Sweetheart | H. Rindou [✓]

Chapter 8

                          UNEDITED

After that, Hanma left, saying he has some important business to do, but that he's gonna make sure he'll get me back. Alive or dead.

As if.

"Are you alright?" Rindou asked me.

"Hm? Yeah. Sorry, I spaced out, didn't I?"

"Ah, no! It's no problem! I just wanted to make sure you're alright. You know... after being threatened with death..."

I just chuckled.

"It's not the first time. I'm getting used to it already."

"That's not normal! Didn't you try to do anything to stop them?"

"There's nothing I can do about it."

"And you're just gonna run and hide all your life?"

"I guess..."

"No."

"What?" I looked at him confused.

"I don't agree with that. You deserve to live freely, just as you want."

"..."

"Do you want me to kill them?"

My eyes widened.

"What?! No! Oh my God, of course not!"

He was the one confused now.

"Why not? It's either you, or them, right? The choice it's obvious."

"Look, I know you are... used... with things like this. I mean killing and other crimes. But I am not. And I don't think that killing is the answer for everything I don't like or agree with. Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not like that." I said looking straight into his eyes.

But to my surprise, he smiled.

He gave me a soft, gentle smile.

I frowned.

"You're cute when you have that little frown between your eyebrows." He said chuckling.

I just averted my gaze.

He's just playing with you. Don't let him get under your skin, y/n.

"But I'm not disappointed. Not at all. I'm glad that you have that opinion, actually."

"Really? How so?"

"Well, at least one out of two should be normal in a relationship, right?"

"Relationship you say. I see you already have big dreams."

"Indeed. And I'm an ambitious person, so I'll make sure to accomplish them."

"Good luck with that."

"I won't need it."

"Confident much I see. And I was questioning where your ego dissapeared all of a sudden but here it is."

A comfortable silence fell between us, but it didn't last long since he started talking again.

"So... you're name is y/n?"

"Where did you- Oh. Right. Hanma." I said rolling my eyes.

"To be honest, that's not how I wanted to find out your name. I wanted to find it from you."

"We can't always get what we want, right?"

"But we can keep trying to get it."

"And what if it's in vain?"

"Well, you never know if it's vain or not till you don't try, right?"

"I guess you're right."

A yawned fell off his lips.

"Let's go." I said.

"Where?"

"Home, dumbass. You need sleep."

"So do you."

"If it would only be that easy for me..."

"You... want to talk about it? I can shut my mouth and just listen if you want." He said as he got in the car.

"... First of all, why are you acting so nice?"

"I'm just acting normal. I'm glad you think I'm nice tho."

"I didn't say that."

"But you were thinking that."

"No, I was not."

"You just don't want to admit it!"

"And you just don't want to shut up."

"Not a chance."