QT: Against My Will

147 3.13.52 – One-sided Love – Downfall of Humanity

Ziek’s infuriated gaze halted on her lips, “When are you going to bring at least something edible?” If it weren’t for the disgusting taste killing the mood, he would say that her natural laughter was the most lovely thing he’d ever heard, “Don’t they say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach?”

“Hm ??, they do,” Bing Shi stopped licking, placing her lollipop before his mouth, “Do you want an indirect kiss?”

*thump*

Ziek looked at the lollipop, which was in her mouth a second ago. His heart thumped hard. “You disgusting cheater,” he said and turned around, rummaging through the regals to calm down, his mind stuck on inappropriate scenes.

Bing Shi chuckled, “I like it on hard mode. While others use their cooking skills,” she threw the untasty lollipop into a trash bin, “I use a smelly durian lollipop.”

“...Pfft...,” Ziek would’ve never thought he would be swayed so easily. Hey! Why did she throw it away? That’s a waste of food! His heart spoke out silently, while his brain tried to shut it down aloud, “Are you seducing me behind his back?”

“No, I just wanted to know if the saying was true,” she said, her tone indifferent. Noticing his red ears, she said sheepishly, “It’s surprisingly accurate, hehe.”

“...” Ah, he couldn’t anymore. She got him again.

“Have you ever fallen in love?” Bing Shi asked when his guard was down.

.....

“I had a few girlfriends,” answered Ziek as he reminisced the past, “It never lasted for long.” He knew this warmth; it always ceased with time. So why when it’s her, it didn’t seem to quit?

“So young and so experienced. How many girlfriends did you have?” Bing Shi asked. “When my boyfriend was your age, he dropped out of school and played games on his second-hand laptop all day. No girl wanted him, except me, of course.”

“Three. Why would you want such a loser?” Ziek thought that her boyfriend was super-rich, so it was she who was rich?

“I fell in love with his smartness. He was so good at playing games, and taking care of others,” Bing Shi had to hold in her inner fan-girl. “As long as he continued to make me happy, I didn’t care about anything else. Who said a woman can’t take care of a man? From the start, I thought that he’ll be my housewife. But he proved me wrong, and became the opposite.”

‘And I fell in love all over again ??’

So when Bing Shi’s brain kept telling her that Xuan Mu had potential...it was because it saw him as a potential housewife?!? She kept it for herself so that Xuan Mu could select his path himself. She didn’t push him into anything as she was okay with anything he chose. Imagine Xuan Mu’s reaction when he got to know the truth. One word. Priceless.

If the women, who wanted the successful Xuan Mu, didn’t know the future, would they be interested in the suicidal ‘good for nothing’ boy? Would they still think they could replace Bing Shi in his heart? No, because they’d be unable to see him the way Bing Shi did.

Ziek knew she was odd, but this much?! “Aren’t you going to ask how far I went with those girls?” he asked. How would she respond if she knew that he kissed before?

“Did you break their hearts?” Bing Shi wasn’t very interested and responded with a question, “If yes, how many?”

What about his heart? Ziek looked up at the ceiling, “No, but they sure acted like that.” The more he got to know them, the more he loathed them for pretending to like him, “After a breakup, they’d die during some accidents. Serves them right. I’d kill them myself if they continued with that shitty acting.”

He was never blindly in love, and more than often, he could spot how they tried to change him for ‘better’.

Bing Shi opened her eyes wide, “Woah, Woah, you don’t sound sad at all. They had to have it hard with you.”

Ziek turned around to face the person in black, who kept defending his exes, “Well, fuck them.”

Bing Shi sniffed the air, “I smell some fishy conspiracy. Let’s go before I start oversmelling.”

“What about my candies?” he asked and looked around for some gummy snakes and sour candies, but found none.

“In my backpack,” she patted her back, “If you want some, you can take them from the side compartment.”

Ziek got near her, unzipping her backpack, he looked at the content inside, “Why do you always wear such an enormous thing on your back? An umbrella? A duck tape?”

“Huh?” Bing Shi turned her head around to look at her back, “What if it rains? What if the umbrella breaks?”

Ziek raised his eyebrow, “Who needs a rope and a shovel for a one day trip?”

“I need them,” Bing Shi snatched the rope and shovel from his hands, taking off her backpack, she placed them back, “You opened the wrong compartment.” She took out a bag containing his snacks and gave it to him.

Ziek accepted the bag and laughed, “Do you have OCD?”

“I don’t,” Bing Shi put on her backpack and left the store.

“You do,” Ziek followed after her.

“No, I just like to be prepared for every occasion,” Bing Shi defended herself.

“Yes, of course,” he grinned.

They didn’t forget to discuss her ‘fishy conspiracy.’ No matter how absurd it sounded, he had fun. After comparing their pasts, they ended up with a hilarious conclusion. Someone tried to recreate her boyfriend’s past life. And pushed little copies of Bing Shi to him. No wonder he always felt as if those lowly copies never saw him, but someone else. The only person who treated him as Ziek Leoners was the current Bing Shi, who saw him as an individual.

And like that, they strolled around the city and caught a group of rebels who wanted to kidnap Bing Shi along the way. Such a dumb tactic worked perfectly against people filled with greed and arrogance. How could they waste such an opportunity? It was one unknown person and Bing Shi. They saw no allies nearby, what could go wrong?

With this duo? Everything.