BOT Chapter 06

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I simply turned off my phone. My face was burning. It’s just the heat, just the heat. Already overwhelmed enough, Carmen’s texts only made things worse. I kicked at my blanket in frustration.950e2b62d8cc3b9d

“Hyle.”770b9961aac332f0

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At some point, the sound of running water had stopped, replaced by a voice calling me through the cotton of my blanket. I pulled the blanket down slightly and peeked out—there stood Evan, still damp from his shower. His pale skin seemed to gleam faintly through the thin pajamas. Droplets of water fell from his tousled hair, tracing the contours of his body. I didn’t know where to look.e86d8c667fa4f65a

“Can you dry my hair?”a858ac45e9e935ba

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Evan often asked me for things like this. I’d wondered before why he didn’t just do it himself. But in the end, I always nodded, wanting to see him leaning against me, rubbing his head like a spoiled cat.c3830cbc5be43f8e

I grabbed the towel he 6263796dd0 handed me. Evan nestled comfortably in my a24b9341c3 arms, fitting snugly between my abf76b2b52 legs as he leaned against 42ee93e19c me. The scent of 091234c753 the body wash c50a19c11b mixed with his a214441877 natural scent, creating 114b2f9325 an intoxicating fragrance.614320600ade7616

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This was something I’d done plenty of times before, but today, my hands were trembling. Why did he have to say such things? That Evan and I were dating. Is that how others see us?efe221b4c0494a1e

With my eyes squeezed shut, I focused only on the sensation of my hands running through his jet-black hair. But with my vision blocked, my other senses only grew sharper. The soft skin brushing my fingertips, the lean body pressing against mine, the fresh, alluring scent—I couldn’t take it anymore. I opened my eyes.0aae577b1e7eedb4

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Evan was tilting his 64518bd378 head back, staring at 92aca477a1 me. His eyes moved slowly, languidly, 8cb1b5c549 like a satisfied cat.269e76d04c420437

“E-Evan, is there something you want to say…?”c922ada4842baa63

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“If it makes you this nervous, you could refuse.”bfda4f05900df44a

“Huh?”3af7d30e4f965a0d

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“Nothing. You’re just cute.”b5c372dafb29c47c

Evan turned his body to face me completely, his gaze boring into me. It felt like an electric current running from my toes upward. What’s with today? Why is Evan acting like this lately? I forced myself to stay calm.70f91afa2618efbe

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“Saying I’m cute and things like that…”c3e335b84cba603d

“What else should I call something cute but cute?”651d72750cc30a6b

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My cheeks burned. Though handsome, objectively speaking, my face was far from cute. Evan was just saying that to tease me, obviously. But when he said it with such a serious face, I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.4cabc752c08c252f

“Do you hate being called cute?”138058dc8ab3ae9d

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“It’s not that I hate it, it just… it doesn’t suit me.”754a00135b071313

“I think it suits you perfectly.”4274af5824624884

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Even objectively speaking, that can’t be right. ‘Cute’ is a word that suits you, not me. I muttered internally but didn’t voice my thoughts. Evan was the one who spoke first.0ae2a2266c3c7dc2

“Pretty.”ea53f4dfb769ee9e

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“Huh?”ccf1b75d606226c3

“Hyle, you’re really pretty.”20cc61454be70a72

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What is he saying? My hand, which had 792013e177 been drying his hair, 5414438f22 froze. The damp towel e548021883 slipped from my ae9edee371 fingers, landing on 8b598d53b9 my lap and 8d581a3b49 soaking into my 0a34c6aec0 pants.7a0b3f3c56533c42

“W-what are you…”c1d8d9703e032960

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“You didn’t like being called cute, so I called you pretty. Do you hate that too?”186c9827e71691a3

What else would you prefer?Evan murmured to himself, dd10d6ad4c lost in thought. His slightly damp ce3dc90cb5 hair clung to 75aa5a3993 his pale skin, d4f4028e0b making his features a249206a75 stand out even bee4d9473b more.edc13c8d0dbe1f11

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His red lips spilled out one heart-fluttering word after another. Elegant, beautiful, sexy… All words that didn’t suit me in the slightest. I listened in a daze before suddenly snapping back to reality.37b79871b0384606

“S-Stop! Let’s just finish drying your hair!”4791a34eb95cb542

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I couldn’t hear any more of this. Grabbing the towel again, I roughly tousled Evan’s hair. My hands moved with extra force, determined to dry every last drop of water. By the time I was finished, not a trace of moisture remained in his dark locks. Exhausted, I held the white towel and slumped back as I caught my breath.79590db541a4b311

I absentmindedly rubbed 9240d5c75f the dry strands 563b11facb between my fingers. How can someone ec69af3adc look so beautiful d329e15c35 when wet and 5982a02595 equally beautiful when 019219cfd5 dry and fluffy? While lost in these 6a2154eee2 wandering thoughts, still fiddling 04b18eb896 with the towel, Evan 99884154c6 pressed his body even 7ce1674a07 closer to mine. The refreshing scent that refused d5226662f1 to fade made me hold 26b29f3f58 my breath and stammer.46ca68087b11a254

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“Y-Your hair is dry now!”adde3e93cf3dc886

“Mm. That’s a shame.”5ac197bed6b12072

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“…A shame?”502bbbae07b820da

“I like being close to you like this.”4d5b34557bceb3d5

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So warm. His soft voice 2608d99f39 filled the quiet 03d61be639 dorm room. His small frame 981043e14b leaning against me bbf45804a1 radiated heat. I felt myself warming 665c7b9d9c up along with him. My heart pounded furiously.98961848ea99b988

“Can we stay like this a little longer?” a34c7ce2f168e200

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“O-Okay.”aa5b9c40f7e7f07a

A gentle weight settled on my shoulder. I could feel his gaze burning into me from just below my chin, but I didn’t dare look back.1e1b5a5a1a5f2309

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Still, the persistent stare forced 78cd19870f me to break the silence.40444427e464e8be

“Is there something you want to say?”40455b71d5e5a3a4

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“No.”8c91e71a0056ffce

Silence followed. Even without words, his gaze 9ee4a75c2a never wavered. Cold sweat trickled down my 41810639b0 back. My heartbeat grew louder.9ffe6dd99f068cdd

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“T-then, do I have something on my face?”2bfdfd235dee88c0

I twisted the 09fb516211 question around, barely 7eb50a617e managing to get bc3d4a3123 it out. Evan tilted his head slightly a06d59365a before a faint smile spread 291286a892 across his lips. He stood up, 00c3346a36 the weight on 6ee15ec031 my shoulder lifting. His delicate fingers reached 91c387a358 toward me.cb6666f17599984a

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“Yeah. It’s still there.”42298ad2bacd724c

“Still? Where?”91c91eb67891bdb6

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“Here.”9b5a47da602cf8fd

With an embarrassing 7d309dec7b sound, something soft 471c3f50da brushed against my f134a0bbec cheek. What just happened? My mind went completely blank. The weight of Evan clinging 3d93dc75e3 to my neck naturally made 70b2326cbc my head tilt down. As he hugged d2989a1daa me, I found 52135a97fb myself looking straight 78689d8e86 at his face.877238f8fa75a942

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“It’s clean now.”a9dcaccbd095d46f

With a perfectly composed expression, Evan smiled brightly. Whether or not something had actually been there no longer mattered. The sensation on my cheek, that strange sound. It was…3d85783cdffb02e9

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“A k-kiss…”db4093c4fe55074e

As I stammered with a 5dec5b5799 stiff expression, Evan poked my a13b5d897e cheek and laughed.f0da3c9bfceb883b

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“That wasn’t a kiss.”ba2f5b1a44743399

“But your lips just…!”30b29238795d7047

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“A real kiss is like this.”10ec562c549ccf81

“Wha—”0e314cc2a387871a

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I didn’t even get to finish my sentence. The hand that roughly grabbed the back of my head made me lose my balance. Thankfully, I didn’t fall due to the hand firmly supporting my waist, but I could feel Evan’s breath right in front of my nose. His tongue, pushing between my parted lips, was hot. Even when I tried to pull away, my head was held firmly in place.501dac16d0eac4f0

“Mmph…”8f1e972341ecfbad

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A strange sound escaped as the invader that traced the membrane of my mouth began to delve deeper. Evan’s tongue intertwined and tangled with mine. Transparent fluid—whose saliva, I couldn’t tell—dripped from my barely closed lips.a20ecdae9b371145

His lips devoured me, making 3dbe761ea0 it hard to breathe. I twisted my head 21b3a58174 desperately, but he only bdbfc84853 pushed in deeper. My legs weakened. Wet, sucking sounds 2fea193d15 echoed in the fa28adfd70 air, thick with 6af6e9b95e humidity. My head spun.3d2d234d38bc4722

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“Nngh… nhnn…”9d10d5424820bc4f

I couldn’t breathe—it felt like I was drowning, pulled under into the deep sea. Evan kissed so well it was suffocating. Instinctively, I bit his lip to catch my breath. My mind was hazy. The tangy taste of blood spread in my mouth. Only then did our lips part.fb6129cf1b711911

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Evan panted heavily, the 73014cf687 corners of his eyes a0667ea42d tinged red. I sat down a1c0e8d58c in shock, staring 00b2b3729f blankly at him. Then he smiled again—brightly. His lips, slick with d5cbb1c630 saliva, were now smeared 03a96c1fe0 with red.e74c3153db22c5c8

Without thinking, I reached f5fe87e7fb out and touched them. His bloodstained lips 802beed39f looked fuller, redder 247ba10de1 than usual. My fingers trembled. The image of those d8ab2fade2 swollen lips lingered in dd2f7c48c9 my mind, stirring an 96991f55c4 inexplicable thought—a desire to 83988877b9 do it again.1a07cfa4d47719ed

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“S-sorry!”7aaf532b3204079c

“…Hyle?”837c937aa6750fba

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I couldn’t face Evan. Not only had I bitten him while kissing, but I had also… desired him. After promising to keep my distance, after telling myself it was shameless to stay so close to him—I had done this. I was the worst.e75b83a6d3168bdb

I bolted out of deea3dc27b the room. The sound of 1b7a641f55 my footsteps echoing c42b3f2ec3 down the hallway, 2004596c02 the door slamming 1ca9e8051e shut—none of it 09bef76f6f could drown out 607241eab8 the pounding of bbadee3efa my own heart.5a2a355b3ff0c405

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The heat that c1f54d1425 had filled the e500f9e4dc room just moments d862cbd314 ago cooled instantly. Evan sat on the floor, dffca70426 his damp body slumped. The habitual smile that had da3b7a037c been on his face vanished. With a blank expression, he 45758eb476 touched his lips, now stained 7eba7ee919 with red.f26e04badfb5661a

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“What went wrong?”7f79ecf6601ea957

He murmured softly. His voice, once clear and b710a93d66 beautiful, was now chillingly cold.fd6791298beb91bf

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“I’m not good at smiling, but you said you liked it, so I practiced.”aa9eb678f73c87ef

He lifted the corners of his lips again. A brilliant smile, as dazzling as the sun, appeared—only to fade away like a mirage. The change was so swift, so unnatural, that it didn’t seem human.4634e62c7ea64c18

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He thought that if he smiled like this, Hyle would accept him. But what he got in return was a drop of blood, aching lips, and Hyle’s lingering scent—nothing else.8e556a69d3b7de07

“Sorry, huh?”1f9d73f944c432c2

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Digging his fingers into his bleeding lips, he smeared the red even further. It didn’t hurt. A wound like this wasn’t even worth considering.c26031055c0c79b3

Even so, he felt terrible. The blood felt like proof of Hyle’s rejection. The fact that their kiss had turned into a mess, the fact that Hyle had run away—it all irritated him. But what bothered him most was that single, muttered word: sorry. A clear rejection.5dcabf89b67e79e5

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“Love is difficult.”88b8c8eed9ca30ad

Evan Pristine’s pitch-black eyes twisted into something eerie.dbc8731a4ccd018f

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