Chapter 67
“I told you, my condition is to make Kang Tae-jun pay.”
Turning my head with a self-deprecating smile.
“Just go back to Utopia.”
“…What do you mean?”
“Go find out what Yugyeom is up to there. I’ll get paid by the boss for not taking your life.”
I spat out the words that hadn’t been filtered out in my mind like a sigh. Angel, furrowing his brows, stood up.
“What happened while I was waiting?”
Something happened. What happened?
Then the bell rang outside. Angel stopped approaching me and swept his hair roughly back as he headed to the entrance.
“They said room service and cleaning are here.”
“Tell them to come in.”
Except for Angel, who had been summoned under the pretense of being sick for two days, no one else had come here. Not even the person who left me here. I haven’t seen Baek Ha-won since that day.
But meals and cleaning came twice a day like clockwork.
“Oh…”
The staff came in with a trolley. Underneath the huge trolley today, there were two portions of steak and dessert.
The box on top, big enough for two people to fit in, seemed suspicious, but I thought it must be filled with blankets.
“Alright, Angel. Choose. My cooking or that?”
I pointed back and forth between the tempting steak and the fried eggs with my finger.
“Stop teasing the kid, miss.”
The box spoke.
No, the box couldn’t speak. But if not, where did the voice come from?
There seemed to be a person inside the box.
Given the deep voice, the employee was undoubtedly a woman with long brown hair…
“Huh?”
…A woman?
The employee pushed the trolley aside and walked forward. The sound of her high heels clacking. Her crimson lips were vividly curved.
I looked at her in astonishment and stepped back awkwardly.
“How are you here?”
“We had a promise, remember?”
Doshiyu put the box down from the trolley. Then, she started to awkwardly pull out a blanket from it.
Only after the box was emptied did he wipe the sweat off his forehead and look at me.
“Forgot?”
A promise? I tried to recall the conversation with Dosiyu. There was only one thing that came to mind…
“Could it be… the casino?”
“Bingo.”
Doshiyu winked, straightening his crooked bow tie.
“Oppa came to pick you up.”
He stood up straight, looking proud like a well-behaved child.
“…In that appearance?”
With the term “oppa” added, that face looked even more ridiculous.
I tried to adapt, observing his face up close.
Who did his makeup? His face had such a youthful charm that, except for the odd wig, it seemed quite fitting.
As I observed his face, I turned away quickly. Sitting awkwardly on the couch, I said.
“How did you manage to get in? I can’t leave.”
“Why can’t you leave?”
Doshiyu smiled innocently and reached out his hand.
“Because I’m here.”
He smiled confidently with that funny face, holding out his hand.
He even smiled confidently and waved his hand as if he had no fear.
When he realized that I didn’t immediately hold his hand, Doshiyu sighed and took a step closer. Before I could guess what he was going to do, he leaned toward me.
And then, everything turned upside down.
Doshiyu enveloped me like a backpack.
“Hey!”
Struggling, when I punched his broad back with my fist, Doshiyu groaned.
“Ouch, stop hitting me. Your fist is like a weapon.”
“Don’t joke around. Put me down nicely.”
“You’re already holding your fist up.”
“You’re really… ugh!”
Dosiyu suddenly let me go without warning. When I opened my eyes, the box was big enough for two people, and it was shaking.
“What are you doing? Do you want to die?”
With wide-open eyes, Doshiyu looked into the box. He grinned at my fierce gaze.
“Haha. Sorry. It’s heavier than I thought.”
“…”
“Hey, Angel. Instead of just standing there, why don’t you help too?”
The box shook again as Doshiyu poked it.
“Huff. Now you too, quickly get in.”
“Huh? Why Angel?”
I asked, tilting my head. Doshiyu, leaning his chin on the box, admired it and said with exaggerated surprise.
“Huh? Some people have a conscience problem. Isn’t that right, Angel?”
Angel, standing next to him, dodged his elbow.
His emerald eyes seemed to shine more beautifully today. He stared at the box as if he could pierce it.
He seemed to dislike being in the box more than anything.
Or rather, the fact that he had to get in here.
“Do you have a problem with that expression?”
This time, Doshiyu successfully nudged Angel with his elbow.
“I grew up well, so I can’t fight.”
“…”
“Do you think you can get through them?”
He leaned on Angel’s shoulder with his cheeks in his palms, looking pitiful.
Angel immediately looked disgusted. His fingers trembled slightly as he removed the brown hair clinging to his shoulders.
“Keep your face straight.”
Doshiyu playfully patted Angel’s blond hair and forcibly pushed him into the box.
“Off we go.”
As soon as Angel sat down next to me, a thick blanket covered us without a gap. The box was filled with darkness.
I thought it would shake less this time, but I heard the sound of the entrance closing. The ride wasn’t as bad as I thought.
More than anything, I couldn’t believe that she had passed through the entrance in disguise with that face and figure.
I groped into the empty space, unable to see anything. Something that felt like Angel’s arm was caught in my hand. I gently let go of the trembling arm I held.
Clunk!
Then the trolley stopped somewhere and the box shook heavily. Something hit me.
The sound of breathing was very close. Even though I could feel an arm touching my head, it was difficult to grasp the situation.
“Oops, sorry.”
The blanket was lifted, and light entered.
There was a white face right in front of my nose.
Her eyes, which met mine, widened as much as they could. Despite the vivid response, I wasn’t even surprised.
Angel, surprised, fell away from me. He covered his face with his hands, but he couldn’t hide his reddened ears.
“We’re in the elevator now, so take a deep breath.”
Angel, sticking close to the box wall, calmly breathed. I stared at him intently.
Perhaps feeling my gaze, Angel turned his head towards me. But as soon as our eyes met, he quickly turned away again, resolutely.
“Start again, Boing Boing.”
With a cheerful voice, the blanket covered us again. This time, light came in through the gap.
I heard the sound of the elevator opening and people’s voices filled the air.
“…Do we really have to go?”
For a while, Angel, who had been quiet, now seemed to have calmed down and asked in a small voice.
A casino. Just hearing the name made me uneasy.
Originally, I had planned to stay quietly in the hotel and return to the island. But seeing Doshiyu’s face reminded me of something I had forgotten.
“Put on a mask and hairpin… I’ll give you one piece of information you want. Anything. You know information is the most expensive thing on this ground, right?”
He definitely said that at the time.
“I have something I want to ask Doshiyu, but it’s a bit awkward to just ask.”
Since the original work didn’t even mention the casino, I believe the probability of something happening is low.
“But we still have to go?”
Our eyes met through the darkness. The distance was close. It was enough to be sure that it wasn’t just a resentful gaze.
“We’re just going to look around and come back.”
“Why are you acting like that? Is there a reason?”
After asking several times, tilting my head, Angel avoided my gaze.
“I mean, it could be dangerous, you know? Even at the shooting range last time…”
“It’ll be fine since Doshiyu will be there.”
I said casually with a bright smile.
The trolley made a loud noise and collided more forcefully with something than before.
The shocked box tilted to the side and then collapsed completely. I swallowed my scream and fell over Angel as the box fell over.
Light poured in from above. I raised my head, grazing my forehead against the hard chest. The light was dazzling.
“Ah! How can you drive like this…”
Through the bright sunlight, a familiar face appeared. I furrowed my brow, unable to finish my sentence.
As the silhouette became clearer and the contours of the face emerged through the rising cigarette smoke, it was recognizable.
