KCDT Chapter 50

“Hah…!”

As if someone had opened his blocked airway, Urich gasped for breath. It felt like he could finally breathe now.

‘A Guide? This guy is a Guide?’

Just as he had instinctively realized that he had awakened, Urich could also instinctively realize that Yujin was a Guide. In the first place, even while feeling puzzled, his body had already realized that fact first and was hugging Yujin tightly.

However, Yujin, who didn’t know the situation, bit his lip and hugged him even more tightly as something welled up inside him when Urich, who had only been pushing him away, hugged him.

“…I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

How could he have thought about not looking for a child like this? Yujin felt miserable, feeling like he was only doing things that made him sorry to Urich.

Urich didn’t know what he was sorry about, but he was satisfied with Yujin hugging him more tightly and burrowed even deeper into his arms.

“Let’s go to the hospital quickly.”

However, he had no choice but to come to his senses at the words that followed. The hospital? If he went there, they would separate him from Yujin, and strangers would touch him and bother him, wouldn’t they?

“I don’t want to…”

“Huh?”

Yujin stopped his feet that were about to run out at Urich clinging to him and wrapping his arms around his neck.

“I don’t need to go to the hospital.”

As long as he had Yujin, why did he need to go to some hospital? But Yujin, who simply thought that Urich was afraid of going to the hospital, tried to persuade him.

“You’re in a lot of pain. I’ll stay right by your side at the hospital too. Okay?”

“No, I don’t need to go.”

Yujin, who had been pondering why he was being so stubborn, pulled his head back and checked Urich’s face at the voice that had somehow become energetic.

“…Are you okay?”

“Yeah. So let’s just go home. I’m tired.”

You shouldn’t believe a child’s words at face value, but he definitely looked fine. Until just now, it was praiseworthy that he endured without fainting, but now he looked energetic as if nothing had happened.

“…Can we really just go home?”

“Yeah.”

“It would be good to at least get an examination.”

When Yujin hesitated, thinking if it was really okay until the end, Urich shook his head firmly.

“What makes you trust them with my body? And what if the medicine doesn’t suit my body?”

Yujin, who was about to answer that there was no way that would happen, shut his mouth. Since Urich was a person from another world, it was best to be cautious if he wasn’t sure about anything.

“Sigh, okay. Let’s go home.”

The moment Yujin nodded his head with a sigh and was about to take a step, the police appeared at the entrance of the alley he had entered.

“Ah.”

Only then did Yujin remember the man who was sprawled out unconscious behind him and let out a deep sigh.

“I guess we’ll have to go home later…”

***

Urich couldn’t communicate with anyone other than Yujin, so they almost had a big problem, but fortunately, the person who had reported it testified, saying they had watched the situation, so they were able to return home quickly.

‘Even though we’ll have to go back if we get a call, this is rather fortunate.’

When he revealed that Urich was a foreigner, he naturally had to reveal which country he was from, so he glossed over it by saying he had shut his mouth due to the shock, but he was saved thanks to the testimony.

‘Before that, I hope we can return home.’

Yujin, who had returned home, sat down on the sofa with Urich, who still wouldn’t leave his side even then. A groan escaped him at the heavy weight, but as the tension was released, he became too lazy to put him down and just stared blankly ahead while holding him.

‘…But why did he suddenly leave the house?’

He thought about asking, but now that he thought about it, what did it matter, so he just kept his mouth shut. He just gently stroked Urich’s head, who must have been very startled.

“You did well. You were very startled, right?”

He must have been very startled because of that crazy pervert bastard. It was a situation that could become a trauma, so Yujin was even more cautious.

“It’s absolutely not your fault. That ba- no, that guy is the bad one, and it’s my fault for not being able to take care of you properly.”

“…Why aren’t you getting angry?”

Yujin was startled by the sullen voice that he had never heard before during the short few days he had spent with Urich.

‘I guess he was really startled…’

Yujin, who didn’t think that Urich had awakened as an Esper and bonded with him as a Guide, began to worry, thinking that he seemed to be really startled.

“Why would I get angry? I’m not angry.”

Rather than that, he was disappointed in Urich for running away. However, Yujin, who couldn’t say that fact as it was, gently smiled as if he wasn’t angry at all.

However, despite such efforts, Urich’s expression was still sullen. It was because Urich was too wise to straightforwardly believe Yujin’s words.

Urich, who didn’t need to be considerate but wasn’t clueless, noticed that Yujin was being considerate of him now.

‘Ah, why did I do that?’

Urich, who had received Guiding from Yujin who appeared just before going out of control, completely opened his heart to him. At the same time, he realized what his feelings toward Yujin had been.

He was angry at himself for not even knowing his own feelings properly and making things turn out like this. Of course, in hindsight, he did achieve awakening, but he had left the worst impression on Yujin. If he had known this would happen, he should have treated him a little more kindly.

“…Do you hate me now?”

At the voice full of dejection, Yujin shook his head in surprise.

Honestly, if he had to say there was never a time he was angry at Urich while living together, it would be a lie, but how could he get angry at a child who had experienced such a thing and was feeling him out with a dejected look?

“No. I don’t hate you at all.”

“Then do you like me?”

Yujin nodded his head without hesitation at the eyes filled with anticipation.

“Yeah. I like you.”

It wasn’t a lie. If he had to choose between liking or disliking him, of course he liked him.

“M-me too.”

When he listened closely to the small voice, Urich answered stumblingly with a reddened face and his head hung low.

“I like you too…”

Yujin was honestly doubtful if he had heard correctly. Where did that prickly kid go, and who was this kid blushing shyly and saying he liked him?

Urich carefully confessed his feelings to Yujin, who was surprised with his mouth slightly open.

“Actually, when I was with you, my feelings kept getting strange, so I ran away. My heart kept fluttering, and when I came to my senses, I was looking at you, and then if our eyes met, I would get hot and my heart would race.”

‘Huh?’

Yujin tilted his head.

“I thought it was because I hated seeing you, because I hated you, but that wasn’t it. I was like that because I was unfamiliar with the fact that I was starting to like you more and more.”

This sounded like a confession, didn’t it? Of course, revealing one’s feelings was also a confession, but… It felt like it went beyond simply confessing one’s feelings, but anyway, it wasn’t a bad thing, so Yujin decided to ignore the strange feeling.

“…So don’t hate me.”

He had no choice but to ignore it because how could he be lost in other thoughts in front of a child who was so dejected and telling him not to hate him?

“I won’t hate you. I never hated you. I’m sorry too. I should have paid more attention to you.”

The two of them hugged each other tightly like that, exchanging words of liking each other, until Yujin fell asleep first, unable to overcome his fatigue, as if fainting.

Urich, who had come down from the narrow sofa and sat below, looked at Yujin, who was fast asleep.

“…You were the one who said you liked me.”

He carefully put his lips on Yujin’s forehead.

“Now you’re mine.”

It was a moment when a bond was formed solely due to one person’s greed.

***

“…Did someone say something to you?”

Although he already knew what had happened to Urich by reading the novel, he couldn’t show it in front of him, so he asked as if he didn’t know.

Urich, who had been enjoying their time alone while hugging Yujin tightly, pondered for a moment at that question. Should he pretend something happened here and get Yujin’s attention, or should he reassure him so he wouldn’t worry?

The deliberation didn’t last long.

“They did bother me a bit, but it’s okay.”

Of course he had to get attention. Now that the nuisances were asleep, it was time to monopolize Yujin. Since Yujin had put them to sleep himself, they wouldn’t wake up unless something big happened, so he had to enjoy this time.

“They didn’t say anything bad to you, did they?”

As expected, his kind and gentle Yujin kept pouring his attention, continuously worrying about whether anything had happened to him even when he said it was okay.

“No. Nothing like that. Even the Emperor can’t speak recklessly to me, the Mage Tower Master.”

“That’s a relief.”

As they talked quietly, time had already passed a lot, and he started to get a little sleepy.

“Are you sleepy?”

“Yeah. Yujin, put me to sleep.”

There was no way he could get sleepy in a place like this, but he started to feel drowsy just because he was with Yujin. Urich, who was happy to feel the tiredness for the first time in nearly 10 years, moved his body and clung to Yujin.

“I only patted your head…”

“Do that for me too. And give me a goodnight kiss too.”

“Haha, okay, okay.”

Somehow, looking at Urich with his eyes closed, asking for this and that, reminded him of old times, and Yujin chuckled.

“Sleep well, Urich.”

Smack. Yujin, who kissed his smooth forehead, tried to put Urich to sleep by patting his back. If only Urich, who couldn’t hold back, hadn’t been there.

“Ah, I really can’t stand it.”

“What can’t you sta- Eek!”

Urich, who had been hugging Yujin, rolled his body halfway and took over the top, looking down at Yujin with a look of holding back.

“Yujin…”

“Wh-what…?”

Yujin stuttered in surprise at the body that had come in spreading his thighs and the posture that seemed to trap his head on both sides. What was this embarrassing posture?