Chapter 18 - Alice Liddell-6 (1/2)
Chapter 18: Chapter 2 Alice Liddell-6
She had never touched someone else's bare body before. Her pale fingers twitched on the light brown and hardened skin. SoYoon felt her stomach turn and clenched her hand. Then Heart embraced her with his whole body.
SoYoon closed her eyes as she felt his warmth blanket her body. Feeling as if she was falling, her sensitivity picked up Heart's scent.
She had assumed he would smell like musk or amber, but instead, he smelled like vetiver. The slightly sweet smell mixed with the scent of trees and earth, and she inhaled deeply. Heart's arms flexed.
A little later, Heart got up. SoYoon opened her eyes. Heart was pressing her hair with his fingers and asked.
”Where is that girl?”
”Probably at the Doctor's. I told March to take her there.”
”Then tell him to bring her here right after.”
After getting up, Heart pulled on a beige gown then stood in front of SoYoon with his arms open. SoYoon closed his gown for him and tied it shut.
”Very nice, my Whitey.”
He whispered this into her ear then took her outside with him.
As they walked down from the third-floor bedroom to the first, she smelled blood. As this had happened so often, she didn't think much of it, but when SoYoon opened one of Heart's doors, she realized she had been mistaken. There was something else she didn't expect.
The smell of blood and medicine filled the room, as a man covered in bandages lay barely able to breathe. His wounds must have been recent as blood poured into the bandages, dying them red. He was on the brink of death.
”I'm going to test her skills on him.”
SoYoon sent the message to March right away.
***
Upon returning from SoYoon's house, March immediately took Dor and Alice to Doctor. On the way, Dor complained that her legs hurt, so he had to carry her on his back, although he didn't mind.
Doctor even pulled out a stethoscope to check every part of Dor and announced that she was normal. Compared to other people, her growth was stunted, and she had less muscle, but for someone who had spent the majority of her life lying down, this was practically a miracle. March hugged Dor.
”Thank you, Doctor. And thank you so much, Alice.”
”I only did what I had to.”
Alice nodded and smiled humbly. Doctor observed Alice as he played with the cigarette in his mouth. She was quite pretty. Her eyes and face exuded a goodness that didn't match with those who lived in Wonderland.
”Newcomer?”
Alice turned to Doctor. In the original story, Doctor was 31 years old. He was a character who would fall for a girl 13 years younger.
Even though he had a scratchy, unshaved beard and wore an uninterested expression most of the time, Doctor was still attractive. If he was described as only above average in the book, she wondered how good Mad Hatter would look, who was described as immensely handsome. Alice couldn't hide her anticipation.
”It's nice to meet you. I'm Alice Liddell. I came here two days ago.”
”I hear it was you who healed the child?”
”Um, that's…”
Alice smiled, embarrassed, as she explained what happened. She said how she had wanted to help her and how the light came out of her hands, that this was a skill she'd had since childhood, that she had kept it a secret as requested by her parents, that she could not use it on herself, and when she arrived at March's house and saw Dor, that she healed her.
”I saw Dor lying there and I couldn't help it…”
Doctor looked Alice up and down. Alice didn't know where to look, so she turned to March. March was busy dressing Dor.
”Not bad.”
”Excuse me?”
”You.”
Alice lowered her head and twiddled her fingers. March, who had been watching them from behind, clicked his tongue. That jerk is at it again. Doctor smiled and continued.
”Your organs look fresh. Not one would go to waste.”
”Excuse me?”
”What do you say? Do you want to split it open just to see? It's okay, I can take them out cleanly so that you won't even see the stitches.”
”Take them out? What…?”
Only then did Alice realize where she was. Doctor, unlike March, did not fall in love with Alice at first sight. As a doctor, he was interested in her healing powers and fell in love with her apparent goodness.
In Wonderland, there was only one sentence that bought up his hobby. Alice's face went white. If March had not intervened, she might have run out of the examining room.
”Quit it, Doctor. Such a weird personality…”
”Are you taking the side of your girlfriend? Aren't you a little young to be dating?”
”Not you too, Doctor? Alice, I think you should go somewhere with me.”