Stay (alchemy of souls)

Chapter four: I love you

❗️this chapter contains some adult content 🔞 will mark where it begins❗️

We're finally about to leave Dang-gu's uncles house. It feels like we've been here forever, when it's only been a few hours.

Reason why we get to finally leave, is Dang-gu got drunk. He decided to drink his little heart away, and so that leads us here.

It took me and Yul both to get Dang-gu from the tiny table, to out the door, poor Dang-gu couldn't even stand properly.

"I loved you, Cho-yeon" he cried as me and Yul managed to get him down the stairs. "I loved you! B-But I don't need you now!"

We managed to get him on a servants back as he continued to cry about random nonsense.

"I'll make sure he gets into bed, thank you for the meal, my lord" I said bowing to park Jin before turning to Uk "glad to see you socializing again Uk" I said, he smiled and nodded.

I then turned to Yul "bye Yul, see you soon" I told him. "Bye, have fun with him" he laughed.

I sighed "he'll be okay, it might take a while to get him sobered up enough to stand though"

"YUNA. WHERES YUNA? Did she leave me again?" I heard Dang-gu screaming for me.

I bowed my head to Yul before going to Dang-gu. "Im here Dang-gu" I said rubbing his back as the servant continued walking.

He had calmed down a bit while we were walking, he was still sniffling, but he had calmed a bit.

He reached his hand towards me, swinging it around, indicating that he wanted me to hold it.

I sighed, reaching out, taking his hand.

When we arrived back in Songrim, the servant finished packing Dang-gu to his room. Miraculously Dang-gu was still conscious.

"Do you need help with anything else?" He asked me, after he put Dang-gu down on a chair "No, I believe I've got it from here"

He nodded and left, leaving me with Dang-gu.

"Let me go get you some water" I said, standing to go get some water, while I was filling up the cup someone out their hands on my waist, hugging me from behind.

I turned around to see Dang-gu standing there "gosh Dang-gu, don't scare me like that" I said, putting my hand over my heart to try to calm down.

"Sorry" he mumbled. I sighed, handing him the water which he drunk in two sips before giving it back to me.

"How are you feeling?" I asked, turning to fill up the cup again. "Mm" he mumbled, not giving an answer.

After I filled the cup again, I turned facing him once again "drink this, then we'll go get you ready for bed and you can sleep it off alright?" I told him, handing him the cup.

He nodded, taking the cup and drinking it. When he put the cup on the table behind us, instead of going back into the room, he reached and hugged me again.

"Thank you for being here"

"What do you mean Dang-gu, you know I wouldn't be anywhere else, we promised never to leave each other" I said.

He shook his head "I mean thank you for not being judgmental about all of this, me getting dumped because I couldn't protect my wife's father, her marrying another man, how I treated you..." he trailed off