I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan

Episode 33

It was just a very brief, fleeting touch. Even though he had done much worse things, he felt a little dazed thinking what’s the big deal about this tiny thing.

“You said you lived in the US, what’s with this bisous…”

Seung-hyun muttered softly. He knew what a bisous was, but he knew it was mainly a European greeting.

So that’s just an excuse. An attitude of saying we’re just friends in words, but actually doing whatever he wants.

But he didn’t dislike that attitude so much. For someone who said he doesn’t want a lover, he seemed too greedy, but on the other hand, he started to think this much should be okay.

“……”

Seung-hyun rubbed his cheek where the lips had very briefly brushed past. His family home was close by, but his current house wasn’t around here, so he probably couldn’t see him every day. But he knew that no matter what excuse he made, he would persistently come find him.

‘This much… should be okay. At least for now.’

“Oh my. Done looking around? The person who came with you said an urgent matter came up so he had to leave first. Hohoho.”

As Seung-hyun came out, the agent who was waiting covered her mouth and laughed hoho as she spoke to Seung-hyun.

“He said he’ll come tomorrow to sign the contract. I’ll send you the time and place again by text. My goodness. This is the most refreshingly progressing contract I’ve ever done. Hoho.”

The agent laughed in a slightly excited voice. He did that only because he didn’t want to waste time thinking, but then again, this is something you can only do if you have money.

“It will be a choice you won’t regret.” 

“I hope so.”

Seung-hyun slowly scanned the place that would become his house starting tomorrow. A two-story house with a pretty garden that seemed to exist only in dreams. It was a bit of a shame that he couldn’t live there for long, but it seemed like it would definitely be a good home.

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“Why did you suddenly call me?”

“What do you mean why. We haven’t seen each other in a while, what’s wrong with wanting to see your face?”

“Since when were you so eager to see my face?”

Jae-young, who had returned to his family home, grumbled as he entered the house. He doesn’t even care what he does or where he goes around, but he always calls only at times like this and makes a fuss.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been to my family home too. I thought I’d see your face and chat a bit while I’m at it.”

“Anyone would think you’re my father, not my brother.”

“Even if I was called your father, there wouldn’t be much of a problem with my age.”

“You do have presbyopia.”

Jae-young sat on the sofa with a thud without properly looking at Jaeseong, his eldest brother. If he had known his brother was here, he wouldn’t have come.

As soon as he arrived at his family home, he found his car key and threatened that he didn’t know what he would do with it if he didn’t come back quickly, so he had no choice but to return.

That crazy human would really do as he pleased and more if Jae-young didn’t come back quickly.

“It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, do you have to act like a child like this?”

“I know what you’re going to say, how can I be happy to see you?”

“If you know, then do well on your own. And you, it’s been several months since Seon-hu got married, and you’re still because of that…”

Jaeseong said with a frown. When they were young, it wasn’t just the parents who thought Seon-hu would naturally become Jae-young’s partner.

“It’s not like that.”

“No matter how close you’ve been since childhood, that’s too much. Seon-hu is not even an Alpha like you, let alone just an Omega, but a Recessive. He’s not a suitable match for you. I know Seon-hu is a good kid, but even if you’re friends…”

“Ah, I said it’s not like that.”

He wasn’t even thinking about Seon-hu. Jae-young waved his hand as if it was bothersome. But the talk about Seon-hu was just the beginning. Jae-young frowned before the nagging started, as if he knew what Jaeseong was going to say.

“You should meet an Omega that suits you well and get married. You know you’re the only one among us siblings who’s not married.”

“Well, that’s because you’re all older.”

“That’s true, but… when I was your age, and Jaehun and Jaeyeon too, we were already married. Not just married. Jaehun already had two kids then.”

“That family had twins.”

“Anyway, it’s two.”

Jae-young let out a small sigh at Jaeseong’s forced logic. He knew he was slowly reaching the marriageable age, but Jae-young was tired of his whole family being so obsessed with his marriage as if it was their duty.

“You need to get married and have kids. The whole family will die of happiness if it’s your child.”

“What, you want me to meet just anyone on the street and get married? When it was time to talk about prospective family, you chased Seon-hu out like that.”

“Honestly, no matter how good our relationship is with the RF family, you’re too good to marry a Recessive Omega. It’s difficult for Recessives to get pregnant.”

Although less than others, Jae-young’s family also had discriminatory thoughts about typology. Moreover, with the added affection for Jae-young, the youngest, they had a strong feeling of “our youngest should naturally go to a better person”. So they used to openly show Seon-hu’s family that there was no way Jae-young and Seon-hu would ever be together.

Maybe that’s why he felt more drawn to Seon-hu. But regardless of how the past was, now they were completely mistaken. 

“Forget it. If you’re going to talk about that, I’m going in.”

“I’ll return your car key after dinner, so at least eat dinner before you go. Jaeyeon said she’s coming as soon as she finishes work after hearing you’re here.”

“We’re unnecessarily close.”

Jae-young ruffled his hair with a small annoyance. Thinking of Tae-sung and Seung-hyun, who are not just cousins but enemies, Jae-young’s family was a unique case.

In the first place, relationships like Tae-sung and Seung-hyun were more common. In front of money, family and blood ties are all meaningless, and they only see each other as rivals.

It would be unpleasant to live being unable to relax your guard coldly, but being interfered with this much was also unpleasant to Jae-young in another sense.

“I wasn’t trying to take away what you were going to return to, I wasn’t trying to make you work. Is it that hard to just say marry a good person…”

“Ah, I get it. I get it, so please just stop.”

Jae-young, who finally pretended to cover his ears, blocked Jaeseong’s nagging. It’s good to care, but this was indeed interference beyond concern.

“I’ll do well on my own, so please just leave me alone.”

“If I left you alone until now, I’ve been considerate enough. Even Seon-hu is married, even if it’s second-hand…”

“Ah, don’t say something terrible like that.”

“Why, do you have someone you’re dating? Then think… what. Do you really have someone?”

Jae-young flinched at the mention of someone he’s dating as he was about to go up to his room. Jaeseong, who didn’t miss the momentary suspicion, shouted behind Jae-young’s back.

“What? Do you really have something?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. What would I have?”

“Don’t do that and tell me. Jae-young. Ju Jae-young!”

It was a tone that still treated him like a middle or high school student, even at his age. But it wasn’t simply because of that reason that he ignored Jaeseong’s words.

He was still just friends with Seung-hyun. He thought “still”, but Jae-young knew better than anyone how bothersome his family was.

‘They made a fuss just because he’s a Recessive Omega, if they find out he’s a Recessive Alpha… He’ll probably run away immediately if they bother him. Absolutely not.’

Jae-young didn’t consider typology to be that important. Rather, he was a bit tired of the typology talk.

It was also because he was tired of his family constantly talking about his youngest nephew and grandson, and he didn’t like that his relationship with Seon-hu became awkward just because of that.

He was the person he liked, but before that, he was also his closest friend in his entire life. But they couldn’t be together because of just one thing, typology. Just because he was a Recessive.

‘What’s the big deal about that measly thing.’

But he also thought being with another Alpha might be a bit biologically unpleasant. Because the pheromones between Alphas are often felt as unpleasant. But perhaps because he was a Recessive, Seung-hyun’s pheromones that were felt as slightly stinging only bothered him to the level of provoking Jae-young’s curiosity.

It wasn’t a sweet and stimulating scent like an Omega’s, but the slightly stinging feeling that made his skin tingle wasn’t bad either.

“Come to think of it… Director Han Tae-sung thinks we’re dating.”

He thought he might be spreading rumors, but perhaps because he thought of him as someone who had completely left the company, there were no such movements.

“If we really become like that… I’d like it though.”

It was clear that he wasn’t uninterested, but what was the reason he allowed every single action but said no to the name of a lover? Jae-young recalled Seung-hyun’s cheek that his lips had touched.

It was a light touch, no different from a greeting, but the sight of him being startled and blinking his eyes looked quite cute. Enough to make him want to play such tricks again.

“If only he hadn’t called for no reason, we could have at least eaten dinner together. Anyway, I’m telling you he’s no help in your life. No help.”

Jae-young grumbled and looked at the place that would become Seung-hyun’s new house through the window. It wasn’t a visible distance, but the fact that Seung-hyun would come to a place he could see from the window of his room in his family home was something he liked.

“I shouldn’t leave my car key at home from now on.”

Jae-young muttered like that and lightly tapped on the window. The setting sun was shining in a dazzling vermilion color.