Hitman x Wives

Chapter 62- I Can't (Part 1)

As the car raced on the street, getting farther and farther away from the building, the huge explosion shook the whole city. All the pillars crumbled and teh structure came falling down as if it was a house of cards.

Those unfortunate enough to be close to the sight were immediately crushed as a huge cloud of dust rose to the sky, covering a huge area of the city sky.

"Hah… Hah…" When Kai looked back, he finally exhaled and relaxed his back against the chair. His face was now even paler than before but somehow, the pain subsided.

"You are weird," Eva commented as she also looked back at the catastrophic destruction that happened.

"A second plan? Did you also have a third plan?" She asked sarcastically.

"Yes…"

"... Sigh, what did I get myself into?" Rubbing her temples, Eva didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who was this guy? She had followed him for almost a year and never knew he had this side to him.

However, weirdly enough, she found it quite cute and… likable? Even she couldn't believe that she actually found this absurdity likable. But, for better or worse, it was the first time she genuinely found something attractive in god knows how much time. So, without realizing it, a smile crept to Eva's face.

It wasn't her usual, fake, and forced smile, but a genuine one. Silence took over the car as the two people looked ahead of them at the nocturnal world of the city and its quietness. A feeling of serenity filled them to the brim.

"Hey, what's your name?" She suddenly asked.

"..."

"Come on, it's just your name. It won't help me much to find your identity. Besides, if you had any suspicion before that I want to harm you, it should've already been severed by now, no?"

"..." Kai, who was still struggling with the pain, could only shake his head.

"My name is… Kai." He replied with difficulty.

Although he didn't introduce himself before to anyone mainly because he was wary of them, he didn't feel the same way from Eva. She was in his eyes an odd exception. She was stubborn, prideful, and even rude, and yet, he didn't find any of that annoying or a nuisance.

This feeling was amplified even more after she saved his life. Kai didn't understand why, but he felt as if he had to say something to her. Why? He asked himself only to reach no conclusion. It didn't make sense in his head.

After much contemplation, he decided not to search for the reason and simply looked at Eva as he opened his mouth.

"Than-" Before he could even finish his words, his vision faltered as a strong pain assaulted every inch of his body. Kai's eyes widened slightly before he found himself losing consciousness.

"Kai? Hey, Kai…" Eva, who noticed that, called for him. "Hey, stay with me… Are you ok? Kai… KAI!!!" Those were the last words Kai heard before he was submerged in the darkness and coldness of his own dark world.

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Two purple eyes sprung open. Kai's breathing was erratic as he looked around with a slightly confused expression. His mind was still hazy from all the stuff that happened.

'Where… am I?' He asked as he scanned the place.

He was strapped to a bed with many pipes and weird medical tools sticking to his body. He looked like a terminally ill patient on his last days. Shifting his gaze away from his body, he looked at the room.

It was completely white, from the furniture to the walls. He could instantly tell that it was a hospital room, an extremely expensive one at that.

"Hah… Hah…" Suddenly, he heard breathing next to him so he looked at it.

The silhouette of an absolutely beautiful girl filled his vision. Eva was sprawled on a chair with her face laying on the bed. One of her hands supported her head while the other held on tightly to Kai's hand.

The latter kept staring at her blankly, not moving. Nobody knew what was going through his mind.

A long time passed in that state before Eva seemed to finally notice the two piercing eyes staring at her and opened her eyes slowly.

"Kai…" Before her mind even woke up, she murmured his name as she instantly turned to look at him.

When her eyes met his, she froze in her place. Her dizziness vanished and was replaced with a blank expression. The two kept staring at each other, one of them was shocked beyond words and the other was simply clueless as to what to say or do.

Then, a tear trickled down Eva's face.

"K-Kai…?" She murmured weakly. She still thought it was some kind of dream she was having.

The latter nodded his head calmly at her as if he was saying 'Yes, It's me'. Immediately, when Eva saw that, her face crumbled as she lunged at Kai.

"Kai!! Thank god!!" Hugging him tightly as she buried her face in his neck, she started sobbing loudly. "I thought… I thought you will never wake. I was scared." She said between her cries.

All of her pent-up emotions came gushing like a huge damn. She didn't care how she looked right now or what she was saying. All she thought about was that her beloved finally woke up and she could not be any happier than this ever in her life.

"Kai… Kai… Kai…" She kept murmuring his name like a mantra. "Please, never leave me. I will beg you, I will do anything. Just please, promise me that you will never leave me. I can't… I can't live without you… I really can't do it."

The last few days were hell for Eva who had to watch her beloved unconscious, in a hospital bed. She had made sure to get the best doctors possible, the best hospital, and the best room, and all she wanted was for Kai to wake up. However, not only the doctors didn't know when he will wake up, they didn't even know if he will ever wake up and that fact alone was akin to the whole world crumbling down on Eva. She felt suffocated and her heart ached horribly like a million knives stabbing it constantly.

However, she didn't give up, she would never give up. She kept searching for anything that could lead her to a cure or to at least know what happened. Meanwhile, she spent most of her day next to him, watching over him silently while praying that he would open his eyes the next second or the second after or the second after…

She tried to find any information about what made Kai go into a coma but there was no information at all. Even the doctors were confused as to what he was going through. They found that his heart had suddenly reversed the blood flow for a second before returning to normal which should've instantly killed any creature.

However, Kai miraculously survived it. Eva knew that her beloved was stronger than anyone else and so she was sure he wouldn't die that easily. He wasn't that kind of person.

And now, he finally answered her prayers and opened his eyes to her. She didn't even know what expression to make from sheer happiness.

On the other hand, Kai listened to her whispers and affectionate words silently. His expression was calm but in his eyes, a myriad of emotions could be seen flashing and vanishing.

Although he did hear Eva say such words before, this time sounded different and he didn't know why. But, his mind told him that he should simply accept it. It wasn't a bad feeling at all, in fact, he quite liked it.

'What is this?' He thought.

For someone who lived a life of misery with no one to trust or rely on, he never understood what that even meant.

So, to get rid of these confusing questions, he returned to Eva's request.

"I can't… promise you."