Let Me Lock You Up! Chapter Two
CHAPTER TWO
Taegun came to his senses a few hours after he collapsed.
Guess it was just a regular sleeping pill.
He looked around the darkened room he found himself in. He was still at Yuan’s house. And he wasn’t in any sort of pain.
Taegun calmly recalled the events that had led up to this moment before he lost consciousness.
***
After spotting Yuan secretly come to the cafe in the building of the company where he worked, Taegun had gotten busy with work and couldn’t see his boyfriend for a week. Finally, they were able to meet up.
“Um… Taegun-ssi!”
“Hmm?”
“Would you like to visit my place today?”
Taegun immediately knew something was off when he heard this invite. Yuan had never wanted Taegun to visit his home before.
“I was embarrassed to invite you because my place is so small.”
“But you’re okay with it now?”
“Yes! You’ll…have to get used to it anyways…”
Taegun couldn’t pinpoint the exact issue, but as he stared at Yuan, he could clearly tell that something was different from usual.
He thought about the day Yuan had lied and visited his company cafe. He’d pretended not to know since Yuan had gone so far as to hide the fact, but it seemed like there was some kind of misunderstanding. His coworker had tactlessly brought up old stories about his ex-girlfriend.
Taegun thought about explaining his side of the story, but it felt too late now.
He looks just like a restless puppy.
Yuan clearly wanted something but couldn’t ask for it out loud. So Taegun played along and gave him what he wanted; he went to Yuan’s home.
“I’ll get you some coffee, Taegun-ssi.”
“Thanks.”
Taegun knew well before they started dating that Yuan had an anxious personality, but somehow, it seemed to have gotten worse over time.
Yuan brought over the coffee, and Taegun immediately saw white powder that hadn’t yet dissolved. Suppressing his curiosity, Taegun played along, though he was taken aback.
I didn’t know he’d go so far.
“I-is there something wrong?” Yuan asked in a trembling voice. He himself didn’t drink any coffee.
“No.”
Looking at Yuan’s anxious appearance, Taegun wondered idly whether his boyfriend was scheming to take photos of him naked while he was knocked out.
Sex scandals among the upper classes always attracted public attention. It would be even more scandalous if the news were about a gay man. Perhaps Yuan would use the photos as an excuse to say they couldn’t break up.
This was Taegun’s best guess based on the limited information that he currently possessed.
Even if Yuan were to take compromising pictures of him, he would never spread them around—he’d just keep them in storage for himself. His boyfriend was surprisingly timid.
Anyways, even if Yuan were to lose interest in the relationship and attempt to use the photos as blackmail, there were ways to deal with that potential problem.
That’s why I drank that questionable coffee.
Taegun looked again at the handcuffs on his wrists. He could have broken off the toy-like handcuffs with just a little force, but he decided to wait some more.
Clack.
He’d imagined a lot of scenarios before, but never this one.
Before he could decide on what to do about the handcuffs, Yuan came into the room.
“Ack! You’re already awake, Taegun-ssi…”
Yuan must have assumed Taegun was still knocked out, because as soon as he met his eyes, he looked as though he’d just seen a ghost.
“Yuan.”
Clack.
Taegun first glanced at the handcuffs on his wrists, then at his lover, who was shaking and on the verge of tears. This didn’t seem like a BDSM play, not from Yuan. So Taegun was curious about what thoughts could possibly be rolling around in Yuan’s small head.
“Are you gonna explain this, Yuan?”
Yuan’s body trembled like a willow tree as he stopped in his tracks.
“T-Taegun-ssi… Are you mad? You must be s-so disappointed in me… You’ve always been so kind to me…”
“But?”
“But I c-can’t live without you, T-Taegun-ssi, but y-you… Hic… You can, so…!” Yuan muttered quickly in an unsteady voice.
Yuan couldn’t bring himself to take a step closer to Taegun. He could only start crying as he made a grand confession of love.
It was clear that Yuan had no idea who he was talking to about what. If he had known, he would never have said such a thing to Taegun.
Yuan’s eyes reddened and sparkled with tears.
Taegun smothered a laugh with his hand.
“You think I’d be fine without you, Yuan?”
“Y-you’ll get married, and you’ll have a nice life with your wife… Hic.”
“I’m getting married?”
“Y-you’ve dated women before, and you even thought about getting married to your ex…!”
“That was in the past.”
But Yuan’s expression only hardened more.
“But, hic, you’ll just meet another woman in the future… Waahh… Of course th-that would be normal… Hic…”
Although Yuan was talking nonsense, Taegun understood what he was trying to say.
“I’m not interested in seeing anyone else, Yuan.”
“You’re n-not going to get married? Not even a fake marriage?”
“I don’t know what a fake marriage is, but no, I’m not getting married to a woman either way.”
“...You’re not lying just because you want me to let you go?”
“I’m not,” Taegun laughed. “But are you being serious about not being able to live without me?”
Just thinking about it made Taegun cheerful. Yuan, who had been shaking and shedding tears, opened his eyes wide at his boyfriend’s laughter.
“I-I’m serious! This isn’t a joke...! Why are you laughing?”
“So?”
“Y-you can’t leave my place from now on, T-Taegun-ssi.”
The way Yuan spoke was rather pitiful; his legs shook just like a newborn deer.
“Huh?”
Taegun blinked slowly, pretending he didn’t quite understand the situation.
“So I’m living here from now on?”
From the nonsense that Yuan was spouting, Taegun had a rough idea of what his boyfriend was thinking and how he’d come to this conclusion.
“B-but in return, I’ll feed you for the rest of your life. And I’ll do anything for you so you won’t even want to leave.”
“What about my work?”
“I’ll do my best to support you.”
“You’re going to feed me and clothe me?” Taegun asked in surprise.
Although Yuan didn’t make as much money as Taegun, he did have his own source of income.
As a freelancer, his pay was generally unstable, but if Taegun remained at his home like he wanted, Yuan was prepared to support him by finding another job or increasing his workload.
It was adorable, thinking how desperately Yuan must have planned this whole ridiculous situation. The only thing his cute little head could think of to keep his boyfriend was to literally trap him.
It was certainly more interesting than anything Taegun had imagined. He was surprised beyond measure, and Taegun was rarely surprised by anything.
He’d never even heard such words of support from his own parents when he was younger.
“I might not earn enough right now, but I promise, I’ll find more work soon,” Yuan fidgeted.
“...”
“Do you…hate me? Don’t tell me you’re tired of me now?”
“Of course not.”
“Really?”
“...By the way, were you serious about what you said earlier?” Taegun asked.
“About how I would feed you and take care of you?”
“No, not that. You said you’ll do anything for me if I stay here.” Taegun wanted to confirm Yuan’s intentions.
“Yes, I promise!”
Not truly understanding what was being asked, Yuan nodded enthusiastically. He was simply happy that Taegun wasn’t resisting much, considering the situation.
“All right, then.”
“R-really?” Yuan asked Taegun with an expression of disbelief. He drew closer.
“Well, you agreed to do anything for me, right?” Taegun answered with a gentle smile—rather unfitting for someone who had just been imprisoned.
Yuan nodded again, not comprehending the meaning hidden behind Taegun’s mysterious smile.
Everything is going according to plan!
Yuan’s heart pounded fiercely. But then he realized something. There was something he had to clarify first.
“Um, but, I-I can’t remove the handcuffs. N-not yet.”
“I wasn’t going to ask that.”
“Really?”
Taegun nodded.
Yuan’s face brightened instantly. He was willing to grant any demands, no matter what, to guarantee Taegun the same life he had always lived, as long as he stayed by his side. He would even take out a loan if he couldn’t manage the financial strain.
Relieved, Yuan approached Taegun as if possessed. When they were close enough to touch, Taegun stretched out and wrapped his arms around Yuan’s waist, pulling him forward.
“Don’t worry so much about what I think,” Taegun said.
Instead of answering, Yuan simply nodded.
“Then is it okay with you if I show you the parts I’ve hidden from you ’til now?” Taegun asked, putting his chin on Yuan’s shoulder.
“What?” Yuan couldn’t understand what he meant.
“I think you have this idea that I’m a perfect boyfriend, but I can be a shitty guy too.”
“That’s not true!”
Yuan refuted the statement almost angrily. He simply refused to believe it.
“Then Yuan, are you saying you won’t be disappointed by me no matter what I say or do?”
“Of course!”
Tae-gun’s smile broadened.
“Well, then,” he whispered in Yuan’s ear in a low voice. “First, I wanna suck your dick.”
Yuan’s eyes slowly widened at the lewd request that had been spoken so sweetly.
“...What?” Yuan stared. “I-I don’t know about that…!”
His face became hot with embarrassment. He was still conservative when it came to sex, to the point that he got embarrassed simply by touching Taegun.
“Why not?”
Normally, Taegun would have stopped his flirting now, but he decided that this was the right time to show his real emotions to the core.
“We just said we’re going to be honest and show each other everything, right?”
Yuan felt something was off. He felt like he was being led on, but he couldn’t figure out why.
“That’s true, but…” Yuan’s voice wavered like a candle in the wind.
“I want to know your body as much as I know your heart,” Taegun murmured with a voice thick with yearning.
“...”
“Sex isn’t dirty, you know.”
Yuan didn’t want to disappoint Taegun, especially when he had opened up to him. He had even let himself be confined. But if Yuan refused because of his own embarrassment, what if Taegun’s feelings for him began to fade…?
“Just a little bit then...”
***
Yuan stood as Taegun sat on the bed and fingered him. Squelching sounds echoed as Taegun’s fingers disappeared into Yuan’s hole. As he pumped his fingers inside the slick walls, Yuan’s body collapsed and fell forward. Yuan gripped Taegun’s thick shoulders and pleaded to no avail.
“You have to stand straight,” Taegun scolded gently.
“Haa, but...!” Yuan shook his head and clutched the headboard of the bed. He’d made the big decision to allow Taegun to give him oral sex, but there was one problem that he had overlooked.
“Looks like you’re feeling pretty good.”
“Hic… Hic…”
Yuan felt like he might keel over from embarrassment.
He had assumed Taegun would go down in the typical position in which they usually had sex, but the handcuffs posed a problem.
“This is gonna be tough.”
“Oh...”
“But there’s a way to do it.”
“How?”
“Get on top of me.”
Taegun leaned back against the headboard, and Yuan kneeled awkwardly above him, inside the handcuffed wrists. Taegun grabbed Yuan’s pale butt and pulled him closer.
Yuan, realizing what Taegun was going to do, instinctively pulled his waist back to avoid him, but the grip on his ass was stronger.
Taegun’s hot breath touched his half-erect, pale penis.
“It’s d-dirty...”
“What’s dirty?”
Unable to answer the sly question, big tears fell from Yuan’s eyes.
Yuan was clueless to the fact that Taegun found his lover’s teary face incredibly alluring.
He swallowed Yuan’s penis all the way to the root, and the tip of his nose touched the light pubic hair.
“Hnghh, nghh. T-Taegun-ssi...”
As Taegun continued sucking, he felt Yuan’s cock grow bigger and harder in his mouth.
He spread Yuan’s buttocks apart and ran his fingers over the creases of his asshole. The hole flinched in anticipation for what would come next.
Taegun sucked the head of Yuan’s cock like a lollipop and licked up and down the shaft. All the while continuing to fondle the throbbing hole, making Yuan’s mind go hazy.
“I-I want to do it too…”
“You want my cock in your mouth?”
Yuan didn’t only want to be on the receiving end; he wanted his partner to feel good too. Taegun lifted Yuan lightly so he was standing and turned him around, his back to Taegun. Taegun then scooted down the bed and pushed Yuan to kneel down. The handcuffs became a little tighter and cumbersome.
Yuan came face to face with an erect, throbbing penis. Clear liquid had already begun to pool at the tip of the darkened head.
“It’s a-already so...”
“I told you, it’s not dirty. It feels good for me too.”
Yuan continued staring. How unbelievable that such a massive pillar had been inside of him.
“Just gonna look at it?
At Taegun’s question, Yuan slowly lowered his face and put the cock in his mouth. Just the head itself filled his mouth.
He tried to imitate what Taegun had done for him, and though his technique was clumsy, it was enough to make Taegun rock hard.
Slurp, suck, lick.
The stubborn idea that Yuan had been engaged in a “dirty” act slowly evaporated. Instead, he became strangely excited as he felt the warm penis grow larger in his mouth because of himself.
For his part, Taegun didn’t stay still either. As Yuan bent down and sucked his cock, the enticing asshole that he had only touched with his hand up to now came into view. He licked his fingers and began playing with the pink entrance, which twitched in response.
Taegun then leaned forward and gently licked the hole while keeping a finger inside. Yuan’s eyes widened at the feeling of the hot tongue licking him instead of a finger. But before he could protest, Taegun spoke first.
“You have to wet my cock so it doesn’t hurt when I fuck you.”
Without warning, Taegun humped his pelvis, bumping his cock against Yuan’s throat.
“Nghh.”
Tears gathered in Yuan’s eyes as he took in the cock bravely. Taegun inserted another finger into the pulsating hole, which had loosened well from the combination of tongue and fingers.
“Ahhhhh…!”
“Today, I’m gonna put all of it in,” Taegun warned Yuan.
“Hrnghh?” Yuan spoke as well as he could with a mouth full of dick.
“You’re whining for more even though you’re already stuffed on both ends?”
“Mmmph! Nghh…!”
Taegun thrust his member deeper into his lover’s mouth. Yuan’s jaw was beginning to hurt. The entire penis couldn’t fit in his mouth, even when it pressed down his throat.
Even swallowing just half of it was so hard!
Worried that his mouth could tear, Yuan gripped the base of Taegun’s cock with both hands. He had forgotten his idea that sex was “dirty,” and was solely focused on wetting Taegun’s cock well. His cheeks bulged, his jaw ached, and saliva trickled down between his lips.
Taegun tried to match Yuan’s pace, but he was nearing his limit. Taegun narrowed his eyes, and his tongue and finger movements became rough and urgent.
He removed his face from Yuan’s ass and swept the puckered crevice a few times with his prominently jointed fingers.
Thwop.
And then he lowered Yuan’s ass on his penis and thrust it inside in one strong movement. Without a moment to relax, Yuan found himself filled to the brim with Taegun’s penis, and the strength in his arms that had been supporting his body disappeared.
“Ack!”
It felt like all the nerves in his body were directed downward where their bodies joined. He felt dizzy from the pain, but every time Taegun thrust in, his inner walls were stimulated, and then another sensation besides pain bloomed closely behind.
Fwop, fwop.
Yuan’s face fell on the blanket, and his body’s center of gravity shifted forward, making his hardened nipples brush against the blanket.
“W-wait… Ahhh!” Yuan moaned while floundering wildly.
“Baby, you gotta focus.”
Taegun’s husky voice echoed throughout the room. The beast was hungry and had no intention of letting go of the delicious prey it had had a taste of.
“Nghh, mmph, I-I’m…suffo…cating… Hngh!”
Taegun grabbed Yuan’s struggling arms and raised his body. Yuan’s upper body leaned back as his arms were pulled backward.
Thwop, fwop, fwop.
Taegun wanted to thrust his whole length into Yuan now that they had come all this way.
“Fuck. Try to relax, baby. You’re gonna snap my dick off.”
Yuan’s waist bent backwards every time Taegun’s pelvis smacked against his ass.
“Hnghh, nghh. S-slow down a little…nghh, please.”
Yuan couldn’t support himself in this position, so his hair shook and his body shuddered helplessly as Taegun moved. He was like a defenseless fish pierced by a long harpoon.
Taegun’s sinewy, dark penis gleamed with saliva as it moved between the reddened hole.
“Ahhhh...”
The pain had mostly dissipated, and Yuan felt an incredible pleasure rising throughout his body. His eyes lost focus, and his body didn’t seem like his own. He couldn’t even control his voice and could only pant like an animal. They had never had this kind of intense sex before.
“Hnnngh...!”
Saliva flowed down his chin as he cried. It was a kind of pleasure close to violence.
“Nnnngh… T-Taegun-ssi...! I-I think I’m going to...!”
The raw pleasure Yuan had tasted for the first time in his life drove him toward a quick ejaculation, but before he could enjoy the climax, Taegun stopped moving upon hearing Yuan’s cry.
“Hnngh?”
Yuan looked backward at Taegun with a dissatisfied expression, unsure why he’d stopped. Instinctively, he tried to take matters into his own hands, jutting his ass back to take in Taegun’s cock again. In response, Taegun grabbed Yuan’s wrists and thrust hard.
“Ahhhhh!”
Yuan came immediately, gasping and heaving as he collapsed.
“Cumming already?”
Taegun lifted Yuan and sat him across his thighs. Somehow, his penis penetrated even deeper in this position. Yuan pouted at Taegun with wet eyes when he didn’t pull out even after he’d cum.
“We decided to feel good together today, didn’t we?”
“Ahhh... Mmph.”
Taegun stroked Yuan’s damp cheek and kissed him fiercely. It wasn’t their usual gentle, loving kiss.
Slurp, smooch.
Their tongues entangled and their saliva mixed. Taegun’s tongue swept across Yuan’s mouth broadly. He bit his lower lip, then sucked Yuan’s soft tongue.
Every time Yuan felt Taegun’s heated breath, strange sensations ran up his spine.
“Hnnngh...”
As Yuan’s cock rubbed against Taegun’s hard stomach, it began to rise again with desire.
Taegun naturally laid Yuan down on the bed and positioned himself between the trembling legs. He began moving.
“We’re living together now, so don’t you think it’s time to stop calling me ‘Taegun-ssi’? It’s so stiff.”
Taegun leaned down and kissed his boyfriend’s cheek. The stretched-out asshole clung to Taegun’s cock as it shwooped in and out.
“Th-then what should I call you…?”
The air in the room had become hot, and Yuan could barely think straight.
“Well, we’re doing this ’cause we’re in a loving relationship, right?”
Yuan’s eyes widened at the question.
“R-right, yesss...”
“Then what should you call me when you cum thanks to my dick?”
Yuan opened his lips, but he couldn’t speak from the vigorous activity.
Fwop, fwop.
Understanding Yuan’s condition, Taegun let out a low laugh and began rolling his hips.
“Ahhhhh, unnngh!”
Yuan’s entire body had become extra-sensitive after cumming. Every time Taegun thrust, his testicles hit against the pale butt with a slapping sound.
“You said you wouldn’t let me get married since I’m all yours.”
Taegun made a point of showing Yuan the handcuffs still on his wrists.
“Th-that’s right. You can’t, ngh, get married.”
“You said I couldn’t even get ‘fake’ married.”
Thwop, fwop, fwop.
“N-no, you can’t, hnngh, because you’re a-all mine.”
“If I’m all yours, maybe you should have a sweeter nickname for me, hmm?
“Nnngh, mmm…”
Yuan didn’t want Taegun to get married because he wanted to take on that role.
“Hu…Hubby…” he whispered in a small voice.
As soon as he heard Yuan’s words, Taegun’s eyes widened. He had assumed that the operative word here would simply be “hyung.”
But hubby?
“Fuck...”
Taegun ran his fingers through his hair. He wondered how such a sweet title had come from the lips of the incredibly shy Yuan. How had he come up with a nickname that Taegun himself hadn’t even thought of?
As Taegun furrowed his brows and gazed at his boyfriend, Yuan, who had no idea what he was thinking, wondered if he’d said the wrong thing.
“Nnngh!”
“That’s right. My baby’s so much smarter than me. I had no idea you were capable of saying anything like that.”
A look of relief came over Yuan’s face.
“You should’ve locked me up earlier.”
“Hngh?”
“I had no idea you’d accept all of me so easily…” Taegun muttered.
Yuan tilted his head, not understanding.
Instead of explaining, Taegun slowly pressed Yuan’s slightly bulging lower abdomen.
“Can you feel it? Look how deep I am inside you.”
As Taegun lightly pressed Yuan’s stomach, the outline of the throbbing penis inside became clearer. Every time the head pushed in, his inner walls gasped.
“I-I can feel it… Hnnngh, ahh.”
Yuan’s penis became fully erect again. His insides had become incredibly sensitive with pleasure that made his hair stand on end, and he instinctively tightened his hole around his boyfriend’s cock.
Taegun held onto Yuan’s thin waist tightly and pulled him down, while simultaneously pushing his penis deep within. Taegun wanted to see how far Yuan would take it
“Ahhh... Ahhh, hnnngh...”
Yuan’s inner thighs trembled wildly. He unconsciously wrapped his arms around Taegun’s neck.
Mistakenly thinking the sex was over and wanting to enjoy the aftereffects, Yuan stretched out on the bed.
“I need to go to the bathroom, Yuan,” Taegun said, not pulling out his penis.
“Okay... Huh? The bathroom?”
It was so sudden. Yuan blinked in confusion.
“But I can’t go because of this.”
Clack.
Taegun raised his handcuffed wrists, pointedly showing Yuan his limited movements.
Yuan’s eyes shook.
“B-but, I can’t take off…the handcuffs…”
“I don’t have to go in the bathroom.”
“What?”
“I can go in your ass, baby.”
“Wh-what…”
“You told me you’d do anything for me,” he whispered affectionately.
Yes, Yuan had said that, but he could never have anticipated such a ludicrous situation.
When Yuan couldn’t answer, Taegun shrugged his shoulders as if it wasn’t a problem.
“Then take the handcuffs off. I’ll go to the bathroom.”
Every time Taegun shook his wrists, the handcuffs shook as well. Yuan’s mind, which had gone hazy from pleasure, suddenly zapped to clarity.
He quickly shook his head. He couldn’t let Taegun free just yet.
If I take off the handcuffs now and you leave like this…
It was terrifying just to imagine. He couldn’t let his guard down again.
“N-no…!” Yuan yelled. “Okay. Please just go inside me.”
After all, Taegun had said that everything about Yuan was clean, so he should reciprocate the feelings back.
“Good boy,” Taegun said sweetly.
As expected, it was right to follow his words.
“Hnnngh?”
Soon, hot liquid began to fill Yuan’s lower body.
It was thinner than semen, but much hotter and more abundant.
“Hic, hnghh, th-that feels weird.”
Yuan felt like his whole body was soaking in hot liquid. His stomach felt full because of it. He squirmed at the unfamiliar sensation.
“Haa...”
“Urgh... Nghh...”
Yuan’s vision flashed white, and his breathing, which had been rising and falling quickly, stopped for a moment.
Taegun let out a deep sigh and looked at Yuan lying beneath him. He felt a deep sense of satisfaction with his lover, who was accepting everything simply to keep him tied up with these loose handcuffs.
Taegun slowly rubbed Yuan’s slightly bulging lower abdomen.
He thrust inside, and a liquid mix of semen and urine flowed out and down Yuan’s buttocks.
“Haa...”
Taegun had ejaculated and even peed, so Yuan relaxed at the thought that it was all over. It felt like every muscle in his body was screaming. His body was sticky with sweat and saliva, but he was so tired that he didn’t even care.
He was so exhausted that he felt like he would fall into a deep sleep if he relaxed just the slightest bit. He was about to fall asleep when—
“I-it’s getting bigger again…!”
“Oh, I guess you don’t know,” Taegun said in a strange tone.
Anxiety rose up in Yuan’s chest.
“What?”
“I’m not satisfied with just one time.”
“B-but I’m so tired…!”
“You’re so soft inside now. It’d be a waste.”
A look of shock came over Yuan’s face. He instinctively tried to crawl away, but his ankles were grabbed and he was dragged underneath Taegun. Running away was not an option.
Once again, he experienced the overwhelming pleasure that he hadn’t ever felt before today.
***
It had been ten days since Yuan had locked up Joo Taegun.
“Have a good day, babe.”
Taegun crossed his arms and leaned against the wall of the hallway as he saw Yuan off. Yuan hesitated for a moment, then stood on his tippy toes to give Taegun a surprise kiss on the lips.
“Bye, Taegun-ssi!”
Even though they had done everything by now, he still got embarrassed by such trivial actions. He covered his flushed cheeks and ran away.
On the first day he locked up Taegun, after spending the night with him, Yuan took advantage while his boyfriend was sleeping to change the chain on the handcuffs to increase his range of activities.
So now, Taegun could go to the bathroom, kitchen, and living room by himself, but he was still unable to reach the main entrance.
Fortunately, Taegun was simply happy that his range of activities had been expanded and accepted his confinement. Yuan, on the other hand, was filled with anxiety for a while. He was so nervous that he couldn’t even sleep properly. He was scared that the spot next to him would be empty when he woke up. That would be a nightmare.
He hadn’t been able to sleep properly ever since he had locked up Taegun, and the dark circles under his eyes had worsened. However, it was more important to check whether Taegun was okay than to sleep. It turned out to be a blessing that Yuan was a freelancer and didn’t have to go into an office regularly.
Yuan worried that Taegun was putting on a show; maybe he was pretending like he was fine with being locked up in front of Yuan, while deep down, he was just waiting for a chance to escape.
However, Taegun’s attitude didn’t change even after several days. Yuan thought about testing him to assuage his anxiety.
Would Taegun-ssi stay at home even when I’m not here?
In order to confirm that Taegun would stay locked up, Yuan pretended to go out and hid in a spot where his apartment entrance was clearly visible. He waited for hours to see whether Taegun would escape or not.
He was serious.
Yuan repeated this act for a few days and felt overjoyed that nothing had changed.
At first, he’d hated himself for going so far as to lock up his boyfriend. It felt pathetic, locking someone up to quell his own insecurities. However, even though he’d revealed this side of himself, Taegun’s attitude toward him didn’t change.
In order to live up to Taegun’s standard of living, he needed a bigger home.
Then should I increase the length of the chain?
Yuan blushed and smiled bashfully.
Rrrring.
While he daydreamed about the future, Yuan received a call from his editor.
“Hello?”
His editor soon got to the main point. It was about something that Yuan had previously declined.
“They just really want a face-to-face meeting. I know you’ve already declined before, but I’m asking again just in case you changed your mind,” his editor said in a troubled voice.
Yuan had heard that the reason he had gotten a contract for his novel was because there was a big fan of his among his superiors, so he couldn’t easily decline such a request again.
It’s not like they’ll revoke the contract if I don’t go, but…
Until recently, Yuan had been engrossed in his work, so this felt like a big opportunity. And of course, he needed more money if he wanted Taegun to live according to his usual standard of living.
There weren’t many other opportunities for him to make money right away. If it had been earlier, he would have declined the offer, but now that he was “testing” Taegun’s willingness to stay at home, this might be a good chance.
“...I think I can make it for a short meeting.”
“Really? Great, I’ll send you the details for the time and location.”
“Sounds good, thank you.”
Yuan let out a shallow sigh after ending the call.
Fortunately, the editor got back with a convenient location that wasn’t too far from Yuan’s apartment.
Still, he felt anxious about leaving Taegun and thought about canceling the meeting a dozen times, but before he knew it, the day finally arrived.
“I think I’ll be back soon, Taegun-ssi.”
“Earlier than usual?”
“Oh, yes..!”
Should I just cancel the meeting?
Yuan’s legs felt heavy, and he didn’t want to leave.
“See ya soon, Yuan.”
Taegun followed Yuan to the hall and gave him a peck on the forehead.
Yuan suddenly imagined Taegun waiting for him to come back home—their own personal nest.
It was as if they were newlyweds.
The thought made him ecstatic.
“I-I’ll be back soon, Taegun-ssi!”
It was going to be a short meeting, and Yuan hadn’t had any issues while watching the apartment from outside, so really, there shouldn’t be any problem.
***
The meeting wrapped up well, and afterwards, Yuan’s editor even presented him with a cake as a small thank-you gift.
I should go home right away and eat it with Taegun-ssi.
He became giddy at the thought of going home and enjoying the cake with his boyfriend.
Weee-oooo, weee-ooo!
While in the taxi going home, a fire truck zoomed past, emitting frightening siren noises.
Up until that point, Yuan had been busy imagining eating cake with Taegun and hadn’t noticed the situation outside at all.
He only snapped out of it when the taxi driver stopped a ways before his apartment and turned to look at him with a worried face.
“Sir, I don’t think you can go inside now.”
“What?”
Yuan, snapping out of it, finally looked outside the taxi window. The fire truck had headed straight to the apartment complex where he lived.
He saw the flashing sirens and the terrifying sight of black smoke plumes rising.
“Huh?”
Yuan got out of the taxi and went toward the apartment complex in a daze.
His neighbors, who had evacuated, were clicking their tongues and talking among each other.
“Excuse me. I have important things inside…!”
“Oh my. What can we do? The building is burning up.”
“But they’re saying it’s not as serious as it looks.”
Yuan heard the loud conversations from a distance.
It couldn’t be. There hadn’t been any problem even when he’d pretended to go outside but had simply waited for hours. There was no way something like this could happen while he was actually out for a day.
But no matter how much he tried to deny reality, the terrible burning smell and the black smoke rising from the outer wall made it impossible to deny.
“N-no… No!”
Yuan told himself that he couldn’t be this unlucky, but his steps quickened toward the east entrance.
“You can’t go inside now!”
A familiar security guard blocked Yuan’s path.
“It’s my home. I have to get inside!”
“It’s no use. You can’t go in until the fire’s out completely,” the guard said. He continued about how the fire wasn’t as big as it looked, but Yuan could hardly hear a word.
“No… Th-there’s someone inside,” Yuan mumbled.
“Fortunately, a resident knocked on the doors one by one when the fire started, telling people to get out, so everyone must’ve gotten out safely. Try calling them.”
But Taegun-ssi wouldn’t have been able to get out because I tied him up.
The blood drained from Yuan’s face. He dropped the cake he’d been holding as his arms lost their strength.
He was suddenly breathless from some indescribable emotion. This had to be a nightmare.
“Oops.”
Someone came from behind and picked up the fallen cake box.
“It’s gotten a little smooshed.”
The regretful voice sounded familiar. Yuan blinked his eyes quickly. Tears trickled down. When his vision returned, he could see who had picked up the cake.
“...Taegun-ssi?”
Yuan looked at Taegun, then at the apartment, then at Taegun again. He felt confused as to why Taegun was outside and not inside the apartment. And then he felt incredible relief that he was safe.
“I snuck out.”
The moment Yuan saw Taegun smile awkwardly, as if he’d been found out, reality hit him. Taegun was safe in front of his eyes. This alone was far more important than the fact that his boyfriend had actually been able to remove the handcuffs all this time.
“Hic. Hic… Waaaaaaahhh.”
Yuan sobbed like a child, letting out all of his emotions.
***
Taegun brought Yuan, who couldn’t stop crying, to his house.
In fact, Taegun could slip out of the handcuffs without breaking them. And he had figured out that Yuan had been keeping a watch on him from outside.
So whenever Yuan had gone outside to monitor the apartment, Taegun had slipped out of the handcuffs and walked around the house freely.
As he had said, Taegun would have been fine living like this, locked up in Yuan’s home, but he simply wasn’t in a position to ignore the other responsibilities in his life.
Even today, when Yuan had gone out to his meeting, Taegun himself had to leave the apartment briefly as something had come up at the company, and he couldn’t help it.
He left thinking he would be back soon, but something unexpected happened.
The apartment complex had caught on fire. And then Yuan himself had returned earlier than expected.
Thankfully, no one had been hurt. They’d avoided the worst scenario.
As he sat on the sofa, Taegun reached a hand out to Yuan, who was still crying while standing next to him, unable to calm down.
“You must be pretty shocked, huh?”
“Hic… Hic…”
Taegun pulled Yuan closer and sat him down on his thigh, hugging him affectionately.
“You must have been looking forward to us eating cake together.”
“Hic… Y-yes…”
The corners of Yuan’s mouth drooped, and he was overcome with sadness again.
“Hey, where would I go without my baby, hmm?” Taegun tried to console Yuan.
“B-but you left the apartment secretly...”
Yuan pouted and gripped Taegun’s shirt. The relief that Taegun was alive faded as Yuan realized that Taegun had been leaving the apartment easily behind his back. Taegun grabbed Yuan’s waist and pulled him closer, kissing his forehead, cheek, and lips as he whispered affectionately.
“Isn’t it more important that I came back? You don’t have to lock me up, Yuan. I’ll always come back to you.”
“R-really?” Yuan spoke in an uncertain voice.
“Of course,” Taegun didn’t miss a beat.
Yuan tried to calm his fluctuating emotions and calmly review the current situation.
Taegun hadn’t run away. He’d just taken care of some business at work and come back to be locked up again.
Of course. It was impossible to stay locked up forever.
Yuan didn’t want to lose Taegun by being overbearing. He knew in his heart that he had to give him space. He had to trust Taegun when he said he would always come back.
“Hic…. Y-you’re really not going to l-leave me?”
Thinking about it again, tears welled up in Yuan’s eyes and flowed down his cheeks.
“I won’t. You can tell me whenever you feel anxious. And I’ll prove myself to you.”
Emotions have no physical form, but Taegun spoke as if he could show them to Yuan at any time. Yuan didn’t have a response to his romantic statement.
Yuan thought he should try to calm down and attempt to salvage the cake. And he would ask Taegun how he would prove his feelings later.
“I’ll clean up the cake first, Taegun-ssi.”
Taegun grabbed Yuan’s wrist as he was about to get up.
“Let me prove myself now.”
“What?”
Taegun’s eyes had a wicked gleam.
“I know a way to make it taste better.”
“...What?”
“And I think my baby isn’t completely at ease yet, so we need to fix that.”
“...”
Only then did Yuan realize the meaning of Taegun’s words. Taegun pulled Yuan down on the sofa and then loosened his necktie.
“I can prove it to you anytime, Yuan.”
Taegun’s firm hands slid under Yuan’s shirt before he knew it. He stroked the soft skin with a familiar touch.
“But you can’t run away from me either, okay?” he whispered softly, as if telling a secret. The weight of his words settled on Yuan’s shoulders.
It was said in a tone that might have made a normal person flinch.
“...Yes!”
But Yuan wasn’t a normal person. He loved hearing it. He spread his arms and hugged Taegun tightly.
–End–
Let Me Lock You Up
ST: Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoyed this sweet and low-stakes story. The urine part was wild though... 😳 Posting the chapter took a bit longer than I wanted because I got some unexpected health issues that I’m still trying to figure out. I also started a new job this month. Plus, I’m moving in a few weeks, so it’s been a lot.
I already know which story I want to translate next: <계륵: 질투>, which I’m translating as The Pathetically Jealous Man. I’m a little worried though, as it’s almost twice as long as Let Me Lock You Up! (though still just one volume), and just thinking about it is overwhelming. It makes me admire translators of multi-volume series—how do they do it? Anyways, I’m going to take a bit of a break and try to figure out my health, but I hope to have the first chapter up in the next few weeks. I had a great time reading it, and it’ll be my favorite story of the site so far, featuring my new favorite trope: a pathetically jealous ahjussi. (Let me know if you know of any others!)
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO (End)
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