SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 53

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Episode 53

I was flustered and moved my mouth, then immediately scrunched up my face out of habit and glared at Seo Jung-hoo.

“What?”

“…It’s been a really long time since we’ve seen each other.”

The first words that came out of Seo Jung-hoo’s mouth were such ordinary greetings that I just blinked.

‘That’s it?’

It was a different reaction than I had imagined. I thought he would immediately bring up the emergency room or interrogate me about not attending school. Since I had decided to keep my distance, I was prepared to firmly push them away when they inevitably clung to me more than before. I had already chosen the right words to say.

“…What do you mean long time? It’s only been four days.”

While my mouth was still babbling, I rolled my eyes restlessly trying to understand this confusing situation. Then I heard the mechanical sound of the call ending and lowered my now-useless phone.

Then I suddenly remembered and hurriedly looked around.

I couldn’t see any guys emanating dark murderous intent anywhere on the street. But that didn’t mean I could feel completely at ease.

From what had happened so far, it was clear that the System was monitoring us, especially me, all day long. In such circumstances, it couldn’t be pleasant for them to see me encounter Seo Jung-hoo somewhere other than school.

Without time to think further, I quickly turned around. Then I hurried my steps while fidgeting with the apple I had barely taken two bites of.

What Seo Jung-hoo was saying wasn’t important.

‘Don’t act like you know me. Don’t create unnecessary situations.’

I repeated this dozens, thousands of times in my mind. But as always, Seo Jung-hoo wasn’t someone who would obediently follow my plans or wishes.

“Baek-hwa.”

Seo Jung-hoo, who had claimed the spot next to me with just a few steps of his long legs, spoke to me without reading the mood.

“About Saturday. When we parted at the park that day.”

“…”

“…I’m sorry. I want to clear up the misunderstanding and apologize.”

Seo Jung-hoo’s voice seemed to tremble slightly, but unfortunately I didn’t have the luxury to notice such small changes.

“So…”

“Shut up and get lost.”

I blurted out the words. It was a sharper tone than I had expected, but I didn’t regret it.

I didn’t want to hurt, didn’t want to get injured, and certainly didn’t want to suffer life-threatening threats and warnings every other day only to end up getting killed.

“Don’t pay attention to me and just get lost. I have no intention of talking to you anymore.”

“…Baek-hwa.”

Before Seo Jung-hoo could say anything more, I stopped abruptly. I turned my head sharply and looked straight at Seo Jung-hoo, snapping at him without hesitation.

“Let’s cut ties. Let’s sever this damn connection. We were never really friends or anything anyway, just an ambiguous relationship, so let’s cleanly turn our backs on each other and pretend we don’t know each other. Okay?”

As I met Seo Jung-hoo’s gaze, who seemed to have forgotten even to blink, I deliberately cursed loudly for him to hear and turned around. Seo Jung-hoo, who had frozen in place, seemed unable to think of chasing after me unlike before.

Gripping my bag strap tightly, I glanced back to check on Seo Jung-hoo behind me.

‘It’s not like this is the first or second time he’s been yelled at by me, so why this time…’

As if he was really hurt.

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

Just then, a system window appeared as if to tempt me, blocking the edge of my vision. I hesitated for a moment, then irritably took another step.

‘Creepy bastard, I knew you’d be watching.’

I could clearly see the System’s intention to mess with me. If I didn’t know anything it would be different, but I had no desire to play along with the schemes of someone who arbitrarily blamed me for wrongs and even played with people’s lives.

I irritably turned my gaze away and quickened my pace toward the school gate visible in the distance.

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“Are you… feeling okay?”

I stared blankly at Kwon Tae-min who had approached my desk.

I knew this would happen. Seo Jung-hoo, whom I had met on the way to school, had been acting strange.

‘What should I answer.’

An answer that could definitively push them away and cut them off. I had thought about it in advance, but recalling Seo Jung-hoo’s reaction earlier, I felt I needed to choose more harsh and direct words. While I was contemplating in silence, Kwon Tae-min subtly rolled his eyes and added.

“It’s nothing serious, just on the way home, I was wondering if you might have fallen.”

“…What?”

These guys, what the hell.

Why are they making such lame excuses? As if they think I don’t know that they both came to the emergency room…

I narrowed my eyes, thinking it couldn’t be.

“Speak properly. What do you want to ask?”

“…Did you get home safely that day?”

I let out a hollow laugh.

It seemed my guess was right. They didn’t know that I had already heard the news that they both came to the emergency room, and they wanted to hide it.

I was frustrated not knowing why. But maybe it was fortunate. At least they wouldn’t be as blatant as before.

However, aside from that, the excuse they came up with was ‘did you get home safely?’ I was so dumbfounded that I raised my voice.

“Of course I got home fine. Do I look like someone who can’t find their way home and would fall on the street?”

“That’s not what I meant…”

“And whether I fall or do whatever, what’s it to you? What business is it of yours!”

At this point, I was just bewildered. Were they really treating me like a little kid left by a river, or did they think of me as their pet, getting anxious when I was out of their sight even for a moment?

“Kwon Tae-min. Hey.”

I suddenly reached out and blocked Kwon Tae-min from opening his mouth again. His lips, blocked by my rough grip, obediently closed without resistance.

“Just shut up. Please just shut up.”

“…”

“What the hell are you guys to keep doing this to me?”

My stomach churned unpleasantly.

“I’ll handle my own business! Why are you trying to give me the shitty care that even my so-called parents didn’t provide!”

I could see Kwon Tae-min’s eyes flinch. I thought it might be because he was concerned about the attention from people around us due to my raised voice, but if that was the case, he shouldn’t have approached me with shameless questions in the first place.

“So just shut up and stop caring about me. No matter how expensive and valuable what you can give might be, I have absolutely no intention of receiving it.”

Only then did I remove my hand that was covering Kwon Tae-min’s mouth. Even though he regained his freedom, he didn’t rashly open his mouth to repeat his earlier mistake.

Looking at such Kwon Tae-min, I felt relieved inside. It was much better for my rejection to be conveyed quickly like this rather than him arguing back and me getting heated in response.

‘I hope this makes them lose interest in me completely.’

Unfortunately, given what I’d seen of them so far, that possibility was slim. So if I continued to show my temper like this step by step…

‘…Why isn’t he going back to his seat?’

For some reason, Kwon Tae-min was still crouching next to me, reading the mood.

I rolled my eyes crookedly. Just as I was about to unleash another tirade at Kwon Tae-min in front of me without any intention of cooling my boiling emotions.

“The phone call this morning, whose call did you mistake it for when you answered?”

I quickly turned my head at the voice that interrupted without warning. Seo Jung-hoo, who had somehow approached right in front of me, casually leaned against the desk and curled up the corners of his mouth deeply. As if he had already completely forgotten what happened this morning, or as if he was trying to hide some emotion that filled his heart.

“I expected our Baek-hwa to ask ‘Hello?’ right away since you didn’t save my number, but I didn’t expect you to mistake me for someone completely different.”

I contorted my face. These guys seemed to have no intention of listening no matter how much I cursed and tried to persuade them saying “Stop caring! Shut up and get lost!”

“Who did you mistake me for that you used such a friendly tone and told them everything about being discharged? You didn’t even mention the letter ‘h’ of hospitalization to us.”

“Damn… What kind of relationship do you think we have that I’d pour out my complaints to you.”

“What kind of relationship, you ask. That’s so hurtful from this morning.”

Seo Jung-hoo, pretending to be pitiful while covering his mouth, drooped the corners of his eyes.

“You said the same thing on the way to school, right? That we’re neither this nor that, just an ambiguous relationship, so let’s cleanly cut ties and pretend not to know each other.”

Shit, you understood everything perfectly from start to finish!

“So Baek-hwa, I came up with a solution.”

Seo Jung-hoo stopped all his acting of being hurt, sad, and gloomy, and curved the corners of his eyes round.

“How about we become friends, or maybe something more than that?”

“…What?”

“How about it, Kwon Tae-min. Isn’t it a good idea?”

At the shameless question asking for his opinion, Kwon Tae-min just moved his mouth hesitantly. Then he looked at Seo Jung-hoo with subtly sunken eyes.

“Seo Jung-hoo, you…”

“It really is a good idea, isn’t it. Right?”

The corners of Seo Jung-hoo’s eyes curved even deeper. Kwon Tae-min, who seemed to be exchanging silent glances with him, soon nodded slowly.

“…It’s a good idea.”

A hollow laugh came out naturally.

‘These guys have both gone completely crazy…!’

“Then we should start by saving our contact information first.”

Seo Jung-hoo, who said this, was holding a phone in his hand. I blinked in confusion, then belatedly realized the identity of that phone and opened my mouth.

What Seo Jung-hoo was naturally holding was definitely my phone, which should have been in my coat pocket.

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