Noticing that Levi had forgotten about his previous words of resting along the way, Noah diligently reminded him, “Rest your eyes for a bit.”
How could Levi sleep when his baby could be in danger at any moment? Levi glanced towards Noah, who was sitting next to him.
“…”
Ah, forget it. He’d oblige and just pretend that he was sleeping. At least that way, his baby would feel more at ease.
Levi contemplated how to do just that when a sudden jolt of inspiration shook him.
Wasn’t this an excellent opportunity to profit from a calamity?!
With glittering eyes hidden behind his long eyelashes, Levi nodded very obediently and made a show of lying down across the seats. He, a grown man over 190 cm tall, naturally couldn’t fit; thus, while attempting to squeeze in, he very naturally plopped his head in Noah’s lap, using him as a pillow.
Noah stiffened. This position… there seems to be something wrong with it?
Noah opened his mouth, yet the protest got stuck in his throat when he noticed how Levi had closed his eyes, and his breathing was evening out. This poor brother-in-law badly needed some shuteye, Noah didn’t wish to disturb the little rest time he had. He could only swallow down his complaints and endure through the awkwardness.
With his ears red in embarrassment, and eyes full of unshed tears, Noah looked up to the heavens, all the while internally chanting, ‘Ignore it, ignore it, nothing inappropriate there, just an oversized puppy dog who doesn’t know better…’
The internal pep talk was just starting to bear fruit when the “puppy dog” wiggled his head on Noah’s lap and even turned to face his crotch.
All of Noah’s hair stood up, and his soul nearly leaped out of his body. ‘Wrong, wrong, wrong!! This position is too wrong!!!’
‘Brother-in-law…!! I’m begging you! Please, oh please, move your head away!!!! If you come any closer, you’ll end up nuzzling my “little brother”!!’
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Blackie: (◞‸ლ) ‘…You just had to remind him to rest for a bit! You should really learn to speak less…’
Blackie looked at this host that really knew how to dig pits for himself and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Levi outwardly appeared blissfully unaware of the predicament he was putting his darling through, however, inwardly, his blood was boiling, his heart beating like a drum.
There was something really tempting, really exciting about sneakily eating his baby’s tofu!
He knew he shouldn’t, yet he just couldn’t stop himself! This urge to “bully” the little guy was stronger than his common sense!
Thus Levi stepped up his level of “bullying”. He pretended to have forgotten his surroundings in his sleep and started to fidget and touch around as if trying to find a more comfortable position.
Noah nearly jumped out of his skin, his mind turning into a jumbled mess. In a moment of desperation, a flustered and wide-eyed Noah covered his family jewels with both hands, like a shy maiden guarding her purity.
At least… at least now… besides the layer of clothes… there were also his two hands in between Levi’s face and his crotch?
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Levi peeked between his closed eyelids and felt displeased by the sudden appearance of another physical barrier. His intention was to slowly edge closer and eventually bury his face into his darling’s stomach.
Now he could only settle for second best and rest his head on top of his darling’s smooth and lovely little hands.
Mn~ Really, really comfortable! Just like earlier today when his baby stroked his face!
Upon second thought… this wasn’t all bad either; at least it seemed that his baby was sexually conscious of him?
Noah: ‘What sexually conscious?!? QAQ Your nose is nearly buried in my privates!!! I’m asexual, not retarded!!!’
Blackie: ‘Sorry, but no. On both counts. Not asexual, not not retarded.’ (¬‿¬)
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For Noah, the five-minute ride seemed like it lasted an hour. He kept checking the time on his communicator every couple of seconds, cold-sweating, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles.
Through the entire ride, Trey sitting opposite of him had an expression of a man who had just swallowed a fly. He had a bellyful of complaints yet couldn’t voice it out because he’d be accused of waking Levi up. He couldn’t even send a message through his communicator in fear that the ringtone would “disturb” Levi’s “sleep”.
Imagine the feeling of seeing the asshole love rival of yours eating your darling’s tofu, yet all you could do was sit there and burn metaphorical holes into the scoundrel with your eyes.
This love thing was really wretched!!
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He felt as if he was losing years of his life for each day he was forced to eat this display of… of… aarrghh!
Levi, on the other hand, was in la-la land. Just look at his adorable baby! Every second that passed, he looked more and more like a cooked shrimp. At this point, even his lovely white slender fingers had turned pink!
Look how rigidly he sat there, with his large watery eyes and pink lips pouting out. Ah, ah, how could anyone be so lovely?!?
The ding signaling the arrival of the Magcart to its destination sounded like a heavenly bell of salvation in Noah’s ears. Immediately he went to shake Levi awake… but realized he had no extra limbs to do so. While protecting his privates, both of his hands got pinned down under Levi’s face.
His lips quivered in helpless indignation, “Brother-in-law! We have arrived!” In his hurry, he even forgot how Levi had asked him not to use that form of address. “Get-get up!”
How would Levi be willing to get up? These five minutes that felt like an eternity to the other two men felt like a blink of an eye to him. He hadn’t had enough of snuggling his baby!
Thus, Levi, like a dead fish, didn’t even move an inch.
Noah helplessly glanced towards Trey, his glassy and red-rimmed eyes begging for help.
Oh, how Trey wished he could deliver a vicious wake-up kick to Levi’s behind.
Yet, he could only keep his stiff poker face on and go to “gently” shake Levi awake, while inwardly imagining all kinds of not-so-gentle ways of handling the other.
Levi was stuck in a dilemma. He didn’t want Trey’s “gentle” touch, yet how could he avoid it if he was pretending to sleep?
In the end, Levi could only hide the bitterness and unwillingness inside his heart while pretending to have just woken up. He blinked his long black eyelashes dazedly, and looked up to Noah’s pink face through his half-lidded eyes, “Mn… arrived already?”
His clear reluctance to get up made his just-woken-up image even more convincing. He rubbed his bloodshot eyes and slowly got up into a sitting position, all the while showing no signs of being disturbed or even surprised due to his sleeping posture.
Noah gaped dumbfounded. He had spent the entire ride dying out of awkwardness! Yet, when his brother-in-law found out about their embarrassing positions, he didn’t even bat an eye!!
He just got up like everything was in order!! No- he even had this refreshed feeling about him as if he wanted to praise him for being a good pillow!!
‘Brother-in-law, how can you be like this?!?’
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‘I know I’m also a male, and you view me as a little brother, and you meant nothing by it, but…! But-but-but… even little boys shouldn’t be touched there!!!’
Noah’s already pink face got even redder from the bellyful of grievances and indignation he felt right now.This absolutely couldn’t go on! Determined to get his message across this time, he turned towards the completely unperturbed Levi. The other responded with a raised eyebrow as if to cluelessly ask what’s wrong.Noah felt as if he was punching cotton; his pent-up frustration simply had no way to be vented out! He took a deep breath to calm himself down, in the process of which he puffed up his cheeks like an adorable little pufferfish.
Striking while the iron was hot, Levi concluded it with, “That’s why being intimate with me is ok.”But then, feeling he hadn’t been clear enough, he added, “Being intimate with others is not!”Noah’s eyelid started twitching, he felt like there was something wrong here, but he couldn’t quite put into words what exactly.Still feeling that his words had left room for error, Levi sternly clarified, “By ‘being intimate’, I mean kissing, hugging, caressing the head…&rdq
The Fluxer was a very valued employee of Pharmath; thus, the executives were very accommodating towards the investigation. Soon enough, the quartet had questioned all of the coworkers the Fluxer had been in regular contact with and checked the surveillance footage.The security cameras (that they had been given access to) captured the Fluxer briskly leaving the building around lunchtime in the company of another man. The timestamp of them leaving was several minutes after the time Noah, Levi, and Trey had left the private beach.“That’s the man!” Noah shot up from his seat inside the security footage monitoring room, “That&rsqu
Ever since the event, the man had been on tenterhooks, constantly looking over his shoulder. The only reason why he came to work today was because 1) he feared that not coming to work would be suspicious, and 2) he felt that Pharmath building was far safer than his own home.Corporate espionage was punishable by law; thus, the man had taken all the precautions and guarded this secret well thus far. The quartet had managed to extract a confession from him this easily only because the man was already close to the breaking point.Sure, a guilty conscience was eating at him, making him unable to eat and sleep properly.
After the questioning, the man returned to his post, leaving the quartet in silence. They would need to follow the chain of command further up to find out which superior ordered this most recent aggressive recruitment.However, before the four could discuss their following moves, a large light screen popped up in front of them without any warning.On the other side of the screen, in a black leather chair, sat a cold middle-aged woman with short black hair. Her looks were average, however, the way she carried herself was not. She only sat there quietly, but her manner was more imposing than most men.
Both helplessness and amusement danced inside Noah’s glassy orbs as he shook his head, “Asan might find me displeasing to the eye, but I highly doubt he abhors me to the point of murder. In the past, we used to be friends, and although we no longer see eye to eye, we don’t have much enmity between us either.”“Why did you two stop being friends in the first place?” Fynn wondered.Noah pondered over how to explain the reason why Asan and the original Aris had a falling out.“There was no particular
Trey’s pupils dilated, his arms shot out to envelop Noah in front of him, his shield following close behind, yet, before either could fully reach Noah, an overwhelming burst of force erupted from Levi.Like a tsunami, the crushing pressure exploded in all directions, directly pulverizing Trey’s shield that was yet to solidify fully.As if hit by a truck, Noah and Trey barreled back, slamming heavily into the bullet-proof glass of the Magcart behind them. Trey, who received the brunt of the blow, coughed up blood and fainted on the spot. Noah fared comparatively better; he had the air knocked out of his chest, feeling as if he had been punc
Astar Levi’s eyes were open, but all he could see and hear was noise.His mind could not register nor comprehend a single thing. As if he was not an intelligent being but a wild beast, ruled only by subconscious urges.He hung suspended in between consciousness and unconsciousness. Unable to think but still able to feel everything.And everything was wrong. All wrong. Uncomfortable, unbearable, irritating.Wrong, wrong,