SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 65

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Episode 65

‘Why?’

What on earth is he thinking in that senseless head of his.

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Just as my gaze was about to reach the text on the system window, an unexpected sound came from an unexpected place.

“What are you doing that’s taking you so long to come?”

I whipped my head around. Then I made eye contact with Seo Jung-hoo, who had somehow opened the restroom door and was leaning against it.

“I waited on the staircase for quite a while…”

Seo Jung-hoo, who had likewise spotted me, was continuing to speak when he swallowed his words. Soon his face contorted so much that all his fine features became disheveled. It was the first time I’d seen such a blatantly obvious expression from him.

“…You, your arm.”

From just those broken words, I could tell what Seo Jung-hoo was trying to say. But understanding it perfectly and wanting to acknowledge it were two different things.

“So that’s why you kept trying to hide your arm…”

Leaving behind Seo Jung-hoo who was muttering in a muffled voice, I yanked down my sleeve first, regardless of whether Kwon Tae-min wanted to let me go or not. Then I pressed my raised foot firmly against his abdomen.

“Move, get lost. I’m leaving.”

“…”

“Hey, move!”

“Jung-hoo?”

Once again I froze in shock. That voice calling Seo Jung-hoo wasn’t mine, nor Kwon Tae-min’s, and certainly not Seo Jung-hoo’s own.

A familiar voice with an affected nasal tone.

Lee Chung-hye peeked her head through the gap in the door where Seo Jung-hoo was leaning.

“Oh, Tae-min’s here too? What are you all doing gathered here…”

Lee Chung-hye, who had appeared carrying a box full of stuff, was looking around when she made eye contact with me. In that brief moment, we shared a meaningful look while each dealing with our own irritating emotions.

Soon Lee Chung-hye stepped boldly into the restroom and leaned her head against Seo Jung-hoo’s forearm.

“What’s this? Were you all having fun conversations without me?”

Seo Jung-hoo’s brow furrowed even more. As if she couldn’t see him sending sharp glares while unable to roughly push Lee Chung-hye away, she drooped the corners of her eyes pitifully.

“Baek-hwa… did you deliberately create this situation without me because you hate me? Even though you did grab me by the collar last time, I still want to stay friends with you…”

…Is that really an act to deliberately exaggerate and draw attention?

‘Maybe she’s just purely being controlled by that damn system?’

“Still, Jung-hoo and Tae-min are my friends…”

It was an urgent situation, so it couldn’t be helped. Before any questions could pop up, I glanced at the air and a system window suddenly appeared.

Name: Lee Chung-hye

Age: 18 years old (Seolam High School, 2nd year, Class 1)

Role: Main Soo of the novel ‘Only Two’

Background: This character is naturally kind and gentle, receiving love from those around her… (Show more)

Current emotional state: Irritation, dissatisfaction, bewilderment, shame, frustration

Inner thoughts: “The more you get hurt, Yu Baek-hwa, the more trouble it causes me too. While I’m drawing attention, take the hint and run, quickly.”

Fortunately, it seemed the meaningful looks we’d been exchanging weren’t just coincidence. I swallowed a silent sigh and looked around.

“…Yu Baek-hwa.”

I saw Kwon Tae-min open his mouth and turn halfway toward Lee Chung-hye. Lee Chung-hye didn’t miss that moment and hurriedly sent me a signal.

Without hesitation, I immediately jumped down from the sink I’d been sitting on.

The school uniform jacket draped over my shoulders couldn’t withstand the rough movement and fell with a thud. I could see that jacket, which had only been partially wet, becoming completely soaked in the water on the floor, but I didn’t have time to worry about that now.

I recklessly threw my body past Kwon Tae-min.

Although Seo Jung-hoo was standing in front of the restroom door, he wasn’t completely blocking the entrance. As long as I didn’t get caught by him, there was enough space to safely escape this place without having to collide with him.

Moreover, Lee Chung-hye was also next to Seo Jung-hoo right now.

“Yu Baek-hwa…!”

Seo Jung-hoo, his eyes wide open, reached out his hand to catch me as I came toward him. But before I could even try to avoid his touch, the figure standing beside him blocked him instead.

The box that fell from Lee Chung-hye’s arms rolled across the floor. Various objects spilled out from inside as the lid opened, scattering in all directions, and the harsh noise diverted the attention that had been focused on me.

Meanwhile, Lee Chung-hye stuck close to Seo Jung-hoo’s side and wrapped her arms around his forearm. She even subtly shielded me with her body.

Lee Chung-hye’s pretty smiling profile came into my view. I thought I could see the corners of her mouth trembling finely, but I pretended not to notice. I was far more important right now.

I slipped through the gap and escaped the restroom. Ignoring the commotion behind me, I gathered all my strength and urged my heavy legs forward.

I stopped in front of the faculty office and caught my breath. After wiping the sweat flowing down my forehead, I pressed down both sleeves firmly and went inside.

I headed straight to my homeroom teacher’s seat. As I stopped and regulated my breathing, he turned his head to face me.

“It’s Baek-hwa. What’s wrong?”

“I… I think I need to leave early.”

My breath, which I hadn’t fully composed, mixed into every part of my sentence. The teacher, noticing something strange in my trembling voice, hurriedly looked me over.

“Yes, you don’t look well at all. Your complexion and the cold sweat… Are you going straight to the hospital?”

“…No. I’m going home.”

“Don’t you need to go to the hospital?”

I shook my head without even pretending to consider it. The teacher looked up at me with concern and carefully opened his mouth.

“If you’re really struggling, it’s okay to rest at home for a few days. No matter how much you’re a high school student, when your body is this unwell, you need to get sufficient rest.”

“…”

“You just need to bring a medical certificate from the hospital. Then I can process it as a medical absence…”

It would be a lie to say I wasn’t tempted for a moment. But the system wouldn’t just stand by and watch me like that.

It was that damn system that had blocked my attempt to transfer schools and forcibly dragged me back to school. Even though it had allowed me to stay hospitalized for the past 4 days because I looked so frail, it didn’t seem like it would tolerate me resting and staying home any longer than that.

When I shook my head again, the teacher smiled with a complicated expression. I took the early dismissal slip he had written for me, bowed in greeting, and turned around.

I left the faculty office and moved immediately. I had no intention of stopping by the classroom even briefly. Running into those two people again would be an even bigger accident.

Although my bag was left in the classroom, there was nothing valuable in it, and my phone was with me now. Since there was no way I could study at home in this state, there were no textbooks or workbooks I needed to take either.

I walked quickly past the staircase and reached the first floor.

After leaving the school building, I mixed in with the crowd of bustling students and naturally headed toward the school gate.

Fortunately, no one stopped me before I left the school.

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After returning home, I immediately sent a message to Lee Chung-hye.

My bag please.

Lee Chung-hye

Coming to your house.

That reply arrived around the original dismissal time.

And now, I was glaring with disgusted eyes at Lee Chung-hye, who was shamelessly occupying the sofa.

“…I asked you to bring my bag, not to come and settle down in my house.”

“So I personally brought it for you.”

The bag she had ‘personally brought’ was carelessly sprawled on the living room floor. This was because Lee Chung-hye had invaded the house and buried herself in the sofa as soon as the front door opened.

I twitched my brow and irritably picked up the bag. I made a show of dusting off the bag, which hadn’t gotten very dirty since it was on the living room floor, and stared at Lee Chung-hye.

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