04. Curse.
It was an unusually clear day.. I was enjoying some free time on the school rooftop for the first time in a long time.. Until then, I was a person with a hope hormone, a choice that was not subject to any sanctions.. In the world of non-choices, which the choices couldn't understand, there seemed to be an important exam called the CSAT.. And then the next day or so, I met a girl. The girl stood precariously on the railing of the school rooftop.. I approached the girl carefully, step by step, and reached out to grab her arm to help her get down from the railing.. however... I was clearly trying to catch him.... The girl had already fallen over the railing.. I was so shocked that I looked down from the rooftop railing and saw a girl covered in blood, hanging from the railing, looking up at me with tears of blood streaming down her face..
'Because of you.. I'm dead.. Because of your hormones.. Because of your damned hormones!'
'ah.. no.... no.. It's not because of me..'
'I wished the murderer who killed people would live happily ever after..? Did you think you could be forgiven?...!'
The pale hand of the girl hanging over the railing grabs my arm.. My body's center of gravity is pushed forward by the girl's hand.. The dizzying floor beneath the school building fills my vision.. I guess I thought I could be forgiven.. Without me knowing... While staying in a bright place.. I wonder if time will heal all these memories... I wonder if it will heal naturally.. like that.. Vaguely alive
It might have been different...
'okay... I committed the unforgivable sin and then expected to be forgiven... That guy is ugly and trashy to the end...?'
'How did you!! How can you kill me!!!!!!! You can live happily while smiling like that...?'
I understood the feelings of the girl who was shedding tears of blood.. okay.. I am in the dark.. Never forgiven.. I'm a person who has to live.. Why am I.. Did you try to come out of that darkness?...
'Take me.. me...'
My body, which had been supporting the girl's weight with all its might, began to lose strength.. I leave you lonely.. Sadly.. I made you walk that difficult path alone... It's so unfair that I ruined your life and you have to live alone... therefore..
'To where you are.. Take me.'
A bloody smile appeared on the lips of the girl who was listening to me..
'okay...?'
The moment I uttered those words, the girl's two hands pulled my body under the railing with great force.. now.. The moment I close my eyes, thinking I'm going to die too.
'Ho-seok oppa is not a devil... I'm saying that he is truly an angel..'
'Woohoo- Ho-seok oppa is absolutely not a bad person.. No, I'm not saying that..'
I heard someone's very familiar and pleasant voice.. wait for a sec.. me.. I don't think I can die here... When I die... There's someone who seems to be very sad.. that is.. Who was it?..?
'Hoseok's older brother, I have to wake up soon.'
'Get up quickly.. I need to smile again.'
The person who showed me that there was light when I was trapped in the darkness.. The person whose tears shed for me looked so beautiful..
'Yeah, yeah. know. I am a good person. I am an angel. So don't cry. yepah.'
yes...? okay.. yepthis... Just before falling from the rooftop railing, I tried with all my might to get away from the girl again..
'You decided to go with me... Why did you change your mind?..?'
I met the eyes of the girl who was looking at me with resentful eyes, tears of blood streaming down her face..
'What I did to you will probably never be forgiven for the rest of my life.. Because I couldn't save you back then.. but... I will never do that again. With my hope hormones, I will give hope to more people and save those in crisis like you.. I promise.. So from now on, watch over me.'
At my words, the strength drains from the girl's pale hands that were holding me.. My hand on that girl's hand
He said while raising it.
'I guess I should go now.. I have a crybaby who would just cry like an idiot if I wasn't there..'
The girl's hand that was holding my shoulder disappears.. I can no longer see the bloody girl before my eyes.. now.. I have to go back. Because that guy must be worried about me.
"Hoseok's older brother.. You have to wake up quickly. You need to get up quickly and smile again..."
I tried not to cry.. I couldn't help but burst into tears as I watched Hoseok sleeping so comfortably..
"Hoseok hyung, you'll wake up soon, why are you crying?- yepah, Don't cry. What if Hoseok gets sad?."
Jimin oppa pats my back and tries to comfort me, but the sadness doesn't go away.. It really looks like Hoseok oppa will wake up at any moment and tease me while I'm crying... however..
"I see- yes, You're a crybaby, aren't you?."
"is it so.. I'm a crybaby..."
I thought it was Hoseok's voice coming from my memory.. but.. This is definitely a voice coming from right in front of me.... When I turned my head towards the bed where Hoseok oppa was lying at the sound of his voice, what I saw was..
"Hoseok oppa...?"
Hoseok oppa smiling brightly at me.
"sorry, I slept a lot..?"
what..that is..... I was so happy to see Hoseok oppa's face smiling sadly while looking at me... I'm so thankful to Hoseok oppa for getting me back up again
"Huhuhu- Oppa-"
I ran to Hoseok oppa who was on the bed and hugged him tightly.- I hugged you. At first, Ho-seok's eyes widened at my actions.
"I'm sorry, oppa- So don't cry- Crybaby."
He hugs me and says. Jimin oppa, who was watching the scene, had a somewhat shaky face, but he was still grateful that Hoseok oppa woke up and sat there with a quiet smile....
"oh my- Hoseok hyung- Let me hug you too~"
There's no way I could stay still.. In that brief moment, Hoseok andyepUnable to bear the thought of meeting HoseokyepJimin, who pulled away and hugged Hoseok tightly.
"Hey hey- Park Jimin is annoying! away-"
While Hoseok and Jimin were bickering'Drumroll-'The infirmary door opens and Taekwoon enters.. And then, seeing Hoseok awake, he lets out a sigh of relief..
"Why did you come in alone?? What about Taehyung?."
Jungkook, who was lying on the bed opposite Hoseok, asks Taekwoon, who was just entering the infirmary.. However, Taekwoon doesn't seem to understand what Jeongguk's question means..
"Why are you looking for Kim Taehyung from me?."
"Taehyung is my older brother.. I have something to say to Teacher Taekwoon...."
"I don't know what Kim Taehyung said, but I haven't met Kim Taehyung today.."
At Taekwoon's words, Jeongguk's expression hardens with anxiety..
"Damn it..."
Jungkook quickly opens the door to the infirmary and leaves..
one side, In one corner of the school hallway, Taehyung can be seen walking while carefully looking at the glass bottle in his hand..
"Hmm- Am I being too sensitive?? It could just be an ordinary glass bottle.."
Taehyung carefully examines his surroundings in the hallway where he first discovered the glass bottle, but doesn't see anyone suspicious..
"Was it a waste of time??"
As Taehyung seemed to have given up on looking around the hallway any longer, he put the bottle in his uniform pocket, turned around, and walked away. Then, he heard someone else's footsteps.. A meaningful smile appears on Taehyung's lips as he turns around.. Taehyung continues to walk forward a few steps.. The footsteps following Taehyung also move in sync with his movements..
"Why are you following me??"
"Hehe-"
When Taehyung suddenly turns around, a male student he's never seen before is startled and takes a step back..
"that is.."
Taehyung, who thought the person chasing him was related to Hoseok's case, was surprised to see a boy with an innocent look standing in front of him.. It didn't seem planned or sharp at all.. I guess I was wrong. Taehyung asks in a weak voice to a male student he is seeing for the first time..
"What's going on??"
"Because you just dropped this and left."
The boy was holding the glass bottle that Taehyung had been holding just a moment ago..
"ah, Did I drop it?..?"
Taehyung approaches the boy to take the glass bottle from him.. And then, instead of reaching for the glass bottle in the boy's hand, he takes out the glass bottle from his pocket and holds it in front of the boy's eyes, smiling playfully at the boy and saying,.
"Mine is here-?"
The male student looks at Taehyung with a bewildered expression at Taehyung's words..
"I just have this lying on the floor.. I thought it was yours."
"Then let me ask you one more thing."
Taehyung's gaze towards the male student shines even sharper.. But on the contrary, the smiling mouth seemed to approach the male student even more terrifyingly..
"Why aren't my hormones working on you?? I haven't started taking hormone shots yet.."
The boy's expression hardened in an instant at Taehyung's words, and he quickly smashed the glass bottle he was holding onto Taehyung's body..
"What the heck is this..."
Before Taehyung could say anything to the boy, something like light came out of Taehyung's body and filled a glass bottle with a pink potion..
"It's already too late- Haha"
An optimistic smile appears on the boy's face, and Taehyung's vision becomes blurred..
"...Stay still..not..."
Taehyung tries not to lose consciousness, but he staggers violently and ends up falling to the floor.. A mysterious male student speaks in a satisfied voice while closing a glass bottle containing a pink potion that came out of Taehyung's body..
"Is there one left now??"
The pink potion in the glass bottle in the boy's hand glows with an attractive color..
"Taehyung hyung!!"
Jungkook finds Taehyung collapsed in the hallway and runs to him to check on his condition.. Same symptoms as Hoseok. Taehyung must have experienced the same thing. As Jeongguk was desperately trying to carry Taehyung on his back, a glass bottle caught his eye.. Jungkook picks up a glass bottle while carrying Taehyung on his back.. Jeongguk's footsteps seem hurried as he runs down the hallway, holding a glass bottle in his hand..
"Hmm- If I had been just a little bit late, I would have been in trouble.- The timing is very very good~"
A male student hiding in a corner of the hallway is watching Jeongguk's back..