I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C91
#91
I snuck out of the residence, keeping it a secret from everyone, including Kwon Taebeom. It only took about 5 minutes by car to get to the house where I originally lived with Grandma, so we arrived in the blink of an eye. As I tried to open the door, Mr. Myunghun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, hurriedly got out of the car and opened the back door for me.
You don’t have to go this far.
Feeling embarrassed, I quickly entered the building. I absentmindedly entered the passcode and went inside, and the house was neatly organized as if someone was living there.
Grandma is in Jecheon, so who came and went?
Come to think of it, I hadn’t been here all this time, so I couldn’t pay attention. As I was puzzled by the spotless dining table, Mr. Myunghun provided the answer.
“I understand he instructed to always keep it clean so you can rest whenever you come.”
“Ah…”
As expected, the only person who would be this meticulous was Kwon Taebeom. I should have been considerate before he did. I felt sorry.
“The emergency money…”
“Ah, right? I’m pretty sure I stuck it under the table, where did I move it to?”
I deliberately felt under the table and blinked a few times.
“Do you not remember?”
Mr. Myunghun, whose gaze suddenly turned distant, asked with force on his lips.
“Yes… I think I moved it to the room. I’ll find it quickly, I’m sorry.”
“No, take your time… and look for it.”
As I apologized, bowing my head, Mr. Myunghun waved his hands and shook his head. But his eyes checking the time were tainted with impatience.
“Then would you like to help me look for it? I put it in a yellow envelope.”
“Ah, yes. I’ll help you.”
Mr. Myunghun actively rolled up his sleeves and started searching for the emergency money. I slightly turned my body and sprayed the anesthetic I had prepared in advance on a handkerchief.
‘I’m really sorry, sir. I’ll definitely pay back this debt later.’
“Sir.”
I deliberately approached quietly, calling out to him from behind as he was diligently searching for the envelope. And the moment Mr. Myunghun turned his head, I held the handkerchief to his nose.
“What is thi-“
Mr. Myunghun raised his hand, sensing something was off, but it was already too late. In less than 10 seconds, he collapsed with a thud.
“I’m sorry, sir…”
I put a pillow behind Mr. Myunghun’s neck. He should sleep comfortably at least… After turning on the air conditioner and setting it to not be too cold, I apologized to him.
“I’ll be back soon and wake you up, sleep… soundly.”
Judging from the dark circles, Mr. Myunghun must need sleep too. After rationalizing, I hurriedly left the house. I put on a large hoodie that was in the house, pulled the hat down, and got in a taxi. My breathing was a bit rough from the tension.
“Where should I take you?”
“To Choi Kyung-il Boxing Gym at the Uneong intersection, please.”
I exhaled roughly and looked at the photo I brought from Kwon Taebeom’s house. If I went to this place where Kwon Taebeom and Cha Yuwon took a picture together, I felt like I might remember something.
I had read in Cha Yuwon’s old diary that he learned boxing. Then I had to find out if the person he called hyung back then was Kwon Taebeom. With that thought, I went to find the boxing gym in the photo without a plan.
“We’ve arrived.”
Located between the school and home, we could arrive quickly. As I got out of the taxi, the muggy weather greeted me.
I entered the slightly cooler building and headed to the boxing gym on the 3rd floor. Neither the old-looking directory nor the stairs Cha Yuwon must have climbed several times jogged my memory.
Arriving in front of the 3rd floor boxing gym door, I shook the handle a few times. Either it wasn’t open yet or it was out of business, the door was firmly locked.
Right, how could I find memories this easily. I should have gone to the school instead, I thought with belated regret.
I was already tired just from climbing up to the 3rd floor. I leaned on the railing and waited for a bit, then soon gave up and turned around.
“Ha…”
I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t cause an accident for even a day. Tightly gripping the railing so I wouldn’t fall, I slowly walked down the stairs.
When I had almost reached the 1st floor, the building entrance opened and I heard the sound of someone coming up the stairs.
A moment later, with an ‘Oh’ sound, I made eye contact with the man climbing the stairs. He was a man slightly older than me. As I tried to pass him indifferently, he suddenly called out to me.
“Are you perhaps Yuwon? Cha Yuwon?”
“…Do you know me?”
Someone who knew Cha Yuwon appeared.
***
“Have you been well all this time? I heard later that you presented as an omega.”
“Ah, yes…”
“Still a person of few words. When was the last time we saw each other… 4 years ago?”
If it was 4 years ago, Cha Yuwon would still have been in high school. Long before I possessed Cha Yuwon’s body… If he was acquainted with Cha Yuwon back then, it could help me find my memories.
“Actually, I don’t have memories… I came here because I had this photo. Could you tell me in detail?”
Suppressing the feeling that my heart would burst, I handed the director, who said he was the boxing gym director, one of the photos from Kwon Taebeom’s room.
“Ah… right, back then it was like that. You really liked Kwon Taebeom a lot.”
“I did…?”
“Ah, would it be rude to say this in front of the baby’s father now?”
The director glanced at my full belly and let out a small laugh. He seemed to have no idea that this child’s father was Kwon Taebeom.
“Every day after school, you would go ‘Hyung-hyung-‘ to that guy Kwon Taebeom, trailing after him with sparkling eyes, how could anyone not know. Everyone knew.”
As I thought, then Kwon Taebeom couldn’t not know Cha Yuwon’s feelings either. Then why on earth… did he pretend not to know me? Why has he been deceiving me… until now?
“That bastard Kwon Taebeom wasn’t originally the type to be friendly to others, but he treated you really well, saying you were like a younger brother. Although the direction of your feelings for each other must have been different.”
The director reminisced as if it was all a memory, then carefully asked me.
“Everything turned out okay from back then, right?”
“Pardon?”
“Didn’t you get kidnapped?”
“I did…?”
It was the first time I heard about it. Kidnapped? Cha Yuwon?
No one had told me about it. Thinking carefully, in the strange memories that intermittently invaded my mind, it seemed like Cha Yuwon was trapped somewhere narrow and damp. As I looked up at the director with a pale face, he spoke with a troubled expression.
“You didn’t come here knowing everything? Ah, right. You said you don’t have memories? I wonder if I made a mistake.”
“Ah, no. Please tell me, I want to know everything.”
“I just heard it secondhand too… Some school friend said so. Did no one in your family ever tell you?”
“No…”
Cha Yuwon’s only family was his elderly grandmother. If Cha Yuwon had even been kidnapped, it was hard to imagine how shocked his grandmother must have been at the time. I didn’t have the confidence to ask Grandma about what happened then. As I stayed still, unable to ask anything back while thinking of Grandma, the director, who had been pondering, spoke.
“Why don’t you go to the school then? You used to say you often went to the school rooftop. If you go there, you might remember a little.”
School? Right, come to think of it, I should have gone there first, but I kept going around in circles near there.
“Yes, I should go check it out now. Thank you, Director.”
“It was nice to see your face again after a long time. Have a healthy baby, and I hope you find your memories. Yuwon.”
“Yes. Thank you for telling me.”
I expressed my gratitude again and left the boxing gym. Fortunately, judging from the fact that I still hadn’t received a call from anyone, it seemed they didn’t know I had run away.
It was one or two bus stops to the high school I attended, so I started walking. Before long, a large building came into view.
“Asin High School…”
This was the school Cha Yuwon attended every day with tears. He endured the bullying that got worse as days went by, but he eventually dropped out after presenting as an omega.
In this world, alphas and omegas usually presented before entering high school. Sometimes there were cases of presenting around the 1st year of high school, but it was rare to present in the 3rd year of high school like Cha Yuwon, almost an adult.
Cha Yuwon, who tried his best not to lose his studies despite being bullied, had to give up everything because he presented as an omega. Thinking about him, I entered the school.
“I should go to the rooftop first.”
I thought there would be control over outsiders, but there was no one at school, so it was easy to go to the rooftop. The academic calendar posted in the hallway had a field trip written for today’s date.
“So that’s why it was quiet. Anyway, I’m getting a proper workout today.”
I thought I would only flutter around in Kwon Taebeom’s arms every day, it had been too long since I walked around like this. Maybe because I went up and down to the boxing gym earlier and walked all the way here, my thighs were already trembling.
“I wonder if I’ll be able to run around with Hobak later like this.”
Cha Yuwon was originally weak. No matter how much I exercised, forget about gaining muscle, having a soft body was something I couldn’t experience in my previous life.
I got on the elevator to head to the rooftop, but something caught on my toes. It was a name tag with black letters written on a yellow background. Someone must have dropped it.
‘…Wait a minute… What was my original name…?’
When I tried to recall my original memories, nothing came to mind. In the past, I could vividly remember what I did and what I looked like, but now I couldn’t remember anything as if someone had intentionally deleted my memories. Then I realized that I hadn’t called my own name even once since possessing Cha Yuwon’s body.
‘Who… am I?’