The Cursed and the Wicked

The Reaper and the Outcast pt. 14

The sun's rays of sunshine peaked through the curtains and woke up Bahati and Hyung from their slumber. It was a lovely and sunny day with birds chirping away happily.

The two of them outstretched their arms above their heads, stretching relaxing any aching muscles in their body. A large yawn escaped from their lips as they tried to cover it with their hands. The two them proceeded to scratch their head to relieve the itch in their hair, though Bahati wore an orange bonnet to cover her hair, so she was scratching through it.

The two of took turns relieving their bladders and washing their face and brushing their teeth before being ready to deal with each other's company.

Jae poofed back in time from his nightly stroll to see that Bahati and Hyung were wide awake and were making themselves breakfast.

"Taking another stroll all night?" Bahati asked Jae.

"Yes", he simply answered.

"Are you ever gonna tell me what's on your mind?" She asked.

"No", he simply answered.

None of them were surprised, but it didn't hurt to at least try and ask.

"Hyung and I have an exam we have to study for." Bahati told Jae of their plans.

Jae was relieved he didn't have to go to school anymore. I guess dying has its perks. "Do what you need. I'll go find us some work." He said before disappearing.

"I guess being a reaper, that's all you can do, it's sad though. Wish he could enjoy himself some more." Hyung said as he took a sip of his coffee.

"Same but reapers are just dead soldiers. They have a job/order to do and they must follow through with it." Bahati said. "When I die, I don't wanna be a reaper. Just let me rest in peace."

"I wouldn't mind being a reaper." Hyung said, making Bahati chuckle. "Of course you wouldn't."

After eating and finishing their coffee, the two decided to study for their upcoming exam. Ghost busting aside, school comes first and neither of them wanted to fall behind in their studies, though for Bahati, it really wouldn't matter since she was gonna die anyways once they collected a thousand souls for Jae. School is now redundant to her, since she has no future, but still, she's always been studious, so she didn't want to give that up.

Four hours later, the two were finished studying and confident that they will at least pass the exam with a high grade. Both of them struggled with test anxiety so no matter how much studying they do, their anxiety overwhelms them on exam day, so they may not get the grade that they aim for.

Bahati groaned as she laid her head on her table. Hyung chuckled at how cute she was being. She has recently been through such an ordeal with losing her best friend Do Hyun and then having to relive a traumatic experience for her so her friend could rest easy. She deserves to have some fun and Hyung though of the perfect place. Jae was still out searching for a job, so they could go and spend time with each other without mr grumpy following behind them and before Bahati goes back on the job. Hyung knows how hardworking she is and is the type to use work as a means to cope and forget about what happened.

"Go get dressed. We are going on a date." He told her grinning widely.

"Huh?" Bahati asked flustered.

"Date. You. Me. Right now. Get dressed. You need time to wind down before jumping into another job."

"But—"

"No buts. You need this Bahati. Let me do this for you."

Bahati couldn't say no so she did as she was told. Couldn't even figure out what to wear because she didn't know where they were going.