Chapter 4- My Calm School Days (Part 3)

Chapter 4- My Calm School Days (Part 3)

Eva's face paled slightly before she averted her eyes. It would be a lie if she said she didn't know about the bounty on Kai's head. In fact, she was there when that bounty was announced which pushed her even further into trying to find her beloved quickly before they come after him.

"The guild isn't a place to enter and leave as one pleases." Kai continued as he tucked his hands into his pockets. "It's rule number 1: Anyone who dares to leave the guild without permission will be eliminated immediately, no questions asked."

"But, why would you risk it to leave? I was worried sick that many would come after you." Eva said with a deeply worried tone. Even if Kai was capable enough to take care of himself, it doesn't mean that he was immortal or invincible.

"Why, you ask?" Turning around, the boy stared at the far distance. "It's because I got bored."

"Bored?"

"I always asked myself this question: Why should work as a hitman? What merit would I get from such a job? And if that's really my purpose all along?" He said coldly. "I had killed countless people, young and old. But, I could never understand why am I even doing it. Just because I possess the ability to? No, that doesn't make sense. I don't find taking lives enjoyable. So, at some point, I grew fed-up and left."

"... Kai." Eva was completely speechless.

Although she had known him for a long time, this side of him was never revealed to her. She always saw his cold, emotionless, and brutal side that killed every single person without mercy. In a sense, he was a monster in human skin and yet, Eva noticed that not even once did Kai show any shred of desire, whether it was money, women, or even glory.

He was akin to an empty shell that did one single task again and again without ever complaining. That made her take an interest in him. So, she watched his normal life closely, and much to her surprise, other than his hitman persona, Kai was an oddly normal person.

Outside of his job, he was a normal kid who attended school, lived alone, and cooked for himself. He never tries to abuse his power nor obtain anything from it.

Eva never noticed when but she found herself always thinking about him. His silhouette, his face, his character, everything about him charmed her to no extent. It was then that she realized she had fallen head over heels for Kai.

"I decided to quit this job and live my life peacefully. I changed my identity, changed my appearance, and chose to live in this small city. I can now spend my time doing things that people would consider normal. It's calming."

"I see…"

"I suggest you just return to your home. You have more important stuff to do." Saying that, Kai turned around and walked past Eva intending to return to the class.

But, the latter quickly turned around and grabbed his hand. "There is nothing more important to me than you. I don't care about anything else."

"You're still on with that nonsense." Turning around, Kai's silhouette vanished like a ghost before he appeared behind Eva with his hand pointing at her neck.

"If I move my hand now, I will severe your jugular vein and you will die slowly from bleeding out." His deathly cold voice penetrated her ear from a close distance. "This is my warning to you, leave."

However, much to Kai's surprise, Eva turned around and grabbed his hand before she pulled it closer to her neck.

"I would rather you kill me now than leave you ever again. Go ahead, do it." She said with an extremely determined look on her beautiful face. She was dead serious.

Kai's expression didn't change but he didn't move either as he stared deeply into Eva's eyes, not averting them for a second.

"Why are you even doing this?"

"You already know. I love you, Kai. I deeply love you. More than you could even imagine." She said with a warm smile on her face.

Weirdly enough, this wasn't the first nor the second time Eva told him these words. But, he never gave her an answer nor acknowledged those words. Still, it did intrigue him as to why she liked him.

"Tsk." Clicking his tongue, Kai released his hand and turned around. Then, he went and sat down on the picnic mat he had.

"Mmm, you aren't going to kill me?"

"I wasn't intending to. I didn't kill a single person in the past 5 years. I wanted to scare you away." Kai said as he took a bite of the food.

"Fufufu, so I passed the test?" Eva chuckled as she sat down in front of Kai with a happy expression.

"No. Since you are ready to die in pursuit of whatever you're trying to do. I won't stop you since it's none of my business. But, I will be setting some rules. If you break any of them…" Kai's tone grew harsher at last. "I will be breaking my rule too." He said as he pointed the spoon at Eva.

A threat like that would've easily made anyone piss themselves off from fear. But, Eva didn't seem bothered at all as she nodded happily.

"Ok, I understand. As long as I can stay by Kai's side, I will accept anything."

"Rule 1: Don't talk with me unless I initiate the conversation."

"Mm, even though I want to talk with you about many things, I still understand."

"Rule 2: Don't approach me at school unless I ask you to. I don't want any attention from the students."

"Oh, but…"

"Did I make myself clear?"

"Ok, understood." She nodded with a slightly sad face. The fact that she can't even talk with Kai at school was already horrible but now she can't even approach him.

"Rule 3: The current me is an average high school student. I'm not good academically or athletically. I have no friends either. So, don't leak anything unwanted about me. Just treat me like everyone else."

"Of course! I will never do any of that even if I die!"

After that, Kai went silent as he continued eating food silently while Eva simply sat there, looking at home with a dreamy expression on her face. She still can't believe that she finally found her beloved after all these years and he seemed to be doing good.

'He looks way happier than when I last saw him. I'm glad… truly glad.'

"Don't you have your own lunch?" He asked as he stopped for a moment.

"Uh, yes, I do. But, I will eat it later. Just seeing you is enough for me."

The boy didn't say anything and instead pulled out another bento box from his backpack before he handed it to Eva.

"I always make a spare one just in case. Eat it." He said.

"Huh? No, please. I don't want to eat the food that you worked hard to cook."

"Just eat." He ordered harshly.

"Then, if you don't mind."

Opening the lid, Eva's eyes sparkled as she looked at the box with clear excitement.

'I have the opportunity to eat Kai's food.' She thought as she felt saliva accumulating in her mouth.

Even though Eva was used to eating food by culinary chefs, none of them compare to what her beloved makes. It was safe to say he was better than almost all chefs in the world.

Then, without any hesitation, she took a bite of the small sandwich. Immediately, an explosion of flavors errupted in her mouth which made her eyes widen slightly.

'W-What is this?! D-Did he get even better at cooking?!' She thought as she chewed the bite and then quickly dug in again.

"So delicious!!" She praised loudly.

"You should always check for poison… idiot. Didn't you learn that before?" Kai said with a rather plain tone. Although he knew that Eva was a top-notch hitman and such a small detail would never escape her eyes, he still said it for no particular reason.

"Fufufufu! I don't mind getting poisoned when eating your food! It's a blessing to my tongue!"

As the girl continued eating carefreely, Kai could only stare at her silently.

'She's always been like this.' He thought as he recalled their first meeting. 'I need to finish my food before the end of the lunchtime.'

Then, the two continued their lunch in silence. The atmosphere wasn't particularly awkward or weird. From a third-party perspective, they looked like a couple sharing their lunch under the warm light of the sun.