The Kiss That Ruined Their Wedding

After the procession ended, it was Jeongha who stopped Haeyoon from leaving.
Haeyoon felt it was enough—Ahn Seonwoo’s perfect wedding was ruined, and the fact that Baek Jeongha was dating Seo Haeyoon would torment him endlessly.
But Jeongha seemed to have different thoughts.
What Haeyoon found truly surprising, however, wasn’t Baek Jeongha’s suggestion, but himself, who followed it rather willingly.
Perhaps he, too, felt it wasn’t enough?
Maybe he wanted an even more satisfying scene.
Haeyoon often had the fanciful thought that Baek Jeongha was like a fairy revealing the true desires of his inner heart.
“…I ask all guests to bless the couple with a round of applause. To the two grooms, march toward a happy future!”
Just then, with the emcee’s booming announcement, Jaeyeol and Seonwoo walked the aisle receiving blessings.
Beautiful flower petals fluttered, and applause filled the space.
The distance to Haeyoon, standing at the end of the path they were approaching, quickly closed.
At that moment, Jeongha pulled Haeyoon tightly by the waist and whispered quickly.
“Don’t be surprised. Just smile.”
Before Haeyoon could realize what he meant, Baek Jeongha pressed a light, yet very slow, kiss to his cheek.
It was the moment Oh Jaeyeol and Ahn Seonwoo arrived right before them.

* * * *

It felt as if the world was moving in slow motion.
Haeyoon had experienced a similar sensation before.
It was when he witnessed Jaeyeol and Ahn Seonwoo naked and tangled together on Jaeyeol’s bed.
They had clearly scrambled to cover themselves and move apart, but to Haeyoon’s eyes, every moment had been excruciatingly slow and vivid.
Heart-wrenchingly so.
It was the same now.
The moment their eyes met was surely only an instant, but with his senses seemingly heightened, everything appeared incredibly slow and vivid to Haeyoon.
The only difference was that this time, it wasn’t Seo Haeyoon who was hurt.
The lips touching his cheek were hot and soft.
Whether it was truly his lips that were hot or the glare from Ahn Seonwoo’s eyes, filled with shock as if he wanted to kill him, was somewhat ambiguous.
Haeyoon let out a silent, hollow laugh.
‘Don’t be surprised,’ he said.
How could anyone not be surprised by this?
Was this how popular Alphas operated—everything so easy and smooth?
The moment those lips touched, Haeyoon’s body stiffened like stone, while inside, he was practically screaming.
Fortunately, being naturally not very expressive, he seemed to simply look calm, as if this were an everyday occurrence.
Even after pulling his lips away, Jeongha didn’t stop.
He gently turned Haeyoon to face him, looked at him with honey-dripping eyes, and said.
“I hope our wedding is this extravagant too.”
At this distance, there was no way the couple could hear, so why say such a line?
Haeyoon’s mind was full of question marks, but luckily, that also didn’t show on his face.
Jeongha smiled as if Haeyoon’s thoughts were plain to see.
It was a soft, affectionate smile.
So much so that for a moment, he forgot it was an act.
So much so that he almost mistook it for a subtle expression of true feelings.
To anyone watching, Baek Jeongha looked exactly like a man utterly lost in deep love.
He smiled like that, looking directly into Haeyoon’s eyes.
It was a smile that even Haeyoon, who was filled with incomprehensible things, couldn’t help but return.
At the same moment, Jaeyeol and Seonwoo’s procession ended.
Only then did Jeongha release Haeyoon’s waist and speak.
“Shall we go?”
The wedding ceremony concluded successfully.
Haeyoon felt he could finally shed the old emotions now.
Everything had ended very well.
Haeyoon thought so.

* * * *

“You gave Seo Haeyoon an invitation?”
The moment they entered the hotel room and closed the door, Jaeyeol turned to Seonwoo and asked fiercely.
Seonwoo, who had missed his chance to confront first, clamped his mouth shut as if glued.
That answer was enough.
“What in the world were you thinking…!”
Jaeyeol raised his voice as if about to shout, then barely stopped himself and took a breath.
He didn’t want to lose control and explode.
The plan was for the two to spend the night at the hotel after the wedding, then leave for their honeymoon the next day.
This should have been a time filled with excitement and happiness, but on the way back to the hotel, there was only irritation and displeasure between them.
They each had much to say, but remained silent due to the driver.
Only the poor driver felt the chill of their silent, frosty atmosphere.
Jaeyeol spoke again, his voice slightly lowered.
“What… exactly were you thinking?”
“…….”
“Why did you call Seo Haeyoon?”
Impatience was evident in the way his hands roughly undid his shirt buttons.
At this point, Ahn Seonwoo also lost his patience.
“Was I not supposed to?”
“What?”
“He was my closest friend. Was I not supposed to invite him?”
Jaeyeol’s expression became one of utter disbelief.
Closest friend—how could he even say that?
But Seonwoo only raised his voice further.
“What? Did it bother you because Seo Haeyoon came?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Is it because your ex-lover you couldn’t bear to part with came, so you felt sorry and concerned? Is that why you’re taking it out on me the moment the wedding is over?”
Ahn Seonwoo was already at his breaking point.
Seeing Baek Jeongha kiss Seo Haeyoon on the path where he should have been walking, imagining only the happiness that would fill his life, was, to put it bluntly, f*cking unbearable.
If Jaeyeol hadn’t gripped his hand tightly, he might have run straight down and slapped Seo Haeyoon.
Enduring photos with that feeling, and dealing with people who were clearly whispering at the reception, hadn’t been easy.
Yet his spouse, the moment they arrived at the hotel, was the one yelling and interrogating him.
“I wanted to show Seo Haeyoon! That’s all!”
“Ahn Seonwoo.”
“Do you know what kind of things I’ve heard while preparing for this wedding? Did you even care? You and Seo Haeyoon broke up ages ago, but everyone goes crazy just thinking about Seo Haeyoon whenever they see me. Did you know?”
‘But I won.’
After all, I’m the one who ended up with Oh Jaeyeol, the victor who made Seo Haeyoon miserable.
Thinking that, he had suppressed his grievances, but now they poured out.
“While you were going around drinking, saying things like ‘It can’t be helped,’ I was running around like crazy, practically begging to get even one friend to come to my wedding.”
“…….”
“So I invited Seo Haeyoon. I wanted to show him. Come see who Oh Jaeyeol ended up with. Was that so wrong? Is everything always my fault?”
Seo Haeyoon was supposed to be the tragic supporting role today.
He should have had a miserable day, meeting Ahn Seonwoo’s eyes, imagining Oh Jaeyeol smiling happily, exchanging rings, and kissing him.
‘Rather than dating you, I’d date Seo Haeyoon.’
To repay the hurt he’d received, Ahn Seonwoo had willingly become the villain and come this far.
It wasn’t to see the likes of Seo Haeyoon come to his wedding and announce he was dating Baek Jeongha.
“Other people might not understand, but you should! Why are you getting angry at me?”
Seonwoo glared at Jaeyeol, panting after pouring out his pent-up words.
It was in that moment he had a sense that something was wrong.
“What exactly are you angry about?”
As if he had never raised his voice, Jaeyeol’s voice had turned ice cold.
It was a tone Seonwoo had never heard before.
Taken aback by the sudden shift in atmosphere, Seonwoo closed his mouth without answering.
“Is it because of me? Because I don’t understand you well enough? Or…”
Jaeyeol took a step toward Seonwoo.
An oppressive pheromone emanated from him, instantly filling the room.
Reflexively stepping back, Seonwoo also released his own scent defensively.
In the taut, electric air of the room, ready to explode at any moment, Oh Jaeyeol spoke.
“Are you angry because Baek Jeongha—the one you were so desperate for—is dating Seo Haeyoon?”
Seonwoo felt his heart plummet.
So fixated on Baek Jeongha, he had forgotten something he needed to consider.
Oh Jaeyeol was one of the people who knew just how desperate Ahn Seonwoo had been for Baek Jeongha.
He had even come out drinking with Seonwoo and Haeyoon several times to console Seonwoo.
Haeyoon couldn’t drink well, so he’d asked Jaeyeol if he’d drink with him instead.
That was the first time he’d lured Jaeyeol out—using the excuse of being rejected by Baek Jeongha.
When Jeongha appeared at the wedding, when he started getting agitated upon seeing him, Ahn Seonwoo should have remembered that.
“I asked you if you still had feelings for Seo Haeyoon.”
“…….”
“Well, what about you?”
The Oh Jaeyeol that Ahn Seonwoo knew was someone who never got angry at his partner.
In all the years Jaeyeol dated Haeyoon, Seonwoo had never once seen him raise his voice at Haeyoon.
Yet now, that same Jaeyeol was raising his voice at Seonwoo, casting accusatory glances.
His already shattered pride was now completely crushed.
What was more unbearable was that he couldn’t think of a single retort to Jaeyeol’s words.
Baek Jeongha was Ahn Seonwoo’s weak point.
“I can’t listen to your nonsense anymore. Call me when you’ve cooled your head.”
Seonwoo chose to retreat for now.
He turned and left the room, but until the door closed behind him, Jaeyeol didn’t try to stop him.