Blessing Curse (Curse of Blessing)
44. The Warmth of a House

I locked myself up for three days. Every time they would knock on the door and call me, and the last few days it was raining more and more. I started getting hungry, because I just sneaked out to eat at night while they were asleep. My ego won't budge, I'm still ashamed of them.

"Tok...g., tok...!" my door was knocked back.

"Gi Tae, are you inside?! are you hurt again? we were told three days ago that you were cured! what's going on?!" I heard Sazhawa's voice that couldn't wait to hear my answer from behind the door.

"Do I have to go out? well maybe not. If I go out I have to have a good reason!" mummy's confused.

"Gi Tae's! you're more than the girl who's licking! be a real man!" I heard a scream that lifted my ears.

To be honest, I didn't accept Sazha a little. Is it for heart problems only girls can do this and that? although I am a man, I also have the right to determine whether or not I should confine myself.

Without even realizing it, I rushed to open the door to face Sazhawa with an annoyed face.

But the unexpected happened when I opened the rickety door, because Sazhawa immediately fell and hit my body.

As a result of not being as balanced as my feet when receiving his weight, we also fell with Sazhawa on top of me. Both of his palms were stuck between our bodies.

I was still holding her hips with my heart beating so hard that my ears and maybe her ears heard it too. Similarly to his heart, I felt our heartbeats rhythmically, beating together to create a strange but soothing melody.

Her face was too pretty with this close, even I could feel the warm breath coming out of her slightly open mouth.

Her lips seemed to quiver a little, then when I saw her look, her eyes were round and beautiful with a perfect nose for her. My eyes looked back at her lips, for some reason it was like inviting me.

The more I looked at her lips, the more beautiful and seductive she looked?

Like waving and begging me to claim it immediately.

What is this, why would I want to kiss her? is this normal?

"What are you guys doing?"

We woke up when we heard someone panicking.

"Gi Tae, Sazha! what are you guys doing?!" Na Yeong rushed towards our direction.

Right, she is Na Yeong, the annoyingly beautiful girl who has been plaguing my imagination.

Wait, have I imagined too far?

I saw Sazhawa was nervous about Na Yeong's question just now.

"Ehmmm.so, Na Yeong, I opened the door and Sazhawa fell right on me... We didn't do anything...!" I firmly explained the real thing that happened to him.

Although I was actually nervous as well, but I was able to regain my senses.

Na Yeong looked at us suspiciously and could not believe my explanation, instead he asked Sazha who had not recovered from the previous moment.

"Is that what he said, Sazha? why is your face flushed? did something happen between you?" his suspicions grew by examining us closely.

"I--that-that's..." Sazhawa looks troubled and instead adds suspicion to Na Yeong.

"Sazhawa, let's tell him the truth." I asked him.

"Gi-gi Tae is right.." Sazhawa finally said it with a little difficulty "nothing happened to me, I mean, we, uh. I, yeah, I accidentally fell on it." he seemed to swallow his saliva with great effort.

I nodded in agreement with her explanation and looked back at Na Yeong who had been looking at me sharply. It was so sharp that it made my heart beat again.

"Even if your position just now is suspicious, but I will try to trust you, and I trust you Sazha, you will not violate it." Na Yeong gave up and invited us to follow him.

And I appreciate that, except when I don't know it yet, which is what happened between me and Mizhawa.

Even to this day, I have no way to convey this to Ji-hyeon or any of them.

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"Gi Tae.. I really can't believe this...!" Ji-hyeon shakes her head with a peck of amazement at my attitude lately. How not, he must be thinking that I am a little boy doing stupid actions.

I could only sit quietly in front of them. Yes, the princesses of the seven kingdoms are judging me in their huts. How embarrassing this is.

Is it just me, the grown man who submits to these nine terrifying-looking beautiful goddesses.

"Why did you do that? you're no longer a sulking little kid and lock yourself in his room!" Ji-hyeon returns to pick up a sentence that embarrasses me even more.

What can I do?! against him? or maybe escape from them? there's no way I'm doing it anymore. Come to think of it, I am indeed unstable, ck!.

"It's good that you're aware!" all eyes were on Mizhawa as she said that to me.

As if asking, Mizhawa gave them an explanation. While me? stay down still.

"He was embarrassed to act stupid like a child! and even worse, he wanted to run away like before...!" Mizhawa with her cynical grin looked down at me.

Making me stare at him sharply, annoyance must be visible to me at this moment. But some of what he said also had a point. I was thinking of running.

"I won't run away again! I just need time to process everything...!" I don't accept Mizhawa.

Making him just roll his eyeballs lazily.

"If you need time, you can tell us all. You're worrying us, Gi Tae...!" mozhawa gently expressed her concern. I can feel the sincerity from both of his eyes.

Mozhawa's sincere gaze again made me bow my head in shame, I really have no right to be with them.

"I'm sorry. I've been overdoing it with you guys.." I finally ventured to explain it to them "I feel so guilty about Hyujin's passing, so much, and I also almost got you all hurt.I shouldn't force myself to take you guys against that snake monster..."

I'm disappointed in myself, Hyujin is a good person, she shouldn't have left so soon.

I saw their expressions soften, maybe they were sorry too.

"There is nothing we can blame.it has become our common choice, the risk we must accept is the consequence of our choice..." Dayeon came over and grabbed me by the shoulder to make me go back, "Gi Tae, you're already a part of us. Whatever you choose, it's also our choice because we're together in doing it..." with haru's smile.

"Dayeon's right, Gi Tae. Don't keep everything alone. If you alone, who have defeated the monster, feel guilty, what about us who are just silent to see the sacrifice of the two of you?" Jeong Ra spoke up to comfort me.

"You beat him, I only take the final part." I said with a small smile to him.

"The small part that has a big impact..?!" added Chu Yi by nudging my shoulder but smiling afterwards.

Thank God you sent them to me.

"I'm-I'm." I love you guys. I want to say this, but it's too hard to say "I'm grateful to have you with me.." just another thing I said.

"So is it with us..." Chaeyun smiled faintly and walked up to me.

He hugged me tightly, then followed by the others. They gave me a warm hug like a house I had never felt before.

I think I'm ready to face whatever's up against me.