Chapter 18. the sword of damocles

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— I never wanted to hurt you again... then I turned around, and it was the first thing I did —

 then I turned around, and it was the first thing I did —

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Kim was never good with words. Never good with feelings. Everything was going so well. So, why was he now standing there, in front of the mirror... blood painting everything in red?

+ earlier +

"That's it, baby!" Kim victoriously whispered when he heard that perfect sound of the safe finally opening.

Chay skipped across the office to Kim and squatted next to the office. "You are a genius! I would never open it like that. I would end up taking the whole safe with me somehow."

Kim chuckled, "I can teach you later if you want to."

Chay's Bambi eyes perked up, "oh, please do! But I'm kinda bad with stuff like this, so don't get angry if it takes me a while."

Kim turned completely to Chay. Holding his gaze, he said quietly, keeping his voice low so that no one would hear him from the outside, "you can take forever, I don't mind."

The tension between them was getting harder and harder to ignore. Even the blind would see it at this point. And Chay could definitely feel it consuming his entire body whenever they were close; just like they were now. If he leaned a little closer, their noses would brush, their lips would feel the soft breath of the other...

Chay had to focus; the mission, the safe, the Hope Diamond, Kim, those deep dark eyes, messy blue hair which was now fading in colour, those lips, slightly parted... Chay wondered if they would taste like cigarettes or like Kim's favourite lollipops...

Chay cleared his throat and leaned away. The mission, THE MISSON! "Uhm, take the diamond so we can go."

Kim didn't want to look away, so he kept his eyes on Chay for a couple of more seconds before he finally forced himself to turn away. With a small pout on his lips, he looked inside the safe. The Hope Diamond was resting right in the middle of a royal blue velvet box, almost luring Kim to put his hands on it and take it with him. And that was exactly what Kim did, grabbing the diamond and leaving the royal blue velvet box screaming with emptiness.

"Here you go, Sparky," Kim offered the Hope Diamond to Chay, his heart skipping a beat when Chay's eyes got adorably big with horror as he stepped away.

"I'm not touching that. Just... keep it!"

"It's not cursed. I told you already. You don't have to be afraid."

Chay furiously shook his head, "says you! I'm saying it is!"

Maybe Kim should have listened to Chay. Maybe he wouldn't stand here in front of the mirror, blood on his hands, if he did.

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"Hia," Chay burst through the office door, Kim right after him. "We got the diamond."

Kim put the Hope Diamond on the desk right in front of Porsche and stepped back to stand behind Chay.

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