#59
Yeoul thought this old doctor was talking nonsense.
“I… I’m an extremely recessive omega. What do you mean by that?”
His voice cracked at the end from being too bewildered. The doctor’s pupils also dilated.
“You’re an extremely recessive omega? The simple trait test results came out differently… Could it be wrong?”
“Yes. I was diagnosed as an extremely recessive omega when I was fifteen!”
Since there was no one like Eun Sajun to deceive in this hospital anyway, he put more force into his voice. The doctor also tilted his head puzzledly, rummaged through the document files, then looked at Yeoul.
“Our hospital operates with a focus on betas, so the results might not be accurate. But I think you should go to a hospital and get tested. Even if it’s not pregnancy, you should know the exact cause of your fainting.”
It was too absurd. It was no different from facing the fact that he had known the earth was round all this time, but it turned out to be diamond-shaped.
“You’re not in an urgent condition right now, so you can go home.”
“Yes…”
Staying here longer would only result in more hospital bills. Yeoul got up from the bed.
* * *
Fortunately, he paid the hospital bill with the money he had on him. But now he was practically penniless, so he felt lost. Where should he go now? He felt like he had become a wanderer drifting without destination. He was walking while sighing deeply when he felt someone’s presence behind him. For a moment, thinking it might be Eun Sajun, he looked back.
“Ah.”
There was Lee Jaehyeon, who had brought him to the hospital. Since he had left after the conversation with the doctor earlier and hadn’t been seen until Yeoul came out of the hospital, he thought he had left.
“I was talking on the phone with a friend for a moment, and when I came back, you weren’t there, so I was worried. Are you going home now?”
“Ah… Yes, well.”
Yeoul answered roughly.
“Are you really going home?”
“Pardon?”
“No, I mean, I’m worried.”
Lee Jaehyeon seemed to be worried about Yeoul while unable to let go of his interest. It was confusing why he was acting like this. He probably felt sorry seeing how messed up his current state was.
“I’m fine.”
Moreover, solving this situation that had gotten completely tangled was more important than this man’s sympathy right now. First, he needed to meet Shin Taeon. Now everything was not just over but completely finished. Shin Taeon would also treat him aggressively, but Yeoul couldn’t stand it anymore either. His round, gentle eyes gradually became stained as if dyed with blood.
“Could you lend me your phone?”
“Huh? Yes, yes.”
He quickly took out his phone from the pocket of the padding jacket he was wearing and gave it to him. Yeoul pressed Shin Taeon’s number again and made a call. Earlier he had received a message that it was a non-existent number, but he tried just in case. And as expected, the cold result of a non-existent number greeted him.
“Ha…”
Yeoul’s eyes became cold as an indescribable darkness heavily settled over them. Lee Jaehyeon also seemed tense, perhaps feeling fear from Yeoul’s appearance.
“Did… did I do something wrong?”
At Lee Jaehyeon’s deflated voice, Yeoul also thought “oops” and composed his expression.
“I used it well.”
Then he returned the phone.
“I think I need to go now because I have business. Thank you for helping me today. I’ll definitely repay you later, so could you give me your contact information?”
If he hadn’t helped today, he didn’t know what would have happened to him now. He was truly grateful.
“Ah, wait a moment.”
Lee Jaehyeon hurriedly took out a notebook and pen from the bag he was carrying. Then he quickly wrote down his number and handed it to Yeoul.
“I’ll wait for your contact.”
“Ah… Yes…”
He had simply asked for his number, but his expression seemed to have something else, which was puzzling. For now, he folded the paper without showing more reaction and put it in his inner pocket.
“Then, I’ll be going now.”
Yeoul politely greeted him and headed on his way. He could feel Lee Jaehyeon’s gaze continuously, but he couldn’t deal with him anymore. It was an extremely urgent situation right now, so he couldn’t waste time.
He didn’t know why Shin Taeon wasn’t reachable, but first he decided to visit his capital office. He probably hadn’t fled from him. Rather, it might be the opposite. Had something happened? This confusing situation was frightening and troublesome.
“Why did things turn out like this… Ah…”
His lower abdomen ached deeply again. At the same time, he remembered what the doctor had said about him being pregnant earlier. No matter how he thought about it, it was definitely an absurd misdiagnosis. But something seemed wrong with his body, so he thought he should visit a hospital later.
“Phew…”
Meeting Shin Taeon was the urgent priority right now. Yeoul looked around to go to his capital office. He thought it was an unfamiliar alley, but it was quite familiar. Then a familiar store caught his eye. It was the meat restaurant where he had worked as a server before.
“Ah…”
When he worked at that store, he had frequently visited Shin Taeon’s office because of interest, so he easily knew the way. It was as if heaven was giving him an opportunity to beat up Shin Taeon. Yeoul put strength in his eyes and moved his steps.
* * *
Like that, Yeoul arrived at Shin Taeon’s office. He began pounding on the door with his fists. There was no movement like last time. Yeoul’s anger surged up.
“Ha, he’s not here again?”
Irritation shot up to the top of his head. Yeoul was about to turn around with a gloomy heart when—
“Huh?”
A sweet fragrance disturbed his nose. It seemed like Eun Sajun’s very familiar scent.
Could it be.
Yeoul began looking around, feeling his blood run cold. Had Shin Taeon followed him?
His heart beat roughly. Just as he was about to position himself to flee, the door began to open slowly.
“Geum Yeoul?”
At the unpleasant voice calling his name, Yeoul looked back. He could see Shin Taeon with a cigarette in his mouth. He had wondered if some danger had befallen him due to his sudden disappearance, but he looked perfectly fine.
“You’re here? Why didn’t you come to the meeting place? Fuck. I just wasted time and did useless things.”
“I waited at that cafe for an hour.”
Yeoul felt so wronged.
“I told you to come to XX Cafe Yeonhui branch.”
“What? Yeonhui branch? You never said that.”
“Did I say that? Where did you go?”
Yeoul recalled the sign of that cafe.
“It was Sanghui branch.”
“What? Why did you go there?”
“That was the only cafe closest to the hospital.”
“Did I make a mistake?”
Since it was a franchise cafe, they seemed to have gotten confused about the branches and missed each other.
“Ah, shit, then if I didn’t come, you should have at least called. Were you stupidly just waiting?”
“I did call anyway. But it just said it was a non-existent number.”
“Ah, I changed my number due to circumstances.”
“Then you should have told me the new number!”
Yeoul shouted in frustration. At the same time, Shin Taeon looked very flustered. For him, this was the first time seeing Yeoul like this.
“Why are you yelling like this? Come in first.”
“……”
He couldn’t stay in the corridor forever, and Yeoul also preferred a closed space. To carry out the one method that could liberate this situation.
The inside of the office was a mess as always. Cigarette butts were scattered on the floor along with empty liquor bottles lying around tangled. Yeoul looked at those liquor bottles meaningfully before sitting on the sofa. Shin Taeon also arrogantly crossed his legs and sat down, glaring at Yeoul.
“Come to think of it, you can’t kill Eun Sajun after all, right? Right?”
Shin Taeon smirked as if expressing his wish. It seemed he didn’t know that Eun Sajun had found everything out now. Yeoul opened his mouth with the feeling of swallowing a blade.
“There’s a problem.”
“What problem?”
Yeoul told him about the fact that the knife had been discovered and that he had tracked down to Shin Taeon through the knife’s purchase route.
“Fuck, what?”
Glaring and shouting, he picked up an ashtray and struck the crystal table. In an instant, the table cracked like a spider web. Soon he threw the ashtray and roughly grabbed Yeoul’s collar.
“I told you to beat up Eun Sajun. Did I tell you to escalate things like this?”
“……”
Yeoul had no expression like a doll whose emotions had disappeared. He had anticipated Shin Taeon’s reaction, and as despair continued, his emotional senses had become numb.
“What? Why are you just staying still? Cry or do something!”
“……”
But Yeoul kept his lips tightly shut. He just held his breath and only observed Shin Taeon’s sharp face.
“Ha, this bastard!”
Shin Taeon finally clenched his fist and struck Yeoul’s cheek. Rather than hitting with his palm, it was more accurate to say he struck with a stone. Yeoul’s body instantly bounced and fell onto the sofa.
“Huff… Huff…”
Shin Taeon approached while breathing in and out roughly. Strange heat soon rose in his eyes filled with anger.
“Fuck, since things turned out like this, I’ve wanted to fuck you so badly from before.”
Shin Taeon began approaching while breathing roughly.
Though Yeoul was faced with the crisis of rape, he felt no fear. Rather, as if he had been waiting, he pushed with the table leg. Due to this, the table slid and struck Shin Taeon’s knee hard. At the same time, his body toppled forward. Yeoul nimbly escaped from the sofa.
And he picked up the glass bottle he had spotted earlier and struck Shin Taeon’s head.
Author: Hyacinthus B
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