These Lunatics are Obsessed With Me

"Kang Yoo-hyun……."

I looked at Kang Yoohyun with a trembling face. I didn't expect him to show up in the room like this, and I don't think he even used a pair item. I was a bit surprised to see him because I wasn't expecting him.

"Oh, hmm, it's been a while."

"……."

I coughed unnecessarily. I awkwardly looked away, unable to look her in the eye for some reason.

In fact, I still don't know what his reaction will be. Would he be angry like he was in Symdante's lair? Would he be disappointed in me? When I heard Park Yoon-sung's words, it seemed like he still didn't trust me.

I took a few steps backward without realizing it. Apparently, it's a pretty common problem for me to try to run away when I'm at a disadvantage. I realized that and stood still. But Kang Yoo-hyun didn't catch me and just stared at me.

"…… Say something."

"……."

"Kang Yoo-hyun."

I wish he would get angry. I don't know what to do when he just stares at me like that.

Yoohyun Kang stares at me for a while, and then he reaches for my fidgeting hand.

"Come here."

"……."

I stare at his hand. He's speaking softly, but I'm not sure what he means. But it was also annoying to keep avoiding him. I glanced at Kang Yoohyun's face and grabbed his hand.

"Uh……!"

And just like that, a puff of black smoke emanated from Kang Yoo-hyun and enveloped my body. It reminded me of the smoke that had overtaken the hostel, but unlike that, I didn't feel any intention of harming my body, so I relaxed.

Kang Yoo-hyun pulled me into his arms as the smoke enveloped us. As soon as I was in his arms, my eyes burned. I reflexively squeezed my eyes shut.

"Eh……?"

When I opened my eyes again, my surroundings had changed. I blinked at my surroundings, still in Yoohyun Kang's arms. The surroundings were dark at first, but gradually began to take shape.

"What is this place……?"

"This is my subspace."

"What?"

I gasped and looked around quickly. I had read about Kang Yoo-hyun's subspace in novels, but I had never seen it.

That's right, he never brought anyone into his subspace. It was a place he didn't even allow his psychic heroine to enter, because it was a place where his vulnerable self was nakedly revealed.

"Hmph, that's Pippi…… hmph."

I muttered and then shut my mouth in dismay as I looked at the rabbit character floating around in the subspace. The character was known only to Kang Yoo-hyun.

A black rabbit that Kang Yoo-hyun had drawn for Soo-hyun when she was a child. But Kang Soo-hyun was too young to remember the character, and Kang Yoo-hyun was trapped inside the gate for hundreds of years, buried in his memories.

But as his mental state began to crumble, changes began to appear in the subspace he created, and Pippi, the black rabbit buried deep in his memories, began to appear out of nowhere, bearing the marks of his weakness.

Kang Yoo-hyun realized this and shunned Pippi. Under the pressure of protecting the world, Pippi, who symbolized his weakness, was useless to him. He even tried to get rid of her because she was an eyesore.

But he couldn't. In the end, Kang Yoo-hyun tried to accept her while receiving counseling from Director Oh Seo-hyun.

"Pee~ Pee~."

"……."

Originally, Kang Yoo-hyun had hated Pippi so much that he had tied her up somewhere so that she couldn't appear like this. Definitely, the current Kang Yoo-hyun seemed to be more relaxed than in the novel.

"You know Fifi after all."

"……!"

I was surprised to hear Kang Yoo-hyun mumble, the nuance of his voice suggesting that he knew. I turned my head away awkwardly.

Kang Yoo-hyun only knew that I was a possessed person. He didn't know that this was the world before the regression, or even that I knew the previous world from the novel written by the god Loki, but he was convinced that I knew Pippi.

No, he was sure of this because I knew it too. That's how he always found out information.

"……Yes, I knew."

"You……."

Kang Yoohyun's lips twitched. He was about to ask something, but he shut his mouth again.

But not for long. Kang Yoo-hyun spoke again with determination.

"There's no one here but us. No one can overhear us, so……."

"……."

"So, I want you to tell me everything about you."

"……!"

"It's not fair that you're the only one who knows me."

Yoohyun Kang had a point. I realized that I couldn't hide from him anymore.

"…… Okay."

Determined, I began to tell him the story of the real me, not the one who was pretending to be Han Yijin.

"……So, that's when I got separated from my family."

The story went on for quite a while. But Kang Yoo-hyun never interrupted me, just listened to what I had to say in silence. He even nodded his head occasionally, even if he was a bit nervous.

When I finished telling him the story of my life in the original world, the novel written by Loki, and my possession of the novel, I had nothing more to say, because after that, he knew it all. So when I closed my mouth and looked away, he turned to me and asked.

"So?"

"Huh?"

"What's your real name?"

"……!"

I was surprised that Kang Yoohyun would ask me that. I looked at him with wide eyes and answered. I felt unnecessarily embarrassed.

"…… Park Hosu."

"……?"

Yoohyun Kang, who had originally heard my name, scratched his head and asked in a questioning tone.

"Isn't that the pseudonym you told me in the Svartalpaheim dungeon?"

"Ah…… you remembered that?"

I lifted my hand and scratched my cheek. I hadn't remembered, I'd just said the name off the top of my head, but I'd still subconsciously recalled my original name. I coughed, "Hmm.

"I didn't really get my memory back then. What I got back was……."

"Then who is Jin Myungseob?"

"What?"

Did I tell Kang Yoo-hyun about Jin Myung-seop?

Oh, I told him about the friend who recommended the novel, but I didn't tell him his name……. How did you know his name?

When I shook my head, Kang Yoo-hyun stared at me with a fierce look. I replied, confused.

"It's just, an old friend……? A bad friend……? Not that close of a friend……."

"Didn't you want to go back because of him?"

"What? No!"

I exclaimed, exasperated. For a moment, I looked genuinely embarrassed, and Kang Yoo-hyun's momentum slowed down a bit.

"Are you sure you're not?"

"You keep telling me it's not."

"Then you never liked anyone in that world?"

"Well…… isn't it? At least here……."

I muttered to myself as I remembered the past, and then my eyes locked with Kang Yoohyun.

"……."

"……"

There was an awkward silence, and I realized what I was about to say.

"No, it's……."

I tried to get something out of my mouth, but it was too late. Kang Yoohyun's eyes deepened as he looked at me.

"Park Hosoo."

"What……."

"Ho-soo."

"……!"

A low voice called out my old name, and I felt strange. I had felt this way when Kang Yoo-hyun recognized me in someone else's body. I rubbed my hand across my face, which must have been a reminder, and said bluntly on purpose.

"That's my old name, so you don't have to call me by that name."

"I wanted to call you by it, though."

"……."

I felt like protesting, but I couldn't bring myself to part my lips. If I opened my mouth now, I'd probably say something weird too.

"I like it."

"……!"

"I like you, Han Yijin."

My heart went thump, thump, thump. I had vaguely guessed it from his demeanor, but it felt different to hear him say it. I finally made eye contact with Kang Yoo-hyun.

I realized that it was time for me to admit my feelings. Pressing my heart against my throbbing chest, I opened my mouth.

"Do ……."

"What?"

"……I like you, too."

In the end, I turned my head away, unable to look directly at Kang Yoo-hyun, so I didn't get to see her expression. But I'm sure she was feeling the same thing I'm feeling right now.

And I'm sure it showed in his expression.

"Uh, wait……."

Kang Yoo-hyun's hand wrapped around my waist. We had been pressed against each other since we entered the subspace, but he hugged me even tighter. I panicked and tried to push him away.

"I can't wait any longer."

"You…… suck……."

Kang Yoo-hyun's voice boiled over and we started kissing. I held Kang Yoohyun's shoulders tightly as we kissed.

I understood the feeling of being overjoyed that we finally confirmed our feelings for each other, but it was still a bit rash. I barely broke our lips, surprised by Kang Yoo-hyun's hands digging into my clothes. I panicked and exclaimed.

"Hey, wait, wait, wait……!"

"……Why?"

"Well, I mean…… um……."

I was so flustered that my brain was not working well, and I was only thinking about stopping Kang Yoo-hyun, so I looked around the dark subspace and finally spoke.

"No, not in a place like this……."

"……."

"Isn't the atmosphere…… a bit strange? It's your first time and mine too……."

But the more we talked, the weirder it got. I was also a little out of my mind to the point that I couldn't even say the logical words. "We're not ready for each other right now, so let's do it next time." Kang Yoohyun, who was staring at me intently, raised his eyebrows.

"You mean we shouldn't do it here, right?"

"What?"

"Okay."

"……!"

As soon as Kang Yoo-hyun said that, my eyes turned black again. A black aura surrounded me and Kang Yoo-hyun.

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them, but the scenery had already changed.

"What is this place……?"

"The safe house I built. Even Park Yoon-sung doesn't know this place."

"Oh……."

With that, I stopped looking around with a dumbfounded face. The bedroom was as neat as a regular hotel. If it's a safe house, it's probably not a place you visit often, but did they leave cleaning items? I was thinking to myself.

"Is everything okay now?"

"……!"

Kang Yoo-hyun said, pushing me onto the bed. I sat up on the fluffy bed and looked up at him.

T/N: Let's save the next part for next year alright ☺️