CH 6

So-Won looked at Tae-Woo’s hand and remembered the terrible eight years with him.

So-Won’s hand might break while he’s guiding.

‘What if it breaks and gets crushed? What if that disgusting curse spreads to me?’

The thoughts So-Won had before holding Tae-Woo’s hand in the past returned.

“Taewoo, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…. Don’t die.”

The touch of the blood-soaked cold hard hand in the operating room seemed to be vivid.

Tae-Woo’s calm voice woke up the panicked So-Won.

Before So-Won knew it, he found himself trembling.

So-Won’s hands were white.

He could tell what his face was like without looking in the mirror.

So-Won looks at Tae-Woo.

Tae-Woo, who is looking at So-Won, turned his head to avoid eye contact with So-Won.

The sharp gaze must have pierced his heart, so So-Won’s heart ached.

The day Tae-Woo died in the operating room and he woke up in the emergency room was overshadowed.

As soon as So-Won said he would be responsible for Tae-Woo’s death, So-Won looked at Tae-Woo again like a monster, fearing him so much that he could barely touch him.

What would Tae-Woo, whose life was lost in the operating room, think of if he saw his dirty mind now and his heart uglier than the dark red curse that covered his whole body?

So-Won moves his hand, reflecting on himself, who is endlessly ashamed.

So-Won’s hand is gently placed on the back of Tae-Woo’s hand, which is still on the armrest.

With warm warmth, Tae-Woo feels a stinging wave as if a strong static electricity is rising.

A sharp energy came up.

Tae-Woo’s wavelength races wildly and tears through So-Won.

So-Won’s body, which swallowed the fierce wavelength, quickly became numb as if he had been paralyzed.

Guiding with Tae-Woo is still painful.

However, after So-Won touched him, he felt the warm warmth and strong wavelengths.

It’s not that difficult, so why did So-Won think it was difficult to guide him until he died?

So-Won’s heart became heavy again when he thought of Tae-Woo, who closed his eyes lonely.

So-Won suddenly wonders what expression Tae-Woo would have.

Were you surprised to receive Guiding for the first time?

‘He may be happy.’

However, both images were not easily imagined because Tae-Woo had no change in expression even at the moment of death.

So-Won’s gaze, which was fixed on the hand he touched, moved.

Breaking all expectations, Tae-Woo slowly collapsed with his eyes closed.

“Tae, Tae-Woo!”

So-Won was surprised and unknowingly got up from his seat and hugged Tae-Woo’s upper body, which was about to collapse forward.

The researchers who are watching the situation are also surprised and rushed into the laboratory.

So-Won and the researchers joined forces to lay Tae-Woo on an emergency cot, and the doctor in charge examined Tae-Woo’s condition.

Sowon turned pale when he saw Tae-Woo with his eyes closed as if he were dead.

Tae-Woo, lying in a cot and Tae-Woo, who was soaked in blood in the operating room, overlapped.

So-Won couldn’t breathe as well, it was as if someone was choking him.

The senses of So-Won’s whole body faded away and he fainted.

Then So-Won regained consciousness.

So-Won’s ears were getting deaf and only heard ringing in his ears.

The doctor in charge, who had just finished the examination in So-Won, was about to say that So-Won had just passed out, but stopped when he saw So-Won’s condition.

So-Won is looking at Tae-Woo like a crazy person.

“Guide Lee So-Won” the doctor calls out to So-Won.

When the doctor in charge called So-Won, as if his soul that had left, came back, the blank eyes of So-Won were filled with vitality again.

So-Won turned his head slightly and looked at the doctor in charge.

His complexion is paler than when he had just arrived at the guiding examination room.

“Esper Kang Tae-Woo seems to have fainted for a while since it was the first time he received Guiding. He fell asleep for a while, so he’ll probably wake up soon.” The doctor explained to So-Won.

The doctor in charge thought So-Won was scared, because he saw Tae-Woo’s terrible appearance when he fainted.

The doctor in charge explained Tae-Woo’s condition with a voice that seemed to soothe So-Won.

So-Won, who managed to come to his senses  thanked  the doctor, looked at Tae-Woo again.

Surely his face was turning redder than the day he died.

So-Won stretched out his arms towards Tae-Woo.

It was easy to get back in touch with Tae-Woo, once So-Won had been a Guide.

Even after So-Won’s white fingers checked Tae-Woo’s condition and heard from the doctor that he was okay, So-Won was worried that Tae-Woo would die.

‘Was Tae-Woo not feeling well at this time? No matter how bad Tae-Woo was, he never fainted after receiving a Guide.’

So-Won’s anxiety deepened.

So-Won didn’t let go of Tae-Woo’s hand, while Tae-Woo was lying in the cot and had half of his legs out, because the cot was too small for someone like Tae-Woo.

“Guiding inspection can continue. You just hugged for a second, but… You need to be in touch for a little longer. Please go up to the bed and hug the Esper for a while.” The researcher said.

‘Even if Tae-Woo collapsed, the test seemed to continue. Hug Tae-Woo…?’

So-Won’s eyes shook, because he thought the examination would be over if he held hands with Tae-Woo.

‘Of course, it was something I had to do someday to be a guide, but I didn’t know I would do it so suddenly without enough preparation.’  So-Won thought

<Let’s start over.>

The voice rang through the speaker.

So-Won made eye contact with the researchers observing him from beyond the glass.

They quickly avoided So-Won’s gaze.

However, it was after So-Won had already seen the words ‘Are you really going to do that?’ written on the faces of the researchers.

Fortunately, Tae-Woo hasn’t come to his senses yet.

If Tae-Woo had to hold So-Won while his black eyes were staring at So-Won, So-Won might have given up guiding this time.

So-Won, who recalled the situation, thought he should finish it quickly before Tae-Woo woke up.

Tae-Woo’s large body occupied all of the cot, so there was little space left.

So-Won, who had hesitated, was forced to lie down on Tae-Woo’s stomach as if they were almost overlapping.

When So-Won climbed up, they made a sound to see if the cot could handle the load.

So-Won carefully laid himself down in the narrow space left next to Tae-Woo.

He put his hand on Tae-Woo’s chest and gently put his face down next to it.

When So-Won felt Tae-Woo’s strong and soft chest, the nervous So-Won stiffened.

So-Won felt Tae-Woo’s waves all over his body.

Tae-Woo’s body smelled familiar.

So-Won didn’t know before his return, but now he has realized what he’s missing.

It is Tae-Woo’s body odor, the faint smell of Tae-Woo’s empty house.

Tae-Woo didn’t come in as much, but So-Won thought it was Tae-Woo’s house.

So-Won was quietly surprised.

This is because So-Won felt nostalgic for a moment.

It was amazing.

He didn’t get nervous, but rather, the tension was relieved.

The warm warmth felt from the fingertips and the slow beat from the ears made So-Won’s mind comfortable.

Who knew that So-Won, who had been shaking because of the thought of Tae-Woo just by looking at him from afar, would find stability in Tae-Woo.

So-Won closed his eyes and listened more to the constant sound of Tae-Woo’s heart.

So-Won just wanted to hear the same sound over and over again.

So-Won realized that he was leaning too much against Tae-Woo.

At this rate, Tae-Woo, who felt the weight of So-Won, might have opened his eyes, but So-Won didn’t want to fall.

Hold on.

A little more.

He wanted to feel that he was alive.

The doctor in charge, who was looking at the soaring numbers and graphs with that appearance, almost cried.

It’s been 17 years since he became Tae-Woo’s doctor.

Along with Kang Tae-Woo’s deteriorating body day by day, the hardships that had been with his fierce eyes seemed to fly away.

This happiness suddenly came out a few days ago

It was thanks to a Guide who was born.

At first, when another researcher came to him with a matching test result table, he didn’t believe the number in the paper.

What do you mean 100%? Even his partner was Kang Tae-Woo.

He can’t believe that his match rate with Kang Tae-Woo is 100%.

As a researcher at the Esper Association, he urged his juniors to believe in the strange results, but the results were the same for the test conducted by himself.

He can’t believe he applied for a designated match with Kang Tae-Woo.

Unlike the nice-looking face, it was clear that something was wrong with him.

However, the results that came out made the doctor in charge excited.

100%.

The matching rate is 100% certain.

This is a global discovery.

How envious Korean researchers, including himself, were when the Esper-Guide with a matching rate of 93% came out in the United States, but they got a pair beyond that, 100%!

It was clear that these two went beyond fate and led to something even greater.

If they study this, it is clear that every country would reach for them.

The doctor imagined his name being known all over the world.

Just the thought of it made the doctor hear the sound of soaring high.

His only concern is one.

The Guide, who pretended to be crazy and applied for a designated match, and then would ran away in fear when he saw Kang Tae-Woo’s ugly appearance.

It is likely to happen with a high probability, but contrary to what the doctor’s thought, the Guide is not crazy.

He is just an angel.

As evidence, So-Won is hugging Kang Tae-Woo, who collapsed in a terrible state, on the bed, even with their bodies overlapped.

The doctor in charge felt the illusion of tears flowing, and with his finger he wiped his eyes.

The graph in the monitor reached a stretch high.

The soaring line with the momentum to penetrate the monitor made researchers feel touched that they were sharing a historical moment.

Look, aren’t the researchers who were trembling at Kang Tae-Woo now looking at them with faces that seem like they’re going to worship them?

Guide Lee So-Won, he became a ray of light for the Korea Esper Association.