WHEN KOO Mujin opened his eyes, he found himself in the same white room.
With a huge TV screen in front of him.
No, it was actually his Status Window.
"Hey, I saw you congratulate me earlier before everything turned black," Koo Mujin said. "What was that for? Does it mean Lee Haneum is safe? Please tell me nothing bad happened to him."
[Congratulations on getting rid of Lee Haneum's biggest misfortune.]
Oh.
Koo Mujin clenched his jaw tight. "Are you saying that the Lee Haneum in the real world signed a contract with that stupid agency?"
[That's something you should ask Lee Haneum later.]
"Later?"
[The chances of you returning to reality have increased after this achievement.]
Well, that was a relief.
But Koo Mujin was bothered by the fact that he had been married to Lee Haneum for more than a decade.
And, yet, he was unaware of his husband's sufferings in the past.
I really am a bad husband to him, am I not?
"Can you tell me if Lee Haneum is alright?" Koo Mujin asked. He didn't have the right to be depressed when he didn't know yet if Lee Haneum was safe or not. After all, he rolled down the stairs pretty badly. "Please tell me he survived."
[Both you and Lee Haneum survived.]
"Thank you."
[You don't look happy.]
"I'm happy that Lee Haneum is safe, but I'm not happy to know that I've been a bad husband to him," Koo Mujin said, smiling bitterly. "I can't wait to return to reality and make it up to Lee Haneum."
[Then let me cheer you with the reward that I prepared for you, Koo Mujin.]
***
COMATOSE.
Lee Haneum survived the fall and woke up right away.
On the other hand, Koo Mujin fell into a comatose state after saving him.
It had been two days already, but the Alpha hadn't woken up yet.
"Haneum-ah, you should go back to your room first and rest," Kim Miriam, Joo Mujin's mother, said worriedly. "The doctor said you shouldn't be up and moving yet."
Yes, even if Lee Haneum was already awake, he still needed to stay in the hospital.
He was worried for the hospital bill at first.
But Koo Mujin's parents had already taken care of everything.
They even put my stepsister in jail for what she did to me.
He hadn't heard the full details yet because his brain wasn't in the right condition to listen to complicated stuff.
Moreover, his mind was occupied by something else.
"I'll just stay for a few more minutes, ma'am."
"Alright then," Kim Miriam said, getting up from her seat. "I'll just step out of the room first to make a phone call."
Lee Haneum just smiled and nodded.
After that, Kim Miriam left the room.
And then the entire room fell silent.
Lee Haneum didn't like that.
Hence, he talked to himself out loud.
"You're really an idiot, Koo Mujin," Lee Haneum said while looking at his husband, his heart feeling heavy at the moment. "Why did you have to follow me even here? What if you get stuck in this dream with me forever?"
If there was one good thing that came out of the accident, it was the fact that Lee Haneum retrieved his memories of the real world.
Yes, I know now that this world is just a dream.
A long dream, to be precise.
"I didn't want to show you this part of me," Lee Haneum said, smiling to himself. "So, forgive me if I pretend that I don't remember the real you."
No, pretending wouldn't be enough.
Maybe I should ask the System to erase my memories.
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