「Those Who Seek Solace」LCF x ORV

Chapter 3 - The Reader And The Transmigrator

The first words that were exchanged between them were rather stiff, considering that both are anti-social and introverted bastards even with Cale leading first in greetings.

"I am Cale Henituse. I was Kim Rok Soo and I transmigrated into a novel I was reading the night before."

Then there was Kim Dokja who looks like an idiot squid having a surprised expression.

"Wait, aren't you supposed to be skeptical about me since you were suddenly put here with me?"

Cale even had the audacity to just shrug it off.

"Beggars can't be choosers, unless you want us to kill each other here if you're that bored."

Kim Dokja frowned before sighing.

"I'm Kim Dokja, just a reader as my name states."

「Ho w bo r ing.」

"How about you shut up whoever the fuck you are?" Cale scowled as Dokja have an amused expression on his face.

「Y ou r wa y of in t rodu cti on i s b o rin g. Ho w ab ou t wat chi ng e ach ot he r's pa s t li v es?」

Those words rather sound humorous and before the two could speak, Cale disappeared in another carriage just beside 3707.

"You damn shiㅡStop this!"

Cale, and Kim Dokja for surely, doesn't want someone prodding in their own pasts with someone they didn't even get to create a bond with. Hell, even with both their companions didn't know what happened in their childhood.

"A son of a murderer."

"A stoic bastard who didn't even cry at their funeral."

Both fell silent as they read and watch those words float in front of them, Cale was gritting his teeth in annoyance as he felt vulnerable for the first time.

[The exclusive skill, Fourth Wall, is off-setting some of your shock!]

Cale didn't have the time to take notice of the panel that floated above him as he continued to try and wreck the carriage door separating him and Kim Dokja.

There was no answer.

"Ahjussi, let's go to PC Bang after the scenarios!"

"Raon, I am someone who cannot forget."

Everything Cale was doing is futile.

"Hey, are you going to kill me too since you're a murderer's son?"

"Why didn't you die instead of them?!"

"Just die already!"

"Emotionless bastard, but at least he's good at his job."

In the end, both of them had already bared their pasts to each other, courtesy to the Fourth Wall who was busy snickering somewhere.

Both of them didn't even know how much time had already passed.

Cale slumped beside Kim Dokja who has the same somber expression as him.

"Man, our lives are really fucked up huh?"

Indeed it is. One was called a murderer's son and shunned by humanity, while the other was always hiding himself for the fear of someone close to him dying once again, carrying all the problems in his shoulders all alone.

Cale hummed, before he felt his eyelids getting heavy as Kim Dokja placed the redhead in his own lap and let him sleep.

There was no need for farcical smiles and sardonic words to be exchanged. The Fourth Wall needed the two of them to get along quickly for the upcoming disaster that will befall for the both of them.