Chapter 2: An Unwanted Guest 🫣

Chapter 2

An Unwanted Guest

The doorknob slowly turned.

Ha-Yoon's heart stopped for a second.

"Hide," she whispered.

Tae-Hyun looked at her for a moment.

Without saying a word, he walked toward the balcony and quietly stood in the darkest corner.

The next second, the door opened.

Soo-Min walked into the room.

"Ha-Yoon? You're still awake?"

Ha-Yoon quickly looked at her laptop and forced a smile.

"Yeah... I was just finishing my novel."

Soo-Min raised an eyebrow.

"At two in the night?"

"It was the last chapter."

Soo-Min let out a deep sigh.

"You're seriously crazy."

"Thank you."

"I wasn't complimenting you."

Ha-Yoon tried not to laugh.

Her heart was still beating fast.

She was afraid Soo-Min might look toward the balcony.

But Soo-Min's attention stayed on her.

"You have to go to the office tomorrow."

"I know."

"Then go to sleep."

"Okay."

Soo-Min's eyes fell on the half-empty coffee mug on the desk.

"How much coffee did you drink?"

"Just a little."

"Liar."

Ha-Yoon looked away.

Soo-Min shook her head.

"Seriously, Ha-Yoon. Take care of yourself."

Her voice became softer.

Then she turned toward the door.

"Good night."

"Good night, Unnie."

Soo-Min left the room.

The door quietly closed behind her.

For a few moments, the room was completely silent.

Ha-Yoon let out a deep breath.

Then she looked toward the balcony.

"You can come out now."

Tae-Hyun slowly stepped out of the darkness.

His cold eyes were fixed on her.

"Did she leave?"

"Yes."

Ha-Yoon brushed her hair behind her ear.

"Now tell me."

"How did you come into my world?"

Tae-Hyun stayed silent for a moment.

"I don't know."

Ha-Yoon frowned.

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"One moment, I was in my own world."

"The next moment... I was here."

Ha-Yoon looked at him anxiously.

"But why did you come here?"

This time, Tae-Hyun looked straight into her eyes.

Then, for the first time...

A faint smirk appeared on his lips.

"Maybe..."

"Do you remember all the troubles you wrote into my life?"

Ha-Yoon swallowed nervously.

Tae-Hyun took one step closer.

"Maybe I came here to make you pay for all of them."

"W-What?!"

Ha-Yoon's face turned pale.

For a few seconds, Tae-Hyun simply looked at her.

Then he looked away.

"Scared?"

"You're joking... right?"

"You tell me."

The smirk on his face grew a little wider.

Ha-Yoon grabbed a pillow and threw it at him.

"You're crazy!"

Tae-Hyun caught the pillow effortlessly.

The same teasing smile remained on his face.

For the first time, Ha-Yoon realized...

The Tae-Hyun she had created was far more complicated than she had ever imagined.

The room fell silent once again.

Ha-Yoon spoke softly.

"If you want... you can stay here tonight."

Tae-Hyun looked at her.

"Why?"

"Because you don't have anywhere else to go."

After a brief silence, he simply nodded.

Neither of them said another word.

Ha-Yoon was completely exhausted.

Her eyelids slowly grew heavy.

Within a few minutes, she fell asleep.

But...

Tae-Hyun didn't.

He quietly stepped onto the balcony.

His eyes wandered across the city of Seoul.

Bright lights.

Tall buildings.

Busy streets that never seemed to sleep.

And a strange kind of peace.

This world was nothing like his own.

His world was filled with war.

The sound of clashing swords.

Betrayal.

Blood.

Pain.

He slowly clenched his fist.

Old memories began to return.

Endless battles.

The people he had lost.

The pain that had followed him for years.

Then he remembered his final day.

The sky had suddenly torn apart.

As if reality itself had been ripped open.

A strange light.

Then... darkness.

And when he opened his eyes again...

He was standing inside Ha-Yoon's room.

Tae-Hyun frowned.

"Why am I here?"

There was no answer.

Only the cold night breeze.

His eyes slowly turned toward the room.

Ha-Yoon was sleeping peacefully.

The same girl...

Who had written every part of his life.

His happiness.

His pain.

Every battle he had fought.

A thought suddenly crossed his mind.

Every hardship he had suffered...

Every wound.

Every loss.

Every lonely night.

Somehow...

It all existed because of Ha-Yoon.

Everything that had happened in his world...

She had written it.

She was the one who gave him pain.

She was the one who filled his path with hardships.

She was the one who forced him to fight countless battles.

Tae-Hyun quietly looked at her.

"Do you even know..."

he whispered,

"...what you've done to me?"

The room remained silent.

Ha-Yoon turned over in her sleep.

She didn't hear a single word.

Tae-Hyun looked away.

There was anger in his heart.

But there was something else too.

Confusion.

Because if Ha-Yoon had written all the pain in his life...

She had also written every one of his victories.

She had broken him.

But she had also made him strong enough to stand up every single time.

And perhaps...

That was what troubled Tae-Hyun the most.

For the first time...

He couldn't understand...

Was Ha-Yoon his enemy...

Or the most important person in his story?

Outside, the night grew even darker.

And Tae-Hyun remained standing on the balcony...

Remembering his old world...

While trying to understand the mysteries of this new one.

To Be Continued... ✨📖

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