I’m Obsessed With the Suspect - Chapter 80

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The hurried steps gradually slowed as they approached the hospital room. Then they came to a complete stop in front of the door.

Cheong-a hesitated for a long time about whether to open the sliding door of the hospital room.

‘What should I say when I see his face?’

Did you sleep well?

Or maybe, why do you keep sleeping for so long?

Or should I ask if he remembers what happened that day?

‘….’

In Cheong-a’s mind, memories of what happened in the secret warehouse began to flood back.

Holding Yushin in her arms and sharing body warmth with him.

Yushin’s low voice asking her to call his name and keep stimulating him so he wouldn’t lose consciousness.

Getting closer little by little until their lips gently touched at some point. Yushin’s large hands pulling her waist into his embrace.

And, and….

‘Ah, I’m crazy. Why did I do that? I’m insane. I wouldn’t have done that unless I was crazy, in, in that kind of place!’

Her face heated up as if it would burst, and even her stomach grew hot.

Cheong-a grabbed her hair with both hands and writhed silently in front of the hospital room.

Then she suddenly stopped and shook her head vigorously. After that, she placed both hands on the sliding door and began craning her neck to peek inside the hospital room through the small window.

“Is he not inside…? Ah, damn. Should I come back to check later…. I don’t think I can do this right now.”

“What can’t you do?”

At the voice from behind her, Cheong-a answered nonchalantly.

“Ah, I can’t see the patient well from here. Why is the glass translucent?”

“Go inside and look.”

“I’m not mentally prepared yet.”

“Why?”

Cheong-a’s attention was entirely focused on finding Yushin who would be inside the room. Because of this, she didn’t notice that the other person’s responses were getting shorter and shorter.

“Well, there are some circumstances.”

“Circumstances?”

“I feel like I’ll faint if I see his face right now.”

“Then just keep looking ahead and talking like that.”

“…?”

Cheong-a’s movement of standing on tiptoes to look inside the hospital room suddenly stopped.

And slowly, very slowly, she turned around.

“Ah, you startled me!”

There stood Yushin.

With his right arm in a cast, holding an IV pole with bags hanging from it.

“Why are you startled? Who should be more surprised here—you, who failed at trying to spy on me while blocking the hospital room entrance, or me, who discovered a large meerkat writhing like seasoned squid suddenly shaking itself off and then groping the door while trying to peek inside?”

“….”

Seeing Cheong-a rolling her eyes around in contemplation at his unnecessarily verbose question, Yushin couldn’t help but laugh.

“Let’s go inside. You didn’t faint from seeing my face after all.”

“….”

Her mind, which had been complicated with all sorts of worries, entered a calm state the moment she faced Yushin.

Yushin was definitely handsome.

Very, very much so.

Was it because he had slept well?

His face seemed to be particularly glowing today.

Cheong-a kept looking at his face as she entered the hospital room.

“Why are you looking at me like that again?”

“…Maybe it’s because you slept for so long. Your face looks good.”

Yushin, leaning against the bed, slowly nodded.

“Right, I did sleep for a long time.”

“Why did you sleep for so long?”

“I was dreaming.”

“Dreaming?”

Yushin’s head nodded slightly.

“I don’t usually dream much. But I saw my parents. My brother came too. It was probably… the first time. Having that kind of dream.”

“….”

“So I just, didn’t want to wake up.”

His calm voice gradually slowed down.

“But after staying there for a while, I started missing you so much.”

Cheong-a’s gaze slowly rose and gradually turned toward Yushin’s face.

“Like growing hungry, only that thought became more and more desperate. What you were doing, what you were eating. Whether you were laughing or crying. I was so, so curious about all of that. Then I woke up.”

Cheong-a, who had somehow ended up sitting at the foot of the bed, awkwardly turned her gaze away.

“I was worried.”

“Were you?”

A mischievous smile appeared on Yushin’s face.

“Then you should have tried giving me a kiss. I probably would have jumped right up. Ahaha!”

“….”

What makes you so sure I didn’t think about that, Mr. Min Yoo-shin?

Cheong-a had spent days staying by sleeping Yushin’s side, watching him for long periods.

During that time, she had thought about wanting to kiss him about a hundred times.

And the conclusion she reached was that the princes in fairy tales who kissed sleeping princesses without consent. Those guys were definitely shameless bastards.

At the same time, Cheong-a had spent time overwhelmed by the intense temptation of wanting to become a shameless bastard herself while looking at sleeping Yushin.

However.

There was something that held onto her thread of reason.

What if Yushin didn’t wake up, but only Yushin’s other self suddenly sprang up?

Showing off that tremendous presence of his.

And what if at that moment Doksah or other medical staff entered the hospital room?

What if they asked loudly, ‘Oh my, Guardian. Why is the patient’s lower body in this condition?’

‘Mm, definitely not a good idea.’

With such stomach-churning thoughts, Cheong-a was able to give up on becoming shameless.

“Why did your expression suddenly change like that?”

“…It’s nothing.”

Seeing Cheong-a making an innocent expression, Yushin patted her head.

Cheong-a decided she should quickly change the subject.

“Ah right. I returned to headquarters.”

“Really? I should congratulate you.”

It didn’t take long for the hand that was patting her head to grab the back of Cheong-a’s neck and lay her down on the bed.

Cheong-a, who was suddenly lying with her head on the bed, didn’t quite understand what was happening even as Yushin’s body overlapped hers.

“What is this?”

“I’m congratulating you.”

Yushin’s whispering lips moved ticklishly against Cheong-a’s earlobe.

“What?”

“Congratulations on returning to headquarters. I’m planning to congratulate you very much, very happily, in my own way.”

“Wh, what kind of congratulations is this?”

“Well…? It seemed like you definitely liked it.”

Yushin’s lips touched and pulled away from Cheong-a’s earlobe and cheek several times.

“Uh, uaah!”

“You can say no if you don’t like it.”

The soft kissing sounds were gradually getting closer to her lips.

“But you should say it quickly. Mm, now… it’s too late.”

Yushin pressed his lips against Cheong-a’s without hesitation.

Ah, crazy Min Yoo-shin.

No, crazy Kim Chung-a.

Cheong-a cursed her own body for accepting him without resistance, yet had to wrap both arms tightly around Yushin’s neck.

***

The case was officially closed long after Yushin had been discharged from the hospital.

Of course, that didn’t mean all the cases were truly over.

There were unexplained money flows that couldn’t be accounted for by just the drugs seized and ledgers found that day. Mountains of names that hadn’t been revealed through Oh Semin’s testimony still remained.

The media no longer gave this matter front-page coverage, but the investigation was still ongoing.

Meanwhile, Cheong-a had completely settled into her position at headquarters.

Originally, she was supposed to be assigned to the Security Bureau, but due to government organizational restructuring, the department was being dissolved and personnel plans were completely revised.

In the end, Cheong-a’s nameplate was placed in the Narcotics and Organized Crime Investigation Division, and she spent busy days adapting to her new duties.

Then one day, an email arrived for Cheong-a.

「[Notice of Prime Minister’s Commendation Award Recipient]

To: Inspector Kim Chung-a

Date: XXXX.XX.XX

We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected as a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Commendation in recognition of your contributions related to the maritime drug smuggling case.」

“Wow! Unnie, you’re getting a Prime Minister’s commendation? That’s insane!”

Cheong-a had to read the email many times over. If it weren’t for Yeonhui grabbing her hand and shaking it vigorously, she probably wouldn’t have felt it was real.

The sea breeze from that day, the noise on the deck, Yushin’s blood spreading hotly across her fingertips, and the memory of blankly watching Yushin being taken away in front of the operating room.

Those things were still a bit more vivid for now.

***

Cheong-a was the only one whose name appeared on the award list.

The reason was that the National Intelligence Service’s existence couldn’t be recorded in any official records.

Receiving a barrage of camera flashes while shaking hands with the Prime Minister, receiving the commendation and awkwardly smiling for photos – all of this was an opportunity granted only to Cheong-a.

Many people attended the award ceremony to congratulate Cheong-a, but there was no trace of National Intelligence Service personnel anywhere.

“Well done, my kid! No wait, you’re someone else’s kid now.”

“Hey, why are you saying that? I’m forever Team Leader’s kid.”

“Congratulations, Kim Chung-a. Here, a bouquet!”

“Thanks, hyung.”

“You’re not still seeing that gigolo, are you? Huh?”

“…”

After greeting the people from Central Police Station who had rushed over from far away, Cheong-a was finally able to leave when the government building became quiet.

She received multiple requests to attend an after-party and questions about whether there would be a separate celebration party, but she managed to deflect them by saying she wanted to reverently hold her commendation and rest today.

By then, the days had begun to get quite warm.

Cheong-a walked leisurely toward the parking lot where the sunset stretched long.

And she could see a large bouquet sticking out prominently beyond the driver’s seat of her parked car, along with the back of a man.

Her leisurely pace suddenly quickened as she began running toward him.

Yushin’s lips curved into an arc as he spotted Cheong-a.

“Sorry I’m late.”

Cheong-a shook her head.

“What’s there to be sorry about! I’m so happy you came! I should be sorry. What should I do about being the only one to receive something like this?”

Yushin took away all the bouquets Cheong-a was holding and placed only the bouquet he had brought into her arms.

“I’m someone who originally works in the shadows, so I can’t receive things like that. Oh, Doksah and Chamkkae came too…”

Yushin trailed off and shrugged his shoulders, and Cheong-a nodded as if she understood.

“They told me to tell you congratulations.”

“Thank you.”

“And, news about Rachel.”

“The boss? What happened?”

“She was transferred to the Prosecution Service today. She cooperated so much… she’ll probably get a reduced sentence. Though it still won’t be light.”

“…”

“She asked me to tell you she was really sorry and grateful.”

Cheong-a stared down at the bouquet she received from Yushin, then smiled softly.

“That’s a relief.”

“Right.”

Yushin wrapped his arm around Cheong-a’s shoulder and opened the driver’s side door for her.

“Well, it seems like all the cases are finished like this. Should we try making a new start now?”

“A new start?”

Cheong-a, who had settled into the driver’s seat, turned her head toward Yushin.

“Yeah. A new case. It’s a joint investigation request.”

Cheong-a burst into loud laughter.

“Send an official document! Do you really have to talk about it so mysteriously like there’s something special?”

“It’s classified. This time it’s an undercover married couple role.”

After thinking for a moment, Cheong-a grabbed Yushin’s arm.

“Oh, then want to practice being married with me starting today?”

“Uh, um… Ah, aah. R-really? Should we, should we do that?”

Cheong-a giggled at Yushin’s uncharacteristic blushing and stammering.

“Do you think you can do well, Mr. Min Yoo-shin?”

“I don’t know since I haven’t tried it. But there’s nothing I can’t do.”

“Great. If you do well this time, I’ll really make you my husband. Please take care of me?”

Yushin swept his bangs back once, then pulled Cheong-a by both shoulders into his embrace and muttered quietly.

“…Wow. You really drive people crazy.”

The spring scent carried by the wind was blowing abundantly toward the two of them.

<‘I’m Being Obsessed Over by a Suspect’ End>

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