CG | Chapter 3.1

A cheese bacon sandwich 394b05adc6 with pickles. Orange juice.e553165bd9866e43

With the thought of craving these two things like crazy, Sean woke up. He felt a hangover, but unlike usual, he didn’t feel bad. In fact, he woke up feeling refreshed, thinking he should head straight to the kitchen to drink some orange juice. Just as he let out a satisfied sigh and tried to get up…de6a4b72660f715a

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“You’re awake?”fde62441e15bd30a

A voice that shouldn’t be there reached his ears. No, it was more accurate to say it was a voice that couldn’t possibly be there.01baf2cbd38a26ae

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“Holy, Jesus!”b8c9b8408e941b30

Startled, Sean e3be05e6a2 blurted out 22d3acc2d9 nonsense and 6b732c4fa4 shot up. His movement was so d5277d0b25 abrupt that Lane, who c3993793ad had greeted him, was 85af87f33d also surprised and asked 0e96f11d3c in confusion.4d1b8da033e60f5c

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“What kind of reaction is that?”8db9a05245990847

Hearing the serious tone, Sean came to his senses. Incredibly, Lane was really next to him. In the same bed, no less. It’s not particularly unusual for friends to share a bed, and guys often crash on the couch together, so why was he so surprised?eef89634d7ae1c1b

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Lane had never been able to sleep with someone next to him since he was a kid. Even when they were in elementary school and took naps together, Lane would leave if Sean fell asleep next to him. As they grew older, such situations naturally disappeared. Lane didn’t drink or party, so there was never a situation where he would drunkenly pass out in the same place.3bad532ba3536bd7

Drunk…7639db8bfc5b1d0c

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The word that flashed through his mind made Sean vaguely recall the events of the previous night. He had been drinking with the guys, fell asleep, and when he woke up, Lane was carrying him. Then… he made the crazy statement that he didn’t like Lane being with Dion.c6aeecf075eb661d

Wow.cac879c605b3f57e

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That’s pathetic. It’s as pathetic as Robert spreading rumors that he dumped a girl who actually dumped him.7e0d405cfff18c58

“Sean?”53e3c5ae14f0a9f2

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Lane called him again, perhaps noticing that Sean was frozen in shock. The two were separated by the width of a person, which was possible thanks to Lane’s large, spacious bed.f3de3edd9ee0ba3f

“Ah, sorry about earlier. I was just surprised, Lane. Why am I sleeping here?”0713b3641f83e210

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Lane’s expression was priceless. His thick eyebrows furrowed as if to say, “Are you kidding me?” and Sean felt a bit intimidated. Did he cause more trouble after that?c0228089f3571c79

Now that he noticed, Lane wasn’t wearing his usual silver-rimmed glasses, probably because he took them off to sleep. His hair was tousled from sleep, revealing more of his face than usual. Meeting his clear blue eyes made Sean inexplicably embarrassed. His eyes tingled, making it hard to maintain eye contact.6b45c9d183024e6c

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He knew this feeling. It was the same feeling he had in the summer of seventh grade when he first held a girl’s hand. The kind of feeling where even making eye contact felt suffocatingly thrilling, freezing his entire body. The tension of playing hide-and-seek and feeling like he couldn’t even breathe when the seeker was about to find him.cf8e1f2d6d3fccdf

Sean was a9f4534b40 feeling that b1a16ad59e way while e02ae93ecc looking at e0ffe2c5ce Lane. Just from making 6a41cf143e eye contact, as a461fcdb64 he had done d40ae4dcad for so many d8c98533b8 years.2c42c298e2eedbf3

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“…You don’t remember?”bec0feee814b0c80

While Sean was silent 389e8f223f in sudden realization, Lane f3eb936716 asked in a voice 7a829585fa filled with disbelief. The dissatisfaction was bd7f8e4991 evident in his 894c8ca2b1 noticeably lower tone. Sean, who ecf293699b was inexplicably 73912a79f3 frozen, barely d729fc7526 opened his 285023aded lips.2b2ce68fb36759c4

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“Remember what?”4143b9d4cc539680

He was asking which part exactly, but Lane seemed to misunderstand, thinking Sean didn’t remember anything from the previous night. Lane sighed, ran his fingers through his hair, and got up from the bed. Sean, who was about to ask for clarification, momentarily forgot what he was going to say as Lane got out of bed, pulling the covers aside.33928c3075b0698e

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Lane wasn’t wearing a shirt. His bare white back was not skinny as Sean had imagined but rather firm with lean muscles. His skin was smooth, and his beautifully protruding shoulder blades looked like a sculpture…e3830c3ac3018dc7

Wait a minute. What am 6463b94c5b I even 8fc2c74f62 saying?eb1f4947c91a5f62

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Maybe the 37b66c64f5 series of b9eeed49d5 shocks from f3c5043f21 the morning 2bd568b36c had messed 3c14fdeb1d with his 5b906e4356 head. Shaking off the inappropriate e3552b6ce6 thoughts that had been 70702e997b drifting through his mind, ebadc25efb Sean quickly lowered his 7d6d5063ec head and pulled the de68411442 covers over himself. Then, with a trembling a898e8f78d voice, he asked.79b0f0f266916869

“Did we… do it?”d95c10a117e24164

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Yeah. Now wasn’t the time to leisurely admire Lane’s beautiful body; it was more important to figure out what happened last night. He didn’t want to ask such a question to a friend, but the circumstances made it seem too likely. Since coming home, Sean had no memory, and Lane, who was shirtless and seemed upset about the previous night, was right there.19b6adc59577e01e

It looked like a fd2caa2bb9 scene straight out of 89577e1a0d a movie where adults be655d4893 make mistakes.fbe9c205abfc2543

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To think he would make a mistake with a friend. And with someone he didn’t see as a potential partner, regardless of gender.d2ab9cc95b16b03f

With a red a8c6b14389 alert blaring in d1f2fdc865 his mind, Sean 7fd782b1fe hurriedly reached back eb53805b93 to feel around ce8be42d67 his buttocks. Feeling the texture of 14ac026b29 his jeans brought a c1c8be7e06 wave of relief. He realized 7313627ecb a beat e5c0e23391 later that 3d2ff13088 he was d97bd70134 still wearing 17ae32b72a clothes.3565efccfec71caf

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Breathing a sigh 3cd566ddd3 of relief, he dcb97fc274 clenched and unclenched a294c839c0 his glute muscles 7574250beb just to be 1d47141d81 sure. Thankfully, there was no 38031021c0 pain.6150af40b6cc900e

Phew, thank goodness. Avoided the worst. Even if something had happened, it wouldn’t make sense for me to be the one on the receiving end. If anyone was going to be the alpha male, it would be me, Sean Delight.521df739d46ec1e8

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Having calmed down, Sean regained his composure and slowly lowered the covers. Peeking out with just his eyes, he looked around but didn’t see Lane. What? Was what I saw earlier just a hallucination created by my desires? Feeling a chill at the thought, he was checking his surroundings when he heard a sound from the dressing room connected to the bedroom.63487b90403c2067

“Lane?”d9a3315c86948581

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He called out 289d9b3e66 softly, and the 3ff3473b40 sound of footsteps 162862b1cd thumped from inside. Lane, wearing 7f4ecd3c03 a robe, e9b2b12f8d came out 12228039c1 of the a0b00514ab dressing room, 320d52fcf6 standing at d689fcd9fd the entrance, c488437dd8 and shouted aaa6c0ab92 in a 7c3b63ecd3 low voice.9e2f361be1fc9e02

“What kind of indecent thoughts were you having as soon as you woke up?”b568700b065c3c6f

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He seemed quite startled, tying his robe tightly as if to hide all his bare skin. Watching Lane wrap himself up, Sean couldn’t help but burst into laughter. Lane looked quite serious, but to Sean, his actions seemed endearingly cute.bc26f24035d8421e

“Sorry. I misunderstood because you weren’t wearing clothes. You have some responsibility for that.”ccc3e3230c96bf9f

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But Lane, still surprised, 0e62b5da5d glared at Sean with 435139a920 a stern look and 4dce2bdae6 pointed out.09b4d5bb668e9f21

“Thinking like that just because I’m not wearing clothes is more indecent. I don’t know how often this happens for you to jump to such conclusions.”6ae8da57268977db

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Lane’s voice grew lower as he continued speaking. It seemed he was misunderstanding based on Sean’s reputation and behavior.1f304fe1b62a7078

Well, it’s true I’ve casually dated multiple people. But I haven’t slept around. I haven’t even seen a girl’s naked body, let alone my own. The only naked bodies I’ve seen are those of my teammates, covered in sweat after a game. Lane wouldn’t know how terrible the locker room is after a game. I learned there are more uncircumcised guys than I thought while playing football.7a7b8f92928faa99

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Sean, who usually would have brushed it off, changed his mind. He wanted to at least explain, even if it was embarrassing to go into detail. For some reason, he didn’t want Lane to think any worse of him.11a9d6fa4078e50f

“I was surprised because that’s never happened. No matter how bad my reputation is, I don’t fool around. I only go that far with someone I really like.”98e44ca2f0567f50

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Speaking sincerely, hoping to be believed, Lane closed his mouth. Sean continued to explain, looking into Lane’s blue eyes as if gauging the truth.a426c15bf1b0da12

“I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true.”3e3d4b8917ae3b10

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“…So nothing happened with the people you’ve dated?”0425d8e2efe8b674

Since I’ve never dated anyone, of course, nothing happened. Sean shrugged and nodded, hoping to be believed.f28ca08939924da2

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“Yeah.”f596fe4080df20d2

“I can’t believe it.”f810baf1dfaf0ff6

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“Then don’t believe it, you fool.”5112fdde8ef8774b

As they bickered back and forth, the atmosphere turned strange. The content was a bit… questionable, right? If someone who didn’t know them saw this, they’d think they were in a romantic relationship.8ad429f2e83a4170

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If their tone had been playful, it could have been passed off as a conversation between friends, but it was too serious for that. The strange thing was that Sean himself was starting to feel hurt that Lane didn’t believe him, even though it wasn’t the first time Lane had said something like that. He couldn’t understand why it was affecting him so much now.ad9075b860a7bf36

Thinking it over, bad24cb37d Sean, feeling heated, 831652bc5a turned the tables 06e6ed3ae9 on Lane.1abe6682aedffc12

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“You’re the weird one. Why do you sleep without clothes in the first place? And yesterday, you took Dion home, so you’re the one with more experience, aren’t you?”fc03f241d02d45f1

The more he thought about it, the more Lane seemed much more skilled at attracting people than Sean had anticipated. Contrary to Sean’s belief that Lane was uninterested in people and clueless, Lane seemed more relaxed in some ways.f2f9133fc53ec2bc

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Doubt began to creep in. Maybe Lane had a past Sean didn’t know about.80689e575c0a3d35

Taking someone home naturally was a high-level move, and the idea of bringing someone to a friend’s party required a certain sense to come up with. It seemed like Dion and Lane were getting along well, making Sean’s efforts to help seem pointless.0fd38281f3b5d124

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“It’s not like that. I just usually sleep without clothes…”709d199398799eee

When Sean redirected 4c0072cfcf his suspicion, Lane 2d544f436c shouted defensively. Rarely flustered, he 3cb4178a7c quickly walked to 417320b175 the edge of 311c1d51ad the bed and db557399e2 sat down, urgently 8754c8a86c explaining to Sean, 857d65109a who was looking d001777e8f at him with 63e5af6736 distrustful eyes.de689bccf967b2f3

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“I brought Dion to the party because he was curious about you, and taking him home was because my mom…”b66547e5be124a26

Lane abruptly closed 20c7c318b3 his mouth. His complexion c8258a2700 turned pale 958663587a as if 02fe3712e8 he had 4e6def28bb made a 7b1479d9ff mistake, and 2b4dfbf769 Sean tilted ff31c7f126 his head c162faac7d slightly.38dcd321d5e693ad

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“Your mom? You’ve already introduced Dion to your mom?”66120468518284ff

Isn’t that too fast when you’re not even dating? As Sean’s expression grew worse, Lane’s lips moved slightly. The goose-down blanket crumpled in Lane’s grip.32170ff30d49dd9f

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“And why is Dion curious about me? You don’t usually talk about personal stuff with others.”c959a8013def8d51

The more 2aca6b1571 he listened, f29deb08c6 the stranger 2ad31109ea it seemed. Feeling uneasy, Sean raised 628d24acf2 his eyebrows, and Lane 72dd965f64 changed the subject.f3b4e2fa831df6a0

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“Holding hands with you yesterday was the second most sensual thing I’ve ever done. So please refrain from making comments like that.”fe817b93fd6ef6be

Lane’s statement was abrupt but effective. Sean forgot what he was about to argue and slightly parted his lips. As soon as he heard those words, the scene from last night came to mind.2bb5294eea4a93f6

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Recalling the awkward 58b254adbd but warm touch f8a0fa0b5d that carefully enveloped ab204b9168 his hand, contrasting 99f98a70f8 with the chilly aec420d55c night air, Sean 0efbf611cb involuntarily twitched the 2be1f8859c hand that had c6fca24901 been held. His chest cf028ab935 felt unbearably cd03e26935 ticklish for 8c74aa78ac a moment.af6827c3ff84da2a

His head spun as if the hangover had returned. The nausea rose, churning his insides, making him feel like he might vomit his heart out if he stayed still. But he didn’t want to leave.422dc22c18adf403

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“…What kind of hand-holding is that?”1793ba3e33d559e7

Sean whispered f46469e0c0 softly, as 8c936bcfe9 if sulking. Lane, who had 613f335a00 been watching Sean 94c8098ccc intently, asked cautiously.0ea5e9722fa3e054

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“Why isn’t that holding hands?”4cfea337bb043e6d

“To hold hands properly, you have to interlock fingers.”a922130827686e87

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“…I didn’t know that.”0fbf6b75777e5c24

“That happens.”5d209c9be41b3e5a

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