A Lovely Meal — Chapter 31

WU JONGWU,

WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR PROBLEM?

IF IT WERE ME, I'D FEED FROM SOMEONE WILLING TO OFFER

INSTEAD OF DRINKING THOSE LOUSY BLOOD BAGS EVERY TIME.

I DON'T GET WHY YOU HAVE TO OVERTHINK EVERYTHING.

YOU ALREADY KNOW...

THAT I'M STILL

IN LOVE WITH YOU, HYUNG.

YOU DON'T EVEN FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT ME,

BUT FEEDING MAKES YOU AROUSED AGAINST YOUR WILL.

THAT THOUGHT TEARS ME APART.

EVERY TIME I FEED, I LOSE CONTROL AND KEEP DRINKING UNTIL YOU'RE DIZZY.

IT SCARES ME SO MUCH. I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'VE BECOME A MONSTER...

MORE THAN ANYTHING...

THE MORE I FEED,

THE MORE MY FEELINGS FOR YOU OVERFLOW.

IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO HIDE THEM.

NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT...

YOU'RE ALWAYS THE ONE WHO SUFFERS BECAUSE OF ME.

HYUNG, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT...!

I KNOW.

BUT THAT'S THE SITUATION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

EARLIER TODAY, TAE-GEUM HYUNG INTRODUCED ME TO A PURE-BLOOD VAMPIRE.

HE'S THE CEO OF A COMPANY.

HE SAID HE'D HEARD ABOUT YOU.

IF THINGS EVER GOT TOO DIFFICULT FOR YOU,

HE SAID HE COULD TAKE YOU IN UNDER HIS VAMPIRE ORGANIZATION...

THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME.

...AND WHAT DID YOU SAY, HYUNG?

WHAT DID YOU... SAY?

I TOLD HIM YOU WERE DOING FINE

AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

BUT LOOKING AT YOU NOW...

I GUESS I WAS MAKING ASSUMPTIONS WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING WHAT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH.

WELL... ANYWAY,

HE GAVE ME HIS BUSINESS CARD AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT HIM IF YOU EVER NEEDED HELP.

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP IT.

...WU JONGWU?

CAN I ASK YOU ONE THING...?

JUST ONE THING.

WHAT AM I

TO YOU, HYUNG?

I'M NOT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ANYMORE.

I'M NOT PREPARING FOR THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM, EITHER.

AND I'M NOT IN A POSITION WHERE I HAVE TO KEEP LIVING OFF YOU.

IF IT'S TOO HARD TO ANSWER,

THEN JUST TELL ME THIS.

WHY DID YOU LET ME

FEED FROM YOU?

...I JUST...

YOU...

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIRTHDAY PRESENT

THAT YOU'D REALLY LOVE...

...THANK YOU

FOR ANSWERING ME.

YOU MUST BE DIZZY AND EXHAUSTED.

I'M SORRY FOR KEEPING YOU HERE.

GOOD NIGHT.

BEFORE LONG, MARCH ARRIVED,

AND THE NEW SEMESTER BEGAN.

WU JONGWU BECAME BUSY WITH SCHOOL

AND STARTED COMING HOME LATE IN THE EVENING.

AS THE TIME THEY SPENT SEEING EACH OTHER NATURALLY GREW SHORTER,

THE EVENTS OF THAT NIGHT GRADUALLY FADED INTO THE BACKGROUND.

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HAAAAAAH...

I'D APPLIED FOR PART-TIME JOBS, BUT NO ONE EVEN GOT BACK TO ME...

AT THIS RATE, THE ONLY OPTION LEFT

WAS THE MANUAL LABOR I'D BEEN TRYING SO HARD TO IGNORE...

...THAT NIGHT,

MY ANSWER HAD CLEARLY BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN AN EXCUSE.

THE TRUTH IS, I ALREADY KNEW.

THE WAY I WAS UNUSUALLY SOFT ON HIM,

THE FACT THAT LIVING WITH HIM NEVER FELT UNCOMFORTABLE...

MY FEELINGS FOR WU JONGWU...

I ALREADY KNEW MY FEELINGS FOR HIM WERE CLOSER TO AFFECTION.

THE PROBLEM IS...

THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE INTENSITY OF OUR FEELINGS.

SURE, I DID GET AROUSED WHILE HE WAS FEEDING FROM ME, BUT...

I TOLD MYSELF IT WAS JUST A NATURAL PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE...

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...WU JONGWU?

WHAT'S HE CALLING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY FOR?

YEAH? WHAT IS IT?

THE WEATHER'S REALLY NICE TODAY...

UM... HYUNG... I'M SORRY, BUT...

HUH?

I'M A LITTLE HURT, SO I CAN'T DRIVE.

IF YOU'RE NOT BUSY, COULD YOU COME PICK ME UP...?