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-a loud night, the lively streets of the city, and in a corner, loud clanking of the cups filled with the booze, lousy laughs of the female prostitutes, and in a corner of a private room of the brothel, sat lee hyo, with his life friend and secrets bearer, lee sahwon.
He kept drinking whatever the hostesses poured for him, the moment he emptied his cup, it got filled again…and he kept emptying it...over and over again. Boredom wearing his face as he kept chugging the tasteless concoction.
On the other corner of the table, Lee sahwon seemed to be enjoying the night to its limits, the more he drank the more slurry his words got. he looked at lee hyo and asked:
“Lee hyo-ah, are you going to spend this night on a cold, lonely bed tonight too?” Pity masking his face, or maybe he was rubbing in the fact that he was clearly enjoying this night more than his confidant.
“Why must you ruin my night with your venomous words” he clicked his tongue, Scrunching his face in annoyance. seemed like lee sahwon’s playful nature can be hurtful too sometimes.
“Oh my, how could i ever ruin your mood even more that it’s already ruined” lee sahwon said, fake concern taking over his face.
Before lee hyo formed a response, a hostesses named gyeonsu chimed in, fawning all over him lee hyo.
“My lord, why would your bed ever get cold and lonely, when you have all this glory, any woman, would fall at your feet, my lord”.
“eyes as sharp as a hawks, build as mystical as a mountain-“ she went on complimenting him and throwing her self on his shoulder, before getting interrupted.
“Cut it off, that man is a lost cause, why don’t you come to my side instead” lee sahwon said, slyly. As if he was a fox trying to lure his prey.
Seeing the exchange, lee hyo shruged, it’s not that he doesn’t want to bed a woman, however looking back at the years he had his own reasons.
“Lee hyo-ah, i heard of something that could be the solution to your..loneliness” lee saheon said, caressing gyeonsu that slumped into his embrace.
“And what could that solution of yours be” lee hyo responded, his tone plain not even changing the direction of his eyes.
“Have you tried a man’s body instead of a woman’s..?”
Hearing this very surprising suggestion, lee hyo squinted at lee sahwon suspiciously:
“…are you suggesting that-“
“NO! I don’t mean MY body, you bastard!!!” Lee sahwon exclaimed, his face red.
“Ah, that would make sense”
He shakes his head and cleared his throat before continuing:
“I heard that.. there is a tavern, well…a brothel on the north of the 19th gate of the city, and...i heard that it was a house of sodomy...they closed it upon the lack of costumers, and the dangerous nature of the area.
However…i heard that one of the prostitutes still goes there.
Peope talked that his eyes are as beautiful as a gazelles, they say that he has lips as soft as a cherry, and shoulders so broad.”
He acted nonchalant but in reality, it was as if a predator was putting out a bait, he added:
“they say that he comes back there each full moon, serving the finest client his eyes land on…” he looked at lee hyo, as if he was hinting something.
Lee hyo replies, unconvinced:
“Why are you telling me this…none of this matter concerns me” he scoffed in dismisal. “and besides, wouldn’t that man choose a new partner the next moon anyway?”
Hearing lee hyo’s answer, he shrugged, saying “only rumours have i heard, i wouldn’t…know” he said as he shifted his gaze, his lip end slightly curved before lifting up his cup to his mouth and chugging the rest of what was in it.
One by one, the prostitutes followed lee sahwon that left the room earlier leaving lee hyo behind.
“You, stay here” he called out to gyeonsu, startling her as she turned her back to him.
“M-My lord...? Me?”
“Yes, everyone else can…leave” he demanded.
The woman’s cheek blushed, understanding what lee hyo implied.
He beckoned her between his knees, spreading them slightly more that before.
“Sit here” he ordered, she couldn’t read his emotions at that moment. Yet she complied obediently.
He caressed her neatly styled hair, then he lowered his hand to her neck, then her exposed shoulder. Rubbing along the way.
“Your name…?” He asked.
“Ah! gyeonsu my lord…my name is gyeonsu”
Hearing her answer he hummed, face blank.
“..what does he make you do to him?” He asked her.
She tilted her head confused.
“By he.. you mean?”
“Lee sahwon”
Suddenly the air got even more heavy, was this what got lee hyo turned on? She did not understand.
“Do whatever you would do to him”
He ordered, his hand playing under her clothes.
She nodded, eyes glossy. Slowly she stripped lee hyo’s bottom side, even his undergarments,
She gasped, meeting his penis right in the level of her eyes. The colour was a light pink, she had never seen anything like this before, it was pretty… she thought, biting down her lip.
“My lord…can i? She whimpered, lee hyo nodded before even she continued her sentence.
She then took the penis between her hands, admiring it. The soft penis was yet to harden, still. It nearly filled her mouth, as she sucked and licked the soft shaft.
Her moans filled the room as she savoured the taste, yet… lee hyo’s body remained stiff, and penis remained soft.
She looked up at her lord for the first time since starting, and then she saw it.
An emotion on his face..
not arousal, not excitement, not even guilt that some cherry boys would feel after using her body.
It was distress.
“Enough” he said, pushing her face away from his cock.
“My lord..?! Was i..not good enough?” Her eyebrows curved in a weird emotion.
However, her lord remained silent, looking out the window.
He sighed, rubbing his face with his balm.
“You can leave too” he said, finally releasing her.
She rushed out of the room, eyes filled with tears.
As mid night fell, it left lee hyo to rethink by himself, he darted his eyes back into the open window that snuck in leaves.
He went deep into his thoughts, the country has been seeing more chaos lately. as more and more assaults come from the eastern borders. Despite the fact that his majesty has not sent him any orders, He needed to be prepared for sudden matters that might come in.
northern known, yet obscure top military division–the division of the dokkaebae, is leading the investigation in regard of the east’s next attacks rumoured assaults , any distractions from his side he could risk getting out of touch with his comrades..
he debated risking it all, his position, his reputation, and more than all–his pride.
He, suddenly got up from his seat, as if he had finally decided…
he decided to take on lee sahwon’s advice, Was it the alcohol? Was it his desperation for a passionate touch? he decided to go on and risk it all anyway.
If he gets into the road this night. he should arrive the night before the full moon. In his intoxicated mind, he staggered to the stable, mounted his horse and nudged it, leaving the scene.
Accompanying the chilly breeze of of the road’s nights, the stars were clear, and the road was calm, the scenery blurred his brain, as if he was a mindless body.
he kept on moving forward and forward, occasionally stopping at random stops and villages, he truthfully did not know what he was even doing, it was all random decisions made by impulses. He spent days and nights roaming the roads, other occasions he would stop to observe the wild life, at nights he would follow the stars, he kept on that routine for a week, or maybe two, he didn’t really count…
Day after day he spent, until he finally saw it on the corner of his eyes…his destination.
upon approaching the northern sides at around noon, the streets didn’t look any more lively than the roads leading to them, maybe even more forsaken, there were clear signs of destruction. These areas were clearly under attack years ago, no signs of animals were seen, some greenery was still found but the ruins were more common. no wonder that brothel was closed down. but even then, this thought sparked a question in his mind, why would one go back over and over to such area? It was clearly a vulnerable location.
Between the abandoned shacks and stalls, there were very few walled houses and buildings.
He wandered around, looking for a spot to settle his horse into.
sunset grew darker turning into night. lee hyo’s memories of the old times waved into his shores of mind, he recalled the time when he found out that he is different that others.
The memories of his coming out of age ceremony, and what came to happen afterwards, when his study mates teased him into accompanying them to a brothel, the touches of the prostitutes did nothing to his body, he remained stiff and unamused.
as the years passed, his crave for a passionate touch grew too, someone that could look him in the eyes, and make his heart melt…
Hours passed, they kept passing, the moon had already settled, lee hyo didn’t know when to expect the “mysterious man”, before the moon? Or after it? What was taking him so long, maybe he wasn’t that curious, but the boredom of barely talking to people for days had gotten to him.
He didnt want to enter any of the buildings, fearing to interfere with their privacy, he kept reminding himself to be patient as he waited sitting on a random threshold.
As he waited, he began doubting wether that man would really come to this dump of hovel...he sighed resting his face on his balm, he even began doubting wether this all was a tasteless jest from his friend.
Suddenly, lee hyo heard a rustle that alerted him, he placed his hand on his knife, as cation wore him, this area was still dangerous after all, his eyes darted scanning his surroundings.
On the side of his eye, a figure appeared, an unfamiliar breeze made its way over.
A deep, sweet smell, what was it…Amber? Where did this man come from.?
He turned his back, finally facing the figure and meeting its eyes, he wanted to see the owner of that strong presence right behind him.
A tall man stood by his eye level, lee hyo blinked, staring the man’s face. he blinked again in astonishment.
he tried to translate this man’s figure, yet he couldn’t find the words…or maybe words didn’t describe him well.
His pearly eyelashes, his dreamy, yet erotic eyes…faintly looking lee hyo up and down, lee hyo gulped as his eyes flickered.
his gentle lips with a slight casual smirk playing on them, on the side of his cheek, a slight smile line with a dimple.
”are you looking for someone, mister..?” He spoke up.
lee hyo was Left in awe.