"Tch, shit!" he said as he lit a fire at the end of his cigarette and inhaled it for a moment.
"Fuuuh ..." white smoke flew in the air.
It didn't seem like a good thing he could do. He felt so stupid that he finally gave up thanks to his curiosity. Seeing that arrogant man's wide smile annoyed him himself.
"Really? you accept the task I gave you?"
"I just need to tempt some humans to commit crimes, right?"
"Right! but, what made you change your mind? didn't you insist on refusing my assignment at that time?" Lucifer raised his eyebrows with a suspicious look at this black haired man before him.
"Nothing, I don't think it would hurt if I occasionally wandered the earth!"
Remembering his stupid excuses back then made him want to laugh. Which stupid devil would change his mind just because he was curious about a human who suddenly wanted to live after desperately jumping into the sea?
As the ruler of the seas, Leviathan never failed in carrying out his duties. He has lived for millions of years, even when the earth is still inhabited by giant beasts.
Leviathan took out the green scarf he found that day, the day the girl tried to end her life and jump into the cold sea.
"What made her change her mind?" that was the only question that crossed his mind.
How the girl nearly died from suffocation and how she tried to swim to the surface even though she was weak. As a devil, he really hates failure when the prey that should have been buried in the ocean returns to life.
Leviathan still clearly remembered the woman's face and scent. Her light brown hair and sparkling amber eyes. A face that reminded him of someone in the past.
"I will find her and I force her to end her life in front of me!"
***
"Are you sure you're okay? you really worry me, Edel!" Ryan gently stroked the stubborn girl's head in front of him who had forced him to care for her for three days due to fever and flu after returning to the apartment drenched and cold.
Ryan came to Edelweiss apartment at 5 pm and he did not find Edelweiss in her apartment other than the jar of gingerbread that Edelweiss promised.
"I'm sorry, Ryan! looks like I really bothered you!"
"Don't talk like that! I'm really worried about you. You're going to college today and I'm afraid you're not doing well enough!"
Edelweiss looked down, feeling very ashamed of herself. What she was doing at that time almost got Ryan in trouble, because her family would think that Ryan was not taking care of her well, even though it was not Ryan's responsibility.
"I'll take you to college!" he said as he walked toward the motorbike which was parked on the terrace of the apartment.
Edelweiss felt a little awkward, she and Ryan had known each other since they were little. But, she was never in one place alone with him without Mark, her family and other friends.
In this city, Edelweiss really doesn't know anyone but Ryan. That's why Ryan is so caring and protective of her.
Edelweiss got on Ryan's motorbike and sat behind it. When they were young, they used to ride on bicycles along the meadows and hills. Than her older brother, Mark. Edelweiss is much closer to Ryan. To her, Ryan was like an older brother for her.
"Are you ready? I'll ride now!"
"Ok!"
Ryan started his motorbike and passed through the road where autumn leaves were starting to fly in the strong wind. Her eyes caught a beautiful, peaceful view of the city.
"That's Aberdeen Harbor! have you ever come here?" asked Ryan as they passed Aberdeen Harbor.
"Yeah, only once with my mom when I applied to college a few months ago. We were just hanging around the harbor,"
"You want to get on a cruise ship? you've never been on a ship, have you?"
"Of course I will! you're lucky to get on a ship,"
"Not as lucky as you think! sometimes I get bored of seeing the sea while sailing for weeks,"
"Really? It turns out that Ryan can get bored too, huh? wasn't it your dream since childhood that you wanted to be a ship captain!"
"Do you think I can?"
"Of course! you are tall, athletic, smart and strong. Besides that your face is also handsome, you will make a great captain!"
"Handsome face has nothing to do,"
"Of course there is, hahaha ... I'm sure on that ship you often flirt with beautiful girls, don't you think?"
"I never teased them, but they were the ones who teased me!"
"How arrogant ..."
Suddenly, her eyes caught a tall man wearing a black robe standing on the edge of the pier, with a green scarf wrapped around his neck. Edelweiss flinched, her eyes kept on the man even though Ryan's motorbike kept on going.
The man returned his glance, his eyes very blue, It was just like the color of the sea she saw that day and the scarf, though not sure, it tasted so much like her scarf lost in the sea.
"What's the matter? did you see something?"
"Ah ... no ... no, nothing!"
"What time are you coming home today? I'll pick you up!"
"I can't be sure. You don't have to pick me up anyway, I can go home by bus or train,"
"No! you still don't know the streets of this city. So, I can't let you go alone!"
"Ryan, you think I'm a kid? I'm 19 years old, so stop treating me like a kid! you're just like mom and dad!" she said irritably.
"Hahaha ... you are still a kid!"
"Ryan, stop!"
"Hahaha ..." Ryan burst out laughing every time he managed to tease Edelweiss and make her angry. Edelweiss was very easily hooked and in Ryan's eyes, her face looked really cute.
After traveling quite a distance from the apartment to the university, Edelweiss finally arrived at a place where she would study for 4 years as a student.
Edelweiss wasn't quite sure about her abilities. But her parents always supported her all the time and that's what made her decide to do it.
"I think it was far enough. Should I move to an apartment around the campus?" she said as she got off the motorbike and opened her helmet.
"You know that I live in a crew-only apartment near the harbor, don't you? I don't want you living anywhere far from me!"
"That's your excuse! just tell me that my mother forced you,"
"No, nobody forces me. I thought it would be better if you were around me!"
***