SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 36

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Episode 36

Finally, Seo Jung-hoo stepped forward. He approached quickly and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Once again, the same suffocating silence from before descended. And as if waiting for this moment, a streak of blue light like a lifeline appeared before me.

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

This time there was no hesitation or doubt.

Name: Seo Jung-hoo

Age: 18 years old (Seolam High School, 2nd year, Class 3)

Role: One of the main characters in the novel ‘Only Two’

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

Current emotional state: Anxiety, guilt, worry, relief

Inner thoughts: “…This is fucking annoying, seriously.”

…Huh?

What?

‘Who’s the one who should be annoyed right now!’

I glared at Seo Jung-hoo with my mouth agape in bewilderment. But I couldn’t just get angry when something flickering in the corner of my vision was bothering me.

Guilt. And worry.

What gives you the right to worry about me? Disgusting pity, just another act of pretending to be nice as always, right? Mind your own business and get lost… Normally, such words would have flowed out easily.

But at this moment, there was something subtle that resisted even the System’s compulsion and stopped my lips from running wild. It was a different form from the sharp fear or heavy pressure that had been restraining my reckless outbursts until now.

Because of that, I couldn’t readily speak up, and Seo Jung-hoo’s hand cautiously cut through the air as if gauging the situation. His fingertips, which had been slowly closing the distance, soon gently touched my lower lip.

“…It’s cracked again already.”

My lips trembled. As I just blinked blankly, Seo Jung-hoo could no longer face me and turned his gaze away.

“If you weren’t feeling well, you should have said something. Do you think we come to you every lunch break to torment you with food or something?”

“Isn’t that what it is?”

“Of course not. Really, just how malicious do you think we are…?”

Seo Jung-hoo, who trailed off, roughly ran his hand through his hair. Leaving his disheveled hair hanging messily as it was, he muttered quietly.

“I’m sorry.”

My eyes shook slightly.

“I’m sorry for trying to force you to eat anything.”

“…”

“Yu Baek-hwa, are you listening?”

I was listening. I had to be listening. But this was too…

The apology that Kwon Tae-min had uttered earlier seemed to pierce my eardrums again. Two voices, his and Seo Jung-hoo’s, pleasantly intertwined and echoed in my head.

Without realizing it, I raised my hand and pressed it against my chest. Then I applied pressure and pressed down firmly.

“What’s wrong, why. Are you feeling sick again?”

A reaction not much different from Kwon Tae-min’s earlier was directed at me again. I could clearly see him quickly rolling his eyes to check my complexion, conflicted about whether to reach out and grab me with his cautiously extended hand.

I swallowed a shallow breath once, then exhaled deeply. Then I replied to Seo Jung-hoo, who was still frowning and just fidgeting with his hands.

“It wasn’t because I felt sick earlier. I’m just naturally like this.”

“What? Is it some kind of chronic condition?”

“It’s just because my damn body is pathetically weak. Getting all sickly from a little stress… Anyway.”

I had no desire to answer all his questions. I didn’t want to tell him about my circumstances, or detailed information about the past I’d lived in this body and medical history.

So to change the subject, I voiced the question I’d been holding back.

“What time is it now? Lunch break… must have ended long ago.”

Seo Jung-hoo, who had been moving his lips several times, reluctantly gave an answer.

“A little past 5 o’clock.”

“What?”

My head, which still had a faint drowsy feeling, became clear in an instant.

“I was asleep for that long? No, before that, why didn’t you call 119 when I collapsed?”

I poured out words rapidly. He quietly received the complex mix of confusion and questions, then calmly opened his mouth.

“The hospital… I thought you’d find it troublesome.”

I’d find the hospital troublesome? Why would I?

But I couldn’t bring myself to ask back. It was because Seo Jung-hoo’s dark brown eyes looking at me were too persistent. I felt like I was facing Pandora’s box that shouldn’t be opened by mistake.

I swallowed dry saliva and threw off the blanket. As I got off the bed and stood on the ground, Seo Jung-hoo, who had risen from his seat, naturally followed behind.

My brother must have sent another load of message bombs, so I had to check my phone first. So first I’d get my bag from the Classroom, then go straight Home… No matter how much Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min might be, they wouldn’t stop someone who had been unconscious for hours from going Home after waking up.

I walked while dragging my indoor shoes. As I opened the infirmary door and stepped into the Hallway, Seo Jung-hoo, who had been following silently, spoke in a noticeably subdued voice.

“Baek-hwa.”

“What, what is it.”

What kind of bullshit is he going to pull now.

With that thought, I walked looking only ahead. Then I was flustered by what Seo Jung-hoo asked next and stopped in my tracks.

“What are you doing tomorrow.”

What the hell. Why is he acting like this toward me.

‘Why, fuck, does he have to sound like he’s asking for a date or something.’

But when I actually turned my head to face him, his expression was different. It wasn’t the shy expression of a male student asking for a date, nor eyes full of hesitation. If anything, it was the serious expression and eyes of someone who had firmly resolved something.

“…Why are you asking that. What are you planning to do with that information.”

“Will you be Home? All weekend?”

Tomorrow was Saturday, the start of the weekend. Having no friends and not particularly enjoying going out, it was naturally a day I’d spend all day at Home.

But there was no way Seo Jung-hoo would know that I lazily lounge around at Home, and even if he knew that fact, we weren’t close enough to exchange suggestions like ‘I’m bored, want to meet up and hang out.’

…I take that back. To Seo Jung-hoo, I might be that close.

‘An intimate relationship, as the profile information window had definitively stated.’

I slightly furrowed my brow. However he interpreted that reaction, Seo Jung-hoo nodded his head arbitrarily.

“Right. Then let’s meet up.”

“…What, what?”

“Come out at a time that’s convenient for you. Kwon Tae-min and I will be waiting in front of your house.”

It was like he was setting up an entire festival all by himself, playing both the drum and janggu. There was no bullshit like this bullshit.

“Who said I have free time? Who said I’d hang out with you guys?”

“If it’s burdensome for us to wait around, let’s set a separate meeting place. How about meeting at the Park in Front of School.”

“Stop talking nonsense…! That’s not the part I was objecting to!”

I had no idea how long it had been since he apologized for forcing me to eat, yet here he was being arbitrary again. Meanwhile, perhaps aware of his own contradictory behavior, he kept rolling his eyes and constantly gauging the situation.

It was quite unfamiliar to see Seo Jung-hoo of all people acting like this. Perhaps because of that, this was strangely unpleasant in its own way.

I glared fiercely at Seo Jung-hoo, then turned my back sharply.

“Forget it. Give it up.”

“Baek-hwa, where are you going.”

“Classroom, fuck! Classroom! Where else would I go besides the Classroom!”

It seemed my habitual outbursts had started again now that I’d regained my energy. Of course, my lips fluttering excitedly under the System’s compulsion had long since given up control. So whether I babbled this way or that way, I didn’t bother to care anymore and just let it be as I quickened my pace.

Then my ankle twisted with a misstep. Because my foot couldn’t properly touch the ground, my body’s center of gravity suddenly shifted forward.

‘How long has it been since I lost consciousness from struggling with nausea…!’

The world wasn’t on my side either, and even pure coincidence and luck stubbornly refused to help me. I squeezed my eyes shut, bracing for the dull pain that would spread through my entire body.

But just before that, a hand that suddenly approached gently grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward him. Soon my body, which had turned around, floated up in the air. The familiar dizziness that I’d gotten used to in just a few times enveloped my entire body.

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