Harmonious Love

The Harmony of Yin and Yang Is Not as It Seems PART 1 (5) 

“Put up with it even if you don’t like it. Even between parents and children, there’s no support without a price. You’re not exactly a child your parents are fond of either.”

This is why Mo Yeon couldn’t move out even though he had reasons to avoid Tae Young-won.

Thinking of becoming completely independent someday, he was putting all his living expenses into a bank account and living only on part-time job wages. Living on just the wages from working part-time twice a week was tight, but it was possible since Mo Yeon hardly had any other expenses.

Suddenly, he felt his heart tighten. But in front of his hyung, he could only try hard to hold back the sigh that was about to burst out.

“Don’t you need pocket money?”

As his hyung took out his wallet from his pocket, Mo Yeon flinched. If there was an advantage to giving money directly, it was that he wouldn’t just leave an envelope of cash. Maybe it felt awkward to just leave when he had his own income.

“I do.”

When he quickly held out his hand, his hyung took out a few bills from his wallet and gave them to him. It was an amount of 300,000 won. The attitude of giving charity was consistent, but this amount was acceptable.

“What do you need money for? A girlfriend?”

His hyung, who had been standing in front of the pile of laundry, suddenly started rummaging through it. The pants he had taken off earlier were there.

“Stop searching! And I don’t even have friends, let alone a girlfriend!”

“Seems like you’re hiding something?”

When Mo Yeon pushed him to another side, his hyung raised both hands as if understanding. His probing attitude had been annoying from the start. What girlfriend, when he was living being treated as a homo by his school sunbae…

“Call your mother at least once a month. I told you earlier. There has to be a price.”

“I’ll handle it myself.”

Having received the money, Mo Yeon pushed his hyung’s back. He went with him to the parking lot while kicking him out.

“I thought you might have hidden a woman inside since you didn’t open the door for so long. What were you doing that made you open the door so late? Did I miss something when I looked around?”

“Nothing like that.”

Before getting in the car, his hyung suddenly looked down at Mo Yeon.

“When we shaved your head as a baby, you were quite cute. Round and prickly when touched. Now, how did you end up with no cute charm at all?”

His hyung clicked his tongue and got into the car.

Even then, you weren’t interested in me. You hardly ever stroked my head, but someone might think you really adored me.

Family was always uncomfortable. After sending off his hyung, Mo Yeon felt completely drained and squatted down right where the car had been. If he smoked, this would be the perfect moment to pull out a cigarette.

“…”

At that moment, a dark figure flickered at the edge of his vision.

It had been about 5 days since his last contact with Tae Young-won. Thanks to that, ghosts hadn’t clung to him yet. However, they were appearing more frequently, and he thought this wouldn’t last much longer either.

If he had stayed by Tae Young-won’s side constantly, would there have been a chance that he might stop seeing ghosts altogether someday?

For some reason, he thought of the dream he had earlier. That method, which he had never considered before, now seemed like it couldn’t be more effective.

“…Why did I have such a dream?”

He was having all sorts of thoughts. It seemed some of Tae Young-won’s yang energy remained, but judging from his wet dream earlier, that too was probably reaching its end.

The fact that he was having such thoughts made him feel like his body had learned something wrong. It’s not like he had ever obtained yang energy in that way…

At that moment, Mo Yeon’s eyes suddenly widened. Far away, there was a ghost that seemed to be digging the ground, which appeared only during bright hours and gave a more harmless impression.

He first noticed it about 2 weeks ago.

It had never approached Mo Yeon. Once, it came and circled around him before heading elsewhere. It didn’t seem to be a threatening ghost, so he had kept it out of mind, but it always showed the same digging behavior, which unconsciously caught his eye.

“…What are you looking for?”

After squatting there for who knows how long, he stood up, intending to go back to his apartment. Staring at ghosts for too long tended to attract other ghosts. After tapping his stiff legs that had been in an uncomfortable position for a long time, he turned around.

And he found himself face to face with Tae Young-won. He was sitting on a bench next to the building, staring blankly at him.

“Who is it?”

Startled by the unexpected address, Mo Yeon looked around. No matter how much he looked around, it was really directed at him.

The question of “who” probably wasn’t referring to the ghost Mo Yeon had been looking at until just now.

“…My hyung.”

“For someone who even attended classes to follow me, that’s a pretty quick transfer.”

Transfer? Though the meaning was unclear, he seemed certain that Mo Yeon had followed his classes.

…Since everything was already exposed, he decided not to deny it.

While focusing on the statement that Mo Yeon had followed his classes, Tae Young-won let out a chuckle at his attitude of not even making excuses. Watching the cigarette smoke scatter, Mo Yeon started to move.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

His steps came to an abrupt halt.

For a moment, he felt like an elementary school student who had run into a scary older kid.

Right, this person was no longer the man who used to sweetly call “Mo Yeon, Mo Yeon” while putting on airs.

“Come here.”

Ah, really.

Mo Yeon hesitantly went to Tae Young-won. He actually thought he might be able to steal some yang energy. Should he just hug him tightly and run away? He called me over, so he can’t complain if I steal a bit, right?

“You’re not bothered about showing your face to me openly now?”

“…”

Come to think of it, Mo Yeon wasn’t wearing glasses. He usually didn’t wear them at home, but today there was another reason.

“I lost my glasses because of someone. I need to buy new ones, but I ran out of pocket money and couldn’t afford them.”

“Whoever it was did well. Those shabby glasses were really annoying.”

Shabby glasses? He had grown quite attached to those glasses he’d worn for a long time, even going back to the bar to look for them, but couldn’t recover them. So he felt rebellious.

“I’m going to buy the exact same ones. For disguise.”

“…”

Tae Young-won stared at Mo Yeon silently. His staring eyes seemed to have something to say. Sure enough, Tae Young-won soon tried to say something.

He was looking at Mo Yeon’s face, but his expression was very serious, as if recalling something. He must have some serious business. Was he going to talk about the liberal arts assignment that fell through?

“…That.”

He finally opened his mouth.

Well, even Mo Yeon thought he wouldn’t have called over a stalker he didn’t even want to face just to pick a fight like this.

“Is it not there today either?”

“…What?”

Tae Young-won suddenly stood up, putting out the cigarette he had been holding.

Even as he approached right up to Mo Yeon’s face, Tae Young-won was still looking into his eyes. So Mo Yeon didn’t realize why he was approaching until he reached out his hand.

Mo Yeon stared blankly at his hand. The hand heading towards his stomach lifted Mo Yeon’s top without hesitation and hooked fingers into the waistband of his pants. Stretch.

Having just woken up to greet his hyung, Mo Yeon was wearing very comfortable clothes.

The waistband of the loose sweatpants stretched as it caught on his fingers. Along with it, Mo Yeon’s gaze naturally went to the exposed area below.

“…!”

His eyes widened in shock as he unexpectedly faced his private area.

“…Ha.”

And seeing that area clearly exposed due to the lack of underwear, Tae Young-won sighed with his brows furrowed. Mo Yeon looked up at him in astonishment.

“It’s really not there today either.”

There was no mistaking what he meant by “not there.”

“Are you crazy? What is this…”

“Why isn’t it there today either… Shit.”

“Of course it’s not there, did you think it would suddenly appear?”

Mo Yeon grabbed his hand, meaning to stop him. However, Tae Young-won’s hand still holding onto the waistband didn’t budge at all.

And a moment later, Tae Young-won, who had been standing as if fixated on something and not hearing anything, suddenly raised his head. Mo Yeon flinched when their eyes met.

He looked deeply resentful about something and started spouting nonsense with a serious face.

“Hasn’t anyone taught you to warn people before you take off your pants that you have a white dick? You should have warned them.”

Was it his imagination, or did Tae Young-won’s eyes seem half-crazed from the moment he saw Mo Yeon’s private area?

“If it’s white, it’s white. You should have warned me before taking it off, right? Huh?”