The Only Delicacy - Chapter 40

Chapter 40

‘Why are they looking at me like that? We barely even know each other that much. I just knew Kyle’s brother yesterday and I barely knew Kyle, himself. Wait, what was his brother’s name again?’ Scarlet pondered as she racked her chaotic brain for answers.

“How are you, Li? Are you alright? Where are you hurt? Did someone dare to hurt you, Li?” Kevin immediately asked once he had noticed that his beloved was still pondering over some matter that he did not know.

Meanwhile, Kyle simply nodded at his brother’s words, because everything that he wanted to say was already said by him. He did not need to be redundant.

When Kevin brought her out of her thoughts, Scarlet nodded and said nonchalantly, “I just felt pain in between my legs and red marks all over my chest, nothing much.”

When they had heard that, both men immediately became relieved that it was really nothing much.

But, once they discovered the meaning behind her words, they averted their eyes from hers and slightly blushed from their cheeks towards their ears. Other than the feeling of embarrassment, they also felt guilty, which was another feeling that they did not know how to deal with.

Seeing their peculiar reaction, Scarlet slightly felt complicated. Did they avert their eyes because they felt she was too pitiful? Or because her bruises and pain were too disgusting?

“That’s good.” Being the first to disregard both the embarrassment and the guilt, Kyle responded back with a straight face. For him, those side feelings did not matter as long as his beloved’s health was alright.

Through his brother’s words, Kevin also immediately disregarded those feelings and nodded as he stared at Scarlet. Of course, he had never once forgotten to show a dazzling and handsome smile all this while.

From their peculiar reactions, Scarlet could not help herself but to ponder again. Clearly, they were neither disgusted nor sympathetic. They were just simply worried about her. So, was she actually not seeing things? From their eyes, did they really display concern and affection a while ago until now?

Instinctively, Scarlet unknowingly drew closer to Kyle and stared closely at his eyes. It was her habit to inspect closely those things or matters that had caught her interest.

Scarlet pondered.

Kyle was only a seatmate and they barely even talked with each other. But, based from his actions, was he actually not staring outside the window, but at her instead? Did he avoid eye-contact all this time, because he was shy? Was he actually interested in becoming friends with her, just like how his brother did with her?

When she thought of that, Scarlet began to question those thoughts.

She was not rich. She was not that fond of talking or having fun. She barely had the time to make friends or spend time with them. Every day for her was work, study, clean and earn. From all these facts, it was clear to see that she was one the least kind of person that another person would befriend out of all the people in the city.

So, why?

Meanwhile, when he had realized that he was only one centimeter away until their lips would touch, Kyle slightly trembled and blushed. Indeed, another cupid arrow had struck his heart, except that the way it struck at his heart was too brutal. Too brutal that he was unsure if whether he could hold onto his blank facade or not.

Kyle even felt a drop of blood dripping down his heart. Obviously, that was impossible. He was not wounded externally or internally. But, why did he keep feeling this kind of imaginary nonsense?

Apart from his mind, Kyle’s heart screamed out onto the world about how he greatly wanted to bring his beloved back home and keep her for himself for the rest of his life.

When he had realized his heart’s yearnings, Kyle asked himself and smirked, ‘Why not?’

It was at that point that Kyle had seriously begun to plan ahead for the future. It was also at this point that Scarlet did not know that her pondering would lead to a life changing event. She had already been a capture target by these two men and the victim was not at all aware.

When he saw this taking place before him, Kevin became slightly irritated and small veins began to pop out of his forehead. His dazzling smile stiffened and his lips twitched several times. His brother was getting way too conceited and cocky, flirting with his Li right before his eyes, eh? Moreover, actually having the guts to smirk just to show-off in front of him, eh?

‘You’re rejoicing too soon, bro.’ Kevin evilly smiled, his eyes glinting with mischief.

Perhaps, their matters were still not settled yet.

When she saw Kyle smirk, Scarlet immediately disregarded those nonsense thoughts and instinctively distanced her face from his.

She thought, ‘No, impossible. I’m over thinking things again.’

Kyle would not really want to be friends with her, right? Kyle was someone way out of her league, so how did she come up with the conclusion that he wanted to be friends with her? That was quite stupid. There were many people who would be a better friend than her. Perhaps, he just wanted to make fun of her whenever he avoided eye-contact, nothing more.

Furthermore, where did she even get the idea that he was shy?

Kevin gently grabbed Scarlet’s waist and embraced her to catch her attention. Unknowingly going according to his plans, Scarlet shifted her intense gaze from Kyle to Kevin. She instinctively drew closer to Kevin just like how she did with Kyle and intensely stared at his eyes, making him feel like she could see through the depths of his soul.

Kevin’s heart began to beat rapidly and he also felt blood dripping down his heart.

“Hm? Isn’t that nonsense?” Kevin thought to himself as he continued to blush and lovingly smile at his beloved sweetheart. He did not feel the brutality of the cupid arrow at all. Instead, he was presently amused with his odd manner of thinking. Just where on earth did he get an idea like this?

Meanwhile, Scarlet was faced with another problem to ponder again.

But, what about his brother? Why did Kevin want to be friends with her despite the many struggles along their way of ‘friendship?’ How could she explain this? If his brother wanted to befriend her, then it was quite possible that Kyle wanted to befriend her too. Was this why they kept showing concern and affection for her from yesterday until now?

But, why?

Through his imaginary rose-filtered lenses, Kyle saw his brother and his beloved in their own little world, staring at each other as if they were meant to be. This time, Kyle was the one who was irritated with small veins popping out of his head. He pushed his glasses upwards. This was a habit of his whenever a grave situation arose. And indeed, the situation in front of him was quite grave.

Their matters were definitely not settled yet.

Kyle immediately grabbed Scarlet’s shoulders towards him in order to break their annoying lovey-dovey atmosphere. Noticing the slight movement, Kevin tightened his hold on his beloved instead of letting go and intensely eyed at his brother. At the same time, Kyle also tightened his hold on her and glared at his brother, making the poor girl tightly sandwiched in between.

Scarlet slightly furrowed her brows upwards. She was definitely not used to other people touching her here and there, more so if it was two at the same time. However, despite feeling slightly uncomfortable in being squished by two walls, she could not help but feel that this feeling was very familiar, as if she had experienced this before.

What did this mean?

While she pondered again, Scarlet never noticed the invisible sparks flying in between them or their intense stares at each other.

Right then, Scarlet felt her head ache again. Usually, she would easily disregard the pain as if it was nothing, but now, she could not disregard the pain. More like, no matter how hard she had tried, she could never disregard it whenever she was with these twins.

Why?

“Mn..” Scarlet softly groaned from the pain of her head ache and squirmed from their tight hold.

Noticing their beloved’s discomfort, both men immediately loosened their hold, but they never let go. Kyle tenderly rubbed her back while Kevin used his free hand to gently massage her forehead.

Because of their tender actions, Scarlet also immediately forgot about her questions. Her chaotic state of mind that was about to burst gradually became tranquil.

Their touch and warmth were so comforting that she unconsciously slept within their embrace, despite still sitting down on the bed. Even a gentle touch like this was enough to make her fall asleep, because her entire being would weaken from just a single warmth and affection that she was never blessed with until now.

Seeing her head slowly droop backwards, Kyle immediately stopped rubbing her back and use that hand to catch her head. Kevin also followed his brother’s lead and they both gently lay their beloved on the bed.

After they arranged her in place, both men still lay down on the same place like yesterday. They both pulled up the blanket and stared at her, making all the sparks disappear and all sorts of flowers appear in their field of vision.

Yet again, both men realized that their members had harden with passion ever since a while ago. They were not surprised with it anymore. Hence, they just left it as it is and tightly embraced their woman like a pillow, without the slightest intention of letting go.

Just from watching their beloved sleep, the twins, who usually had insomnia or nightmares whenever they sleep, fell fast asleep peacefully with her in their embrace. They were so deeply asleep that they dreamt of nothing.

Meanwhile, the bell rang just a few minutes ago and all the students were now in their perspective classrooms, spending their hours listening to the same old boring lectures.

Except for two classrooms.

The students in the first classroom all whispered to one another, silent enough that their teacher was not able to catch them on the act.

“Classes just started a few minutes ago, but how come Scarlet-sama and Kyle-sama are not here yet?” One girl near the window asked her seatmate.

“Idiot, have you forgotten that Kyle-sama brought Scarlet-sama outside the classroom? Actually, with Scarlet-sama’s state, they should be in the clinic by now. They have the right to miss classes. Just thinking of how our goddess is hurt in who knows where makes me feel restless and anxious.” The boy replied to her as he clenched and unclenched his fist for the hundredth time, clearly showing how worried he was.

“Excuse me, I am no ‘idiot,’ mister.” The girl glared at the boy. Out of all his words, she could only hear the word, ‘idiot,’ echoing in her ears. However, the boy was too caught up on the worry to even bother with appeasing her anger.

“But, aside from that, it was quite refreshing to see Kyle-sama, who always had a blank expression on, getting quite worried for our Scarlet-sama, right? I can see a very good future ahead!” Another girl excitedly whispered to the both of them, secretly helping the boy out from his situation.

“I’m so jealous! I want to have an exciting romance too, just like theirs!” Another girl beside them excitedly replied.

“Meh, guys. Aside from their love lives, don’t you think it’s quite unfair? That we have to study here while they rest in the clinic?” A well-known lazy boy spoke as he began to daze off in the lecture.

Right then, both of his feet were mercilessly stepped on from both sides.

“ACK!” The boy shouted in pain as he abruptly stood up.

At that moment, all of the students, who were whispering to one another, stopped talking and looked at his direction out of curiosity.

“Yes, do you have any problems with this or any ideas to share?” The teacher in history asked when she had heard a loud noise from the back. The students here were quite participative. They would even participate despite her not asking any questions.

Because of this, the teacher became joyful as she beamed at the boy with high expectations.

“Ah, no ma’am! It’s a perfect idea It’s just that the topic was so amazing that I unconsciously yelled out in awe. I’m sorry for the disturbance.” The boy’s back and forehead were drenched with sweat as he spontaneously spoke nonsense. Despite not being trained in this department, he knew how to flatter and use flowery words right when he needed it the most.

“Oh! Why, thank you! You may take your seat.” The teacher smiled brightly at him as she continued on with her lecture. Obviously, she did not hear the sarcasm or the anxiety in the boy’s voice.

As the boy took his seat, he did not forget to glare at the two culprits who had stepped on his feet.

Of course, the two culprits did not back down. Instead, they gave him a glare that was even fiercer than his, making the poor victim flinch and sweat again. The boy had no choice but to look down at his book and pretend to study in order to escape. They were the ones who stepped on him, but why did he feel guilty?

He did nothing wrong!

Meanwhile, those culprits thought with burning fury, “Serves him right! To think he won’t bother to care for Scarlet-sama’s health! In fact, they’re not resting but taking care of her. We can’t even imagine how worried they are right now. How inconsiderate!”

In reality, their precious idols were sleeping on the clinic at this moment. Even if those two culprits knew, there was no doubt that they would still blindly side with their idols.

Presently, in this classroom, there were four empty chairs.

“Why do I feel like I had missed something important?” Nene shivered from the coldness and covered her entire body with blanket. She was clearly burning with fever, so what made her shiver as if her life depended on it?

A few hundred meters away, Jojo also felt the exact same feeling. But, since she was so sick, she did not bother to uncover the hidden meaning and only drank hot water. Afterwards, she lazily slept on her bed.

Unfortunately, if the leaders of the fan base were not recuperating in their homes, Nene and Jojo would have burst out with joy from the present turn of events.