"I'm punishing you."
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"P-Punish? What?"
Ginnan looked up at the sky. His neck was gripped, and he could only stay in that position as his legs began to cramp.
"Defending your bitch friend. You know she was wrong and shouldn't have come here."
"I…" Ginnan muttered. "But it's for good!" he screamed in annoyance.
Damn, really…
Ginnan is aware of being harassed by men. Ginnan also realized he was a gigolo. But whatever the situation so far, not once did the thought of being a general gigolo flash through his mind.
In the flat, Madam Shin did offer. He said there were a lot of rich men who wanted him to be a woman in bed. The reason, of course, is because he is beautiful. But Ginnan always answered with a grin. ["What… Isn't that a little too far?"] he said, rubbing the back of his neck as his spine was starting to growl. But—oh my god! For whatever reason he's crossing the line now! Renji even squeezed his wrists, dismissively repulsed, and fondled the skin of his torn chest with his fingernails.
"H-Hey… don't be like this," Ginnan pleaded. "I didn't steal, did I…"
Renji kept marking. "I'll pay you."
"What?!"
Renji slowly distanced himself. "Isn't your sex valued for money?"
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Ginnan pale. Hearing that, he exploded instantly. "NOT FOR ANYTHING!" he snapped. His face was getting redder and his breathing was shallow. "I told you before… I'm not a common gigolo. I'm straight! I'm very, very straight! But you—" Ginnan gulped. His voice suddenly softened. "—It's presumptuous to touch me…"
Renji was silent. He went through every messy detail of the man before starting to let go.
"Oh, sorry…" he said, so low as the wind.
Renji took a step back, Ginnan slumped to the roots of the tree. His face was deeply wrinkled. It's like he's in a million-dollar debt, or heard the news of a sudden chronic illness.
Shock. And so restless to shiver.
The red marks have left an imprint. It was bright in the moonlight.
He don't know when the clouds faded. But despite the time lag, Ginnan still looked away as his body was wrapped in a thick coat.
"I'll take you home."
It even drowned his entire body because it was too long.
"No."
"You'll be cold in this place."
"Y-You… you can't just walk away can you?"
Ginnan looked up with a look of hatred.
Renji was silent. And even took the key out of his trouser pocket and kept pulling it up to his feet.
"Follow me."
"HEY!"
Once again Ginnan was forced to follow this man. His steps stumbled in the grass. And he groaned as he tripped over a pebble and hit Renji's back.
Renji wasn't angry in the slightest this time. The man only looked around for a moment before pulling him once more.
Ginnan was speechless.
Renji's grip suddenly tightened as if forbidding him to let go. The man brought him closer to the black audi, and put it back in there.
"Yuka!" shrieked Ginnan. Instead, Renji locked the doors and windows of his car before starting to turn the key. "Yuka is still at the bus stop! Were you stupid to leave her?!"
"There is not any."
"What?!"
"She's not there anymore."
Ginnan turned to the bus stop as Renji's car got closer. And he was silent—Yuka had indeed left. The woman may have stopped a taxi or walked alone to the flat. To be sure, Renji didn't seem to want to stop even for a moment.
Ginnan took a deep breath. He glanced at Renji through the rearview mirror. The man's face was stern but did not show the slightest remorse.
What's sorry? He only knows responsibility for whatever he does. But never had a sign to stop.
"You know… I didn't say sorry."
"Then?"
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"Just, then, you say?"
Renji's gaze remained forward. "You want me to marry you just because I touched a little bit?"
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"WHAT?!"
Renji swerved around the bend.
To the unprepared Ginnan, it brought him pressed against Renji's shoulders.
"Ouch!"
Renji glanced at him briefly. "If so, I will."
Ginnan's face immediately went pale.
"NO THANKS!" he shouted in annoyance. Without realizing it, he was already in front of the flat, until his face almost kissed the windshield.
"Ouch!"
Renji was silent again. Like getting used to Ginnan's stupid behavior. His eyes only followed as the man grumbled. "Unlock it! You think you're holding me hostage?!" he shouted again.
Renji did too. And Ginnan immediately came out without caring when he stumbled on the pavement and fell.
First waiting. His knees and palms kissed the asphalt but he immediately turned around and pointed at Renji without a care.
"Go home! Don't come back to see me!"
Instead of overreacting, Renji simply closed the car door and drove away as if leaving an outcast cat.
Ginnan hissed. He kneaded the asphalt until it began to calm down in that place. "Really… scary," he muttered under his breath. Subconsciously, he smelled Renji's signature scent from his own body.
This coat. Very warm on his body. It's big, thick, and protects it from the snow. Ginnan had thought to just let it go but it didn't happen when the wind suddenly tightened again.
It's 3 in the morning. And Ginnan was sure he couldn't possibly forget this moment.
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"What an asshole…" Ginnan grumbled all the way. "It's still good he admits it."
Before entering the elevator, Ginnan fished his flat key out of his pocket.
Left right. Shirt pocket, pants pocket. But damn it doesn't exist!
Ginnan jumped out again before the elevator could close.
"Gosh… this is really bad."
The watch in the hand shows 2 in the morning. Ginnan immediately exited the garden door and walked along the sidewalk again though lazily. His footprints in the snow were still there… and not a single thing fell on it.
Maybe it had actually fallen in the garden earlier when he struggled against Renji's grip.
Oh my god… did he really have to come back?
Even if he could stay in Hiro's room, Ginnan clearly had the heart to wake the man up even though it was this late. He would knock back and forth, if necessary until he knocked Hiro out a bit, but that's not the problem!
Yuki is in his room and that woman is sick! It can't be right… tomorrow morning he'll just find the key and let her starve in there without medicine or something?
"Arrrgggh! Damn!" cursed Ginnan. He really went down the road. In the same way Renji had driven him in the luxury Audi just now. He's tired. He kicked his fists in annoyance.
How could so many bad things happen to him in one night? Moreover, the wind just got worse. And Ginnan was sure, if he had slammed this coat into the street, he would have been frozen by now. The snow that had just fallen and piled on his shoulders.
"Ugh…"
Ginnan tightened the coat around his body. Although faint, Renji's scent became more and more familiar to his nose. He really wanted to be angry. If you need more than the previous one and it hits you or something. But it sucks. Why is his face that straight even though he's made a mistake?
[Warning! A pause colon is a sign of a past scene that appears briefly. In Webnovel there is no italics feature, so I made it that way]
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("You know… I didn't say forgive…" Renji said at that time.)
("Then?")
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("Just, then, you say?")
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In front of Renji he probably looked very angry at being touched. But actually, he was more offended at the way the man looked at him as trivially as doing something normal.
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("You want me to marry you just because I touched a little bit?")
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Not to mention, the way he talks.
("If so, I will.")
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Is getting married that easy? Just use it as a joke.
("Eh?")
Ugh!
Ginnan reflexively stopped walking. When he stopped staring at his own feet and lifted his head towards the front. Because behind the bend in the road there is still a black Audi that is very familiar in his memory.
Renji's, but now it wasn't as beautiful as it used to be. The bumper hit a utility pole, the engine was still running with a flickering light, the faint alarm went off, and the owner was probably still in there.
"O-OH MY GOODNESS!"