I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan - Episode 120

Episode 120

Seeing the blanket covering him even though he didn’t remember falling asleep, it seemed Seok-hyung had come and gone. Seung-hyun absentmindedly went out of the room and upon discovering Seok-hyung sitting on the living room sofa, he awkwardly averted his gaze.

He knew Seok-hyung didn’t want to face him. It was understandable that he had no choice but to dislike Seung-hyun who had the same face as his master but behaved completely differently.

However, since it was just as awkward for Seung-hyun to run into him, Seung-hyun naturally avoided his gaze and acted as if Seok-hyung wasn’t there.

“How is your physical condition?”

“…There’s nothing particularly different from usual.”

“I see. I’ll prepare a meal.”

Up to this point, it was a conversation no different from usual. After preparing the meal, they would each go back to their rooms and spend the day quietly.

Was today the day the doctor was coming, or was it tomorrow? He couldn’t remember exactly, but there would probably be no conversation except for checking his physical condition and meals until the doctor made a house call.

That’s what he thought, but today was a bit strange.

“……”

Seok-hyung, who would always go into his room as if running away after meal preparations were finished, didn’t go straight in today and stayed in his seat. Even after Seung-hyun hastily finished his meal while trying not to pay attention, he was still sitting on the living room sofa.

Did he have something to say? Seung-hyun hesitated without returning to his room and asked,

“Do you have something to say?”

“……”

It took quite a bit of courage to say those words, but before long, Seung-hyun, who felt like he had said something unnecessary, stood there awkwardly and took a step. Don’t do anything useless and go inside. The moment he was about to go in thinking that, Seok-hyung’s answer came back.

“What kind of person were you?”

It was quite an out-of-the-blue question. A personal question he had never expected to hear from Seok-hyung even more so. Seung-hyun was startled and froze for a moment.

“Don’t you want to go back to the way you were? Even you wouldn’t want to die.”

“……”

Seok-hyung, who had never been curious about Seung-hyun himself, asked this question out of the blue, and although Seung-hyun didn’t know why, he had a burden in his heart to ignore it and go inside.

He could answer a few words at least. Seung-hyun, who had been hesitating, slowly opened his mouth.

“…I’m already dead anyway.”

“…!”

It must have been quite a surprising answer for Seok-hyung as well, as a slight bewilderment settled on his usually expressionless face. He seemed to have not expected such an answer at all.

“…Were you sick from the beginning?”

Did he think Seung-hyun had passed his illness onto a healthy body? It would have been better if that was the case, as he wouldn’t have felt a sense of unfairness. Seung-hyun shook his head and said,

“It was an accident. Just… an unexpected accident.”

“……”

Perhaps that was the reason he was calmer than expected when he was told he was terminally ill. Seok-hyung’s brows furrowed slightly. It was a situation that didn’t make sense, but he had already come too far to doubt those words, so Seok-hyung quietly listened to his story without asking.

“…It would have been better to just die cleanly on the spot. At first, I stupidly thought it was fortunate that the time I could live even a little had increased.”

Perhaps it was because of Seok-hyung’s unusual attitude, Seung-hyun unknowingly ended up telling a story he didn’t have to.

It wasn’t a long story anyway, but perhaps because of who the other person was, Seung-hyun tightly shut his mouth before long, feeling embarrassed as if he had rambled on about something unnecessary.

There was no need to talk more. Thinking that and trying to go in, Seok-hyung grabbed Seung-hyun.

“Isn’t it like that now?”

Seung-hyun, who didn’t immediately understand what he was asking because the silence had been long, reflected on what he had said. Asking if he no longer thought it was fortunate to be alive now.

“…It would have been better not to know.”

“……”

“You might think it’s an ungrateful thing to say, but yes. Now… I think it would have been nice if there was someone by your side who could live life fiercely, not me.”

So I’m really sorry to you. Seung-hyun swallowed those words and smiled bitterly.

“……”

Seok-hyung didn’t answer and just stared down at the table. The not-so-long conversation ended like that, and with no more answers coming back, Seung-hyun returned to his room and picked up the book he had been reading, trying not to look at the drawer.

The letters didn’t properly enter his eyes, but he had to do something to pass the time. As he was skimming through the letters without knowing what the content was, there was a knock on the door.

“I’m coming in.”

Today’s Seok-hyung was really strange. Unlike usual, he didn’t avoid Seung-hyun, and his oddly peaceful appearance was only unfamiliar.

However, they weren’t in a relationship to acknowledge that change, so Seung-hyun only slightly avoided Seok-hyung’s gaze without saying much.

“I think I’ll have to leave for a bit to go somewhere.”

“…Okay.”

He didn’t know where he was going, but there was no need to ask, and they weren’t in a relationship to interfere, so he just needed to keep it in mind.

“I won’t be gone for very long. Please contact me if there’s any problem.”

Seok-hyung, who bowed his head in greeting, made eye contact with Seung-hyun. How long had it been since he properly looked into those eyes? Seung-hyun blankly stared at those eyes and nodded.

‘Did something happen?’

It was clearly different from usual. That appearance of talking to him calmly without avoiding his gaze was unfamiliar. Did something happen that could cause a change of heart?

‘Well, I may stay in this house all day, but it’s not like I know everything about Seok-hyung’s day.’

Seok-hyung looked at Seung-hyun, who had nodded, for a moment, then closed the door and left. There was the sound of moving luggage outside, and soon the sound of the door opening and closing was heard.

If it was just leaving the house for a bit, nothing would happen during that time, but it was a bit startling for Seok-hyung, who had been taking care of him as if something might happen even without being able to make eye contact with Seung-hyun, to suddenly go out.

‘…Could he be plotting something else…?’

Seung-hyun, who had frowned with a bad feeling, soon returned to his original expression. Whatever he does, since Seung-hyun would meet his end in this peaceful prison, wouldn’t it be fine as long as it doesn’t reach his ears?

‘It might even be a good thing. It could be an opportunity to completely lose attachment.’

Judging from last night’s call, Jae-young, stupidly enough, seemed to have not been able to shake off his lingering feelings for Seung-hyun yet. Since he was an upright and kind person, he might want to hear from Seung-hyun directly again.

Since Seung-hyun himself, who had given Jae-young a harsh answer, was also just as foolish to be happy when he received a call from him, it seemed like they were actually well-suited for each other.

‘No. I decided not to think like that.’

Seung-hyun shook his head and looked out the window. The scenery of a warm spring day with flowers in full bloom was sparkling.

‘If it was home, I would have put a rocking chair by the window and leisurely enjoyed the scenery.’

It was difficult to appreciate the scenery unless he turned his head to look at the window due to the ambiguous location. Seung-hyun, who missed his original home for a trivial reason, thought about going out to the garden but soon gave up.

Autumn, winter, and then spring. It was the third season he was spending as Han Seung-hyun. It was unbelievable that it had already been almost a year since he started living a new life, although there were times he couldn’t remember how time had passed because he had let it flow meaninglessly.

‘Will I be able to see summer?’

However, there was one season he hadn’t seen yet. Summer, it wasn’t a season he particularly liked because it was hot and humid. Since he was just enduring because he didn’t have the courage to end his life himself, he didn’t even feel like he wanted to survive until summer.

It was just that as soon as he thought of summer, the person who came to mind was the one he least wanted to think about.

Seung-hyun, who had become bitter recalling Jae-young, who had said it would be nice to go to the villa in the US together in the summer with a face that showed he was excited just by talking about it, and himself who had imagined Jae-young happily cutting through the water under the summer sun, although not showing it, covered the window with the curtain.

“……”

How long had it been like that? Seung-hyun, who had been sitting on the bed in the darkened room, raised his head at the sound of a car coming from outside.

‘How much time has passed while I was spacing out?’

He had no idea how much time had passed because he had even drawn the curtains. When he slightly opened the curtain, the sun was still shining brightly.

‘I guess he was going to be back soon. Well, he’s not someone to leave me alone for long.’

He thought Seok-hyung would come back soon because something might happen, but it was a much faster return than expected. He had thought it wasn’t a big deal, but somehow the footsteps entering the house felt unusually hurried unlike usual.

‘Did something happen? No, he’s not someone to come in this hurriedly. Is it someone other than Seok-hyung?’

Seung-hyun was recalling if today was the day the doctor was coming, but he realized there was no reason for the doctor to come in this hurriedly even if it was the doctor, so he thought it was strange.

However, that question was solved before long. The moment the owner of the footsteps, who had hurriedly opened the door and almost ran across the living room, opened the door to Seung-hyun’s room, Seung-hyun thought this time for sure he must be dreaming.

“……”

“Ha, ha…”

Because the person who was looking at him while taking deep breaths had the face of the one he had been trying his hardest not to think of until just now.

Memes From Aida