Fate

Chapter 23

"What happened to your father then?" Leo asked. Hakyeon was sitting on a table alone so nobody was going to disturb or pay him any mind , or so they had thought.

"Well...dead. On the same night..murdered... like your father."

Leo couldn't control the frown between his eyebrows.

"I don't understand, how did you survive?" He asked, without any effort of trying to hide the idea that the thought itself was seeming rather suspicious to him.

Hakyeon gulped down a glass of water,

"I wasn't at home..."

"But... it's surprising how the killer didn't went after you later..."

Hakyeon fidgeted a little, Leo didn't notice. Then Hakyeon was again munching down on his food.

"I saw the killer you know... I didn't see his face, because it was dark, but I saw him!"

"Hmm... I heard it before. Well, he didn't go after you either,"

"well, he killed my parents as well, so maybe that's why we ended up together." Leo said, pensively. His conclusion moderately made Hakyeon a bit jittery, he didn't know how to react to that accusation.

"Your father only..... He didn't do anything to your mother..." Hakyeon casually corrected Leo.

"Well, your parents-"

"Don't...just don't mind my parents." Hakyeon put down the chopsticks. He didn't know how long he could actually handle this type of questions anymore. But he was curious about something, and he hoped Leo would reply to him.

"Last time you said your mother made you promise to something stupid..." Hakyeon spurted out the question for him. He didn't want to talk about this matter ever again after today. So let all the questions that he had for Leo to be cleared today.

"hmm..."

"What was it?" Hakyeon's voice was leveled, but yet it seemed somewhat strong. There was a sharpness hidden in his tone.

"It's too stupid."

"I still wanna know.."

Leo realized Hakyeon haven't quite matched his gaze with him while he talked about these matters. It affronted him for some reason, so he curtly replied,

"Don't want to."

Hakyeon baffled by the sudden change of flow in Leo's tone turned to him. He didn't say anything just blinked several times, maybe to surf for words inside of his brain.

"Well... I answered you so you should-"

"I don't think there was any rules like that."
"That's not how you play the game Leo.."

Leo scowled at Hakyeon. Hakyeon's face really gave away a desperation for knowing the reason, something that bemused Leo. A smirk ever so slightly appeared on his lips.

"Who said we were playing any game here?"

Hakyeon's mouth clamped shut. He again blankly stared at the ghost a few times. He was feeling a range of emotions, that mostly conveyed confusion and regret.

Sneaky ghost!

Hakyeon squinted at Leo before turning his head around.

"Fine... lets stop playing the games, then" he stood up from his seat, rather elegantly. Even the way he took his first step seemed elegant. Leo followed his steps half challenging and half dazedly.