Yes, It’s Me. The Obsessive Side Top

#062

The headache seems to gradually disappear with his touch. They say a doctor’s hands are a healing touch. Ah, is that not it? Well, whatever it is, my throat is so dry right now. 

“Water, please…”

A hoarse voice unlike my own came out. As I was clearing my throat, Sin Yeo-un handed me the water cup he had placed next to the bed. If I had known it was there, I could have just drunk it myself. The way I am right now, I’m being a total nuisance. I’m not sure what happened, but I can tell that a drunk me is being taken care of by Sin Yeo-un.

Sin Yeo-un wrapped his arm behind my neck and lifted me up slightly. Then he brought the cup to my lips carefully and tilted it to let me drink the water. He’s looking at me drinking with a gaze that seems to be falling for me. It was terribly sticky and thick. I averted my gaze that had been glancing at him while drinking the water. 

I haven’t even bothered Sun Woo yet, so why is he glaring at me with murderous intent? Damn it. Let it be a dream.

“Does it hurt a lot?” 

Sin Yeo-un asked with a worried look as I frowned. Before I could answer, he placed his large hand on my back and pressed down on my shoulder with one hand. Naturally, my body fell back and I lay on the bed again.

“I’ll go get some medicine.”

As Sin Yeo-un left the room, I briefly saw the wide living room through the open door. It must be Sin Yeo-un’s house. Crazy, how did I even end up at Sin Yeo-un’s house? It’s summer, so it would have been fine to let me sleep on the street even if I slept outside. 

Sin Yeo-un reappeared and made me sit up to take the medicine. Whether it was a placebo effect or not, the hangover disappeared as soon as I took it. Or maybe my body was beating up the hangover, telling it to go away because it sensed a crisis.

Feeling Sin Yeo-un’s hand supporting me, I tried to recall my memories. It’s not completely dark, but nothing comes to mind. I remember answering the phone. Really, Ha Jin, you’re unbelievable. Not only is your head empty, but your memory is also broken?

“Yesterday…”

I tried to ask something, but Sin Yeo-un suddenly cut me off.

“Do you usually drink to the point of collapsing like that? To the point where you can’t even control your body?”

Damn it. The sight of a grown adult being scolded by a high school student for getting drunk. More than that, I was worried that I might have said something I shouldn’t have while drunk, just like I did to Sun Woo. If that happened, I should just bite my tongue and die.

“Did I make any mistakes?”

“You don’t remember?”

“Yeah.”

“Not at all?”

“Not at all…”

I chewed my tongue inside my mouth. As if I would bite it and die at any moment.

Sin Yeo-un smiled and ran his fingers through my hair. My hair flowed softly between his long fingers. As I stayed still under his languid touch, his smile deepened.

“You were just lying there. Continuously. I was kind of hoping for something.”

I let go of the tongue I was tormenting. Fortunately, it seems I didn’t say anything strange while unconscious. It seems like there was something strange about hoping for something at the end of Sin Yeo-un’s words…

Ah, forget it. I need to go home quickly.

“It was a blessing that I called you then. What would have happened otherwise?”

I would have just collapsed and slept there. Secretary Kim would have handled it.

“So it was your call…”

Why is the main character unnecessarily calling Ha Jin?

“The hyung who answered the phone suddenly told me to come and get you. Then he didn’t say anything, but an employee took the call and explained it to me.”

“Sorry. I thought it was a friend. You had to go through trouble because of me.”

“It’s okay. My father was home, so we went to pick you up together. I thought it would be more convenient if we had a car. I want to become an adult quickly. Then I could have driven there myself.”

He would do that to meet Sun Woo, not me. Wait a minute… Director Sin and Sin Yeo-un took care of me together?

“Director Sin?”

“Yes. We met not long ago, right? My father told me about it.”

Fuck. So Director Sin and Sin Yeo-un took me, who collapsed from drinking, together? I really need to bite my tongue. The timing of the call, really. If it’s not Sun Woo, I’d rather have Kim Shin. As I was tormenting my tongue, I suddenly became curious.

“…Why did you call?”

“I told you I contact you often.”

“Why?”

“To score some points in advance.”

“With me?” 

Sin Yeo-un nodded his head. What reason would he have to score points with me? Maybe he found out that I invested in him? If so, it made sense. But Sin Yeo-un suddenly brought up the topic of university.

“When I get into A University, I’ll be your junior.”

“Aren’t our departments different?”

Sin Yeo-un will be entering the medical department. I’m in the business department. Even the university buildings are different.

“It’s the same school.”

“…That’s true.”

“When I enter university, I want to get a lot of help from you with this and that. And I want to ask you to buy me meals. That’s okay, right? I want to be close with you.”

It doesn’t seem like we’ll get close. He won’t keep contacting me, right? I was doubtful that Sin Yeo-un would want to build a friendship with Ha Jin. Is he just saying that? I looked at him suspiciously, but he just flashed a pleasantly bright smile.

Shaking my head, I got up from the bed, and Sin Yeo-un followed. Fortunately, I was wearing the same clothes as yesterday, so I could just leave like this… As I opened the bedroom door, I gave an awkward smile to the person I faced.

“Director Sin… Hello.”

And I added inwardly, ‘Aren’t you going to work?’

* * *

‘The world is really interesting.’

The webtoon world is really interesting. Don’t you think? Ha Jin even had hangover soup at Sin Yeo-un’s house. 

Due to Sin Yeo-un’s mother saying that lunch was ready and telling me to sit at the table, I ended up joining their family meal. Why is everyone at home, I wondered… It’s the weekend?

Of all the days, it had to be the weekend…

I slept in Sin Yeo-un’s room until lunchtime. No matter how I think about it, it’s the worst situation. When did Ha Jin become a character that causes trouble?

All the series of events that happen because of being weak to alcohol are damn awful situations. I wanted to run away home quickly, but they said they made bean sprout soup for me who collapsed from drinking. I couldn’t refuse, so I had a hearty meal and even ate watermelon punch because they said I should drink a lot of water to cure the hangover. Only after eating all that could I finally leave Sin Yeo-un’s house, whimpering like a puppy that needed to poop.

I managed to shake off Sin Yeo-un who offered to take me home and took out my cell phone to call a taxi.

“Oh no. The power went out.”

I hadn’t paid attention to charging it since I don’t use it often, and it was turned off. I had no choice but to go to the main street and catch a taxi, looking at the black screen.

On the way back, I asked the taxi driver to charge my phone, and as I got off in front of my house, I turned on the phone. As I watched the phone screen slowly turning on, I opened the front door. All the lights in the house were turned on.

“Ah, the electricity bill.”

Worrying about the wasted electricity bill, I shifted my gaze to the phone that was now vibrating in my hand.

A call comes in with the name [Kim Ok-bun’s Real Grandson] displayed.

I was about to answer the call when suddenly something large pounced on me from the front.

“Wh-what?”

Startled, I stepped back, but my arm was roughly grabbed. Soon, I was pulled into a firm embrace, trapped in his arms.

“Sun Woo?”

The familiar scent, the familiar body temperature, the familiar embrace.

There’s nothing unfamiliar about Sun Woo.

“Why are you at home?”

Sun Woo didn’t loosen his tight hug and buried his face in my neck without answering my question. I remembered giving him the house key. The day I lost the arm wrestling match. I just handed over a spare key to Sun Woo, who came often. At that time, I thought there would be a time when it would be used someday. You’re already using it?

“…What were you doing, coming back now?”

“Uh?”

I couldn’t bring myself to say that I was at Sin Yeo-un’s house, passed out drunk.

“Something came up yesterday.”

“Why did you turn off your phone?”

“The power went out. I didn’t turn it off.”

“I was worried.”

Sun Woo stayed with his face buried in my neck, then suddenly started sniffing. He looked like a detection dog confirming if the missing person was the right one. What’s with him all of a sudden? As I was standing still, puzzled by his actions, I suddenly wondered if I smelled bad because I hadn’t washed.

“I’ll go wash up.”

I tried to break away from his embrace, but…

Ah, seriously. Sun Woo is just strong.

“Sun Woo, can you let go? I haven’t washed up. I’m all dirty.”

I groaned and tried to push him away, but as expected, he didn’t budge. He sniffed around the other side of my neck and then bit into it.

“…Sun Woo. What are you doing?”

Do you want to play vampire? Why do you always bite my neck?

“Don’t. You said you wouldn’t leave marks on my neck anymore.”

It doesn’t mean you can do it elsewhere though. Sun Woo’s head finally pulled away.

“What’s that smell?”

“What smell? It must be the stench from my unwashed body.”

“Didn’t you say you were going to meet Secretary Kim yesterday?”

“That’s right. I met Secretary Kim yesterday.”

Sun Woo’s eyes instantly turned cold.

“That’s not his smell.”

What, are you really a detection dog? I can’t even smell it. Does he have the ability to distinguish scents?

“Then is it the smell from the taxi?”

“Why did you take a taxi? I told you not to be in an enclosed space with other people.”

“…Is a taxi an enclosed space? It’s an excellent means of transportation. My car is in the hotel parking lot.”

My words were cut off as Sun Woo suddenly pulled my hand. Sun Woo walked ahead, taking me somewhere. When we arrived, it was the bathroom in my room.

Was the source of the smell really my stench? You should have let me go when I said I was going to wash up. You’re just holding onto people for no reason. Sun Woo, who entered the bathroom with me, stood rigidly in front of me. Is he not going to leave? I stared at him, hoping he would leave, and his closed lips slowly parted.

“Take it off.”

I blinked for a moment, not understanding what he was saying.

“Sun Woo. You need to leave for me to take it off.”

What are you talking about? As his words entered my brain, I pointed to the door with my eyes, indicating that he should leave, feeling dumbfounded. Why are you standing guard when I said I’m washing up because I smell?

There are spare clothes in the bathroom, so now I just need to wash up comfortably.

I was running a simulation in my head, imagining myself turning on the water and washing up, when I was startled by Sun Woo’s hands trying to take off my clothes. I stepped back and my back hit the wall. This wasn’t in my simulation.

“Try taking it off.”

He told me to take it off, but he was the one taking off my clothes. His hardened face showed no signs of backing down easily.

“Is my smell that bad?”

Huh? To the point where you’re forcibly taking off my clothes like this? Sun Woo glared at me coldly at my mumbling.

“I have something to check.”

Didn’t you find the missing person? Are you checking if I’m hurt somewhere?

Sun Woo searched my entire body and then said something even stranger.

“Ha Jin. You boldly came back with someone else’s scent on you? I’ll wash you, so come here.”

…I’m such a pure body that I’ve never even had someone else wash me at a public bath…

“Why would you wash me…”

You crazy bastard…