drinking, I guess he got used to the taste. Since I couldn’t let Chae Yoo-jeong drink alone, I filled my empty glass with wine once more and drank it with him.

***

So 30 minutes later. I swallowed a sigh and gently shook Chae Yoo-jeong’s shoulder.

“Yoo-jeong, come back to your senses.”

“Umm.”

Chae Yoo-jeong, who was slowly blinking his eyes with his cheeks turning red, heard my call and looked up at me. Then he leaned his head against the back of the sofa and smiled.

“Hyung………….”

“…….”

The pronunciation is somewhat slurred with the end of the sentence being long. I quickly assessed Chae Yoo-jeong’s condition and touched his forehead.

‘Even if you look at him rolling over, he looks unmistakably drunk.’

I had no idea since when he got this drunk?

He was clearly fine until I filled my glass. How can he get drunk so quickly? Maybe he was already drunk, but it wasn’t obvious?

“Let’s go to bed.”

I can’t help it. I put down the glass and got Chae Yoo-jeong up. If he was this drunk, there was nothing more I could do. It was late, so it was better to just let him sleep.

Chae Yoo-jeong obediently stood up as I pulled him. I headed to the bedroom while lugging Chae Yoo-jeong, who was hicking.

I was glad we drank at home. If we drank outside like last time, I would have had to carry him again... Although I love Chae Yoo-jeong, this bastard is also tall and too heavy.

That was when I went into the bedroom and was about to lay Chae Yoo-jeong down on the bed. Chae Yoo-jeong wrapped his arms around my waist and didn’t let go, so I fell down on the bed.

The mattress shook slightly along with the sound of sheets rubbing. I was about to lay Chae Yoo-jeong down and clean up after him, but I panicked and grabbed Chae Yoo-jeong’s arm that was around my waist.

“Chae Yoo-jeong.”

“Hyung, can you give me a kiss?”

Chae Yoo-jeong, who was facing me, slightly folded the corners of his eyes and begged for a kiss from me. Chae Yoo-jeong was so pretty looking up at me from underneath me that I felt heat rising to the back of my neck.

“What kind of kiss are you doing when you’re drunk? Go to sleep.”

“I’m fine. Kiss me, yes?"

“Yoo-jeong-ah.”

The string of reason trembled precariously, as if it would break at any moment. My patience was quickly running out, so I called out Chae Yoo-jeong’s name as if pleading. But Chae Yoo-jeong didn’t know how fast my beating heart was, so he pushed his face even closer and begged me again.

“Please, Hyung.”

I had the illusion of hearing something snapping in my head. Completely defeated and unable to resist this sloppy yet cute temptation, I lowered my head and kissed Chae Yoo-jeong’s red lips.

After enduring as much as I could, I finally reached Chae Yoo-jeong’s lips and inserted my tongue into them, sucking like crazy. I couldn’t control myself at all. My raspy breath and my hands moved in time with my rapidly beating heart.

As I continued to kiss, I groped Chae Yoo-jeong’s waist and slipped my hands under his clothes. I chewed on Chae Yoo-jeong’s tongue, feeling his soft skin touch my palm.

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1) Aging Curve: A phenomenon in which athletic ability deteriorates and skills decline after a certain age. This term is mainly used when evaluating an athlete’s skills.

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MM: I believe that what exacerbates deterioration is the over training– hours and hours of excessive training everyday can make the body exceed its limits for a while but after that, the body will start to break. 

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Credits:

Translator: Hoshi Miya

Editor/Proofreader: Meimei, Ghostx

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