SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 16

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Episode 16

“You came at the right time. Actually, student Yu Baek-hwa was sleeping all morning and just woke up.”

“Is that so.”

“She’s on that bed over there. Normally it’s a rule to kick out students who come to visit friends from the infirmary… but our Tae-min is a trustworthy student, right?”

I couldn’t believe it and gaped with my mouth wide open, glaring beyond the curtain.

How on earth could a student who became a hot topic for breaking a window be called a ‘trustworthy student’? There’s no crazy person crazier than that.

I couldn’t even fathom how strongly the image of a model student was ingrained in Kwon Tae-min.

You’re just going to chat briefly and leave, right? Close the door properly when you go out. Kwon Tae-min seemed to answer by silently nodding his head. The school nurse left a brief greeting and exited the space without any lingering attachment.

Soon the door that had been open closed again, and the noise coming through the hallway was cut off abruptly. In the silent infirmary, I heard footsteps gradually approaching me as I crouched down, unable to even breathe properly.

And making my hope that I had held onto until the very last moment meaningless.

Swoosh.

The curtain opened without a moment’s hesitation.

“…”

Our eyes met. Naturally, it was a situation where it would be difficult to either give a cheerful greeting or throw out a playful joke. I faithfully followed the compulsive force that stimulated my instincts and brought up a question about the situation from earlier.

“Friend my ass, why would I be your friend? Who told you to make me your friend?”

Kwon Tae-min, who was looking down at me with the same emotionless gaze as yesterday, opened his mouth.

“Would you make me your friend if I asked you to?”

I was so dumbfounded that I let out an empty breath.

‘Seo Jung-hoo is one thing, but why is this guy so desperate to get my attention?’

Soon I shot back with a deliberately sharp tone.

“If you want it that badly, why don’t you try begging earnestly? If someone like you wants to stand next to me, shouldn’t you show proper sincerity?”

“Right. Then how should I beg?”

“…”

So this world acknowledged such a crazy bastard as the main character. It discriminates against me, who is several times more normal than that kind of person, in this way.

I roughly tousled my hair with irritated hands. Kwon Tae-min approached my side without a sound and carefully reached out his hand.

When I reflexively flinched, he paused for a moment, then moved at a slower pace as my tension loosened, wrapping around my wrist.

“Why, why again what. What!”

“You said you were hurt.”

Over my wrist where yesterday’s handprint had now become a blue bruise, he slowly moved his fingers without rolling up his uniform sleeve. That touch was also very bewildering, but I was soaked in even greater absurdity and couldn’t push away the hand rubbing my skin.

‘Did that bastard Seo Jung-hoo run to Kwon Tae-min and blabber about that?’

Why? Since when were the two of them so close that they would team up to torment me like this?

‘Is it because it’s still the early part of the novel? Because nothing has developed in the content?’

But Kwon Tae-min is a thoroughly crazy bastard whose obsession with Lee Chung-hye has continued since childhood. From the moment Seo Jung-hoo appeared, he looked at him unfavorably.

“…What exactly is your relationship with Seo Jung-hoo?”

When I muttered unconsciously, Kwon Tae-min’s face, which had been motionless and emotionless the whole time, slowly crumpled.

“What kind of relationship.”

At the rapidly cooling temperature, I shut my mouth. No, I tried to shut it. However, perhaps I had developed immunity to this level of intimidation and fear in just one day, as my mouth that was babbling on its own showed no signs of stopping.

“That’s right. You’re both half-crazy which suits you well, and it would be hard to find that kind of crazy temperament elsewhere, and originally when you fight and clash, you naturally become lovey-dovey…”

“Then what about us? You’re just as crazy as me, and sometimes you seem like a lunatic too. We also fight and clash all day long… with you being one-sided.”

I frowned hard at Kwon Tae-min’s words, which I couldn’t tell if they were insults or what. Just the part about me being equally crazy and lunatic-like made me feel bad, regardless of whether I acknowledged it. But to add ‘we also fight and clash all day long’ was obviously…

‘Lovey-dovey? Me, with Kwon Tae-min?’

Instinctive revulsion surged up. Only then recognizing the unfamiliar warmth lingering on my wrist, I roughly shook off Kwon Tae-min’s hand.

“Get lost. I hate looking at that face of yours.”

“…Sorry. I won’t tease you anymore.”

“…Huh?”

It was an endlessly serious tone, but in the midst of it, he said that on purpose to tease me?

“Damn it, really get lost!”

I immediately grabbed the pillow that was behind me and raised it high.

They say humans are animals of adaptation. Now I didn’t try to stop myself even though I knew that such impulsive behavior was wrong, that it was an unpleasant situation where the existence beyond the system window was forcing me.

That was resignation from knowing that no matter what I did, there would ultimately be no solution. At the same time, it was also selfish relief from venting my inner emotions while attaching the excuse that it couldn’t be helped.

Soon I aimed the pillow I had picked up toward Kwon Tae-min without hesitation. Kwon Tae-min, who was slowly blinking while watching me, asked a calm question.

“Should I let you hit me, or should I catch it?”

Instantly, I lost all energy. Changing the direction of the pillow I was about to throw and hurling it to the floor, I buried my face in both hands. A fierce sound rang out as if I had slapped myself.

“Vicious bastard, clueless bastard…”

How does he succeed in romance with that damn cluelessness and attitude? It only appears plausible in novels – isn’t he threatening and intimidating Lee Chung-hye to extort a successful confession?

At my appearance, Kwon Tae-min finally rolled his eyes slyly as if reading the situation. Carefully lowering his body, he picked up the pillow rolling on the floor, shook it off, and placed it neatly behind me.

“Sorry about this too. I’ll behave better from now on.”

“…”

“In case you misunderstand, I didn’t come to fight. I came because I wanted to hear details about what happened yesterday.”

Kwon Tae-min, who was waiting for me as I kept my face buried unchanged, asked quietly.

“…May I sit next to you?”

“I’m barely holding back from wanting to shut your damn mouth, so stay still, please.”

“Okay.”

Kwon Tae-min, who answered immediately without any sign of displeasure, literally stayed still, maintaining an immobile posture while standing by the bed.

Having barely stabilized my breathing, I slowly raised my head. As if this was the moment, Kwon Tae-min quickly scanned my face with keen eyes.

“Doesn’t your face hurt?”

It hurt like hell. Even if there weren’t clear handprints covering my face, at least my skin must have turned red and heated up.

I couldn’t give any answer and just moved my lips.

I was ashamed of throwing a tantrum by myself, and I felt a little sorry toward Kwon Tae-min who didn’t show even a bit of irritation at me until the end.

Of course, my assessment that Kwon Tae-min was quite a lunatic and crazy bastard remained unchanged, but I could clearly see that he had a considerably kind heart.

‘Damn it…’

As I was contemplating whether to avoid Kwon Tae-min’s gaze and slap my face again, he turned his body as if heading somewhere.

“Wait a moment. I’ll get some medicine.”

Again, again…!

“Don’t meddle unnecessarily. If you just leave it alone, it’ll heal on its own.”

“Still, it’s better to apply medicine…”

“I know my own body well, so don’t presumptuously chatter about it. Even if these were real bruise marks, they’d heal quickly in a few days – would something this minor leave scars?”

Kwon Tae-min, who was turning toward a cabinet in one corner of the infirmary, stopped abruptly. Soon, as he slowly turned back, I stared straight at him without avoiding his gaze and spat out words as if chewing them.

“I don’t know what you heard from that bastard Seo Jung-hoo yesterday, but I’ll handle my own affairs.”

I really didn’t want to get involved with any of them anymore. However, Kwon Tae-min acted as if my desperate struggle didn’t matter at all and just said what he wanted to say.

“…Who was that man yesterday?”

“Are your ears decorations? Go to the hospital with Seo Jung-hoo and get your eardrums replaced!”

Even amid my shrieking yells, Kwon Tae-min didn’t lose his spirit. As if he was determined to get an answer no matter what, he asked me again.

“That man, who was he? Was he the same type as those guys from before?”

Before? Those guys?

I stopped putting strength in my vocal cords and blinked blankly. Not missing that gap, Kwon Tae-min added an explanation.

“At the intersection in front of the convenience store with a bus stop.”

“…”

“I saw it then. You being dragged away.”

I couldn’t manage to reply and stared at him with finely trembling eyes.

“Did you apply medicine to the bruised areas?”

Rather than pressing me, Kwon Tae-min seemed to try to ease the chill surrounding us by briefly changing the subject.

Thanks to that, I suppose, the breath that had risen to my throat and blocked it was suddenly released and loosened. My shoulders, which had been tense without me realizing it, also relaxed and sank down.

“…Geez, you really love medicine, don’t you. If you like it so much, apply lots of it yourself.”

“If it’s because it’s bothersome, should I apply it for you?”

Frowning again and scowling at Kwon Tae-min, a system window appeared in my field of vision once more.

Would you like to check the profile information of ‘Main Character Kwon Tae-min’?

Swallowing dry saliva, I expressed agreement in my hidden thoughts. Then the system window, keenly recognizing my intention, displayed lengthy content.

Name: Kwon Tae-min

Age: 18 years old (Seolam High School, 2nd year, Class 8)

Role: One of the main characters in the novel 『Only Two』

Background: This person grew up in a wealthy and harmonious family, developing a gentle and considerate nature… (Show more)

Current emotional state: Concern, anxiety, suspicion, hope

Inner thoughts: The relationship is not yet intimate enough to read the subject’s true feelings.

When I finished reading the last sentence, I unconsciously let out a deep breath that I had been holding.

‘Of course.’

This was the natural and proper result. As expected, Seo Jung-hoo was the mutant with strangely bizarre tastes.

My distorted expression relaxed slightly with relief, but I consciously held back from lowering my defiantly raised eyes.

After glaring at Kwon Tae-min like that, I flopped down onto the bed as if there was nothing more to deal with. With my back turned to him, I buried my head in the pillow that I had thrown and he had placed back.

“I don’t even want to talk to you, bastard.”

So just get lost.

As I muttered with my eyes tightly shut, I stiffened at the warmth brushing against my back. When I hurriedly turned my head, I saw Kwon Tae-min, who had narrowed the already close distance even further.

Soon our eyes met. Kwon Tae-min calmly withdrew the hand that had been touching my back and spoke.

“Choose one of the two. Either answer my question properly, or let me apply the medicine.”

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