What about the Side Character? ||LCF Fanfiction

Chapter 9

Note

• Disclaimer: 백작가의 망나니가 되었다 - 유려한 | Lout of Count's Family | Trash of the Count's Family does not belong to me but Yulyeohan. This is fanfiction.
• Events, characters, places, etc. mentioned in this fanfiction are fictitious and do not refer to any specific actual context.
• English is not my native language.
• Please do not repost the artwork, you can find them on my X/ IG/ Ao3 or Wattpad under the account J_K_Klara

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Kim Rok Soo didn't really know what his emotions were all the time after that. He and the Team got back to the gathering position and helped stabilize the mess. They watched the orphanage's manager hug the child in relief while thanking them. He remembered the conversation with the guy from the Guild and the other Team Leaders about the attack. He remembered how easily he ignored the beloved message from their offended and dissatisfied Director Ma through the channel. And he remembered how the others kicked him out and forced him to go back home after seeing him be ready to go on checking the shield's new discovery with groups from the Head company.

But only after the sound of the door locking was heard from behind did Kim Rok Soo slowly slide down, back against the door, he felt like his lungs were finally working. The door was like a visible wall that separated him from the outside. He did everything that he had to do.

But what was next?

He couldn't just sit there with nothing running through his head. He ought to do something to keep himself away from the broken promise that had come back from the past. He needed to cling to something; otherwise, the only thing left was to loathe himself when those negative thoughts turned to the one he cared for.

Thud

The sound of the book fell on the floor. He looked up, just to find the pair of amber eyes glowing in the dark coming to him.

     - Meoww

     - I'm back. Did you get the meal that I prepared?

     - Meow

His hand scratched the cat's chin. They stayed silent for a couple of minutes.

     - Hey, little bean.

The wind came from nowhere, gently blowing his hair. The address made him chuckle. 'It's been a long time since I last heard this.'

     - You are being tough on yourself again. What's inside that twisted head of yours?

If only he knew the answer.

     - Get to sleep. You're risking your health.

He wanted to deny it, as he knew Omid had always put the healing spell on him, and he felt completely fine, despite the fact that it may look terrible sometimes.

Burying his face under his hands, he could feel those scars on his breath. Ah, he had gone that far, so far that if those gloomy and cowardly thoughts could easily beat him, like tearing down the monster, he'd become a legendary joke for those rats.

This was not even half of the bridge yet.

     - You're right. Don't play with my hair, it is already a mess, Omid.

     - Where have you been? It's already been a long time since the night shift ended.

Kim Rok Soo was taking off his shoes in the doorway while Bob kept turning around. Why on earth did this lackey of Death keep coming and going without any schedule?