Yes, It’s Me. The Obsessive Side Top

#061

“Fake, you say.”

I escaped from his grasp and responded with a relaxed smile. But inside, all sorts of speculations were running wild. Is he someone who knows that I’ve possessed Ha Jin? Or did he notice that I’m acting differently from Ha Jin? But that doesn’t make sense. How many times have we run into each other? We’ve never had a proper conversation and have only passed by each other.

But why is this person calling me fake? How does he know?

“You would know better. About being fake.”

At his words, I almost nodded my head for a moment. When I seemed unfazed by his bombshell remark, he suddenly shouted.

“Ha Jin. Your name is not Ha Jin.”

Of course, my name is not Ha Jin. But right now, I am Ha Jin, aren’t I?

I frowned slightly at his loud voice, then smiled leisurely again. 

This guy is funny.

“Then. What is my name?”

I asked him instead. 

What is the name that he knows me by as he calls me fake. Even Kim Shin, who has been a friend by my side for a long time, considers me Ha Jin, so it’s funny that a guy I’ve only run into a few times is denying my existence. I’ve lived as Ha Jin while being hit by my father every other day and treated worse than others by my mother. And now you’re saying I’m fake? I’m dumbfounded.

“If I’m not Ha Jin, can you tell me who I am? I’m so curious.”

I asked him again since he had no answer. If he has a mouth, tell him to speak. If he knows something, he should talk so we can have a proper conversation, right?

“You’re really the worst.”

Instead of the answer I wanted, he blames me again. Why am I the worst?

“Shameless bastard… Even though you’re stealing someone else’s life entirely.”

He grumbled and turned his body to walk past me.

‘Stealing entirely? Rather, Ha Jin is a character born by stealing my face.’

I followed him and made him stop. His body swayed greatly and stopped. As he slowly turned his head towards me, his eyes were filled with only bright red anger. When those eyes directed at me, I got goosebumps involuntarily.

“Say it properly. So I can understand.”

“You want me to say it with my own mouth? What you already know? Why? What do you want to confirm? While making that shameless face pretending not to know.”

“I really don’t know.”

When I also raised my voice, feeling frustrated, he flinched and lowered his head.

“You don’t know? That’s right. That makes sense. You’re living as Ha Jin by chance? Yeah… You were living with that kind of mindset. It’s a good thought for living without a sense of guilt.”

“What do you…”

“Don’t hold onto me anymore. I want to kill you.”

My words trying to ask more were blocked by his murderous warning. At his words saying he wants to kill me, the strength left my hand. He slowly escaped from me and walked. With his steps that seemed like he would collapse, he disappeared from the rooftop without ever turning back.

He didn’t give a proper answer to my question and even said he wants to kill me before disappearing. As if telling me to figure it out on my own.

After standing on the rooftop where he left for a long time, I took out my cell phone.

What can’t a chaebol do? South Korea is such a convenient world if you have a lot of money. It would be easy to find out about him at Ha Jin’s position.

“It better be nothing much.”

* * *

I called Secretary Kim and requested an immediate meeting. Secretary Kim picked the location, and the place I arrived at was a hotel lounge bar with a nice ambiance.

“For today’s meeting, you’ll have to take care of the overtime pay outside of work hours.”

“I think it would be too much since I’m still a student?”

“Then please take good care of me when I join the company. I want to work less and earn more.”

Secretary Kim, who sat down while joking, seemed a bit tense. He had a slightly worried face since I separately asked to meet. Those eyes saying this rascal must have caused trouble again.

“Secretary Kim.”

“Wait a moment. You should at least give me time to prepare my heart, right?”

Secretary Kim, who cut off my words, called the employee and placed an order. Secretary Kim, who had a gentle smile, stopped me every time I tried to say something. When alcohol and a simple fruit appetizer came out, he finally nodded.

“Young master Ha Jin, you’re treating, right?”

“Of course.”

Secretary Kim, who was drinking alcohol poured into a well-cut crystal glass, also offered me a glass.

‘Huh? Does Secretary Kim not know that I’m weak to alcohol?’

I thought he would know everything about me, but I guess not. How much of a scene Ha Jin makes when he drinks.

“Young master?”

At Secretary Kim’s call that broke my thoughts, I licked my lips with my tongue.

“Secretary Kim, do you remember that time? The day I contacted you first saying I’ll meet Father. I got hit by Father’s fist that day, right?”

“Ah, I remember. Isn’t it the day you came to talk about the final exams?”

As expected, he has a great memory. He immediately remembered the events of that day. Secretary Kim picked up the glass and swirled it once. The ice clinked, making a cheerful sound.

As I looked at Secretary Kim with a serious attitude, Secretary Kim seemed anxious as if I would make a bombshell declaration.

“That day, there was someone who came before me, right?”

“…”

The glass that was spinning in Secretary Kim’s hand hesitated and was placed on the table. Although he was trying to smile without showing it, his stiff expression couldn’t be hidden.

“Yes. Now that you mention it, there was a guest who came first that day.”

“Who is that person?”

“…”

Secretary Kim first examined my expression. As if curious about my intention for asking.

I’m just asking because I’m really curious about who that person is, without any other intention.

“Secretary Kim, you know, right? Who that person is.”

“Young master Ha Jin.”

Secretary Kim called me with difficulty after opening his mouth. Then he closed his mouth tightly again and quietly examined my expression before picking up the glass and downing it all at once. The deeply furrowed wrinkles between his brows indicate that it was a strong drink.

“Why are you asking me?”

He asks with a frown as if blaming me.

“I’m curious about that person. I keep seeing him around these days, so it bothers me.”

Secretary Kim poured himself another drink. He drank it straight again and put the glass down on the table. Secretary Kim, who had been maintaining silence for a while, opened his mouth with difficulty.

“I don’t know everything. I’m just an employee, aren’t I? Of course, I also don’t know that guest whom you don’t know, young master.”

Secretary Kim’s words were strange. It was as if he was implying that since I don’t know, he doesn’t know either. There’s no way Secretary Kim wouldn’t know about Father’s matters. Moreover, since he was in the same space, he must have heard everything Father said to him.

Even the office manager who was waiting in front said he had frequently come to Father’s office.

“Secretary Kim.”

“Yes.”

“Who is that person?”

“What should I do? I’m very flustered right now.”

“Do you really not know?”

“…I told you. If you don’t know, young master, I don’t know either.”

No. Secretary Kim knows. Based on his reaction, he definitely knew. Why does he keep using me as an excuse and not tell me?

“Then that’s fine. I’ll ask Father.”

“Young master!”

When Secretary Kim suddenly shouted, I looked at him in surprise, and he rubbed his eyes with his hand as if frustrated. His gaze full of fatigue turned towards me and changed to being heartless. Just like the gaze when I first met Secretary Kim.

“I will tell you. So don’t do that.”

“You said you don’t know…”

“Haa… I don’t know. Since I don’t know, I’ll investigate and let you know soon. Will that suffice?”

Pressed by Secretary Kim’s force, I nodded my head. Secretary Kim hurriedly emptied his glass one more time and got up from his seat.

“…I’ll get going now.”

“Already?”

“I have unfinished business.”

“…”

Feeling down as if I had asked a difficult question for no reason, Secretary Kim sighed and sat back down when I nodded my head glumly.

“Young master Ha Jin.”

“Yes.”

“It’s best not to disturb a beehive. I hope you understand that quietly avoiding it is also a method.”

“…”

“Anyway, you are someone who will move forward, young master, and the beehive will only stay in that place. Don’t try to get rid of it. It’s just a trivial existence that can’t even follow you when you pass by.”

“What does that mean?”

“It’s the sound my heart makes out of care for you, young master.”

“…Are you drunk?”

“Alcohol is strong.”

“Good for you.”

“Yes.”

Secretary Kim laughed once and got up from his seat. His empty eyes now held warm affection.

“I really have work to do, so I’m going. Don’t make that abandoned face. The alcohol was good. Call me out like this from time to time and buy me a drink.”

“The last part isn’t sincere, right?”

“Yes. Was it obvious?”

I just laughed it off.

“Go back safely.”

“I’ll get going first.”

Secretary Kim softened his expression and walked out first.

Left alone, I fiddled with the half-empty luxurious liquor bottle and became lost in thought.

‘In the end, I didn’t find out anything.’

About him who says I’m a fake Ha Jin.

He was a strange person. He was a character that never appeared in the webtoon, so it was even more puzzling. Judging from the fact that he doesn’t appear in the webtoon, it seems he’s not that important to the story.

A high school student. Someone who gets hit by Father. He revealed that the reason he got hit was because he studied well. That’s a rather unpleasant part. And although it’s not certain yet, he was also involved with Mother. And he acted as if he knew something, calling me fake.

“Wow, I have no idea.”

Feeling frustrated, I felt thirsty and picked up the water glass on the table to drink. The ice clinked and moved inside the glass. Thinking it would be refreshing at the sound, I poured it into my mouth. The water went down, hotly stimulating my throat as if a fire was burning. Only after swallowing it all did I belatedly realize that what I drank was not water but actually strong liquor.

“…”

Am I crazy? Did I just drink alcohol? And even liquor?

The smell of alcohol splashed through my nose as I breathed. The more I breathed, the more I seemed to get drunk. I can’t even throw it up again… The only thought was that I needed to go home quickly before making a mistake. The moment I tried to get up from my seat, my body swayed and I plopped back down on the chair.

“Damn it…”

Even when I got drunk, my body just couldn’t be controlled, but I never swayed or lost consciousness. My mind that stayed clear even when I begged to lose consciousness, but perhaps because the alcohol was strong, my vision was dizzy. And what’s even worse is that the strength is gradually leaving my body. To the point where I can’t even stand up on my own.

I managed to take out my cell phone, thinking I should ask Sun Woo for help. Through my blurry vision, I saw the black screen of the phone.

“Sun Woo… Woo…”

Muttering to myself, I tried to somehow call him, but I couldn’t muster strength in my hands. In the end, I placed the phone on the table and collapsed precariously on the chair with my head tilted to the side. An employee who had been watching since I swayed came to my side and lightly shook my shoulder.

“Are you okay?”

When my body shook at the employee’s touch, he stopped what he was doing and quietly sat me on the chair. Then, the screen of the phone on the table lit up and it vibrated.

“Woo…”

I try to reach out and grab it, but my hand keeps slipping weakly. In the end, the employee must have pressed the call button for me and brought it to my ear. The voice of the other person that I could faintly hear sounded very pleased. At the pleasant voice, the corners of my mouth also slightly went up.

“Come pick me up…”

The other person said something at my words, but I couldn’t understand a single thing. In the end, I lowered my head.

And thus, the alcohol trash met its fate.

* * *

“Ugh…”

A groan came out involuntarily as my head hurt like it was going to shatter. As I opened my eyes feeling a terrible hangover, a completely unfamiliar space appeared before me. It was a spacious room decorated with a bright beige tone interior. I tried to think about what happened, but I just pressed my head at the throbbing headache.

“What… is this?”

This situation, which is similar to how a typical possessee wakes up, what is it? I, who suddenly became possessed in the lecture hall, was thinking strange thoughts, saying this is the standard way of possession.

Suddenly coming to my senses and looking around, the room was filled with objects that reflected someone’s taste.

The faintly smelled fragrance was familiar from somewhere. A good scent with a refreshing feeling.

I was sniffing the blanket when I saw the door carefully opening as if trying not to make a sound.

“Oh? You’re awake?”

He smiled brightly when our eyes met. I thought the fragrance was familiar. Yeah, it was you.

He came and sat by the bedside with just a few steps. With one hand, he gently rubbed next to my eyes. The headache subsides a little. At his meticulous touch, the scent filling the room became even thicker.

I guess he’s good at taking care of people since he’s going to be a doctor.

Right? Sin Yeo-un.