FR | Chapter 1.2

For a moment, the energy in the man’s eyes was contempt. Suddenly, a wave of shame washed over Won.7e633ba7e3068b28

He clenched his fist silently. The man, nodding slowly as 1750fe08df if it were a habit, d9847718f9 leaned in.a9f174dd0ea47a12

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His arm trembled from 86c4de16d2 clenching his fist tightly. The scales had a100ceee97 reached his temples.8d20fbfd12e55672

And as Won, anticipating the worst, squeezed his eyes shut, the man’s voice rained down on him.4d2d502ecc3ea1e3

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“Put it on.”e1d0a700bb5efc8a

What covered his head was 62f440d6ca the clothes Won had taken 9e7280bb3a off earlier.aa67e1426cb877e2

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“What the… Hey, the door’s locked here.”213324a5356b8c26

Someone outside rattled 90395ea75a the locked door, 823d7d6100 as if the 8f03ee9901 man had locked 99e5259a5a it. Won, fastening the buckle b3c10abde4 with wary eyes, felt f7d0313382 the footsteps outside gradually bd2164e7b9 fade away.25f41cea168cc95f

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He pulled down his T-shirt to cover his protruding front. The man, watching quietly, draped a coat over Won’s head.9a283ef6efd0d810

Won unconsciously pulled the coat 6b13b42a45 tighter, covering not just his d8230d5647 shoulders but his entire vision.4ad50af49c221140

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Even though he 1263eccae0 could have gone 73f5917b18 alone with the 7313248bc8 coat hiding his 21919e3312 face, the man 698a6ebedf insisted on leading 050a3d4dc2 him to the b3f1bc4655 parking lot.9d556c9a04f79c9c

As soon as they entered the parking lot, a car flashed its headlights. The owner of the car, waiting eagerly for them, was obvious. Won hesitated as the man gestured to the passenger seat. After a brief hesitation, he got into the man’s car.e270924630a43c5a

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The mention of a cat smell bothered him. That cat smell was undoubtedly the leopard’s pheromones, and there was no need to spread the leopard’s pheromones to other beastmen.ab7a61018657e673

As Won sat in the passenger seat and fastened his seatbelt, the man settled into the driver’s seat. The car was filled with a subtle scent of cologne.c9a22b267b123488

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Won quietly looked out the window. He crossed his legs, suppressing the desire that wouldn’t easily subside.b8b3b5436905b55f

“Don’t you have any suppressants or something?”1508ad7144d4dc09

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“Of course not.”111a1f6b5786cae4

The man responded briefly, confirming it with a sidelong glance. The thirst was intense, and he felt a chill creeping in. Won’s voice cracked as he gave the man his address.f3b2adf45823d380

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“If I’m not careful, I’ll get eaten by a reptile.”518ee63c5eaac867

“Keep dreaming.”30557ecc9ee281b3

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“Your pride. Do something about that nauseating smell.”b1657151d8c75623

The man sneered, pointing out the fluid seeping through. The pheromones from the fluid couldn’t be blocked by any fabric, no matter how dense.ede3e98cb26671e8

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Instead of responding to the man’s words, Won pressed his nails into his palm. The act was filled with a wish to delay the progress of the heat cycle.814ee352a5e3c37b

“What about your cat? You were alone like that?”77eeee99ef330f72

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The man, rolling down the d02c887790 window about a third of 4cea54eecd the way, started driving. He wanted to go quietly. Won suppressed the irritation 22e7a074b8 rising in his expression.1f8023619adae37f

There were many things that made it hard to simply appreciate the man’s kindness.3dc477fd712bbb22

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First, the man was dbc102e1d2 incredibly arrogant. Second, his overly insolent d2a8fabc7e tone was extremely unpleasant. Lastly, the man f2141fd286 was just plain 547c5ea2bf unlucky.a6a5c4e50b3cc8ba

Pheromones contained detailed information 11639fe36e about the individual. Breed, size, and even age fcfe6271ac could be discerned if one af0f2120ad was sensitive to pheromones.c7a7bec16a06f98b

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But a cat? The man acted 68929995ef as if a 4eb839694a leopard was nothing. Judging by his behavior, 61e08bdcf0 it was likely the 6be37e14b4 man was at the 5aa23fb01a top of the food af85a9aae5 chain.543cf8c79579267e

It seemed wise to avoid provoking him as much as possible. Won took a slow breath and decided to correct only the part of the man’s words that bothered him.9d71320b8835de4d

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“Not my cat, a leopard.”38ca5d32ef2f52c1

“Leopard or cat, whatever.”aa083dc8d1d92702

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The man replied indifferently.7a7e08a7a2f19851

“Fine. Then your leopard.”b8de4061300dba94

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He had pointed out 095d5b354f two issues, but the c232945852 man only acknowledged the 7481e27635 leopard. A curse rose 9641b3b886 in his throat. Won furrowed his brow.fff9498ac89cc91b

Should he clarify that it wasn’t his leopard? Another round of contemplation followed.b663b54caa2d1ed5

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He wanted to 9d8496558a correct that part, bfdc370aa7 but he decided 7501733f49 to stop explaining. If the man found out f7ba306c2c he was marked without being d8e3ad6d6d in a relationship, he would 904e83aa92 surely mock him.db9bf7b3ccc15c4d

Sensing the displeased glare, the 4c429b2581 man chuckled. The smoothly rolling wheels came de2324e016 to a stop.3f37825ae083c5a2

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The man, with a 66271a0d29 cold gaze, watched Won. His hand slowly reached out.324b1118542b838f

“I hunt anything that comes my way. Wolves, bears, foxes. Even reptiles that seem like they’d yield no meat.”b6f8add9f61dd471

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The hand, slightly bent, touched Won’s neck. The cold fingers slid down from behind his ear, across his neck.8f97b417ba1220a5

The fingers, sliding as bd28e08017 if to cut his 39068fd6a5 throat, felt particularly sharp. That sharpness unhesitatingly a70f5e10e0 dug between the ae30d5c302 scales that had d024fb06a5 emerged due to f553ac86e3 the heat cycle.b897a05d6b6814a8

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It was a kind of warning. Not to provoke him further. Instinctively swallowing his fear, Won’s body trembled slightly. He swallowed heavily.922cdeea4d353462

Goosebumps rose along his spine. Won, clenching his teeth, slapped the man’s hand away.d96b52b7925c3e51

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“……So what.”0080fdaaf186369a

The man, noticing 477c81161e the tremor from 111f59f5ea his cold touch, 5164b84d00 relaxed his cold 6629ecb03a expression. A lazy smile 5f3d3409a8 played on his 7837ce8670 lips.65f7aab12ac24741

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“Be careful.”b986b53270ac329e

The car, which had 74ef7da974 stopped at a signal, 99e43fcbc2 started moving again. The anger towards the leopard, ddd15b6ea4 momentarily forgotten, surged back.683d35b995a11917

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For now, he had received the man’s help, but he couldn’t be at ease. The man posed an infinite threat to Won.ad5c169a32b43841

Unconsented marking among beastmen was akin to a crime. Even if the man hadn’t noticed, the fact that he had almost exposed a group’s existence by leaking pheromones was undeniable. He wouldn’t escape scrutiny.212ca2d3c85be9f8

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He thought he had finally escaped the center’s surveillance. He might reach a point where he couldn’t stand alone anymore.c711b5f99cb4ae97

As his nails relentlessly pressed into his palm, the car arrived in Won’s neighborhood. As he unbuckled his seatbelt and unlocked the door to get out.1f42fcbd3ce8184d

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Click. The man locked the door again. Won’s head turned stiffly.686561f03bbd657f

“What do you want?”ed38d77eb29e4bb4

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“Planning to keep your mouth shut like this?”83af7fd831436233

Won’s voice twisted with anger. He acted uninterested, but he aa89f0f771 seemed intent on extracting a 8ea2e29c22 price.cb54b4b3f19078f1

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“Give me your number.”319493ee52fab850

The man, smirking crookedly at Won, took out his phone. Won, gripping the car’s interior handle tightly, recited his number slowly.830a6c4996601783

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The man called, confirming the ringtone from Won’s phone, and then unlocked the door.494271a6809e14ee

“A promise is a promise.”84bd9eaf3ab18d80

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Won glared at the man waving the phone in his hand, then hurriedly got out of the car. He slammed the door harder than necessary in response, and only after confirming the man’s car disappeared from view did he turn to leave.ea6344d3e5abeeff

He hurriedly unlocked the door and entered his home. He threw the man’s coat, which he had inadvertently brought in, onto the floor.201403950823c620

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Feeling the scales 2212f0f46e spreading across his 9ae2f68111 face, he rummaged 85738c1ece through a drawer. Won found the suppressants 64fd86ac6e with rough hands and 436c63da3a put two pills in d6e8e07b92 his mouth.f809e89e08c729d0

He didn’t even have time to drink water. Chewing the suppressants as if grinding them with his teeth, he burrowed into his blanket. He curled up his trembling body tightly.4b476495ae9c90bf

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His member, taut 807905f952 from the heat d7e6c38e6b cycle, stood erect 75e126c60c despite the lack adb902872c of stimulation.80f9312d42571555

Every time the car went 73a194ce6b over a speed bump, heat 18d494a17c surged below. If the man had 120947a729 noticed him suppressing his 6cce18fbe1 moans, he might have af7a40a5e8 bitten his tongue right ed3b5d8f67 there.1a15f4cf6c70f056

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“……Damn bastard.”4d8e4ca200698638

The anger didn’t easily subside, and he cursed through clenched teeth. He knew he had to quell the heat cycle before finding and tearing apart the cause of this mess, but the anger wouldn’t fade.16f06a0d0394b422

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He rarely returned to his 33943247a2 true form, but given the 0526234f63 situation, there was no need 3aae36a0ce to stubbornly maintain his human a126428c5f appearance. In the blink of 4a90774efc an eye, Won returned 849bebb6f6 to his true form, aaafbcefe2 coiling his long, black 9dd13ad4cb body.96a7fd5aca87efd6

Despite maintaining a consistent humidity and temperature, he couldn’t calm down. Won had to work hard to regain his composure.d903f7fe0cdf3b7d

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The heat cycle, 5c7acd74cb which should have 8c5c2defdb subsided quickly, dragged 391ea3b80c on.c51d2147bc433cb5

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When the womb opened due to marking, if it didn’t receive someone’s seed, it led to muscle pain accompanied by high fever. Won, who had never considered marking in his life, had no medicine to relieve the muscle pain.8f950fc02e99feec

As a result, 53e774fcd7 he suffered for d028869f05 four days. During that time, there cc26749857 was no contact from f3eaf1273d the one who had 8812366a13 caused this damn pain. They must have known 1005a5fc1e that the unconsented marking 9bbde99563 would put him in 16d669befe a difficult position.34979c386c908b8e

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Of course, it was no different for the man who had taken his number. He thought he’d hear from him in two days, but by the fourth day, there was still no word.6b7d6062af3733ec

Should he just delete it? Staring at the number saved as ‘Crazy,’ he pondered endlessly.ba200695b17cf5b2

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It felt like holding a ticking time bomb. He was anxious about when it might explode, yet he couldn’t let go of the bomb in his hand. The reason was clear. He had received help from the man, after all. Even magpies repay kindness.6bcb646b46d35294

Worrying day and 4f44a31657 night gave him 4c81190937 a throbbing headache. Returning to school after a 465fac1e82 long time, Won rubbed his 8da5534b69 temples, aware of his surroundings.e098d9f2948cbd99

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Since he had first met b67d160d87 the man at school, he 2e83b28578 was likely a student there, c8849a697f and since they met in 79c801bc96 the business building, it was 2a96c5d3ef possible they were in the b661fd15af same department.0211868c9b8799c5

There were many 4b4e8e757d lecture halls, and 2c17d7562a the building was 5f3bbf8798 large, so the c9c8e86667 chances of running d9efced84e into him were abd2a906fb slim, but the cf40bbbd2a anxiety remained.cd4e2c468f9ecba9

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Should he avoid him as a8f66b2786 much as possible? Pretend not to 2999c47f34 know him if b8cc9214ba they met? But Won knew 32965cd1c5 that none of 61ae98305a those options were 26774dd6b1 very effective.cdc19225ae2dcf9f

Taking a leave of 4802f42c01 absence to avoid the fbfe845858 man was also impossible. As a fourth-year student who 585adee971 had already used up all eb20534854 his leave, it was just ff6de83d79 a dream.8c6a4d02c7ea613d

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He had a 30969f8deb feeling he might ef482cfaf6 run into that cb31c10c67 man soon.a2d9e1a28180662b

“……Ominous.”484533fae260683f

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With the persistent abee9f0dce headache hanging over ca89ec5ede him, he opened 6ead1aea61 the lecture hall c69445c8a8 door.f15035b56292aff9

“Sunbae, are you feeling better? I put the bag you left last time in the cabinet. Did you check your messages?”e00846eb757bff99

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Kyungheon, the club president, ec463b9eef approached, seemingly worried about 8b9c7d82d8 Won, who had disappeared d3f56e3bcf without a word and b7eeb3b36c missed several classes. Nodding roughly, Won fc120cea06 sat down, only 203331bfcf to almost bite e7b733bab1 his tongue when a770794cfc he saw the 946f078b95 male student looking 6a41609276 at him.029682a62835dacd

“Looks like you’re finally feeling better, sunbae.”278221f275ba2de5

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The student, who had boldly acknowledged Won, who had few acquaintances in the department, was the man. The man saved as ‘Crazy’ in Won’s phone, treated like a ticking time bomb.2b1cf694c58a834d

“Most people get over it by the third day. Is it different because you’re a reptile?”b205c6437012b2fa

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Looking at the man f740d3991d who gathered a smile 0f49bb8b02 at the corners of 705fdbfb5b his mouth, Won genuinely 5e0e9e51f1 regretted not biting his 86ee2885bd tongue by mistake.2c0c64734ee235db

“Oh, Woojae, you got close to sunbae already. But why suddenly mention reptiles? Wasn’t sunbae absent because he was unwell?”4dc98f1688da62dd

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Was it because 5bf09299f6 there were few b0eba56a3b people in the 1328843147 lecture hall, or 25c013f786 because it was 41d55ca677 unusually quiet? Kyungheon, who referred 8b672da1e6 to the man 0356955408 as Woojae, curiously 139771f8e3 asked.71476adaeb60b8ba

Won, frozen at the cdbb8117fd sight of Woojae, finally 8431e681a2 came to his senses. The stone-like saliva slid 37e4e94cc8 down his throat and 4d98143a86 settled deep inside.f9a251b40c74f93d

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Woojae stared intently at 5c22ce79e4 the tense and stiff b912b80f9f Won. It felt like one side 68d8155da6 of his face might crumble.d121b19546cfd116

A faint smile lingered f4dca1070d on his lips. The gaze directed at 4954a1b1ff him was meaningful. Unable to bear b4d19312cf watching his slowly 4469cefd2d parting lips, Won e4c0a0fd04 hurriedly stood up.a65bc344681a35f6

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“You didn’t know? Sunbae keeps reptiles.”8fce9d77b0198401

A nonchalant voice followed. It felt like half his life had withered away. The laughter that burst out like a cough mixed perfectly with Woojae’s voice.8507e1cb75a1cbe8

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“A black snake, right? Isn’t that right, sunbae?”cdbbc502b52d85b2

“……Let’s talk outside.”940327bd28056939

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His fingertips trembled. Won, gripping the desk tightly 135eda8c94 to hide it, lowered his 5b1f6d5150 voice.9e0fccd447e63b8a

Startled by the sudden rise, 3fd0b4a311 Kyungheon was left behind as 0298ab00b6 Won hurriedly stepped out. It was as if he 5a4046daa7 was being chased, and in 0356a71e00 the blink of an eye, bd93a81d32 he left the lecture hall.dad558b23957da8e

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Woojae, who had been lightly tapping Won’s desk with his index finger, leisurely stood up.39dbeff850b6b877

“Sensitive. What’s the big deal about keeping a snake, right?”928efed8798fcd48

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“Uh, right……”5e12696a52d06442

Kyungheon, puzzled by the direction 0c814ca857 Won had left, nodded absentmindedly.d6577f94eb418ad3

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