Chapter 61 - Lets have a new agreement (1/2)

Ahn Hana doesn't answer him. She didn't expect that he would ask that question. His hands are hot against her skin. His gaze is equally colder.

Is she interested?

”Yes.” Her voice is bȧrėly a whisper. ”Come to my room.”

She walks into her room. Do Sejin fists his hands. He takes three deep breaths before he goes into that room. She is sitting on the bed and fiddling with a scarf in her hand.

”Let's have a new agreement.” She tells him quietly, ”I don't care if you go to other women. You shouldn't care if I have other men in my life. My only condition is that you must wear this blindfold whenever we are together.”

He stands there, frozen. Her words are repulsive. If it was old him, he would have accepted this agreement happily. But, he is disgusted by his old him. ”Why must I wear a blindfold? Haven't I seen everything?”

She climbs down the bed and comes to him. ”Then, there is nothing new to see.”

”Why are you doing this?” He takes the scarf from her hand. ”Do you love him?”

She doesn't say yes or no. ”If you aren't interested, just leave.”

”If you love him, you wouldn't be sleeping with me.” He ties the scarf around his eyes. ”You want me to stop asking questions.”

Ahn Hana undoes the buŧŧons of her shirt one by one. Her shirt falls on the floor. Her back is full of scars. But, Do Sejin can't see it. She removes the pieces of his clothes one by one. There is silence. Only a foreboding silence. The man and woman are familiar and yet stranger. Do Sejin isn't the same boy. Ahn Hana isn't the same woman. He lies down on the bed. His hands don't move. She kisses him on his lips again. When he doesn't kiss her back, she sighs and lies down beside him.

”You have changed.” She takes time to observe his face.

”You too.” Do Sejin turns his back on her, not wanting to feel her gaze on him.