Guide Me If You Dare
Chapter 107: OBVIOUS AND OBLIVIOUS

Chapter 107: OBVIOUS AND OBLIVIOUS

WHY DID I want to win brownie points from this brat?

That was also a mystery to Ki Gayoon.

But let’s test this punk.

"What do you think, Noh Yuno?" Gayoon asked. He didn’t want to admit this, but he was feeling a bit nervous at the moment. "What will you do if I say I have feelings for you?"

"Feelings? Like anger?"

"Yah."

"What? I’m not good at dealing with how people feel towards me."

"Fine— I’ll be straightforward then," Gayoon said, getting a bit frustrated. "What if I tell you I have feelings for you?"

"You’re pulling my leg, aren’t you, Hyung?" Noh Yuno asked bluntly with a disgusted look on his face. "Why would you fall in love with me?"

"Why not?"

"Hyung hates me."

What the fuck?

Gayoon knitted his eyebrows, confused. "Noh Yuno, I’m not that desperate for Guiding that I’d fuck a person I hate."

"Liar," Noh Yuno said, giving Gayoon a look full of distrust. "I remember Hyung saying you can fuck me because you "just have to put it in.""

Ah.

Gayoon vaguely remembered saying that to Noh Yuno before.

My nonsense that time came back to bite me in the ass.

"Hyung, you don’t have romantic feelings for me."

What?

That punk already made a conclusion before Gayoon could even make up an excuse.

That didn’t sit well with him.

"Are you invalidating my feelings, Noh Yuno?"

"That’s not what I’m doing, Hyung," Noh Yuno said defensively. "I’m just reminding you that I’m the punk you’ve been calling ’little shit’ all this time. Surely, you didn’t forget that? You hate my guts, and I’m a troublemaker that gives you headaches. So, how can you fall for me? You haven’t lost your mind, have you? Hyung? I mean, I know you’re a bit cray-cray. But having feelings for me is a different level of crazy."

Hmm.

Now I see the problem.

It was true that Gayoon was rude to Noh Yuno from the moment they met.

In short, it was his karma.

Me being a jerk to this punk had come and bit me in the ass, too.

Haaah.

Karma is really a bitch, huh?

"Then should we start all over again, Yuno-ya?"

Naturally, Noh Yuno looked surprised by what he called him. "Hyung, is this a new form of bullying? You only call me that when we’re being intimate."

Tsk.

I want to strangle the old me.

"I’m calling you ’Yuno-ya’ from now on, so you better get used to it."

"Hyung, I’ll stop cursing your hairline, so please don’t do this."

"What’s wrong with calling you by your first name? I think we have the kind of relationship where we can call each other’s name intimately."

"Hyung, this is bullying."

"Why?" Gayoon asked, raising an eyebrow at Yuno. "Does hearing me call you by your name intimately make you feel things?"

"..."

Bingo.

Hah!

"This is interesting," Gayoon said, smirking. "You’re very interesting, Noh Yuno."

Noh Yuno gasped as if he was horrified. "Hyung, you said the forbidden line!"

***

"DO YOU want a second bowl of rice porridge, Yuno-ya?"

Aigoo.

Yuno frowned when Ki Gayoon called him by his given name so fondly. "Hyung, do you not care about your hairline?"

"Why? You’re cursing my hairline again?"

"Maybe, maybe not."

Ki Gayoon scoffed. "I won’t get aggravated anymore even if you curse my hairline. After all, I know I’d still look good even if I end up bald because of your curse."

Tsk.

Yuno couldn’t refute that arrogant statement because it was true.

Bald or not, Ki Gayoon looked so freaking handsome.

There’s a reason I haven’t thrown away Hyung’s "bald merch" yet.

"Yuno-ya."

"..."

"Yuno-ya, answer me."

"Yes, Hyung?"

"Even if I fall in love with you, what will be the problem?" Ki Gayoon asked. "We’re both bachelors, aren’t we? It’s normal for Espers and Guides with a high matching rate to end up dating. Why are you horrified by the idea? Do you hate me that much?"

"I don’t hate Hyung, and that’s the problem."

"Explain."

"Hyung will die if you fall in love with me."

Ki Gayoon’s eyes widened a bit. "Are Espers not allowed to fall in love with E-Class Guides?"

"No, it has nothing to do with my class," Yuno said while shaking his head. "I’m cursed."

"I swear if you’re just using this as an excuse to invalidate my possible feelings—"

"All the people who confessed their love for me died, Hyung."

"Really now?"

"It’s not just once or twice— it happened four times," Yuno insisted, and he was dead serious. "First was the Esper the Lab chose for me. Second was the Guide whom I became close to when we were sent to a death camp. Third was another Esper I met there. And the last one was a Civilian I met during my first year as a part-timer at the convenience store."

"Tsk. I didn’t know you were that popular."

"Seriously, Hyung? That’s your only takeaway from everything I said?"

"I have another takeaway, though. Why were you sent to a death camp?"

"Ah, I was a bit rebellious back then. So I tried to burn¹ the— no, don’t change the subject, Hyung. And please take me more seriously. You’re too curious about trivial things."

"I don’t think getting sent to a death camp is a trivial thing."

"Hyung, I’m really close to walking out on you."

Ki Gayoon fell silent for a moment while observing Yuno. "It doesn’t seem like you’re lying about your ex-suitors dying."

"Why would I lie about something like that?"

"Right. So, how did they die? Were they killed?"

"Strangely enough, some people may say that the way they died was "dumb." It was all due to "stupid accidents.""

"You don’t believe they were accidents?"

"No, they were actually real accidents. Sajangnim investigated their deaths, and there was no foul play that occurred," Yuno said, pausing for a moment, and then he decided to show a bit of his vulnerable side to Ki Gayoon. "But that’s exactly why it’s scarier for me, Hyung. Just like how natural disasters are inevitable, their deaths happened naturally as if to serve as a reminder that I shouldn’t dream of being loved."

Yes, I know I’m being sentimental, but I can’t help it.

Fortunately, Ki Gayoon didn’t make fun of Yuno.

Well, Hyung can be considerate when he wants to, after all.

"Hyung, you’ll probably die if you fall in love with me. I’m not worth the risk, so please control your feelings," Yuno pleaded Ki Gayoon. "Get it together, okay?"

Ki Gayoon fell silent for a moment, leaned against the chair, and crossed his arms over his chest. It took him a moment before he opened his mouth. "Yuno-ya, it’s not like I’m in a rush to figure out how I feel towards you. I don’t like the idea of falling in love, in general."

Right?

"Hyung looks like someone who’s more comfortable being alone—"

"I have no intention of stopping myself if I ever catch myself falling for you, though."

"But why?"

"Because I’m the type who has to get whatever I want," Ki Gayoon said firmly. "Do I need more reason to pursue you other than that? I get what I want— whenever, wherever."

So freaking stubborn!

Haaah.

Yuno took a deep breath to calm himself down.

It’s alright. We’re only talking about the "what-ifs" here. Hyung is just confusing his feelings as an Esper with romantic love since this is the first time he got an Exclusive Guide.

"Yuno-ya."

"What is it, Hyung?"

"Do you know the person Espers of my generation used to refer to as ’Mother?’"

Oh.

It was a sensitive topic for all Espers in Ki Gayoon’s generation, so Yuno answered as carefully as possible.

"Yes, I know about that witch, Hyung."

"’Witch?’"

Oops.

"The Guides of my generation call your ’Mother’ the ’Witch,’" Yuno explained. "The older ones call her ’bitch,’ though."

Ki Gayoon burst out laughing. "Right. Both titles suit that woman. After all, even my fellow Espers believed that she was a witch. At the time, we didn’t know about our limits as an Esper yet. So, her abilities looked like dark magic to us."

It wasn’t surprising because Ki Gayoon was one of the first Espers to awaken.

Hence, back then, the world didn’t even know yet that Espers had different levels according to their abilities.

Hyung’s generation really went through hell and back.

"Mother brainwashed us into thinking we’d be cursed if we disobeyed her. Then she threatened us that we would die a gruesome death if we tried to kill her, making it hard for us to challenge her authority at the time."

Ah.

That sounds like the bastards from the Lab.

"But I killed Mother in the end."

It was something every Awakened Person in Korea knew.

In fact, it’s the reason why Gayoon Hyung was shunned by his fellow Espers.

"Yuno-ya, I killed the "witch" who made us believe that we would die a gruesome death if we so much as opposed her— but I survived. Her "curse" didn’t work on me," Ki Gayoon said, smiling. The Esper still looked as arrogant as ever, but there was something comforting about his smile at the moment. "I’ll break your curse if I do end up falling in love with you, princess."

Aigoo.

Yuno didn’t want to admit this out loud, but he almost swooned.

That was damn smooth, Hyung.

"Is it ’princess’ or ’babe?’" Yuno complained, avoiding Ki Gayoon’s teasing gaze. "If you’re going to give me an embarrassing "endearment" just to tease me, then pick one, Hyung."

"Why not both?" Ki Gayoon asked, shrugging. "Babe Princess then?"

Argh, so corny.

But Yuno caught himself smiling because of how silly their conversation was.

Hyung is just as bad as me when it comes to giving pet names.

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