I Don't Want This Reincarnation [1]

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"Ahem. Ha Tae-heon-ssi."

Anyway, this wasn't important. I got a cell phone and ran for an hour, so I brought up the story I was originally going to talk about.

"The offer you made on the phone last time."

"Did you mean to tell you to come to Roheon?"

"Yes."

How to say this. I couldn't speak easily and my lips were moist. Ha Tae-heon just looked at me quietly and waited without urging me.

"First of all, thank you so much for telling me you'll help. Really. If the situation is right, I'd like to rely on Ha Tae-heon-ssi, even if I had no shame. That... I still had something I need to do at Requiem."

To be precise, it wasn't the Requiem but Cheon Sa-yeon, but I didn't want to mention Cheon Sa-yeon's name in front of Ha Tae-heon, so I turned to Requiem and said it.

Ha Tae-heon, who listened to my words with calm eyes, opened his mouth with a not very unpleasant look.

"I expected it. You will refuse."

"...is that so?"

"I heard that Requiem gave you a mental bodyguard."

Ah. You already knew. Embarrassed, I touched the nape of my neck.

"Because I've caused a lot of inconvenience to my surrounding. So I accepted it."

"I don't know about the inconvenience, but it wasn't a bad decision if I thought about safety. If it were me, I would have attached a bodyguard on you."

"But how did you know about the guard?"

"There was an article."

Article? What kind of article was that popping up?

I tilted my head because I couldn't understand, but Ha Tae-heon looked at me with a complicated expression.

"Han Yi-gyeol. Then..."

"Yes."

"...no."

"......?"

What. Why did you stop talking. Ha Tae-heon turned away from me in embarrassment and got up from his seat.

"If you're done, I'll take you home, wait."

With an empty mug in hand, Ha Tae-heon entered the kitchen. Being left alone, I leaned against the back of the sofa and breathed a sigh of relief. I was glad that the story ended well so that Ha Tae-heon didn't feel bad. As soon as my mind was relieved, the sleepiness I had felt before began to come in earnest.

Ha Tae-heon, who left with his mug and thought he would come right away, was washing the dishes, and the sound of the dishes hitting each other could be heard all the way here.

Listening to the quiet rustling sound, I closed my eyes, unable to overcome the heavy eyelids. I couldn't stop the spirit that kept on stretching.

'Just a little bit...'

Let's stay like this until Ha Tae-heon came out to the living room. He would wake me up.

It was all because I drank milk. I blamed Ha Tae-heon for nothing and gave myself to the rushing water sound. (괜히 하태헌의 탓을 하며 밀려오는 수마에몸을 맡겼다, not sure)

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How long had it been? At one point, I felt the cool air on the back of my neck.

I shrugged my shoulders in the cold air, and instinctively moved my body in search of a warm place. As I dug into the warm energy that touched my forehead, something touched my body flinched.