The Trash Wants to Live

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Then why did he regress?

No matter how much I thought about it, I could only think of one reason for him to regress.

Because he regrets Ki Yoon Jae's death?

Kwon Jae Hyuk, who was with him until the end, left, which resulted in Ki Yoon Jae dying. After his death, Kwon Jae Hyuk disappeared and no longer appeared.

If he really regressed because he regretted Ki Yoon Jae’s death…

What will happen to me?

I wasn't Ki Yoon Jae. If Ki Yoon Jae's death caused him to regress, what would happen to me, who occupied his body? I felt a chill at my throat and touched it with my hand.

At that moment, Ki Hyun Joo’s phone rang while she was still declaring her suspicions of Kwon Jae Hyuk. Ki Hyun Joo answered the phone and got startled.

"What? They're coming into the mansion? Who gave them permission? The house owner? Are you crazy? Hey! Ki Yoon Jae, did you allow the American government to enter the mansion?"

"No."

"These crazy people… I'll be right there! Make sure they can't get in!"

Once she finished answering the phone, Ki Hyun Joo gritted her teeth and said she had to go. She quickly left. At that moment, Jang Eui Yeol opened his mouth in the quiet hospital room.

"By the way… Why did you hide it?"

"Huh?"

"Yoon Jae, you too… awakened."

In fact, I hadn’t awakened. However, it was natural to ask about it after Jang Eui Yeol had seen me borrow and use Jung Yi Joon's ability; he thought I had awakened.

"Actually, I'm not technically the eldest son. I'm called the eldest son because I’m the son of the eldest son.”

"Huh?"

“I have another older brother. He's my fourth cousin, but he's the son of my second uncle, so my grandfather didn't recognize him as the first son(eldest)."

"Ah…"

“So he's got his eye on my seat. He keeps me in check for now, but once he knows that I've awakened my abilities, those checks will get worse."

"I see…"

Jang Eui Yeol turned serious at my lie. He said he had seen it often in dramas and asked, "It's a succession fight, right?" I felt a little guilty, but I nodded.

"You're trying to hide your ability as a secret card you can turn to at a moment's notice?"

"…That’s right."

"Amazing… You really live looking to the future like Yi Joon said."

His eyes gleamed dazzlingly. I felt awkward with his face that looked up to me as if I were a very great person.

"Well, it's nothing. I can't use this ability alone…”

Since it borrowed someone else's ability, it could not be used without gifted people around it. I could pre-fill the slots, but right now they were empty.

I almost borrowed Jang Eui Yeol's ability in the cave, but it didn't end up happening because Kwon Jae Hyuk showed up.

I had a strange feeling. If I thought about it, I wasn’t actually that repulsed by the idea of borrowing an ability from a stranger, even if they were a person of the same sex.

Does my tastes actually swing this way?

Kwagwang!

I was shocked. Before I was transmigrated, I was straight. As an adult, I only dated women.

While I was contemplating whether I was gay or bi, Jang Eui Yeol seemed to have recalled what happened in the cave. His face turned red, and he bit his lips slightly.

"Come to think of it, we… we didn't get to check it out there."

“Oh? You’re right!"

"Let's do it here once… Do you want to confirm it?"

Huh? Why was the story suddenly flowing like this? While I was embarrassed, Eui Yeol came over to my bed. Sitting with a stiff face as if he was nervous, Eui Yeol leaned over me.

I couldn't just reject the sudden change in atmosphere… No, there was no reason for me to refuse– to confirm my abilities… I was so flustered that I didn't even know what I was talking about. By that time, there wasn't even half the original distance left between me and Eui Yeol.

This…I was too ashamed to open my eyes, so I instinctively closed my eyes. I could feel Eui Yeol's breath.

"What are you two doing?"

A low voice was heard from the side, surprising me. Yi Joon, who had fallen asleep, opened his eyes again and looked at us.

At first, his face, which was puzzled by wonder, gradually distorted. A grating sound could be heard from his teeth.

"You two… What are you doing!?"

His body sprang up like a spring. He stood up, grasping the IV rope on the back of his hand and pulling it out. Blood trickled from the back of his hand, but he ran his hands through his hair as if he wasn’t in pain.

"Sigh… Seriously. Son of a bitch…"

"Hey, Jung Yi Joon!"

"You two were like that? Fuck, was I the only one who didn't know?”

Jung Yi Joon spat out, swearing and enraged, even as the blood flowed from the back of his hand to his arm. In my panic, I reached out to stop him and grabbed his hand firmly.

"You said nothing happened!"

Why was he so upset when nothing happened? Don't tell me…he remembered? That I molested him? I was sure he fainted…

"You… Didn't you faint? Do you remember everything?”

"Ha… I’m right. Something happened, right?”

"I'm sorry… I didn't mean to deceive you. But I'm afraid you'll be shocked if I say it now…”

“…Fuck you.”

Jung Yi Joon spat out abusive language, then covered his mouth and cried. When I saw that, I thought that I must have been caught.

"I'm sorry. I was in a hurry back then. Next time…"

"Fuck! What do you mean you were in a hurry? Are you crazy? Did you go crazy?"

"But… at that time…”

"Why were you in a hurry in that situation…? Fuck."

Jung Yi Joon began to cry sadly as tears rolled down his face. No, but I really was in a hurry. It was a life-or-death situation; what should I have done?

There were many things I wanted to say, but since I was the perpetrator, there was only one thing I could say if the victim, Jung Yi Joon, hated it so much.

"I'm sorry."

“…”

"I'm really sorry."

"…Fuck."

"If I knew you'd hate it so much… I'll do it with someone else next time."

"Why are you doing it with someone else!?"

He hated that too! Jung Yi Joon kept crying. I didn't understand for a moment. Was he saying that he doesn't want me to do it either to himself or to others?

What is this? Was Jung Yi Joon Confucian? Was Jung Yi Jun devoted to Confucianism? No, it didn't seem so since I didn’t see him follow the seniority system1 with Kwon Jae Hyuk.

I didn't understand why Jung Yi Joon was crying and asking for help. I looked at Jang Eui Yeol, but he was just smiling awkwardly.

"What!? Why are you looking at him? Do you want me to go away now too?”

"No, what are you talking about…"

If you said it like that, I really was such trash. The trash that molested Jung Yi Joon and then changed to Jang Eui Yeol…

I tried hard to comfort him, but he was too enraged to understand what I was saying. So all I could do was apologise.

“I’m really, really sorry."

“…”

“I had no choice but to molest you because our life was in danger at the time …No, such excuses should not be included in an apology.”

"…What?"

"It will never happen again. And when I do it with someone else, I’ll do it without you there…”

"You molesting me? What are you talking about?"

"Huh?"

"Uh? Huh? Uh-huh? Oh? Uh?" The two of us groaned when our words didn't match and felt question marks hanging over our heads. What was that? What?

"What do you mean you molested me?"

"You don’t remember? I kissed you three times after you fainted…”

"What? Three times?"

Jung Yi Joon's eyelids trembled. He covered his mouth with his hands and stared at me with trembling eyes, as if he was looking at a felon; I looked down at him apologetically.

"But, fuck, you said you kissed me three times and I don't remember?"

"Uh? What?"

"So, you kissed me 3 times, and you did it with him too?"

"N-no, I didn't…"

Jung Yi Joon, who stopped crying, now looked between me and Jang Eui Yeol with widened eyes. Jung Yi Joon, who looked like he didn't believe what I said at first, began to believe only after seeing Jang Eui Yeol's disappointed face.

"I see. You've done it 3 times with me, but you haven’t done it with him, right?”

He smiled with satisfaction. He cried and then laughed… No, he shouldn’t be like this! He had gotten molested and was just crying a moment ago. I was puzzled because I didn't understand. Jung Yi Joon got up, approached me, and squeezed both my cheeks hard with his hands.

"Uwo…"

"You were in such a hurry, you did it three times, right? To the point where I’m unconscious and you still did that?”

"Hng… I won't do it again…”

"What do you mean you won’t do it next time! So you're saying you’re going to molest another bastard other than me? I can't accept this!"

He got angry again. I didn't know what to do with Jung Yi Joon's mood swings. In the end, Jang Eui Yeol, who was watching, interfered. Jung Yi Joon scratched him and told him how dare he meddle when he didn't even get a kiss.

I didn't know why he was so angry, but I got a little surprised because Jang Eui Yeol, who was always smiling, lost his temper for a moment.

T/N: Lmao this is just too funny, it will be a mess if four of them were craving for YJ 🤣🤣 anyway, I've made a ko-fi goal so if the goal reached, I'll release chapter 38 this week 😉

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1. Korea's culture is a product of Confucianism. When it comes to age, Korean people tend to be very sensitive towards the issue. Such seniority-based culture has long been a catalyst for the development of the nation.