PASSION Chapter 4 Part 23

Chapter 4 Part 23

Come to think of it, even if he was caught, he had no reason to cower. If anything, those trying to enjoy themselves secretly here would be the ones to cower in surprise. Why should he, when he wasn't deliberately trying to peep?

Tae-ui moved forward, patting his chest. He crouched down to pass in front of that concave rock. Glancing that way as he passed wasn't to peep. It was merely to check if they could see him.

A very faint light leaked from inside the rock. Probably one of the people inside had brought some kind of portable temporary flashlight. But even that wasn't very bright, only dimly illuminating outlines.

There were two people inside.

Between the legs of a man leaning against the rock, another person was crouched down. Holding the seated man's genitals with both hands, he licked the tip. Then he moved down the shaft to the base, licking and sucking as if entranced. Wet sounds kept coming from between the legs. The man crouched with his face buried between the other's legs seemed excited just from that, shaking his hips and waist in desire. Occasionally, as if unable to bear it, he reached out to rub his own crotch, his wet hand glistening in the dim light. At the same time, short moans burst out as if he couldn't hold back.

And in front, the man leaning against the rock looked down at the man burying his face between his legs in pleasure. With an expressionless yet languid face openly revealing desire, he looked down at the one faithfully servicing him.

The moment he saw that expression, Tae-ui felt a pang in his chest. A kind of shock and chill.

The man's eyes were extremely cold. Yet endlessly hot. He was reacting hotly and passionately to his own desire, but it wasn't longing for the one between his legs. He was simply enjoying the act without the slightest emotion for the one he was doing it with.

And Tae-ui soon realized who that man was. That face dimly outlined in the darkness was unmistakable.

Rigrow

...Damn it. Why do I keep running into this guy everywhere? The one person I least want to encounter. Instead of quietly sleeping at this hour, he's dragged someone all the way to this beach to do this.

Tae-ui clicked his tongue. But the moment he recognized that man, his body froze. He felt like he would be noticed if he moved even a finger. No, perhaps he had already been noticed.

Tae-ui stood frozen in place, holding his breath. How could he escape from here? That was the only thought in his mind.

Whether or not he knew someone was there, Rigrow was absorbed in the act.

Looking down at the young man frantically moving his mouth and tongue between his legs, he suddenly grabbed the youth's hair. Then he roughly pulled that head tight against his crotch.

"Swallow deeper. Harder. ...Can't you suck properly?"

He lightly gripped and shook the youth's chin. Then clicking his tongue, he started thrusting while gripping the youth's head. The youth gasped and panted for breath. As Rigrow roughly moved his hips against the youth's mouth as if about to choke him, when the suffocating youth struggled, he pulled out of his mouth and lightly slapped his cheek. Though "lightly," the dry impact sound was quite loud as the youth's head turned.

"I said do it properly. Lick every corner and suck hard. Then I'll fuck you as much as you want. You look like you're dying for it in your hole, but you're not putting in effort."

His voice was roughly excited. A voice dripping with lust came out with rough breaths. The youth frantically dove between his legs again. Soon intense, urgent sounds echoed.

Tae-ui could feel his own face hardening. His chest grew hot and his breath caught.

It wasn't just because of this abnormal situation of secretly watching others' acts. Nor was it because it had been a long time since he had relieved his own urges.

Rigrow, this overwhelming man, was exuding an aura as intense as his tyrannical presence. A supreme male that would make any ordinary man tuck tail and run. Any woman with primal instincts alive would present herself to him, any man unable to even stand before him.

It was beyond what could be expressed as sexual attraction. An overwhelmingly compelling male scent emanated from that man's entire body. Anyone whose nape was bitten by those cruel teeth would submit without even thinking of resisting.

The blood drained from Tae-ui's face. As a man, he felt threatened by this man's very presence that was difficult to face. Dangerous. Don't get close. Like one instinctively fleeing after entering a stronger male's territory, Tae-ui felt an instinctive sense of intimidation and fear-like suffocation from that man.

That's when Rigrow, who had been looking down at the youth with lowered gaze, raised his eyelids. Those pitch-black eyes turned unhesitatingly this way. As if he had known all along.

Tae-ui stood frozen, unable to move. Like meeting the gaze of a beast staring at him, he could only face that man.

Tae-ui shouldn't have been visible from where Rigrow was. No, even if he sensed a presence, he shouldn't have been able to distinguish who was standing there. The light didn't reach that far.

Rigrow gave a cold gaze toward where Tae-ui was. Then at some point he faintly twisted up the corners of his mouth. A sneer, or threat. Telling the weak bastard frozen hiding there to get lost.

Flinch, Tae-ui's fingertips curled. Then his body moved as if released from sleep paralysis. His heart, pumping blood fiercely, seemed to sense danger from the instinctive threat, beating violently enough to hurt.

He had to go. He had to leave. He wanted to get away from this place quickly. He couldn't bear this suffocating heat any longer. If he quietly disappeared now, that tyrannical beast wouldn't come after his throat. Then leaving now was the best option.

Rigrow. This damn bastard. Doesn't he ever get tired, after rolling around all day and marching without rest at night, shouldn't he be lying down sleeping quietly? Why is he playing around lewdly in this corner of the beach?

Along with anger welling up, Tae-ui felt anxiety faintly rising from the depths.

Though not clearly visible in the dim light, the thought suddenly struck that the youth giving his body to Rigrow might resemble Shin Lu. The relatively narrow shoulders and slender limbs, the smoothly flowing lines of the body. More than the body itself, the image evoked by such things was similar to Shin Lu. A soft-feeling body.

Damn it. If he clearly has someone to sleep with, he should keep his eyes off Shin Lu. This unprincipled, debauched madman.

Chewing curses in his mouth, Tae-ui silently moved his feet. Only after walking some fifteen steps to where he thought he was a bit far from them did he glance back that way. Now their figures were hidden in shadow, only their silhouettes flickering on the rock visible.

"My luck's really bad these days, seriously..."

Tae-ui sighed while grumbling quietly. And just as he was about to take a step to return, that's when it happened.

He thought he saw a figure moving briefly on top of the large rock where they were hiding.

Tae-ui turned his head sharply as he was turning around. He hadn't seen wrong. Someone was clearly lying on the rock, moving carefully. That person, who didn't seem to have noticed Tae-ui, was focusing all attention on the people below the rock - probably Rigrow.

And Tae-ui saw. The hand of that shadow dimly lit by the dark light shining from inside the rock. It held a large, heavy-looking crossbow.

Tae-ui swallowed his breath.

A Horzon... no, maybe a Stek. Though hard to see in the darkness, the crossbow that shadow was holding was more than enough to shoot and kill a person. Especially in a case like now, with the crossbow tip aiming at the head from right above.

Tae-ui soon recognized that shadow. It was the man he had glimpsed in the forest earlier. The man whose movements had seemed strange but he had given up following was now targeting Rigrow from up there.

The man's index finger was on the trigger. Just pulling it a few millimeters would send the heavy, sharp arrow piercing through Rigrow's head.

There was no time to think and move. Almost instinctively, or like an accident ingrained since childhood, Tae-ui picked up and threw a fist-sized rock within reach. The sound of it cutting through the air tore the night's silence. And simultaneously came the sound of the man's wrist snapping as it was struck hard by the rock.

"Ugh!!"

The man's short cry rang out at the unexpected blow. With that, he pulled the trigger, and the misfired arrow left the bowstring. And that arrow happened to fly toward Tae-ui.

"Gasp...!"

Tae-ui drew in a sharp breath. Though he reflexively dodged the moment the crossbow turned this way from being hit by the rock, the arrow was just as fast. The arrow that he barely avoided by a hair's breadth grazed Tae-ui's elbow and stuck in the spot where he had been standing just moments before.

Tae-ui broke out in a cold sweat. If he hadn't instinctively twisted his body, he would have been seeing the afterlife by now. He had nearly died trying to save someone.

Only after seeing the arrow quivering stuck in the ground did his mind regain some composure, then lamented with a bit of regret. Why had he helped when he could have seen that ominous and dangerous man disappear from the world if he had just left it alone? Besides, maybe that man with the crossbow was trying to do what should be done. Come to think of it, the possibility of Rigrow being evil was much higher than that man.

But probably even if the same thing happened again - and even if the people changed - Tae-ui would have done the same thing. Whatever the case, he wasn't the type to just watch someone die before his eyes.

While Tae-ui was steeped in numerous regrets and agonies in the span of mere seconds, Rigrow's response was instantaneous. Without hesitation, he shoved away the youth crouched between his legs and picked up a suitable rock rolling on the ground. Then half-rising, he hurled it at the head of the man clutching his wrist on top of the rock.

The rock that flew with pinpoint accuracy smashed the man's head, making it spurt blood, and with a low groan he collapsed on the spot as if unconscious.