Chapter 45 - You’re Not A Human, Are You?

The following day, Raine woke up early, noting that Tyrone had woken up earlier since the bed was empty. She wondered if Tyrone stayed with her all night or if he left as soon as he noticed she was too deep in her slumber.

"That brute…" she mumbled, her face twitching as she got up from the bed that instant. She would like to think that he stayed with her all night since she had a good night's sleep. 

Going out of Tyrone's room, she walked directly to her bedroom to prepare for her work at Yang Globals Hospital. This time, she wore a dark green smart casual dress since she would be wearing a white medical coat on top of it for most of her time in the hospital. 

Approving her own style, she smiled as she entered the dining area. Sure enough, Tyrone had already prepared breakfast for them. Raine couldn't help but have this blissful feeling at the thought of someone taking care of her like this. However, she immediately replaced those smiles with a casual look as soon as Tyrone gazed towards her direction. Looking at him, he had this beautiful and warm smile that somehow made her unconsciously blush.

"Your face," Tyrone commented with a frown. 

"My face is beautiful as always," she retorted. "Anyway, why didn't you wake me up?" Raine casually asked as she grabbed the mug of coffee Tyrone prepared for her. She then smiled upon seeing the lollipop stick in it, which she then used to stir her coffee up some more. "I thought lollipops weren't good for my body?" Raine teased as she sipped on her coffee.

"I'm just cheering you up for your first day at work. That way, you'll be in a good mood when facing your young patients," Tyrone commented. 

Last night, he had already organized Raine's schedule, including her in-patient rounds and appointments. It looked as if she would have a very hectic schedule in the hospital, so he wondered how she would even sneak out from it all to complete her intended mission.

"That's so thoughtful of you. Don't worry. I'm always in a good mood whenever I see children around me," Raine smirked before she bit on the sandwich Tyrone prepared for her.

After that, she and Tyrone had a few more casual conversations about Raine's personal life and why she chose to study medicine.

"So that's the real profession you wanted? Not being a businesswoman?" Tyrone asked. 

"Yeah, I want to save lives… especially young ones that deserve so much more than losing their chance to experience this life," Raine opened up. "I've already taken so many lives that I lost count of them all already," Raine added with a sullen look.

"Hmm… You only want to save humans, right?" Tyrone asked, almost a whisper.

Raine smiled at him, "If possible, then I would love to save mutants too, especially the good ones. But then…" she trailed off.

"Then what?" Tyrone asked.

Raine shook her head. She believed that Tyrone was already aware of her identity as the Princess of Moon Clan, especially if he was indeed the Lollipop Boy. However, what if her hunch was wrong? What if Tyrone was actually a different person? She would compromise Mirage's entire existence if she told him too much or if she confirmed her real identity to him.

"So far, I haven't met any good mutants except for rogues and bad ones, so eliminating them was very necessary," Raine explained.

She keenly watched Tyrone's expression, wondering if he would be careless enough to give her a hint of him knowing how she spared one mutant.

The mutant that she even adopted as her daughter.

"There are good mutants, and I'm sure that you'll meet some of them. If that happens, then I hope that you can spare their lives, or maybe even save them," Tyrone shared his hopes to her. "After all, everyone who has a life deserves to live and experience what it's like to live in peace, whether they are humans or not. At the end of the day, all they want is a peaceful life in this world like any other person."

Raine's eyes narrowed at Tyrone, "You're not a human, are you?"

Tyrone shook his head. He only gave Raine a cheeky smile as an answer. 

In response, Raine lifted her eyebrows and gave him a bratty look.

"How about we go ahead now before you get late for work?" Tyrone purposefully said, intentionally diverting the topic away from the hot-button topic.

Raine contorted her lips as she mumbled, "I guess you're not human after all, seeing how you're changing the topic like that."

"Does it matter if I'm human or a mutant?" Tyrone asked.

"Of course it does. There's a hundred percent chance for you to live if you're human, but I can't guarantee that anymore if you're a mutant. I'm a hunter, and I slay…"

"And here I thought that I'm handsome enough for you to spare," Tyrone countered with a blank expression, interrupting her speech.

"What's that? Is that supposed to be a joke?" Raine snorted as she took one last sip from her cup, finishing off her coffee. "Whatever. I'll just brush my teeth for a second. We'll leave soon after," she said before getting up from her chair and walking back to her bedroom.

Raine kept on sighing as she brushed her teeth. Tyrone was acting weird and unreadable again. She inwardly cursed, annoyed that she couldn't see through Tyrone's eyes. She had other ways that she could use to find out if Tyrone was a human or not, but using that drug would be dangerous for Tyrone if he ended up actually being a human, so she put off trying it out for now.

Maybe she should check up on their scientist doctor, Doctor Janus, to update her on the studies and experiments that her father had tasked the man. He was trying to formulate a compound that they could safely use to test humans and determine whether or not they were real humans as opposed to being mutants that were really good at hiding. It had been a while since she last checked on his experiment. And the last time she checked, the drug was still a floundering failure.

Janus had said that something was still missing since the compound was still dangerous to humans. However, he also confirmed that he was getting closer to success. It was such an important drug.. After all, her father asked for it as a way for her to take a break from using her powers to identify mutants in human form.