Meanwhile, a big cinnamon was rolling on the floor right after he took a good shot of that breathtaking moment. He gripped his cellphone and was desperately trying to suppress his desire to laugh out loud so as not to disrupt the current live fairytale in the kitchen.
He couldn't imagine the level of shock Sei was suffering at the moment. It was because, even he, who was just quietly watching, already suffered a hundred volts of shock because of that manly kiss.
My god Davi, your highness! What the hell are you trying to do?!
Zaki was too amused. He didn't expect Davi to suddenly turn herself into a gentle prince.
As Davi was about to take her seat again, a loud sound of shattering glass broke the stalemate of deep silence.
Davi and Sei instantly turned their head towards the corner where the sound came from and a pale young man could be seen standing near the window with the gray curtains dancing behind him.
The sight of him, looking like a beautiful, ethereal boy who just rose from the dead, instantly transformed the manly prince, who was courting a princess a moment ago, into something completely different.
"Ahhh!!! G-ghost!!" Davi screamed the moment she saw him. She turned her head away instantly as she froze, thinking she just saw a ghost. It was because she was sure no one was there before. She was sure that she and Sei were the only people in the kitchen the whole time. She didn't see anyone come in, and Mr. Chen was only peeking by the door until now.
Davi's extreme fear made her entire body shiver, as though she just fell in the frozen waters of Antarctica.
Her wide eyes fell on the masked man right across the long table. Then she fell on her knees and crawled under the table, straight towards Sei.
The moment she reached him, Davi clung into Sei's thigh right away causing Sei to frown behind his mask. Feeling her trembling body, Sei felt a sudden urge to kill the people that did this to her.
But looking at the shivering girl tightly hugging his thigh like a scared little bunny, Sei could only put his big hand on her head to try and ease her excessive fear.
"It's not a ghost, it's Yijin." He said, as he kept caressing her hair. "Look."
Upon hearing Sei's words, Davi forced herself to come back to her senses. She knew that her reactions were somehow stupid and exaggerated, but she couldn't help it. Her body reacted even faster than her brain when it came to ghosts.
After a while, she raised her head without letting go of Sei's thigh and she slowly took a peek above the table.
A pretty, young boy with a really apologetic face appeared before her eyes. He was indeed the ghost she just saw. But he was no ghost, just a pretty, young boy. He was the boy holding a bunch of red roses whom she met the first day she arrived in this house. His name was YiJin.
The young man walked towards her right away and bowed multiple times.
"I... I... I'm very sorry young miss. I didn't mean to scare you, I'm truly sorry."
He apologized over and over again making Davi feel a bit guilty. She then forced herself to calm down and forget about her fear.
"N-no, it's alright. It's my fault, I get scared too easily. Haha." She was trying to laugh it off but she was still clinging to Sei's thigh. She was still a bit scared. She was still full of doubt even though she could clearly see that the young man in front of her was human, made of flesh. But she was sure that no one was there before and if he was not a ghost, how did he get in? It was impossible for anyone to come in without being seen because the only entrance was right in front of her! She didn't even feel his presence at all. She wanted to find a way to convince herself but...
"Want to make sure? Why don't you touch him?" Sei's voice abruptly made Davi lift her head and stare at the man whose thigh she was hugging. Her brows instantly furrowed as though she couldn't believe what he just said. She couldn't help but feel another shiver go down her spine. It was because the man appeared as though he could hear everything she didn't say out loud; as though he could read her mind and hear her inner thoughts.
"Ahh... You... please stop scaring me, too!!" she pleaded with teary eyes, instantly confusing Sei. Huh? When did I scare her?
"Haha. It's really fine young mi---," the disguised Zaki, who finally appeared to rescue the two hopeless beings beside her, couldn't continue his words. It was because the girl suddenly jumped at him as soon as she heard him and then hid behind him while tugging at his shirt tightly.
Zaki was stunned, but the first thing he did was look at the masked man in front of him.
Sei's aura instantly turned unbelievably dark as he stood up. His line of sight seemed to be locked onto the girl's hand on Zaki's hip.
"Pfft." Zaki couldn't help but cover his mouth. He was too amused by what was going on that he wanted to just laugh out loud. His face was unbelievably bright, as if he was watching a great comedy show.
Noticing Zaki's mischievously bright expression, Sei realized his own reaction and was a bit surprised. He suppressed his dark aura but he was still painfully distracted by the sight of her touching another man.
He again glared back at the man who was still smiling at him mischievously, obviously enjoying Sei's current troubled mood.
...
Seeing Sei about to snap, Zaki decided to stop teasing him.
Haha, dear self, let's back off in the mean time.
"Ahem, young miss, listen," Zaki started talking. "YiJin here isn't a ghost, okay? Does that cute little thing look like a ghost to you?" He continued while pointing at the apologetic looking boy.
He was right. Yijin was the kind of pretty boy any teenage girl would want to squeeze with hugs and kisses. But who said ghosts were all scary looking and disgusting? Beautiful ghosts also exist, right?
Not hiding her doubts anymore, Davi opened her mouth. "But how did he get in? I'm sure he wasn't there before and there's no way he could have come in without me noticing at all."
Her words made Zaki take a deep breath as he stared at the boy as though telling him 'this is all your fault, brat!'
"Ahh, so that's why, huh. Actually, this brat here is a rare species... I mean, have you heard about individuals who sometimes appear nonexistent or unnoticeable? Well, I don't really know if they really have that certain aura but... hmm, he just has a very weak presence that makes people easily overlook him as if he didn't exist at all. The truth is... Even I get startled by him from freaking time to time because I only notice him once he talks or makes an obvious move. It's actually his real nature. Does this make sense? I mean... are you convinced?"
Hearing his long explanation, Davi's excessive fear lessened by half. It was because she remembered that she once read an article about what they called 'grey man'[1]. She didn't know if the cases were similar but she felt as though Zaki's explanation made sense.
She then slowly raised her head and stared at the young man.
"Please, let me apologize in advance," she said as she slowly reached out her hand. The next second, her finger started poking the boy's cheek, carefully and gently, in a stance that was ready to run away. However, by the time she started pinching him, Davi was finally convinced. "Ohh. You really are human. Forgive me for misunderstanding you."
The young man on the other hand, instantly turned red because Davi started pinching both of his cheeks as if she thought of this as a really cute and embarrassing punishment for him scaring her like that.
A scene that instantly made the quiet ice man become even more frosty.
"And boss here... how should I put this. You know he always has that scary aura right? So you don't need to be scared of him." Zaki abruptly talked to get Davi's attention. It was because, the masked man's aura was turning even darker as he kept staring at his wife touching another man.
Thankfully, Davi turned her head. She stared at the masked man, fidgeting.
"It's not that," she said, causing Zaki's brows to knit together as he looked at Sei.
"Eh? Young master, what did you do?" he asked, but the masked man just replied in his usual unmotivated voice. "I didn't do anything."
Hearing his answer, Zaki turned his head back towards Davi.
"Wait, don't tell me it's because of what he said?" he asked and he couldn't help but scratch his head when Davi nodded.
"Did you think he can read your mind? Or hear your thoughts?" he asked again, and again, she nodded.
"Haha, I think you should explain yourself to her." Zaki laughed as he turned towards Sei.
But Sei stayed silent and his silence strangely made Davi feel guilty all of a sudden. She didn't know why but she suddenly felt sad the moment she realized that she actually thought he was ghost. Deep within her, she didn't want to be scared of him at all and she felt sorry that she ever thought this and even treated him like a ghost.
Thinking about that, she stepped closer to him, still fidgeting.
"I'm... I'm sorry, I think I just got carried away because of my excessive fear. I think I'm... I'm just overthinking things way too much." She said apologetically.
Hearing her sudden apology, Sei's coldness abruptly disappeared.
"No, it's fine. I'm fully aware you are so scared of ghosts. Don't sweat it." He said and patted her head before nonchalantly walking away, as if nothing happened.
...
In the master's bedroom.
Davi was already asleep the moment Sei entered the bedroom. He stood beside the bed and watched his sleeping wife's peaceful face for a long time.
Minutes went by and Sei finally lay down on the bed. As soon as he was about to close his eyes, he felt her warm arm tightly hugging him.
"I'm sorry," she said. Sei was instantly surprised. Was she still awake? What was she saying sorry for?
Sei was about to respond but he stopped right away the moment he heard her weak and cute snore.
Sleep talking?
Sei's carefully put his hand on her head and started caressing her hair as gently as ever.
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