Semantic Error

Chapter 10.2

Jaeyoung put his hand in the hood and swept his hair back. With a dumbfounded expression, he turned his head around and came one step closer. Sangwoo stepped back that much.

“Looking at you closely, you have a really weird head structure. Haven’t you considered the fact that I’m uncomfortable?”

“You’re uncomfortable?”

“Are you really thinking of making a game in this situation? Why do you only think of yourself, you mannerless bastard? You should ask me where I stand on this.”

“Where do you stand on this?”

His expression crumbled as if he was offended. The pace of the opponent’s approach had accelerated, so the steps backwards also became that rapid.

“You’re doing this on purpose to piss me off, aren’t you?”

“I didn’t know, really.”

Jaeyoung finally stopped walking. He bent his head back, touched it with his hands and deeply sighed.

“How can I stop when we’ve come so far? You want to put yourself in front of me and make a game? It doesn’t make sense.”

“Control the lust, and through rational…”

“Fuck, I can’t do that.”

“Calm down. I’m a man.”

Sangwoo said that, feeling like a fool. Jaeyoung smirked. In the meantime, Sangwoo thought it was good to see that, while he simultaneously felt frustrated.

“I don’t care about evolution and chromosomes. Unlike you, I don’t decide on who I am or what I’m going to do tomorrow. What I’m saying is that what’s in the present is the most important thing.

Jaeyoung took another step closer while pointing to his chest with his hand. His shoulders looked exceptionally broad with his back against the streetlight. Sangwoo felt scared.

“Whether it’s abnormal sexual desire or whatever, I’m attracted. But, since you’re a man, I came here in consideration of you, since you’re a wackoo who freaks out if rules are even remotely broken, not because I’m a decent gentleman. But how about you? Don’t you know that you aren’t alone in this?”

Before he knew it, his back was against the wall. His mind went blank at the horrifying thought that his retreat was blocked. Several combat techniques for larger opponents crossed his mind.

‘When did he get so close?’

While Sangwoo was panicking, Jaeoyung came even closer. The distance between their lips was only about two spans. At this rate, he was afraid that there would be a repeat of what had happened the previous day.

“You were the one who turned on the switch. So don’t tell me to give up. Who do you think you are, that you can…”

‘Now’s the time!’

Sangwoo elbowed Jaeyoung’s waist with force and ran away.

“Hey! You crazy bastard! A person is talking here! Aren’t you gonna come here?”

Yelling was heard from behind, but he ran at full speed toward the building. However, the distance was too short to increase the pace. Sangwoo was caught by Jaeyoung at the back of his neck in front of the dirty glass door. Literally.

Jaeyoung tried to do a headlock on Sangwooand twist one of his arms back. Sangwoo strained himself while trying to escape by shaking his head and putting force into his arm to prevent it from moving back. He hit Jaeyoung’s stomach with the opposite elbow. Jaeyoung blocked Sangwoo’s elbow with his arms that was doing the headlock. They wrestled with each other for a while.

“Let go!”

When Sangwoo stepped on his leg to make him fall, Jaeyoung used the difference in their build to embrace Sangwoo completely. So, the two fell over as one body. Jaeyoung fell on his back and groaned in pain. Sangwoo slapped his chin in order to immediately get up, but Jaeyoung swung his legs over Sangwoo’s waist.

‘Fuck, if only I had a stick.’

It wasn’t like the difference in their physique was that big, and because of that, they couldn’t use their strengths in turns.  When Sangwoo returned to his senses he found himself lying on the asphalt with his head on the ground. And someone had gotten on top of him. Jaeyoung held each of  Sangwoo’s wrists with both of his hands while tightly pressing Sangwoo’s thighs with his lower body. Sangwoo had forgotten that they were wrestling until a moment ago and had closed his eyes tightly.

“What are you up to?”

“Who told you to run away like that while talking about important things?”

Jaeyoung’s grip tightened. The person on top was in an advantageous position. As he was lying flat down, it was impossible to topple him no matter how much strength he used.

“Are you ready to talk now?”

“Talk about what? I have nothing to say?”

“Hey, open your eyes.”

“…”

“I said open your eyes. If you don’t listen, I’ll kiss you.”

Sangwoo opened his eyes wide. Perhaps it was because of the extent to which their bodies were joined or how his face seemed to be too close, but his heart was beating like crazy. Even if he didn’t want him to notice, his chest rose and fell too quickly. Sangwoo thought of the lyrics to the national anthem. Without knowing what he was thinking, Jaeyoung began to speak in earnest.

“Listen up. I told you I don’t care even if you’re a man. Choose between these two things. Either you can try to begin something with me or you give up on the game and never see me again. There’s no middle ground.”