Chapter 38 - Step #11
Feeling the extremely suffocating and terrifying aura coming from him, Davi decided to try coaxing him.
"Ah, this is… it was because I took my heels off when those men were chasing me… heels aren"t very good to land on or run in..." She bit her lip and couldn"t continue talking. It was because the air surrounding Sei went even colder. She was supposed to coax him but it seemed the effect was not good at all and knowing it was senseless to lie to him, she couldn"t think to say anything else.
After a while of silence, the masked man raised his head and his gaze fell straight onto her hand. Still in his squatting position, he held her wrist then he lifted her fist, which was also bleeding a little.
Noticing the blood on her knuckles, she continued, "Ah… this is because I punched those idiots." She looked proud that she actually took down two of them through her signature magnificent and precise jaw kick, after landing a few punches on their face, of course.
However, Sei"s silence made her feel that his negative atmosphere had no sign of subsiding at all.
At that moment, her eyes were focused on his jet black hair while she was wracking her brain to find something that she could say to him. Unexpectedly, gazing at his hair made her remember something as an underlined note appeared in her mind.
"Step #11: Reflect his gestures"
According to her great romantic advisor, the purpose of mirroring your man"s gesture was to create a closer bond with him. This trick was actually among the few that was actually psychological. However, with the current situation, Davi"s purpose in using this step was to make him feel better. She always felt warmed whenever he patted her head so she wanted to do the same for him. She wanted him back to his usual, calm demeanor. Thus, this step could result in a 2 for the price of 1 deal, if it worked.
At that same moment, Davi then instantly switched into her mission mode.
The next second, she lifted her other hand and landed it gently on his head.
The moment her hand touched his hair, Sei instantly went motionless like stone, as if her hand was akin to King Midas" golden touch or Medusa"s eyes.
Davi on the other hand, was suddenly smiling so wide as though she was overjoyed that she was finally able to pet his head. Truth was that, Davi really liked it every time Sei caressed her hair and she always wanted to touch his hair as well. She always loved the warm feeling of his warm hand.
However, at that moment, she didn"t know why this feeling, when she was the one doing it to him, seemed different. She unexpectedly felt a fuzzy electrifying sensation as though he was a scary dark beast that had really soft and cute silky black fur that she couldn"t help but love. The supposedly romantic caressing scenario turned out to be a cute petting scene but she just couldn"t stop herself from petting him.
Meanwhile, Sei was currently frozen. His brain once again seemed to have stopped, this time for a while longer. He didn"t know how to even react and what was worse was that the girl"s eyes suddenly twinkled as bright as ever as though she finally found her dream fuzzy pet.
Sei was confused, but the girl didn"t stop from running her fingers into his hair, as though he already became a furry little dog in her eyes. His stunned face turned a bit darker because he couldn"t even get angry at her despite it all. Although he wanted to stop her, seeing her face, looking as though she was currently flying higher than cloud nine, made him wait for a while. He wanted to watch her ecstatic face for a little longer.
At that same moment, Sei was mystified, for her hand just felt a little too warm, as though tiny little white hands suddenly appeared within the dark void inside him, touching every corner as though they were trying to embrace the overwhelming solid darkness that no one has ever dared to even try reaching. As if they were the hands of an angel, leaving sparks of warm tiny lights within him.