Chapter 181
Title: Mr Normal in disguise
Hinari still continued to observe the man despite the situation they're into. And that moment, as she stared at every nook of the man's face, she can't help but just admire just how beautifully created this man was.
His eyes were cold but his lashes were damn long and beautiful that she wanted to just pull one of them just to make sure it wasn't fake, even though she knew it's obviously not. And again, just as she thought, his eyes were exactly identical to that normal looking guy's eyes.
At first, Hinari was already surprised on how this handsome guy's voice and that normal looking guy's were almost the same even though they were speaking different language. But thinking it might only be coincidence, she ignored it.
However, her confusion skyrocketed the moment she kissed him. Strangely, the feeling she had when she kissed both of them were exactly the same that she couldn't find any differences at all. And now even their eyes were so identical that she almost couldn't believe her eyes.
The only thing that was making every bit of her observation seemed senseless was when she compared their statuses and their faces.
And if she has to rate both of them in terms of looks, Mr. Normal would only get two stars and Mr. handsome would get a sparkling perfect score of ten.
The similarities and differences were just way too close and at the same time way too far that it just seemed as though, it doesn't even makes sense.
However, that moment, Hinari couldn't just settle down her curiosity.
Thus, for the last time, she decided to wait on what will Mr. Handsome do to her next. And as she waited, she then made a bet within herself.
If this man won't even go as far as kissing or touching me just like what that Mr. Normal did last time I saw him, then...
"Just as I thought, you can't possibly have the gut to do it, right?" she then said with a taunting smile carved on her face. Causing the man to finally snapped and he began to move his face towards her.
However, just as their lips about to collide, the man paused. Causing Hinari to just smile again when suddenly, her smile immediately faded the moment the man flicked her forehead.
Hinari's brows instantly knitted on what he just did but before she could complain about it, the man beat her from talking first.
"Let me ask you one thing... why did you not wear your usual seductive make over today?" he asked, causing the girl's brows to knit harder due to his out of the blue question.
"What the---"
"Listen, did anybody ever tell you that when you don't put that bloody red lipstick of yours... you just turned out looking like an underage little girl?"
"H-huh?"
"Sorry my dear, I'm not into underage little girls... my sense of justice couldn't handle it.
Grow up a little bit more before you come ask me again to do it with you. Okay?" he calmly said and he even messed her hair like she was some little kid before he got off her. Leaving the girl speechless and stunned with disbelief.
The man then nonchalantly sat properly on the couch and was about to speak to tell her to stop playing around and behave when suddenly, the girl rose and leaped towards him. And the next second, her hands landed on his cheeks and he began to pinch him hard as though she was just trying to skin him.
"What are you doi---"
"You... tell me the truth, you're actually Mr. Normal in disguise right?
No wonder your face is too handsome, it's actually a disguise, huh. Let me peel off your disguise you damn despicable man." She said as she kept on pulling the skin of his face while scrutinizing every nook of his face and neck to find any trace of disguise.
This damn little pervert... She actually said I'm mister normal in disguise?
Can't she just accept that I'm handsome? How could she even concluded that my unattractive mask is the real one and my handsome face is the one that is fake?!
Chapter 182
Title: Stay free as you can
By the time Hinari realized that the man wasn't wearing any disguise, she looked at him with extremely confused gaze.
What's going on? He's not wearing any mask? But...
Looking at her extremely puzzled face, Zaki could only sigh before he messed her hair again.
"Little girl, stop playing around now---"
"But, how did you know I'm always wearing red lipstick?"
"Who do you think am I? Grandpa talked about you once so of course, I searched a bit to see what kind of girl you are." He said, causing the girl's eyes to narrow as soon as she heard him.
Seeing her reaction, Zaki spoke again. "Now tell me little pervert... tell me the real reason why you're against the marriage and I'll gladly consider your request."
"I already told you right? My heart already belongs to someone." She replied, causing Zaki to stood and he was about to leave when the girl grabbed his hand again.
"Okay, I'll say it. I'll say it. But you have to promise me first." She added with firm and serious voice.
That moment, as he looked at the absence of the usual mischievous expression in her face, Zaki somehow could tell she's finally getting serious.
"Okay, you have my word." He then said and the girl let go of his hand as she leaned back on the couch.
"I don't want to get bound with anything else. I just wanted to live my life freely." She said and as he heard her brief but firm and straightforward answer Zaki didn't know but he could only do nothing but smile upon hearing her.
The sudden strange intensity and determination in her eyes made him somehow heaved a long sigh of relief. So you just wanted to be free, huh... not bad miss pervert, you really are something...
"Okay, I get it. Rest assured I won't go against the engagement until you say so." He then said with serious tone that made the girl just looked at him speechless. "You don't have to worry. Just live your life the way you wanted." he continued and he just gently ruffled her hair again as he smiled before he suddenly turned his back and started walking away. Causing the girl to just blinked as he watched him leaving.
'What a coincidence miss pervert, I think we really are the perfect opposite of each other. I am already bound so you should just stay free as you are... don't worry, I'll make sure you could fly freely however you want...' Zaki whispered to himself as he continued smiling.
That moment, Zaki somehow felt relieved, at the same time, strangely pleased. It was because, he knew from the beginning that sooner or later, his adoptive parent will start nagging him about this since they can never do it with Sei. So now that it actually happened much sooner and bolder as he thought, he felt a bit troubled on how he could decline their wishes and how to deal with the girl if she ended up being a stage five clingy and troublesome.
Well, to Zaki, as long as Sei was still in danger, he could never afford to get distracted by anything else. That was why, somehow, he was glad that his fiance was an interesting girl who was not a robot who's just obeying orders. He felt relieved that he does not need to do anymore troublesome matters. Somehow, he was glad that his fiancée ended up being her.
...
The moment Zaki stepped out of the living room, huge invisible sweat drops just appeared on his forehead. It was because he could now feel the extremely cold aura filled with impatience coming from the man standing like a statue near the entrance.
Er... this guy, I only made you wait for just some few minutes okay? Sigh...
"Did---" Zaki was about to ask him if he already said goodbye to their parent when suddenly, the man just started striding towards the entrance like a little kid who couldn't just wait any longer. Causing Zaki to just shrugged his shoulder before he hastily caught up with him, until they finally entered a car and left the old castle.
And while the car was speeding towards the airport, Zaki called his grandfather to tell him they already left. And after a handful of scolding, the call finally ended.
"Sigh... Sei, can I beg you to just go and quickly make a baby with your wife? If you won't they'll just keep doing anything to create some trouble for me, do you get my situation?" Zaki said but the man just remained quiet for a long while before he finally talked.
"Why? Didn't you solve it already?" he blankly said causing Zaki to just sigh again.
"Well, I'm just lucky this time I guess. It's because all she wanted was freedom that this turned out quite well."
"Good for you."
"Oi... I don't need such words from you. All I want to hear from you are the words like 'my wife is pergnant' did you hear me?!"
"..."
Chapter 183
Title: The only that pretty before my eyes
Country J, Blue City...
Zaki was a bit troubled the moment they arrived at the country. Well, it was because he actually failed to delay their arrival due to Sei's extreme impatience. He was way too excited to finally reached home that nothing could even distract him anymore.
Ahh... what should I do? What should I do with this human being? Brain... think about something before it's too late... think, damn it...
Forcing himself to think about something useful, Zaki bumped his forehead on the car's window as he stared outside. Well, Zaki was actually asked by Davi to make sure that they should arrive at the Gray mansion only after dusk, for the sake of her surprise plan.
So Zaki of course promised her to leave it to him. Not knowing that Sei's impatience was strong enough that nothing could even make him delay anymore. And in the end, everything that Zaki did was completely futile and worse was that the sun was still shining proudly above.
Oh, sun... can't you just quickly die just for today? Let the night come quick...
As the car kept moving closer towards their destination, Zaki could only cry without tears the moment he looked at his wrist watch. Well, they're actually about two hours earlier than planned.
Young miss... I'm sorry. This partner-in-crime of yours is truly useless today. It's impossible for me to handle your husband at this state of his, I can't even make him delay a single minute, he's j...
Just as Zaki started chanting his apologies within him, a certain life saver idea appeared before his eyes. His eyes turned wide the moment he saw a gift shop along the road, thus, without wasting anymore time, he turned towards the quiet man who never even said a single word yet since they left Country H.
"Hey Sei. Won't you even buy some gift or a souvenir for your wife? Your wife must've been expecting you to at least give her something when you come back you know?" Zaki then said confidently when as expected, Sei finally turned his face towards him while his brows were a bit knitted.
"Well, it's not like I'm forcing you though. I'm just worried that she might think you don't even care about it. And maybe, she might even feel sad because she'll probably think that it's because she's not someone special to receive a gift from yo-" he continued but before he could even finish his statement, the quiet Sei suddenly burst.
"That's not true!" he said with a firm and a bit louder voice. Causing Zaki to fell speechless for a while before a victorious smile briefly flashed across his face.
"Yean, I know, I know... that's why I'm telling you this. You should at least give her something so that she won't think like that. You understand?"
...
Inside a certain luxurious gift shop, Zaki was smiling blissfully as he followed the disguised Sei from behind. Well, to delay more time, Zaki also managed to make him agree to put his Sei-er's mask.
'Wow, in a blink of an eye were already here delaying time... haha... I'm such a genius to come up with this idea, you better prepare a banquet for me as a reward young miss...' he mumbled happily within him while Sei was starting to burst out of impatience again.
It was because, well, of course, he's having a hard time since this is literally the first time he's buying gift for someone himself. Every time they send gifts to their family, it was all Zaki who was doing it since Sei just doesn't care about all those simple things at all.
"Zaki... tell me, what should I give her?" Sei then asked with a restless expression carved on his usual blank face, as he kept turning his head from left to right and back again like a lost puppy who just doesn't have any idea whether he must step towards the left or the right side or towards the middle or just go back and leave.
That moment, looking at him like that could only made Zaki sigh as he moved closer towards him. Well, he knew that this was the first time this creature actually went to shop himself, so he couldn't do a thing about it.
"Well, just chose something you know she'll like." He then said and upon his signal, ladies in uniform approached Sei one after another. Showing him expensive jewelries, dresses, bags, shoes and everything that was considered precious to every woman's eyes.
However, time passed and Sei just listened to all the sweet business talks of the ladies. His eyes were glued on each item they kept showing without even glancing at the ladies' faces. Until finally, the sixteenth item came and Zaki finally interjected because Sei never even uttered a single word yet.
"Hey. Just chose one of those. Simply chose what appeared to be the prettiest before your eyes." Zaki whispered when Sei just looked at him blankly for a while before he opened his mouth.
"The prettiest before my eyes?" he repeated and when Zaki nodded like a rattle, for some reason, Sei's brows knitted before he continued talking.
"But the only one that's pretty before my eyes is my wife." He calmly said with such an amazingly sincere tone. Causing Zaki and all the ladies around to froze and fell speechless as all eyes fell on him.
Chapter 184
Title: Wedding rings
Time at the gift shop that very moment appeared as though it stood still for a while as everyone fell silent, upon hearing the words that left Sei's mouth.
Thankfully, Zaki immediately manage to break the silence with his seemingly timely coughs. Causing everyone to finally snapped as they began to look at Sei with eyes filled with different emotions like wonder, admiration and disbelief before they began to whisper to each other.
"Oh my gosh! That man is too sweet it's killing me. How could he said those words so freely like that?"
"Right, right. And look at that figure of him... ahh, too bad he's married."
"Married? I don't think so."
"No, he just said the words 'my wife' just now."
"But look at his finger, there's no wedding ring or anything."
"Maybe he just forgot to wear it at some point. And besides, even if he's not married don't even think about it, look at him, even though he's such an eye candy, his aura is just too intimidating that we can't even stare at him for long."
"Yeah, that's right. Just by looking at him just now, I suddenly felt like we instantly turned into servants from the ancient world while he is the young emperor passing by and that we needed to bow our heads to his presence. ahh... so cool."
Due to Sei's sharp senses, he of course heard the people's whispers but as usual, to him, they're just the same as the noise of falling rain, something completely unnecessary and meaningless.
However, strangely, a certain statement caught his attention, causing him to quietly and slowly raised his hand as those words echoed inside his brain like a broken tape.
'Married? I don't think so... look at his finger, there no wedding ring... no wedding ring... no wedding ring... no wedding ring...'
That moment, Sei's eyes just remained glued unto his fingers for a long while before he finally raised his head again and turned towards Zaki.
"Zaki... now that I think about it, why my wife and I don't have wedding rings?" he suddenly asked with his usual composed expression, causing Zaki to reflexively glanced at everyone who just started whispering again because of what Sei said.
"Oi, did you forget that were in a public place?" Zaki whispered as he sidled towards him. But Sei just frowned as he looked at him.
"So what?" Sei replied blankly so Zaki sidled towards him again.
"Er... well, look, they're all now saying nonsense about you." Zaki said when Sei just deepened his frown again.
"When did other people's words matters to me? You, stop whispering and just answer me." Sei then said with serious voice, causing Zaki to have series of sweat drops on his forehead again before he just scolded himself for forgetting just what kind of person Sei is.
He even remembered that time back when they were young when Zaki asked Sei why he seemed to just doesn't care about almost everything, and Sei just looked at him with blank face saying the words 'I don't know, I didn't teach myself to become like this or anything, I simply just don't care'.
Sigh... don't blame me, you're quite evolving lately so I almost forgot! But well, it seems like his evolution is all for his wife alone... he's still the same wooden statue towards everyone else...
"Oi, do you really want me to say it out loud here?" Zaki then asked, this time, he's not whispering anymore, so everyone around them focused their eyes and ears towards the two strange men as they waited for what they'll say next with great anticipation.
"Don't make repeat myself."
"Sigh... fine... you don't have a wedding ring because you didn't care about it at all that time and I'd like to remind you that you didn't even appear on your very own wedding day. All you did was sign the marriage certificate, remember?" Zaki then replied and as expected, everyone gasped wildly before they turned into noisy bees.
That moment, however, Sei felt like he was suddenly struck with a deadly countless lightning and huge waves upon hearing what Zaki said.
"I... it's my fault?" he uttered softly as he lowered his head again and stared at his fingers for another long while before he clenched his fist tight and the next second, he began to blaze with rage. Well, it's a rage pointed towards himself, but enough to drive away all the gossiping bees around to immediately ran away.
"Well, what happened that time was inevitable. You both were strangers that time so..." Zaki said trying to console him but before he could finish his statement, Sei cut through him.
"Zaki... tell me. What should I do to make up with my mistake?" Sei asked with his child-like sincere and seemingly devoid with any impurities way of talking. Causing Zaki to fell speechless that he couldn't answer him immediately.
"I want a wedding ring for me and my wife." Sei continued as he stared back to his finger again when finally, the most awaited mischievous smile carved on Zaki's face before he went and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Easy Sei... just redo the wedding again."
Chapter 185
Title: Louder than words
The moment Sei heard Zaki's idea, his face amazingly turned radiant as though heaven just opened to redeem him from the pit he created himself. Knowing that there's still a way for him to make up with his mistake put some glimmering hopefulness in his eyes.
However, just as he began to put his wife into consideration first before he takes any step forward, somehow, the radiance in his face slowly dissipated. He then remained silence for a long while before he finally talked again.
"But what if she doesn't like the idea of redoing the wedding?" he asked with a worried look in his eyes. Causing Zaki to put his hand into his chin as he pretended to think.
"Hmm... now that you mention it. The possibility of her not liking it isn't zero." He replied and as expected, Sei's expression turned worse. He suddenly looked as though, he wanted to kill someone, of he himself, for being too cold and inconsiderate towards her back then. He even started recalling the first time they met, his cold gazes towards her, his cold actions, and the cold words he told her including the contract he heartlessly made for her to follow.
That moment, thinking about those made Sei felt like his heart was being squeezed intensely. His chest was heavy and he thought that if there's a way to go back in time, no matter how hellish it is, he would have go through it without question. However, he knew he couldn't do a thing about it anymore but clench his fist tight and get angry towards his past self.
Thus, the next second, Sei looked at Zaki with a faint feeling of helplessness as he talked.
"What should I do?" he asked and his sudden seemingly helpless look, almost choked Zaki to death. Well, since that night of their escape, it's the first time Zaki witnessed this Mr. I don't care who never even uttered the word 'help' to anyone else looks helpless, even though it's just a bit.
Cough, cough... Holy cow Sei... you didn't even look like this even when you're in those life or death situations yet now you're actually like this just because your wife might not like the idea of re-wedding? Sigh...
"Well..." Zaki started even though he was still in the process of brainstorming what he'll tell him next. Thankfully, maybe because he's used to it, Zaki somehow managed to think about something in the nick of time.
"Anyway Sei, tell me first, since you already know you're in love with her, have you confessed to her?" he continued when Sei just fell completely quiet while he looked at him with extremely clueless gaze.
"Is that needed?" Sei replied, causing Zaki's veins to immediately popped.
"Oi... sigh... how could I even begin to coach you when you're like this?" Zaki said and this time, he's the one turning helpless.
"But action speaks louder than words. She will know through my actions that I'm in love her." Sei said with such honest voice again, causing to just face palmed himself before he finally burst.
"I know you're still a baby when it comes to romance, and what you said is somehow true but listen to me, there are things people couldn't understand unless they were put into words. You get it? If you won't say it, it might only create misunderstanding. She might end misunderstanding your actions.
You never know, what if she thinks that you're just being nice to her because she's currently your so called wife? What if she thinks that you're just pleasing her so that she'll stay and bear your child?"
"That's..."
"And besides, let me ask you... can you tell through her actions alone what she felt for you? You might think she obviously likes you, but are you sure she loves you when she didn't even tell you the words 'I love you'?" Zaki said and Sei froze.
Chapter 186
Title: A certain strong enemy
Looking at him, Zaki could only sigh again before he continued talking.
"Okay, forget about the wedding for the mean time. You should think about confessing first. You get it?" Zaki said and like a wronged little kid, Sei just nodded silently.
"Now let's go back to your present. Choose one so we can go now. Just think about what she likes and buy it." Zaki again continued like a strict coach. Well, he's enjoying the current rare situation where he could actually order Sei his boss on what he should do.
"What she likes?" Sei then repeated and his brain started scanning memories that might show what she likes. And the next second, flowers, movies, cookies, the moon, bunny mask, the sun, cat sticker and apples appeared inside his brain one after another.
Well, whenever he saw those, he will always think about her, that's why lately, those things that used to be nonexistent and unnecessary all became really precious things in his eyes.
Thus, that moment, as he thinks about those, Sei turned around and scanned the gift shop once more before he finally talked.
"I think what she likes aren't here." He said and he started walking to leave when suddenly, he halted just in front of the entrance because something just caught his attention. He stared at the big fluffy white teddy bear displayed in the corner and his face went displeased and cold as though he was looking at a certain strong enemy.
Well, ever since his wife told him that a certain teddy bear always became his substitute when he's not around, Sei somehow developed a really unpleasant feeling towards teddy bears to the point that he just wanted to annihilate all the existing teddy bears in the planet.
However, of course, at the same time, he always remembered that time when his wife was hugging the bear so happily that he couldn't help but force himself to calm down, causing him to just tolerate the teddy bears, chanting the words 'forget it, wife likes them so just let them go'.
Sei then sighed quietly before he turned back and continued moving towards the entrance again when suddenly he halted once more.
It was because all of the sudden, his wife's radiant smiling face as she hugged the little teddy bear kept appearing in his head. And he didn't know why but he suddenly felt hesitant that before he knew it, he was already staring coldly at the bear again.
Until eventually, he gave in and finally walked towards the fluffy white thing. He stretched out his hand and picked the teddy bear up. He stared at its face before he sighed.
'Right... I shouldn't hate the things my wife likes. What she likes, I should also like...' He uttered within him before he finally gave the bear to the grinning Zaki behind him.
"Ohh... somehow, at least, you know how to make your wife happy. You're finally improving, Sei." Zaki said as he continued smiling mischievously. Until finally, they left the gift shop and it's already dusk.
"Hey, are you sure you don't want to be the one holding this?" Zaki said while they were heading towards the car. And when Sei just ignored him, he smiled mischievously again as he continued talking.
"Well, your wife will surely cuddle with this thing once she saw this... so if I'll be the one two hold this then, won't my scent be transferred to this bear? She might end up thinking that this smells like me and not you---" Zaki didn't even finish his statement yet when as expected Sei snatched the teddy bear from him, causing Zaki to just laugh out loud.
"Don't put it down the seat Sei, it'll end up smelling like car. I suggest you cuddle with it so that it'll smell like you, and of course, she'll always think of you whenever she cuddles with it." Zaki continued the moment Sei was about to put the bear beside him. Of course what the mischievous Zaki said, made Sei's brows knitted but well, he thought that Zaki's logic isn't wrong so he quietly put the bear in his lap as he wrapped his arm around it so normally.
Not knowing that the man beside him was trembling as he tried suppressing his laughter while looking at the unbelievable picture of a cold looking man with a big white fluffy teddy bear on his lap.
Chapter 187
Title: Language of flowers
Gray Mansion...
Time passed and the two finally arrived. And excited as he is, Sei immediately stepped out of the car without delay. Well, he just couldn't wait anymore. To him, the long three weeks he hadn't seen her at all was torture.
That moment, he just couldn't wait a single second anymore that he even forgot about the existence of a big teddy bear in his hand.
However, as soon as he moved towards the entrance, his brows slowly knitted as he looked at the dimly lit house. Few lights were opened and lights in the living room were obviously turned off.
Sei was used seeing this house being brightly lit ever since his wife lived in it. That was why, with a single glance, it made him immediately felt like there's something off. Causing him to just walks even faster with a huge white fluffy teddy bear in his hand.
The next second, Sei was about to reach the entrance when Zaki who was about to follow the man excitedly halted because someone suddenly grabbed him from the back to stop him.
Zaki then turned and glared at the man stopping him.
"What's this Kaide, you really dared stopping me huh." Zaki said with dangerous eyes. Causing Kaide to just shudder in fear as he forced a laugh.
"Haha... Please, third boss... don't make this hard for me." Kaide said when Zaki immediately frowned.
"Third boss? You even dared demoting my rank one step lower? You sure have guts Kaide..." Zaki said and this time, he smiled evilly, causing Kaide to subconsciously step back. Well, Kaide was among the few who knew just what kind of a terrifying beast Zaki was that one dangerous look from him could already make him feel so weak.
"Er... But Sei is the first boss and now the miss is my current boss, so she should be my second boss, right?" Kaide said hesitantly, trying his best to reason out. And thankfully, upon hearing Kaide's words, Zaki's terrifying aura disappeared in a blink of an eye before he just laughed like nothing happened at all.
"Ohh... I see... so the miss is now the new second boss, huh... well, that actually makes sense." Zaki then said as he nodded agreeably, causing Kaide to finally heaved a sigh of relief before he spoke again.
"So, second boss told me not to let you in. She said Sei is the only one allowed to enter the house." He said and Zaki fell silent for a while before he raised his hand towards his own nape as he spoke.
"Okay, okay, I get it... I'm now just the third boss so I better obey." He said as though he finally gave in before he lazily returned inside the car. However, of course, for the sake of his gossiping stomach, he was smiling mischievously again as though he was already planning a certain secret operation.
Meanwhile, Sei who was about to enter the living room suddenly halted. His gaze fell on the floor and he saw a certain thing just in front of his feet.
He stared at it for a while before he finally bent his body and picked it. And the moment he realized what it was, strangely, Sei's heart began to flutter wildly that he just stood there staring at the thing he picked with wide eyes.
Rosebud moss...?
Ever since the day Davi started sending him flowers, to understand what she was trying to convey, Sei immediately read some information about so called flower languages and stock everything he learned about them in his head. That was why at this moment, as his gaze was locked unto the rosebud moss in his hand, Sei couldn't even begin to understand what he was feeling anymore.
He was so surprised and stunned to the core that his mind seemed to be struck by some powerful unknown thing, tranquilizing his brain cells one after another. Causing him to feel like his brain was just immobilized by an ever so powerful hacker called rosebud moss. And the only thing that was appearing on the screen of his brain was the meaning of the hacker's name...
Confession of love.
Chapter 188
Title: White lily
As Sei slowly recovered from the great shock, he began to feel like the dim lighted living room just started to sparkle, as though he was suddenly teleported to a heaven like place. His heart was still beating wildly and his desire to see her, embrace her and kiss her just catapulted to its very peak, forcing his frozen feet to just continue moving forward so that he can finally reach his wife.
The man with a big white teddy bear in his left hand and rosebud moss in his right hand then quietly but hastily walked on a path surrounded by little candles heading towards the courtyard. Impatience and desire was obviously being shown in his every action and expression, however, for the second time, something made him halt again.
Sei's gaze fell on the floor and when he saw another flower lying in it, he froze once again. For more than three seconds, the man just stood there like a hardened statue before he could finally manage to bend his body and pick the flower.
This time, it was a red camellia. A flower that expressing the words 'you're a flame in my heart'.
That moment, as Sei stared at the flower, Davi's face just appeared in his head saying the flower's meaning with her sweet and heartwarming voice. Causing of course, another chaos inside Sei's heart as his ears began to turn red.
Due to that, the man then took another long while to recover from his wife's heart stopping attack before he could move his feet again. But then, again, the moment he finally continued walking towards the path, for the third time around, like police putting a checkpoint and blocking his way, he was stopped. His gaze then fell on the floor. Another flower was left before him and the moment he saw it, he couldn't even freeze anymore.
His eyes just glimmered with an inexplicable emotion before he slowly bent his body and gently picked the delicate looking white lily before he just stared at it again for a long while. And again, as if his wife was right in front of him, her voice sweetly saying the meaning of the flower echoed inside his head.
'It is heavenly to be with you...'
That moment, a rare smile subconsciously carved on Sei's face as his gaze remained locked on the white lily in his hand.
"Davi... I should be the one telling you that." He whispered and he started feeling surges of intense emotions inside him. It was because that same moment, Sei couldn't help but began to remember just how much his life has changed ever since he met her. Before he knew it, his past self who couldn't even care about anything, his past self who couldn't even desire anything, and his past self who couldn't even feel anything was long gone. He remembered how she slowly introduced him new feelings he didn't know that actually exist.
He remembered how things that he used not to even take a glance at slowly became precious to him. Just like the flower in his hand. Before he met her, to him, flowers are nothing but meaningless living things that was meant to just bloom before they simply whither and die. But now, before he even realized it, even when he was just passing by along the road, flowers were now catching his attention and as he looked at them, he just couldn't help but felt glad that those fragile short lived things at least exist in this harsh, cruel world.
And he knew that everything started changing because his dearest wife came to his life. To him, Davi was the angel who lifted him up from hell and made him know and see for himself that heaven does exist. She was the one who touched his soul and made him feel that he's alive again. She was his salvation, the one who made him human again. The one who opened his eyes. The one who filled the void and emptyness within him. The one who melted his once frozen heart.
Chapter 189
Title: Just pour everything out
Moments went by before Sei continued walking forward, he finally could see the end of the path. He could see lights coming from the courtyard and his heart started beating even more wildly because of the thought that any second now, he could finally see his wife.
However, for the fourth time, he stopped once again. It was because at the end of the path, another flower was waiting for him. This time, it was no longer a police checkpoint, it was a lethal ambush. Sei, who almost couldn't contain the swirls of emotions within him just stood there looking at the flower on the floor. He pressed his lips and his grip towards the teddy bear in his other hand tightened.
It was the first time he ever felt these intense emotions that he couldn't even begin to describe what he was feeling at the moment anymore. He just felt as though, any more than this and his heart will burst.
Thus, the man spent a long while of staring, before he then bent his body and picked the flower called Lily of the valley. He stared at it and once again, his dear wife's voice echoed in his head, stating the meaning of the flower in his hand.
'You've made my life complete...'
That moment, realizing that the words he wanted to tell her was already being told by her instead, a mysterious idea glimmered across Sei's eyes. And the next second, he suddenly lifted his phone and sent a quick message.
Meanwhile, a girl in white dress who almost looks exactly like an angelic character from a certain beautifully drawn Chinese comic was waiting in the romantically designed gazebo. Her long midnight black hair styled into a lovely loose side braid made her looked even more breathtaking.
However, the girl obviously looked so nervous as she waits. It was because she already received a message from Kaide minutes ago that Sei already entered the house.
And yet, for strangely enough, the man seemed to taking a bit too long than she expected. And the longer she waits, the more nervous she becomes.
Davi bit her lip as she stood. Well, she didn't expect that confessing was actually much harder than she imagined. She didn't know that she would be this nervous that her heart has been beating oh so loudly since she was told that Sei has arrived. To her, she felt as though confessing was yet the most challenging of all the things she has done before in the name of romance.
And as she thinks about it, she thought that the reason why she was being so nervous was not because this is the first time she will be doing this kind of thing. She thought that she's being too nervous because deep within her, she couldn't help but felt scared. She was scared about what will happen the moment she confesses her love to him. She was scared that after her confession, her adorable Sei might change. She was scared for the possibility that he might reject her.
For the whole three weeks that Davi didn't see him, she realized a lot of things. She realized just how much Sei means to her. Those days he's not with her, Davi realized just how incomplete her everyday turned into when he's not there. She missed him a lot, she just wanted to see him so bad and just keep him in her arms forever.
That was why she decided to confess. She wanted to tell him that she loves him even if she was unsure about his reaction. And even though she knew very well just what kind of situation they're into, she still wanted to tell him everything that she felt, she wanted him to see through her deepest soul. She wanted to just pour everything out and see what will happen next. She wanted to expose herself and reveal her truth to him, wishing that he too could open up with her even for a bit.
Chapter 190
Title: I love you
By the time Sei was about to step into the courtyard, he halted and he lifted the bear in his hand. Considering the current situation, and the fragile flowers in his hand, Sei decided to leave the bear for the mean time.
He then moved and put the fluffy white bear on a small table near the courtyard's entrance before he finally stepped out.
Small candles were still scattered on the ground forming another path towards the gazebo in the middle of the courtyard. And as Sei looked at the place, he couldn't help but felt quite amazed. The place which was just used to be his training ground suddenly turned into something completely different. Knowing that these was a result of his wife's hard work, Sei wanted to engraved the picture of the whole place in his mind. It was because he knew that after this, this part of the house will become a very special place.
However, as impatient as he is, he couldn't bear to delay another second anymore looking at the place. Thus, he continued walking hastily and the moment he finally saw his wife's silhouette standing quietly waiting for him just in front of the gazebo, Sei halted in place.
He is still ten steps away from her, but Sei's eyes slowly widened when he saw her. No word came out of his mouth, he was rendered speechless by the angel in front of him. Her white dress, her loose braided hair, her radiant comforting smile, her mesmerizing eyes, her nose, her lips. That very moment, Sei felt like time just froze and everything around him disappeared.
As though, he suddenly lost his ability to see everything in this world except his wife.
Sei felt like looking at her standing motionlessly as she just gazes back at him was enough to take his breath away. Making him subconsciously move his feet and slowly walked closer to her without averting his gaze.
The girl on the other hand didn't move at all. She just stood there quietly waiting for him, counting every steps that he was taking as he moves closer. Suppressing her desire to just jump on him and hug him tight.
Time that moment just seemed to slowed down making everything felt like a movie in slow motion. Their eyes that were locked into each other's were filled with intense emotions. Emotions that were reflecting the love and longing within them. However, just one step away from her, Sei was halted again by a certain thing that his foot stepped at. His system was somehow awakened by it but just as he was about to just ignore it, his wife averted her gaze and looked at the ground.
Thus, subconsciously making Sei to follow her line of sight.
And by the time Sei saw what it was, he just stood in place before he could slowly bent his knees down and squatted in front of her so gracefully like a prince before he picked it up and stared at it. It was a red tulip and it means...
Believe me... That moment, Sei, who was still in his squatting position right in front of her then raised his head.
But the moment he was about to stand again, the girl suddenly stretched out her hand. Causing the man to froze back in place as his eyes were just glued into the single full bloom red rose in her hand. That moment, Sei could feel his heart bursting out of control. Knowing the meaning of the flower in her hand just turned his system at the verge of shutting down and he just couldn't take it anymore.
And next second, as her final blow, the girl opened her mouth and stated the meaning of the flower. "I love you."