[Contest 3] Are you my secretary?
#23 Are you my secretary?
After finishing her conversation with Seokjin, Yeoju entered a deserted alley alone. She sat with her back against the wall, lost in deep thought.
A moment later, raindrops fell on the heroine's head. Her tears mixed with the raindrops and fell down.
"What on earth did I do wrong to deserve this..."
"..I heard a sound, it was you?"
"..."
"How do you feel? I have everything... and you have lost everything?"
"..I don't want to talk to you, I'm going to go."
"...Let me ask you just one thing."
"Why did you harm yourself?"
"..Do you know?"
"Just- curious?"
"Haha.. Are you curious? Do you think this wound will be solved by your curiosity?"
"What, why are you suddenly being serious and making a fuss? Haha, anyway, I'm going to go now..."
(grabs Nayeon's wrist)
"Huh? Aren't you going to let this go?"
"You said something to me that you shouldn't have said."
"You know full well that this wound is self-inflicted, yet you still say that?"
"Yeah, it feels like you've lost all the people you care about. I stopped self-harming thanks to those people, but now that they've taken it away, I'm starting over again."
"Don't you ever think that the people you tormented are dying?"
"..."
"G, Kim Taehyung..!"
"...Kim Yeo-ju, it seems like you have a lot of things piled up?"
"..It's okay, you and him are both the same."
After saying that, Yeoju immediately turned around and left. Taehyung took a couple of deep breaths, adjusted his padding, and headed home.
_ The house where the staff, Eui-geon, and Na-yeon live together _
"..I'm here."
"I'm here, haha"
"Why are you so weak today?"
"...under.."
"...Tae.."
bang-!!
Taehyung slammed the door shut despite Seokjin's call. He felt sorry for Yeoju and was deeply disappointed in the staff.
"What, why is he like that?"
"..I'll explain it well..-"
"Ugh... Shut up..."
"...Taehyung.."
"Brother... I knew everything."
"..I met the female protagonist earlier and was forgiven."
"The secretary didn't say anything about how disappointed he was in us."
"..If you knew everything..why didn't you say anything?"
"If your brother's rank drops even a little, what's the benefit?!"
"...Okay, I'm sorry."
"If you apologize like that, the female protagonist won't accept it."
"It's not enough to get down on your knees and beg, so how can you just apologize halfheartedly?"
"The most important thing right now is the heroine's heart..."
"You must have lived each day in pain and suffering..."
"Have you ever thought about how many tears the heroine shed since that day, even to the point of self-harm?"
“I can’t even fathom it… Why are you doing that to the heroine… Why!”
"It's slowly killing the innocent heroine."
"We had to protect the heroine."