Chapter 16: Locked Out
I need to get out of here.
As soon as Ha Giyeon stepped out of Ha Dohoon’s room, he pressed hard on his temples.
The accumulated fatigue, topped with having just stepped foot into his brother’s room, made his head pound like it was about to split open. That room was second only to their parents’ in terms of places he never wanted to go.
“......”
Giyeon rubbed at the scar hidden beneath his bangs. His fingers brushed across the uneven bump, about the size of a knuckle.
He remembered that day vividly—the day Ha Dohoon’s fountain pen had been broken.
He’d gone into the room at Dohoon’s request. The pen was already smashed and lying on the floor. Knowing it was something his brother cherished, he had panicked, hovering near the scene in indecision—only for Dohoon to walk in at the worst possible moment. Anyone would’ve assumed he’d done it. Still, Giyeon had trusted him. He thought that if he just said he didn’t do it, his brother would believe him.
But what came flying at him instead was a punch filled with rage—one he’d never experienced before.
“You disgusting little insect.”
The cold gaze, twisted with hatred and fury, hadn’t changed in his mind even after all these years. Giyeon had met many kinds of people before his regression, but no one had ever looked at him like they wanted to tear him apart. No one except Ha Dohoon.
I-I’m sorry... I didn’t...
Not knowing what he’d done wrong, Giyeon had fallen to his knees and begged with both hands. The bleeding from his forehead hadn’t been as frightening as Dohoon’s utter indifference. From the beginning, Dohoon had already decided he was the culprit. So begging was the only way to survive.