Sixty-One
Monster in His EyesNEXT DAY
Sooah woke up before Rap Monster. She spent a long moment looking at the sleeping man like she would never feel enough of looking at him. She used a few fingers to fix his messy hair and naturally smiled. She almost forgot that she has been feeling down with him after enjoyed their couple bed stuff last night.
“Good-morning, Papa!” she whispered to him then finished her emotional look to him.
She got up to sit.
She softly patted on her stomach. “Good-morning, my little baby!” she greeted her baby as the first morning after knowing about her pregnancy.
Suddenly Rap Monster became awake.
“Good-morning, Sooah.” He lazily greeted her but without opening his eyes yet as he still wanted to sleep a little more.
Sooah startled when he already became awake at the time she was talking to their baby.
“Errrr… You woke up now?” she stuttered, asking.
Rap Monster suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to lie on bed together with him back.
“Ops… JOON!!!” Sooah startled again and soon worried about the baby….. “Joon, don’t hold my waist this strong!” she worriedly said while holding his arms to stop wrapping her any tighter.
Rap Monster opened his eyes and frowned.
Sooah understood his curiosity. She bit her lips, thinking if she should tell him that she is pregnant now or later.
Rap Monster kept frowning, looking at her.
Sooah tried to change the awkward atmosphere. She cupped his face with a smile.
“Babe, can you take a day off and take me to one place today?” she made a request all of a sudden then soon became emotional.
Rap Monster knows her well enough that he could sense her sadness beyond the request. He patted her head.
“Of course, Princess. I’ll take you to wherever you want. Where do you want to go?” he asked with a cheerful smile.
“My brother’s grave.” She replied in one second.
Rap Monster softly nodded. “Right, it has been a while. Let’s go! I’ll go to exchange cloth. Wait for me a little bit!" he gave her a kiss on forehead then left to his room to prepare himself.
.....
They left the city since early morning to visit Soojun's grave at countryside.
Sooah soon burst into tears when she arrived at her brother's grave.
Rap Monster let her cry but he wouldn't let her out from his arms. He stood, wrapping his arm around her body so that she can feel comfortable while crying.
After feeling enough of crying of seeing her brother's grave, Sooah decided to talk a thing out with Rap Monster. She pulled herself to leave his arm.
"Namjoon-shi!" she turned to be a serious Sooah at once.
Rap Monster frowned.
"Yes, what's up?" he nervously asked.
"Can you please tell me again about my brother's death? How did he die?" she asked with very serious facial expression.
"I want to hear it again. Please tell me everything happened on that night. Please tell me nothing but the truth!" she added.
Rap Monster frowned again. He was curious why she is asking about it all of a sudden like this.
But he accepted her request.
"Okay" he nodded.
Then Rap Monster started telling her exactly the same what he told her before.
Sooah carefully listened.
..... "So my brother really volunteered to receive those bullets instead of you?" she asked to confirm.
Rap Monster felt a bit upset to be asked like that. It really hurt his feeling and the fact that Soojun died because of him has always been a regret to him...
Rap Monster turned away from her to fix his feeling.
"Why are you not answering?" Sooah asked.
Rap Monster bit his lips, clenched his fists to hold his emotion. He didn't get angry with Sooah but hearing her asking about the death of his loyal bodyguard like this dig up his old pain and he couldn't control this miserable feeling.
Sooah didn't think his reaction is because of being hurt to remind about his past. She saw it as an escape. She started to have trust issue on him a little bit.
"Joon, answer me! Did my brother really volunteer to receive the bullets instead of you?" she insisted him without caring his mental breakdown.
Rap Monster started losing his control. He failed on calming himself. He turned to stare at Sooah with eyes that full of pain, madness and disappointment.
"Why would you ask me this?" he asked her back.
Sooah felt a bit uncomfortable to see his tearful eyes. In somehow she could feel his anger too.
"I just... I just want to confirm..." she replied.
"Why all of a sudden?" he asked.
Sooah faced down, thinking for a while.....
Then she decided to tell the truth that she met Wonwoo and everything he told her that day to Rap Monster.
Rap Monster laughed out together with falling tears after knew the story behind Sooah's tears and sadness since last night. He turned to be like a crazy human, laughing while crying.
"So you believe him. I got it." he disappointedly commented.
Sooah started to feel regret.
"What do you want from me then? Put me in jail or want me to die? What should I do to repay your brother's death to you? Say it, Sooah-shi." he painfully said.
Sooah kept waving her head while crying.
"No, I don't say I believe him. I just wanted to hear it from you again. I believe. I believe only you." Sooah tried to explain.
Rap Monster quickly cut her.
"No, you don't. You doubt me. Even right now, you doubt me... You don't love me enough." Rap Monster stared at her into eyes while saying this serious phrase clearly and slowly.
"And the fact you still contact with Wonwoo proofs how important he is to you... If you're regretting dating with me and if you have other man in your heart then tell me. I won't force you to live with me. I will let you go. Miss. Sooah, I'm sorry for failing to notice your burden. Please forgive me!" he added then gave a bow to her.
Sooah felt so resentful. It was obviously insulting. She didn't expect Rap Monster would get attacked like this.
"Joon, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you like this. I don't believe Wonwoo yet that's why I asked you again. I will choose to believe you anyway even you lie. I've set myself to believe you. I believe you, Joon." she tried expressing her feeling.
Rap Monster turned away from her again. He tried calming himself. Sooah kept crying while begging him to forgive her.
After a while...
"Let's go back!" he shortly said then headed to leave. Sooah followed behind.
On the way, she tried talking to him but he didn't reply. Sooah also tried apologizing and expressing her guilt for having a little doubt on him. However no matter how she said, Rap Monster didn't give any response.
A long journey was totally a dead silence as Sooah has ran out of way to
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