...right. Kang Jaeha is correct, of course, but, uh, he. His mind just.

........but also it's important.

"Not... necessarily horror... But probably spending time in, um, close physical contact would be good and, um, movies are a good idea?"

...okay now he'll lean forward on his seat and reach over for the hand of Tae-gun's that's clenched in his lap.

He freezes in place but doesn't pull away, and instead slowly looks up at Kang Jaeha's face.

Jaeha slowly, slowly brings Tae-gun's hand up to his lips, not breaking eye contact, telegraphing his movements so that Tae-gun can pull away if he wants to, and then he softly kisses Tae-gun's knuckles. "I, too, appreciate close physical contact."

He shudders at the kiss, his eyes fluttering shut and his breath hitching in his throat, and when he opens his eyes again his face is definitely flushed and he is absolutely sure Kang Jaeha knows why but that's. That's fine, right? They should know if they're compatible partners and, and the fact that Kang Jaeha is—fine with this, even though Tae-gun is a man—is probably, well, it's, it's a better way to deal with backlash than just snuggling and watching movies together, right, if they can, if, if—

Jaeha lowers his hand again but keeps hold of Tae-gun's.

"There were other parts to my question, though."

...oh my God Lee Tae-gun you came off like such a pervert right now, focusing exactly on that—

And Kang Jaeha is still holding his hand—

Holding his hand and lightly caressing his knuckles with his thumb.

Thaaaaat's noooooot heeeelpiiiiingggggggg!!!!!

Okay, hang on, he can do this, he can regain some control even though Kang Jaeha is totally into him and, and he's so hot and, and Tae-gun hasn't been guided in a while and, and what would it feel like to kiss him and, and he's big, not as big as Lee Juheon but he's broad-shouldered and it looks like he's strong and Tae-gun bets being held by him would feel really nice—

Pull yourself together, Lee Tae-gun.

From the top.

"I... usually wake up around seven, and I do between two and six dungeons a day depending—"

Okay that's enough to break his stride. "Six?"

"...only if they're small..."

"Lee Tae-gun-shi, I will not be able to keep up with that, fair warning."

"...no, it's fine, I know I'm... a bit of a workaholic..."

"'A bit of a workaholic' doesn't cover six dungeons a day, Lee Tae-gun-shi!"

"...most days it's just three or four," he offers.

"That's a more reasonable number," compared to six. "I usually do one or two, very occasionally three, though, ah, my prior partners weren't—we weren't as compatible as it seems you and I are so I had to substantially manage the amount of backlash I got per day."

"Oh. That makes sense." He wasn't as compatible with his three other partners as he is with Kang Jaeha but it seems like the difference isn't as extreme as it is for Jaeha.

"Anyway, sorry to interrupt, please continue, Lee Tae-gun-shi."

"Right. Um. I like to study dungeons the day before I go into them, and review them just before going out."

"The pre-dungeon briefing doesn't cover that?"

"Oh, I—mostly solo dungeons."

...okay, Jaeha is starting to revise his estimates about the reasoning for Lee Tae-gun's S-rank assignment. With this kind of work ethic it would be impossible to classify as anything but even if he tried to hide the extent of his powers.

"'Mostly'?"

"I need a team for S-ranks and some A-ranks, especially ones that involve rescuing people. My powers aren't as good at rescuing."