26 – Daily Nursing Diary
A bright Sunday.
The second day of a sweet weekend holiday.
Now, I am greeting a new morning with Ruina.
“Uh…Sob.”
I was bedridden with a high fever.
This is undoubtedly the result of yesterday’s enthusiastic water play.
My hot head and dizzy mind undoubtedly signaled a chill-induced physical illness.
Thankfully, it was a Sunday.
If it was a weekday, I would have wanted to die from the misery.
No, I don’t know what I’m talking about. Is it because of the fever?
“Ugh, my head…..”
“Are you okay…?”
Louisina was sitting worriedly next to my sickbed.
It was undoubtedly Louisina who was adorably sneezing yesterday.
Why is she perfectly fine, and I feel like dying?
“Well… I can destroy something like a cold…”
Why is Louisina fine?
As I looked at her with such thoughts, I soon received an understandable answer.
Ah, is that so.
She can destroy even the disease in the body.
No wonder she has an SSS-rated ability beyond standards…
“Uh, cough! Cough!”
“There, there, dear!!”
Luina gasped in surprise, leaning in closely.
I raised my hand to comfort her, reassuringly stroking her soft face.
“I’m okay… I’ll be better after a good day’s rest…”
“But, but you’re burning up. Is it because of me? Because I sprayed water on you yesterday…?”
“It’s not… I’m really fine… I’m sorry… for not cooking you a meal…”
Luina had tears welling up in her eyes.
I didn’t want to see her so upset…
Damn it. My body feels so heavy…
“Th, then I will!”
Suddenly, Luina sprung up from her seat.
With tears in her eyes.
Her face was filled with a sense of determination.
“I will nurse you until you get better today!”
“Nurse… me?”
“Yes! You can count on me!”
Luina… taking care of me…
Until now, every time I was ill, I suffered alone.
Now, something was about to happen that was so wonderful and astonishing, words couldn’t adequately express it.
Damn it. I should give her a word of thanks here.
“Cough! Cough!”
The cough silenced the words and didn’t dare to come out.
“I need to rest! I really need to rest!?”
Meanwhile,
Lucina, with a determined expression, stepped out of the room.
“Oh……”
Then, should I obediently follow my girlfriend’s instructions for today……..
I buried my aching head deep into the pillow and tightly closed my eyes.
* * *
Lucina clenched her fists.
Because of her childish behavior, someone important ended up bedridden.
This is her responsibility.
Until Sung-hoon recovers, Lucina has resolved to take care of him with all her might.
“But…….”
She glanced around the empty living room.
Although it’s not very big, it’s just the right size for the two of them to live comfortably.
But that wasn’t important right now.
Lucina had no idea where to start or what to do.
“8 o’clock in the morning……”
The second hand of the wall clock was just pointing at the number 8.
“……….”
She sneakily glanced at the kitchen.
As if representing the meticulous nature of a lover.
The kitchen was always tidy, presenting a clean appearance, not a single trace of moisture left behind.
“It’s breakfast time, if I cook for you…”
The vulnerable often lose their appetite.
Preparing easy-to-digest food like porridge, she serves it to him.
It was nothing less than a basic care.
[Thank you Ruina. You’re really the only one for me.]
Seunghoon, who had eaten the warm porridge, faintly smiled and expressed his thanks.
[hehehe, If my porridge can help you regain your strength, I’ll make it as much as possible♡]
With that, Ruina happily blushed, continuously feeding him with a spoon.
“hehehe. Heh. hehehehe.”
Ruina, hand on her glowing cheek, wore a face melted in blissful fantasy.
From Noble mtl dot com
“Well, should we cook right away…”
Step.
Just one step.
Ruina’s leg moved towards the kitchen, only to stop quickly.
“……….I can’t cook.”
Until just now, she was imagining an ideal pink scene with her lover,
But soon a cold, cruel reality swooped down on her.
It wasn’t just that he was bad at cooking.
For cooking, one had to handle countless items, such as ingredients and cooking utensils.
However, his uncontrollable power could not endure anything for more than 10 seconds.
During cooking, his focus was entirely on the dish, a situation where the amount of time might even be less than 10 seconds.
In other words, recklessly attempting to cook could potentially end in the kitchen being reduced to ashes.
“Damn it…”
For an entirely different reason than before, Luina clenched his fists tightly.
There was no other time when his power seemed so cursed.
His precious person had collapsed because of him, and he could do nothing with his two destructive hands.
A dark sense of despair gradually seeped into Luina’s heart.
“…Ah, no. I cannot just stand by and do nothing.”
Luina shook his head forcefully.
He would do anything for Sunghoon.
However, he definitely excludes villainous acts like murder that Sunghoon would dislike.
With that idea etched deep in his mind, Luina started thinking of a new approach.
“I’ll skip the meal for now… Since he has a high fever, I should probably try to cool him down.”
He can at least put a wet towel on his forehead.
If he concentrated and managed it within 10 seconds, placing it onto Sunghoon’s forehead is enough.
“Alright. It’s decided.”
Luina headed straight for the bathroom.
She turned on the cold water.
And soaked a towel thoroughly.
“Sigh…”
She made sure to wring it out for no more than 10 seconds.
To not tear the towel by wringing it too hard.
“That’s it.”
With only a cool wetness left, Luina looked down at the towel and let out a smile of relief.
“Now, quickly with this…”
As if handling a dangerous object, Luina quickly moved to the room where Seonghun was, grasping the end of the rolled-up towel with her fingers.
“Se, safe.”
Was it thanks to her intense focus?
The towel did not tear, successfully taking its place on Seonghun’s warm forehead.
“Haah… you fell asleep meanwhile, dear.”
Before she knew it, Seonghun had his eyes closed, his face filled with exhaustion.
She wanted to stay by his side all day, comfort him and take care of him.
But, that was too risky.
She could intuitively sense that her ability was deactivated, but if she were to touch him even in a very short unrecognized state…
“……….”
Luina paused, firmly grasping her face with her hand as unsettling thoughts crept in.
Such an occurrence must never transpire.
If, perchance, it does occur, it would be an event that could make her loathe herself dozens of times more intensely than she had loathed herself thus far.
Without a doubt, it would be the worst outcome that nobody wanted.
Including Sung Hoon who accepted her as a woman.
Including the secret agents gazing at her under firelights.
Including even herself, who has now finally come to lead a normal life.
“Stop wasting time with feeble thoughts, Luina.”
After a sharp remark to herself, Luina promptly started her move.
She cannot create a reason for her own death.
Regardless of the effort, that had already proven to be a given.
In that case……
“Why not just avoid creating it in the first place?”
A solution so simple.
She had always thought quite lowly of her own intelligence.
But this time, she had come up with a genius solution that she couldn’t feel anything but pride in herself.
“Darn it.”
Luinа slipped her shoes on at the front door.
In order to realise her solution, she first had to leave the house.
Of course, she had absolutely no plan of wandering about here and there by herself.
In the first place, it was just a matter of stepping out of the house.
Firmly. Bam!
Luina, who had escaped through the front door of the villa.
She placed her fist on both hips and looked around slowly.
A quiet residential area under a clear sky on Sunday morning.
But even for Luina, who is inherently more sensitive than others, it was noticeable.
The eerie feeling that could be noticed all around the neighborhood.
“I have a favor to ask for. Anyone, please come forward.”
Standing in the middle of a street empty of passersby, she spoke.
And then.
“What can I do for you?”
Sure enough.
A secret agent in sunglasses walked out leisurely from the alley between the villas.
They were constantly on standby around this house 24/7, instead of watching the house, as per Seonghoon’s forceful request.
It was an awkward arrangement, but it was a good thing for Luina for the time being.
“I’m going to say it straight out since others might be listening.”
Sure enough.
Step by step, Luina approached the man in black with light steps.
The man in black didn’t show it on the outside, but he was ready to step back immediately as soon as he sensed something suspicious.
Soon, Luina, wearing a mischievous smile, opened his mouth.
“Anyone here can cook?”
“……what?”
For a moment, forgetting his role, the man in the black suit only uttered in a surprised tone.