"Jihwan…this is a supermarket?" she asked when both of them arrived.
"Yes…you never saw it before?" he asked while unbelt his seatbelt.
"No exactly…" she said.
Both of them then get a trolley and walk into the supermarket. Dahee's eyes were looking around while her hand was still wrapping around Jihwan's arm.
"Help me get some meat at the back, I'll wait for you at the drinks section…" he said.
"Okay~!" she saluted and walked away.
Jihwan pushes the trolley and gets all the things that they need for dinner.
Suddenly, someone called him.
"Omo!? Isn't this Jihwan-ssi? Annyeong~" Jihoon, his enemy back then when he was still a beginner in a medical.
"Oh…annyeong, Jihoon sunbae…"  he said.
"It's been a long time since I met you, right?" he asked.
"Yeah…it was a happy day until I met you again…" Jihwan said with a cold tone.
"C'mon Jihwan-ssi~ don't be so cold-blooded~ by the way, you're still single huh?" he said.
"Hmm…"
"Jihwan-ssi~ life is short~ you should find the love of your life before it's too late~" he mocking him.
"Sunbae, my life will be stuck here, maybe you should worry about yours instead…" he said.
"Yeah, let it get stuck and don't go anywhere~" he smirked.
"That's not what I meant but let it be as what you think cause it's too wide for your narrow mind…" he said.
"You—!"
"Jihwan! I got the meat!" Dahee suddenly runs towards him and shows the meat.
"You know how to choose it~" he patted her head.
"Of course! I also got some vegetables~!" she said.
"Good girl~" he smiled.
"Ouh?! You talked with someone?" she saw Jihoon.
"Introduce my sunbae, Baek Jihoon…sunbae, she's my…" his words stopped.
"…wife, Kim Dahee~" she shakes hands with him.
"Oh! You already got married?!" Jihoon was shocked.
"Yeah…as you can see…" Jihwan played along with her games.
Jihwan looked at Dahee with widened eyes while she just smiled at him with thousands of meanings.
"You got a beautiful wife…" Jihoon said.
"Thank you~" Dahee said.
"Yeah, she's my precious one~" he smiled and held her palm.
Dahee looked at him and blushing by herself. She didn't know that he'd make it look real.
"It seems that I misunderstood you, Jihwan…" Jihoon looked away
"Yeah, maybe you should ask first~" he said and it almost made Dahee laugh but she held it with a smile.
"I think I shouldn't disturb you anymore, happy marriage…" he said.
Jihoon then shakes hands with Jihwan and walks away. Dahee let go her hands from Jihwan. They continue walking.
"So…someone just admitted herself as my wife huh?" he smirks.
"I just wanted to save you, don't misunderstand it," she blushed.
"Save me? What a cute excuse~" he pinched her cheek.
"Yah!! It hurts!!" she rubs her chubby cheek that has already turned red plus with his pinching and Jihwan just laughed.
"You don't need to save me…I already went through this kind of thing since a few years ago…" he said.
"And in that period, you kept losing and didn't even think of fighting back!" she said.
"What's the point? He'll just keep teasing me over and over again…I'm tired of wasting my words, energy and time with that kind of person…there's no benefit for me to fight back" he said maturely.
"Well there's a benefit!" she said.
"What is it then?" he stopped and looked around, facing her.
"You'll feel satisfied!" she said confidently.
"No Dahee, there's no satisfaction in fighting back something useless…you'll just feel childish and unmatured plus I'm talking with my sunbae, it'll be unmannered too…"
"Who said!? I always felt satisfied fighting over my oppa…he'll always fight with me about something that I can't even do and I have the authority to fight back!" she said.
Both of them continue walking.
"I can approve that, but how about your lie just now? Hmm?" he said without looking.
"T-that's…that's his fault!" she said.
"Why was it his fault? You became unreasonable, Dahee…"
"I'm not, okay! I said that it was his fault because the relationship was something personal for someone, why do others need to know what relationship you are in?! Isn't that unmannered too?" Dahee frowned.
"You're right this time…I can say that he shouldn't have asked about my personal affairs but what is your authority to interfere with it too? Shouldn't you just tell the truth?"
Jihwan's questions makes Dahee speechless. She doesn't know how to respond as he was right about it, she doesn't have any authority to interfere with his affairs.
Who knows that her action just now wasn't a wise one. Dahee then recalls everything that she has done before, her fights with Daejin and Daehyun.
Every unmannered word that she has said. Why did this heart feel guilty when it shouldn't, why now?
"I'm sorry…" she said and it made Jihwan stop.
"It's not your fault…everything has already passed, let bygones be bygones. Let's finish this thing faster" he sighed.
Dahee didn't reply and just followed him from behind until they stepped on the cashier's counter.
"Dahee, help me bring this to the car…" he said and she just nodded.
Both of them get into the car and Jihwan drives to the mall.
"Wh—" Dahee was about to ask but she hesitated and decided to remain silent.
"You said something?" he asked.
"Nothing…" she said.
"Okay, let's go, I still got something to buy" both of them walking into the mall, getting into the lift, walking and walking.
Jihwan began to feel something unusual and he stopped walking, making Dahee accidentally hit his back.
"Why did you remain silent?" he asked suddenly.
"What should I do? Made a noise? I have nothing to talk about either…" she looked down.
"Okay…but— nevermind, let's go" he said and held her hands.
Dahee looked at Jihwan and slowly let go of her hands from his grip. He realized it and tightened it, there's now way he'll let her go.
Dahee just looked at Jihwan and smiled but what's in her mind was more burdened that it made her smile disappear.
"Wait here…" he said and she nodded.
"He brought me here and told me to wait…" Dahee sighed and sat at the bench.
A few minutes after that…
Dahee yawned and almost fell asleep until he saw Jihwan bring something with him and two cotton candies.
"Thank you for waiting, I grabbed you a cotton candy" he passed over the cotton candy at her.
"Why is this so big? I can't finish this…" she said.
"Well, it's been called a candy for some reason…give it a taste first…"
"Whatever…I just wanted to go home…" Dahee bite the cotton candy and it immediately melts in her mouth.
"Oh! It melted!" she pointed to her mouth, excitedly.
"It's cotton…" he said.
"Ouh…it dissolves~" she gave another bite and enjoyed it well.
Jihwan smiles secretly and comes to his right mind.
"By the way, I bought you something…" he handed her a cellphone.
"Isn't this your cellphone?" she asked.
"Well, it's not…just the same model but this one is for you…" he said.
"You give it to me?!" her eyes were shiny while looking at him.
"Haha…yeah…" he can't stand it.
"Oh thanks~~ I appreciate it!!" she said.
"You're welcome…" Jihwan ate his cotton candy while Dahee opened her phone.
"What's the password?" she asked.
"It's your birthday…" he whispered.
"Thank you~" she whispered back.
Dahee was scrolling on her phone and didn't realize the small piece of cotton candy at the corner of her mouth.
Jihwan saw it and moved close to her face.
Dahee saw his reflection and turned aside "w-what are you doing?" she stuttered.
Jihwan kissed the corner of her mouth and she blushed.
"Jihwan-ssi!" she stands, madly.
"There's cotton candy at the corner of your mouth…" Jihwan lowered his eyes.
"Ouh…you just can say it to me…" she mumbled and sat back at the bench.
"You like the phone?" he asked.
"Kinda~"
"Kinda huh…" he leaned back and looked at her.
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Both of them returned back and cooked dinner.
"Hey…where did you put these flour packets?" she asked.
"In the cabinet up there, third from left," he said.
"Why did he put those things so high? Is he trying to piss me off since I'm short…" her heart whispered. Dahee became a bit sensitive but she just kept doing her work.
"Can you reach the cabinet?" he asked.
"Don't try to piss me off…" she said.
"I'm just asking though…"
Dahee got a chair and put it in front of the cabinet. Even though she's using the chair, she can't put the packet inside of the cabinet properly.
"How tall are you until you need this fckin high cabinet…" Dahee tiptoed on the chair and succeeded in putting the packet inside it.
But the success came with a small bit of bad luck as she slipped from the chair and almost fell from it.
Luckily Jihwan wasn't far from her and very aware of his surroundings. In one move, he grabbed her waist but the clumsiness will not let him to live with peace as he accidentally kicked the chair and slipped too.
Dahee falls on Jihwan's chest and he knocks his head on the floor.
"Argh…my feet…" she mumbled and groped a soft thing.
"What— ARGH!!" Dahee was shocked to see Jihwan under her, unconscious. The thing that she groped was his chest and a red on her face appeared.
"Ugh…my head…" Jihwan opens his eyes and sees Dahee sitting on his stomach with blushing all over her face.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"H-huh?!...n-no, I-I m-mean y-yeah! How a-about you?" she stuttered.
"My head was like a wheel on the bus…" he said and Dahee grabbed his back head.
"I can feel a bump, your head swollen…!" she said in worry.
"Are you worried?~" he smirked.
"Who wants to worry about you?!!" she let go of his head suddenly and it accidentally knocked the floor again.
"Argh! Dahee-yah!"
"Ah! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" Dahee became panicked.
"It's okay…now, how long you're gonna sit on me…" he said coldly.
"I'm sorry!" Dahee immediately stands up and finishes her work.
After that, she put on her apron and cooked dinner for both of them. The dinnertime didn't look like it was for two people as both of them remained silent and didn't even give a glance.
They jumped on the bed right after the dinner and sighed heavily.
"What a tiring day…" they said in a different room.
"What am I thinking just now?!! You're a filthy demon, Dahee-yahh!!!" she blushed over plus with a mad.
"My head hurts but I hope we can stay in that position longer…" Jihwan said in disappointment
"What am I thinking…my expectation was too high for a normal human like him, it'll be impossible for me to expect that kind of thing" she sighed again.
"She's acting weird at the supermarket and also at the mall…she becomes so active and then becomes so silent in sudden. Was something disturbing her?" he asked himself.
"I should think before I do something…I'll not make any stupid move again, not ever again…" Dahee bury her face on the pillow.
"Should I ask her or not?" he said and turned aside on the bed. Suddenly remembered that he needed to find another victim to collect blood.
"I almost ran out of blood…I should get someone later," he said.
The night continued to darken more until it was midnight. Dahee can't sleep and decides to have a night walk for a while but as a bird, an owl.
"This kind of form was actually a big advantage to me, I should do this often," Dahee chuckled.
She sits on the building, looking at the full moon and it brings something to her mind.
"This loneliness of thousands of years…will it end up with a white chrysanthemum which is white but dark or a red rose that is red but fragrance…" she said poetically.
"Here we go again, my old habit…" she said in realization.
Flashback On
When she was 15…
"Dahee-ya~ let's go n—" Daehyun was about to open the door of Dahee's room until he heard her talking alone.
"If I fell in love…would it be a hope or a chance? Can it be a medicine for loneliness or poison to the heart? Would the step be a forward or otherwise?" she said while her eyes looking at the boy outside of the window.
He's riding a horse, maybe one or two years older than her. Even though she lives as a demon, his appearance was like an angel to her.
"Am I not telling you to not say anything that poetically like that again? Am I not warning you enough?" Daehyun's sudden words makes Dahee startled.
"O-oppa, y-you didn't knock…" she said.
"Am I not warning and threatening you enough!!!" he scolded her in a very high and creepy voice.
Dahee holding back her tears as it's not the first time of her being scolded badly.
Daehyun's voice was too loud until Daejin immediately checked both of them.
"What happened? Your voice can be heard clearly in the living room…" he said.
Daehyun didn't answer his questions but kept looking at her with a sharp glance.
"Again?" Daejin asked as he knows the things that happened by seeing Daehyun's behavior. He's a good observer.
"I don't want to hear that kind of thing again or I'll lock your voice…" he warned.
"You can't do that to me!!! It's my voice and I have the authority to voice out something that I want!!!" she yelled unhesitatingly to him.
"Whether you want or don't want, I'll take your voice if I hear that kind of thing again even if I need to do it by force…" he said.
Flashback Off
Dahee sighed and smiled "what a memory…" she said.
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"I love you and I'm gonna make sure that you're mine forever, Jihwan-ssi…" Soomin said with her eyes looking at Jihwan's picture.