This is Park Jimin's Butterfly Yeoju
EP.34 Rebellion
박지민
Let go of the butterfly right now.
회장
Are you showing up like that and saying you want to protest now?
회장
If you're going to be a slut, you better be smart about it. How long are you going to keep acting like that?
박지민
I won't tell you twice. Get that guy out of here today.
The sight of Jimin appearing in front of his father when he returned home early in the morning was a sight to behold.
Even putting aside his puffy eyes from crying all night and his flushed face, his black suit and black shoes with the toes worn off were clearly the marks of a servant.
At Jimin's appearance, the chairman closed his eyes tightly.
회장
I didn't raise my son well. I spoiled him badly.
The moment he saw the bloodstains clearly seeping into the knees of his black suit, the chairman grabbed his pounding head and leaned back in his chair.
Tak,
The door to the chairman's office closed behind Jimin, and only silence lingered in the space where soft sunlight streamed in.
회장
What on earth are you trying to do?
박지민
What are you trying to do, Dad? Are you a thug? A hoodlum?
박지민
It's so childish of me to do this knowing I'm going to cause a fuss. You know that?
The chairman, who was faced with Jimin's appearance of growling with his teeth bared like an angry baby tiger, chuckled at the cute provocation.
회장
When will our cutie's puberty end?
It's so much that I wish it would never end
The chairman actually liked Jimin's innocent face.
It is so beautiful and precious that I would never want to leave it to be cared for by anyone else.
회장
I just followed the procedure as I was told, as I always do.
박지민
It's like a procedure
회장
It was all for you. It was to protect you.
회장
Do you really still not understand this father's heart?
The ending of her words was very affectionate. Her affectionate eyes truly held love for Jimin.
회장
Because you don't know how to protect yourself.
박지민
.....
회장
Because I was dragged here and there and couldn't cut it off on my own. This father cut it off.
회장
As it has been for countless butterflies in the past
Jimin closed his eyes tightly.
Countless butterflies over the years.
박지민
"Dad, turn me into a butterfly."
Those words brought back memories of those who had vanished without a trace. Those who had passed by, whose names and faces I now forget.
Jimin wasn't curious about their whereabouts. They were just people who were crazy about money and used him.
Those dark bastards who never came when I asked for them, but only came when they needed Jimin.
Jimin didn't question the process by which they were handled.
Just disappear from my sight. Whether alive or dead.
And when a new butterfly came, all attention turned to him. What will this butterfly be like?
Will you come if I call you? Will you come even if I don't call you?
Will you be by my side? Will you protect me?
So in the end, will you love me?
박지민
... When did I ever ask Dad to protect me?
회장
It's my duty to protect you from those who would hurt you.
박지민
I don't need butterflies anymore. So, should I kick them out right now?
회장
All of this is the result of the choices he made.
박지민
....
회장
I gave the heroine ample opportunity to run away.
회장
I made a proposition to the heroine: either work with me or leave this mansion.
회장
And the heroine chose to remain in the mansion.
Clearly, the heroine could not have been unaware of the meaning of staying here and doing something else.
박지민
The butterfly...chose...?
It was a choice that put me in danger. I was walking into a dark trap. I was walking down a path of obvious misfortune.
No matter how much I think about the reason why the female protagonist made that decision...
Jimin could only think of one reason.
박지민
Of course, it's because of me.
Because of me. To see me.
Because I don't have the confidence to leave you in the end.
With the intention of being with me even from a little distance
박지민
...the butterfly loved me.
회장
It's easy to make such misunderstandings at a young age.
박지민
No. Then I'll say it again.
박지민
I loved butterflies.
회장
If that's the case, then he's a person who should disappear even more.
회장
If he's the kind of guy who makes his loved one look like this.
회장
Wouldn't that be so?
The chairman looked at his son's appearance carefully once more.
There were dried red stains on his cheeks and lips, and his feet were limping from wearing shoes for a long time.
If there is a guy who lets his beloved son, my precious son whom I would not mind putting in my eye, become like this, then…
The chairman's molars ground back and forth. The more I thought about it, the more disgusting he seemed.
박지민
What are you going to do?
회장
What do you mean?
박지민
What are you going to do with the butterfly now?
회장
Isn't this the ending everyone knows?
박지민
....!!
The chairman, whose gaze changed in an instant, instead asked Jimin a question.
회장
Don't you know it well? Even if you haven't seen it yourself or heard it in detail.
박지민
No... no...
회장
But looking at what you're doing today, I think you need to be a little more diligent.
Hot tears flowed down Jimin's dry cheeks.
It was an ending I never wanted to imagine.
Does it have to be that way?
Jimin wondered. What had become so entangled and disjointed that it had driven my butterfly to such a dangerous precipice?
You shouldn't have loved butterflies.
I shouldn't have urged the butterfly to love me.
I shouldn't have asked for a gentle kiss from a butterfly
A daytime date should never have even been a dream.
I should have gone deeper. If I had known I would love you this much. I should have hated you a little more, and kept my distance a little.
박지민
but ...
By the time I realized it, it was already too late.
For the sin of getting too close, for the sin of accepting the butterfly too deeply in body and mind.
This was after the female protagonist decided to pay the price for Jimin.
Ah, how foolish I am. The butterfly gave up its life to protect me. I didn't even realize it, and I was desperately wanting to have it.
Thud,
회장
...!! what are you doing .
박지민
.... dad
회장
Get up.
Jimin knelt down. His round knees, clad in a black suit, rested beautifully on the floor. His lips trembled as he held back tears.
박지민
I'll do my best...
회장
Even if you tell me to wake up..!!
박지민
I'll wear my own clothes, chew my own food, go to school by myself, and listen to Dad.
So please, please, can you let the butterfly go?
Without any problems. Without any danger.
This was all Jimin could do. To give up his pride to protect Butterfly. He could have given up his pride a hundred times over.
He could even endure the gaze that looked down at him with contempt.
It was no longer a difficult task.
Because I had to protect the one I loved. Because I had to protect the one who loved me for the first time, and the one I loved with all my heart for the first time.
To protect his loved one, Jimin now knelt before his father and bowed his head.
Jimin wasn't ashamed of it because it was an action to protect the butterfly.
회장
I just do things the way they should be.
박지민
.....
회장
My actions have only one purpose: to protect you.
회장
It is better to eliminate those who put you at risk.
회장
It's no use begging, so go back.
Jimin bit his trembling lips hard, worried that the tears that were spilling out would upset his father.
박지민
...Do you really think that can protect me?
회장
what ?
박지민
Do you really think that removing the butterfly will protect me?
The face that had been trembling with fear had a solemn expression. There was a look of determination in its eyes.
박지민
I will protect the butterfly at any cost.
The chairman scoffed at the solemn declaration.
That guy is quite brave. He knows how to say something brave.
The chairman loved Jimin's boldness.
회장
What can you do? You, who grew up so precious and pretty, huh?
박지민
Remember clearly. It's not the heroine who's putting me in danger right now, it's my father.
Jimin wiped away the tears that covered his face, jumped up from where he had been kneeling, and shook his knees that had touched the floor.
Then he turned his back on his father.
박지민
I never thought you loved me.
회장
....
박지민
To you, I was just a reckless child. Someone who needed to be tied up and managed.
박지민
But that person, my butterfly.
You made me a different person. You made me difficult, you made me cautious, you made me reluctant to desire you.
You came to me without ringing a bell, and you loved me when I cried and threw a tantrum. So I will protect you.
Whatever you do to the butterfly.
박지민
Just wait and see.
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Uhm... I wrote a lot as I was writing...!! I wrote 4042 characters... I'm trying to shorten it as much as possible, so I think the story will end quickly...
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Still, thank you so much for watching me, and I will try to work harder..!! 🥰