Short Summary: After a dangerous mission, Rafayel tends to MC’s hidden injuries, reminding her she’s allowed to be vulnerable as long as she always returns to him safe and sound.

TIMELINE NOTES: Sleeps over his house, he takes care of her, but she’s still hiding a bit from him. He buys her flowers and cooks her food.

After a dangerous two-week emergency mission, MC returns to Linkon City, injured and filled with doubt about whether she did enough. At a fruit shop, she declines flowers given to hunters, believing she doesn’t deserve them.

Rafayel, noticing her hiding her injury, takes her to his home. He pushes her onto his bed, forbids her from opening the curtains, and scolds her for going on a dangerous mission without telling him. He moves close, challenging her: “Why don’t you push me away? Or did your injury make you weaker?” When she admits the pain, he tends to her arm, replacing her hasty bandages with care and tying them into a neat bow.

Later, Rafayel cooks lobster, casually talking to it: “Her ears were even redder than you.” He indirectly admits his worries, comparing her to a lobster swimming into a trench: “Wouldn’t you get worried?” He teases her about hiding injuries, threatening to eat the seafood himself while she has porridge. When MC tugs at his shirt and insists she’s not trying to act tough, he gently reminds her: “It’s okay to be weak. You’re a hunter, not a superhero.” Playfully, he draws a lobster on her bandages but remains open about how her recklessness affects him.

After the weekend, she returns to work and texts him about her injury-free day. Passing by a flower shop, she overhears him complimenting her to the shopkeeper. He approaches her with roses but spots fresh bruises. Calling her out for acting tough again, MC pretends to be dramatically hurt, earning his smirk. Handing her the bouquet, Rafayel says: “I’ll make you feel better with flowers and another seafood feast. You’re allowed to get injured, but you’re not allowed to hide it from me. Also… when you go out, you have to return to me. Safe and sound.”