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Kapitel 38: Woman in White (Pt.4)

Namjoon let out an audible sigh once he had finished closing the doors to Taehyung's quarters. They were finally back at the Kim household and fortunately, they had arrived without rousing too much suspicion. Namjoon, being the respectable man he was, had managed to get the pair past the guards at the gates without hassle. However, their appearance did not escape the guards' curious stares. And why wouldn't they be curious? Seeing their masters in drenched clothing and faces as dark as thunder would lead anyone to question what could have transpired hours before.

With furrowed brows, Namjoon eyed his cousin from where he sat next to his bed. "There really is no saving you."

Taehyung rolled his eyes. "Please, cousin. Enough" he begged. "I already know that what I did was stupid and reckless and I will not do it again—"

"But that is the problem, Taehyung" Namjoon interrupted. "I fear that what you say holds no substance. You just say what you need to say to get out of the situation but you never truly uphold your promises."

"That is not true—"

"Is it not?" Namjoon retorted. "Last time, you snuck out of the household and you almost had your hand chopped off. I give you a guard and yet you still sneak away unattended. This time, you snuck out and you almost drowned." He threw his hands up in the air to indicate his vexation. "Whatever next?"

Taehyung was quiet for once. "I apologise" he murmured. "I know I have been misbehaving lately but—"

"But, what, Taehyung?" Namjoon shouted. "How many times do you have to get into trouble before you realise that you cannot keep acting however you want to? If it were not for Gyuri, you would already be dead by now."

At this Taehyung was attentive. "What do you mean?"

"Gyuri was the one who rescued you" Namjoon explained. "She was the one who pulled you out of the water and revived you."

"Gyuri did?" Taehyung asked, surprised. Suddenly, the woman in white's face appeared in his mind's eye. "Are you sure it was her? Not someone else who rescued me?"

Namjoon gaped at him, puzzled. "Yes, it was her. Who else would it have been?" He looked up at the ceiling as if he was lost in thought. "It was quite astonishing. Gyuri jumped into the river and swam like a fish to your rescue."

"I... I should thank her" Taehyung murmured, remembering that he had not done so yet.

Namjoon frowned at him. "Yes, you should. Gyuri has not only saved your life once but now, twice." He paused. "But now that I think about it, why is it that, whenever you are together, you always get into trouble?"

Taehyung was quick to reply. "She has nothing to do with it."

"Really, now?" Namjoon sounded dubious. "It seems to me that you only ever get into trouble when Gyuri is with you."

"What?" Taehyung exclaimed. "That is incredulous!"

But Namjoon wasn't convinced. Taehyung watched as Namjoon straightened his sleeves, a habit which signalled to Taehyung that Namjoon had made up his mind. "I think it would be best if Gyuri leaves our household."

This made Taehyung jump up on his bed. "No!" he shouted, flustered.

Namjoon raised his brow questioningly. "And why not?"

"Be-because..." Taehyung began but was unsure of what to say. Even he didn't know why he rejected the suggestion so passionately.

"You and Gyuri never got on in the beginning" Namjoon reminded him. "And the fact that she is always with you whenever you are up to no good leads me to think that she is a bad influence."

"But she saved me!" Taehyung protested. "Why would you dismiss her when she saved me? You have to honour her reward!"

"Under the light of these recent events," Namjoon said solemnly, "being rewarded matters not." He turned to leave.

"Wait!" Taehyung called out to him desperately.

Namjoon halted.

"Please... do not dismiss her."

Upon hearing this, Namjoon turned to look at Taehyung.

"Please, Cousin. Please... spare Gyuri." Taehyung played nervously with his bed sheets. "Do not cast her away because of me."

"And why should I listen to you?" he asked testily. "Will you behave if I let her stay?"

Taehyung meekly nodded. "I will."

"I do not believe you—" Namjoon turned towards the door again.

"I solemnly swear!" Taehyung shouted frantically. Namjoon faced him again. "I solemnly swear," Taehyung repeated determinedly "that I will behave from now onwards and I will do as you say."

Namjoon eyed him carefully. "Taehyung, you do realise that solemnly swearing is a sacred oath?"

"I do" Taehyung replied.

"And such oaths should never be made unless you intend to keep them until your grave?"

Taehyung nodded. "I am aware."

Namjoon curled his lip in thought. "Alright. Since you have made such an oath, I will give heed to your request just this once."

"Thank you, cousin—"

"But woe betide if you break it, Taehyung" Namjoon warned. "As soon as you do, Gyuri will be out of this household, is that clear?"

Taehyung nodded. "Yes, cousin."

Namjoon turned to the door again. "Oh, and before I forget, do you remember anything from when you were unconscious?"

The woman in white's face suddenly flashed before Taehyung's eyes again and he blushed. He averted his gaze as he stuttered, "No-no, I don't- I don't remember anything."

Namjoon hummed as he thought. "I see."

"Why do you- why do you ask?"

"Because it is a shame," he told him vaguely, a smirk dancing on his lips. "It was your first, after all." He murmured quietly, "And it might have been Gyuri's first too..."

"First what?" Taehyung queried. "What are you talking about?"

Namjoon eyed him evenly as he revealed. "Why, your first kiss, of course."


Kapitel 39: Stick of Pain (Pt.1)

"My-my-my first kiss?!" he stammered, his eyes as wide as saucers. "What? When? How?"

"When Gyuri revived you," he explained, "she had to perform something she called 'Cardiovascular Pulmonary Resuscitation'."

Taehyung looked at him, puzzled. "What now?"

Namjoon merely shrugged. He was too ashamed to admit that he didn't know a lot about CPR. "I saw it with my own eyes, cousin. And the fact that you are in front of me right now is the living proof that her method of revival works."

"But what has that got to do with her..." his cheeks reddened as he continued, "with her kissing me?"

"It seems that this method of revival requires mouth-to-mouth contact."

Taehyung's cheeks continued to redden further. It still felt surreal to him that, not only did he almost die from drowning but that, he had also lost his first kiss while he was unconscious. Inadvertently, his hand reached up to his lips and he traced them slowly, casting his memory back as far as he could. Why couldn't he remember anything?

Suddenly, his conversation with Gyuri, moments before meeting the orphans, surfaced from the back of his mind.

"Babies are made through kisses."

Taehyung froze.

"Cousin..." he mumbled with a dazed look about him. "How... are babies made?"

Namjoon was taken aback. "Why do you ask?"

"Because... I just need to know."

Namjoon scrutinised Taehyung's nervous expression. What was eating him up? "I-I told you before how babies are made—"

"Yes," Taehyung interrupted. "But you failed to tell me with detail."

"Cousin, I do not think this sort of conversation is something you want to be having with me."

Taehyung watched as his cousin rubbed his neck to show his discomfort. Seeing Namjoon act so awkwardly further confirmed his suspicion that what Gyuri had told him was right.

"It's the men who give birth to children."

Taehyung instinctively stared down at his stomach. The thought of a baby growing inside his abdomen frightened him. He wasn't ready for fatherhood, let alone becoming an adult. He still felt it was too soon and that he was too young.

Namjoon peered at him curiously when Taehyung suddenly cried out, "I do not want to be a father!"

"Huh?"

"Cousin" Taehyung said once he had collected himself. "I think I might be... pregnant."

Namjoon blinked at him. "Wha-what?"

Taehyung averted his gaze ashamedly as he wrapped his arms around his abdomen. "You said it yourself, cousin" he whispered. "Gyuri and I... we kissed."

Namjoon shook his head in disbelief as he attempted to internally grasp what Taehyung was on about. "Cousin, I think you are mistaken. You are not with child. In fact, there is no way that you can be."

"Really?" Taehyung asked keenly. Namjoon watched as Taehyung jolted up from his resting position as if he was about to climb out of bed. "Are you certain about this?"

"I am very certain" Namjoon reassured him. "There is no way you can bear a child unless you are a woman and you have had..." his voice trailed off and Taehyung observed how his cousin's cheeks were rosy. "You need not worry about it. Just trust my word when I say that you are not pregnant."

"But... I have had my first kiss."

Namjoon was confused. "How is that related to being with child?"

"Are babies... not made through kissing?" Taehyung asked uncertainly. "And is it not the men that carry the child?"

Namjoon's mouth was ajar. Oh, cousin... "That is false. Where did you hear such lies from?"

Taehyung's eyes rounded either from shock at being lied to or, because he was relieved. That stupid Gyuri... he thought inwardly. "It matters not where I heard it from" he replied. "But if babies are not made from kissing... how are they made?"

Namjoon shuffled on his feet. "Er..."

"Cousin," Taehyung prompted. "Will you not tell me?"

Namjoon met eyes with Taehyung, who was searching his dark eyes with curiosity. He knew that there was nothing to be ashamed of when explaining how mankind procreate but having to do so to his younger cousin made him shy if not, embarrassed. After all, it was such an intimate and sensitive topic.

He sighed. "Fine, I shall tell you."

In response, Taehyung sat up attentively.

Namjoon took a deep breath before finally revealing to Taehyung the truth behind what happens when a man and a woman spend 'the night' together...


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