Chapter 6

A force kicked Luke flying. He let out a cry of pain. Only then did I see the man approaching in the moonlight.

When Gabriel arrived, Luke had already stripped me down to my underwear.

"Gabriel, are you crazy..."

"Get lost." Gabriel dismissed Luke with one word.

Gabriel looked at me, who had fallen into a deep sleep. He took off his coat and gently wrapped it around me before carrying me away.

The scene froze again, leaving only a mess on the ground.

The second half was like rewatching a movie. I focused on finding various details I hadn't been aware of at the time.

Like my dependence on Gabriel. Like my trust in Gabriel. Like how I couldn't hear Gabriel's inner voice.

From when Gabriel entered until he left, I could only hear that one word: "Get lost."

Perhaps the situation was too urgent and he didn't have time to think.

The world reassembled once more. The clock ticked. This time we were at a wedding.

I was holding Gabriel's arm, my face filled with happiness.

"Gabriel, we're finally married."

This was 3 years after that drunken night. After I sobered up, I confessed to Gabriel again and he agreed.

3 years had given us time to stabilize our careers. The day before, I had proposed marriage and Gabriel had gone to get the paperwork done the very next day.

I knew Gabriel was a workaholic, but I didn't want him working too hard, so I suggested to him:

"Gabriel, can you come home for dinner in the future? And don't work yourself too hard."

Gabriel just frowned slightly, then his expression smoothed out again. After a long while, he finally spoke:

"Okay."

I happily held Gabriel's arm tighter with one hand, while holding up our marriage certificate to look at in the sunlight with the other.

"Gabriel, do you think if my past self knew I really married you, she would be impressed with me now?"

The sound suddenly stopped. The scene paused on the marriage certificate backlit by the sun.

I didn't know what this scene was for. I only knew that I truly couldn't hear Gabriel's inner voice anymore.

In those few seconds when he frowned and was silent, my world was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.