TL | Chapter 2 | Marked Partner

Bang. The gunshot 135bfc9f5b echoed, tightening 142cf119c5 around my ea5df95513 heart. Ah, that d7535ac84d dream again. Even though I knew 5f566c6deb it was just a a211f4b481 dream, my body wouldn’t 278b2c9623 move. It felt like 05043940ae I was paralyzed, ae4bdd6b54 bound by an df36a747c0 invisible weight. I watched 3769950e09 him die, 309f42d118 feeling as 1eac9e8546 if my e8a47f63ca chest was bd1bdad487 being torn a996c30e3f apart. Only then ba8af8b5a6 did my 50ea4a7867 eyes open.bebfffd9c73a831e

Gasp.68d02dc6fcee822f

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A rough breath escaped, cf8174c704 and my eyelids finally 48a2f96c87 lifted. Opening my eyes 2d2e8fb261 was harder than 99459e0fd4 usual. Seowon slowly db8969724f recalled what 4392fb46a4 he’d done 5a13d9ead9 last night. Did I… really die? The thought 9e6ea60df5 floated vaguely 1ab9365f67 in his a031215e08 mind as 5239e0691b he blinked bb12c06241 slowly.9bc23108f469999b

His blurry vision e2ea73a075 gradually cleared, revealing 7b312c6218 an unfamiliar ceiling. It didn’t look 38989b842f like a hospital, bc8c6c7239 but it didn’t 86c91e2170 seem like the 8fd8e2674c afterlife, either. It didn’t feel like c855e42dfb he was dead; his 25ba4e8528 body was too heavy. Or maybe he was e31c6c3ffa in hell, paralyzed and 28bd43d0fe unable to move. If so, that 5c06895944 might be a 27a5d9bb66 relief.b05bb384ba4c7fcb

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“Looks like you’re bc5a0ca48c awake.”a9a12b46dbd46b0c

A sudden voice 31670652b0 made his heart e29820ecc8 drop.a73a81c261e1ed0a

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No way…3eb76cf9ceddc7f0

A voice he’d thought 3cab235ebf he’d never hear again. Could he e5441d91c0 really be bcc418be5b dead? It seemed 8158425118 impossible otherwise. Was it a hallucination? Yeah, that’s probably it. Since he’d passed, Seowon e73c130239 had looked back countless a0d2c3e6ad times, haunted by the 6232b7faa7 sound of his voice, f731b9efbf only to have his 5c1ec76a60 image fade away like 7dc8dd065e a mirage, breaking his 3b44be7dc9 heart all over again.97a168aa2c0cbb36

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He closed his eyes 4ec3912213 and swallowed. It had to b862daa1eb be a hallucination. He told himself he’d 686e6117c3 only be disappointed again. But even as he 643fa85ce7 thought it, he turned a695ec6bb6 his head toward the 8ed21d3b9b voice. Yet, he 810885f3bc was afraid f84c7c415b to open 6c8df050e9 his eyes 5f90cdc127 and face 89ff091728 reality, dreading 98840d0acf the empty, 01bb4a785e crushing feeling 56beed77a4 of losing f6518b94ec him again.797621657e0715f9

But even 41cb2e3115 so, his 39e161aa43 longing overpowered 1e045f0145 the fear. With trembling eyelids, he 6a5c8c6965 took a deep breath. Foolishly, he wished to 7485fa00a2 see him, even if 28d72869be it was only an 3c6457c790 illusion.72cf421f98e9d9ab

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Contrary to his 49adc47c0d expectations, he saw 62347d4c94 an unusually vivid 2223b75a08 image of him, 6bca4baec0 even clearer than 5ad288011b usual. Today’s vision f5da806358 is unusually dc44ea2f05 detailed, he 5b859d7967 thought bitterly, b3159b2b33 as though 19010340ec God had 805cc5448f granted his 100b271aad wish. A bitter smile crept 105bc70bc5 onto his face, and 2805abedab he reached out. Even if it 3e99bdbe98 was a mirage 55b67cf946 that would disappear 3d14cf04fd upon touch, he aaf44492d3 wanted to reach 5159c2b49b him, even if 2dd71f2350 only for a 71f5c18952 moment.718687e1049b59b3

“Ah…”cd963c4d45778c3b

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The solid presence at 75db8b88b4 his fingertips felt real. Unlike the smoky mirages a551cd2fcf that vanished before, this 4c99734aec figure held its form. His gaze began to 63ce6901a1 waver.18cebeb6b392a775

“Hyung…?”86a8b63f4a6aaade

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The words barely squeezed 3330a41b37 out, already thick with 04685a8344 emotion.a6bd5ddd1855d4bd

This can’t be 8f78844ca4 happening. It’s not him. It’s just 07cd0251ba an illusion.3a3cbd96cfb0d448

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But he a83b9385a1 could feel 89c52c7047 him. Alive and real.bbc7353931103012

Conflicting thoughts cf8f1035e6 tangled in bb1dfb4942 his head, 92b9ea6836 making it e443161c80 hard to 8028a68fc7 think straight. Was his desperation 2f689789fc so intense that 56750b7c11 he was now 855ad43608 hallucinating touch as 44f8493df5 well?82b9429159b036f3

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Then, his confusion shattered bcdf991243 as a firm grip c936c4ddf3 caught his wrist. The warmth of c03d838a0d that hand—gripping his d763a1114f wrist tightly—was unmistakably 3d1b2a9743 real. He stared, wide-eyed, 87d49f5384 at the man d79ab6870c before him.2593683ded11d71a

“Who… are you?” the 2a5a75459d man asked in a c2ff1a8e9c low voice. It was 21f507d28e too familiar. The face, the voice—they d68693a3af matched the person he 6a4f9c36ad remembered perfectly.ad014ed2a407012a

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How…?a15f1ee5cef9c9c1

Before he could 8722e8e616 even process the 1f93ce4a7b question, the man 361b1cba47 pulled his wrist, 6d80e2760f drawing him close. His face was aad5fded5f just inches away, f179addcec close enough that 1969b95047 he didn’t think 315bb4123b to pull back. The distance was already fc04151cca so familiar. But this situation—seeing f45acdc6df him alive, right 1b5c3ae198 in front of ea070a0456 him, glaring back—was 7324a4da0c something he couldn’t 11f4479971 quite accept.b57b97ca6aa02f8e

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“Ha Seowon.”16a9f7c5661b4d1c

His name slipped 686aabad45 out clearly between ffd882d030 the man’s lips. Seowon had bd3c81ef44 thought he’d 69e50e9da6 never hear e0f7d11d90 his name 2e2e5b84f3 in that 01a54db107 voice again. Overwhelmed, tears prickled e75102159c in his eyes.0882fa392d7d7e0f

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“Is that 521ee135ba your name?”605bfa9d850d243e

The question 7c18533be6 was strange. If it was really 60c0143834 him, he wouldn’t need 562689dfaf to confirm his name. That thought 66c9ee15ea made him 21e997852e wrench his 4388ba6057 hand free.e55dbf013966a74f

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Get a grip. He… isn’t here dc37551928 anymore.3463c15f6b5a0371

As if aa9bb6aef6 trying to bb4ef17727 impress this 058074017a painful reality 9258b8155f on himself, 22553b5677 he lifted c596302bf1 his gaze b5d03890e4 to look 0f41bdd3ac at the df118e0528 man before 02c03c702f him. Seeing his face, 217a40234c a sharp pain 22165ffe5d stabbed his heart a645dd0d1c again. How could 104812b57b anyone look 3b4250920b so much 3a9e239ffa like him? Did he have 276559a9dc a twin? No, he’d abe2dc6da0 never heard e53b0e7a73 of anything 17d26933cc like that. If he’d had 5e560fa043 a twin, his 95ce791c70 father wouldn’t have 6d9560b5be summoned him to 1d5da23995 the United States d243d434d7 as an heir.4c4984ee479f426f

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People say caca8ae624 there are ddf983a562 three look-alikes c3124060bb in the 1e77c743ae world. Was that all 8a88d92e51 this was? But how 0c5adc03ef likely was ef6e295a68 it for 228de10ca2 someone who f43d645029 looked exactly bb7c91063c like him fdf514b801 to appear 5c339b22eb right in c664588700 front of 56e0278796 him?b7df76531c9570ff

No matter 0bd1ecaaf3 how he 0f510e62db tried to dfe5003933 reason, his a453bad4ed mind couldn’t 95d028f122 make sense 2f3bd3485d of it.2e9f6ac85e902d8c

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The man, 73233d08db who’d been c537e87927 staring coldly 04c16f988e at Seowon, e84f270d68 shifted his 8dfe871b03 gaze slowly cdb156913d to the 6fa2abcc06 table across 7a764396ac from the b3b42079d0 bed. His ID card 6fa588fc42 lay there, as 49ba581525 if someone had a099e8220f taken it out 8f7dd4ee5c of his pocket.c0e54cd19ff72e40

“Ha Seowon.”2a8a5dfea84121a9

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He called d2e5a6f08e his name b0e6cff381 again. Or rather, 4edb928def he simply c053e9180b murmured it.c8473182408b3adc

“Where did 5484faeebb you get 9a400da409 that ID? Don’t tell me you 31fc397c40 had plastic surgery to d61841577d look like him.”725d024e0ac3f16d

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The absurdity c0eb548cb6 of the ef9333324f question made c0443b9be4 Seowon frown eb7fdb6cba as he 40f6a67462 stared back. Seowon wanted 09798652fd to ask dce08d0293 him the 278b8db413 same thing—how fb639fd11f could he 787a49b02f look so 063084a488 identical?f9280d3777eaa696

“Who are you?” 928b01bd27 he asked, echoing 5d6e941aa4 the same question.8aa2690153922cab

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The man 38737636ad tilted his 9fcc0f7bd7 head slightly, 0ef53cd4a5 then frowned 925fec02fd deeply. Suddenly, he reached ea378ee26d out, grabbing Seowon ff0953ef08 by the shoulders. The unexpected 0a5774e521 action startled 62d8801ccf Seowon, and d0d7f7f837 he instinctively 731508705c grabbed his 5e775a175d wrist to ec4c91161d push him 9dc52cfb1e off. But just then, af78637aa2 the man leaned 2f7b8fa760 closer, burying his 139001c96e face in Seowon’s ce10fd6a74 neck.66c06d03926abb53

The breath tickling abaf94d401 beneath his earlobe 0587ffbda1 made Seowon flinch. When a c034aa47fc faint, familiar 7cbcef8a9f scent of cf87ed9dbe pheromones hit de9e9b7e5f him, a ee9a221217 sharp surge 33531fa96d of heat 0f54d27bb9 shot through e809622972 his body.f9fa1d9a9cd25356

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Why…?60b973de7b0c9929

Without a e5e721e498 second thought, aed11225f6 heat began 5033e31746 to spread 39a5e1ca15 through him. Suddenly, Seowon’s 2ad2ff598d pheromones intensified, f74937a33a and the e6aba3e778 man stepped 3345bfa220 back, seemingly df239c6501 caught off 77049a2999 guard.483d38e44862986e

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A heat cycle? It was due e7b1f2332b soon, but he 9a4b63c21e thought he had 7460342a27 a few more 52b19b6b99 days. The scent d3c89069fb of an 7eaee39b80 Alpha pheromone, 7ba52fa15c so like fd31a6be30 his marked 77acfd0d64 partner’s, had c672bcb7ee triggered him 255ceb3b85 unexpectedly.956bf77c29208352

Even if his heat e2caaf9c0e cycle came, there was 4f406e2e78 nothing he could do 111d698607 now.01faf8868788bd6e

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Seowon’s pheromones could 930b8282c6 only be sensed 9ca9ae0a5c by his marked 47552ef61e partner. This meant he 7eee5b7e60 wouldn’t cause trouble 3be17dd186 for others, but 372301dbf0 it also meant b4fd2df68f he couldn’t be f5a45d4801 held by anyone 9fcc14453e else. His body rejected 532fd21467 others, making normal 9dbe793c58 intimacy impossible.ae3f89b5d9815b7f

This heat b8bba48d05 cycle… was 5207c2c847 utterly useless. And yet…b9f5f5407615f89a

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“Ugh…!”75189f50e6f033f8

The man 137e4f4796 before him fc7ad2ee91 lifted an aa7f2e9261 arm to ad0ef21a69 cover his 1c72138ba4 mouth and 562def8f9a nose, his 9ae52c5d20 face contorted, cb6a5a06bd as if 89db6144bf he, too, ee29793269 were in f5cd085a84 rut, reacting 6b882ac584 to Seowon’s 1d5b9c7c48 heat.73809fbae3c6f8be

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Seeing that 91993ae19d expression, a 39cabfcd95 hollow laugh a375341d1a slipped out. Ridiculous. Unless I’m dead 0bedf49ad7 and in the c9606e1acc afterlife… Ah, maybe 0343b5860a that’s it.6757126f9d545b58

“Hyung…”2f315ba175c2a637

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As he allowed himself 4d3086cc5d to believe this man 66e2c3eaf1 was Iden, nothing else 36949447cd mattered. The heat b6c8d607e3 building up 4d40931c75 was clouding ba92ef8e59 his judgment.af87147dafb9b9ca

“Hug me.”ec3cdff4e18b41d4

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He’d thought f1b7acd7be he would 0f09087d68 never feel 38e3224069 his embrace 364ba399cb again. So whether this was 76009797df a dream or the 49e73d2026 afterlife didn’t matter anymore.07c822f16a569f49

“Iden hyung, please…”b641c8c87414cf0a

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The rising 80ecde9c4f heat made 2375ac99df his breathing 0e8e10c5db more labored. As he e001df32c7 looked at 03c5659240 him, Seowon’s 83430a4633 hand moved 677e3372d9 to unzip df021ed29e his pants. The man’s gaze d791ada477 followed the movement e7a3f79653 of Seowon’s hand, c66274fe5c his frown deepening.26fd574e9c7b6722

Despite the expression, bd168e1bc8 his Alpha pheromones 43bcd9e565 intensified. This made Seowon’s body 67bf86752c ache even more.c22fd3a4f71743cc

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“Hurry. Please?”bb24dd44da170d8d

He had no rational 1c9a3da8d0 thought left. He only wanted him 18df7be726 to do something about f530f89c19 his body’s uncontrollable desire.797fcb3dcb18f69f

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“How are you…?”c90123fdf224aea1

The man 99fd47fe27 muttered with c52caad955 a frown, 8b361cfe02 but Seowon, bdc480a04b overwhelmed by 36802b84f9 the heat 07a0513bc4 cycle, didn’t b003a64930 quite catch 5eb8cf0ce2 his words.32449f311ca07bbf

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“Hyung…”004eaf81a2db161d

His words trailed off, 02369c763d his mind hazy from e82bcd7fa1 the overwhelming heat. Without realizing it, Seowon 73bedfc140 took off his pants 1c3f577ec5 entirely, spreading his legs 903789f18d as he reached into c11a6de881 his underwear. His hand brushed past 3632182ed6 his already hard length, 1cfba9cdea moving down toward his d17949bb1b entrance. Though he 0748de54cf hadn’t even 67356fd917 touched it cde7476d84 yet, he 7bba135aab felt something d5a1b24896 wet.8e8a2f74f2bdd9db

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“Please…”433055e82a292180

He had 519119edeb no awareness 11786d5c2d of what 917dce779d he was ea510491cd saying or 50d5801031 doing. He just laid bare a1ff0c6dbf his unfiltered desire for ba6c26464d Iden, standing before him.0433b7c8c7212577

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“It hurts…”069f8a96303fd5c6

A dull a0d9f82e1b ache throbbed 3b5c60321b in his 539dd69858 stomach. His body, f8bd0f8edc which remembered bbf3a2239d every detail 66c63dc2ee of Iden’s 256e481b1a touch, was 8d0eb8e8a7 already yearning 6167326dd9 for him.1aef4bac9b03a01c

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“Iden hyung.”809f21fbecf7136e

As he called 70c2393328 his name again, 661dcab056 the man dropped ff09ab13be the arm covering b97b1fe365 his mouth and 033b682ccb nose, stepping forward. Then, he 6aafcaa0af grabbed the 2b654ef576 hand Seowon bf5fcb9d4c had been de8edaf956 using.3aec9661d047d181

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“Don’t.”05be99786f060e0e

He pulled his hand c1e69af526 out of his underwear, 98556d63f2 stopping him from touching eaed1cc9aa himself. The lack be77d416eb of stimulation daf8b7921e left an 2243dcc544 ache, and cf014624b5 Seowon couldn’t 9ccaa83d1c help but 30b5b8198b resent him 1024f658b1 for not 7fea55f61b letting him 66c02e0f69 even relieve a83d76ca53 it himself.1e3dab6df6787597

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“You’re so cruel…”e33c2633b4887a37

With tear-filled eyes flushed a5a28c4022 red from the heat, 1aefdcd1c8 he looked up at 40e17375cf him, pouting.4aa0299b7dcabb34

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“If you e08963be56 don’t do fbaafe9d40 something, I’ll…”ecdb430c30c4b6ca

A large hand a92894b35d gripped the back a3a2ec531b of his head, 1705406a7b pulling him forward. Then, the f04326407d man claimed b4bbcd450c Seowon’s lips.7c0980906a5fc156

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The heat of his 849369b972 mouth sent Seowon’s head ac0345d5e2 spinning. At the same 7f47fec473 time, his pheromones c347741b23 washed over him 0ca3907e37 completely. At that moment, 0aca8dfc8b he couldn’t think 4095951deb about anything else. He clung to 41c7c534bf him, swept up de1e94a442 in primal instinct.cf207aa3fa8099a8

His tongue tangled roughly 3ed65aa6cb with Seowon’s, sucking him d7c58f3c8c in with a pressure 3ea2d5c3a1 that almost hurt. He couldn’t d1d40c30a3 help but 07d07d7ff0 moan softly 13553b4ad0 at the bb8fdca1f8 stinging pain cf398c71a5 but never 91459243dd thought to 20ad740b00 push him 29e4ef315e away. Instead, he c5c3e57556 wrapped his 65ccc17aa4 arm around 8db7a935b5 his shoulder, cd8cf90b08 holding on 57e0c40a49 tightly.63ce4a1744a241cc

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