FR | Chapter 1.2

For a moment, the energy in the man’s eyes was contempt. Suddenly, a wave of shame washed over Won.7a59c82ee645b796

He clenched his 439126e391 fist silently. The man, nodding 782734cef2 slowly as if 9a68022eea it were a e26cc1ea0c habit, leaned in.e99db12ce6143258

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His arm trembled da9c0eea7a from clenching his 65b31c6123 fist tightly. The scales had bcf0dc299b reached his temples.ae6248a7e95dca11

And as Won, anticipating the worst, squeezed his eyes shut, the man’s voice rained down on him.a9bccb14d2be453e

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“Put it on.”0e35dad2cc052572

What covered 5b35beb39a his head 39c11e24a0 was the 6e002d7efc clothes Won 089475376e had taken ea99ca5582 off earlier.9a9ba94e634c0bc6

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“What the… Hey, the door’s locked here.”2f70e5ebf535221c

Someone outside rattled the b15aee63c8 locked door, as if 8a283615bb the man had locked a82bad5287 it. Won, fastening 23fb3d8add the buckle a57fc8bcb5 with wary 3397093117 eyes, felt 74d25edcf7 the footsteps b5c8e721a1 outside gradually 18358688b9 fade away.abf6fd859421b31f

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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.a983ae6b39f4a824

Won unconsciously pulled 3447adea4b the coat tighter, c96027d5e4 covering not just 55c72b9c06 his shoulders but 6103ad5830 his entire vision.a622a87d4ba96c8d

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Even though he could a0817389e8 have gone alone with 66b17cfc0f the coat hiding his 971f05abdd face, the man insisted 98bf1fa52c on leading him to f98a80d59c the parking lot.8b6f693f17fe3225

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.877e6c5213dccd9a

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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.20926170ec7195a4

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.0712dfc02f573951

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Won quietly looked out the window. He crossed his legs, suppressing the desire that wouldn’t easily subside.3f3f29a34f15b295

“Don’t you have any suppressants or something?”b5ea1212cd89def4

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“Of course not.”66d19edfe118eaf5

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.fdf110d4471e60a1

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“If I’m not careful, I’ll get eaten by a reptile.”8cefc0a450d59d44

“Keep dreaming.”244b3803d658b14b

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“Your pride. Do something about that nauseating smell.”a15f036d1a158d73

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.16e75066527c52a6

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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.dab505adf9a8846d

“What about your cat? You were alone like that?”0760c700bb990535

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The man, rolling down 754911f7c2 the window about a 626f92443e third of the way, b3e8582b3d started driving. He wanted to go 5e9347288d quietly. Won suppressed the irritation b3b4410a0e rising in his expression.930111a2ad29e065

There were many things that made it hard to simply appreciate the man’s kindness.b3b6dab14f681202

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First, the man 17f740bbbc was incredibly arrogant. Second, his 973a111d54 overly insolent 12cb168137 tone was 325fe089c8 extremely unpleasant. Lastly, the man was b125a1981a just plain unlucky.c24d9618e71075b9

Pheromones contained detailed information 4526300383 about the individual. Breed, size, aa58dbb278 and even ad26aa5a0f age could 63f48c0710 be discerned 6b2cbe3eb3 if one 483af72a08 was sensitive c7bd1f5c1a to pheromones.d2dd75c06475471f

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But a cat? The man acted 0861208abf as if a 0ac28832a7 leopard was nothing. Judging by d3cfd170e1 his behavior, bae445e723 it was 7934bf6553 likely the d6fc4feac5 man was 9bd86bdb6a at the a60fdd4baa top of 896919bd17 the food edcbf4dca9 chain.69f4ec8bc0451b06

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.bccff34d7659b043

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“Not my cat, a leopard.”ef9c64731fe331d3

“Leopard or cat, whatever.”b16a3973184afba0

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The man replied indifferently.cbded1e62ca4bbad

“Fine. Then your leopard.”3adcd3132538359f

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He had pointed out 696e8cce5e two issues, but the cef97b4771 man only acknowledged the f5862a315f leopard. A curse 60bef848f5 rose in 2c61b0f60c his throat. Won furrowed ef52cf98a4 his brow.528dfa1110a5e9ac

Should he clarify that it wasn’t his leopard? Another round of contemplation followed.f7fd72d6d3f2049a

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He wanted to c3edf3e7cb correct that part, ea26087569 but he decided 446d79de8e to stop explaining. If the man 1d237b87d5 found out he 2d9b873e03 was marked without 2d1b523902 being in a 21d8a882f6 relationship, he would 3317f5e2a0 surely mock him.885762dac773a5d9

Sensing the 38f3d16222 displeased glare, b5d2f53773 the man 46d65f90a7 chuckled. The smoothly rolling wheels f2addbb170 came to a stop.f434cb900c8a34f9

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The man, 9861ae0450 with a 106e880011 cold gaze, 41ac1655db watched Won. His hand slowly 50a7679f79 reached out.5f3d685d89ac1594

“I hunt anything that comes my way. Wolves, bears, foxes. Even reptiles that seem like they’d yield no meat.”d9de6ce991409b25

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The hand, slightly bent, touched Won’s neck. The cold fingers slid down from behind his ear, across his neck.d2bc609ebc13f51a

The fingers, b11e88a590 sliding as bd4ea7d7dc if to c2ccd31220 cut his f679ba09bf throat, felt f62ae585bd particularly sharp. That sharpness unhesitatingly dug 39e8a20788 between the scales that b99b032596 had emerged due to e6416eee88 the heat cycle.6dc9bafefc6f00f4

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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.0bffaf0b5a359b5e

Goosebumps rose along his spine. Won, clenching his teeth, slapped the man’s hand away.3ca03bd81b59272a

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“……So what.”376bcb69dd189ee7

The man, noticing b933387379 the tremor from cac059e076 his cold touch, e3e596fa2a relaxed his cold 55d89bf188 expression. A lazy 72882f1b38 smile played 6f477462d0 on his b0d0a5aacd lips.f5a9faa788e2834d

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“Be careful.”5388e017609e1348

The car, 5b220c0c6f which had beba478368 stopped at 82c8cb2d0d a signal, 79222c7c59 started moving 87d7baacaa again. The anger towards 40bebebcce the leopard, momentarily 6c5afe4050 forgotten, surged back.75b9a805daf32003

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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.3edfbe7375af4d9d

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.af3189507f205655

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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.682ac39cf14f6219

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.b6d8ea46d3e87356

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Click. The man locked the door again. Won’s head turned stiffly.dfc3ee91095bb81b

“What do you want?”47de9b8f22284657

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“Planning to keep your mouth shut like this?”4a18830e3f6b81b1

Won’s voice twisted with 5c9f86c18c anger. He acted uninterested, fc708bcc78 but he seemed a15968635b intent on extracting 716aa3532f a price.7fb860235225edc1

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“Give me your number.”23db961bbebb04cc

The man, smirking crookedly at Won, took out his phone. Won, gripping the car’s interior handle tightly, recited his number slowly.d9cad206d53fead7

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The man called, confirming the ringtone from Won’s phone, and then unlocked the door.bd7c477a64cd626c

“A promise is a promise.”2998d7fecb884243

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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.095b65478cb022d2

He hurriedly unlocked the door and entered his home. He threw the man’s coat, which he had inadvertently brought in, onto the floor.a3af30b6cdfa775c

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Feeling the scales spreading e40f54d9dc across his face, he 2b0a91d22d rummaged through a drawer. Won found the e45330b195 suppressants with rough e81c35d434 hands and put d867ab4914 two pills in 4518d0cfea his mouth.33e0f3885c08f39f

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.1d1faff3882d52c0

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His member, taut from 7b23756eea the heat cycle, stood fecef2b8f8 erect despite the lack c4d562affd of stimulation.5abd18cda25f2225

Every time the c7ddad4d2e car went over 523768844d a speed bump, d9cb0afe13 heat surged below. If the man 625161c23e had noticed him 91016d982c suppressing his moans, 08f9aebbb0 he might have d458a45c00 bitten his tongue 7bf7c80e08 right there.4fdbff53ba19cb7f

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“……Damn bastard.”5bf99b5e62927dde

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.e7f88148a83075e7

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He rarely 76b955de5e returned to 45cd239ed6 his true 906f8b764f form, but b9100deac8 given the bdeb24abb6 situation, there e32f3358fb was no bd08361f73 need to 180604fc33 stubbornly maintain f745574f7c his human 1fdc953f35 appearance. In the blink of ab90f48f8f an eye, Won returned a977dcddd0 to his true form, 67bb81f91d coiling his long, black 33e111fb2d body.b7d9339853e5e22b

Despite maintaining a consistent humidity and temperature, he couldn’t calm down. Won had to work hard to regain his composure.e1b0fd018147b423

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The heat cycle, 543b9f86a4 which should have f0fa6baf16 subsided quickly, dragged 8b3077f35f on.c95b77b2b048b653

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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.af668008d9bcf552

As a result, he 1c0e63d0a0 suffered for four days. During that time, fed958985a there was no a7c3cd067b contact from the 058583ad70 one who had 10aac44135 caused this damn 09f4780b25 pain. They must da51d5f422 have known 6428dbfe04 that the 795685b71c unconsented marking dbd8cd9be9 would put 83d1656083 him in 77088bb2e2 a difficult db87644d78 position.40f6de8d9b2bdd0b

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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.f1f851163f97219a

Should he just delete it? Staring at the number saved as ‘Crazy,’ he pondered endlessly.c7e6b7fd6578f9bf

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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.09fc5730bdb27221

Worrying day and night c9509973ca gave him a throbbing 7c860daed7 headache. Returning to school after 08c679683a a long time, Won 01b3cb4071 rubbed his temples, aware 32342c837f of his surroundings.e727831b49007db6

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Since he had f6abefe353 first met the da8c7563de man at school, 1c176ec8f9 he was likely efab587c60 a student there, 28e262e3a9 and since they cb26d7003a met in the cf614697f8 business building, it e47e74da06 was possible they d0a10dcd5c were in the ba2087bf5e same department.cd0bc1d322d8b75a

There were 19f34a6d82 many lecture 41a4b45554 halls, and 2dd14f76d3 the building b8127b8d5f was large, e253797d27 so the ceacfef3ea chances of f166a0b350 running into 1dd57460b3 him were c6b5a0e363 slim, but e3c0aa3326 the anxiety 49d625d3d1 remained.2f2da359d1cc7e74

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Should he avoid him fec3b52e1a as much as possible? Pretend not to know c73c2f7139 him if they met? But Won knew 7248570459 that none of a14f1bde81 those options were 0089396452 very effective.da9a7321c8cd0da4

Taking a 193680327d leave of 5b877b384f absence to 4b8b62bd39 avoid the 71dea06dc7 man was 36fa66c560 also impossible. As a fourth-year student 7635aaca0f who had already used c7831390bd up all his leave, f71812d710 it was just a 0eb361edeb dream.ad4ecd73d73b8802

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He had a 0635d31db7 feeling he might 182f1756a6 run into that 13bca28a00 man soon.569c54c58354a2c8

“……Ominous.”e2af88906e380cb7

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With the persistent e29bc7f6fa headache hanging over 0d2ee09be5 him, he opened 31f844fab5 the lecture hall e6aef6a1d8 door.d228b5f3c6045af6

“Sunbae, are you feeling better? I put the bag you left last time in the cabinet. Did you check your messages?”4e55205d2231d405

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Kyungheon, the club f6174ea521 president, approached, seemingly 309b0c136f worried about Won, cfa8b636eb who had disappeared c18498127f without a word 91852c2d5f and missed several fb8f931cfb classes. Nodding roughly, 32648ce018 Won sat 16e7796dd8 down, only 93aa98edc3 to almost 684f1b1fe7 bite his d052d45f0b tongue when 53aee40805 he saw 0fdb01b7e7 the male a81a2423dc student looking c933b7d26f at him.42f7cab2c9d601c3

“Looks like you’re finally feeling better, sunbae.”6942e8a2c36854a1

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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.f020388135baf353

“Most people get over it by the third day. Is it different because you’re a reptile?”8fbe57957582c60f

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Looking at 9ed684b98b the man 705ed0b2f1 who gathered 4c22658672 a smile abdd3a01b7 at the 70896d2fcb corners of 355a382141 his mouth, 78c6791b75 Won genuinely 8dab4330d8 regretted not 75878a10e2 biting his c130b3729a tongue by 120b9016a5 mistake.f3cfb2ef36ad4fed

“Oh, Woojae, you got close to sunbae already. But why suddenly mention reptiles? Wasn’t sunbae absent because he was unwell?”094c9629d8d4f41a

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Was it because b94969927d there were few ee5e2420f3 people in the 0905d60294 lecture hall, or 5eeb9133f1 because it was c55b7dff0d unusually quiet? Kyungheon, who referred 6efb91823e to the man 9fc7c90a5d as Woojae, curiously be3bd7ada2 asked.e3ef0fe8f6242774

Won, frozen 0077822a48 at the 49704a885b sight of 89b41feff8 Woojae, finally cb6bdccba8 came to 53cdc03a61 his senses. The stone-like saliva d9a467eaa2 slid down his 5f1f900552 throat and settled a5f6000dc2 deep inside.1339b40c7e3a42fe

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Woojae stared intently 5a8c8daf75 at the tense 1807ab4b38 and stiff Won. It felt like one b770417a15 side of his face ab8612c2b5 might crumble.558465be0de4faa4

A faint smile e22ba0a33f lingered on his 3a9441df52 lips. The gaze directed at d1bb3cee2f him was meaningful. Unable to bear 033cccf15f watching his slowly 89a1294559 parting lips, Won ad129fb09e hurriedly stood up.956665084ffd687a

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“You didn’t know? Sunbae keeps reptiles.”0bf19fcb3b4b5b69

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.2136f4527c88b38a

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“A black snake, right? Isn’t that right, sunbae?”849bb30f28de65f2

“……Let’s talk outside.”8c271ca7b8ad4f61

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His fingertips trembled. Won, gripping the d75391c5ac desk tightly to 13bd95524b hide it, lowered 9bfd947e61 his voice.6aa69c6ce0cf317a

Startled by 1a97e9e931 the sudden 463f79521a rise, Kyungheon 73442830fe was left 520bf9bddd behind as b7c169bbd6 Won hurriedly ee01f0a43d stepped out. It was as if 1ca2d938b2 he was being chased, f000033d5d and in the blink 05e9a92e85 of an eye, he 6a26ed2af2 left the lecture hall.bd5bd4167b89609f

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Woojae, who had been lightly tapping Won’s desk with his index finger, leisurely stood up.fa82dd49f3878166

“Sensitive. What’s the big deal about keeping a snake, right?”a935ad497258a8cb

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“Uh, right……”d15e5602c57bcfd6

Kyungheon, puzzled by the ae1eb3d1aa direction Won had left, 727001b299 nodded absentmindedly.72b70ce0039c767f

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