âYou have to swallow it, alright?â
âNo. I donât know.â Yernia murmured, shaking her head.
Then, she realized she was hot the instant she touched her cheek.
Yernia recklessly rubbed her cheek and gritted her teeth from the prickly pain in her stomach.
At that time, something approached her mouth and she bit on something hard.
âDonât chew my hand.â
âUgh.â
She was just frustrated that she couldnât figure out who and why the person was talking to her.
It felt like stones were sitting heavily on top of her eyelids.
Yernia tried to lift her eyelashes slightly, but she gave up on it in the end.
*TUK*
Yerniaâs head was tilted to the side but the unknown person was still persistent.
In the end, the person started lifting her chin which made her brows furrow from the increasing irritation.
She was about to say something but she was immediately speechless.
Something warm and soft touched her lips and immediately pushed through her open gums.
It was hot.
Yernia opened her mouth defenselessly, her eyelashes fluttering.
She couldnât even close her mouth because of the hand tightly holding her chin.
Feeling suffocated, Yernia took a deep breath and slightly twisted her head.
Soon, she was awakened by something that came over to her tongue.
Yernia swallowed.
She didnât know what it was, but it was so bitter that sheââ
*SIGH*
It wasnât Yernia who exhaled a long sigh.
Someone seemed to have blown wind in her ear.
Yerniaâs shoulders shivered from the hot breath.
Only silhouettes without faces were visible because of her blurred vision.
When Yernia blinked several times, a familiar voice said, âYou swallowed it.â
What was she supposed to swallow?
Her body had recognized it before her mind did.
When she swallowed that bitter thing in her mouth, a rush of water came in but it felt strange.
The water was neither from a cup nor an opened water bottle.
Something soft touched her like when she swallowed the bitter thing earlier.
This time, the cold one opened her lips and pushed the water in.
Yernia took what was given and drank it while shaking off her blurred vision.
âCassian?â
âDid you come to your senses?â
Yernia finally saw Cassianâs face.
âWhy are you⦠in front of me?â
âWhy? You got hurt.â
âMe? I⦠Oh, right. Habin is a badâ¦.â
Nevertheless, she didnât understand why Cassian was in front of her since he wasnât there earlier.
He wasnât always around when Yernia was sick so why was he here this time?
Yernia tried thinking despite her blurry mind.
Was this a dream?
âWhy are you here, Cassian? You didnât even come when I asked you toâââ
Without answering, Cassian touched Yerniaâs forehead as if checking her temperature.
âYou ignored me even if I wrote a letter to you about me being sick. Youâre the worst!â
âI told you so.â
âI was sick in the past and Iâm still very sick now.â
The sadness coming over her didnât go away easily.
Yernia had witnessed Cassianâs absence earlier.
She perfectly understood that he might have gone to the battlefield to defeat some monsters but her disappointment was too upsetting.
âYou already took the medicine. You will feel better now.â
She couldnât even hear his soothing words.
âMaybe this is just a crazy⦠dream.â
âDream?â
âYes. A dream about you. Iâm sure you werenât here before so it doesnât make sense that you just appeared all of a sudden.â
Yerniaâs body had a lot of fever.
Yernia was moved to tears because of the fever, exhaustion, and sadness that wouldnât vanish easily.
Cassian swept Yerniaâs hair, his hand gently grazing her forehead.
This Cassian in front of her felt like a dream.
After all, her childhood friend wasnât known for being caring.
âI have reached my limit earlier.â
âSo, the monster is more important even if Iâm ill and hurt. I know. I understand.â
Cassian burst into laughter at her resignation.
Did he find this situation funny?
Yernia became sad.
âWhat should I do about my side?â
âDid it hurt a lot? Let me see.â
Cassian reached out to Yerniaâs side.
The wound was already sealed and wrapped in a bandage so he only examined it carefully, making sure it was done right.
It turned out Yernia was worried about something else rather than being sick.
âThis would lead to a scar. What should I do about this?â
âIt can be cured since the stab wound isnât that deep. Iâll get a potion for you.â
âOh, no!â
She burst into tears and Cassian was at a loss.
It was only then that Yernia realized she was hugging Cassian, settling her head between his shoulder and neck.
After casting the side of her stomach with a nervous glance, Yernia looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
âYernia, itâs alright.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âYou can sleep. Iâll be here with you.â
He didnât say anything more as guilt poked at his heart.
The fingertips wiping Yerniaâs tears trembled with anger.
He wanted to catch Habin immediately and hurt him the same way he did his wife.
No.
He had this evil urge to make it worse but that made him worry more about Yerniaâs wellbeing.
What would he do if her life wasnât affected?
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