Curse You

Milk Cartons and Spice

"Yesterday was so nice," Casiell giggled as she cleaned her room. It was the next day and Casiell couldn't stop thinking about last night. "Yael came to my home...MY HOME! And ate DINNER..that I made," Casiell said excitedly as she recalled moments from yesterday's dinner, "It's been so long since I've had any guest over.....or had a friend..." She hadn't felt like this in a long time. "Yael....made me really happy....even his smile is so...." Casiell murmured to herself and then smiled. It felt a bit nice to at least have someone to talk to.

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"You should have seen her face yesterday when you practically called her your wife HAHAHAHA," Oliver laughed aloud, pointing at an embarrassed Yael. "I didn't MEAN to say it!" Yael said loudly, covering his face with his hands. "Well, I don't think you'd hate the idea of her actually being your wife," Oliver said, smirking at him. "H…hey! I barely know her...let's not jump to conclusions..." He said with a red face. "Your tomato face is a big give away though," Oliver snickered. Yael got flustered and went into the kitchen to get water. "It's been hours and you're still making fun of me for it," He groaned, making Oliver chuckle. He looked up at the clock, then at Oliver, and said, "It's time for investigation day 2."

After some time, Yael went to Casiell's place and they investigated the 'ghost' again. He used his ghost equipment and tried to be as close to Casiell as possible to investigate the supposed entity that was attached to her. They spent the day investigating and talking about spirits and ghosts. Casiell asked Yael to stay for dinner again and they had a great time together.

The next day, Yael was sorting all the groceries he had bought until he decided something. "Oliver, I'm inviting Cas over for dinner tonight," Yael told Oliver abruptly. Oliver who was on the sofa (partially floating), raised an eyebrow. "She invited me two times already and made such amazing food for me, so I'm gonna invite her to eat some spicy Korean food!" Yael explained excitedly. "This is gonna be good," Oliver murmured, smirking. Confused by his reply, Yael went back to sorting out his groceries.

Later, Yael decided to go to Casiell's place. He knocked on the door and was shortly answered by a smiling Casiell. "Hey," she said, pushing a strand of blond hair behind her ear. "I um...want to invite you for...dinner at your...I mean my house," Yael said nervously. Casiell looked surprised, she didn't know Yael could cook. Excited she said, "That sounds great! I'd love to come," Casiell beamed. "Awesome, you can come over right now," Yael offered. Casiell took the offer and they went into Yael's apartment.

His apartment was very clean, and spacious. There was a lot of comfortable furniture and luxurious house decor. "Your apartment is really nice," said Casiell, walking in to the apartment with Yael. "Oh thanks haha," he smiled, leading her into the living room, "You can wait here while I cook, feel free to look around or do anything you'd like." Casiell nodded and sat down, while Yael went into the kitchen to prepare food.

I'm...in.....a.....boy's....HOUSE, Casiell screamed in her head.  She had never been to a boy's house before and it felt weird being there. She didn't know what to do so she just sat there quietly. After a while, she could smell the aroma of freshly cooked food and went into the kitchen. Yael turned around and grinned, "Ah,you're just in time, Cas." Casiell smiled shyly. She still wasn't used to him saying her name like that.

She looked at the food and saw Korean food layed out on the table. There was Tteokbokki, spicy rice cakes, kimchi, and spicy ramen. For drinks there was juice and some soju (alcoholic drink). The food looked great but Casiell was a bit uneasy because she didn't really like spicy food since she couldn't handle spice. She gulped and smiled nervously as she sat down on the table with Yael. He offered her some Tteokbokki and she took it and ate some of it. Her tongue tingled because of the spice and she felt her tongue catch on fire. Yael looked at her as if to say "well how is it?". She gave him a crooked smile and said, "I..love it!" He beamed and offered her some more food.

Casiell tried all of his spicy dishes and forced out a weak smile. She pretended that she loved the food because she didn't want Yael to feel disappointed even though her mouth was on fire. She started feeling really sweaty and her eyes started watering, but she kept munching on the spicy rice cakes. It tasted amazing but it was just too spicy for her. Soon, she started drinking the juice and soju on the table and had already finished half of it by the time Yael finished eating. Casiell was suddenly quiet and had her head down. Concerned, Yael asked, "Casiell? What's wrong?" She didn't answer. He put a hand under her chin and lifted her head up and saw how terrible she looked. "Hnngggh," she groaned, a bit drunk and hot because of the spices. "Cas?" Yael said, very concerned.

He got up and helped walk her towards the couch. "M....milk," Casiell groaned. "Aw Cas, if the food was too spicy for you then you could have told me," Yael said. "But....I didn't wanna...disappoint...you..." Casiell said, gasping because of the spice. She looked behind Yael, into the kitchen and saw the fridge open by itself and a milk carton float out of it, coming towards them. She screamed and jumped onto Yael causing both of them to fall onto the sofa. Casiell closed her eyes as she landed on something soft.

She opened her eyes and realized that she was on top of Yael. Her face was inches away from his and she could feel his hot breath on her face. Yael looked at her with wide eyes and blushed hard. Casiell stared at him intently as if observing him. Being drunk, she leaned in close enough to get a whiff of his perfume. "You....smell....so nice...." she mumbled. Yael blushed even more and was too shocked to move. "Is this what boys smell....like? It's.....so nice..." She leaned in closer to smell his hair. Yael's face was so red, he looked like a tomato.  "I umm...I...I...," Yael stuttered and looked away, embarrassed. She rested her head on his chest and sighed. "You know.....it's hard for.....me.....to trust people......because.....they hurt me....but I want to.....trust you...." She said quietly. Yael was shocked to hear all this coming from her. He patted her back. "I will try my best to earn your trust, Cas," He said gently. Casiell realized she was still on top of him and quickly got off. "I...ah...s...sorry....," Casiell apologized, embarrassed. "It...it's fine..," Yael said, covering his mouth and trying not to look at Cassiel.

He got up and walked towards the milk carton. "I screamed.....because I saw that cursed.....thing floating!" Cassiel exclaimed, pointing at the milk carton. Yael gulped, knowing it was Oliver who probably did it and tried covering it up, "Y..yeah it must have been the ghost. Guess he follows you around." "Yeah....probably," Casiell said as Yael poured the milk into a glass and gave it to her. She thanked him and gulped it all in one go. "I'm sorry...if I ruined the dinner-" Casiell started. "No I'm sorry...I didn't ask you if you liked spicy food or not," Yael said in an apologetic tone. "No...it's okayyyyyy! We can make up for it by drinking some more soju!" Casiell roared in excitement. Yael was hesitant but somehow ended up drinking with Casiell.