Bae Jinyoung Fanfic | Love made possible by ginkgo leaves - Love Granted by Ginkgo Leaves {The Woman Who Sold Her Soul}

배진영

Have you calmed down a bit?

For an hour at the cafe, we didn't say a word to each other. We gave each other ample time. Without rushing, as if we understood one another.

박다빈

Yeah... Phew...

To be honest, I still couldn't believe a single thing was happening to me. It felt like I was reading the first-person perspective of the ghost stories, vampire fanfiction, or romance novels I used to love so much during school lunch. Suddenly, all sorts of thoughts crossed my mind.

배진영

Bae Jin-young

박다빈

yes?

배진영

That's my name.

Bae Jin-young. Deep within his very, very body, he cried out that it felt strangely familiar. As if it were a primordial destiny.

Bae Jin-young stared at me intently and snorted.

배진영

Oh right. You were a lowly human, weren't you?

박다빈

yes?

배진영

Don't use honorifics. It's okay to speak informally.

Just as I was thinking that their dismissive attitude and commanding tone were annoying, I felt a glare from above looking as if it would pierce right through me.

배진영

Is my tone annoying?

박다빈

What? No, no...

배진영

Don't hide it. You can't hide anything from me.

배진영

And, informal speech

박다빈

Ah... uh... yes...

At this point, I wondered if I had gone beyond being cool-headed and was just going through the motions of a middle schooler. No matter how long you had appeared in my dreams, you weren't particularly mysterious in reality, and aside from a physique and face that were impossible to find even in real life, you weren't cool at all.

As the initial awkwardness and curiosity from our first meeting faded, I lost interest, and just as I was about to get up from my seat, thinking that the few times it appeared in my dreams must have been a coincidence.

Bae Jin-young spoke without even looking at me.

배진영

Sit down.

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I haven't even mentioned the most important thing yet.

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Are you the type to care about things like proposals?

박다빈

What you are asking me...

배진영

So, who am I asking? And speaking informally.

박다빈

Ah... yeah yeah

박다빈

If we love each other... I don't think we'd care about things like proposals... No, sorry.

배진영

Love, huh? That’s a bit ambiguous. Since it’s an arranged marriage. I don’t really intend to set my heart on someone like you. Can’t I just not worry about proposals even if I don’t love you?

박다빈

If there is no love... I wouldn't get married without love.

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Ugh. What am I going to do? I have to get married without love. You.

박다빈

what?

배진영

Park Da-bin. From now on, even if you don't understand, don't interrupt me and listen carefully. You are the right person for the Devil's Fiancé, so you have to marry me. Of course, you are a little older than me, though. Ah, don't expect such disgusting things from me just because I'm older, Noona.

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You and I are destined by heaven. That is why you can't love anyone other than me. Oh, of course, it’s not like we’re dating or a couple, but... it’s an arranged marriage. It’s an unfortunate fate for both of us.

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If you don't want to look like a fool, you'd better believe me. Because I believe it too.

It was the first time I couldn't understand what I was listening to attentively. Only words like marriage, devil, and fate kept swirling in my head here and there.

박다빈

So... are you saying you're a devil?

He flared up as if his pride had been hurt by my words, saying, "Of course!" and then shyly buried his head.

박다빈

But... you aren't saying that thinking I'll believe it, are you?

배진영

Believe me. You have to believe me. Don't ignore me or treat me like a weirdo just because you don't believe me. I'm giving you this advice for your own good.

What... you're so serious I can't even speak... Of course, looking at the bizarre things that have happened to me, I would believe it even if you said Doraemon came instead of the devil. But such superstitions could not be explained by my scientific brain, which has been honed for six years.

박다빈

If all the demons in this world were looking for human women who met their criteria, there wouldn't be any women left in the human world.

배진영

No, that's only true for our family. Because we received a cursed oracle...

박다빈

Why did you receive such a trust?

As soon as I finished my question, Bae Jin-young frowned for a moment and pondered, as if a bad thought had crossed his mind. Bae Jin-young, who had been wearing an expression that showed he didn't even want to speak, finally broke his silence.

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Don't try to know too much. You'll get hurt.

Is it a bad memory...

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A mere human being being presumptuous.

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Where do you live? Alone?

박다빈

Yeah... living alone...

배진영

Then let's live at my house. Mine will be better than yours.

박다빈

Wait, just a moment. To handle such a big problem like that...

배진영

Why? Don't you like it?

박다빈

No, no, it's not that I dislike it...

배진영

Okay, that's fine. Let's move everything out within a week. First, let's check if we can use the defense area and then head home.

Bae Jin-young chugged the remaining coffee and packed his bags.

No way. Even though I was strangely being persuaded, the thought of actually marrying a prickly guy with a face the size of a fist made me dizzy. I repeated "No way, no way" hundreds of times in my head.