Episode 26
After that, when I brought her outside, people started to swear at her.
“Finally out, huh? After causing all that ruckus!”
“If you want to die so badly, why didn’t you just follow your brother and die too? Why are you blaming us!”
I tightly held her hand and shouted at them.
“Get out of the way.”
“What?”
“I said move aside.”
“Ha, now you’re scared and trying to run away?”
“I never liked you from the start either. You’ve been talking back for a while now, thinking you’re all that, and butting in like this. Brat.”
“Let’s just beat them up together. We have more people on our side anyway.”
Seeing that they had no intention of letting us go peacefully, I approached Do-yoon.
“Do-yoon, can you attack?”
There was only one way to get through them. Using his ability. But he had never used his ability in a real fight before. Moreover, it was his first time attacking a human instead of a zombie.
“Them?”
“Yes… It’s your first time attacking a person, right? Can you do it?”
“Ah… I can do it. It’s okay.”
He hesitated for a moment before agreeing that he could do it, to just leave it to him. I felt bad for making such a demanding request, but I had no choice.
“Don’t kill them. Just attack them enough to clear a path. We’re going underground.”
“Yes, I understand. But… are we taking her too?”
His gaze shifted to my hand, which was holding hers.
“Yes.”
“…Alright.”
“Thank you.”
I gave him a smile. Then, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the black shadows that appeared beneath our feet, we ran towards the secret passage.
***
“Do you know her?”
“No. It’s our first meeting.”
“…Then why are you helping her?”
After descending to the basement, I told her to go in first and then came out to talk with him for a moment. As soon as we were alone, he opened his mouth as if he had been waiting for this moment.
“Do you dislike Ms. Ga-eun?”
“I don’t dislike her, but I don’t really… like her.”
“Why?”
“…You can’t just trust people carelessly.”
“But she doesn’t seem like a bad person.”
“How do you know that? Whether she’s a bad person or not. You’ve only just met, haven’t you?”
“She helped us.”
“She didn’t have to help us; we could have handled it on our own. And just now, we almost got into danger because of her.”
He retorted bluntly. He wasn’t entirely wrong, so I hesitated for a moment before responding.
“That’s… because those people are bad. Ms. Ga-eun’s not at fault.”
“Ha… why do you keep defending that woman? Is it because of the future?”
“…What?”
He looked at me with a deeply troubled expression and asked curtly.
“Is she important? Is that why you approached her first and keep protecting her like that? Like you did with me?”
“…”
For a moment, I was speechless at his words.
“Yes. To be honest, I didn’t understand. Why you were nice to me. But now I think I get it.”
“…”
“Because you know the future. Even though Noona can’t use this ability, I can. That’s why you approached me, were nice to me, and kept hanging out with me.”
“That’s… well, yes.”
I couldn’t deny it because he’d hit the nail.
“It doesn’t matter. It’s okay even if you approached me with the intention of using me – it’s fine. You can use me as you wish, noona . But… you can’t throw me away.”
“…What?”
“Now matter what amazing ability that woman has and how much she can help you… and even if that makes me unnecessary, you can’t abandon me. You were the one who approached me first. So how can you abandon me now? That’s just not right…”
His distressed face gradually turned tearful as he continued speaking. His voice was also wobbly, so much so that I thought he might really start crying, and the tension that had stiffened my body began to relax. I had expected him to be angry that I’d approached him on purpose to use him… But throw him away? Begging me not to abandon him? It was so unexpected in a different way that I was at a loss for words.
“Noona… are you really going to throw me away? Because of that woman?”
“…”
“Really? Are you really going to abandon me? Why aren’t you answering me? Why…”
Fearing that he might really start crying at this rate, I forced myself to speak.
“No… of course not. Why would I abandon you?”
“But since earlier, you’ve only been concerned with that woman instead of me. You left me alone and talked only with her…”
“When did I leave you alone? And she’s not in a good state right now, that’s why I paid more attention to her.”
“But…”
“We were able to get out of there just now because of you. If you hadn’t been there, it could have been a disaster. Thank you for your help.”
I didn’t understand how he could come to such a strange conclusion, so I just tried to comfort him with praise. Then, as if he felt better, his face eased a bit.
“Now that I think about it, are you okay? It was your first time using that ability properly. Are you okay?”
“I think my head hurts a little…”
“Does it hurt a lot? Do you want to go in and lie down?”
“No, it’s not that bad… I think I’ll be okay if you just hug me for a moment…”
As he subtly spread his arms, I laughed inwardly and hugged him back. Then, as if he had been waiting for it, he embraced me tightly and buried his face in my neck.
“…”
Startled by the touch of his lips on my bare skin and the warmth of his breath, I flinched and pushed him away. But instead of moving away, he pressed his lips against my neck, showing no intention of letting go.
“Hey, do you want to die? Stop it.”
“Noona, can I bite you?”
“What?! Are you crazy?”
Surprised, I yelled and tried to push him away with all my might. I had hugged him to comfort him because he seemed upset, but now he was talking nonsense.
“But you said you wouldn’t abandon me, Noona.”
“So what?”
“Then I belong to you, Noona, and you belong to me, but I need to leave a mark so that if I ever lose you, I can find you again.”
“Ah, really… that’s definitely some fresh bullshit. Have you really gone crazy?”
“If you don’t like that, noona, you could leave a mark on me? I wouldn’t mind that.”
“Ah, please…”
I gave up on thinking any further and struggled to get away from him.
“I said no! I always knew you were crazy, but why are you acting like this today?”
“Huh? Noona… just once.”
“This is sexual harassment. Do you want to go to jail?”
At that moment, the door creaked open, and she came out. I felt a mix of relief at seeing a savior and yet also embarrassment at being caught in such a state by her.
However, her face turned bright red, and she said something different than what I’d expected.
“Uh… I came out because you weren’t coming in… I’m sorry for interrupting.”
“No, it’s not like that!”
“If you know you’re interrupting, shouldn’t you have the sense to go back inside?”
“Ah, you… just get off, you crazy guy!”
Haah… haah…
I managed to shake him off and went inside, collapsing on the bed, exhausted. I could still feel his breath on my neck, so I rubbed it vigorously with my hand and glared at him..
That wolf-like guy. He was whimpering like a puppy, and yet the sudden switch? I’d never met such a crazy guy before. Our eyes met, and he seemed frustrated that he couldn’t get what he wanted. Then, as if nothing had happened, he smiled beautifully and tried to come my way. I was so startled by his approach that I forgot my glare and shouted at him to stop.
“Why?”
“Let’s decide our relationship and move on.”
He tilted his head, as if asking what I meant.
“First, let’s define our relationship.”
“What?”
“We’re strangers, aren’t we?”
“…Strangers?”
At that moment, he frowned as if he didn’t like that title.
“Are we really strangers? We even slept in the same bed together.”
The woman listening to our conversation from the side gasped. I immediately shot her a look that meant ‘no, it’s not that’. Why was she so surprised anyway!
“Don’t put it that way. It’s misleading.”
“But it’s not wrong, is it?”
“Yes, it’s not wrong. But you can’t talk like that from now on.”
“I don’t like it.”
He immediately objected. It looked like he wouldn’t concede, so I sighed.
“Fine. We’re not strangers.”
“That’s right.”
“Just two people who happened to meet?”
“….”
“Alright. Let’s just say we know each other.”
“….”
“Haah… Let’s say that we’re people who have risked our lives together. Just settle on this.”
“…All right.”
…It wasn’t wrong. We risked our lives together to escape zombies, and we would continue to do so in the future.
“Anyway, we’re in that relationship. So, would people in such a relationship just…?”
“Just…?”
“…Do such things?”
“What kind of things are you talking about?”
“You know without me saying it.”
“I don’t.”
“Don’t lie.”
“I really don’t know… Ah, are you saying I shouldn’t hug you? Then, can I do everything other than that?”
I clenched my teeth and barely managed to hold myself back from throwing a punch at him. Instead, I shouted in anger.
“I’m saying you shouldn’t just casually bite people! Are you a zombie? Huh? But why the hell do you want to bite…?”
However, I couldn’t finish my sentence. Realizing my mistake, I hurriedly stopped talking, but it was too late. Too shocked, I covered my mouth with my hand and turned to look at the woman. Her expression had darkened. Damn it, I’m crazy! I should have chosen my words more carefully…
“Ms. Ga-eun… I’m sorry. That was…,”
“…No, it’s okay. Don’t worry about it…”
But contrary to her words, tears began to well up in her eyes again.
Ah… crazy. This was all because of him!
LMAOO Do-yoon is a savage
