SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 35

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Episode 35

“What the hell are you trying to do?”

The irritated tone burst out again. Still, with no answer coming, I gripped the blanket that half-covered my body tightly, then roughly let it go.

As always, those two bastards really… the more I looked at them, the more I wanted to tear open their skulls and examine what was inside.

Would you like to check the profile information of ‘Main Character Seo Jung-hoo’?

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

Perhaps it was because I’d grown accustomed to the System window that suddenly appeared before my eyes. No particular rejection or rebellious feelings arose anymore.

‘If I open the profile information, I’ll be able to find out why those things aren’t appearing in front of me and are hiding while holding their breath, that damn reason.’

I frowned deeply and gestured toward the air. Just as the blue window, having understood what I wanted, was about to change its text and reveal the profile information of the two people in turn.

Swoosh, at the unexpected rough noise, I flinched and trembled. When I rolled my eyes in a daze, what I saw was Kwon Tae-min, the owner of the hand that had been soothingly stroking me until just before I collapsed.

Kwon Tae-min, who had pulled back only one of the three curtains surrounding the bed—and not even completely, just halfway—stood there blankly for a moment. Receiving my lukewarm gaze, he slowly moved his steps.

“Are you feeling a bit better?”

As soon as he realized I had woken up, he seemed to have no memory of hiding himself like a dead mouse, asking such a carefree question.

Kwon Tae-min, who had approached my side, lowered his body without hesitation. Naturally, his gaze turned from bottom to top, looking up at me sitting on the bed.

“How’s your stomach? Do you still feel like throwing up?”

‘…Worrying again.’

At this point, I was genuinely starting to feel puzzled.

Was all of this really meant to torment me? Was he putting on an act with a poker face, scheming all sorts of tricks and plots just to mess with me?

Suddenly, I remembered what Kwon Tae-min had said to me last time.

‘…That he doesn’t dislike me.’

My stomach churned violently again. Fortunately, I didn’t dry heave, but the rising nausea wouldn’t subside. When I reflexively raised my hand to cover my mouth, Kwon Tae-min’s eyes flinched.

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

Even while breathing roughly, I firmly shook my head.

“No, I don’t want it. I don’t need it, so don’t interfere.”

“Even so…”

“Ah, come on! The person involved says they don’t need it!”

When I raised my voice, only then did Kwon Tae-min stop the movement of trying to get up. Soon I felt him come back and lower his body again, staring blankly into space.

What time was it now? Whether an hour or two hours had passed, since I’d come to the infirmary, there was no way my brother hadn’t been contacted.

Then I’d have to explain for a long time again. I just wished he would stop caring so much since I know how to take care of my own body better than anyone…

As my thoughts multiplied, my head spun. Then, when a hand urgently grabbed my arm and I looked up, Kwon Tae-min had already come close and was supporting me. It seemed I had swayed for a moment, swept away by dizziness.

“…Aren’t you thirsty? Should I bring you some water?”

Kwon Tae-min’s quiet voice echoed in my ears. At such a close distance, his breath through his teeth brushed against my ear and cheek, tickling me.

I frowned and irritably swatted away Kwon Tae-min’s hand. Then I awkwardly fidgeted with the area where I had been supported.

Kwon Tae-min, who had been staring up at me like that, added more words.

“Or at least some headache medicine…”

“That damn medicine, medicine. Really, haa.”

Forgetting even the briefly mysterious atmosphere, I let out an annoyed sigh. I pressed my temples with my fingertips and snapped.

“You should definitely open a pharmacy later, Kwon Tae-min. Since you’re good at studying, definitely go to pharmacy school and live your life surrounded by the medicine and ointments you love so much. You persistent bastard.”

“Okay.”

…Wait, what?

When I turned my head, I saw Kwon Tae-min listening to my words and sitting quietly on his knees. Dumbfounded, I gaped my mouth open and closed, then quickly turned my head to avoid Kwon Tae-min’s gaze.

After washing my face dry with my hands for a while like that, I mumbled through my lips buried in my palms.

“Where did you leave that bastard Seo Jung-hoo to come out alone?”

“Ah…”

Kwon Tae-min, who let out a small exclamation, glanced around slightly. Then he carefully opened his mouth.

“Sorry.”

An apology? Suddenly?

I gave Kwon Tae-min that kind of look.

“About constantly forcing you to eat something. I think we acted too selfishly.”

Now of all times?

‘Besides, it was mostly Seo Jung-hoo, not Kwon Tae-min, who shoved food into my mouth.’

I didn’t know how to react. With gestures that clearly showed my confusion, I just fidgeted with my hands before finally choosing what to say.

“…So is Seo Jung-hoo hiding because his conscience is bothering him?”

Kwon Tae-min didn’t answer. That was as good as an affirmation.

Seo Jung-hoo was really something. Just when I thought there couldn’t be another person with such reckless pushing power, he showed a different side at times like this.

Since I hadn’t heard the infirmary door open, he was obviously listening to every word of this conversation between Kwon Tae-min and me. It was an extremely gloomy attitude. As expected of a lunatic who could rival Kwon Tae-min.

I glared at the innocent curtain with disgusted eyes before looking up. While I was shifting my gaze here and there in lamentation, he had been looking only at me, so our two pairs of eyes immediately became entangled.

“…Then why did you come out instead of hiding until the end?”

I opened my mouth impulsively. That was probably closer to a question I voiced by my own will rather than by the System.

“If you were going to hide, you should have hidden until the end. Why did you come out halfway, making it neither here nor there?”

“…Because apologies should be made on time. I didn’t want to have anything else to regret again.”

Though this time was also a bit late for that. The awkwardly added voice didn’t reach my ears. It seemed like he had some personal history related to apologies in the past, but since it would be unrelated to me, I didn’t want to dig deep into it.

I turned my head while keeping my lips rolled and bitten. Kwon Tae-min, who had been silently watching my profile, soon stood up.

“I’ll give you space.”

I blinked, not understanding the meaning. Then, realizing what Kwon Tae-min wanted a beat late, I slightly frowned.

“Why go that far…”

“Seo Jung-hoo, talk with Yu Baek-hwa. I’ll go tell the teacher that you’re awake.”

Kwon Tae-min turned his back without hesitation and walked away. Soon he disappeared beyond the curtain, and the sound of the infirmary door opening and closing lightly echoed through the space.

I was stunned, having missed both the timing to stop Kwon Tae-min and the timing to curse at Seo Jung-hoo and push him away. It was when I was hesitating without being able to show any particular reaction.

The curtain that Kwon Tae-min had left half-drawn opened wide.

“…”

Our gazes met across the empty air. Seo Jung-hoo’s eyes, which usually had a warm brown color like a deer’s eyes, were particularly deep and dark today.

“…If you have something to say, don’t beat around the bush and say it.”

In the end, it was my mouth, half-mixed with subjective will, that moved first.

“Or what, are you testing the waters?”

“…”

“You’re not hoping I’ll apologize first, are you? You’re not that shameless and merciless bastard.”

My head wasn’t working well due to the awkward atmosphere. In a situation where I was short of breath and even my breathing was uneven, I was somehow squeezing out words to say, making it hard to even perceive what I was saying or what kind of criticism I was pouring on him.

Throughout all this, Seo Jung-hoo showed no reaction. He didn’t smile that disgusting smile like usual, nor did he refute or smoothly mock me while pretending otherwise.

Trapped in his two eyes that just stared at me, I finally swallowed my voice and bit my lips hard.

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