Chapter 15 - Step #04

At Diamond City Amus.e.m.e.nt Park.

Sei's eyes, though hidden, slowly narrowed the moment he realized where they are. However, he could only stand there and wait for his wife's next move.

On the other hand, Davi was currently telling herself to focus on her mission. It had been such a long time since she and her brother last visited an amus.e.m.e.nt park. This was why she just couldn't help but felt nostalgic as she watched the colorful towering palaces in the park.

After a short while of looking around, she then took a deep breath and instantly switched into mission mode. Then, she turned to the man beside her and smiled brightly.

'Step #04: Touch him.' Davi remembered what Hinari told her; 'Don't make it too obvious, do it naturally'.

Davi knew that she needed to try all sorts of different strategies for her to know what could make her husband react. She had to do some experiments and observe his every reaction. And to do that, she had to be alert and mindful at the same time.

"Do you have a place you want to visit first?" she asked even though she already knew what he would say.

"Up to you."

"Okay! Let's go!"

Davi casually grabbed his wrist then happily pulled him towards the route to the dancing fountain. However, something was a bit off. The moment she touched him, she felt like she was the one who was affected instead. Touching him suddenly made her heart flutter, making Davi instantly lose her mission mode. 'Why the hell am I feeling like this? I'm just holding his wrist, for heaven's' sake!'

Davi couldn't believe it! She couldn't even manage to look at him at that moment because she was desperately trying to calm herself down, not realising that she was walking fast towards a route that wasn't on her plan.

Meanwhile, along with Sei's narrowed eyes due to the overwhelming crowds, his brows started to furrow as well. This was because the girl, who was happily talking to him just now, was suddenly walking at full speed, dragging him along. Thankfully, people were voluntarily opening up a pathway for them, simply because they were just too eye-catching as if they were a famous celebrity couple hiding behind bunny masks.

While he was obediently following his wife, Sei occasionally glanced at the wrist his wife was holding. He could feel her suddenly exerting such strength, as if she was making sure that he would not get separated from her. Like he was a kid getting dragged along by his mother.

…

In the middle of their full speed walk, a lady in uniform suddenly stopped them. Davi snapped back into reality right away, as if she was suddenly awakened from a short but taxing dream.

"Welcome to our haunted mansion. We're actually giving a 50% discount to the tenth couple who joins us and you two are just too lucky because you are the tenth! Please enjoy your discount ma'am and sir and good luck!"

The uniformed lady spoke too fast and was now giving them the tickets which was suddenly accepted by Sei.

Davi was surprised because of what Sei did but she was even more stunned when she realized where they were at the moment. 'Wait, what? How did we end up here? Weren't we heading to the dancing fountain just now? And what?! H-haunted house?'

"Let's go," Sei finally spoke.

It was supposed to be a good development because it seemed like something finally caught Sei's attention. 'But why? Is Sei actually interested in horror?! My god, this monster! Arghh! I don't want to go in!'

Davi's greatest weakness was her brother. In second place, were ghosts. She was phasmophobic and could not even handle horror movies, much more a haunted house!

"I-is it okay for you to go in?" she asked and he nodded, so she couldn't do anything but bite her lip and follow the man before her. She inhaled deeply as she convinced herself that her mission was much more important and that this man before her was a much more terrifying monster than any ghosts around.

Meanwhile, Sei was a bit curious. He thought that Davi must have been so excited to bring him to the haunted house to the point of walking full speed towards it. He thought that Davi must have been chasing that 10th couple discount so he was wondering why this girl suddenly looked so tense, like she didn't want to go in.