Deal Breaker - Chapter 97
Kanghyeon didn’t move at all from his seat. To the child who demanded he give it up, he simply smiled and met his eyes steadily.
“No, it’s fine. I’ll go.”
The child suddenly changed his tune, then walked obediently and disappeared beyond the curtain. The ear-splitting shrieks were no longer heard.
Before everyone returned to what they’d been doing, they cast puzzled looks toward the economy section. There was no way they could know why the child had suddenly changed his mind. The flight attendant didn’t know either, but she approached the passenger who had resolved the situation and offered thanks.
“I’m sorry for the inconvenience.”
“It’s fine. Still, he’s a kid you can reason with.”
Reason with? With what conversation? The attendant, who didn’t know who Kanghyeon really was, blinked her eyes wide.
“Thank you. If you need anything, please let us know anytime.”
The moment the attendant left, Hyeji asked as if she’d been waiting.
“What did you do?”
She knew he’d used his ability, but she didn’t know what he’d used to calm the kid down.
“I planted a suggestion that if he stayed quiet until we landed, his mom and dad promised to buy him the latest apple phone and a game console.”
“Wow… that’s intense. His parents are going to have a hard time once they land.”
“The responsibility belongs to the parents in the first place.”
“Agreed.”
Parents who had been putting off responsibility were about to taste the bitterness all at once. It wasn’t unfortunate at all. It was satisfying.
But by dealing with the little monster who had given everyone a headache, Kanghyeon ended up with a headache of his own. He’d built up enough fatigue to need guiding.
“So why do you keep using your ability on me like that?”
“Because I wanted to kiss you.”
It was definitely a cringeworthy line, but when he folded those wickedly seductive eyes into a soft smile while saying it…
I want to kiss him too. No, I should.
But if they shared a deep kiss in a place where flight attendants were passing by, they’d be the ones labeled as troublemakers. With no choice, they lay side by side, just holding hands.
“Even just holding hands feels thrilling. Must be destiny.”
“That’s what we call guiding, you know?”
“Wow, Noh Hyeji. Even seeing you on a plane, you’re obviously forever single.”
“……”
“That’s why I like you.”
They were flirting under the guise of ultra low speed guiding when, a short while later, the cabin lights went out. The flight attendants were nowhere to be seen, probably taking a break, and the passengers all stayed inside their own partitions.
The man who had been listening to the outside turned back to Hyeji and smiled meaningfully, the corner of his lips lifting. He slowly raised himself and closed the distance. His solid arm wrapped around Hyeji’s waist, and under the blanket below her waist, their legs tangled.
Soon, they’d secretly tangle what was inside each other’s mouths like this. Her heart started pounding for more than one reason.
A secret kiss in a public place. Would it be as exhilarating as the countless secret hookups they’d had before?
Just as Hyeji was about to find out.
“Hey! Do you know who I am?”
A shout that had only been trendy back in the late eighties came from the rear galley. Since it didn’t stop at just once, it sounded like a fight had broken out. It was all happening behind the curtain anyway. Kanghyeon tried to ignore it and press his lips to Hyeji’s, but when flight attendants began rushing toward the back, he had no choice but to pull away.
“You can’t do this, sir.”
They could hear the attendants trying to stop the fighting men. They rattled off aviation regulations, but it didn’t seem to work, as the shouting didn’t stop.
“Seriously, everything at once… Is there some kind of all you can eat troublemaker tour today?”
Annoyed at having their rare date interrupted, Kanghyeon frowned deeply and sprang to his feet.
“Stay here.”
A man whose job was to never tolerate injustice stood up and disappeared behind the curtain. Unable not to worry about Kanghyeon’s condition without guiding, Hyeji followed and peeked past the curtain as well.
In front of the exit between the galley and the restroom, two large middle aged men were grappling with each other. Both had flushed faces and unfocused eyes. They looked drunk or high.
Among the flight attendants trying to intervene, there was only one man who could physically restrain them. Hyeji, sensing that Kanghyeon, who was just watching for now, would step in soon, approached and grabbed his arm.
Kanghyeon turned around. His look said he couldn’t understand, probably thinking she was trying to stop him. Without bothering to clear up the misunderstanding with words, Hyeji pulled him toward her and leaned back. The door flew open and swallowed the two of them into the restroom at once.
Click.
Only then did Kanghyeon realize what she was trying to do. The moment he pushed her back and shut the door, Hyeji lunged for his lips. If he used his ability in this state and went on rampage, it would be a disaster, so guiding came first.
Then it would’ve been enough to just tangle their tongues, but as if it were only natural, the two of them wrapped their arms around each other’s bodies. As their saliva merged into one and spread across thousands of taste buds, fireworks crackled inside their mouths like they were holding popping candy.
