My Ancestor is Watching Me! — Chapter 16

...SURYEON?

WHO IS THAT?

THAT'S...

I'M SORRY...

DAWON...

...SENIOR,

YOU MUST'VE BEEN REALLY TIRED.

I THINK YOU SHOULD GO HOME.

IS SHE HIS GIRLFRIEND?

OR THE WOMAN HE LIKES?

HE MISTOOK ME FOR SOMEONE NAMED SURYEON AND KISSED ME IN HIS SLEEP...

THAT'S SO MEAN.

AND IT WAS EVEN MY FIRST KISS...

THIS SHOULD BE THE KIND OF SITUATION WHERE I'D BE ANGRY,

BUT COMPARED TO THE WARMTH I FELT JUST MOMENTS AGO,

MY HEAD ONLY GROWS COLDER.

I NEED

TO FORGET THOSE FEELINGS.

BECAUSE THAT WARMTH WAS NEVER MEANT FOR ME.

WHAT WAS I EVEN EXPECTING?

IF I'D JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT,

I WOULD'VE REALIZED.

SOMEONE LIKE SENIOR...

COULD NEVER LIKE SOMEONE LIKE ME.

DIE

DIE

DIE

YOU ARE CREEPY

DIE

YOU GHOST- POSSESSED FREAK

DIE

DIE

WHY DID HE EVEN AGREE TO BE MY MODEL...

I SHOULD JUST GO HOME.

THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY...!!

WHO'S THAT? I'D BETTER HIDE FIRST.

I LOOK WAY TOO PATHETIC RIGHT NOW.

I'M EXHAUSTED AFTER WORK,

SO JUST PAINT FROM A PHOTO.

WHO'S GOING TO KNOW WHETHER IT'S FROM A PHOTO OR A LIVE MODEL ANYWAY?

NO, BUT WHAT IF...

THE PROFESSOR FIGURES IT OUT?

IF I GET AN F AND DAD CUTS OFF MY SUPPORT,

THAT'LL PUT YOU IN A TOUGH SPOT TOO, WON'T IT?

HA...

THERE YOU GO TALKING LIKE CRAP AGAIN.

I TOLD YOU THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THE SAME THING, YOU MANAGE TO SAY IT LIKE CRAP.

I'M SORRY...

SORRY FOR WHAT? DO YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW YOU'RE JUST REPEATING "I'M SORRY" TO AVOID DEALING WITH IT?

THAT'S EXACTLY THE ATTITUDE I JUST CAN'T STAND.

I-I'M SORRY FOR ASSUMING

IT'D PUT YOU IN A TOUGH SPOT WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU FELT...

I WAS BEING SELFISH... I'M SORRY...

THERE.

SEE? YOU CAN DO IT WHEN YOU TRY.

I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS YOU ENOUGH TO PUT UP WITH YOU,

SO DON'T ACT LIKE THAT WITH ANYONE ELSE.

...I'M GOING TO THE RESTROOM, SO GET EVERYTHING READY FOR PAINTING.

SOB...

SNIFF...

SOB...

HE'S COMPLETELY INSANE...

SOB...

HIC...

SOON-AE.

ARE YOU OKAY?

SORRY... I SAW EVERYTHING. YOU AND MR. TAEHEON ARGUING.

NO... IT WAS COMPLETELY ONE-SIDED.

THIS MAY NOT BE MY PLACE TO SAY,

BUT... IT LOOKED REALLY DANGEROUS.

...H-HE'S JUST EXHAUSTED FROM WORK.

YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY.

EVEN SO...

DON'T JUDGE HIM FROM JUST ONE MOMENT.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW WELL HE USUALLY TREATS ME.

WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO BECOME SOMEONE'S LOVER?

IS IT JUST TWO PEOPLE

IMAGINING EACH OTHER THE WAY THEY WANT TO,

EACH EMBRACING AN ILLUSION OF THE OTHER,

AND CONVINCING THEMSELVES THEY'RE TRULY CONNECTED?

MAYBE PEOPLE NEED TO BELIEVE THAT.

I GUESS...

I'M NO DIFFERENT FOR IMAGINING SENIOR DAHAM THE WAY I WANTED TO.

HM?

SENIOR DAHAM?

HE STILL HASN'T GONE HOME.

AH.

...SURYEON?