[Contest 3] You are Mint Lavender (Season 2)
EP15. I Want to Be Selfish
※This episode also unfolds from the omniscient author's perspective!
Tick tock
After Jungkook and Seokjin left, Jimin was left alone in the living room, waiting for Yeoju, trembling with fear.
As the saying goes, "It's better not to know," and he was even more anxious and distressed because he knew the heroine would return in a serious condition.
Jimin, who was so sensitive that he was even bothered by the sound of the clock hands ticking normally, started with trembling hands at first, but soon his entire body was trembling slightly.
박지민
"Haa... why aren't you coming?"
Even though I waited and waited, there was no sign of the heroine coming.
It was already 9:30, still plenty of time after work, but Jimin wasn't answering his phone, and the dark night sky only deepened his sighs.
'Clang!'
At that moment, the female protagonist came in with the sound of the front door opening and the slow click of the door lock.
박지민
"Oh, heroine...!!"
As expected, the female protagonist returned with heavy breathing and a body as hot as a ball of fire. Jimin quickly embraced her, who was leaning against the closing front door and unable to properly control her body.
It was clearly the same symptoms as yesterday, but Jimin felt like his condition had worsened. He wanted to give her medicine right away, but Seokjin's words that it was for her sake lingered in his mind.
박지민
"Lady, just hold on a little longer, just hold on a little longer."
김여주
"....."
As if she couldn't hear Jimin, Yeo-ju just gasped in his arms and even shed tears from the pain.
박지민
"Sigh...damn"
In an attempt to relieve the nerve-wracking tension, Jimin often resorted to cursing.
In a situation where he couldn't give her medicine, Jimin held Yeoju in his arms, opened the freezer door, took out an ice pack, put it in his mouth, and even wet a wet towel and hurriedly headed to the living room.
김여주
"G..m....ah..."
박지민
"It hurts, it hurts too much... I'm sorry, please bear with it a little longer, heroine."
In a muffled, barely audible voice, the heroine called Jimin's name. It was a mosquito-like sound, but Jimin, as if he knew everything, carefully soothed her.
And then he carefully asked a question.
박지민
"Hey, what did you do at work today...?"
김여주
"Park... Min... I... so... hurt... pain..."
He didn't think he'd get an answer easily, but instead of an answer, he heard her voice, a voice writhing in pain, piercing his heart.
He managed to smile, trying to convince himself that it was for her sake, but the mask he wore was slowly cracking as she spoke.
박지민
"Lady...I'm sorry...Please...Please...Say something...I'm sorry...Sob..."
김여주
"......"
Eventually, the mask shattered along the cracked seams, and the tears hidden behind it burst forth, further worsening the heroine's condition. Even her ragged breathing was no longer audible, and she felt as if she was about to lose consciousness.
박지민
"No, no... Kim Yeoju!! Yeoju... please... ugh... please... sob...."
Jimin cried and held onto her hot hand with trembling hands.
At that moment, a bruise caught Jimin's eye.
박지민
"What is this?"
There were bruises on the heroine's hands, caused by burst blood vessels.
There were needle marks here and there, not the bruises from the assault, and a strange aura hovered around Jimin.
박지민
"Ugh...fuck, I can't take this anymore."
Jimin, who could no longer ignore the worsening condition of the female protagonist, immediately took her from his arms and gave her the antidote.
박지민
"Ugh...ugh...sob..."
Jimin carefully hugged the heroine who had fallen asleep again and cried so many tears that it was impossible to tell how fast they were flowing.
My heart felt like it was being torn apart by guilt for not giving her the medicine when she wouldn't be able to do it properly and would end up hurting her like this.
His fear, which had been gnawing at her, that she might die if he was not careful, had finally burst forth in the silence, where no one knew.
박지민
"I...sob...I'm sorry...I just..."
박지민
"Just everything...sob...sorry..."
박지민
"But... I... really can't stand it anymore."
박지민
"You're all dying...sigh...how can I just stand by and do that...sigh..."
박지민
"I just want to do it my way, the way I can."
박지민
"Even if no one helps me, I'll just be selfish. Just this once."
He held her for a long time, losing his mind and crying, then he made a decision that fit the word 'selfish', gently laid her down, and then jumped up.
박지민
"Just close your eyes for a moment, my lady. When you open them, I'll make you smile again."