79 – Dongmin Lee (14)
Dongmin Lee (14)
“… I won.”
It was only then that I realized that I was so tense that I had convulsions from straining my entire body.
“Haa…”
I lay down on the sofa as if it was about to collapse.
“… I won.”
Others may say it’s no big deal, but I even laughed at the sense of achievement I hadn’t had in a long time.
I thought it was that easy.
Well, if you look at it objectively, it’s simple.
I have no reason to fear Kim Hye-eun anymore.
If I fire at her, she doesn’t know where I am, and there’s no way to retaliate.
‘No matter how crazy a dog is.’
You can’t spank them, you can’t slap them, and there’s no way to do disgusting s*xual harassment.
This is not a narrow society called a school where students seize power through force or personal connections.
I used to be harassed by the unarmed gangsters, but now they are no longer around me and have scattered.
I have to take this attitude in the future.
No matter who you face.
By overcoming one darkness in the past, I felt a great sense of accomplishment as a human being.
I took a shower and went to the studio.
It’s a little late, but I hit the batter.
I couldn’t write much.
It was because the strange uplifting feeling actually hindered my writing, but it wasn’t particularly unpleasant.
We finished work early and ate lunch.
After washing the dishes, I rested on the sofa.
Around 2 p.M.
I woke up from a nap.
Haerin got a call.
[Baby?]
“… Uh, yes. Harin.”
[Isn’t it time to write now? Does your voice sound like it?]
“Yes, I was a little sleepy.”
[… I see. So, did the plan change a bit?]
A plan?
If writing is a plan, then it is a plan.
Because I use a set amount every day.
[Can I ask you a favor?]
Haerin said.
[Please correct the contents of the ‘Sharing Plan’.]
“…A shared planner?”
Since I asked a question quietly, I made a sound.
There was a bedside table next to the threshold leading to my studio, and a large blackboard was installed on the wall above it.
The size is usually half the size in the classroom.
Actually, it’s more like a board.
And what fills it is-
It was Haerin and I’s schedule for the day.
Haerin’s straight handwriting and my handwriting on Development Gobal are arranged in half by time zone.
When I first came to this house, Haerin proposed to me.
‘How about sharing a day with each other?’
‘Because we are a community of destiny.’
She spoke with a very excited expression.
As planned, while the detectives were catching the villains of 『Journal』, It was best for us to conduct investigations related to ‘materialization’ in the safest place possible.
At this time, limiting the activity radius is helpful.
I set such ‘restrictions’ because if either of us acted unwillingly, it would interfere with our plans.
It must have been suggested with that intention.
I did as she said.
I wrote my daily routine for the next day in advance.
‘What time do you get up, what do you do, what do you do…’
It’s me, I didn’t change anything in particular after the first day because it was a similar routine every day.
No, not at all.
That’s how monotonous and safe life was.
I didn’t put much meaning into it in the first place.
Wake up at 8:00 in the morning, wake up at 11:00 at night, other schedules such as writing, exercise, indoor rest, and reading were written on the board by time slot.
In a word, it’s pretty sparsely organized.
On the other hand, Harin’s was detailed.
[6 O’clock, shower and ventilation.
At 6:10, a selection of meditation and wake-up songs.
At 6:20, set speaker reservations, check the room temperature, and do simple cleaning (using a robot vacuum cleaner, etc.).
At 6:40, breakfast menu selection and cooking start.
…
23 O’clock, bedtime]
Her’s changed subtly each time.
No matter what she does, she’s always at home anyway, so she didn’t pay much attention to me, but it seems that Haerin wasn’t.
Haerin said over the phone.
[I think I’ll be late today. Maybe, I might end up sleeping out. Sorry.]
“Is it because of your sister? You don’t have to push yourself…”
I said.
It is important for her to find her older sister, but there is no reason for Haerin to keep counting the nights to find her.
To be honest, I was halfway giving up.
I don’t understand 100% what my sister’s intentions are, but is there any reason to take the risk to find out?
She was still a mystery to me.
[No. Because she’s for herself. And, finding Dami makes us happy.]
She added quietly.
[Perfect happiness.]
Is that a picture of us officially becoming a ‘couple’?
Even if she doesn’t register her marriage, she and I need some conditions to do the things everyone else does.
It was quite embarrassing to put such a condition on a beauty like Haerin that everyone else would want, but we had a special relationship.
As expected, Harin was paying attention.
The conditions I placed.
Surprisingly, I thought there was not much to say about this issue, but I can’t believe I’ve searched this hard.
[It will come someday?]
For some reason, her voice sounded a little more tired than usual, and I felt weak.
“… Then, of course. Okay.”
[Please write down that you are staying overnight due to an investigation. And, I will definitely go in within the time.]
“…6 O’clock on time?”
In the schedule, 6 o’clock was her start.
A day starts with Semyon.
However, it doesn’t make sense to come back and spend the same daily life even though you’re staying out.
Then you’re at least coming in after midnight.
Wouldn’t that be too hard?
Is this right to sleep out in the first place?
“I’ll prepare a meal for you tomorrow, so take a good rest!”
[It’s okay. Please do so.]
“…Yes.”
I shamelessly did as she told me.
Today her schedule is different from usual.
Unlike usual, when the daily routine was tightly packed, the entire day was ‘search’.
It’s been quite a while since I went out.
[Please correct yourself.]
“Huh?”
[Because I took a nap this afternoon.]
“Ah…”
Apparently, because she spent the same daily life every time, she had no need to write a shared planner after the first day.
I edited it a bit awkwardly.
Although in this case it was not a plan, but rather the concept of revising a routine that has already passed.
Again, a plan is just a plan, and I thought that Haerin was too obsessed with it.
[Self.]
Haerin said.
[Sorry.]
“… Huh?”
[The schedule was modified in the middle, which caused confusion. I would have been worried if I hadn’t called. I wouldn’t have entered in time.]
“……”
[This is a matter of trust. If he prepared a surprise party, but if I broke my promise on my own, he would be heartbroken, right? Then my heart will hurt too, so we will hurt together.]
“……”
[I will make sure that this is not possible in the future. Even in preparation for hitting a ball at a wedding anniversary or surprise birthday party in the future.]
Haerin’s way of speaking seemed to be sincerely apologizing.
The content is the same, but I felt a strange sense of incongruity.
Anyway, the importance of sharing plans between me and Haerin seemed quite different.
It was a good plan for me, but it was to confirm each other’s location to Haerin.
No, I guess it’s to prove it.
“……”
Looking at the table-type shared planner filled with magic, a wine-red laptop came to mind.
Just as I was able to see Harin’s every move, does Haerin want something like that?
I feel a sense of responsibility to fill this up, protect it, and share it to the point of even apologizing.
“… I’m done. Where are you now?”
[I have GPS attached to the detectives’ vehicles. I’m tailing based on that. There is a possibility that he could have figured out my location since I was spinning around without heading to a certain place, but… I’ll try my best.]
Haerin said.
She had already confirmed on her laptop that she had placed trackers on the detectives’ vehicles.
Even so, it was amazing, and the detectives who noticed her pursuit weren’t average either.
It’s a bit different, but imagining their chase made my situation feel more normal.
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Because I’m less than average, I can’t even dare to get involved in a fight between superhumans.
I guess it is more likely that detective Seong-gang Park, rather than a categorical detective, noticed Haerin’s pursuit.
The characters in the novel have higher abilities.
He has excellent strength and intelligence.
So that’s why I must have developed that sense.
I was worried.
Park Seong-gang is the opponent of ‘Kang Hae-rin’.
Even though he dies in the mid-to-late half, he is the man who at least pursued Haerin to the end.
It didn’t look good to put the two together.
I told Harin about that.
“…Don’t overdo it. I want the two of them to avoid encountering each other as much as possible. Detective Park Seong-gang knows the contents of the 『Journal』, So he must be on guard.”
The realization of the novel.
It was a ridiculous fantasy, but my sister somehow persuaded the detectives about it.
Although he was definitely a eloquent person and was good at persuading others.
‘Those outstanding abilities in the wrong place…’
As a result, it was a disaster for us.
Anyway, Park Seong-gang and the category type all see Hae-rin as a ‘potential’ serial killer, so there’s no reason for us to wear sheep’s clothing at all.
Even so, getting involved is not good.
Park Seong-gang doesn’t think he is the ‘Park Seong-jae’ in the novel at all, but if he keeps getting involved, he might notice that.
How will he react then?
It was like a ticking time bomb.
Haerin told me not to worry, but he answered meekly, saying that I would do as I wish for now.
[I think he’s right. Don’t overdo it, I’ll step back to the cafe for now.]
“Yes, please. Let me know if you need my help.”
After the phone call, I modified the board.
I sat down on the sofa and touched his eyelids.
To Haerin, that board seems to be a pretty important compass to me, just like the laptop was to me.
If the contents of the board do not match her expectations, she will feel betrayed.
To be honest, I wondered if we had to know each other this far, but I decided to make it right.
This is how we want to share each other.
Because the heart is both affectionate and pitiful.
It was then.
I heard an incoming call on the messenger.
[(Photo)]
… It was Kim Hye-eun.
Persistent.
What kind of picture is this?
While I was thinking about it, messages arrived one after another.
All were photos.
I couldn’t help but check it out.
What kind of useless trick-
“………”
What reached her was an old picture of her.
Photos taken in high school.
Kim Hye-eun put her arm around my neck in the background of a karaoke-like place, and her eyes were blurry.
It was evident that he was in a state of intoxication.
There must have been other Iljins around, but the picture cleverly cut out the borders.
In the photo, I also had a stupid expression.
I remembered.
The day I was forced to drink.
A few buttons were also torn off.
It’s probably a photo I saved when I was in school.
Maybe there is a video.
… No, it must be unconditional.
Unlike Iljin, a man who had a hobby of beating me, Kim Hye-eun wanted to see me broken.
As if she enjoys being humiliated like that.
Of course, I didn’t delete those pictures.
I was furious.
[I seem to be very lucky.]
Kim Hye-eun said.
[Is this your girlfriend?]
She sent the following message.
[(Photo)]
It was Haerin’s profile.
She was sitting by the window on the first floor of a franchise cafe, looking into the distance and lost in her thoughts.
Unlike when she was with me, her pupils received the light from the front and glowed reddish, but at the same time, as if sucking in the light from outside, her pupils also had a black color.
The appearance of Harin when he is not out.
Alluring but hard to approach.
[It’s so pretty, you can see it from a distance of 50m.]
[Lee Dong-min, what’s the secret?^^]
However, despite Kim Hye-eun’s remarks that boosted my girlfriend’s beauty, I couldn’t help but laugh a bit.
I couldn’t answer anything.
Now Kim Hye-eun has become a tangible threat.
[I’ll give you the address, so come over there.]
I felt like I could see Kim Hye-eun’s expression when she became especially cruel even while looking at that insipid sentence.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
I called her on her phone.
[Puha. Are you really filming? Why? I just want to see my friend, why are you doing this to me? Why don’t we just have a drink? Do I even want to eat you? I’ll send it soon~]
Kim Hye-eun held back her laughter and said.
… I don’t know, but you’re going to die. Stupid
I thought as I hung up the phone.
Kang Hae-rin is a completely different person from the girls of Kim Hye-eun’s age who used to fight and play crazy dogs.
In every way.
For a moment, I thought I had seen this scene somewhere, but I soon forgot it while preparing the next countermeasure.