In truth, Jihong thought that Jaekyung was intimidating him. Isn't it?

"Until you return to your previous weight, nothing will happen," he said. How does he know when this will happen? Obviously, the bulldozer will not have enough patience. He will probably drop by in a couple of days and say: "Hyung, you have become prettier and seem to have gained weight." Jihon took this as a concern: they say, do not overwork, eat well, take care of your health.

"Oh, so he wants to eat me?" laughed Jihong quietly at the grumbler's words.

But Jaekyung, surprisingly, held out for a long time. Jihon was sure that he would surrender in a couple of days, but no, seven and then ten passed. Even when Jihong hinted frankly, the stubborn man gently touched his waist and firmly replied, "No."

And the phrase "give up stupid thoughts and sleep" appeared because Jaekyung, as soon as he lay down in bed and hugged Jihon, immediately fell asleep. The reason was the grueling training made up by Oliver. The new program was developed for the athlete's goals - to win in the 400 meters. They were aimed at increasing the anaerobic threshold, strength and endurance. Simply put, Jaekyong was pushed to the limit, and then allowed to rest, and so on and so on, as if tempering steel.

Jihon, having familiarized himself with the plan, wondered how it could be done at all. But the swimmer, of course, coped.

Which is not surprising, because Jaekyung did not look like a human in the water, no wonder Noah called him "waterman". As a result, Jaekyung and Oliver even adjusted the intensity of their workouts every day, making them more and more difficult. Good results were not long in coming: the athlete progressed before our eyes. Muscles that seemed to be perfect became even stronger, withstanding repeated loads. The distance he covered with a single push or stroke also increased. He even grew by 0.3 cm, and now exceeded 194 cm. In addition, Jaekyung twice broke unofficial world records in the 100 m freestyle and 200 m in the individual medley.

At a distance of 400 meters, the barrier of 4 minutes 3 seconds was still not submitted to him. Yes, I easily reduced the time to 4 seconds, but I couldn't do it below 3.99.

"Don't worry, at this rate, you will definitely achieve 3 seconds by May. And at the Olympics, with a successful combination of circumstances, you will be able to meet 3.50," Oliver said.

However, Jaekyung did not calm down. He wanted to go under 4 minutes while Oliver was still in Korea: "I need confidence.

And Jihon understood him perfectly. After all, he will have to prepare for the Olympics on his own, and there were more than six months and two qualifying rounds left before it. This was Jaekyung's first and last chance to compete internationally in the 400-meter individual medley. For an athlete, confidence is everything. It helps to get back on track, even if the indicators drop.

Jihon convinced the company to extend Oliver's contract for another 21 days. After receiving three weeks, Jaekyung trained with redoubled enthusiasm: he swam 9-10 thousand meters in the pool (instead of the usual 8000) and worked out in the gym until late at night according to a new program developed by Oliver and coach Yu.

At some point, Ji-hong began to think that Jae-kyung was just hiding behind his ailment to rest. However, after seeing him do twenty push-ups easily instead of ten, with him on his back, and then laughing, "Hyung, I want to see your face, get off for a minute," he realized that his judgment was wrong.

With such a regimen, a balanced diet and good rest, fatigue was unlikely. Jaekyung fell asleep exclusively in bed, and not just anywhere. By seven in the evening, he arrived, and then had dinner and spent time with Jihon on the couch. And at ten he was already going to the side. In the morning, he invariably got up on his own, exactly at six, without any alarm clock.

Jihong even tried to chalk it up to pheromones, thinking that without their influence, Jaekyung had lost his attraction. But these thoughts quickly dissipated: he constantly hugged and touched him, as if compensating for the lack of sex with tenderness. It was as if their relationship had rolled back to a time when intimacy only happened on weekends. In fact, Jihong didn't feel a strong desire. He understood that there had been too much sex before, and now these playful teasing and tactile contact more than made up for everything. Moreover, physical intimacy for a partner in the lower position is very exhausting.

Jihon's low emotional background was probably due to the side effects of the drug. He understood Jaekyung's motives, but obsessive suspicions swirled in his skull: was he tired, lost interest, or was it all about pheromones? These were silly anxieties, demonstrating the brain's inability to think rationally and its tendency to extremes.

He thought that sex could help him relax, but soon he abandoned this idea as well. Jaekyung had already refused several times, and Jihong did not want to hear "no" again, even if it was dictated by care. The realization that he had lost weight and become unattractive made him feel ashamed of his own body. That's why he stopped undressing in front of Jaekyung.

So when Jaekyung asked anxiously, "Hyun, are you by any chance that you're not sleeping well because of me? Maybe I will spend the night at home?", then Jihon briskly agreed. He was already tired of constantly wrapping himself in clothes.

But the changes did not end there. Now Minu took Jaekyung to training both in the morning and in the evening. This was not accidental. Jaekyung himself asked: "Hyun, you don't need to drive me, sleep better."

"Then let Mina in the morning and me in the evening," Jihon suggested.

Jaekyung shook his head, "Driving is tiring. Minu will take care of everything. Don't worry.

"What?" And you used to say that you were lonely without me," Jihon muttered offended. "Am I no longer needed?"

"I do," Jaekyung blurted out without hesitation. "But now I can do it. But in the spring, when it gets warmer, you will come with me, even if you are against it. And I'll put you in the pool too, so for now, take care of your physical shape.

"Well, I can do it now, the water is still heated," Jihon muttered.

He tried to laugh it off, as always, but Jaekyung didn't support him, "If you enter the water now, I'm afraid you won't even be able to stay on the surface," he said dryly.

Although Jaekyung went to training in Minwoo's car, he always returned to Jihon after the evening session. And instead of going home right away, I had dinner at his place, spent time there until half past ten, and then called a taxi. When Jihong offered to take him, he only threw a displeased look and grumbled: "You'd better go to bed early.

The reason why Jaekyung came every time quickly became clear: he wanted to have dinner together, or at least make sure that he was eating normally. Even if the training ended early, he never ate alone until Jihong returned. And if Jihon refused dinner, he would sit him down opposite him: "Then just stay with me."

Jaekyung tried to feed Jihon at least something, constantly pushing the plate with the words: "Try it, it's delicious.

"Hey, do you even know that I ate more than you just now?" Jihong tried to object.

But no matter how much they argued, Jaekyung didn't even listen, "What are you talking about?" No matter how hard you try, I'll always eat more. Two, no, three times. So don't worry.

And he stubbornly slipped something to try, and it was always meat. Jaekyung fed him exclusively with him.

Of course, Jihong loved both meat and fish. Maybe not as much as when he was an athlete, but to maintain his height and complexion, he needed a lot of calories, which he usually got from proteins. His portions can hardly be called modest, although Jaekyung asked in surprise at the beginning, "Hyun, do you always eat so little?"

In general, by the standards of an ordinary adult, this was not a small portion at all.

The problem is that if Jihong was used to eating a little at a time, he could just stop, citing satiety. But there is no way to reduce the usual amount of food consumed - otherwise Jaekyung will begin to worry. So he ate, although after Jaekyung left, almost everything came out.