Chapter 71 (2/2)

”I heard that Mad Hatter and Undertaker were an item. Is that true?”

”You can't even tell if it's a girl or a guy. Would you want to do that?”

”F*ck, everyone shut up!” Inside Dum, Dee yelled furiously. Dum's anger was also boiling. He gripped the chair tight with his fist.

Even though he had already assumed this much, hearing it from someone else felt like sh*t. His desperation to have her, his disappointment upon each failure, her deep relationship with other men— no, this is. This feeling is sh*t.

Dum laughed out loud lightly. At first glance, it sounded soft and gentle, but within it was a viciousness that all there felt. He spoke to Cheshire's tensed-up gang.

”It's quite obvious. You probably set a trap for Undertaker, no? Heart's involvement is obvious too. Mad Hatter's was, well...probably some part-time work. But…”

SoYoon had asked them why they were acting like this. The fact that they had been unable to answer previously was obvious: you can't answer something you don't know. The Twins had been so naive that they did not know that this rage was due to jealousy, and the reason for the jealousy only just hit them.

They directed their eyes to the gang in front of them and smiled.

”I'm another one of those guys who want to be with that person who you can't tell is a girl or a guy.”

The second after he said this, Twins kicked the table at Cheshire. He took out his knife, and it sliced through the air and slashed at the surprised expression on Cheshire's face.

Twins were overwhelmingly victorious over Cheshire and the rest of his men. Cheshire had lost a majority of his men and ran with a scar on his face.

Inside, Dee clicked his tongue. We should have cut his life short so that he couldn't mess with that girl again, he thought. Realizing their actions revolved around a single person, they finally came to the epiphany at what their head and heart had been trying to tell them all along.

We are in love with this girl, they realized

***

Twins ordered their men to clean up after them and ran back to their home where SoYoon was. It was a path they walked each day, but as they got closer, their heart beat loudly in anticipation. No, they realized, this was not strange; this was obvious: they were in love with this girl.

In front of the house, they gathered their breath and straightened their hair. When they open this door, she will be there, they thought. They reached for their keys but realized that the door they hadn't locked was open and put them back.

”We've really let down our guard.”

Muttering to themselves, they opened the door. They saw SoYoon sitting on the sofa.

”Oh, Undertaker.”

Dum stepped inside with a bright smile.

”Have you eaten...? The chef's already been by. That's a relief.”

He sat opposing SoYoon after glancing over at the dining table. A cold sweat drenched his hands as they rested on his lap. He coughed.

”First, um, I'm sorry about yesterday. I had been dreaming, and it must have affected me. I hope you will trust me when I say something like that will not happen again.”

Dum observed SoYoon's expression. She wore the same emotionless expression she always had. After seeing her nod, he smiled widely.

”Thank you. How's your wound?”

”It's okay.”

”That's good.”

Dum looked her straight in the eye. Her bangs were pinned back so her entire face could be seen easily. It made it hard for him to breathe. He immediately wanted to avoid her gaze, but this was not the time to do so. He continued to speak in an almost feminine manner.

”We were a bit taken aback by yesterday also. Because we didn't realize that you knew that we were one person.”

The calm brown eyes suddenly widened. They seemed to say, I made a mistake. Ah ha, they thought; she knew about them.

Getting up from the sofa, they walked around the table and sat next to SoYoon. She was reacting to them. They had already felt as if they were flying, but her reaction made them feel even happier.

They smiled as they looked at her and said, ”I like you.”

The sound of their heart beating throbbed in their ears. The whole world was in black and white other than the one person who glowed with all the colors of the rainbow. This is what it meant to like someone. With their fairytale prince looks, they smiled brightly like a small child.