HMM?
When Moon Noa woke up, he felt colder than usual.
He patted the space next to it and, as expected, it was empty.
No wonder it felt cold.
Ryu Sungbin?
"Hyung, you’re awake?"
Moon Noa opened his eyes lazily, and he was rewarded by the most handsome man he had ever seen.
The best part?
Ryu Sungbin was only wearing jeans that barely clung to his hips.
It was obvious that the Esper had just finished taking a bath— the drops of water falling from the tips of his wet hair rolled down his torso, making him look hotter than he already was.
And that hot specimen is mine.
Heh. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
"You got a letter from Haru-nim again."
"Japan’s dethroned Crown Prince?"
"Yes, that very Haru-nim," Ryu Sungbin said, sitting down on the bed while handing Moon Noa the letter that he mentioned. "I don’t understand why he keeps sending you letters when there are more advanced ways to reach out to you. For example, he could send a formal request to the National Guide Bureau."
Right?
But to be honest...
"I don’t mind receiving these kinds of letters," Moon Noa said, smiling while touching the fancy and elegant envelope. "For once, all the letters that Haru-nim has sent to me came in beautiful envelopes. The envelope is art itself, so I find myself collecting them even though I never opened them."
Yes, he had never opened the letters that Haru had sent to him.
Well, not the recent ones, at least.
I can tell that they are love letters, after all.
Moon Noa wasn’t being delusional.
He opened the first letter Haru sent to him because he thought it would be rude to ignore a present from Japan’s former Crown Prince.
I don’t want my country to have another beef with their country.
But, in that letter, Haru had only expressed his admiration for Moon Noa.
Hence, he sent a formal letter to the former Crown Prince asking him to send a formal request letter to the National Guide Bureau if he wanted to talk about business.
That never happened, though.
"Hyung, I can also send you love letters, you know?"
"But you never did, Sungbin-ah."
"I’m going to start sending them, then."
Pfft.
Moon Noa raised his head, and then he smiled when he saw Ryu Sungbin pouting. "Are you jealous?"
"It’s annoying how Haru-nim keeps sending you personal letters," Ryu Sungbin said firmly. "The entire world knows that we’re together, Hyung."
"To be fair, we didn’t announce that we’re already dating— the world just knows that I’m your exclusive Guide."
"Then I’ll make an announcement that we’re together— as in together— so Haru-nim will stop crushing on you."
"Yes, let’s do that," Moon Noa said, nodding. "I’ll also send Haru-nim a reply. It’s about time I formally turn him down now that we decided to make our relationship public."
He was a very private person, so he didn’t feel the need to announce their relationship in the past.
But Ryu Sungbin looked anxious.
"Thank you, Hyung," Ryu Sungbin said, acting like a puppy as he showered Moon Noa with kisses on the face. "And I’m sorry for being childish."
"I like it when you’re being jealous," Moon Noa said, holding Ryu Sungbin’s hand and guiding it to his erection. "But you have to take responsibility for this, brat."
"Gladly."
***
THEY WEREN’T love letters.
Aigoo.
Moon Noa wanted to dig a hole and hide there for at least a year out of embarrassment.
Since the first letter that he got from Haru was a letter expressing his admiration for him, he assumed that the other letters that the former Crown Prince had sent were confessions.
But, come to think of it...
"Haru-nim expressed his admiration for the first S-Class Guide in the world," Moon Noa whispered to himself, removing his glasses. Then he sighed and pressed the bridge of his nose. "He never said he likes me as a person."
Now, after reading the recent "love letters" that Haru sent to him, he became certain.
These letters are disguised as love letters to hide the real message.
And the real message was found in the middle of the long content.
So, Haru-nim discovered a group of strange Guides who don’t match the current official classes that we have. That’s why he wants me to check on them. But he doesn’t want to gain attention, so he wants to meet me in private.
In short, Haru wanted Moon Noa to pretend to go on a date with him.
I should stop Ryu Sungbin from making our relationship public in the meantime.
We still have an odd relationship with Japan, after all.
They were nice to me at the shelter, and I felt like I could trust them.
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