Chapter 6: Chapter 4.2

“When did my name begin to appear on  your body?”

Raising an eyebrow, Cassian took his time before answering, “It’s been a while. Why?”

“I find it weird because your name never appeared in my body at all.”

It was natural that Cassian’s name did not appear on Yena’s body, but it wasn’t that strange compared to the fact that Yernia’s name appeared on Cassian’s body.

Suddenly, Cassian cupped Yernia’s cheek with a hand before it moved to clutch her nape loosely.

Then, he lifted a finger to tap the back of her neck.

“It might have appeared here.”

“Huh?”

“If it’s not here—”

As his hand slid to the back of her shoulder, he lightly touched her sleeve and let it fall to the side.”It could have appeared in a place you couldn’t see.”

She still finds it strange all the same.

If Cassian’s name were inked on her skin, the person who assisted her during her baths would have seen it even if she hadn’t.

Of course, they should have known, but Yernia didn’t hear anything this morning either.

No matter how much she thought about it, she still found it strange.

Why is her name on Cassian’s body?

“Aha, I got it. Did you draw this?”

Yernia rubbed the expanse of his skin–where her name was written–with her finger.

She thought she could erase it,  but she didn’t.

“If you put water on it, wouldn’t it come off?”

Yernia realized that Cassian had no reason to draw her name as soon as she thought of it.

She wasn’t Herena, and the reasons why Cassian had drawn Yena’s name on his body…was zero.

“Yernia, are you okay?”

Cassian’s voice rang near her forehead.

At that moment, she could sense that his eyes were on her.

She made eye contact with him, and his gaze had hardened before he knew it.

“What?”

“You just took my clothes off, and you don’t care less about me?”

Yernia had no idea what his question meant.

“What are you talking about?” She muttered with a frown as she tried to grasp the meaning of a word she didn’t know.

Cassian realized it was best to shut up.

He smacked his lips to say something, but in the end, he was speechless.

“Guys, are you fighting?”

Seria opened the door and came in.

“Hey, could you knock on the door?”

Yernia hated the door to her room opening without warning.

She told Seria every single time, but she refused to listen.

“Yernia, it’s you again.”

Seria let out a quiet sigh as her vision captured the scene that had taken place in the room.

“How many times do I have to tell you that both of you are not kids anymore? You have to be careful!”

“Oh, I started nagging at him.”

“Listen to me.” Seria sighed.

“You’re the one who’s making a fuss about this. Why do we have to be careful when we are just a few years older? Whatever I do, Cassian seemed fine with it.”

Yernia believed in Cassian.

Even if he wasn’t part of her family, biologically speaking, Cassian, who was like a family member to her, would never be nervous around her even if Yernia kissed him in that instant.

She was sure he would hate it.

Therefore, Cassian is safe.

“No matter how I think about it, I think that my name appearing on Cassian’s chest was a sham. You should come and see it. I bet it would come off.”

Yernia couldn’t see anything or anyone—including Cassian–except her name.

Seria glanced at Cassian, and her ears were so red.

He slightly lowered his head to hide his expression.

His black hair also covered his eyes, but it was clear that he thought that he was in trouble.

“Yernia. Look at Cassian. Tsk tsk…”

Seria gave her a strange look as if he was a hopeless case while Yernia rubbed her finger where her name had marked his skin.

Her sister closed the door and left.

In the first place, Seria came to the rescue since she was concerned that the two had pulled at each other’s hair.

Since nothing happened, she found no reason to stay longer.

“What are you talking about?”

Yernia had asked, but the door was already closed.

‘Look at Cassian?’

Yernia contemplated her sister’s words and looked at Cassian.

As soon as he made eye contact with Yernia, who looked serious, he turned his head away from her.

Then, she noticed his unbuttoned shirt as if she had just seen it for the first time.

At that moment, Yernia realized.

“Ah. Were you shy because she has seen you like this?”

Cassian’s first love was Seria.

Cassian never admitted it himself, but he couldn’t help but sense it.

When they were young, Cassian was cranky when he was around Yernia, and she had tried desperately to get close to him.

However, it was not easy to get close to Cassian.

As a child, he lived in Count Cilliard’s mansion for a while, but he never revisited their mansion after returning to his own home.

He often treated Yernia coldly every time he met her.

Cassian visited the Cilliard mansion frequently at some point.

“At first, I thought you came to see me.”

She finally admitted to her heart that Seria was why he was acting like this.

Yernia felt a little sorry to know that.

“Sorry. I was just surprised. You must think I’m crazy.”

She didn’t know if Cassian still liked Seria, but no one wouldn’t feel ashamed to expose his body in front of his first love.

“Ye Na,” Cassian smirked.

“I’m sorry. Really.”

“Just drop it, alright?”

Indeed, Yernia had already confirmed that her name was engraved on Cassian’s skin.

Even if she rubbed it with her hands, it didn’t erase.

She hadn’t tried it yet, but it was better to throw her assumptions out of the window that Cassian had drawn her name.

She didn’t have to.