Chapter 10 – The Green Dragon (Final Chapter)
His arms circled me and I couldn't help but cry on his chest. I didn't know why I did it. All I knew was that I wanted to cage him in my embrace.
He was so warm.
"Avi..." he rested his chin on the top my head. "Is this why you're so afraid?"
"Y—Yes..." I sobbed.
"Did you let other people step on you because you thought that you deserved it?"
I pulled away from him and looked at him straight into the eyes even though my vision was blurry because of the tears that were clouding my own. "I deserved it," I muttered. I didn't want to lie to Jae-ha. He already saw of my curse...he knew that I deserved the hate the villagers gave me.
"Why do you say that?" his eyes were worried. He kind of looked funny since he still hadn't removed the leaves that were covering his whole body.
"Because it's not the first time that I killed people..." I admitted. "I killed innocent ones, Jae-ha. I also killed children,"
"You didn't mean it, right?"
"No," I shook my head. "Ever since I was a child, I loved to sing. The first time that I killed people was back when I was still a child. I sang in the forest and some children came to play...but they died when they listened to my singing,"
"It's not your fault..." he ran his hands through my hair. "You didn't know,"
"I thought that it was just a coincidence because I didn't want to believe it," I continued. "But I noticed that when I sing, my eyes start to burn. I refused to accept the fact before so I sang once again—this time in front of so many people...and they died,"
"I still think that it's not your fault, Avi," he breathed out. "And now, you want to go back to that place? You want to go back to the place where everybody mistreats you and hates you? You want to go back to living that awful life once again?"
"I have no other choice," I looked down and wiped the tears from my eyes.
"You have a choice," he placed a finger on my chin and tilted my head up. "You have a choice to stay with us because you can,"
"You'll hate me," I responded. "You'll hate my curse that is a part of me,"
"Nobody hates you,"
My eyes widened at what he said. "You don't hate me?"
"Why would I hate you?"
"Because I thought that you do..." my voice trailed off. "I'm afraid of what you think of me the most,"
"Why?"
"Because I'm afraid that you'll hate me, Jae-ha," I looked at him straight into the eyes. "I'm afraid to be hated by you,"
His eyes became widened. I guessed that this was the closest to a confession that I had. It didn't occur to me that I would have spoken my feelings to Jae-ha that easily.
He stared at me for a few seconds before saying, "Hating you is the last thing that I would do," he held my right hand with his left hand and brought it closer to his face. "I love you too much to hate you, Avi,"
What?
Did I just hear it right?
I love you too much to hate you, Avi.
"W—What?" I grew nervous that I thought that maybe I just was not hearing things right. "C—Care to repeat that, Jae-ha?"
"I love you, Avi," he chuckled.
I stared at him, dumbfounded with shock.
Did he really mutter those words...to me?
It was just too good to be true.
I wished that I was stuck in this particular time forever.
"You do?" I asked, quite unsure.
"I do, silly," he laughed. "And I'm already in the marrying age...so...you know...will you please do me the honour of ma—uh, this is hard," he scratched the back of his head.
"Do you the honour of what?" I leaned in. I was curious of what he was going to say.
He inhaled a huge amount of hair and exhaled it. "I know that we're going to fast but...will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?"
Things were just getting weirder and weirder.
But it was the first time that I found happiness in weird things.
I thought that this day that I yearned for was something that I could only see in my fantasy.
But now, it was all happening in my reality.
I smiled at him from the bottom of my heart before saying, "I would love to marry you,"
"I love you, Avi," he leaned in.
"I love you too, Jae-ha," and with that, he closed the distance between us. The electricity that empowered my whole body brought joy to my life.
My first kiss.
He pulled away seconds later just enough to let us breathe. "Let's soar together and be free," he smiled at my lips.
"Do I deserve it?" I wondered.
"You deserve to be with me."
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And that's the end of this fan-fiction. Just to remind you, there are four books in this series and this Zeno fanfiction is the second one. Even if you don't read it in order, you would still understand the story since my original characters from different stories don't affect the outcome of the other.
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