Chapter 22 – 21. Fool
Aris held her distraught Arthur’s hand and headed to the hospital.
“Where are you going now?”
“I’m going to the hospital.”
“I don’t want to go, but there is a place I want to go now.”
Arthur shows an unusual attitude, and in the end, Aris decides to deceive Arthur.
“It’s not that I’m a little sick. So, let’s just stop by the hospital for a moment and then let’s go.”
Arthur began to look at Aris’ words with a worried expression.
“Aris, are you sick? “Where does it hurt?”
“It’s okay, right.? Okay, let’s go to the hospital quickly!”
It was a lie that even a 10-year-old child would not be fooled by, but Arthur, who was not in a normal state, believed Aris’ words literally.
…
When she arrived at the academy’s hospital, Aris sat Arthur in her waiting seat and waited for her turn.
-Ding!
After a while, Aris, who confirmed that her turn had come, asked Arthur to wait for a moment and entered her treatment room.
-Rattle!
When Aris came out of the treatment room, Arthur quickly approached her.
“How is it.? “It doesn’t really hurt, right?”
“Yes… Thank goodness it gets better quickly, but aren’t you thirsty more than that? Would you like a glass of water?”
Arthur, who had not drank anything since morning, was thirsty, and she was relieved by Aris’ words and drank her water.
Of course, it would have been suspicious if it had been someone else, but since it was Aris who gave Arthur the water, she accepted it without any doubt.
ㅡGulp.
After making sure that Arthur drank all of her water, Aris sat him down on a chair near her.
“Shall we rest for a moment?”
“Yes.”
Arthur suddenly felt drowsy and sat down and closed his eyes. She eventually fell asleep, leaning on Aris’ shoulder.
“…”
Aris began poking her face to make sure Arthur was asleep.
“Arthur, are you sleeping? “Wake up!”
“… “
After confirming that Arthur was completely asleep, Aris picked him up and headed to her treatment room.
After entering the treatment room, I laid Arthur down on the bed and the doctor came to his side.
“Then let me check first.”
The doctor started taking out various medical tools from her pocket.
“Hmm…”
The doctor began to check Arthur’s condition with several magic tools, focusing on her head.
The doctor, who had been examining for a while, took the magic tool and opened his mouth.
“What can I say? First, the patient’s condition is not that good.”
“Where did we go wrong? “Is treatment possible?”
The doctor began to look slightly worried at Aris’ words.
“Treatment is possible, but there is a possibility of recurrence.”
“And to elaborate on the current situation, the patient’s brain is not functioning properly due to constant stress. Therefore, if you become stressed again, the condition may worsen.”
“What about stress…?”
“It’s all stress, right? There are many factors such as academics, feelings of inferiority, etc. But it’s a little tricky…”
“If you look at the results of the magic tool’s test… The results are similar to those of a person who has been severely tortured for a long time… Usually, in cases like this, the will to live disappears and people commit suicide…”
The doctor trailed off and began to look at Aris with suspicious eyes.
“That. That! I have a girlfriend, but lately we only see each other when we eat together, and sometimes we go on dates… I didn’t know it was this serious.”
“Huh… It’s possible that the patient was hiding it all along… So you need to be careful for now.”
With her words, the doctor handed out a bag of medicine.
“You just need to take one pill a day. You must take it every day.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
Aris took her medicine bag, carried Arthur on her back, and headed to Arthur’s dormitory room.
…
“Okay…”
Arthur opened his eyes in her own room and looked next to her to see Aris sitting in her chair.
“When did I return to my room…”
Aris answered Arthur’s words.
“When I stopped by the hospital earlier, I saw that you were sleeping because you were tired, so I just carried you on my back. “It looks like you’re sleeping soundly.”
“I see. Thank you Aris.”
ㅡRubber.
At that time, Aris took something out of her pocket and began handing it to Arthur.
“What is this?”
“Uh. It’s a nutritional supplement! Just like before, you seem tired these days. If you take one pill a day, you will be fine.”
“Okay, I’ll eat well!”
Without any doubt about Aris’ words, Arthur swallowed one pill.
“… “
“Why do you look at me like that?”
“No. Then I’ll go.”
Aris raised her body to get out, but she didn’t move.
When she turned around, she saw Arthur’s left hand holding her arm.
“Don’t go…”
“I have to go back too, Arthur…”
When Arthur heard that he was going back, he looked sad.
“Are you going to abandon me too?”
Even though Arthur was not in a normal state, it was something she couldn’t ignore.
“What do you mean. I abandoned you?”
“You always say that.! “You’ve been avoiding me these days!!”
“No! Why am I avoiding you?”
‘Could it be. Are you saying everything you’ve always thought?’
Aris began to worry as Arthur’s words continued to come in without filtering.
It was right for her to comfort Arthur and return quickly, but she was also hoping that if she went a little further, she would hear things she didn’t even know about.
Arthur got angry at Aris’ answer.
“That’s right!! “Do you think I’m a fool?”
‘You’re an idiot now.’
“In the past, you used to be so violent with me every night, but this time, even though I tempted you, you ignored me!!”
“No, that’s your normal state.”
“Do not lie! “Even when I cry and ask you to stop, you refuse, saying it sucks and forcing you to do it?”
“No… It’s different from that. Wasn’t it something you enjoyed in the first place, Arthur?”
“What nonsense!! What kind of man in the world does it more than 10 times!! Even though I feel like I’m going to die because it’s so hard all the time, I endured it because it’s you!!”
“…”
‘I really didn’t know this… Arthur must have been having a hard time… I thought he was just tempting me.’
“Hmm… I’m sorry Arthur… Furthermore, I just held back because you seemed to be having a hard time this time… So please don’t misunderstand.”
Aris apologized, and she hugged Arthur.
“… “
Arthur didn’t respond, but she slowly stroked her head.
ㅡSigh. Sigh.
After she did that for a while, Arthur’s mouth opened first.
“Can I really trust you? You won’t abandon me…?”
“Of course! I promised you back then, Arthur, that I would be your reason for living… So will you believe me?”
“Yes. I will believe it.”
Aris, who was holding Arthur, thought to herself.
‘He’s become like a child. Maybe Arthur will be better than I thought.?’
“… Aris, will you stay with me today.?”
“Okay, let’s sleep together today for the first time in a while.”
First, Arthur lay down on the bed, and then Aris lay down next to her.
Before I knew it, Aris’ hand was wrapped around Arthur’s waist.
“!!”
“What are you doing now!! “I’m just going to sleep today!!”
Arthur, who rolled to the side, picked up the pillow and started attacking Aris.
“Evil! No!! This is just a habit…”
“I’m sorry Arthur, I’m sorry!!”
Arthur, relieved of his anger after attacking for a while, lay down next to Aris again.
“Just stay next to me! “Understand, right?”
“Ah, I understand.”
After hearing Aris’ answer, Arthur closed her eyes with relief, and Aris also fell asleep next to Arthur.
…
The next morning.
Aris’ eyes automatically opened as she felt the weight, and when she looked next to her, she saw Arthur sleeping, hugging her tightly.
“I’m not even a teddy bear.”
But contrary to what she said, I liked it on the inside.
‘Sometimes things like this aren’t that bad…’
After feeling Arthur’s body temperature for a moment, Aris carefully got up from her bed and began to get ready to go to her class.
“Well, Arthur sent her medical certificate to the department, so you don’t have to take her classes.”
After coming up with a good idea, Aris took out her piece of paper and started writing down her words.
“If I do this, will Arthur see it?”
Her paper said that she had to go to class, so she could rest in her room and she would be back around lunch.
Before Aris left her room, putting her paper on her desk, she took one look at Arthur’s face.
Aris remembered Arthur attacking her last night and decided to play a little prank.
“I know it hurts me too if I keep hearing things like that.”
As Aris approached her Arthur, she moved the eyepatch that Arthur was wearing and covered her other eye.
‘If this happens, you’ll wake up and be surprised, right? ‘It’s yesterday’s punishment, Arthur!’
Aris, who looked at her Arthur and imagined what would happen later, smiled quietly and left her room.
Of course, if it were normal, she might have just been a prank that went away without incident, but Aris, who had forgotten her Arthur’s condition, didn’t even think about it that far.
…
When morning classes ended, Aris went straight to Arthur’s room.
-Rattle!
“Arthur! “I’m here.”
When she opened the door and entered, what she saw was not Arthur, but a messy room.
All furniture, such as chairs and desks, had collapsed, and objects were rolling around on the floor.
At that time, Aris saw Arthur squatting in the corner of her room.
Aris sensed that Arthur’s condition was getting worse again and approached him cautiously.
“Arthur.? Are you okay?”
Arthur raised his head at the sound of Arisui’s voice.
“Aris.? What should I do.”
“Ugh… I can’t see!!! “I can’t see anything!!”
Arthur began to cry and speak.
“… “
Aris was left speechless by the sight of Arthur, who had no idea that her eyes were covered with an eyepatch.
‘The more stressed she is, the less intelligent she is.?’
Of course, this wasn’t what was important right now. Because if Arthur finds out that she ended up like this because of her prank, it might really be the end for her.
‘Fuck…’
Aris was someone who rarely swore, but the situation she was in now was one in which no one could see the answer.
‘This is just a frontal assault.’
Aris felt strongly about her and took off Arthur’s eye patch.
“!!”
“Uh…? What. I can see ahead.”
Aris took off her eye patch and showed it to Arthur.
“Arthur. She couldn’t see because her eyepatch was covering her eyes. So don’t worry.”
With her words, she hugged Arthur tightly. Arthur says she is out of her mind right now, but once he hugs her and whispers his love to her, she calms down easily.
After a while, Aris felt that Arthur had calmed down and released him.
“…”
But Arthur was looking at Aris with narrowed eyes.
“Aris, but why was the eyepatch covering my eyes.?”
With her words, Arthur began poking Aris’ stomach with her finger.
‘It has finally come… You have to stay alert!’
Aris answered with her calm face.
“Hmm. I think he went back in his sleep?”
But Arthur did not come down easily.
“I’ve never done that before.?”
“Besides, this thing is so well fixed that it wouldn’t be possible unless someone secretly changed it…”
So Arthur began to speak logically, as if she had suddenly returned to normal, and she began to slowly pressure Aris.
‘Arthur.? You’re actually fine, aren’t you?’
Of course, looking at his strangely blurry eyes and inability to keep his hands and feet still, it seemed true that his current condition was not good.
In the end, Aris decided to use her last resort.
‘I wasn’t trying to do this…’
Aris held Arthur’s face in her hands as she spoke, and she took him to his lips and kissed him.
“Puat.! What are you doing!!”
Arthur resisted, but Aris held her face again and kissed her.
At some point, Arthur stopped resisting, and her face began to relax.
“Arthur, do you trust me now? There’s no way I did that.”
But Arthur did not give in easily.
“But. No matter how I look at it-“
Aris kissed Arthur deeply again in response to his nonsense.
‘Why does this keep happening? I must have gone back while I was sleeping!’
Arthur was also confused by Aris’ shameless attitude, which had reached the point of deceiving even herself, and she eventually gave in to Aris.
“Do you believe it now? He must have gone back while he was sleeping.”
“Uh… Yeah, that’s right, I think so.”
Due to Aris’ continued gaslighting, Arthur completely lost her normal judgment.
‘Huh. That’s good. I’ll have to be really careful from now on.’
Afterward, Aris felt her body heating up, perhaps because of the relief that her crisis had been overcome, or because of her kiss with Arthur.
In fact, it was due to the unfamiliar pleasure she got from seeing Arthur crying and suffering and seeing Arthur surrender to her and give her the answer she wanted, but Aris, who did not notice this, calmly cools her head and quickly heals Arthur and heals him. I just decided to go back to my daily life.