I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan - Episode 86

Episode  86

What called Seung-hyun back to reality from that was a small but clear knocking sound. Seung-hyun checked the time, figured out who was knocking on the door, and immediately headed to the door.

“Where do you see someone kicking another person out?”

“I thought you wouldn’t bother me if I let some of your energy out.”

“It’s not like taking care of a child, jeez.”

He said that, but seeing him not nagging about exercise anymore, it seemed like it wasn’t a completely ineffective method.

Jae-young, who had come from taking a shower, smelled good. Seung-hyun unknowingly tried to smell the scent, but quickly turned his head, thinking he would be teased.

“What were you doing?”

“Just…”

“A movie? Ah. This… I watched it too.”

Jae-young said, looking at the screen that was playing without stopping. It was a movie he had seen a few years ago.

It was a movie that made you watch it to the end somehow, even though you wondered what it was about. Jae-young leaned on the sofa and said,

“It was a good movie to watch without much thought.”

“Really?”

Seung-hyun turned off the movie. Jae-young had come, and as he watched the content, he felt strange and didn’t want to watch it to the end.

But since Jae-young said he had seen this movie, he became a bit curious. What Jae-young thought after watching this movie. Especially what evaluation he would give to the protagonist.

“…Do you remember what it’s about?”

“Roughly. Hmm, after getting a test to get surgery to change his trait, he finds out he has an illness, and for that reason, he pushes the other person away, was it?”

He seemed to remember the general content, if not in detail. Seung-hyun swallowed dry saliva, a little nervous.

“Was it fun?”

“Hmm… it was a bit frustrating? Although the way he found out was a bit stupid, if he had told the truth from the beginning, there would have been no need to go around in circles.”

It was an answer not much different from the comments in the review section. While thinking it was an obvious answer, he was curious about a deeper thought.

“Maybe he didn’t want to hurt the other person. Since he thought the disease wouldn’t be cured anyway.”

“But conversely, it’s not like it won’t be cured if he says the opposite. And this is the conclusion, but if he had said it, he might have been able to find an answer a little faster.”

The ending of the movie that Seung-hyun hadn’t fully watched yet was a tightly closed happy ending. In the end, the protagonists, who find out everything, have a big fight and then go to a big hospital again.

Fortunately, they hear that treatment is possible because it’s still in the early stages, and while scolding him for giving up on his own without listening properly, they think it’s fortunate and cry their eyes out. That scene made the actor who played the alpha protagonist a rising star.

“Of course, if it was resolved too easily, the movie story wouldn’t progress, so that’s probably why it turned out that way.”

Jae-young said, shrugging his shoulders. He spoke in a tone that didn’t seem to think deeply. But Seung-hyun wanted to hear a more detailed thought.

“What if it wasn’t a movie but it actually happened in real life?”

“Hmm, which side? The side that lies? Or the side that hears it?”

“…Both.”

It was a somewhat serious question, but fortunately, for Jae-young, it was just an ordinary small talk. While he pondered for a moment, Seung-hyun waited for the answer to come back, trying not to show his tension.

“Hmm… what was the name of the protagonist? I can’t remember… If I suddenly get a serious illness.”

He thought a not-so-serious answer would come back, but since an opportunity to get a glimpse of his mind wouldn’t come often, he really wanted to hear the answer.

“I think I’d want to do everything I wanted to do.”

“You’re already living like that.”

“That’s true, but… I think I’d want to be a little more greedy. They say those who have nothing to lose are the most scary, right?”

Jae-young said, picking up the room service menu while slightly brushing his hair back. He seemed more interested in the lunch menu than this silly question.

“I’d want to do some romantic things too. I think I would.”

“…Isn’t that selfish?”

Seung-hyun said quietly while watching him. Greed, he also wanted to be greedy.

“If the person who leaves just leaves, it’s over, but it’s not the same for the person left behind, is it? During the time of passionate love, it might be fun for both people. But if the other person disappears before the heart even cools down…”

He wondered if it sounded too serious. Seung-hyun tried hard to catch his breath and opened his mouth again in a light enough tone.

“Then the person left behind will suffer for a lifetime, no, maybe not a lifetime, but for quite a long time.”

“I guess so? Probably.”

The answer that came back was an endlessly light remark as if it was no big deal. I guess he didn’t think about it seriously from the beginning. Seung-hyun thought so and swallowed his bitter feelings.

“But that’s how life is. How can there only be good things? Even things that were painfully sad, even things that were so happy that you could cry, are forgotten someday.”

It wasn’t a deeply thought-out answer, but he really thought so. According to how Jae-young had lived his life so far, he was a person who forgot sadness faster than joy. If he lost a loved one, he would surely be deeply saddened for a while. But after time passes, wouldn’t the happy times they spent together remain more vivid than the sadness?

“So it will somehow work out.”

“…I guess so.”

Seung-hyun nodded his head. His words seemed to make sense.

Things that were sad, things that were happy. No matter what, if time passes, it’s forgotten. Even if it’s sad for a while, after time passes, he would be able to return to daily life.

If more time passes and it’s buried deep in his memory, if there’s no occasion to remember it, he would be able to live as if nothing happened without recalling it.

‘Then it’s a good thing…’

It was clearly a good thing, but Seung-hyun bit his lip at the throbbing pain felt in his chest.

He was someone who couldn’t stay by his side for long anyway. So he thought it was right to become someone insignificant, someone who would be quickly forgotten even after disappearing.

But when he actually heard that he would be forgotten, his heart couldn’t feel at ease. Jae-young, who didn’t notice Seung-hyun’s complicated feelings due to his contradictory heart, said,

“Well, I think that’s how both sides would think. More than that, what should we have for lunch? The restaurant in the hotel is operating, so it would be fine to go out and eat. Ah, would you be tired of it since we already ate there a few times?”

“It’s bothersome to go out, so let’s just eat inside. Hmm… shall we watch a movie together? There’s nothing to do anyway.”

Seung-hyun said, glancing at the TV that had returned to the main screen of the OTT site. There were limited things to do inside anyway, and with a strangely gloomy mood, he didn’t want to do anything that required even a little bit of energy.

“Hmm…”

Jae-young made a slightly disappointed face. Unlike Seung-hyun, he was someone who thought there were plenty of things to do even in the room.

But seeing his somewhat gloomy face, it seemed like he shouldn’t be stubborn. He reluctantly nodded and handed the menu to Seung-hyun.

“Alright. Let’s eat while watching.”

The two ate lunch while watching a movie Seung-hyun picked just by looking at the poster. Whether Seung-hyun’s taste was lacking or he was deceived by the poster, the movie was so boring that it was unappetizing.

Still, with the thought that it would be watchable if they endured the beginning, they watched it for quite a long time, but it got more boring as it went on. Seung-hyun smiled awkwardly and checked Jae-young’s reaction.

“…It’s not fun.”

It was too noticeable how the atmosphere in the room was getting colder while watching, so he couldn’t bear to keep watching. They roughly put away the finished food at some point, and Seung-hyun picked up the remote and turned off the video.

“I don’t know what story it’s trying to tell.”

In scenes that seemed to be added for fun, laughter didn’t come out, but hollow laughs did, and the protagonist was so incomprehensible and bothersome that he seemed like the villain.

It would be better to watch something else. Seeing Seung-hyun operating the remote with that thought, Jae-young thought of something and said,

“Can I pick something I want to watch?”

“Did you have something you wanted to watch?”

“No. I just think it would be better for me to choose than Seung-hyun.”

“…”

Seung-hyun closed his mouth tightly without being able to refute. It was infuriating but true. It seemed he had no talent at all in finding fun movies just by looking at the poster or synopsis.

“Alright. Pick then. I’ll go brush my teeth and come back, so take your time choosing. There’s no rush.”

Seung-hyun got up from his seat and headed to the bathroom. After making sure Seung-hyun had completely entered the bathroom, Jae-young started operating the remote a bit hurriedly.