Mr. Grim Reaper

Chapter - 9

We get back to our home.

"Ha..... Today was lovely but it was so hectic too." I say as I fall on the sofa. It's so soft and warm. I love it.

I wait for Eun-woo to say something. But he doesn't.

Is he still angry?

"Mr. Lee.... I won't do that ever again, I promise." I say, making puppy eyes.

"Moon-Young. This is not a joke. And out of all people, you decided to take a stroll with him??"He says, both sadly and frustratingly.

"Eun-woo. Just what is the deal between you two? He vanished as soon as he saw you, and you dont seem to like him at all. What is it? A tragic past or something?" I ask.

"I dont want to talk about it." he says, and tries to hurry into his room, but I'm faster and I barricade him from going inside.

"Please. Tell me. I will listen." I say.

"Moon-Young. I cant."

"Why Mr. Lee? Why cant you? I promise I'll listen."

"Because its way too traumatic"

I stop blocking him and start patting his head again.

"I'm here for you, Eun-woo." I say, managing a  smile.

"Alright then. Let me tell you. Come inside."
he says.

I'm initially surprised that he's letting me inside, cause he clearly said in the 'House Rules' that we cant come into each other's 'personal quarters'. But, I dont question him.

His room is beautiful. A lot bigger than mine, too. Its like vintage aesthetic. I love it. We both sit on the bed. He brings a photo from the table and shows it to me.

It's a photo of him, another guy and...... Min-Joon???

"What is Joon doing here with you?" I ask, totally confused.

"Let me tell you everything."

He starts," A year ago, we were all in high school. We were friends. We were best friends. The best trio. The best."

"Around the same time, we all got the news that we were going to be 'Airs'. I and Moon bin became reapers and Joon.... well.... he became an angel. It was abnormal that three best friends should become airs like that, but we accepted it. Little did we know what was in store for us."

"Now, the thing was, that Moon-bin's deathline was shorter than ours. Deathline is the time you get for searching your fated match. But wait... you dont know about fates, do you?"

"I do, actually." I say, not wanting to waste any time.

"Right. So we only got 7 months for searching his partener. However. We were lucky. Considering the fact that he already had found his."

"What do you mean??"

"There was a girl in our department. Sunmi. Both Moon-bin and Min-joon liked her. But to be honest, it was very clear that she liked Moon-bin more. And soon, we found out that she was, infact, Moon-bin's fated match. And I think Joon couldnt digest that."

"He denies it to this date but its his all his fault. You know? The next week, after we found this out, she got promoted as an angel. Angel. From a reaper! And Moon-bin, she didnt like him anymore. She liked 'Joonie'. And Moon-Bin.... he went to hell. He suffers everyday. Because of Joonie!"

"He must have spoken to the gods or something to promote her to an angel, so that she wont have to go to hell and he could get his hands on her."

"I never forgave him for that. And I wont... ever."

"And so.... I beg of you to stay away from him. Please. I dont want him to ruin your life too."

"Oh, Eun-woo..." I hug him.

We both spend some time crying into each other's shoulders. He doesn't let out a sound, just silent cries.

"I should have done something. I should've saved Moon-bin. I'm such a horrible friend." he says.

"No. You arent. I like you as you are."

"What is there even to like about me?"

"I just like your soul. Nothing in particular, mr. grim reaper." I say, laughing.

"Like.... like-like?" he says, blushing a little.

"What? N-no." I say, blushing as well.

He starts laughing.

"You're so adorable,Moony." He says.

And that was apparently enough to make me think of him all night long.