VSP 20

Sejun finally lifted the hand that had been holding Cha Dogyeong’s shoulder, grabbed his cheek, and slammed his lips against those well-shaped lips.

It was almost like a traffic accident.

Then he rubbed his lips against his a few times, thinking that should be enough, and hurriedly pulled back.

But the dungeon stayed silent. The exit still hadn’t appeared, and the words “Room you can’t leave without kissing” still floated in the air. It hadn’t worked at all.

“Why!? I did it!”

Sejun shouted in frustration, but the answer came not from the system, but from Cha Dogyeong in front of him.

“…Are you kidding me?”

“No…”

Of course Sejun knew. A kiss wasn’t just bumping lips. It was an act that mixed tongues as well as emotions.

“You grabbed my face so forcefully I thought you were going to actually do something.”

“No, fuck, but how could I m…!”

How could I do that to you! Sejun was about to shout, but couldn’t continue. Cha Dogyeong, as if he wouldn’t put up with this childish play any longer, stretched out his arm, grabbed Sejun’s cheek just as Sejun had done, and pulled his face closer.

The moment Sejun thought that unbearably handsome face was coming close, Cha Dogyeong’s tongue pushed past his lips without hesitation.

The first feeling of his first kiss was, simply, soft and squishy.

Unlike the fantasy kiss he had imagined, where it would feel full of love, the kiss with Cha Dogyeong was squishy, erotic, wet, and hot. Sejun, overwhelmed by the sudden rush of sensations, flailed helplessly and only managed to grab clumsily Cha Dogyeong’s clothes.

Cha Dogyeong was good at kissing. Sejun, who knew nothing, could only struggle to match his breathing.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, my first kiss.

Though the problem was that it was with Cha Dogyeong, it was much more thrilling than the kiss he had imagined. The only problem was that the partner was Cha Dogyeong, that damned bastard!

[Sejun-nim, the exit appeared.]

At those words from the system, Sejun’s eyes flew open, and the moment they met Cha Dogyeong’s gaze staring right at him, he thought he would rather faint on the spot.

“Wait, wait, ah.”

His breath was gone, the door was open, wasn’t that enough? Sejun pushed Cha Dogyeong away with all his strength. Their lips, which had been stuck together the whole time finally separated.

Between their lips, the imagined “silver thread” stretched then snapped apart, making Sejun feel even more that he had given his precious first kiss to Cha Dogyeong. His face distorted like he was about to cry.

“Hey, the door–”

–opened… But before he could finish, Cha Dogyeong pulled him back again, and Sejun was forced into another kiss, tongues mixing once more. He hadn’t even had the chance to say the door was open. In the end, Sejun gave up his second kiss too, handing it over to Cha Dogyeong.

“…..?”

When Cha Dogyeong naturally tangled his tongue with his, Sejun unconsciously parted his lips in response, filling his head with countless question marks.

You crazy bastard, the door’s already open!

•••

Lemon flavor.

That was the first impression. The moment their tongues touched, a sweet and tangy lemon taste hit the tip of his tongue. Why did it taste like that? Then he remembered–before entering the dungeon, he had given Sejun his lemonade to drink. Fortunately, it was a flavor Dogyeong liked.

Not that bad.

That was the second impression. Sejun’s face, red to the ears, kissing him while flustered with eyes tightly closed–it didn’t look that bad. When he said it was his first kiss, it hadn’t sounded like a joke–Seo Sejun was unnecessarily honest, so Cha Dogyeong hadn’t thought it was a joke anyway, but it was entertaining watching him kiss awkwardly, unable to breathe properly, gasping and struggling,”.

Clumsily moving his tongue to match Cha Dogyeong’s movements while panting was funny to watch.

So even though it was a ridiculous situation where he had to kiss a man, it didn’t feel all that unpleasant. The fact that the other man was Seo Sejun was ridiculous and annoying, but out of the two choices–either this or the Antlion Hell–it wasn’t that bad.

“Hey, the door–”

So when Sejun suddenly pushed him away with those words, Cha Dogyeong was caught off guard, and felt irritated.

He didn’t hold back. He pulled the body that was trying to escape back into his arms and kissed the lips he had just been enjoying once more.

He didn’t like that Sejun tried to pull away, but he did like that when he tapped Sejun’s lips with his tongue, Sejun reflexively opened his mouth.

But the kiss didn’t last long.

“The door! The door’s open, you bastard!”

Because Seo Sejun, trembling almost like he was convulsing, pushed him away again.

Only then did Cha Dogyeong open his eyes wide, realizing just who he had been kissing and holding.

He lifted his head and saw the entrance behind them had turned into a door they could use to leave again.

The cube had been cleared.

Before long, the cube was filled with the refreshing air unique to a cleared dungeon.

So I was so absorbed in kissing that I didn’t even realize the dungeon had cleared?

When Dogyeong turned his gaze back toward Seo Sejun, he saw that Sejun, just as dazed as himself, suddenly cried out “Ahhh” and began roughly scrubbing his lips.

Because of that short kiss, his lips were already wet and swollen, and with his rough rubbing they turned even redder and puffier.

“Shut up! Isn’t there a wet tissue in subspace?”

Dogyeong didn’t know what the system had said, but watching Sejun yell “Shut up, shut your mouth” in a panic made him feel irritated.

Did Sejun think he had kissed him because he wanted to?

They had agreed to kiss because of the dungeon clear, and yet here he was acting like a bug had touched him. It was impossible not to get annoyed.

Dogyeong got annoyed when he saw Sejun, who finally got what he wanted and pulled out a wet tissue from the system, scrubbing his lips raw with it.

“Stop making a fuss and come here.”

“What? What are you planning to do now!?”

Dogyeong couldn’t help but make a face that said he was losing patience. It was like he was being treated as some kind of molester.

“Don’t you want to get out?”

“Ah.”

Sejun lifted his head and looked toward the exit. From the start, they had dropped down inside, and now the exit had appeared in the same spot, about the height of the second or third floor of a building. It didn’t look easy to leave.

Of course, that was only by ordinary standards. For Dogyeong, it wasn’t hard. But Seo Sejun, whose physical strength without his summons was only a little stronger than a regular human, wasn’t the same.

“If you don’t like it, get out on your own.”

When Dogyeong reached out his hand, Sejun seemed to realize what he meant. He glanced at the high exit again, and knowing it wasn’t possible with his own body, he hesitated, then approached slowly.

The expression on his face made it clear he wanted to run away from this situation.

Fuck, does he think I’m enjoying touching him right now?

Though it annoyed him, Dogyeong couldn’t leave Sejun behind. He grabbed his waist without hesitation and launched toward the exit.

Once outside, Association staff who had been waiting greeted them with smiling faces, saying “Good work,” but then stiffened when they saw the two stuck so close together.

The moment Sejun felt those eyes on them, he quickly slipped out of Dogyeong’s arms.

Dusting off his clothes as if they were covered with something dirty, he suddenly muttered in regret.

“I should’ve called Hoya…”

From earlier, everything Sejun did was somehow irritating, but Dogyeong held it in.

He looked around. Lee Dohun, who had been pulled into a different cube, was nowhere to be seen.

“Where’s Lee Dohun?”

He asked one of the staff waiting. The staff member shook his head.

“Didn’t he go in with you?”

“It was a escape room type.”

“Ah.”

The staff seemed to understand right away why the team had been split. He shook his head.

“He hasn’t come out yet.”

Dogyeong and Sejun hadn’t exactly been fast either. Normally, once a mission was set, unless you failed, you could come out immediately in an escape room type dungeon. Dohun was slower than the two of them, who had wasted time hesitating and arguing…

“He must be in the Antlion Hell.”

That meant Lee Dohun had fallen into the Antlion Hell.

Falling in meant suffering like hell, but not death. Buy in case of unexpected problems, it was best to wait until the dungeon was fully cleared, so Dogyeong naturally stayed near the dungeon.

That was the basic stance, so even Seo Sejun, who didn’t get along with Dohun, had no choice but to wait as well.

The staff brought chairs so they could wait comfortably, but Sejun, constantly glancing at Dogyeong and subtly dragged his chair farther away.

Trying to sit as far as possible.

And yet he seemed to think he was hiding it well.