Bab 52: Chapter 52 - Sing for me
Kui looked at him, utterly disgusted. "It's okay, I can just wash it... ew..." He tried to reach for the brush, but the man evaded, holding the brush high above him. Kui glared. "What are you doing? Give it to me."
"Oh no." Guilin suddenly grabbed hold of his arm and pulled him down onto his body. "I'm not a charity. I don't give things away for free."
Kui was flabbergasted. "You!"
Suddenly, Guilin flipped over, hovering over him. "So… are you willing to pay the price for this little, Kui?" he gently tapped his face with his paintbrush.
Kui glared up at him intensely. "I thought you were a decent man, but I was wrong! You... you ingrate!"
"Aww, even when you're scolding me, you sound so cute." Guilin sat up, gazing down at him. "Look at this, you've made it all wet." He pulled at the sheet below him.
Kui shot up and punched him.
"Whoa, I was just playing." The man laughingly dodged. "You want your brush, right? All you have to do is..."
Kui panted in rage, ready to throw another fist.
"I want you to sing. If you can satisfy me, I'll give it to you. Is that a deal?"
His trembling fist froze. "You want me to sing?"
"Hmm, I want you to sing. I heard mers sing so enchantingly that they are even able to make the world theirs."
Kui rolled his eyes. "I'm a hybrid, not a mer. Plus… I don't know how to sing." He had heard the mers singing—they sound enchantingly dangerous. Plus, he was sure this body he inhabited did not have that skill at all.
"Oh come on, you're half mer. You are naturally born with that talent. Now sing." Guilin silently lay down beside him.
Kui scooted away, putting a big gap between them. "You'll really give me my brush if I sing?"
"Hmm, I won't go against my word," the man smiled deviously.
'Fuck, this guy is so annoying...' Kui took a deep breath. As of that moment, he couldn't think of any songs to sing. "Mary had a little lamb... little lamb. Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow..."
"Who's Mary? Why does she have a lamb? Why are you singing about it? Is she your crush?" Guilin threw a million questions at him.
"Do you want me to sing or not?!" he snapped back.
"That was not a song at all. It was boring. If you're going to be so insincere, I might just have to hold onto this brush." He hugged it close to his chest.
Kui gritted his teeth. "Fine, I'll sing something else..." He never had the habit of listening to songs, but he usually would listen to music while painting. He silently hummed one of those tunes.
His soft voice echoed in the huge room, carrying a strange ambiance.
Guilin, who had been playfully smiling, lost his smile. He couldn't even blink as he gazed up at the ethereal being humming to him.
His heart pounded loudly in his chest.
'Ah… so this is how it feels to hear a mer sing. They are enchanting...' His hand reached out on its own and touched Kui's face ever so gently.
Kui instantly smacked his hand with a glare. "My song's over now. Give me my brush."
"Kui… Kui, you're making it so hard for me."
"Huh?! You're disgusting!" Kui gazed at his nether region and cursed.
Laughing, Guilin sat up. "Yes, that too, but you're making it hard for me to give you up..." His hand hovered close to his face. "If it's duty or love, which would you choose?"
Kui scoffed. "Love? That darn thing doesn't exist."
"Oh, looks like someone was hurt by love. Tell me, who is he?" Strangely, Guilin felt a flicker of rage at this knowledge. "Is he another hybrid? A mer?"
"None of your business."
"Tsk, is it that little mer?"
"What? He is a child!"
"Then who is it? Who hurt you so much that you hate love?" Guilin scooted closer.
Kui reflexively moved a bit away. "Someone… why? What will you do after knowing that?"
"I'll kill him."
Kui chuckled. "You wouldn't..." But peering at the man's eyes, he knew every one of his words was true. "Why?"
"I don't know either, little Kui… you have enchanted me..." Guilin groaned. "Fuck… Who made mers so pretty?"
Blushing, Kui patted his face. "Shut it. Now give me my brush back."
"Another day, when you sing an even more beautiful song." Guilin once again stuffed the brush in his breeches and lay down casually on the bed.
"Liar!!"
"I said I'll give it to you when I'm satisfied. I'm not satisfied yet," the man smirked.
Enraged, Kui got on top of him. He watched the man's eyes go wide as saucers. "Two can play this game." Gritting his teeth, he placed his hand on his breeches.
"W-what are you doing! Get up!"
"Oh no, I'm getting my brush one way or another!"
Just as he said it, a loud screech was heard.
The world trembled under their feet.
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