Jaehyun Fanfic | A flower imbued with poison - Some Savior

Some saviors appear in the form of a blood-soaked grim reaper.

The man who appeared at the moment when my life was on the line had an oddly cold, dark aura.

I don’t know why, but... maybe it felt different from an ordinary person.

명재현

Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?

소여주

Yes. Thank you. For helping me...

My parents’ divorce. My father’s reckless loans. And the enormous debt that grew out of it. My life had already been pitch-black since childhood.

Even after I became an adult and opened a shop with my own money, the mountain of debt my father couldn’t pay kept doggedly chasing after me. Today was especially bad. A loan shark was throwing his weight around inside the shop, and just as he was about to lay a hand on me too, the man appeared and dealt with them.

명재현

Well, I kind of ended up helping too, by accident.

명재현

By the way, you do business in such a grim place. It’s a redevelopment zone, so the security’s bad too.

His tone was hard to tell whether it was concern or mockery, and I felt a little strange.

소여주

I can’t exactly afford to move the shop to another area right now. There are a lot of regular customers here.

명재현

(Silence.)

소여주

Um... did you have something to say?

명재현

By any chance, can’t you sell that crushed flower to a customer?

소여주

You can’t sell something crushed, of course;; We have to throw it away.

명재현

I’ll buy that flower.

소여주

Huh? What??

명재현

Didn’t you hear me? I said I’m buying it, that one.

The man was saying something I couldn’t make any sense of. Why he wanted to buy flowers that the loan sharks had trampled flat, really.

소여주

So, why are you buying something broken?

명재현

No— at this point it still seems pretty fine to me, but if you can’t sell it and have to throw it away, it feels wasteful.

소여주

Seriously. You’re even worrying about my flowers?

명재현

Enough. How much is it?

소여주

It’s normally 30,000 won, but since it’s damaged, I’ll only take half

Unlike what I expected, the man paid a whopping 300,000 won. Ten times the price of the flowers.

소여주

No! I can’t accept that much money. I don’t even know why you’re going this far for me...!!

명재현

Just think of it as compensation for the damage. Actually, looking at it now, I think I may have damaged some of the flowers while fighting too. See you again next time.