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Ch. 35-What will you say, with that mind of yours?

'I... kissed Kim Dokja?' 

Yoo Jonghyuk's mind had become blank.

He didn't know how to respond to such a situation. 

But the blankness didn't last long. 

Almost as if in daze he covered his mouth with one hand. The red from the tips of his ears spread from across his cheeks to his whole face. Yoo Jonghyuk's eyes were wide and a glint of gold could be seen in it. His ebony-colored hair hung down and cowered parts of his dazed and flustered expression. 

It was a sight Kim Dokja never thought he would ever be able to in his whole life. 

After Yoo Jonghyuk's psychological state collapsed, it slowly started to rebuild itself and Yoo Jonghyuk thought of what led him in to such a decision. 

It was as if his thousands of years of battle experience had done everything to keep his mind straight. Blanking out to easily be akin to death after all.

When he had felt that something was missed, he had turned away from what Kim Dokja and Yoo Sangah had been doing. The way Kim Dokja acted, it was something odd about it. Kim Dokja wasn't one to drink a lot of alcohol in the first place and even if this constellation wanted them to drink, wasn't this just too much? 

So, he started to think back to any encounter where Kim Dokja had drunken alcohol. To try and figure out if this was just how Kim Dokja was when he was drunk, but he couldn't remember any time this had happed. 

Then he thought of what had happened in the 3rd round around the same time, but the memory was quite hazy. Almost as if it was something someone had deliberately erased from his thoughts.

Of course this 'something' could very well be himself. But since his memories are hazy he couldn't find the answer this way either. 

By the time he checked back at the rest of the people present, Kim Dokja and Yoo Sangah... He could not see exactly what they were doing but with such an intimate position he could only guess. Since Kim Dokja was sitting on his right side and Yoo Sangah was on Kim Dokja's right side, with their heads tilted like that... From the position alone... 

Yoo Jonghyuk's body acted faster than his mind.  

He griped Kim Dokja's shoulder to turn him around, his back now facing Yoo Sangah instead. What he hadn't expected was that after turning Kim Dokja around, Kim Dokja would continue to lean forward. 

The shock from such a intimate position left him unable to move after Kim Dokja leaned in. 

And now, faced with reality, there was no escape. 

The memory that was hazy just a minute ago resurfaced, the memory of when Kim Dokja and Yoo Sangah almost kissed.                                                                                                                                          

'Almost.'

Yes, that was right. It seemed he had done something unnecessary.

It didn't even end there. 

Yoo Jonghyuk was about to question why he even needed to intervene when he came up with the most logical explanation.

'Kim Dokja was about to do something against his own will.'

If Kim Dokja was controlled, then there needed to be someone to stop him from making stupid mistakes that he would later regret. Kim Dokja himself had told Yoo Jonghyuk how he didn't have any feelings for Yoo Sangah so it was perfectly fine to intervene.