Suddenly, it was as if a whirlwind had rushed through the bedroom.
Seo Uiwoo stopped dead in his tracks, looking down at Kwon Jaejin with a rigid face. His black eyes stared straight ahead, gradually contorting his expression. His thick eyebrows sharply arched, and the muscles under his jaw tensed up.
“…Me?”
Seo Uiwoo spoke in a subdued voice. His low voice sounded eerie, as if it were scraping the floor.
“Jaejin is saying…he dated me? From the future, no less…?”
Seo Uiwoo’s grey eyes were filled with suspicion. No wonder. Even to Kwon Jaejin, the talk of the future seemed absurd. Besides, being handcuffed and spewing such words, it was no surprise to think it was a false excuse to escape the situation.
“Yes, Mr. Seo Uiwoo. You were the one who asked me out. And after some deliberation, I accepted.”
“You expect me to believe such an absurd story? Do you think I’m some kind of fool?”
Seo Uiwoo’s expression grew even darker. His grey eyes turned icy.
As expected, he can’t believe it.
Kwon Jaejin let out a murky sigh. With a bitter smile, he murmured lazily,
“It’s not a lie. I know personal details about you that you haven’t spoken of. Like how during the group living at the training center, you said you struggled and couldn’t sleep alone every night.”
“That kind of thing can be inferred from the context.”
“A chicken coop-like triple bunk bed. A bed much narrower than Mr. Seo Uiwoo’s body, unable to escape from it, unable to turn on the light or toss and turn, disturbing the sleep of others, and being locked alone in the dark every night felt like torture, I heard it directly from you.”
“…”
“There are three elevators in this house. One for people, one for cargo, and one for emergencies. Do you think I set the fire without thinking? I knew that during a fire the sprinklers would go off and the emergency elevator would operate. And I also know the secret code to your study’s safe.”
Before setting the fire, Kwon Jaejin had briefly stopped by the second-floor study on his way to the exhibit room with a bottle of alcohol. Just in case, he had checked the safe and confirmed that the code he knew worked perfectly.
“0807. Isn’t that the date when Mr. Seo Uiwoo officially completed his awakening training and was first assigned a mission? That’s what I heard.”
Kwon Jaejin blinked his weary eyes dully.
His body felt cold, his bones chilled, and he was dizzy. His stomach ached from drinking strong alcohol on an empty stomach, and his head hurt from a hangover. There were clear bruises on his wrists from the handcuffs.
Jaejin, unable to hide his fatigue, whispered in resignation,
“Everything, from one to ten, was told to me by Mr. Seo Uiwoo. The strange spot somewhere on the pelvic bone, the molar teeth-related stuff, having thirty teeth, being soft-bodied, having a baby’s mouth, who else would talk such nonsense to me but Mr. Seo Uiwoo? No one else tells me these things.”
“Then… it’s really me?”
Seo Uiwoo asked with suspicion. It seemed he was still half-convinced. Kwon Jaejin nodded aggressively.
“Yes, it’s Mr. Seo Uiwoo. It’s you.”
“Jaejin… Did you date me?”
“Yes. In four years’ time.”
“Then, Jaejin… did you come to like me?”
“…Yes. In four years.”
“What about now?”
“…”
“Now?”
“…”
Kwon Jaejin waved his arm as if to avoid the awkward question. The chain linked to the handcuffs jangled.
“Before that… could you please take these off first? My arms hurt… it’s irritating… and I’m starting to feel bad…”
“Answer me first. I’m not thinking about trusting Kwon Jaejin yet.”
“…Don’t be pushy. I’m not in the mood to answer such questions. After all that stuff with… putting strange things in someone’s private parts…”
“Meanwhile, Kwon Jaejin tried to set a fire in the house and attempted to jump off the roof. Ah… the more I think about it, the more it upsets my stomach. What were you thinking… why did you do it?”
“…”
“It doesn’t make sense, does it? If you were my lover, you wouldn’t have a reason to commit arson and suicide, so why?”
“…The memories.”
Kwon Jaejin barely moved his lips.
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