A Tearful Reunion (1)

Smack.

It was a sweet kiss.
A kiss neither too long nor too short.
It wasn’t a kiss where the tongue was inserted,
nor was it a teasing kiss meant to leave saliva.

Simply, fresh and innocent…
A kiss without any special traits.

But because it was purer than anything else, it was a kiss that revealed what kind of person Ma Hana was.

“…Hua.”

Ma Hana pulled away.
Her cheeks burned hot.
She touched her own cheeks.
They were hot.
Soft and warm like a steamed bun freshly heated on a cold winter day.
She thought it was the first time in her life she had blushed this much.

“…Hehe.”

Ma Hana smiled faintly and softly.
She lowered her voice as much as possible, not knowing if Yu Seha would wake up.
Still, she couldn’t control the corners of her mouth that had lifted.

Ma Hana thought.
In the end, she had gone and done it.

‘…Meow.’

She did not regret it.
It was just a heart conveyed arbitrarily in the middle of the night.
She did not expect his reply or returned love.

‘This moment as it is now is enough.’

Ma Hana rested her head on Yu Seha’s chest.
Slowly closing her eyes, she thought.
She recalled that word again.

‘Seha… I love you.’

So much…

About five minutes later, Ma Hana fell asleep, breathing softly.

Yu Seha carefully opened his eyes.

He looked down at the black fur bundle cradled in his arms.

“…”

He was unusually flushed red.
He parted his lips but couldn’t say anything, just tightly closed his eyes.

Thus, the girl conveyed her heart.
The boy, who was terribly oblivious, barely noticed that night.

As the late dawn deepened and the sun rose, the two only breathed softly.

At that moment.

A timing even the owner was unaware of.
With a ding! sound, the rang.

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Chirp chirp.

Sparrows hanging by the window gathered and began chirping together.
The natural sound signaling the arrival of morning.

Even though the sun was already high in the sky, Ma Hana and Yu Seha
showed no sign of waking up.

“Mnya mnya. Mhe… Seha is so cute…”
“…Hmm, Meowi. You have to eat before riding the cat wheel…”

Each was murmuring sleep talk, weaving cute fantasies in their dreams.

Just as they were deeply immersed in sleep.

Ding dong!

“Meow?”
“Huh?”

The sudden sound of the doorbell.
They looked at each other.
The doorbell rang again.

They got up from the bed.
Wrapped tightly in blankets as if it was natural, they shuffled out as one lump.

At the entrance, Interpol arrived soon.
There stood a beautiful woman with flowing red hair ribbons.

“…”

The beauty nervously adjusted her hair, her face slightly flushed.
She fiddled with her pretty blouse, checking, “Is this not strange?”

She quickly took out a hand mirror and fixed her makeup.
The red fool’s hair tuft on the crown of her head flicked back and forth.

Putting away the mirror, she took a small breath and her green eyes shone like jewels.

The beauty was none other than the elegant girl.
It was Ju Na-young.

After finishing her final check, Ju Na-young modestly clasped her hands.

Recently, she had heard from her mother about one of the trivial actions men use to show affection.

One of them was folding hands like this.
Just this alone supposedly gave a pure and innocent impression?

Having acted on the advice, Ju Na-young glanced around briefly.
To be honest, she was quite surprised coming here.

‘…No way, the entire officetel is Yu Seha’s home…’

She recalled how startled she was when Yu Seha first told her the location and place.

In Ju Na-young’s case.
Not knowing the details, she just thought Yu Seha had saved a lot of money and bought this place.

‘…As expected of Yu Seha.’

She thought he was quite impressive as the only man she acknowledged.

This officetel was a building in an expensive and influential location, even Ju Na-young had heard of it.

Of course, well…
No matter how expensive, it was nothing special at the level.

Ju Na-young could afford it combining her saved allowance and hunter earnings, but it was still not a small amount.

However, what Ju Na-young focused on was not just the amount.
It was the “connections” and influence behind buying this place.

The biggest feature of this place was its security.
Hunters of at least C-rank were hired and patrolled frequently.

Many residents were active hunters of B-rank or higher.

Naturally, there were many policies and cultural facilities.
Many wanted to live here.

Therefore, it wasn’t just about money; one needed influential connections to live here.

Ju Na-young crossed her arms and nodded.

“Yong-ng, Yong-ung!”

Yu Seha was truly amazing.

After all, he was the one who had crushed the S-rank monster ‘Kirin’—of course he would live in a place like this.

As she nodded, the ugly lizard inside her nodded along.

‘Yong-aa, Yong-aa.’
‘…Who are you to be nodding!’
‘Yong-a?’

The ugly one stared blankly at her.
Not like a puppy or anything…
Well, honestly, it wasn’t really ugly.

‘Maybe it’s getting cuter?’

Though it had short limbs and a short neck.
At some point, it grew slender and now had a dignified dragon-like presence.

Of course, to Ju Na-young, it was just an unruly inner power.

Ah, it seemed to have read her thoughts.
The ugly guy made an ugly face.

‘Yong-aa!’
‘Hey, where are you baring your teeth!’

Smack! She hit its snout.
Then it seemed to resist.

While they were bickering inside their minds.
Suddenly, the sound of the door hinge turning was heard.

Ju Na-young panicked.
It was Yu Seha she was seeing again after two weeks.

No matter how much she prepared mentally, it wasn’t easy when it actually happened.

She barely calmed the roaring feelings of “Yong-cha, Yong-at-cha, Yong-ua!” in her heart.

Soon, the door fully opened.
Ju Na-young opened her mouth with a perfectly calculated angle and smile.

“Y-Yu Seha! Long time no see!”

Good, a perfect smile.
But the voice that came was from a completely different person.

“Meow~ Na-young, long time no see.”
“Huh?”

Ju Na-young blinked.
A black fur bundle was in front of her eyes.
It was an irresistibly cute cat-person girl making “Meow” sounds.

With half-open eyes, she was looking and saying “Meow~.”
She looked so lovable that one wanted to bite her gently, but…
For Ju Na-young, it was not a pleasant moment.

“Ha, Hana?”
“Mmm~”

Ju Na-young realized from the reaction.
That she was late.
She had come quite quickly…
But it seemed Ma Hana had arrived earlier.

Scratching her cheek a little, the voice she wanted to hear finally came.

“Ju Na-young. Welcome.”
“…Ah.”

It was Yu Seha.
He looked a bit disheveled as if he had just woken up,
but to Ju Na-young, he was a perfect handsome man just like that.

Her heart started pounding loudly and embarrassingly.
Her whole body heated up.
Just hearing his voice was enough to make her feel this way…
Even she thought she had fallen deeply in love.

“Yo, Yong-woo…”
“Ju Na-young?”
“Yo, Yong-aa…”

When she was at a loss, the ugly lizard helped her.

But she had to know.

That ugly lizard was not an independent entity but just Ju Na-young’s inner self and power.

In other words, it was ultimately Ju Na-young herself.

“Yong-woo…!”

The ugly one covered its face with its tail, unsure what to do.

After foolishly staying there giggling “Yonghehe…” for three whole minutes, she realized something.

“…Uh, those two?”
“Meow?”
“Huh?”
“Why… are they under the same blanket?”

The two were bundled together as if they were one.
Ju Na-young suddenly felt her heart grow cold.
Her pupils gradually lost their light.

“…No way?”
“Yeah, we slept together~”
“…”

Ju Na-young’s expression darkened more and more.
It was because the other was Ma Hana.
If it had been Moon Bora, she might have charged in.

Regardless, Ma Hana smiled brightly.
She said “Meow?” briefly, sniffed, and smelled Ju Na-young.
Then she grabbed Ju Na-young’s hand.
At the same time, she dropped a bombshell.

“Na-young, then shall we sleep together too?”
“Yo, Yong-aa?”
“Actually, Seha and I slept late, so we’re still sleepy. Right, Seha?”
“Yeah, I want to sleep a bit more.”
“So Na-young, let’s snore together and sleep. You’re tired too, right?”
“Ah, no, wait…!”

Unwittingly, Ju Na-young was pulled inside by the two.

In fact, she had rushed up here right after receiving Yu Seha’s message, so she was indeed tired.

Ma Hana, sensing this, smiled gently and led Ju Na-young to the bedroom.

When she came to her senses, she realized she was lying on the bed.

“…Yong-aa?”

Ju Na-young turned her gaze.
Yu Seha was already lying in the center.
He was sound asleep with both of them resting their heads on his arms.

Ma Hana was on the left.
Ju Na-young was on the right.
Like flowers in both hands, they were nestled in his embrace.

“Yo, Yong-aa!?”
“Meow~ Na-young. Let’s sleep well and talk later? Sleep tight, sleep tight… our Na-young.”
“…Yo, Yong-aa…”

Ju Na-young could no longer resist her drooping eyelids.
Yu Seha’s sculpted arm muscles and warmth.

Along with Ma Hana’s gentle voice, all resistance melted away.

With a pounding heart, Ju Na-young quietly closed her eyes.

Before she knew it, she had fallen soundly asleep, her face resting on Yu Seha’s chest.

One hour later.
Was a déjà vu about to unfold?

A woman climbed the officetel stairs and quietly admired, just like Ju Na-young had.

With arms crossed, she muttered, “Hmm, as expected, Seha should live in a place like this.”

She was Moon Bora, the last member of the group.

After a short training with her master Cheon Mira, she returned.
At this moment, she had come here immediately after receiving Yu Seha’s message.

“Nice.”

Moon Bora had also seen the news.
The massive failure of the this time.
The S-rank monster Kirin, notorious as a hunting target.

And the story of the young hero who defeated it before it caused greater casualties and disaster.

Although the face was pixelated, the handsome lower face could not be hidden.

‘Anyway, those who needed to know already knew.’

Moon Bora thought.
Probably Yu Seha bought this place with the reward money from the hunt and his savings.

Though her family was destroyed, she was the second daughter and head of the Moon family.
She was quite savvy with money.
So she knew how prime this land was,
and how good the property was.

She had another speculation different from Ju Na-young’s.

‘Perhaps Vice President Su Ok-bin helped.’

A fairly accurate guess.
To add, not just the building but the entire property belonged to him, though that wasn’t very important.

Moon Bora climbed all the stairs.
She carefully rang the doorbell.

Taking a moment, she used an ice-made hand mirror to fix her makeup.

Finally, she cleared her throat and thought of the first words to say to Yu Seha.

‘What should I say?’

“Long time no see?”
No.
It had only been a week, so that wouldn’t fit.

“Nice to see you again?”
It felt too distant.

Moon Bora twisted her hair, pondering.
Then, the door opened.

“Seha? I missed you… huh?”
“Meow~”
“Yong-a.”
“Hello Moon Bora.”
“…Hoo, hngengeng?”

Moon Bora stepped back.
She saw three people wrapped together tightly in blankets as if one entity.

Though she said nothing,
she instinctively felt something was wrong.

“…I-I’ll come back after a moment—”
“-Meow~ You can come in whenever you want.”
“But not when you leave!”
“Hoo, hngeng! W-wait… don’t grab me! I just got my hair done and if I lie on the bed now it’ll get messed up… w-wait, hngengeng!!”