“......?”
He thought he must have heard it wrong. How could someone with the intention of killing at the beginning of their feelings for you ask you to date them?
Just looking at the horse dung horse dung with a puzzled expression, Hyeon Gyu-ha put him back on his side.
“Since demonic beasts might approach if we stay here long, let’s go out and talk.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha came out of the dungeon and saw In Yoo-shin’s bare feet with the slippers off, and then jumped into the air. Then, in an instant, they came out of the woods and sat him on the bike.
“I hate to say it twice, so I listen carefully. I said I wanted to date you.”
So, I didn’t hear it wrong. In Yoo-shin’s eyes twitched in a different way than before.
“Yes, yes, of course Hunter Hyeon Gyu-ha-nim is attractive even to me as a man like him, and he is tall and handsome, so he must be popular, and I’m happy and grateful for the proposal to date………….”
“Your tongue is long.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m straight…..”
“I like women better.”
“But why…………?”
“It’s fake, fake.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha poked In Yoo-shin in the shoulder with his index finger.
“It means that I’m suffering from separation anxiety, as if I were a dog wagging its tail when you saw the owner because he was taming me. If I don’t have a link with me somehow, he’ll turn away. Did you understand this far?”
In Yoo-shin, who had nothing to say even though he had a mouth, only nodded his head intently.
“Even if we break up today, I’ll continue to look for you, meet and see you, and only then will I be relieved. But how are you going to explain this to others? I think the setting that we’re dating is the best for a smoke screen.”
“Friend......? A warm friendship?”
“Do you explain that stalkers are friends these days?”
Does it mean that you will be willing to stalk because of separation anxiety?………. A sudden chill shook his spine and sent shivers down his spine.
“Or whatever, you can tell the truth. That I’m taking you as my master. That you became the owner by taming him, whom he was fake dating. Which way are you going?”
In Yoo-shin pondered.
Hunters with outstanding abilities or outstanding appearance enjoy popularity as much as celebrities. Hyeon Gyu-ha had both. If you lie that you are dating him, you will receive bad comments asking why such an ordinary guy is your lover, but if he reveals the truth that he has become his master...
It was a matter that he didn’t need to worry about.
“I-I’ll date you.”
The corners of Hyeon Gyu-ha’s mouth curled thinly.
“Great. Then, it’s our first day together starting from today.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha held out his hand. He grabbed the Hunter’s rough hand, with small scars and calluses, his hand, which was content with handling a hamster at most, trembling slightly.
The smile that has won the ‘Most Beautiful Smile of the Year’ for 5 consecutive years in the country’s best hunter community is brilliant and bloody.
[Name: Henry Raymond Charles Francoise VII]
[Current Status: Murderous. Question. Interest.]
It was the creepiest laugh he has ever seen in his 22 years of life.
***
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who came down the mountain and entered the city, walked somewhere, telling him to wait. It seemed impossible for him to go back to his office before closing time.
[Team leader. I don’t know when I’ll be able to go to the office because I’ve been talking with Hunter for a long time. I’m really sorry]
[No~^You can go home right away^^ It’s the weekend tomorrow, so take a good rest, and if going to work on Monday is hard, I’ll take care of it to tell them (fighting rabbit emoticon)]
On a fictitious day, team leader Hong, who was hysterical about an old bachelor, sent a reply that seemed like it would drip.
Of course there will be people who are not interested in Hunters and don’t even know Hyeon Gyu-Ha’s face. However, among the civil servants working in the Ministry of Service and Safety, not anywhere else, there was definitely not a single person who would not recognize Hyeon Gyu-ha.
No matter where you go, the highest ranker is A, and B is the one, suffering from chronic hunter manpower shortage. In response to Hyeon Gyu-ha’s abuse of power, team leader Hong willingly offered In Yoo-shin as a sacrifice and sacrificed him.
Thanks to that, he was relieved to have less worries about getting fired.
“Wear this.”
The sneakers shook in Hyeon Gyu-ha’s hand when he returned. He wondered where he went, and it seemed he had stopped by a shoe store. In Yoo-shin quickly held out his hand to him to take it from him to wear it.
“Thank you. I’ll wear it.”
“I would like to, but my instincts tell me that I’ll be glad to take care of my master.”
“......”
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who put on sneakers for In Yoo-shin, who quietly shut his mouth, showed a satisfied but subtle expression. He seemed to know without opening the status window. He feels ‘Fuck you.’
“I’m so happy that I feel pretty fucked up.”
“You must have a good eye. The size is just right.”
I tried to change the subject with a smile. Hyeon Gyu-ha also followed the clumsy attempt.
“When I looked at the data from the police, I couldn’t see your full name properly, so what’s your last name?”
“It’s In Yoo-shin.”
“Im Yoo-shin?”
“It’s In-ssi, not Im-ssi.”
“How many In-ssi’s are in the world?”
“There are 40,000 people…………….”
“The population of Korea should be 100 million, but let’s say there are 40,000.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha snorted as he made a remark that turned all the people in the country into enemies. In Yoo-shin, who is proud of In-ssi, was a little emotional. Hyeon was a common surname.
“You can change your last name when you leave the orphanage. Originally, I was given the surname of the director of the orphanage, so it was originally Kim, but I changed it to In when I left the orphanage.”
“Did you want to have a unique last name?”
“I was moved to a temple nursery, but the monk who raised me was In Ja-yo, which is the name given to them.”
“Hmm.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha’s expression, which had been sarcastic, changed. He reached out his hand and stroked the head of In Yoo-shin.
“It’s a good change. Kim Yoo-shin does feel a bit weird, compared to In Yoo-shin.”
“I-is that so?”
In Yoo-shin could not say that the Chinese characters were different from Kim Yoo-shin.
“I’m dating you, so I need to know your basic profile info. How old are you?”
“I’m 22 years old. After leaving the orphanage, I was fortunate enough to be hired as a contract civil servant. Since then, I have been working at the Department of Service and Safety.”
“What is your hometown? In Seoul?”
“It’s Kaesong. That’s why I’m the only one from Kaesong.”
“I’m glad it’s unique.”
It wasn’t as sarcastic as before. For some reason, he felt that the conversation with Hyeon Gyu-ha had become a little more comfortable. He didn’t know if it’s an illusion.
They also exchanged cell phone numbers to establish that they were dating. Seeing the name ‘Hyeon Gyu-ha Hunter’ registered in the phone number list, he became a bit confused. It was a name he could never have imagined was on his phone until this morning.
“Aren’t you curious about me? If you search for something, it’ll come up, so you can study on your own.”
“I thought you’d be angry...”
“How dare a bastard be angry with Master.”
In the midst of the conflicting feelings of being courageous to say that you are not angry but being scared by the intentional choice of the word Master, In Yoo-shin asked timidly.
“You can’t really transform into a bat?”
Hyeon Gyu-ha didn’t get angry. Instead, he smiled as fresh as a green apple.
“Do you want to live hanging upside down from the ceiling for the rest of your life like a bat?”
“I’m sorry...”
He was truly a man who could kill a demon just by living with a smile. In Yoo-shin made a timid promise not to mess with him.
It was already around sunset when he arrived back in Seoul by riding Hyeon Gyu-ha’s bike again.
“Would you like to have dinner together to commemorate the first day?”
“I think I won’t be able to eat dinner because I’m dizzy from riding the bike…………”
“Is it so? Then, get some rest.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha kindly took him home. To be honest, he would rather suffer from crowded subways and buses than to ride his crazy bike.
He soon arrived at the old residential area where the rooftop room he lived on rent was located. He was about to say goodbye and say thank you when Hyeon Gyu-ha suddenly called.
“Yoo-shin-ssi, how old were you when you were awakened as a tamer?”
“I don’t remember exactly because I was very young, but the first time I started taming was when I was 5 years old. It was a hamster.”
“I’m not a rat.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who muttered something to himself that made listeners shudder, rubbed his chin.
“I’ll also find out how to cancel taming, so Yoo-shin-ssi, study your abilities well.”
He nodded his head vigorously. Disabling taming was something that In Yoo-shin desperately wanted as much as Hyeon Gyu-ha.
“Well, until then, please take good care of me. Don’t be too surprised if I stalk you.”
“Yes.”
“Have a good weekend.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha said goodbye and left. In Yoo-shin went up the stairs only after his back completely disappeared.
“6-seya. I’m here.”
While stroking the delighted 6-se, he gently checked his chest. Whether it’s because the area of his skin is much smaller than that of a human, or whether Hyeon Gyu-Ha is special in the first place, the letters engraved with ‘Yoo-sin唯信’ have not been confirmed.
“I don’t know…………. I guess I’ll take a rest for now.”
He flopped down on the floor. A sudden rush of blood came. He really went through so many things today. He almost died, crossed the gate, and most of all, he became friends with Hyeon Gyu-ha, although it was disguised.
The last one is the biggest burden, but well, it’ll work out somehow. According to my experience of being dissolved twice as a child, the people who were going to live survived somehow.
Feeling the touch of a 6-se eating sunflower seeds on his chest, In Yoo-shin fell asleep.
And less than 30 minutes later, he woke up to the ringing of his cell phone.
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