Chapter 34: Chapter 34

●Daniel's P.O.V.●

After telling my break-up story, I casually started eating the porridge again. The incidents couldn't hurt me anymore. But remembering them was always hard. It felt bad remembering people treated me that way.

But I couldn't show my emotions to Nuri. She would probably have felt awkward if I showed her my sad side. I didn't want her to see a broken human who acted cool until now. So I decided to lock the emotions in my heart and just played the cool guy.

Suddenly two hands snatched the bowl of porridge from my hand, including the spoon. I looked up and saw Nuri was standing in front of me. She placed the bowl on the other side of the bed and soon leaned closer to hug me.

Nuri wrapped her hands around my neck as she whispered in my ear, "Just cry if you want."

Maybe I would have survived this situation smoothly. Maybe, I wouldn't have cried one single drop of tears. Maybe.

But when She hugged me and comforted me, I couldn't keep my cool. I felt all my bottled-up emotions inside me were coming out of my eyes as tears.

I would have felt embarrassed because of crying in front of a woman as a man. But, this was the girl with whom I felt safe. I felt safe to show my emotions freely. I felt safe to be myself. I felt safe in her arms.

I cried like a baby under her embrace but couldn't hug back. I stayed frozen, feeling her heartbeats.

And that was the moment when I finally realised I could never live my life peacefully again if she left my messy life. Because I was totally under her love spell and breaking it out was impossible for a hopeless, love-needy person like me.

"Can I say to her what I feel someday ?" I thought as I was feeling loved, the feeling which I craved for more than anything else in these years. But Nuri had zero realisation about it.

Soon, Nuri broke the hug and cupped my face with her palms. She carefully wiped my tears with her thumbs as I kept staring at her brown eyes.

"Don't hide your feelings like that from now on.

It won't do any good to you like it didn't do any good until now." She said while staring down at me.

"Okay ?" She asked.

I nodded hesitatingly. But a little smile appeared on Nuri's lips. Her eyes were teary as well.

"Was she crying because of me?"

From the very first moment we met, I was entertained by her different kinds of expressions. Even until this date, she didn't fail to amuse me.

"Can I eat my porridge now ?" I asked jokingly, only to make her cheerful again.

Her eyes became confused. Soon Nuri realised that she was cupping my face for too long and pulled back her hands.

"Ah! Sorry!

I think something went into my eye." After the last sentence, she ran out of the bedroom.

I chuckled, watching her leaving figure. Then my eyes fell into the bowl of porridge I was eating. It wasn't edible from any angle. But I still wanted to eat it till the last bite. Maybe that was what they say blind in love?

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●Nuri's P.O.V.●

After getting success with my porridge, I thought about making lunch also.

But my gut feeling stopped me somewhere.

I decided to order something from the online food service, and Daniel didn't protest much.

So we had our lunch in the bedroom, and After that, I gave him a pill for fever which I carried all the time. Because I had low immunity, and I caught a fever fast. Though, Daniel had medicine in his house too. But he never protested. whatever I said to do, he just obeyed.

Was it an effect of the weakness he had from fever? I wasn't sure.

The medicine did its work, and Daniel soon drifted off to sleep. I came down to the hall and called mom.

"Hello, Nuri? What happened?

Why have you called at such an odd time? Anything wrong ?" Mom asked from the opposite side of the call.

"No, mom... I am resting at the hotel today.

So, I thought I should talk to you now.

l wanted to talk to you about something." I said.

"Why is your voice so serious?

Nothing bad happened, right ?" Mom's voice was worried.

"Nothing, Mom.

Just wanted to say thank you."

"Wh-what ?"

"Thank you for raising me with so much love.

I am grateful that you and dad always stayed with me. I love you."

"What exactly happened to Nuri?

Why are you being so emotional today?" Mom's voice was worried.

"I've just realised how loving you both are.

I can never pay back your kindness."

"Why? Now we are not bad? We didn't let you pursue your dream of becoming a writer."

"I still want to be a writer. But more than that, I want to be with you both. I want your happiness. I don't want to be a writer if it means hurting you."

"You! Do you want something, huh ?" I could hear Mom crying.

"Yeah…I want you both to be with me forever, happy."

"Nuri's Father!

Come here and listen to your daughter!

She has gone crazy!" Mom cried.

Tears formed in my eyes. I didn't realise until last night how priceless people I had in my life until now. Daniel's story made me realise it.

Mom and Dad were overly emotional. They thought for a minute that I wanted something and were buttering them for the thing. But in the end, they understood I was serious. That was an emotional phone call.

When I disconnected the call, it was already 5 pm. I didn't realise that I talked to them for so long. But I was happy. I stretched my hands as I glanced up at the bedroom.

I stood up from the couch and made my way to the bedroom. I wanted to check on Daniel. Reaching the bedroom door, I knocked lightly.

"Come in." I heard Daniel's voice.

I entered the room, pushing the door lightly inside. And I saw Daniel was brushing his hair.

He was dressed up for going out wearing a black shirt and faded blue jeans. I stared at him up and down.

"Are you going out ?" I asked, watching him prepared to go out.

He turned to me.

"We are going out." He said as he kept brushing his hair.

"What do you mean ?"

"I mean, we are going out for dinner," Daniel explained, keeping the hairbrush on the table.

"I mean, you can't go out while having a fever!

You will get more sick." I explained.

Daniel walked closer to me and glanced at my eyes without saying anything for a minute. It was a little weird to just stare at each other's eyes. I was becoming nervous by his stare.

Suddenly, he held my left hand and placed it on his forehead. I watched him confusingly.

"No fever, see!" Daniel said, smiling adorably.

I rolled my eyes. Then I grabbed Daniel's left ear.

"If you get sick again, I'm not gonna take care of you, I swear!" I scolded him.

"Ouch.. ouch…" He cried as he tried to free his ear from my grip.

"I swear we are not going very far from our apartment.

Let's just go to the nearby restaurant and have dinner." Daniel soon released his ear from my grip and walked to the door.

Before leaving, Daniel turned to me and said, " I am waiting downstairs."

And with that, he left the room.

I was sure he was behaving a little strange. And also, did he call it "our apartment?"

I was confused as hell.

Taking a deep breath, finally, I decided to get ready. I wore blue denim and a shirt. After applying a little make-up and brushing my hair, I headed back to the hall. As I stepped downstairs, I noticed Daniel was sitting on the couch, doing something on his phone and looking hot as always.

Soon, his eyes fell on me.

"You're ready?" Daniel asked with a smile.

I hummed in response.

We replaced our slippers with shoes and exited the apartment. Daniel locked the apartment and placed the keys in his denim pocket.

"Let's go." After saying the sentence, Daniel held my hand and started walking.

I looked down at our intertwined hands. Something was definitely wrong with Daniel.

Soon, we reached the restaurant. And we took a table for two. Sitting on the opposite seat, Daniel started looking through the menu. A waiter also took our order.

"What's wrong with you ?" I asked.

"What ?" Daniel made a confused face.

"You're behaving strangely!" I said, crossing my hands over my chest.

"And why do you think that ?" He leaned closer to the table.

"You didn't even fight with me, and almost 30 minutes passed," I said, knowing I was right.

"I mean… I can't remember if we have spent more than 30 minutes without having a single argument !!" I said.

"Pfffftttt!!"

"If I say I am not in a mood to fight today?" He said, running his right hand through his black, silky hair.

"I see...

But why is that ?" I was becoming more suspicious.

"Because-" Daniel was trying to say something cheerfully when someone interrupted him.

"Oh, Daniel?" I heard a sweet female voice.

I turned my head to the right and saw a woman was standing there, wearing a white blouse and brown skirt, A perfect body, with a face like a goddess and voice like sugar. My eyes went wide watching her beauty. Not only me but people around us were also staring at her.

She walked closer to us, and soon she stood beside Daniel, making direct eye contact with him. I glanced at Daniel, who was staring back at that woman. I understood she was someone Daniel knew. Her face looked a little familiar to me though I was sure I had never met her before.

I didn't know why, but I had a hunch deep inside that she was someone I wouldn't like.

Daniel opened his mouth and whispered a word with a confused expression, "Yoonah?"