SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 17

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Episode 17

I wondered what kind of bullshit this was now. Just when I thought he was subtly treating me like his master, he had seized control as if that had never happened.

I hardened my lips in annoyance.

“I’ll apply the medicine, so just…”

“But only on the condition that I do it myself.”

I bolted upright, straightening my back.

“What kind of nonsense is that! Are you a three-year-old throwing a tantrum because you can’t have candy?”

“If I’m a kid? Then will you indulge my tantrum?”

“Sure, you crazy bastard. Try getting younger and coming back!”

“Wait a moment.”

And then he really turned his back and tried to disappear somewhere. My hand, not passing through reason, reached out on its own and grabbed Kwon Tae-min’s arm.

Kwon Tae-min, who stopped walking immediately even at my weak grip, turned his head. Only then realizing what I had done, I was startled and pushed his arm away.

I awkwardly fidgeted with my hand that still retained his lukewarm body temperature.

“You keep saying crazy this and crazy that, so maybe something really happened to your head. Where are you trying to go?”

“To get younger.”

“No, I mean. Hah…”

A terrible sigh burst out. As I was roughly rubbing my face with irritated hands, a thick shadow fell over me.

When I slowly raised my head, I saw Kwon Tae-min who had gotten much closer. Not satisfied with that, he suddenly lowered his body and brought his face right up to mine.

Kwon Tae-min’s hands pressed against the mattress on either side of me, supporting his body. Instantly trapped between them, I trembled my eyelids. Then Kwon Tae-min lowered his eyes as if being considerate, quietly withdrawing the intimidating pressure that had been weighing down on me.

“What do you want to do?”

As the heavy atmosphere lifted considerably, parts of my body that had been frozen and at a loss began to regain their original functions. In that confusion, I silently opened and closed my mouth.

‘…Shit, let’s just tell him everything.’

Whether Kwon Tae-min, having learned everything, helps me or refuses to help me because he utterly despises me – what does any of that matter? Besides, if he learns the world’s secrets and things go to hell, it’ll be the existence beyond the system window that suffers, not me.

Just as I had steeled my resolve and was about to voice words through my parted lips.

All words and actions that reveal the truths and realities of this world to subjects who become protagonists in novels are forbidden.

A system window that suddenly blocked Kwon Tae-min’s face flickered threateningly. Its content and form clearly carried the light of a warning directed at me.

If I went against those words and acted as I pleased, what would happen this time?

When I tried to escape to another region, those guys appeared and dragged me back home, throwing me inside. And they would often pop up to follow me around, monitoring whether I was going to school properly and returning home properly.

If I went ahead and ran my mouth on top of all that.

Suddenly, a chilling coldness brushed against the skin around my mouth. Anxious imagination always tends to rush toward the worst outcomes. I tried to change the direction of my thoughts to ignore the various cruel and brutal scenes that came to mind.

I absolutely hated the idea of someone else handling my body as they pleased under the pretense of applying medicine. Due to various incidents I experienced in childhood, I didn’t like others’ hands touching me in any way, not even a little.

No matter how much of an older brother he was, I had never given permission for such intimate contact. So I had not even the slightest desire to voluntarily create an unpleasant situation where I’d expose my vulnerable spots to someone who was neither family nor anything else to me.

Chewing my lips while weighing the two options, I reluctantly opened my mouth.

“It was just a private matter. Personal business. So mind your own business.”

Kwon Tae-min’s eyes, slowly returning to their original position, looked directly at my face.

“Personal business what.”

As expected, Kwon Tae-min didn’t even pretend to be fooled by my crude excuse.

‘…How many minutes has it been since he apologized saying he’d behave well toward me.’

Of course, I had never believed those words he had probably spoken like a joke, but that was annoying in its own way, making me want to find fault with him somehow.

Glaring at Kwon Tae-min with dissatisfied eyes, I poured out harsh words.

“Don’t you know what personal business means? Is that title of being first in the school just for show? This school is doomed, right?”

“I’m your friend, aren’t I? Even if it’s personal business, I think I have enough right to know.”

“Bullshit. Who asked you to be my friend?”

“Ah, I haven’t begged yet.”

Since Kwon Tae-min was sticking so close, I couldn’t irritably hold my forehead or press my throbbing head like acupressure.

Swallowing a sigh, I slowly retreated backward. But Kwon Tae-min immediately stuck close like he couldn’t let a fish he had already caught escape.

He seemed determined not to let me go until I really told him. It seemed like not even half of this damn lunch period had passed, and if I had to endure twice what I’d already suffered from Kwon Tae-min, I didn’t have the confidence for it.

Frowning at the terrible future I could only imagine, I had no choice but to offer content close to the truth.

“I just left home, and so those people dragged me back home. Satisfied?”

“Why did you leave home?”

“Because everything in the world is shitty and fucked up. Are you satisfied now?”

“Who exactly sent those people, and what kind of guys are they?”

“No, what exactly did you want to ask me in the first place? If you told me to choose between two options, you should naturally only ask one question, you highway robber bastard.”

Perhaps thinking my words were somewhat reasonable, Kwon Tae-min obediently stopped talking. After being lost in thought for a while, rolling his eyes, he slowly asked a question. A completely unexpected type of question that was hard to believe had been chosen after such a long period of consideration.

“Do you really hate me?”

“…What?”

“You said that to me before. That I was disgusting.”

My lips, which had been moving aimlessly, quickly produced an answer.

You’re bringing that up now?

“Yeah. I wish you’d get lost from right in front of me.”

“I’m not asking about wanting me to get lost, I’m asking if you hate me as a person.”

My mouth, which had been shooting back as it pleased, suddenly clamped shut as if it had never done such a thing. My mouth felt parched, and the tongue inside seemed to stick together viscously.

‘…What kind of answer is he hoping for by asking that.’

Were we the kind of relationship where we’d discuss and ask whether we liked or disliked each other?

‘The whole school knows our relationship is bad, so why are you asking me that now.’

Perhaps having gotten an answer on his own from me, who only maintained silence unable to find the right response, Kwon Tae-min didn’t press further and pulled his body back. But I couldn’t fully rejoice in the freedom that had suddenly arrived.

I fidgeted needlessly with the edge of my uniform where warmth had disappeared and cool air was seeping in. The emotion rising from within felt unfamiliar and awkward, and seemed so unpleasant it might make me nauseous.

“You won’t be able to attend afternoon classes either?”

“…”

“Get plenty of rest.”

Kwon Tae-min, who had turned his back and was walking away, stopped while trying to draw the curtain. He glanced back at me and hesitantly opened his mouth.

“By any chance, your phone number…”

Really, acting friendly till the very end…!

Frowning fiercely, I grabbed the fluffy pillow and threw it without any effort to aim at the target. The pillow that crossed through the air struck Kwon Tae-min’s abdomen painlessly.

This time, without any question like ‘Should I dodge? Should I catch it?’, Kwon Tae-min stood obediently in place and took the pillow hit. Then he rolled his eyes as if checking my reaction. That was even more absurd, and while I was grinding my lips, the white pillow fell to the floor.

Kwon Tae-min carefully picked it up.

“Should I bring it to you?”

“I don’t need it! Just get lost!”

At that, Kwon Tae-min dusted off the pillow and gently set it down at his feet again. After shamelessly completing that contradictory action, he looked at me one last time, then drew the curtain and disappeared.

Quiet footsteps faded away. The door opened and closed, and only after confirming that I was the only person left in the infirmary did a dry breath escape me.

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

As I was mulling over Kwon Tae-min’s outrageous behavior that still wouldn’t leave my mind, a system window appeared once again as if it had been waiting. While I was glaring at it menacingly, the question Kwon Tae-min had asked earlier came to mind again.

‘Do you really hate me?’

No way, just from that one question.

Suppressing my anxiety, I gestured toward the system window. Understanding my intention, it quickly expanded downward, containing 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 character has been nurturing an obsession with Main Soo since meeting him in childhood, and his nature is violent and twisted… (Read more)

Current emotional state: Anxiety, tension, fear, affection!

Inner thoughts: “Should I go back now and bring him the pillow? …But then he’d get angry again.”

From what I can see, this novel is hopeless.

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