Hormone Wars Season 2
05. Special method.
'Drumroll- widely'
The infirmary door is opened urgently by someone..
"Teacher Taekwoon! Come quickly and see."
As soon as the door opens, we see Jeongguk carrying Taehyung in his arms.. At Jeongguk's words, Taekwoon approaches Jeongguk with a serious expression.. Jungkook lays Taehyung down on the bed and looks at Taekwoon with an anxious expression.. Taekwoon, who was checking Taehyung's condition, said with a bad expression..
"It's the same phenomenon as Hoseok.. This time too..."
this.. What are you talking about?..? Taehyung oppa also absorbed hormones like Hoseok oppa..? Following Hoseok oppa, now Taehyung oppa... An unbearable anger welled up in my whole body.. I can't forgive you.. To hurt the people I care about...
"I won't leave you alone... I won't stay still any longer.!"
Since it hadn't been long before Taehyung was in this state, I thought that the Dark Choices might still be in the school, and since I was also a Choice, I thought I might run into a Dark Choice if I wandered around, so I just left the infirmary.. Jeongguk, who was watching me like that, ran out in a hurry and grabbed my wrist..
"Let go of this!"
"yes!"
"I'm going to meet Dark Choice or something."
“What are you going to do when you meet the dark choice?."
When I said I would go meet Dark Choice without a plan, Jeongguk looked at me with a cold gaze and said. What happened when I met Choice?... I.. What can I do..? But I can't just sit back and let this happen... Why do you speak in such a cold voice?..?
"I can't just watch people who are precious to me get hurt like that... I can't do anything and can only watch.. That's so miserable..."
"Just because you feel miserable.. If you act this recklessly too..!! If you end up like that, who will take responsibility??"
.... I couldn't answer Jeongguk's question confidently.. I am currently in a situation where I feel.. You may not even know that you are doing something that is harmful to others.. but.. also...
"I am... I need to meet the dark choice. So I'm going to make this all stop."
There must be a reason why Dark Choice acts like this.. If you give Dark Choice what it wants, you won't have to hurt these precious people anymore..
"yes!!"
I could hear Jungkook calling me loudly from behind, but I had no intention of stopping.. I can't take this anymore. Running away without even a chance to catch ityepJeongguk's eyes, which were watching, trembled with anxiety..
"ha.. Really... Why do I keepyesAre you concerned about me?. It doesn't matter to me what happens to that guy.."
"It really doesn't matter?"
Hoseok, who was watching Jungkook looking confused, puts his hand on Jungkook's shoulder and asks him a question.. In response to Ho-seok's question, Jeong-guk responds in a hushed voice..
"then..I yesThere's a reason why you should care about him.?"
"what, Your actions seem to be moving according to your true heart, so I'm sure your head will come to a realization someday.. Don't be too confused~"
"Hoseok hyung, I didn't hit my head when I fell.? All you're saying is completely incomprehensible.."
Hoseok, who was receiving Jungkook's strange gaze, smiled slightly at Jungkook and spoke in a somewhat worried voice..
"By the way.. Taehyung is that guy.. It must be very difficult.."
"What does that mean??"
In response to Jeongguk's question, Hoseok shudders as if he doesn't want to think about it again..
"I was really suffering while I was sleeping- When I woke up, three days had already passed since I was struggling in the memory I most hated to recall.. I heard from Teacher Taekwoon that if you lose your hormones, you will wander in the memories you most don't want to go back to.. I won't wake up until I beat it..."
At Hoseok's words, Jeongguk's expression darkens rapidly..
"How did Hoseok-hyung end up collapsing?? I don't remember anything?"
In response to Jeongguk's question, Hoseok scratches the back of his head as if his memory is hazy..
"Maybe it's because I slept for too long.. All I remember is someone suddenly shouting from behind me- I felt like I was being hit..? After that, I started losing consciousness and collapsed.."
"A feeling of being hit?"
"huh- It wasn't like a human hand.. It felt like something was hitting me.."
"It's an object.."
Jungkook looks at the glass bottle in his hand carefully, lost in thought..
'Since when has Taehyung been so handsome?~?'
'Taehyung. i like you.. I really don't think I can live without you.'
unconditional interest, Even though I was still, I was showered with attention and love from countless people.. Ironically, amidst all this passionate interest and love, I felt loneliness and isolation more than anyone else.. Because I thought that all the attention and love that came from my hormones was only possible because of the hormones.. Even though I knew about Hormone High School, I had no intention of going there.. My life right now is already stuffy enough, but what if there's a life that's even more stuffy?, I didn't want to think about it.
In the midst of the stuffiness that came from such a repetitive and boring daily life, I wanted something endlessly fun.. It didn't matter if it was a crime or an evil deed that the world commonly talks about.. As long as I'm having fun, that's enough. what, But he didn't seem to interfere with other people's business.. Because I didn't get much enjoyment out of getting involved in other people's business.. There was only one moment in my life when I wanted to use my hormones to help others..
'What are you looking at like that?? What's on my face??'
Because I often felt awkward when people's eyes were on me, I often spent a lot of time alone or on a bench with few people around.. That day, I was sitting on a deserted bench, trying to get some fresh air.. I was hoping no one would come while I was there, but contrary to my wishes, a man with pink bowl-hair came running towards me.. I frowned at the man, thinking he would send me a heart the moment he arrived, but he quickly ran over and hid in the grass next to the bench without doing anything.. What the hell is that guy doing?- As I was looking at him, the man looked at me with a very troubled expression and asked, as if he was bothered by my gaze.. what.. Are my hormones out of whack?..?
'Are you okay?.'
'what.'
'You don't get excited when you see me or anything like that?'
'Are you gay.'
The man who looked at me with a suspicious look and spoke to my question. That's strange. My hormones aren't working.. That guy is a choice with nullifying hormones.
'You're not a choice...'
Just as I was about to ask him a question, a tall man with dark skin ran towards me.. His eyes moved busily as if searching for someone, then stopped on me.. What the heck is this guy..?
'To this place.. Didn't someone come??'
I thought he had a somewhat sharp image when he was expressionless, but when he smiled gently, he looked surprisingly gentle.. Should I say more than that?. That guy. I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye and he was hiding in the grass, looking very nervous and shouting for help at me.. hmm- what, I'm more curious about that side, so I'll help you out..
'No one came.'
'okay- Than that..'
The man nodded a couple of times to my answer and looked at me with an interested expression..
'It has some pretty interesting hormones.. you are.'
what.. This man... Now that I think about it, it seems like this guy isn't responding to my hormones either.. And how did you even know I was the choice?..?
'I have a different goal today, so let's just go back..'
The man who looked at me with a stern expression smiled again and disappeared.. I feel like I'm meeting a lot of weird people today.. Besides, that guy from before seemed pretty dangerous..
'under- Thanks to you, I survived.'
As the man disappeared, the pink-haired girl hiding in the grass giggled.- He came towards me with a smile and tapped my back a couple of times.. It really seems like my hormones aren't working.
'I see you're a choice too. What hormones do you have??'
'Why should I tell you that??'
When I responded to the pink-haired man in a nonchalant manner, the man smiled affably and chattered away at me.. Later the man's name was'Cha Seon-woo'I also found out that Cha Seon-woo also found out that I was a hormone that attracted me.. He was like a friend to me, someone I could confide in, even though I didn't have any close friends.. Cha Seon-woo. Cha Seon-woo told me he was being chased by me.. He said that the guys called Dark Choice were after his nullifying hormones, but he himself said he didn't want to go to Hormone High School.. Because he was the kind of guy who said it would be better to die than to live a life of bondage..
'I envy non-choice people the most in the world. free life. The life I choose. Because that doesn't exist for us.'
'If it's a nullifying hormone, isn't it no different from non-choice??'
'It's a comfortable sound- Perhaps of all the choices, the one with the nullifying hormone is the most unfortunate..'
Until then, I didn't understand what Cha Seon-woo was saying.. Because I thought there wouldn't be any particular restrictions if it was a nullifying hormone.. Until that day comes.. That day too, Cha Seon-woo was being chased by the dark choice.. The man who was chasing after Cha Seon-woo with that gentle smile at that time. The man said it was a dark choice. I asked Cha Seon-woo why, but his answer was always the same..
'Because I am a nullifying hormone.'
I couldn't understand why those with nullifying hormones were prey to the Dark Choices.. I think that's what I thought at the time. Whatever it is, I want to free Cha Seon-woo from the dark choices..
I want to give Cha Seon-woo freedom with my own abilities.. That thought spread as far as I could, as much as I cherished Cha Seon-woo, and my hormones grew stronger as my willpower grew stronger..
And when my power reached its peak, I've reached a point where I can dazzle others with my charm hormones and move them as I please.. I felt confident that I could save Cha Seon-woo from that man.. And that confidence..
'Cha Seon-woo...'
'... now.. It's freedom..'
I killed Cha Seon-woo.
The man acted as if he was dazzled by my attractive hormones, but in reality, my hormones had no effect on him.. According to Cha Seon-woo, the man had a hormone that could tell what kind of hormone Choice was, so it wasn't Choice that had a nullifying hormone... I don't know why the hormones didn't work, but while I was off guard, the man chased Cha Seon-woo, and Cha Seon-woo, cornered, threw himself under the overpass.. The last bloodied Cha Seon-woo's face was smiling.. but.. I was crying too.
'now... It's freedom...'
Because the moment I gained freedom, I had already lost this world..
Jeongguk's eyes, as he sits on the chair next to the bed where Taehyung is lying and looks at Taehyung who is sleeping, become unfocused as if lost in reminiscence..
'... Don't touch me...'
Jungkook clearly remembers the first time he saw Taehyung at this hormonal high school.. Unlike Taehyung now, who has a certain degree of self-control, Taehyung back then was as violent as a hunting dog off the leash.. For a while, he tried to escape from school repeatedly by manipulating the teachers in the Choice Management Office with his own hormones, but he was always caught by Teacher Taekwoon.. As time passed, Taehyung told Jungkook about his past.. Taehyung said that Jungkook looked similar to the Cha Seonwoo he knew.. Lost freedom, To be bound and never free.. And in the end.. Only after facing death can one gain freedom..
"Who messed with my brother?."
"..."
"Get up and say something. You don't have to tell me to understand."
Despite Jeongguk's continued questioning, Taehyung doesn't even make the slightest movement.. Jeongguk's eyes, trembling with anxiety as he looks at Taehyung, then turn back to the glass bottle he's holding in his hand.. And the moment when Jeongguk's eyes are focused on the glass bottle. Scenes unfolding before Jeongguk's eyes like a movie.
'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..'
A male student with a puzzled expression at Taehyung's words. And the moment the glass bottle in the boy's hand touched Taehyung's body, light seemed to flow out from Taehyung's body and the glass bottle began to fill with pink liquid..
'Is there one left now??'
"This is..... no way... yessecond..?"
The image of the male student who stole Taehyung's hormones is clearly etched in Jeongguk's mind.. The three letters of the boy's name on his school uniform are also, Jungkook instinctively gets up from his seat and runs off somewhere in a hurry..
I don't know how far I've run. I just ran and ran wherever my feet took me.. The moment my breath hitched, I collapsed on the side of the school hallway.. The moment I realized that I was too weak to do anything while everyone else was getting hurt and suffering like that, I felt so pathetic and felt all the strength drain from my body..
"Why are you here like this??"
It was a familiar voice. I see someone's hand in front of me.
"Wake up."
I stood up without taking the hand extended to me.. When I raise my head, I see Youngjae, the epitome of a model student..
"I heard there's been a lot of scary stuff happening at Choice Class these days.."
In the meantime.. Did the rumor spread to the non-choices as well?..?
"yes.."
"Don't worry too much. The culprit will definitely be caught.."
Was this person this kind?? The man's words, which seemed to comfort me, felt strange, but I was still grateful..
"thank you. Thank you for telling me so."
"ah, By the way, I picked up something strange in the hallway ahead.."
"It's weird?"
"It's something you can't see anywhere in school, but I found it on the floor.."
What Youngjae took out was an ordinary-looking glass bottle.. Why is that something you can't see at school??
"I read it in a book. These glass bottles are made in a special way.."
"Special method..?"
When I look at Youngjae with a curious face, he gives me a meaningful smile..
Taehyung, who was lying in the infirmary, suddenly jumped up- Get up.
"Wow- Taehyung hyung!"
Jimin screams in surprise at Taehyung's appearance. Taehyung grabs Jimin by the collar with all his might.
"yes..Where are you?..?"
"yepthis..? yepThis ran out about an hour ago... Jungkook went out to look for it..."
Taehyung's eyes tremble with anxiety at Jimin's words..
"no... yepThis is.. no...."
Taehyung quickly gets out of bed and staggers towards the Choice Management Office, where he runs into Hongbin, who is coming down to the infirmary where Taehyung was..
"taehyoung kim...? I heard he collapsed?"
When Hongbin opened his eyes wide and looked at Taehyung, Taehyung smiled slightly as if he had saved himself eight days of walking..
"I feel sorry for using it every time- Please help me one more time-"
Hongbin's face turns anxious at Taehyung's words..