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“Oppa, do you remember that beautiful oppa little friend?” Jinwoo who was eating his breakfast instantly stopped to stare at his sister, Jinah. “If it's not wrong his name is Kim Dokja isn't it?”

Jinwoo swallowed the food he chewed before replying, “Yeah, he moved because of his parents' issues divorcing didn't he? That was 10 years ago, why do you still remember him?”

"Nothing~" Jinah gives a strange smile, making Jinwoo wincer with her weirdness. He doesn't know what his sister is hiding from him but it doesn't seem like it's a problem for him, right now he has to be quick because time chases him.

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Jinwoo just got to his class only to be greeted with various strange gossips. They said there would be a new student transferring to his school, yet Sung Jinwoo wasn't interested in that except for the game he was playing.

Jinwoo continued to play his cellphone under the table ignoring the greeting from his teacher who had entered earlier, his hands moved to play the game on the cellphone screen, his face grimaced when he almost lost the game not knowing that someone was standing next to his empty table.

"Teacher, there are students here playing games in the middle of class." The voice made Jinwoo raise his head suddenly and look at the teacher who was sighing at him.

"Jinwoo! Bring me your cellphone!" The teacher firmly asked, making all the students there glance at Sung Jinwoo.

Sung Jinwoo clicked his tongue, stood up with the sound of the seat shifting violently while hitting the shoulder of the man who was shorter than him. He didn't know the man but he wouldn't forgive that man for making him lose the game.

After giving his cellphone, Sung Jinwoo returned to his desk ignoring the male student who had been staring at him for a long time.

"You haven't changed at all, have you." The male student started the conversation slowly.

"What the hell are you saying that—" Jinwoo quickly covered his mouth when he finally looked at the face of the male student.

"Remember me?" The student showed a smile with his head resting on his hands on the table.

"No way..."

The student chuckled softly at Jinwoo's stupid face, the chuckle was so sweet and made Sung Jinwoo's heart beat fast.

"You're still as aloof as ever."

"Kim Dokja... why are you here?" Jinwoo, still a surprised face asked carefully.

"Because I'm a transfer student, idiot."

"No, why are you here?"

The student whose name was called Kim Dokja, he frowned. Then shook his head, "Why can't I be here?" He asked back making Jinwoo who had opened his mouth to close again.

"Lend me your book!" Kim Dokja bluntly took the book from Jinwoo's desk then smiled, "You won't use it anyway." He says.

Jinwoo couldn't help but be silent and didn't dare to say anything more than stealing glances at the student beside him.

I know he was beautiful since childhood, but why is he getting prettier now? Jinwoo rubbed his eyes as he thought about that then looked back at Kim Dokja's face who was focused on studying.

Is it a dream?

Something in Jinwoo's heart moved, every time he stole glances at Kim Dokja his heart will beat faster, who would have thought his childhood friend would be beside him now.

"Aren't you looking at me too deeply?" Kim Dokja turned to him with a smile on his lips, he continued, "Is there something on my face?"

Jinwoo turned his face away after being caught seeing Kim Dokja, he coughed to relieve his embarrassment. He didn't want to lose his cool in front of Kim Dokja. "Nothing." He said as he took a pen and wrote as if he was listening to what the teacher was saying.

Kim Dokja smirked, he didn't continue to ask and looked back at the blackboard, while holding his chuckle behind his hand, Sung Jinwoo shifted his position further away from Dokja feeling ashamed of what had just happened.

If only he could just disappear right then and there, especially why did he suddenly remember the past when he was playing with Kim Dokja.

Embarrassing memories where they used to be when they were little playing house, and appointed Kim Dokja to be his wife. Sung Jinwoo still remembered how he proposed to Kim Dokja as he often saw in romantic dramas.

"Do you want to be my life partner forever? I know I won't be able to give you anything right now, but I'm sure I will give you happiness." Little Sung Jinwoo said as he knelt down carrying a dandelion flower that he found nearby. "Kim Dokja will you be mine?"

the other small children at that time cheered happily while Kim Dokja there stood frozen.

"... Yes...?" Kim Dokja replied after he heard another friend's cheers telling him to accept the proposal.

Little Sung Jinwoo immediately stood up and hugged Kim Dokja while saying, "You are now mine, my wife!" He said as if confirming to the others.

Bruk!

Sung Jinwoo dropped his head on the table making the whole class shocked by the loud noise.

Oh god, can you take my life now? Jinwoo thought, he just wanted to disappear from the sight of Kim Dokja after remembering the past.

"There, are you all right, Sung Jinwoo?" The teacher asked with a doubtful face.

"I, can I go to the infirmary I'm not feeling well." Jinwoo answered as he stood up from his chair glancing at Kim Dokja who was looking at him in confusion.

"Alright, you're excused."

Jinwoo immediately left the classroom in a hurry without looking back and closed the classroom door with a loud bang.

Jinwoo opened the door to the infirmary, no one was there even the infirmary guard was not there, he quickly stepped inside and closed the door then went to one of the white mattresses and closed using the curtains.

He reached into his pants pocket looking for his cellphone but couldn't find it anywhere, until he remembered that it was confiscated by his teacher.

"That's damn Kim Dokja." He muttered to himself, remembering that he was the one who made Jinwoo's cellphone confiscated all day.

Jinwoo lay there putting one hand under his head as a pillow, staring at the dull white ceiling with thoughts drifting far away.

He thought about why Kim Dokja was suddenly in the same class as him, he remembers Kim Dokja moving because his parents divorced and Dokja following his mother, then why did they come back again?

He turned to face the window, covering his flushed face even though he knew no one was looking at him. "It's not like I'm happy he's back again." he muttered to himself.

His face couldn't lie, seeing how he smiled and his beating heart, he was actually very happy that Kim Dokja was back again.

Sung Jinwoo hugged the blanket in exasperation, he covered his face with the blanket, he couldn't stop smiling at all.

The sound of the infirmary door opening made his face instantly expressionless, he stiffly lay there while hearing the sound of approaching footsteps.

"You're being so dramatic."

Jinwoo immediately raised his head to see who was talking to him, it turned out to be Kim Dokja.

"Why are you here?"

Kim Dokja smiled then sat on the chair beside Jinwoo's bed. "Don't you know? It's already break time." He answered while pointing to his watch.

Jinwoo wrinkled his forehead, had he been there that long? Why does time go by so fast when his mind is wandering?

"I didn't think you would still remember me." Kim Dokja said, his lips forming a small smile. "And you are still the same, very easy to blush." He said again as he leaned forward for a closer look.

Jinwoo moved away from Kim Dokja when he saw the small smile turn into a smirk.

"I wonder." Kim Dokja lifted his knees onto the bed, crawling over to Jinwoo. "do you still remember your promise to marry me?" 

Jinwoo was silent with the blanket covering half of his face, Kim Dokja was on top of him with a sharp grin and droopy eyes. His pounding heart screamed even more when he heard those words, his face heated up with eyes that didn't dare to look at Dokja's face.

"Judging by your reaction, it seems you remember it." Dokja chuckled as he crawled back down from the bed and sat back down in his place. "Teasing you is so funny."

Jinwoo opened his blanket, heaved a sigh of relief, not knowing why he did that. "Stop teasing me." He says.

"Do you have anyone you like?" Dokja asked suddenly, making Jinwoo instantly freeze on the spot.

"Why you asked that?"

"Just to make sure." Dokja stood up from his seat and leaned forward closer to Jinwoo's ear. "Don't forget I'm your wife, and you're mine."

Dokja patted Jinwoo's shoulder while giving a smile and then left him at the infirmary.

Well it seems that Jinwoo can't refuse it.

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Dokja just got home from work, sitting at his usual bus stop while waiting for the bus he was waiting for, his hands move smoothly scrolling the screen on his cellphone, reading his favorite novel while waiting for the update time.

Kim Dokja suddenly got goosebumps that made him close his cellphone and look around him, he often saw the news that a citizen died in a deserted place due to a serial murder.

Remembering that the news alone had frightened Kim Dokja, he turned his head when he heard the sound of approaching footsteps, the street had no bright lights so it looked so dark and Kim Dokja couldn't see the person's posture clearly.

Heart pounding faster every time the person took a step closer, he readied his cell phone to call the police if anything untoward happened. But when that person arrived near the bus stop, his body immediately fell down with a loud sound making Kim Dokja stand up in shock, but that doesn't mean he can go straight to that person, he walked slowly with the hand holding the cellphone firmly, the person was covered in a large black coat, and Kim Dokja had to crouch down to open the coat.

Kim Dokja took off the man's black coat and saw a small child with a ragged breath and a very red face. He immediately panicked not realizing his panic made the little boy open his eyes, he took the initiative to call an ambulance when his hand was suddenly grabbed.

"Don't... call ambulan.." The little boy then released his grip and fainted on the spot.

Dokja frowned, he looked at his cellphone then looked back at the little boy, the dilemma is whether he should call an ambulance? But the boy told him not to call them. He also saw no one except him and the child, he lifted the child into his arms, fortunately the child was so light and easy for him to move his body to a more comfortable place.

Dokja looked at the bus that was coming towards him, standing there waiting for the bus to reach in front of him, he didn't know what he was thinking to want to take the boy home with him.

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Yes, in the end the child slept at his house, Kim Dokja sat on the chair while watching the unknown child carefully. He had so many wounds on his hands that Dokja had to give him his bandages and torn clothes as if the little boy had just come out of war.

Dokja looks at the clock which shows 2 pm, he can't sleep when there are strangers in his house especially the child seems to be in pain, every time Dokja sees his face, he would instantly remember his past self.

"Uhh..." The little boy groaned with his eyes tightly closed, Kim Dokja stood up to see how he was but who would have thought that the boy immediately attacked him and bit his neck.

Kim Dokja was too shocked to react with his voice not even coming out, his breath caught in his throat and his neck hurt. His eyes widened when he realized what the little boy was doing.

"Wha—" Dokja says but his vision is getting blurry and dark, he doesn't remember anything when the thudding sound fell.

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Dokja wakes up startled like he just had a bad dream, he catches his breath while looking around, he is still at home. "Was that a dream..?" Dokja is shocked again when he feels a bandage around his neck.

"You're awake? You slept for a long time even though I didn't drink much of your blood."

Dokja immediately turned to the little boy who was looking at him with round eyes, he sat on the bed right next to Dokja with both hands cupping his face.

Those red eyes that lit up when he looked at Dokja made him take a step back immediately. "What are you?" Dokja asks under his pillow for protection.

The little boy smiled, "You must have read a book about Vampires, right? Well that's how I am."

"No way—"

"You will definitely say that it's not real, it's a shame that it's real, you've seen the real thing firsthand." The boy cut off Dokja's words while rolling his eyes lazily as if he had heard that many times.

But it wasn't that Dokja was afraid but he immediately opened his mouth again and continued his speech.

"—how did you get through life all this time?"

The question left the little boy speechless with a confused face, then lowered his head as if he was remembering something, he mumbled, "it's not like you would care about that."

The boy raised his head and looked directly at Dokja, "Aren't you afraid? I could drink your blood all the way!" The boy said but it didn't seem like it had any effect on Dokja.

"In that case, you must have done it a long time ago, especially when you were injured right? But I'm still alive." Kim Dokja replied, whether it was because he was kind or too stupid.

The little boy gave Kim Dokja a strange look, but indeed he didn't intend to kill humans since that wasn't his style, he turned his head while muttering, "stupid."

"What...? i didn't hear what you're saying, kids."

The little boy turned to look at Dokja giving a sharp look before saying, "Jinwoo, my name is Sung Jinwoo, don't call me kids."

Dokja chuckled, "Alright, Jinwoo nice to meet you, my name is Kim Dokja."

When they were exchanging greetings, Dokja was surprised by the clock showing 8 in the morning, he widened his eyes and immediately got up from his bed making Jinwoo surprised.

"I'm late!" Dokja frantically runs to the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth getting ready to go to work. "Gotta go now good bye!"

Dokja left Jinwoo in the apartment alone, he didn't even have breakfast at all. Jinwoo looked at the clock on the wall then fell back asleep with the blanket covering his entire body when the sun had already entered through the gap in the curtain.

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The days have passed, Dokja doesn't know how long he has been with that little boy named Jinwoo, Jinwoo also didn't do anything suspicious. He acted like a normal child, and that made Kim Dokja even more doubtful that Jinwoo was a Vampire. And why Jinwoo still in his house?

"Why are you still here?" Dokja asking, he just come home from work and seeing Jinwoo watching TV with the dark room.

"Cause, why not?" Jinwoo answered then back watching the tv show.

Kim Dokja frowned, "Don't you have a parents? You should go home now!"

"Nah i don't have anyone."

Jinwoo answered that in an ordinary tone but when Kim Dokja heard it, he immediately fell silent with a sad face, now without a doubt Dokja saw Jinwoo as he was in childhood.

But one day when Dokja in the day off, he saw a strange bag on his desk, he stared at it for a few minutes and saw Jinwoo take one after he came out of the bathroom.

"What's that?" Dokja asked while pointing to the bag filled with red. "Don't tell me—"

"Yes, it's blood~ you want to try it?" Jinwoo mischievously smiled while thrusting the bag he had opened towards Dokja so that the smell of his blood could be smelled.

"Uurk! stay away!" Dokja covered his nose then left leaving Jinwoo laughing in the living room.

Jinwoo sat on the sofa while sucking a bag of blood while waiting for his favorite show in TV.

Not long after he heard the sound of the door opening, without even turning he knew who was behind him now, Dokja came over and sat beside him while watching.

"Where did you get the blood?" Dokja asked, he took a bag of blood that was still intact for a closer look.

"From my friend, i asked her to send it here." Jinwoo answered with a glance to make sure Dokja didn't do anything stupid like trying to taste the blood. "If I drink one more bag I'll grow up." Jinwoo said that's make Kim Dokja freeze.

"Grow up?" Dokja asked while holding back his laughter, he raised his hand to pat Jinwoo's head but was brushed aside. "You should enjoy your childhood first." Dokja said as if giving advice.

Jinwoo rolled his eyes, "childhood pfft... I'm older than you."

Dokja turned his head as if in disbelief, he gave a strange look as if he doubted what Jinwoo said. "You? really? then how old are you?"

"565."

That answer actually made Kim Dokja laugh even more, he even held his stomach while laughing so hard.

Jinwoo took the rest of the blood bag open in annoyance, with Kim Dokja still laughing heartily beside him. he took a gulp of blood hard, but before he took a second gulp his whole body froze and his face heated up, the blood bag fell and he fell down screaming in pain.

Dokja immediately stopped laughing, he immediately sweated and became panicked when he heard Jinwoo screaming with pain.

"Jinwoo?! what's happened?! Should i call ambulance?!" Dokja was so panicked, he took the blood bag thinking that the blood might be able to relieve Jinwoo's pain but instead Jinwoo threw the blood bag to splatter on the floor.

Jinwoo's breath was so tight and his body ached so much, his hands joined in front of his chest reflexively, he slammed his head on the sofa trying to get rid of the pain.

Realizing that Kim Dokja couldn't help him stand up from his spot to call an ambulance or anyone else he could call but a hand gripped the hem of his shirt.

He turned to see an unknown person lying on the sofa staring at him, Kim Dokja immediately jumped back when he didn't see Jinwoo there, his eyes moved to check from top to bottom and then back up again.

"I told you don't call an ambulance, it would be a chaos if they know i'm a Vampire." the person said, he sat casually as if he didn't see Kim Dokja preparing to kill him with a pillow. "And don't look at me like I'm a ghost, I'm Jinwoo and this is my true form." The person said again scratching the back of his neck with a sigh when Dokja didn't move at all.

"You're... Jinwoo? that's little cute boy?" Dokja ask made Jinwoo frowned in disgust.

"Stop calling me cute i just got a gosebump."

Dokja didn't hear him and continued to ask, "How..?"

Jinwoo sighed, patted the sofa beside him telling Dokja to sit beside him when he wanted to tell his story, Dokja obediently sat beside him while giving him some distance. Seeing that made Jinwoo feel disappointed then pulled Dokja's hand closer, "closer, so you can hear my story clearly." he said.

"So before I fainted near the halte bus, I just killed the Vampire who betrayed me, and it seems I used too much of my strength, and it drains almost all of my energy because of that, that's why I made my body smaller so I can still move my whole body, otherwise I won't be able to control some of my body, and then i see you." Jinwoo explained briefly. He turned his head slightly to see Dokja's reaction.

He didn't react at all making Jinwoo raise one eyebrow, he shifted to face Dokja and lifted his chin so he could see his face, then he smirked. "Do you like how I look now?" he asked when he saw Dokja's face was getting redder.

"No! not at all!" Dokja pushed Jinwoo then turned his face away, now it was Jinwoo who chuckled.

"So you're weak to handsome faces?"

Dokja shrank even more "No, it's just… you're my typ— nvm...!" he muttered to himself, but he forgot that Jinwoo had very sharp hearing.

"I'm your type huh?" Jinwoo approached and trapped Dokja on the sofa making Dokja lie down with his hands covering his face.

Jinwoo chuckled seeing Dokja who was like a frightened mouse in front of his prey.

"What should I do??" Jinwoo shifted Dokja's hair then removed both hands that covered his reddened face.

Jinwoo smiled. "You're also my type."

Dokja's face was getting redder with pursed lips holding back a smile, he then turned his face away.

"You're surprisingly so cute."

No, Dokja would dead for sure if Jinwoo continue teasing him.

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In this world everyone can tell how long their soulmate will live at the age of 25. And Sung Jinwoo was just about to get the message on this day he had been waiting for.

His face lit up looking at the clock on the wall which still showed 11.59 pm, his co-workers who worked the same shift with him always teased him while waiting for Jinwoo's birthday

"You must be nervous right now?" Jinho nudged Jinwoo's arm with a strange smile on his face

"How can I not be nervous when I will soon find out how long my soulmate will live for." Jinwoo turned his back to his junior while counting the seconds. "It's the same as when I had my first surgery." He whispered but could still be heard by his friend Jinho

"Calm down hyung."

12.00

"Happy birthday Jinwoo-ya!" All his co-workers cheered with enthusiasm

Jinwoo's face, which was originally very happy, suddenly turned somber, his lips trembled with reddened eyes. Seeing the change in his face made all his co-workers immediately fell silent in confusion

"What is it Jinwoo-ya?" The blonde-haired woman or commonly called Cha Haein came over with a worried face

"This— this isn't fair... Why?" Jinwoo said in a desperate tone, tears trickling down his cheeks

"Hey hey, it's your happy day why are you crying?!" Jinho immediately caught the shoulders of Jinwoo who was shaking and fell from the limp legs.

Jinwoo put his hand over his face, as if he had given up on what was in front of him. It took him a few minutes before he finally calmed down and stood facing his friends

"What happened?" Cha Haein asked worriedly

"My soulmate has a time limit of only 10 hours." The answer somehow made Jinwoo's heart heavy and almost cried again. "Whereas I have 97 years."

All of his friends who heard that were silent for a moment, no one could say a word. "But you'll get another soulmate after that.

Jinwoo lowered his head. "I don't want to wait any longer, I just want this."

"You can meet him, you know if you are close to your soulmate you will get the green light."

"You think I have time for that? My shift doesn't end that fast." Jinwoo frustratedly said, he couldn't ask permission because he had a lot of work to do surgery on some of his patience. 

"Maybe you should let it go, It's not something no one else has ever experienced.” Jinho patted Jinwoo's shoulder trying to cheer his. “Let's start our work.”

Jinwoo is a surgeon, his very long shift will not have time for him to find his soulmate, something that makes him regret is that he can't meet the soulmate he's been waiting for. But he also of course can't leave the patient who needs him, who in the end gives up his soulmate.

06.13

"Blood pressure is dropping!"

Jinwoo had forgotten about his soulmate and focused more on his patient, he immediately moved to save the life of one patient. Yup at least he saved one life despite having to ignore his soulmate.

Ding!

When he is focusing on what he is doing the color where once red turns to yellow. Jinwoo suddenly stopped to look at the color that had turned yellow, he stared at it for a long time with an incredulous face.

"Jinwoo! what are you doing?! Hurry up!" Cha Haein called out, breaking Jinwoo's daydream and immediately moving again.

"What happened?" Jinho asked while he was fixing the wires that might get in the way of the doctor.

"It just turned yellow."

Jinho was silent for a moment before continuing his activities, "Forget it, something might go wrong."

"Yeah..."

09.47

Jinwoo looked at the clock, there was no more time for him to look for his soulmate, the pain he could not deny, lose a soulmate even when you haven't met them, he knows some people are even worse than this, but considering how he still has 10 hours to find his soulmate but he just can't use that time to look for him...

It made him disappointed in himself.

"I'm going outside for some air." Jinwoo said to his co-workers, leaving the operating room without waiting for another answer.

"He must be shocked."

"Let him be, he just have 13 minutes before his soulmate gone."

Sung Jinwoo spent his time staring at the sky in the hospital garden, his heart beat so fast when he saw the light was still yellow, 9 minutes remaining before his soul mate will leave him from the earth.

If he knew this was going to happen then why was he shown the rest of the time in the first place only to feel pain in the end? It made him think, is this something he should be sad about? He had not met his soulmate at all, not even a memory of them.

"Doctor Sung Jinwoo! Emergency!!"

Sung Jinwoo immediately turned around and ran back into the hospital followed by several nurses who followed him at the side, he didn't know what was going on, "What happened?" he asked.

"There was a madman running when the ambulance was coming towards him." One of the nurses said to make Sung Jinwoo immediately go to the emergency room.

Ding!

Just as Sung Jinwoo entered the room he heard the computer sound of the heart pressure meter beeping loudly. "We lost him!"

10.00

"Shit! Time's up!" Sung Jinwoo suddenly screamed before he saw the light turning green, he then looked at the patient who had just died in front of him then saw his soulmate's time running out.

The man died at the same time as his soul mate as well as the green light indicating he was close to his soul mate.

"Charge the paddles." Sung Jinwoo said while looking at Defibrillator paddle.

"huh?"

"Now!"

Sung Jinwoo's rising voice made several nurses gasp and hastily did what was asked, electrocuted the patient's chest several times.

Please...

In the next second the patient finally opened his eyes, Sung Jinwoo held back his tears as he gently touched the patient's cheek.

The patient was a beautiful and sweet man, his skin was milky white and so smooth under Jinwoo's hands, his eyes were black when opened like millions of stars were there.

Soulmate remaining time: 97 years

The man formed a smile with a hand holding Jinwoo's hand that was on his cheek.

"I finally found you."

The man glanced at Jinwoo's name tag which was on his left chest then looked back at Jinwoo. "Sung Jinwoo." He spoke softly as if trying to taste the name with his lips.

"The name is Kim Dokja."

And that's it, that's how Jinwoo found his the one and only love.

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Kim Dokja complained to his superiors when he received some bad news after he had just returned from his previous mission. Kim Dokja walked past the person he hated the most while giving him a scornful look while he got a smirk from that person, Dokja then confronted in front of his superiors while giving the file he got from the previous mission.

"Good work as usual, agent K."

Usually Kim Dokja would immediately leave the room to rest, but he just stood there quietly with his arms folded in front of his chest, he stared intently at his superior while sighing.

"What's the matter, Agent K?"

"Why should I cooperate with that brat on the next mission?" Kim Dokja complained while pointing at the taller man sitting on the sofa drinking wine at the table.

"Why not?"

Dokja clicked his tongue, "Why not Agent H? I work well with her." He said he was making a suggestion that he wasn't on the same team as the man.

"He's on his mission with Agent Sangah." 

Dokja opened his mouth again but had to close it again, staring at the sharp gaze from his superior made his guts shrink, he took a deep breath and then sighed loudly.

The man sitting on the sofa stood up and walked over to Dokja, standing behind him and waiting for Kim Dokja to turn to face him.

"I'm Sung Jinwoo." The man introduced himself when Kim Dokja turned to look at him.

Dokja rolled his eyes, "No one doesn't know your name, the newcomer who gets first place." He answered and just stared at the man.

Jinwoo smiled. "Shouldn't I know your name?"

Tch, Dokja really hates how arrogant the man in front of him is, he should know how to respect his seniors. "Agent Kim, We won't be partners forever, so there's no need to give you my full name."

The reply made Jinwoo grin, he stepped closer then spread his arms and hugged Dokja suddenly making the owner startled. What the hell is he? Dokja could even feel Jinwoo's breath in his ears.

Jinwoo let go of the hug when there was no reply even though he was sure he would be pushed to the ground but instead Dokja just froze.

"You're my partner should i shake your hands?"

Dokja just gave a strange look, he finally chose to ignore Jinwoo and left the room.

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The task given by his superiors is not too difficult and Dokja should be able to complete it alone but his boss forbids it, only for the reason that Kim Dokja would definitely hurt himself again.

the hell? Dokja does not accept that reason, he always prepares a plan carefully, getting hurt was a matter of late, after all he didn't mean to hurt himself either.

"Kill Eve Stevan, a mobster who should have been dead 30 years ago but he's been hiding all this time."

"Information says he is now in London."

Inggris, London 23/12/97

11.00 pm

Dokja with all the contacts he had finally found out where Eve Stevan was, though there was a slight snag as he almost got caught trying to track the person down and was nearly killed. Jinwoo helped him escape from the pursuit and made Dokja continue his task of tracking and planning how to meet Eve Stevan.

Beautique, 11.12 pm

Jinwoo whistled on the sofa when he saw Dokja's new appearance, wearing a party dress and beautiful accessories that adorned his neck and ears. "I like this disguise."

"Shut up." Dokja rolled his eyes when Jinwoo said in a playful tone.

Dokja wore a perfect disguise by wearing a long white dress that draped over his body perfectly, His long black hair shone under the lights and the pretty silver accessories around his neck were shiny, and the collar that covers the Adam Apple. Yes, he disguised himself as a girl.

"You look beautiful." Jinwoo stood up from his place as he walked over to Dokja, pulled his waist closer and whispered in his ear. "Shall we go now, my lady?"

"urk—!" Dokja pushed Jinwoo's face away, his back instantly got goosebumps and he didn't like his beating heart. "Stay away, Brat!"

Dokja walked first to leave the shop with Jinwoo walking behind him chuckling, then quickened his way to reach Dokja. They disguised themselves as Eve's friends and came to his party.

"They have a 10-man guard at the entrance." Jinwoo reported to Dokja beside him in a low whisper. "I've changed our identity, you are now Merry and I am William."

Dokja hugged Jinwoo's arm putting pressure on the arm giving a sign that he understood.

Jinwoo smirked when he saw Dokja obediently carrying out his disguise as his partner. The party had very tight security. It took a long time for them to enter because every guest would be checked, and finally it was Jinwoo and Dokja's turn.

Jinwoo did not carry any weapons therefore he was very calm after all if something happened he could steal the weapons of the guards he defeated. But he turned to Dokja, he didn't know if Dokja was carrying a weapon under that dress or not? But he was allowed in.

"Don't you carry a gun?" Jinwoo whispered while holding Dokja's arm again. But the question was answered with a smirk that made Jinwoo frown instantly. 

"Of course." 

Dokja immediately scattered to chat with the guests like any normal guest, ignoring Jinwoo who was walking alone with his wine glass. Dokja didn't completely believe in the way Jinwoo worked, so he chose to carry out the plan himself.

Dokja glanced at the tall man in luxurious black clothes laughing with his friends, and saw how his friend called his name with a 'stevan' mouth movement. Dokja is sure that he is the one he is after, he walks up to them to ask him to dance with him.

But a hand grabbed his arm and almost tripped him on his high heels, another hand grabbed his waist as Dokja nearly fell. Dokja furrowed his brow in anger, Jinwoo just gave a smile as he said, "Will you dance with me, my lady?"

Dokja's eyes widened, before he had time to push Jinwoo away, and Jinwoo immediately took him away from the man and took him around to join the dancing guests. At that time Dokja could not even stop him. Jinwoo's strong hands carried his body to the rhythm of the music and spun gracefully.

"What are you doing?" Dokja irritatedly said quietly.

Jinwoo brought his face closer making Dokja reflexively hold his breath, he whispered in Dokja's ear. "I'll take you to a real person."

Dokja immediately turned to look at the man who he thought was Eve Stevan, there was no way that it was a different person, when Dokja wanted to look for Eve again, one hand pulled his chin to look at Jinwoo.

"My lady, shouldn't you be looking at me when we dance?"

Dokja frowned, he didn't know what Jinwoo was thinking, they shouldn't be dancing casually here and Dokja had to finish his task immediately. "Jin—"

"It's William, my lady."

"No one hears me calling your name."

"Hmm?"

Dokja sighed, "Can you show me where is Eve Stefan?" he asked quietly.

Jinwoo smiled in response, without warning he strengthened the grip of the two's hands then brought Dokja around suddenly. Dokja didn't have time to react as his waist was pushed closer. Jinwoo guided the dance like an expert, their fused hands straightened as if pointing at something. 

"Merry, look at how beautiful you're tonight." Jinwoo said in a slightly loud voice that made all the guests stare at him.

Dokja widened his eyes in disbelief, shame immediately ran down his cheeks, Jinwoo moved his eyes as if telling him to look somewhere. Dokja immediately understood why Jinwoo did that, he took the opportunity to glance at the person Jinwoo was pointing at. yes he was staring at both of them and it was obvious now. Eve Stevan using makeup that is so perfect that it doesn't look like the photo that Dokja saw before.

"Merry." Jinwoo called out making Dokja look back at him. "Should we dance one more song?" 

"Yes William." Dokja nodded with a smile that made Jinwoo himself surprised that he accepted but he happily invited Dokja to dance again.

"I know what you're going to do." Dokja said as they danced closer to where Eve Stevan was hanging out with his friends.

All the guests were busy with their activities, no one saw how Dokja and Jinwoo were dancing near Eve Stevan. The hand that was on Jinwoo's shoulder moved to take the small gun that Dokja put on his chest. Jinwoo glared when Dokja took out the gun from his chest, and the next round Dokja quickly pulled out a gun and aimed it at Eve Stevan.

The sound of gunfire made all the guests, especially the women scream loudly, the shot immediately called all the bodyguards guarding outside running inside. Dokja glared at Jinwoo who missed his shot and only broke the window behind Eve Stevan, and knowing that someone had attacked him, Eve Stevan immediately ran away with his bodyguards.

"Hold my hand, we're running now." Jinwoo pulled Dokja's hand, and the sound of gunshots was aimed at them.

"You stupid!! why are you pushing my hand?! If you don't push it I can definitely kill him instantly!" Dokja said while pointing his gun shooting at the bodyguards behind them.

Jinwoo ignored that, he was busy taking Dokja out of the place, then joined the guests so they wouldn't be shot in the midst of the guests' commotion. Jinwoo pulled Dokja's waist closer so he wouldn't be separated from him.

But when they arrived at the exit someone pointed a gun at Dokja making Dokja stop as well as Jinwoo, the guests immediately moved away and scattered. Jinwoo pulled Dokja before the shot hit him, Dokja quickly returned the shot with his gun, the loud sound of the gunshot hit the target and the two immediately came out.

"Wait—" Dokja shouted as they ran towards the large park with tall trees, he winced in pain from running in high heels. "Jinwoo!"

Jinwoo immediately stopped and turned to look at Dokja, no one knowing where they were when the commotion threw everything into chaos. Dokja looked up to see the blood staining Jinwoo's white shirt, his eyes suddenly widened. "When did you get the wound?"

"Not long." Jinwoo said taking off his black suit and holding back the blood that was pouring down his shoulders.

Dokja couldn't help but sigh, look who hurt himself? If only Dokja's plan went well no one would get hurt here, he immediately tore off his dress so that his long legs could be seen, using the torn cloth instead of a bandage to cover Jinwoo's wound.

Dokja flinched when he heard the sound of the bodyguards heading towards his place, he immediately stood up reloading his gun with bullets, then turned to Jinwoo, "You stay here."

Dokja disappeared from behind the tree leaving Jinwoo sitting back there, he saw how the leaves moved and the sound of gunshots came, Dokja was fighting there, the gunshots were getting farther and farther away, Jinwoo stood up while dusting off his clothes.

It was time he put his plan into action. Jinwoo casually walked to a place while carrying his black suit, and arrived at a place quite far from the party, and very closed so tightly.

Jinwoo pressed the password beside the stone-heavy door, not long after that the door finally opened showing Eve Stevan hiding inside while looking at the CCTV. "Strange, why can't I see the guards guarding here?" Jinwoo said as he walked inside, surprising Eve Stevan.

"Why are you here?"

"Yeah why not?" Jinwoo put his coat on the seat then sat there, giving Eve Stefan a smile. "I just wanted to ask you something."

Eve Stevan stared suspiciously, he sat there looking at Jinwoo assessing whether he would not do anything bad to him.

"I won't kill you if you answer." Jinwoo said as he raised his hand showing that he was not carrying any weapons.

"Ask away." Eve Stevan responded but he remained wary of Jinwoo's movements.

Jinwoo smirked, "Eve Stevan was born in 1957 and should have died 30 years ago due to the car explosion he was involved in... So how did you live until now?"

Eve's frown faded, he didn't expect such a useless question to come out of his mouth. "Easy, I faked my death."

"From who?"

Eve Stefan didn't answer him like he didn't dare to say the name, he just nodded as if someone was standing in front of him. Jinwoo frowned at Eve's strangeness making him even more curious.

"Well, it seems I don't have much time, he will definitely be waiting for me." Jinwoo stood up from his spot and walked past Eve Stefan.

Eve Stefan turned around with a surprised face, Is that all? He didn't kill me?

"Are you stupid? Showing your back in front of your opponent is a mistake." He said while pointing the gun he had been carrying.

Jinwoo didn't stop he just kept walking without turning around, even the click of a gun didn't scare him. "Well if you shoot me you will be hunted by my partner." Jinwoo said arrogantly. "You must be familiar when you hear the name Kim from the ORV organization."

"No way..." Eve immediately dropped the gun, hands on either side of her head, sweat dripping down her temples. Jinwoo actually didn't know that Eve Stevan would be that scared hearing his name.

"Oh... i should find my Merry."

Jinwoo managed to get out of there and the door closed again leaving Eve Stefan inside.

Jinwoo took out something from his trouser pocket when he was quite a distance from Eve's place, his smile broadened as his plan went smoothly. The black coat he had left on the chair he had attached with a ticking time bomb, now there was only 5 seconds left before it exploded there.

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Dokja returned to where Jinwoo was supposed to be, abrasions were visible on his hands and face, his long wig had become disheveled, he had just returned after killing many people. "That brat..."

BOOM

The loud explosion made Kim Dokja turn around, the explosion that sent a strong wind blowing against him almost sent the dress he was wearing flying.

.

"Hyung, why aren't you wearing a dress anymore?"

"Who are you to call me Hyung?"

"Cause you're my partner, should i call you Darling instead?"

"Get lost you!"

Jinwoo just chuckled at that and continued to follow Dokja away, even though Dokja was always tell him to leave.

Well, it seems that Dokja can't escape even though the mission already end, they are partners now. 

Chapter Text

No one knows why Sung Jinwoo is so sticky with his cellphone, Jinah his sister, always finds him sitting on the hospital bed so comfortably with his face focused on his cellphone. Sometimes Jinah had to remind Jinwoo that it was time for him to have a physical examination, but even so when he came back he would look for his cellphone again.

Jinwoo became very addicted when he came across a novel that he accidentally stumbled upon when he was tired of being in the hospital, especially when the villain show up, the novel is not very famous because it seems the author didn't finish it, but he read it anyway, he won't have much time. So even if he doesn't know the ending of the story he won't be worried because his time is running out soon, that's what he thought before.

[If the main character's crimes are considered humane or simply a mistake, then why don't the Villains ever get a part to explain their point of view?]

Jinwoo silently read the last sentence of the novel, his eyes did not move from the sentence even after a few minutes had passed. His heart suddenly skipped a beat making him drop his cellphone and clutch his chest, his mouth opened trying to take a deep breath, His tears fell unintentionally, not because of the pain he felt, but because of the feeling he would feel if he were to become the villain from within the novel.

The sentence had a big impact on him, not accepting the injustice felt by the villain, even though he hated it at the beginning of the story but right now... if Jinwoo had the power, he wanted to make that not happen, to make a villain feel the comfort he should have.

Jinwoo's sweat was pouring down along with his lips trembling, the cold that suddenly pierced his skin, his hands turned pale and his vision grew blurry and heavy. Everything went so dark when he closed his eyes, he couldn't feel anything but the noise that was going on outside.

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It was very cold, his body shivered violently, the sound of the strong wind and the softness of the ground. Jinwoo didn't know what happened but his body felt cold but his head felt like it was on fire.

"Please endure, don't leave me alone..." The sound of a whisper woke up Jinwoo, his eyes slowly opened, he turned his head to look at the little unknown child.

It wasn't Jinah or anyone she knew, the little boy was looking at her with a glint and a big smile. “Jinwoo—!”

Just when Jinwoo realized where he was now a collection of memories swirled in his head, all memories did not belong to him, and the boy sitting in front of him right now was... "Kim Dokja...?"

The boy nodded while letting out tears as well as snot, Jinwoo woke up only to fall back onto the pillow when he felt a stinging pain in his stomach.

shabby bandages with bloodstains wrapped around his body, he turned to Dokja who was crying profusely, he raised his hand and gently touched Dokja's head. That glance made him remember his sister Jinah.

"I'm sorry, because you tried to protect me… you got hurt." Dokja said in between his tears, he looked at Jinwoo with very guilty eyes.

Jinwoo smiled crookedly, who would have thought that a little crybaby like Dokja would be a villain in a novel. Wait, novels?

Jinwoo's hand stopped stroking Dokja's head, he looked at Dokja in horror. 'Why is he here?' He turned to look at the situation. A shabby hut, smelly and dusty, straw leaves were replaced as mattresses, his hands moved to stroke the rough straw. 'Why is he here? What happened to him?'

"Jinwoo...?"

Jinwoo? He doesn't remember a character named Jinwoo in the novel, Dokja is said to have had no one since childhood. 'What's going on here?'

"Dok..ja where are we?"

Kim Dokja sobbed to stop his crying then tilted his head in confusion, he opened his mouth and said, "We're at... home."

Home, that means they are in an orphanage, Jinwoo tried to understand the situation he was in, the memories that were in his mind must belong to his current body. He saw his small hands and short legs, looking so thin and full of wounds, not much different from Dokja's body.

"—" The noise outside caught Jinwoo's attention, hearing the sound made his body automatically tremble, he turned to the stiff Dokja with his face lowered in fear. Just then the door was violently opened.

"This fuckin brat!! Makes me have to enter this rotten place after shouting your names!!" The man came with his wand pulling Dokja roughly, "You come with me!!" He pulls Dokja by force.

"Wait! Jinwoo! Jinwoo is sick!" Dokja said begging that he can stay there with Jinwoo.

"He will die soon, there's no need for you to stay with him!"

Jinwoo remembered that sentence, the incident where Kim Dokja got new parents. No, Jinwoo crawled from his place while shouting for the man, Jinwoo can't be separated from Dokja, he doesn't want Dokja to be tormented alone like in a novel.

"Wai..t!" Jinwoo tried to call back but the door was already tightly shut.

Jinwoo cursed himself why he couldn't even stand up, his body ached so much and his head hurt so much, his vision became blurry when he saw the red color on his hand.

He just want Dokja to survive... He deserve better than this.. he don't want Dokja become the villain like novel said.

Even if I had to sell my soul to the devil... I would do it for him.

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"Hey wake up!"

Jinwoo woke up with a hard kick on his leg making him wince, he looked up with half-opened eyes and blurred vision he saw a woman.

"Eat this and work! You've been out of work for 3 days!! If you don't work there's no food for you!" The woman dropped a plate of food... A food that might be called unfit to eat.

The woman immediately left the house leaving Jinwoo who was still hugging his leg which was throbbing in pain. And remembering that he had previously fainted when Kim Dokja was taken away made him feel even more guilty. And now 3 days have passed he can't do anything to get Kim Dokja back, he doesn't even know how to get out of this place.

Is the plot of the novel inevitable?

"Kids."

Jinwoo frowned, he stood up from his place while looking for someone who had called him. The deep voice sounded so close to his ears but he found no one but himself in the room.

"My child."

It took a long time for Jinwoo to notice the black shadow behind him, he reflexively stepped back, his instincts telling him that he had to run from the creature.

"Wh-what are you?" Jinwoo asked warily he kept his distance from the creature.

The creature suddenly shrunk to the level of Jinwoo, changing its shape like Jinwoo but with a black form. He raised his hand as if to shake hands with Jinwoo, as he said, "I will help you."

Jinwoo looked at the creature then the hand, feeling he was the only one who might be able to help him, but... 

"What... what payment do you want if you helped me?" Jinwoo ask.

"....Ahahahahah!! You're very smart at your age!" The creature laughed so loosely, it raised both hands while showing its strength. "It will be yours."

The creature easily played with the magic he had. Jinwoo had never seen magic in the world he used to and seeing it directly before his eyes made him gape. The novel was indeed concerned with magic and everything required magic, it was just that Jinwoo didn't seem to have had magic since birth.

"Why you helping me?" Jinwoo asked again, he didn't want to fall into any trap the creature set, he didn't know what the creature wanted to do if he accepted the offer. "You must want something from me, but you know I have nothing but myself?" 

The creature immediately snapped his fingers making Jinwoo instantly in a wide and dark dimension, he frantically looked around looking for where the creature had gone. [Right, you don't have anything to give me.]

The voice echoed in various places, Jinwoo could only see black in his vision but he was not afraid at all, this was not the first time he had tasted death.

"Then why did you bring me here?"

[Cause you've something really interesting.]

Jinwoo swallowed his saliva, somehow his body suddenly got goosebumps, he continued to ask, "What are you talking about?"

[You've 2 soul in your body]

Hearing that Jinwoo immediately fell silent, his face became tense and his body felt so cold, Did he mean the soul of this original body?

[I don't know why you have 2 soul, I will take one of those souls instead, and make you my heir]

Jinwoo sighed when the creature did not ask further about him, he nodded in response that he agreed, after all the creature did not take his whole soul.

[Good choice] When the voice came out. Jinwoo could feel a hand shaking his hand then when he blinked he had returned to his original room.

"I'm back...?" Jinwoo found himself alone inside, nothing had changed about him except that the memory of Jinwoo's original body slowly disappeared, leaving behind the memory of where Jinwoo read the novel of this world.

[You should training your power before use it, i will teach you how to do it]

Hearing a voice coming from his mind slightly made Jinwoo gasp in surprise, he then looked at his hands which emitted black energy.

"Do you have a name?” Jinwoo asked.

[Yes, it's Ashborn]

"Ashborn, teach me how to use your power."

Ashborn smirked, [I will, you're going to be my heir afterall]

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Several years have passed. Jinwoo managed to escape from the orphanage since meeting Ashborn, although he suffered a little when he managed to get out. but the suffering is not equivalent to Kim Dokja who is facing the most painful suffering.

[Remember just to save your lover]

Jinwoo frowned in restraint when Ashborn referred to Kim Dokja as his lover. Indeed, he has been preparing himself for 10 years to bring Kim Dokja back on a very fitting day.

On this day, where Dokja is in prison for committing a crime for trying to poison his adoptive parents, and getting a death sentence for the next day. In the novel, when that day came, Kim Dokja sold his soul to a demon named Asmodeus to save his life and destroy the world.

But now, there's Jinwoo. As if it was fate for him to save Dokja from suffering and take him away, Jinwoo had been determined since he came to this world, he will make Dokja happy like he deserved.

Jinwoo had investigated Kim Dokja many times in the shadows, making sure all his wounds had healed and giving a lot of healing drugs without Kim Dokja knowing. Every time Jinwoo managed to save Kim Dokja in the shadows made him feel proud, he is no longer a reader who can only read the painful story of Dokja.

He's here to save Dokja's story.

The day of the execution came. Jinwoo stood on the tall tower while staring at the empty stage, people had gathered to watch the execution as if they were going to watch something exciting. Thinking of how the execution trial was watched by so many people made Jinwoo wince, this is not a spectacle, and it makes him angry, his hands moved to activate magic around the audience, black smoke unknowingly swirled around them.

"I will kill them all." Jinwoo muttered to himself.

[Very well, this power is yours now]

Jinwoo just smiled hearing that, his eyes continued to stare at the gate where Dokja would appear. Dokja finally came out with the knights who grabbed his arm with a rope, just as he came out the audience below the stage immediately threw stones at him, which all the stones did not touch Kim Dokja at all because of the active power of Dokja to protect him.

The execution ceremony began with the opening of the speech from the King, followed by the knight reading all the sins that Dokja had committed. Jinwoo had already left his place when Dokja was told to bow his head down.

The King lowered his hand as a sign for the knight to swing his sword at Dokja's neck, but before the sword touched Dokja's neck a strong wind appeared to distract the knight. The clouds darkened the air became very cold, at that time no one could move and was forced to watch the massacre in front of them.

When the knights fell one by one without knowing what they were fighting against, Jinwoo walked up the stage taking off his black robes and then put them on Kim Dokja, he smiled when he saw Dokja's confused face.

"You are safe now, Kim Dokja." Jinwoo said as he untied the rope in Dokja's hand then pulled him into a hug not wanting him to hear and see the commotion outside.

When Jinwoo stroked Dokja's head, the feeling of longing he had endured for 10 years disappeared, he felt from his body how thin Dokja was in his arms. Jinwoo gritted his teeth thinking he should have killed them with his own hands, but his job was to be by Dokja's side.

"Are you..." Dokja's weak voice made Jinwoo look down to meet the shining black eyes staring at him. "Jinwoo...?"

Jinwoo smiled, he had not heard someone call his name for a long time, especially when it came out of Dokja's own mouth. He stroked Dokja's dusty cheek, "Yes, it's me."

At that moment, Jinwoo saw a beautiful smile etched on Dokja's face, a smile that never existed, a smile that was never written in a novel. That beautiful pure smile was enough to make Jinwoo speechless in his thoughts.

It's beautiful.

And at that moment Jinwoo swore, whoever made that smile disappear he would kill him, he was also willing to destroy this world for him.

Anything just for him

"Let's go to our home." Jinwoo gently pulled Dokja's hand giving a caress on the back of his hand.

"... Our home..." There was a pause when Dokja said that, his eyes watering but soon he smiled. "I want to go to our home."

Jinwoo smiled. "Of course, I will take you there, close your eyes." Dokja obediently closed his eyes, Jinwoo immediately pulled Dokja into his arms and carried him while whispering. "You can sleep, this journey will be very long, now you are safe with me."

Just those words made tears roll down Dokja's cheeks, he couldn't remember how long he had been able to sleep soundly this long without fear of terror.

Dokja leaned against Jinwoo's chest in a whisper: "Thank you."

Anything for you.

Jinwoo left the stage through the sea of blood that had stained his shoes, no one survived the massacre, the city became very silent and terrible.

Yes anything for you.

Without he realizing it, He become the villain instead.

For you i'll risk it all.