Chapter 20

—Uhhh, that’s the smell of a beast . That woman, what the hell did she do?

Lakis also smelled the scent on the tip of his nose and was a bit suspicious . At first, it smelled like livestock, but it was a little bit different from that . It wasn’t a street cat or a common street dog’s scent .

It was a sharpness that would have surprised him if she knew about it . After a while, Yuri went into the bathroom, showered, and changed her clothes .

“If you need anything, tell me . Don’t get up again . ”

As soon as she stepped outside again, she spotted him trying to pull himself up from the seat . Lakis stopped moving and looked at Yuri .

He soon laid down again and scrawled something on the paper .

[I’d like to change my clothes . ]

Lakis’ hands paused with hesitation, and moved back again .

[It’s too much to ask for something like this . ]

He then slid his eyes down . The eyelashes that were draped down added a shadow, making a feeling of wetness .

When she saw the writing on the paper, Yuri thought that his wounds were too severe for him to move alone .

“No, I’ll help you . ”

Yuri said gladly . She was being very kind to him, unlike how she had been before . Because there was a motive . It was because of the quaint sensation that she had felt when she held his hand . She wanted to check it again .

So she thought maybe now is the time to check, when Lakis couldn’t move freely . Yuri approached him, thinking about how to naturally hold his hand . Lakis was helped by Yuri and slowly built himself up from his seat .

—Hey, can you already change your clothes alone without a problem?

The parasite barked in his head . Of course, Lakis ignored it’s words as if he didn’t hear them . He sat up-right and raised his hand to unbutton his clothes . He already had a few buttons taken off because he had felt stuffy, but now he had to unbutton the rest of them to take off his clothes . The next moment, he shuddered .

Because Yuri had come so close to him after she had supported him to sit up, and she had reached out to him without hesitation . In fact, when he had unbuttoned his clothes first, he was only going to ask her to remove the ones on his torso and replace them with other clothes . However, perhaps due to his lack of explanation, Yuri, came closer to him and began unbuttoning his coat .

—Wow, this woman, isn’t she pretty good? What’s the big deal for you to get like this?

This time, there was a gratuitous exclamation in Lakis’ head .

—But I guess it’s too much stimulation for a male virgin… .

The parasite was talking with excitement, but only after he had eaten all the abuse from Lakis did he shut his mouth . Lakis stared at the face before him, unable to decide immediately whether to tell her to stop or to leave her alone .

A long, soft-looking black-haired caricature swayed a little before his eyes . Voluminous eyelashes, which were slightly lowered, formed a pale shadow below . White and fine fingers wriggled down his chest and loosened his buttons one by one . For him to see the face of a woman so focused on that…it was getting more and more uncomfortable .

While Lakis was so torn inside, Yuri had no clue about the situation . To put it bluntly, she was only interested in his hands . But in conclusion, Yuri didn’t have to worry about how to hold his hands naturally .

Taak!

In the end, Lakis couldn’t withstand the strange tickle, once again, it felt like he was being stabbed in the back by Yuri .

“…!”

The moment their hands touched, another stabbing feeling arose . In Lakis’ head, a strange moaning “haha aah… . ” sounded . Though they didn’t share the same sensation, Lakis flinched at the soft touch .

He quickly pulled Yuri’s hand down and took it away from him . Of course, it was a long while before he had to swallow the laughter that was about to spill out from between his lips . To only a touch of a hand, he wondered if he had played into what the parasite had said earlier . The next moment, Lakis’ voice, which was still a little rough, rang out .

“The buttons… I . ”

It was a sentence omitted in parts, as if to minimize the use of his voice, but it was enough to understand the meaning of it . Lakis then began to loosen the remaining buttons as he said that . Yuri’s eyes were nailed to the hands of the man moving in front of her . Clearly, the sensation she’d felt when she had come into contact with Lakis was not an illusion . She’d like to check it out again, though .

Unfortunately, however, Lakis had unbuttoned his coat super quickly . Wouldn’t it be too obvious if she touched his hand now?

‘I don’t know . Let’s just do it . ’

In the first place, she had never had a habit of longing for something like this, and she moved her arm, aiming for Lakis’ hand, which was now holding the shirt he had just took off . Unfortunately, at that time, Lakis moved his body .

Teoeog!

There was a foot difference between Lakis’ hand and she had missed it, grabbing another part instead .

“…”

“…”

The two hardened at the same time . The place where Yuri had reached was his thigh . The tight screwed leg muscles felt solid and firm in the palm of her hand .

From his naked upper body, you could definitely tell he trained for long periods of time . But what matters now is this . Won’t he misunderstand her? She had climbed onto his body yesterday(?), won’t it seem like she’s trying to lure him into her house? No, maybe it’s not entirely wrong to say that I was trying to go after his body because I had just wanted to touch his hand, but… (T/N: the question mark was in there originally)

Still, it was a misunderstanding . She was never plotting such impossible actions against Lakis . She could say that what she did yesterday was because she was asleep, but now she has no excuse for touching his leg . She was trying to shake it off because there was dust on it? That seemed like a far too obvious excuse .

Most of all, her hand was grabbing onto his thigh too much for it to only be dusting . Maybe she should just be honest, and say that she was actually just aiming for his hand and failed…

‘Oh, really? I failed to aim a bit and cut your neck off . ’ Doesn’t it feel like that same thing’s going to happen?

“Ah… . suddenly my head . ”

In the end, what Yuri chose to do was pretend to be sick .

What was fortunate was that while she was thinking so many thoughts in her head, it was only a very short moment in reality . She removed her hand from Lakis’ thigh, as naturally as possible, with her hand on her forehead, and all the while pretending to stagger . Lakis caught Yuri, who was tilting sideways . So it seemed like her acting was more plausible than she’d thought .

“I’m sorry . I’ve been getting more tired recently, and I’m suddenly feeling dizzy…”

She also spoke quietly about the fact that she was in a bad condition because of Lakis . Whether it was working or not, the hand that Lakis clutched Yuri with flinched momentarily . Then a small voice leaked out of his mouth .

“…Is it because of me?”

Her performance had caused some bitter grief . She felt at fault for it .

The air around them was a little bit different than before . Their eyes were more deeply intertwined . His blue eyes facing hers were like an endless abyss .

‘What… ? Why do I suddenly feel like a crisis is coming?’

There was a danger warning inside her head that she couldn’t understand . Yuri responded to Lakis after a while .

“It’s all right . I’ll just take a break…”

But she couldn’t finish her sentence .

Because Lakis’ hand went forward and touched her face .

Hwaat!

That was the moment . The very same sensation that she had felt before flowed back into her body . As if to check for a fever at first, the hand that had slipped onto her forehead slid down past the side of her eye, and down to her cheek .

It was clear to her that he had long, pretty fingers for a man, as well as a strong palm . Above all, the moment she came into contact with him, her heart began to control her actions . Yuri unconsciously leaned her face over to get closer to Lakis’ hand . Again, he had paused for a moment and tried to pull his hand away from Yuri . And again, the same injustice and sorrow overcame her like it did yesterday .

Why? Why is he trying to get away from me again? We’ve only just met, but he doesn’t have to reject me this quickly .

Yuri caught his hand before it completely fell away from her . She then buried her face deeper into his large warm palms and rubbed her cheek against it, as if telling him not to go . Lakis stopped breathing . Yuri’s face half buried into his hand was smooth and soft .

He felt incredibly weak and vulnerable, as if he couldn’t use any of his strength . So he couldn’t move his hands away easily . He had a certain desire and it sparked an urge inside of him . His cold blue eyes and gloomy expression began to form into an awkward one .