Two weeks have passed and her condition is getting worse, those injuries still bleeding. She can't even think if she can live as a demon again.
The same day and night, beating and hitting until it ends up with bleeding and hurting. But with the immortal life of a demon, it influences her life as a human and can't even die in a human form.
"How many times…" she said right after Jihwan beat her again.
"How many do you think?" he asked back.
"I…don't…know" she said with her face lower.
"Then, you should count…starting today…" he said in a cold voice and turned back but once again as always, his chest throbbing and this time he lost balance and fell.
Dahee who saw, trying to see him, already fainted.
"H-hey…w-wake up…" she startled after feeling his hands as cold as ice.
"Is he already dead?" she was stunned before put her ears to his chest and heard the heart still beating well and quite hard.
"He's still alive…" she sighs in relief but at the same time, she thought of killing him.
"This is my chance…" she said but remembered that she was in a human form and can't violate taboos about demons.
"I'll just take his blood and go away…" she said and cut a bit of his finger, licked the blood and finally returned to a demon form.
But unfortunately, those injuries are still at the place and not even a cut that cured.
"Why do I still have these injuries?" she was shocked and broke those chains. She's staggering walking towards the door and falling when was about to walk out.
"I need to go back" she said and return to the palace.
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"Oppa!" she called Daehyun from the main door of the mansion but no one answered. With a few steps in, she saw Daejin from the 2nd floor running down towards her and hugged her.
"Where have you been, idiot!!" he asked in a worried voice.
"I—" she stopped once saw Daehyun from the 2nd floor, looking at her sharply until she couldn't even react.
"How did you get this injury, what mf that hurt you?! Let me beat him to the death!!" he said and it made her giggle.
"Don't…it's already passed, I'm already here," she said.
"What passed?! It looks like it happened a few seconds ago!!" he hit her head.
"Daehyun oppa…I—"
"You failed…"he said while looking at her sharply.
"Oppa, I know I didn't make the report yet but I'll make it after I recover! How can you fail me without looking at my report?!" she insisted.
"What you've been through was the report, you come back in pain just the same as losing in the battle" he said.
"That's not how it works, you—" suddenly, he cut her words.
"Did the human get more injuries than you? Did that human die? Was that human suffering?" he asked a lot of questions without waiting for her answers.
"N-no…" one answer that makes Daejin gasp.
"See…you're weak, you don't want to be a demon king's wife and even more weak to be a succubus, why don't you just jump off the cliff?" Daehyun said those words like it was nothing while her heart broke into pieces.
"So you said…I'm not deserve to be a demon? To be what I am?" she said.
"Not…at all," he said without hesitation and tears flowing down from her eyes but in a red color.
"Dahee, your tears…" Daejin was so worried but Dahee stopped him from touching her.
"You also think that I'm not deserve it?" she asked Daejin but he's so speechless.
"Listen to your silence and I already know the answer…" she said and walking out, returned back to the earth as she had no more place to go.
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At the same place she went with Sehyuk, looking at the very wide and cold sea.
She's sobbing and crying as much as she wants but not for long, her form was unstable and changed in a few different forms such as animals, mythological creatures, demons and humans.
But with the pain in her heart, she ignored the instability. She takes her badge from her clothes that used to be a tracker for her location and throws it from the high cliff and it sinks under the sea.
This time, she doesn't have anyone to be or live with. She put her location in invisible mode to hide from her brothers.
Without a right way and a messy mind, she walked without a destination and ended up at Jihwan's apartment.
"Why do I keep bothering with this place?" she cried and walked away but with a less consumption of energy and blood, she fainted again.
Author : ayo, weak *sigh
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When she woke up again, as everyone (readers) expected, she woke up on Jihwan's bed with those injuries that had already been treated.
"Good sleep huh? Sleeping beauty~" a voice from her side giving chills.
Dahee looked at Jihwan who was sitting beside her, reading a book with eyeglasses. Don't know why but he looks different.
But his glare to her is still scary and immediately Dahee stands up but her legs are weak and more hurting than before.
"Don't you dare touch me again!!" she yelled, ready to attack him if anything happened.
"Woah relax, I'm the one who should have said like that…I saw you laid down with wings and everything, so I brought you in" he said.
"Why?" she asked.
"To torture you again…but since you already showed me your real form, I'll stop, if you feel better, eat something and get out" he said while walking away, closing the door. The situation became silent and she was a bit shocked by what happened but then remembered what Daehyun said to her.
Dahee cried in silence and her heart was so hurt until she couldn't even breathe properly "so…t-this t-the pain?" she giggled in pain.
On the other side, Jihwan's chest was throbbing again and he couldn't take it anymore. He was so mad that he threw something on the floor.
But when he remembered that he started to feel like this when Dahee getting hurt and torture by him. He thinks if his heart's throbbing was caused by Dahee and If his prediction was correct, she must be hurting now too, but where?
Slowly he walked to the room. Jihwan opened the door in silence just to sneak her but saw she's crying while closing her mouth. Now he knows why he felt so throbbing at his chest. She felt hurt in the heart but who was the one that hurt her?
He felt so mad to see those tears fall but for what he felt like that? Jihwan came in and Dahee immediately wiped her tears.
"I'll…go now" she said and tried to walk out but suddenly, Jihwan hugged her.
"You can't go now, I was in pain and I don't know why I can feel the pain that you have…but please, stop it, my heart throbbing like crazy when you were in pain" he said and Dahee hugged him back and tried not to cry.
"You can cry, at least let me make you feel comfortable, I might die if you are still hurting," he said and felt one feeling flowing when she hugged him and cried on his chest.
He doesn't know how to comfort a woman as he never did before.
Author : as u can see, he flirty not comforting -_-
"What problems did you have?" he asked after giving her some space to breathe.
"…I'm too weak to be a demon, he said I don't deserve it, he even told me to jump off the cliff…" she said with tears.
"That's not bad, I think" he said and she looked at him.
"Yah! That's not bad because you're bad!! Go jump off the cliff by yourself!!" she hit him.
"Hey chill~" he giggled.
Dahee stopped crying and sobbing but in Jihwan's eyes, he didn't know why she looked quite cute and adorable.
"How can he say that?" he looked at her.
"He saw my injuries when I went back to hell this morning and thought I failed my mission," she said.
"You are?" he asked.
"I— I don't know…I got back in human form because I ran out of power and you tortured me!!" she said.
"Hey…how do I know and “believe” your words if that doesn't make sense at all…I'm not trusting people easily…" he said.
"You're right…I need to go now…" she stands.
"You know where you want to go?" he asked.
"Actually I don't know but I'll figure it out later, maybe I'll get another person to be part of my report," she said.
"What if you stay and make a report here?" he suggested.
"So I can be your victim again!?" she said and he giggled.
"It's up to you…I'm just offering and you should trust me…"he said with a poker face.
"If you can't trust people then why do I need to trust you?"  Dahee faced him while Jihwan just sighed and lowered his body to her height.
"I give you choices and you need to choose, isn't that easy? It's up to you I said and I didn't force you~" he walked away and left her with choices.
"He's right but…he might kill me after this…but he offered that by himself and not forcing, so is it better for me to stay? I also can make a report faster and easier" she mumbled.
"But what if he locked me again?!" she thinks.
"But if he does that, he'll get hurt too…I'm also in demon form now and just need to get some blood supplies to support my form so he can't tie me down again!" she said and made a decision to stay.
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"I've made my decision!" she said.
"Okay…the door was to the left" he pointed
"No…I'll stay!"
"Wow, I'm not expecting that you'll make that kind of risk decision to stay with me…" he smirked.
"The main point is, I'll just stay with you in a while and finish my report in a few weeks!" confidently she said.
"Don't be too confident, don't count your chickens until they're hatched…" he reminded her.
"But I didn't put all the eggs in one basket…" she said and he just looked at her, knowing what's gonna happen later.
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That night, Jihwan put Dahee in the bedroom next to him.
"This is the guest room and everything you need is in this except clothes and food" he said.
"Why do I need clothes?" she became blurred.
"To change it of course…"
"But when—" then he cut her words.
"No demon form, only humans were allowed…" he said.
"Eh?! Why?! It's not that I'll disturb you in this form!" she was unsatisfied.
"No fight cause I'm putting rules and you have to do the chores in this house, you need to be responsible with it" he said slightly pushing her forehead with his index finger.
"But—!" he put his index finger on her lips.
"I've told you it's a risk decision and this is what I meant, I don't care if you can't do the house chores cause you'll do or I'll kick you out" he crossed his arms.
Dahee sighs heavily "fine! What chores do I need to do?" she asked.
"Washing the clothes and cooking," he said.
"That's so much easier than I thought…" she smirked.
"Yeah baby~ it's so easy~" he smirked too and sends chills down to her spine.