Chapter 22 - Soft with me

King Barbeque restaurant:

As Kwan had described earlier, it was indeed an exquisite fancy barbeque plaza, located on the top floor of multiplex Megamart Mall, near the Central Seoul Metro station. This place has been especially popular among the chaebols and celebrities of Seoul, who tentatively visit this place with their families or closer ones. 

Kwan was lucky enough to earn those coupons for this super luxurious refreshment place and indeed wanted to spend some time with them. From the first day, he was enormously curious about Yeon when he heard about him from Dae, so he was desperately looking for this kind of chance to know about them better.

Moreover, it was his very first time meeting some mystic divine people who he always believed that existed only in myths. He hadn't the slightest idea that grim reapers could actually reside on earth and in fact, he was indeed grabbing grilled pork meat together with them! 

Each table had especially designated 4 sofa seats for every visitor. Kwan and Suho were seated next to each other and opposite to Yeon and Dae, who still seemed quite sulky with Yeon.

Yeon was busy grilling a few chunks of pork belly strips on the barbeque oven, placed on their table, holding a cordial eloquence on his face. Dae, seated next to him was continuously glimpsing at him with an irked expression. Suho was keeping a watch over them as the situation between them was still being dense.

"How long you are gonna stare at me like that?" He didn't shift his gaze at him, instead, he kept looking at the barbeque oven, and asked him amicably.

"Why did you sit next to me? I pulled out the chair for Kwan but why did you hop on it?" He further counterattacked on him.

"Are you a 5-year-old kid? Why are you whining about taking seats?" He had a small smirk on his face and started cutting the chunk of meat that was grilled well.

"Hey, hey! Both of you really give out the vibes of an old married couple, always fighting for no reason." Suho sounded a bit grumpy, lowering his voice as he was trying to sort things between them. "Dae, how long you are gonna sulk on Yeo...I mean Reaper 999?" 

"I do have a reason to be vexed with him!" His voice resonated deep, yet heavy. "Didn't you see, how he was looking down on my friend? And then suddenly, he changed his mind and agreed to come here! His almighty behavior annoys me much."

From his pouty expressions, he indeed seemed to be complaining like an angry maiden, who has been infuriated with her husband's actions. Suho was enjoying their atmosphere and kept smirking at them.

"Dae Hyuk, I really don't mind about his behavior." Following after him, Kwan too initiated to calm down the dense atmosphere swirling around them. "Maybe Mr. Reaper likes to act cold among the rest. It may be one of his habits. But, I really don't mind it." While talking, unknowingly he raised his tone a bit louder.

"Hey!" Yeon scrunched his eyebrows and glared at him for a few seconds. "don't call me Mr. Reaper so aloud in public places. People might hear you and it would be problematic for us!" His agitated pitch resonated more profound.

"Yeah, you really need to control your tone around us. You can't address us like that in public places." Suho warned him too.

Immediately Yeon served the chunks of grilled meat on Dae's plate and placed it before him on the table. While looking at Dae, he discarded his usual stiff, rigid expression and sounded a bit gentle, "eat these and calm down your grumpy head." 

His unfamiliar cordial act towards him startled all three of them on the table, including Dae himself. He kept peeping at him in awe for a few moments and simultaneously glanced over his plate. Till this time, he didn't realize that Yeon was grilling all those meat for him. This was one of his ways of silent taking care despite, on the other hand, he was complaining about him.

"Umm, Reaper 999, can you grill some meat strips for us too?" Suho pushed his plate closer to theirs on the table and lowered his voice further while asking Yeon in a polite note.

"You can do it yourself. I already finished grilling." Abruptly, his tone transformed into his usual rigid one as he shifted his gaze to respond to him. He even pushed the plate back to him in his normal cold gesture.

"Ahh, what a jerk!" He cussed him inside his mind, pouting his face in displeasure. "I guess the special treatment is only for Dae... Strange! I have never seen him acting such towards anyone." From his expressions, he seemed a bit startled too.

"That's fine." Kwan immediately picked up some pork belly chunks from their serving plate and started grilling it in the oven. "I can grill this meat for both of us." He shifted his gaze straight towards Suho and tossed a soft smile proclaiming his words.

"Th-Thank You." He murmured resembling a bit touched with his kind gesture and peeked a few small glimpses at him, while he was focussed on the barbeque. "I guess, this human isn't much weird as I had assumed." He wondered with a small sneer.

A soft, genial smile had appeared on Dae's baffled grimace too as he started eating those meat chunks that Yeon had grilled for both of them, expressing a cordial behavior. While munching, he stole a few glances at Yeon, who was even eating holding a quite aristocratic display. Using the cutleries properly, he was solely concentrated on the meal. 

"I really can't understand this weird man. He acts so aloof and snobbish with everyone else, but with me, he shows a bit soft...

But... Am I overthinking or is his personality change is real? Anyway...why do I care about it?" He seemed a bit confused wondering on his own, furrowing his eyebrow ridge.

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