Chapter 25 - Guilty
Seeing Sei about to snap, Zaki decided to stop teasing him.
Haha, dear self, let"s back off in the mean time.
"Ahem, young miss, listen," Zaki started talking. "YiJin here isn"t a ghost, okay? Does that cute little thing look like a ghost to you?" He continued while pointing at the apologetic looking boy.
He was right. Yijin was the kind of pretty boy any teenage girl would want to squeeze with hugs and kisses. But who said ghosts were all scary looking and disgusting? Beautiful ghosts also exist, right?
Not hiding her doubts anymore, Davi opened her mouth. "But how did he get in? I"m sure he wasn"t there before and there"s no way he could have come in without me noticing at all."
Her words made Zaki take a deep breath as he stared at the boy as though telling him "this is all your fault, brat!"
"Ahh, so that"s why, huh. Actually, this brat here is a rare species... I mean, have you heard about individuals who sometimes appear nonexistent or unnoticeable? Well, I don"t really know if they really have that certain aura but... hmm, he just has a very weak presence that makes people easily overlook him as if he didn"t exist at all. The truth is... Even I get startled by him from freaking time to time because I only notice him once he talks or makes an obvious move. It"s actually his real nature. Does this make sense? I mean... are you convinced?"
Hearing his long explanation, Davi"s excessive fear lessened by half. It was because she remembered that she once read an article about what they called "grey man"[1]. She didn"t know if the cases were similar but she felt as though Zaki"s explanation made sense.
She then slowly raised her head and stared at the young man.
"Please, let me apologize in advance," she said as she slowly reached out her hand. The next second, her finger started poking the boy"s cheek, carefully and gently, in a stance that was ready to run away. However, by the time she started pinching him, Davi was finally convinced. "Ohh. You really are human. Forgive me for misunderstanding you."
The young man on the other hand, instantly turned red because Davi started pinching both of his cheeks as if she thought of this as a really cute and embarra.s.sing punishment for him scaring her like that .
A scene that instantly made the quiet ice man become even more frosty.
"And boss here… how should I put this. You know he always has that scary aura right? So you don"t need to be scared of him." Zaki abruptly talked to get Davi"s attention. It was because, the masked man"s aura was turning even darker as he kept staring at his wife touching another man.
Thankfully, Davi turned her head. She stared at the masked man, fidgeting.
"It"s not that," she said, causing Zaki"s brows to knit together as he looked at Sei.
"Eh? Young master, what did you do?" he asked, but the masked man just replied in his usual unmotivated voice. "I didn"t do anything."
Hearing his answer, Zaki turned his head back towards Davi.
"Wait, don"t tell me it"s because of what he said?" he asked and he couldn"t help but scratch his head when Davi nodded.
"Did you think he can read your mind? Or hear your thoughts?" he asked again, and again, she nodded.
"Haha, I think you should explain yourself to her." Zaki laughed as he turned towards Sei.
But Sei stayed silent and his silence strangely made Davi feel guilty all of a sudden. She didn"t know why but she suddenly felt sad the moment she realized that she actually thought he was ghost. Deep within her, she didn"t want to be scared of him at all and she felt sorry that she ever thought this and even treated him like a ghost.
Thinking about that, she stepped closer to him, still fidgeting.
"I"m… I"m sorry, I think I just got carried away because of my excessive fear. I think I"m... I"m just overthinking things way too much." She said apologetically.
Hearing her sudden apology, Sei"s coldness abruptly disappeared.
"No, it"s fine. I"m fully aware you are so scared of ghosts. Don"t sweat it." He said and patted her head before nonchalantly walking away, as if nothing happened.
…
In the master"s bedroom.
Davi was already asleep the moment Sei entered the bedroom. He stood beside the bed and watched his sleeping wife"s peaceful face for a long time.
Minutes went by and Sei finally lay down on the bed. As soon as he was about to close his eyes, he felt her warm arm tightly hugging him.
"I"m sorry," she said. Sei was instantly surprised. Was she still awake? What was she saying sorry for?
Sei was about to respond but he stopped right away the moment he heard her weak and cute snore.
Sleep talking?
Sei"s carefully put his hand on her head and started caressing her hair as gently as ever.