Chapter 112 – 18. The Road Not Taken (6)
When I opened the door and entered, the first thing I saw was long, silver hair.
She was sobbing a little with her back turned to the outside.
My heart throbs.
I only knew that we were already close enough, but it seems that we are still far apart.
Why didn’t I know her heart?
Because she couldn’t look at Seo Joo-ha completely, saying… Would be just an excuse.
The fact that she came to a conclusion close to her resignation after thinking about it alone was also because of my lack.
If only my ability was a little stronger.
If only I had the strength to embrace all the heroines.
And, if only she had stretched out her hand to her a little sooner.
But it’s not too late.
Unlike last time, today’s girl didn’t run away.
Seo Joo-ha now wants me to come to her.
I knew that fact instinctively.
“Juha.”
The faint sniffles cease.
She cautiously turns her head as I put her hand on her lightly fluttering shoulder.
“…Why?”
Unlike Shadow An, who was able to control herself as she wished, in reality she was still shedding tears drop by drop.
Become a man who knows how to make a woman cry… Lee Ji-hoo has grown up to this level.
“You want me to erase your painful memories?”
“…”
“Okay. If I find a way, I’ll be sure to tell you then.”
Hardened her heart.
One day I decided to use one of her two tickets on her.
But, before that, there was something that had to be said.
“But, before that, I have a request for you.”
“…What.”
“Please don’t get further away from me.”
Just 1 cm apart.
We were running parallel lines with such a small gap in between.
It seems like we can reach it any moment, but it is a distance that we can never reach.
Juha was hoping for me.
If you can’t look at me, I’ll take a step back, so please come a little closer.
Even if it’s a step towards others, I want it to be directed towards you.
But I couldn’t even let that happen.
Despite knowing her selfishness, she asks him not to stay away from her.
If Seo Joo-ha’s heart is inclined even a little.
If we can meet at one point, which used to run endlessly in parallel.
I told her with such little selfishness and hope.
“…You idiot.”
The expression that seemed like it would disappear at any moment changed little by little.
“I should have told you sooner…”
Tears that had stopped flowing down my cheeks again.
While she panicked, not knowing what to do, she came back into her arms.
“That word… Hmm, how much I wanted to hear it… Ugh, stupid… Stupid…”
Just like last time, I have too many responsibilities to focus on one person.
Of course, it would be close to impossible to only look at Seo Joo-ha from now on.
Juha probably knew that and told me.
But I couldn’t leave her alone.
I should have stepped on her first, but I must have lacked the strength to shout at her leaving.
So, I decided to tell you today.
Yes, it seems that I have finally made up my mind.
What to say to Juha, what kind of eyes to look at her. Only now did I find out.
“Juha.”
“…Huh.”
“Like I said last time… I can’t always see you alone. You are a very important person to me, but as there are more people to protect, there are more things to care about.”
I can’t say that I always do my best for all the heroines.
Of course I don’t have the ability to do that.
“Phi… I won’t get away from you, but you’re saying you’ll care about other women too…?”
But.
“But, I will decorate every moment next to you with happiness.”
I do my best so that the heroine does not become more unhappy.
Because that’s my way
“From now on, when you are having a hard time, don’t worry alone, talk together and comfort, and when you are happy, laugh together and share joy.”
So, I tell you my sincerity.
I confess all my feelings that I couldn’t convey last time.
“And if a crisis strikes you, then I’ll run to you before anyone else. So… Please don’t get further away.”
In the not-so-distant future, a mad massacre created by antipathy toward the demons.
I will definitely protect Seo Joo-ha in the midst of it.
So that she doesn’t suffer because of her twisted development because of me.
She wouldn’t have touched it if she couldn’t be responsible.
Ha Yul and Seol Ah seniors were like that, and Joo Ha and Lay would be like that.
…I don’t want to see a heroine sad in front of me.
Ultimately, the goal is set.
To make Seo Joo-ha happy, and to completely cut off the fragments of the past tied to Ray.
It was a simple and clear goal.
“And if even in such a happy moment, painful memories still come to mind… Then I will use my powers to erase the pain.”
Ticket? Of course I will use it
But I will never write it out of desperation.
If there is still pain that will not be erased even if you do your best until the end of the end, then only then will you tear the ticket.
He lightly brushed the back of Juha, who was buried in his arms.
Warm. Just this one fact was enough.
We held each other in the same position for a while.
* * *
“Have you calmed down a bit now?”
“Ugh… I cried like an idiot again.”
Juha wiped away the tears with his slender hand.
She looked like she was still about to cry, probably because her eyes were usually down.
Come to think of it, I had something to say to Juha.
Take Juha Seo with you on an infiltration operation in a week… I don’t know what the hell the intention was, but I thought it was certain that it wouldn’t harm me at least.
I couldn’t even speak to her sudden confession and crying.
“Hey Juha. I need your help with something… Do you have time next Sunday?”
“…Sunday? It’s fine… Ho, maybe this… Date or something… Or something…? Ah, no…?”
Seeing Juha, who is making an excited expression instead of tears from her inflated imagination, it seems that I have become a very bad guy.
I want to ask for a favor later after I go back like this… But the time is ambiguous if it’s not now.
“Uh… It’s not a date… But if you don’t mind, we can go on a date after next week…! Anyway… It’s impossible without you, so I think I’ll need your help unconditionally.”
I told Juha about the infiltration operation.
As he explained step by step the information that Xian would invade on Sunday and how Ray was entangled in it, Juha seemed convinced.
“By the way, shadow shifting is… Isn’t it something even a succubus can do…? Well, it’s good that Jihoo needs me… Hehe. I get it first. Didn’t I say it was Sunday…? I’ll practice a little more until then. In case the succubus can’t move, it could be a situation.”
“Thank you, Juha. Let’s go out on a date when it’s over… Really. Eat something delicious, talk while taking a walk, in bed together… Uh, do a lot of that too.”
Your heart for me is revealed so well on the outside that I am constantly moved.
I hugged Juha, saying words of gratitude that would be worth it no matter how many times I tried.
Juha’s soft skin is vividly felt on his clothes.
He licked his lips slowly against her mouth as he exhaled.
The taste of her soft, damp lips was a deep, dark purple.
The wet kiss, comforting and caring for each other, continued for a long time.
“Whoa…”
When I removed her lips, she no longer had that sad expression on her face.
Joo Ha smiled bashfully and muttered something softly, then took out a small box from the shadows and held it out to me.
“Now. This is a gift.”
It was a box decorated with a black ribbon on a black wrapping paper, giving off a noble feeling.
A gift suddenly… I was a little embarrassed, but I couldn’t keep it in my hand, so I was handed the box.
“I wasn’t going to give it to you if I said a single word wrong… But I’m giving it to you because I’m relieved of my anger.”
“Uh… What is this?”
“Hehe, if you’re curious… Go home and open it. Never open it here.”
Why are you smiling so brightly?
Seeing Juha smiling brightly as if she hadn’t cried before, I felt uneasy for some reason.
After that, she talked moderately and then left her house.
I want to sleep with Juha, but she is already in a state where her body is exhausted… I was also curious about Juha’s gift.
It was about 30 cm in length and width, and it was a fairly large box, but it was light as if it had nothing in it.
Judging from the fact that it makes a rattling sound when shaken carefully, there must be something in it… I don’t know what’s inside, so I guess I’ll have to go home and open it like Juha said.
By the time the sun goes down.
When I arrived home with a weary step, a dark house greeted me.
“Looks like you haven’t come yet.”
How long have you been shopping and you haven’t come yet…?
I think it’s good because it’s an opportunity for the two of them to get closer… But I think I would have collapsed from exhaustion if I had been dragged there.
Anyway, since no one was there, it was rather good.
I carefully picked up the black box in front of me.
“I didn’t know my heart would beat this fast even at this age…”
A gift from Juha for me.
Her heart is beating so hard she can’t stand it.
I untied the black ribbon surrounding the box and immediately opened the box.
“Uh…?”
What was in the box was something completely unexpected.
To put it in a classy way, male masturbation equipment.
To put it vulgarly… Ona Hall.
A black onahole that shined in the light and gave off a luxurious luster was dormant in the box.