#17
Theft ×
Me, injured. Kim Seokjin carrying me. Having to face everyone's gaze, I limped back to my room, leaving Kim Seokjin behind.
I must have thrown myself on the bed, exhausted, when someone knocked on my door. I couldn't even walk, and I didn't want to get up, but the persistent knocking finally forced me to sit up.
"Who..."
"Miss, are you okay?"
The moment I recognized who it was, my eyebrows furrowed. He was the one who had followed me, the one who had come to watch me. Judging by the first aid kit he was holding, I assumed he had come to treat me.
"The treatment is done. I'll take care of it."
"It's my job. I have to do it."
"I told you not to do it."
"You're so hurt, how could you..."
"Do you think what I'm saying is nonsense?"
There's no answer. He's just a dad, and he just has to do his job. My opinions, feelings, and everything else are completely irrelevant to you. Like you, I have that person holding my leash...
"Please sit down. I need treatment."
"....."
The stress was giving me a headache. I didn't have the energy to argue, and it was obvious he wouldn't leave even if I told him to, so I sat down. I figured it would be quicker to finish the treatment and send him off.
"My father takes care of my health too?"
"You're saying the obvious. The Chairman said the young lady..."
"Ugh... You're funny."
“You know full well that I’m a doll, and yet you say that to me?”
Who among those working in that corner of the house doesn't know that I'm nothing more than a doll, a being to be discarded when I'm no longer needed?
And that abandonment means death.
"...Please rest well. Please refrain from moving as much as possible."
He left some medicines and left.
"....."
Even if it was just empty words, you should have denied it.
That's not the kind of thing that exists...
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I must have taken some headache medicine and fallen asleep. The moment I smelled a familiar scent, I woke up. I checked the time and it was around 1:00 AM. Despite the medicine, I staggered with a throbbing headache and went out to find water.
Then I noticed a scented candle by my bedside. It was the same scent I smelled every day at home. It was so unsettling. Why was it here...?
No way... You came in while I was sleeping...? You said you'd leave this on?
I was so scared that I was angry.
"What the fuck!!!"
I feel like I'm going crazy. What the heck is that incense stick... Why am I so obsessed with it?
Not only did you enter my room without permission, but you did something like this out in the open? Han Soo-ji... How did Han Soo-ji survive in this crazy place? Was she really meant to live as a doll? After being born human?
Clang-!!
Suzy screams, throwing everything in sight. Someone knocks on Suzy's door, but she doesn't hear.
"I wish... I had just died..."
What were you thinking, living in someone else's body all this time? Ah, is living even right in the first place? Am I even alive? Who am I? Am I Han Soo-ji? Or am I... huh? What was my name...?
"Han Su-ji!!"
Suzy's door opened, as if she had brought the key.
"Do you think I look like a doll to you too?"
"What are you talking about all of a sudden...!"
Jeon Jungkook rushed over to Suzy's messy room. Shards of glass were strewn across the floor, making it a potentially serious situation.
"Don't move. You're hurt..."
The shrapnel caused a new wound on his already injured body, and blood flowed out.
"Get out. Don't come near me."
"What's wrong with you? What's going on?"
"....."
Jeong Ho-seok kept his distance so as not to provoke Suzy, and asked her what was going on. But Suzy was just gasping for breath and shedding tears.
"Hey, but what is that smell?"
The room was smoky. The moment I entered, the scent hit me so strongly that my eyebrows narrowed.
Min Yoongi found the incense and immediately put it out. For some reason, it had an unpleasant smell.
"What's going on? Huh?"
"I hate the sight of you all."
"...Okay, I understand. Come here for now..."
"I should have died then."
"what...?"
"Let go of this. It makes me feel bad."
"Han Su-ji!!"
Suzy shook off Jeongguk's hand and fell back. She didn't even blink as she stepped on the shards of glass on the floor.
Why is it? The blood is clearly flowing like this, but why don't I feel any pain?
Jeongguk, feeling that this situation wouldn't work, immediately picked Sooji up and carried her outside. Sooji struggled to be put down, but she couldn't overcome Jeongguk's strength.
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“That scented candle smells really bad.”
Min Yoongi, who had remained in Suzy's room, approached the extinguished incense candle.
It was definitely the scent that Han Soo-ji always had. I'd never smelled it this strongly before, but when I did, it was really unpleasant.
"What are you doing, Min Yoongi?"
"....."
"Come out quickly. I'm dizzy from the incense in here."
"uh."
It's strange. Han Soo-ji clearly hated the sight of incense... Why is she burning incense?
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