ʜᴀɴᴅꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ || ᴋᴛʜ

Chapter 31 || Together

"Truth or dare?"

There was a slight slur to Y/n's voice. It was her birthday, and somehow the devil found out and wanted to take her out to celebrate. But she wanted to stay home and have a more intimate celebration with him.

They were seated on the bedroom balcony overlooking the ocean. Yona and the staff had made a special meal which even included a small birthday cake. After devouring the delicious meal paired with a couple of glasses of wine, she felt like she was on top of the world.

"Truth," Tae-hyung replied in amusement.

"First kiss. Who, where and how?"

It was a silly game, but she wanted to know everything about the devil.

"I don't remember. It was too long ago. What about yours?" he asked in return.

She smirked. "Definitely not you," she teased.

She shrieked and laughed when she found herself lifted from her chair and landing on his lap.

"I may not be your first kiss, but I know I'm your first," he murmured into her ear.

She turned to look at him in shock. "How did you know?"

A flash of regret passed on his face. "I didn't know until the next morning." He cupped her cheek. "You should have told me. I could have been more careful not to cause you pain."

She shook her head. "No. It was perfect." It was. And like he had promised that night, she would never forget the first night the devil made her his.

"What about yours? When was your first time?" she asked.

She felt a bolt of jealousy imagining him with a beautiful woman, most likely during his college years. With his good looks and the way he carried himself, she was sure he could get any girl he wanted.

He fell quiet.

"Hey! That's cheating! You know my first time, and surely you remember your first time!"

A grim look sucked away the easy atmosphere. "It wasn't romantic. It was just fucking, and I was quite bad at it."

Something about the look on his face made her want to ask more. "How old were you?" she asked tentatively.

He was silent. But the dark look remained while he gazed at the ocean.

"Tae-hyung?"

His eyes returned to her face. And he watched her silently for a few moments before replying. "It was on my fourteenth birthday."

She was stunned. "What?" He was a schoolboy then. "Was she... your classmate?"

He let out a dark laugh with no humor. "No. She was twenty-seven."

A sick feeling twisted in her stomach. "Oh my God. Your teacher? That's predatory on her part. You were just a boy!"

"She wasn't my teacher and neither was she a predator. She was an actress I used to admire during my childhood. My grandfather saw her poster on my bedroom wall and decided to gift her to me on my fourteenth birthday."

Her stomach turned at the visual. "That's sick!" she whispered.

He nodded grimly.

"But why did that woman agree? She must have known you were under-aged!" He smiled seeing the outrage on her face.

"At fourteen, I had already grown to my full height. And she was young and ambitious. Her career depended on whether or not she pleased the right people."

The sick feeling remained inside her. "What about your parents? Why did they allow such a thing to happen?"

She couldn't imagine the confusion a child of fourteen would have to go through after such an incident. It would kill their innocence.