Love Syndrome (Day/Itt) - Book 1 (Authorized English Translation)

Chapter 48

Day's words made Itt and his parents pause for a moment. Itt looks at Day with tears streaming down his face.

"Why are you crying? Aren't you ashamed by other people seeing you like this?" Day said again. Even though his words may have sounded like he was trying to scold Itt, he looked at him with a pained expression. He didn't want to see the tears of the person standing right in front of him.

"I'm not shy!! ...huh," Itt shouted, causing his father to become aware of their surroundings.

"Get to work! Why are you just standing there, watching?" Itt's father said, causing the employees to immediately return to work. Itt's father immediately turns his attention towards Day.

"Day, you can go back. And don't come here again," Itt's father said in a deep voice.

"I'm going to leave, but I will definitely come back here because Itt is here," Day said in a calm voice.

"Why are you such a hard person to talk to?" Itt's father said in an annoyed tone.

"I'm hard to talk to, just like you," Day said fearlessly. Itt turned to look at his father, fearing he would become angrier. However, his father only lets out a heavy sigh and doesn't continue the conversation. He pulls Itt towards the house without saying a word to Day. Itt tries to pull away.

"Day... Help me," The thin figure turned to Day with tears in his eyes, but he couldn't resist his father's strength. He was immediately pulled inside the house.

Day let out a small sigh as he watched Itt being drug into the house. Day returned to his car and sat inside with a tense expression on his face. He thought that it would be good enough just to see Itt's face.

"Why are you crying, Itt? ...damn," Day cursed to himself. He was frustrated because he had to hold himself back. He wanted to snatch Itt up when he cried. He wanted to hug and comfort him, he thought, before driving away from Itt's house.

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"Are you a woman? Is that why you cry like this?" Itt's father shouted as he pulled his son into the house.

"I'm not a woman, father... huh," Itt argued back with his father.

"If not, why are you crying like this? How could you fall in love with a man? Tell me," Itt's father said again. Itt looked up at his father with trembling eyes. His cheeks were covered in tears.

"Well, what's wrong with men loving each other, Papa? Huh..." Itt said, sobbing.

"It's because it's unnatural!!" Itt's father argued.

"Well, who told you... huh... that it was only natural for men to be with women? Papa... it is natural for humans to love each other. Aren't we supposed to love each other, Papa? ...whether it's a man or a woman... The word love has no difference in meaning. Let us be together... huh... just because we are different... does not determine how long we could love each other. How could you seriously think that way? I don't know how love our love will last, but Day and I... we could possibly love each other longer than other couples, Papa... I'm happy with him... just open your heart and give Ai' Day and me a chance to prove it, Papa. Just let us be together ...huh," Itt said in a broken voice. Itt's mother looked at her child with pity.

"Maybe..." Itt's mother started to say to her husband, but the other party raised his hand to silence her.

"Take Itt upstairs to his room. I'm going to the shop," After he finished speaking, Itt's father immediately left the house to go to his shop, leaving Itt to sit and cry while watching his father leave the house. His tears continued to stream down his face, non-stop. He stood up and walked upstairs, feeling weak and exhausted.