Chapter 75 (1/2)
Chapter 75: Chapter 7 Excommunication-10
When Dee and SoYoon opened their eyes again, it was nearing 10 o'clock. The moment they woke up, Dee whined for food, and SoYoon headed to the kitchen.
Wondering what she should make, she opened the fridge and found eggs. She reached for a frying pan when Dee interrupted from behind.
”I'm not eating fried eggs. Or boiled ones.”
Twins were a handful. Dee only liked meals that were complicated, and that gave her a high chance of messing up. SoYoon contemplated what to do with the egg in her hand and decided to steam it.
Trying to recall her hazy memory of her mother's recipe, she beat the eggs and seasoned them, Dee suddenly came over and leaned on her shoulder, which caused her to dump a bunch of salt into the egg mixture. She stared down at it for a moment but then went on to put it in a pot and over the induction.
The steamed egg she made was a failure. Dee complained about its saltiness, the burnt taste, and the hardened texture but continued to take large spoonfuls and shove them in his mouth.
”Be thankful it's us that's eating it. If it were anyone else, they would never eat…”
Dee smiled all of a sudden. His expression revealed his embarrassment as he glanced over at SoYoon.
”Hey, is it true that in Outhouse, everyone gets married? Dum told me that if you do, then you have to live together forever.”
In Wonderland, marriage was rare. Everyone was too busy taking care of themselves to be bothered by someone who could potentially become a threat or a burden. For someone from Wonderland, and the slums no less, the word ”marriage” probably came up only in books.
SoYoon turned her attention toward Dee. He had been observing her for a response, but when their eyes met, he hurriedly pretended to be doing something else.
”I mean, I'm not saying I want to do it or anything.”
”Twins.”
SoYoon put down her utensils. Nervousness passed through Dee's blue eyes. He looked too sensitive to be just Dee, so SoYoon knew that both Dee and Dum were listening.
”Today's the last day of your request. You know that, don't you?”
”...What are you talking about? There are still two days left.”
If you calculated one week from the time that Twins had told her how long she had to stay, then they were right. SoYoon counted from the first day that Twins put in their request, however.
She didn't bother explaining all this and stared at Twins instead. As she did, Twins slammed their utensils loudly on the table.
”F*ck, you don't have a grain of attachment, do you?”
”Since I've been here, I've had a lot of other requests I need to get to. I'll get going now.”
Twins grabbed her as she got up from her chair and headed to the living room. They pulled her in and hugged her. She ended up on their lap as they squeezed her tightly.
”Don't go.”
They buried their face in her neck and rubbed their cheek onto hers. SoYoon pushed them away and got off their lap, but they grabbed her arm and pushed her hard into the wall.
SoYoon sighed as they put their hands inside her shirt and roughly touched her. She grabbed their collar and twisted her body.
Slam! Their position switched as she smashed Twins into the wall. Having hit their head, their vision blurred for a moment, and SoYoon said to them, ”I'm not your mother.”
If she had said this even a bit more nicely, Twins would have felt satisfied. However, she had no intention of doing that because that would be good for neither her nor them.
Twins turned white in shock as they removed their lips from her.
”It's not like that.”
SoYoon looked up at them silently. Her crystal brown eyes had soaked up the morning sun, and bits of silver danced within them. But they were not the nice fairy dust they had previously imagined. They were like broken shards of weaponry, cold and sharp. Looking at that, Twins sank into darkness.
”Don't judge me.”
Their initial feelings toward her may have been true to her assumptions, but they weren't that now. Twins heard their heart thudding in their ears. When their hands grazed hers, their heart would beat like a drum. Whenever they saw her lips, they didn't want to bite them but instead wanted to caress them.
They lowered their head. Her hands were strangling them, but they didn't care. They kissed her lips. They hadn't said anything, but they expected SoYoon to say, ”You would never do this stuff if you actually felt that way.”
SoYoon also knew that she did not have a single drop of blood relation to them; they were total strangers. No one could say with certainty that their feelings were 100 percent maternal.
”Marry me, and let's live together.”
After Dum learned that marriage in Outhouse was a good thing, they had wanted to say this to her for a long time. She pushed Twins away, however, letting go of their collar. Wherever she shoved them, they let their body follow its lead.