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His Masquerade

"From now on, you will be staying in this apartment. Make yourself at home. Food's in the kitchen, if you are hungry or you wanted to cook or whatever. Urm,"

 

He turn to face her. Her dirty appearance before him, her dishevelled hair, those bruise marks around her arms. Sehun had never thought he could ever hate the color black and blue blend together until now. It's was strong enough to turn the digestion in his stomach. Gross, he thought. She was unaware of his stares or maybe she was aware but was custom to strangers stares. He watch silently as her head turn around. She was clearly amazed by the interior design. Her face remain poker something that Sehun notice eversince he lay his eyes on her. She wouldn't show a slight emotion, not a tiny bit. She, in Oh Sehun words, is a mask.


"I've to leave now. I'll be back at night. Clean yourself. Towels are in the bathroom. You are allowed to choose whichever room you want. Clothes are in the living room rack. Eat, you didn't eat eversince last night."


Sehun walk out of the kitchen alone. He hadn't heard any answer from her and was glad that she didn't ask anything. His feet shuffled hurridly out of the apartment. Slamming the door shut, he rested against the wall. His fingers ruffling through his hair. What on earth had happen for the past week? What the hell had he got himself in? How the heck did he survive that 'adventurous' week. Damn this problem, he curse slightly.


"One of these days Oh Sehun, you're going to be in deep that your soul would be staring down your dead body and be disgusted by your sins." Sehun sigh harshly.


Thinking about the things that happen for the whole past week, Sehun couldn't help but pity himself. Stupid Oh! Stupid Sehun! Stupid Hunnie! What the heck did you just do? Urgh...


" this , I don't have anything to lose anyway. YOLO, Oh Sehun! YOLO! You only live once! It's a do or die, that's life anyway."


Oh Sehun pushes himself away from the wall and headed a bee line to the old elevator. Entering it, he couldn't help but lean against the rusty metal. The music playing in the elevator was soothing, it help him relax for the first time this week. Walking slowly out of the apartment complex, he stop and turn around at the living room window. He felt someone gaze piercing through his back. His eyes meet with hers. Being caught of guard, she hurridly hide behind the curtains. Sehun sigh weakly.


"Life is nothing but full of obstacles. Like every other obstacles, you can ride over them, Sehun. This bimbo will be an obstacles just like others. So, ride over them. You are Oh Sehun! Nothing gets in your way!"

 

 


"Yo Oh-bro, you seems gloomy. Did your cara mia dumped you or you didn't get laid by any bimbo?"


Another nuisance obstacle. Sehun ignore the question and focus on his job. He had take a week off for a sudden vacation. When he had return, he had never been glad to be welcome with dishes after dishes. For once, it would ease his disturb heart which it did before Hyun Bin came into his peaceful picture. Damn that boy.


"My personal life isn't yours to interrogate. If you feel the need to know, keep on dreaming 'cause my lip are glued."


Hyun Bin wasn't satisfied, obviously. Not until he heard any juicy stories, he will never rest. He will pester his victim till they comburst and if the mood goes downhill, Hyun Bin will be chase around the town will a butcher knife. Many fall victim by Hyun Bin tactics but not Sehun. Sehun knows his co-worker tactics. Sneaky but brilliant, something Oh Sehun would never compliment infront of Hyun Bin. Knowing that arrogant prat, he would boast around the town for the whole year. Why? Because Oh Sehun never compliments anyone! Not even when they deserves them.


"You know, I heard rumors that there's a beautiful damsel around the neighbourhood. A friend of my grandma's who is a friend of my uncle whom is related to the town fruit seller that is acquaintance with my high school teacher whom is married to my brother that is not related by blood, told me that she's a foreigner. How does she looks, no one had knows. From what I heard, she had been staring outside of the window for a long time. The neighbour infront of the apartment complex was disturb by her stares. She didn't know if she was a doll or not but that's not the important part. The important part was that..."

 

 


"She try to kill herself. The paramedics found her wrist bleeding furiously. I've no idea why she had done this but her aura scream depression. Who is she and why is she currently staying in your apartment, Oh Sehun?"


Sehun kept mum. The female doctor infront of him was glaring. If he hadn't know her since pre-school days, Sehun would be intimidate but he wasn't. He know her and he would never be intimidated by anyone. He's Oh Sehun.


"Well? Are you going to answer me or do I have to call the authority for questioning? She's illegal, Oh Sehun. You smuggle..."


"She's legal and I did not smuggle anyone in the country or I would be rebuke permanently. Why is she depressed anyway?"


Dr.Kim stare at Sehun cynically. Was this little playing with her because she's at her last straw to just use her scalpel and the knife into his perfetly-shaped body.


"Do I look like a freaking psychologist to you?! Don't answer if you don't want your blood dripping on this floor. Anyway, where did you bought her? Amsterdam? Seriously, Oh?! A bimbo for your permanent life partner?! Are you out of your mind?! If your parents knew about this, you would... Yah, Oh Sehun! Don't walk away from me!"


He walk away from her blab. One thing he hates in this world are people blabbering about his decisions. He's old enough to work and he's definately old enough to make decisions for his life. The name stick on the door cause him to stop. Maria Isabella... He hadn't bother to even ask her name before when they meet previously. Sehun groan and hit his head on the door harshly. Why can't life be an easy ride? Why does it had to be hard as a rock?

 

 


"Something bothering you, Hun?"


Sehun place his glass down. The half-finish vodka was left untouched. Sehun couldn't hear clearly what his childhood friend was speaking. The buzzing sound of music pass roughly through his ears. His vision was strong unlike some of his friends. He swing around to face Tao. The young blond man was staring at Sehun. Sehun seems off tonight. If Tao hadn't know Sehun since young, he would have think that Sehun was being a prat but Tao knew better. Oh Sehun is in dilemma.


"Came across a woman again?" Tao asked but Sehun was stoic.


"Is she one of those one night stand that admit to carry your child again?" The usual question but Sehun was silence.


"Hun, speak up. You're dull for some reason tonight. Is it about a woman? Hun, woman brings nothing but trouble. How many times must I get that info in your head? Sehu..."


Sehun left the club. Tao was stun. This early too... He turns to face the other members who was blinking either in drunken state or disbelief. Suho walk towards him.


"Did you piss the young boy again?" Suho was pissed. He was watching them from the back and by the looks of it, Tao was getting really out of hand and knowing Sehun, he would just walk off when things are nearing nasty.


"I didn't. He's PMS-ing for some reason. He won't talk to any of us from the start. I don't know what happen to him. Is he sick?"


For once, Suho can't answer Tao question. Yup that boy seems different. Is it his work again? Impossible, Sehun won't be this dull if it...

 

 


Oh Sehun open the door to his apartment. Thankfully it was dark which means that she's sleeping. His feet dreadfully headed towards the couch. Was he drunk? No, Oh Sehun don't get drunk. Was he occupied with problems in his mind? Yes, Oh Sehun is always occupied with his problems in his mind. Was he at the edge of suicide solution? No, Oh Sehun would NEVER commit suicide, it's an unhonorable way to die. If he would, a silent death while he was sleeping. Which he currently hopes would never occur when he literally throw himself onto the couch only to jump off as he crash onto a figure, laying on the couch.


Was he scared? No, Oh Sehun never gets scared. Was he curious? Bloody hell yeah! What the heck is she doing on the couch, he asked himself. He walk towards the switch and on the lights. The bright chandelier blind his vision for a few seconds before he rush forward and grab his house phone, ringing for an ambulance. The heck she just did... Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?!


He wasn't scared or nervous. He was calm, too calm for his like. The lifeless body before him just make his stomach turn a whole axis. Why the hell did you do this?

 

 


"Seriously, Oh Sehun?! Overdose of sleeping pills?! This is the second time she's been in this hospital, let's not make this a customary visit of near death, would we! You better tell me what the hell is wrong with this woman! She's trying to take her life 5 hours after her discharge and she has new scars around her wrist. The old scars are still healing but she create a new one, overlapping it. Do you how gruesome it is for me to see it?! OVERLAPPING! What did you do to the poor girl?! Did you threaten her? Abuse her? What the heck did you do to her, Oh Sehun?!"


Dr.Kim was shrieking the hell out of her life. Oh Sehun didn't even flinch. He was expressionless. The nurse staff around them were watching the show. Dr.Kim is a strict doctor that is feared by the junior staffs. Her blunt and straight-forward words slice everyone heart but it had never slice Oh Sehun heart. Why? Oh Sehun is a heartless prince, a nickname given by the townspeople. Who is Oh Sehun, everyone knows him. The heartless prince who work as a Hotel Dishwasher at his father Hotel. What ironic was that he had a DPhil from Oxford in Criminology and could be a lawyer or even higher but Oh Sehun became a dishwasher and lives in a rundown apartment complex. Oh Sehun, he is a mysterious man. He is...


"Sehun," Dr.Kim called. Sehun neglected her calls for him and walk away. She chased him and grab him tightly by the arm. She gave him a small card which he take, surprising Dr.Kim.


"She's a Psychologist. Sehun, that girl need help. I don't want my friend to be accuse as a murder for something he didn't commit. I don't know the real deal between you and that woman but I care for you, Sehun. I care for you so much that I don't want you to regret it later. Please, bring her to meet my friend."


He walks away, leaving her near the front desk. Dr.Kim watch from her spot as Sehun drop the card in the bin before walking into the patient room. She could only sighly weakly. Stubborn Oh! Dr.Kim closes her eyes and take a long deep breath before letting it out. She open her eyes and glares deathly towards the staffs.


"If I ever heard a word about this incident from anyone outside, I will make sure you live a miserable life that even your descendants would taste the hardships till the end of the world. Now, get back to work! We pay you to work not earsdropping!"

 

 


She was still sleeping. There's a long bandage on both of her wrist. Sehun took a seat on the chair beside her bed. Her hair was still dishevelled. Her expression was troubled. A nightmare? Maybe. Oh Sehun grab his lappy. He had brought his information center along with him. He begin to type something. His eyes were glued on the screen, information after information he came across. Fascinating, he told himself. He click on a profile and begin reading it.


"Fascinating... I guess I didn't waste all of my efforts for nothing then. I guess it's true that there's always a light in every darkness." Sehun almost crack a satisfied smile before he saw something from the site. He scroll down and raises his brows. What is this? He didn't know that there's this kind of information. His head raises to check on the sick lady, he heard a weak moan coming from her. She turn and toss softly before she goes rough. Sehun stand up, placing his lappy away and grab onto her wrist softly. She is still injured.


"Wake up. Wake up!" He called out loud. Sehun didn't call for help, informing the staffs of her wakes. He prefer to do things himself. He had experience this kind of situation before. He shake her shoulder softly and she open her eyes. They stare into each other eyes before Sehun pulled away.


"Do you want to be discharge now?"


She nodded in answer. Looking around the room, she hates this. Sehun went out but hurridly return. He stare at her who was hugging her legs to her chest.


"Unharm." He told her shortly and she understand. It means don't try to kill yourself in here.


When Sehun left, she look around. She hates hospital, it brings back memories of the dark past. Her eyes travel around the whole room. It was spacious and it smell too familiar to her liking. She bit her lips, waiting patiently for the arrival of her new master. It was taking quite long and she hates it. Staying in this room makes the hair behind her neck stands abruptly. She was scared. Where is he, she ask herself. Her eyes stares at the door for a long time. Her mind keep on asking, when is it going to open? When? When? When?!


"We can go n..."


Sehun was surprised. The young lady literally jump out of the bed and headed with her barefeet towards him. She collide towards him, gripping tightly onto his shirt. Sehun was silence. He pulled her away and grab his stuff before walking away. She follow him from behind, her hair covering her face. Dr.Kim watch in anger as Sehun walk past her. She had forbid for the girl to leave the hospital but Sehun was being very persistant about it. As they reach the streets, Dr.Kim called out loud.


"Oh Sehun! She needs help! Oh Sehun!"

 

 


"Warm milk is good for you."


Dr.Han smile as she place the cup on the table. It was late at night and Dr.Han had a call from a family friend about a problem. Since it is Sehun, she would do anything for her little favourite boy. She thought that Sehun had a huge problem but when she enter his apartment, she was utterly shock to see a young lady crouch into a ball, rocking back and forth at the couch. Oh Sehun was nowhere to be found. But a few minutes later, he appear with his usual pokerface. Dr.Han frown at him. She demand he explain everything to her before she help him and when he did, she nearly scream at him, loosing all rational thoughts at the moment.


"So, I am Dr.Han and what is your name?" Dr. Han asked, being very friendly out of the blue. Sehun was leaning against the wall, sipping his bubble tea, late at night.


"....la." She replied inaudibly. Dr.Han move closer to hear again.


"...bella."


"Isabella?" Dr.Han asked and she nodded her answer.


"That's a beautiful name. It fits perfectly for a beauty like you."


Sehun watch as Isabella hung her head low. Did she hate praises or is she uncustom with it? Dr.Han smile lovingly, Sehun had to stop himself from snorting. The pyschologist gently grab onto Isabella hand. She flashes another smile for Isabella.


"Now, why does a beautiful girl like you dress in filthy rags? There's clothes, new clothes hidden in the racks. Used it, Bella. But before that, we should clean you and stuff food in your belly."


Sehun watch as Dr.Han was taking Isabella to the bathroom. He shake his head, a migraine coming through. Never in Oh Sehun life had he heed Dr.Kim advice. Well, it wasn't Dr.Kim friend but still... Better not tell her or she will be galloping it infront of his face for all eternity. Sehun headed to his bedroom, his body was begining to smell and he felt yucky. When he return from his shower, Dr.Han was gone. Isabella was sitting on the couch with a huge sweater covering herself, almost covering all of her. Sehun look at the clock, it's midnight and he steal a glance at her as he rested on a small comfy sofa. She wasn't ready to go to sleep yet. Sehun continue to watch the screen when he felt someone sitting on his lap, he was surprised. He jump up causing the girl to fall on the carpet.


"Wh-what are you..." His question hang. Sehun felt stupid. Of course! Of course he knows what's she's doing. He was NOT naive or daft to know that she's providing service. But why? He look down on her in disgust, she seems fragile from his eyes. Too fragile to touch, too fragile to break, too fragile to even look at. Sehun walk away, he headed to his room but before going in the room, he speaks out loud to her.


"Yes, I bought you from that hell. But," Sehun paused. He closes his eyes before continuing. "I'm not that kind of bastards who wants service. Not from your kind... You are here, still alive and breathing, you are given a second choice to life to your fullest. Make used it in a positive way. Don't discard the new freedom you have. You are not living in your past anymore, move on. If you try one last time to kill yourself, I will return you back to that hell, willingly!"

 

 


How majestic for Sehun to be awake with the smell of bacons, pancakes, eggs and freshly baked bread. Sehun thought it was a dream until he felt someone calling him. Master? What the heck, he ask himself and open his eyes. Infront of him was Isabella with a tray of breakfast. She was staring on the floor, avoiding eye contact. Sehun didn't complain for the new routine, breakfast in bed... it's refreshing for once. Isabella place the tray ontop of the bed before heading out. Sehun clear his throat.


"I'm not your master." He told her.


He eat slowly. The taste was bearable for him to chew and eat. He check the time, still a few hours to go before work start. He headed straight to the bathroom. Sehun left his room as soon as he neat. He enter the living room and bit his tongue from screaming. Isabella was standing not far from the couch. A feather-dus in her hand. Sehun grab his head and before scratching it furiously. He was angry, Isabella know.


"Place all the things in it's original place after I left. If I return and it's not in it's original place, I will hurt you, female or not. Don't touch anything that doesn't belong to you. If you want to re-decorate the kitchen, I don't freaking care but everything around the living room and the store room are not yours to touch and don't you dare enter my study room and bedroom!"


Isabella nodded her head. She was sorry. She bowed deeply like a servant. Sehun ignore her and headed out. He turn to face her, reminding her.


"Dr.Han, the woman from yesterday, will arrive here around noon. She will ask you a few question and you have to answer her. Better yet, tell her everything. Do you know the defination of a psychologist?"


Isabella shake her head. Sehun groan before leaving the apartment.


"Go figures... all your life you are trap in that hell." Sehun mutter softly, heading towards the elevator.

 

 


"Sehun,"


Sehun stop his tracks. Dr.Han was leaning against her car, smiling towards him. She gave him a slight wave. Hyun Bin was smiling from ear to ear. He has an obvious crush on her but Dr.Han was married. Dimissing Hyun Bin from his side, Sehun headed towards Dr.Han. The lady gave him a notebook.


"Read it. These are the things I could grab from our small talks with each other. She's seems very cautious of her words. She doesn't speak much, not when she had to answer a question. I notice something strange about her. She has phobias with pills, like a trauma seeing them or at times talking about it."


Sehun raises his brows? Phobias with pills? But she take a huge dose of sleeping pills.


"Impossible. She took in a huge dosage of sleeping pills."


"I'm not sure how she manage to swallow those sleeping pills but she mutter a certain name, a very specific type too."


Sehun look at Dr.Han who was giving him a pity smile.

 

 


"Misoprostol..."


It was break time. Sehun had shut himself near the staircase, making sure no one would disturb him. He open his lappy and immediately search for the uses of that pil, reading the defination of the pill, Sehun couldn't help but shut his eyes in agony. Why the heck is such pill even created! He closes his lappy away and groan. This is so mess up....


Abortion pill....

"How long had you been taking that for?" He mutter to no one, ruffling his hair.


 

 

 

 

 

Author Note :

Hello. This is very quick information.
I hope you enjoy the first chapter.
Is the size of the words readable to you? I need to know so that I can adjust it.
Another thing, I will try to update every Wednesday starting from next week and if I didn't manage to update them on time, bear with me. My brain need some alone time. I got migraine at times when writing.
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little_mochi
#1
Chapter 1: What?! Abortion pill ?! Seriously?! DX
little_mochi
#2
Oh my!! Cant wait for the updates! XD