I Love You Monster: The blindfolded wife x the masked husband

The one who made her cry

In front of a large gate, Sei was standing impatiently as a man in black was opening it.

The gate was around six meters high with thick razor wires covering the top of it, making it impossible for anyone to cross it singlehandedly.

The man pushed open the gate's door when he saw two men in black, who were obviously among the body guards, lying on the ground, unconscious.

Upon seeing them, the lines on Sei's forehead deepened as they entered the gate. They had only taken five steps through the gate when Sei suddenly stopped. All of them could already tell that someone was behind them. Ryou, who was the first to turn his head back had a shocked look on his face and his eyes widened upon seeing a girl holding onto a metal pipe, clinging above the gate's door like a skilled ninja-like gymnast. As Sei turned around, he saw her jump off the gate, as quick as a cat, and land gracefully on the ground behind them. Upon landing, without even glancing at them, the girl ran through the massive gates. She was swift like the wind, leaving Sei and his men surprised and speechless.

Sei then glanced at the place where his wife hid herself just now and his face instantly darkened. He could tell that she had just jumped from a dangerous height and as soon as he returned his gaze towards his running wife, the air went unbelievably thick and his coldness reached its peak the moment he saw her running barefoot.

At that same moment, Zaki who was approaching the gate with two men in black behind him, instantly halted Davi. Zaki was stunned upon seeing her. He didn't wear his mask so he could only stop and stare at the panting girl, drenched with sweat and barefooted, standing three meters away from him. Her beautiful hair was tied up and messy.

Zaki could only bite his lip as he sensed the dangerous wind coming from the man on the other side, about twenty meters away.

Davi was exhausted and seeing that there were more men in front of her, she stopped and put her hands onto her knees, panting heavily, trying to drag more air into her tired lungs. She looked exhausted, with hardly any strength left. She had been running for quite a long time now, trying to figure out where the exit was so she could escape.

What to do now? Davi was starting to lose hope. She knew that she had barely any strength left to fight and there were just too many of them.

"Someone help me." She mumbled as she panted. The first person that appeared in her mind to call for help was none other than Sei. She was surprised by the thought of it herself. However, at that moment, she realized how alone she was and that without Sei, she had no one to even think of to ask for help. She realized that the only one she had in this life of hers was her little brother and the only person whom she could ask for help was Sei.

"Y-young miss!"

In the middle of her thoughts, a voice which sounded like Ryou's, the man she first met at Gray Mansion, startled her. Davi instantly raised her head and without wasting any time, she turned her head back. What appeared in her eyes in the next second suddenly made her eyes feel hot as she suddenly wanted to cry.

The masked man, Sei, her husband, was standing right there looking at her.

"S-sei?" she uttered and at that moment, her voice, like a magical arrow, pierced through the tremendous frost surrounding the man across her, as if the arrow melted the surge of anger that was enveloping him.

Hearing her call out his name for the first time, he felt something indescribable bubbling within him, as if the words to describe it didn't exist in this world to him.

He walked swiftly towards her.

Seeing the man get closer towards her, Davi was now sure it was really him and that she was not dreaming and at that moment, she didn't know why she suddenly felt emotional.

So wasting no time, Davi then ran to meet him and as soon as she got close to him, tears quietly fell from her eyes. She leaned her head right away against Sei's chest and her arms evetually crept around his body to hug him tight, forgetting all the depressing thoughts that were running around in her head just a while ago.

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In the middle of a large road surrounded by countless colorful containers, a masked man was caressing the hair of a crying girl in his arms. He seemed as though he was desperately trying to make her feel better, but it looked like he didnt know how to do that.

Zaki, who was currently the master of reading Sei's body language, was very animated deep within. He was sure Sei was currently being too anxious and it was cracking him up simply because this was the first time Sei ever acted like this. It was as though he was a helpless father, who was anxious to death as he tried to figure out how to make his dearest baby stop crying.

Well, he was doing well considering the fact that this was his first time doing so. Embracing her and caressing her like that was the perfect move a man should do. However, to Zaki, who had been watching Sei since they were young, it was surreal to see him showing such sympathy towards anyone. He remembered that the last time Sei embraced anyone was back when they were twelve.

Zaki was smiling as he looked at the two of them, however, he knew it was still too early to celebrate. After all, he knew that things weren't that easy... And it probably never will be.

After some moments, Davi finally calmed down and started letting go of Sei. She wiped her tears and looked at him.

"You came to rescue me, right?" she asked but the man seemed frozen and without a word, he just nodded. Davi felt there was something somewhat different with him at the moment. But thinking he was just worried about her, she decided to show him she was fine. She smiled brightly and talked to him again. "Well, I was slightly worried because I thought no one would come to help me but then, you suddenly appeared! So, thank you."

Her words were sweet and sincere.

However, the masked man was again silent and the next thing he did almost made Davi's heart stop. His long fingers suddenly wiped the remaining traces of tears from her face, as gently as ever. She didn't know why, but the way he touched her face almost felt as though he was saying a really sincere and sad apology, as if he was the one who made her cry. The feeling that his gesture was just a bit extreme made Davi's heart twist as she looked at him. She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, she wasn't sure if she was just thinking too much. However, she just couldn't stop herself from feeling that he was blaming himself.

So she touched his hand, which was on her face, as she smiled brightly at him.

"I-I'm really fine. I think I'm just a bit too happy that you came, that's why. Haha." Davi's words weren't a lie. The reason she cried wasn't because she was scared, it was because Sei really came and saved her. She couldn't believe he really appeared and it caused her to tear up.

Thankfully, after a few seconds of silence, the man finally talked.

"No, you're not," he said, making Davi speechless for some moments.

"You're not fine at all," he repeated as he squatted in front of her. He touched her foot then looked up.

"Lift." He ordered and Davi could only do as he commanded.

The moment she lifted her foot, Davi's instinct made her subconsciously cross her arms and hug herself. It was because Sei's aura blazed with a seemingly intense anger the moment he saw how awful the bleedings cuts were on her feet.