I Picked Up the Greatest Villain in the Story

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No, it was much stronger. Just one sip made his head spin. Jian blinked and tilted the glass until he could see the bottom.

He quickly finished one bottle while eating pho in between. After that, objects in front of him started appearing in twos or threes.

His reason was screaming to stop, but the alcohol he tasted after a long time was bitter yet sweet. After getting somewhat drunk, even the bitterness disappeared.

As if drinking the nectar of the gods, Jian ended up emptying all the alcohol he had bought. It was the result of not being able to control himself as he felt the stress that had accumulated unknowingly flying away.

After pouring the last drop into his mouth, his body kept tilting to the side even while sitting. Jian crawled on all fours, looking for a place to sleep.

He opened a familiar door and fearlessly entered the dark space. As he crawled into the blanket warmed by someone’s body heat, drowsiness washed over him.

“Mmm…”

He hugged the pillow while letting out a pleasant moan. Although the pillow felt a bit too big and hard, the approaching sleep was too sweet.

He fell asleep as if passing out. In his dream, young Sehun appeared. The scruffy child became cuter day by day, and his skinny limbs gradually gained flesh.

Even in a state of malnutrition, his chubby cheeks became even whiter and plumper, making Jian want to bite them. He kissed the child’s cheeks whenever he had the chance. Whenever the child kissed his cheek back, he felt like he owned the world.

Please grow up a little slower.

The wishes he secretly made while holding the sleeping child in his arms and kissing the top of his head didn’t reach the heavens.

One year passed, two years passed, ten years passed.

Looking at the child who had now grown much taller than him, Jian felt proud but also melancholic.

Every time he imagined Sehun, who used to only look at him, finding his partner and living happily, his heart ached as if a corner of it was falling off.

Sniff…

He seemed to shed a few tears in his sleep. A warm hand caressed his face. He gently rubbed his cheek against the soft skin, just as Sehun used to do to him.

The hesitant fingertips brushed his eyes, and then a soft sensation touched his lips and disappeared. It was such a brief moment that it felt like a feather had brushed his lips. Thinking it was an illusion, he continued to fill his still insufficient sleep.

* * *

What woke him from his deep sleep was a headache that felt like a needle jabbing his temples.

‘Ow, my head…’

He tried to open his eyes but felt an unusual sensation. It was as if two rice cakes were stuck to his eyelids. Only his eyelashes trembled slightly.

Unable to do otherwise, he tried to raise his arm to touch his head. But a cold sensation grabbed his wrist. Frowning at the unnatural feeling, Jian opened his eyes.

‘What is that…’

Goosebumps rose on his arms at the flesh color filling his retina. Someone was straddling him.

The sleepiness that had clung to his body until just now flew away in an instant. He hurriedly tried to get up, but an unknown force pulled his shoulders back.

His trembling gaze fell on the chains connected to his wrists. Moreover, the face of the person currently crushing him was all too familiar.

‘…This can’t be happening.’

Unable to understand how this situation came about, he looked at Sehun. Unlike his shocked self, Sehun’s face was calm. He was even smiling leisurely.

His curved eye corners were full of joy. His lips parted slightly at the excited face, like when they had made a snowman together on the first snow.

“Hyung, did you have a good dream? Why did you drink alcohol you can’t handle? It’s already 8 AM. You usually wake up at 7, but you were sleeping like the dead.”

His mind went blank for a moment at the casual words. If he only listened to Sehun’s words, this whole situation felt like everyday life, but seeing the shackles connected to his ankles, Jian squeezed his eyes shut.

Moreover, he wasn’t wearing anything. If there was anything fortunate, it was that Sehun was only shirtless and still wearing pants.

It wasn’t the first time he had seen the sculpture-like body, but encountering it on the bed under reddish lighting, especially with Sehun sitting on top of him, made his breath quicken.

Maybe he was still in a dream. But even biting the inside of his cheek hard only resulted in a stinging pain.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a massive chest. Unlike his own flat stomach, Sehun’s broad chest that any man would envy and his clearly defined abs were very different.

Following the abs down, his gaze even caught the faint blood vessels leading to the groin area. His Adam’s apple bobbed involuntarily.

He felt intimidated by the body that made him feel self-conscious. The small mole next to the navel seemed to mock him.

Moreover, the rock-like buttocks were precisely stimulating the area where strength gathered in the morning. His vision darkened even with his eyes open.

Had there ever been a time when he resented his insensitive nature of not waking up even if someone carried him away in his sleep this much? The current situation was something he didn’t want to dream about even in his dreams.

Of all days, yesterday he had drunk alcohol he usually didn’t drink, shocked by seeing Sehun’s awakened form. In a fit of recklessness, he had poured awakened person’s alcohol into his stomach instead of regular alcohol.

The lingering pain told him this wasn’t a dream. Thinking this couldn’t continue, Jian squeezed his eyes shut and then opened them.

He composed his expression and lowered his voice. It was an expression honed from 10 years of parenting experience, raising Sehun who, contrary to first impressions, was quite a troublemaker.

“What do you think you’re doing, our Sehun? If this is a joke, stop it. It’s not funny.”

Sehun often played pranks that would surprise Jian, so he hoped this was one of those times. He had an ominous feeling but tried hard to ignore it.

A sense of crisis that he couldn’t allow this to continue swept over his entire body like a tidal wave. This atmosphere absolutely couldn’t continue to develop strangely.

He felt like crying at the lower part of his body that kept trying to raise its head. His heart was beating so strongly it felt like it would burst out of his chest.

The bridge of his nose stung at the blood-red eyes that looked even redder under the red light coming from somewhere.

However, Sehun remained nonchalant despite Jian’s words. He took Jian’s hand, tilted his head slightly, and even gently rubbed his cheek against the soft palm.

It was clear he was trying to smooth over the situation with aegyo, as he always did. This had happened hundreds of times already, but each time Jian was helplessly caught off guard.

His fingertips twitched involuntarily at the soft touch. Sehun’s downcast eyelashes were particularly long and thick.

Although he was exuding the scent of a proper adult man, traces of his angelic childhood self remained here and there.

Was it because of the years spent raising him? Whenever Jian caught glimpses of the past in Sehun, his heart softened.

But this wasn’t right, was it? What kind of younger brother strips his older brother naked and restrains him to a bed? Goosebumps rose on his skin every time he felt exposed.

Moreover, the age difference between them wasn’t just one or two years, but a whole ten years.

At that moment, like fate, the content of a novel he had read long ago came to mind.

[While Hyunsu was asleep, Sehun took him to a secret room that only he could open and restrained his limbs. Meticulously, he had prepared restraining artifacts capable of subduing even S-rank hunters, anticipating that Hyunsu would wake up and struggle.]

His mind felt dizzy as if hit on the head with a hammer. Clearly, this was something Sehun was supposed to do to Hyunsu, wasn’t it? Wasn’t this why he had made Sehun and Hyunsu get along since they were young, to prevent this disaster?

But why is he doing this to me? Had all the education he had given been in vain? His temples throbbed with the thoughts rushing through his mind.

To make matters worse, a severe hangover hit him. His stomach churned and his head rang, causing involuntary groans to escape.

“Ugh…”

“Oh dear. Hyung, does your head hurt a lot? I should feed you some honey water.”

The artificial voice gave him an ominous feeling. When he opened his eyes, Sehun was smiling brightly and wiggling his fingers.

As if by magic, a glass of water floated up from somewhere and approached the bed. His use of abilities was so natural that it was hard to believe he had only awakened yesterday.

Even now, Jian sometimes felt awkward just calling up his status window.

A sweet scent like flowers attracting bees brushed his nose. Seeing the water rippling to the surface, an intense thirst welled up.

Right. Let’s wet my throat first and then think again. Let’s try to gently persuade the seemingly half-crazy Sehun to remove the restraints binding his hands and feet.

After making this resolution, his lips moved slightly. He even raised his head a little, ready to drink as soon as Sehun brought the water glass to his mouth.

But the water glass moved towards Sehun’s face instead of Jian’s lips.

No way…

He forgot even to blink, overcome by an ominous feeling. Sehun, who had nonchalantly taken a sip of honey water, was looking down at him with a smile in his eyes.