Trapped Together — Chapter 16

JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION.

WHY ARE YOU COMING OUT OF SEONYUL'S PLACE RIGHT NOW?

YOU TWO KEEP GETTING TANGLED UP STRANGELY... DON'T TELL ME...

WHAT ABOUT YOU? THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING...

WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU HAVE HERE?

ACTING LIKE YOU MESSED UP OR SOMETHING.

HEY!

HEY, SEON-HWA BONG!

WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!

YOU'VE BEEN IGNORING ME THIS WHOLE TIME!

IS THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED?

I TOLD YOU.

THINGS WERE GETTING TOO NOISY, SO I JUST WANTED TO WRAP IT UP QUICKLY...!

HA...

WRAP IT UP?

YOU CALL THAT RESOLVING IT?

CARING ONLY ABOUT YOUR OWN STRESS,

AND HURTING THE PERSON CLOSEST TO YOU?

YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR TEN YEARS.

YET YOU TALK TO HER LIKE THAT?

HEY...

A GUY LIKE YOU WILL DO THE EXACT SAME THING TO ME LATER.

IT'S OBVIOUS.

JUST TO GET IT OVER WITH QUICKLY,

HOW THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY MATTERS FEELS

WON'T EVEN CROSS YOUR MIND.

YOU'RE TRULY PATHETIC...

HEY.

DON'T COME TO ME.

GO GIVE YOUR FRIEND A PROPER APOLOGY FIRST.

UGH...

MMH...

UGH...

THE CUSHION...

AH...?

...HE LEFT.

WHEN DID HE WAKE UP AND LEAVE...

GET OUT OF MY WAY!

?!

BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE ON YOU!

...KEEP IT DOWN.

I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE REPORTED.

BECAUSE YOU KEEP SHOWING UP,

DO YOU KNOW HOW STRESSED SEONYUL WAS?

CRAWLING OUT OF HER PLACE THIS EARLY, AND NOW YOU WON'T EVEN LET ME SEE HER?

ARE YOU A STALKER?

WHAT DID YOU DO TO SEONYUL?

LAST TIME YOU GOT DRUNK AND JUMPED HER IN THE BATHROOM.

...DRAGGING UP THE PAST WHEN IT'S ALREADY RESOLVED,

REALLY SHOWS WHAT KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE.

YOU'RE THE ONE CAUSING STRESS, NOT ME.

WHY DO YOU THINK I KNOW YOUR NAME?

WHAT?

I WAS THINKING OF ASKING YOU WHILE WE’RE AT IT.

WHAT ON EARTH DID YOU DO TO SEONYUL THAT MADE HER...

ROWOON LEE?

WHAT'S WRONG?

IS EVERYTHING ALRI-

...JINYOUNG?

SEONYUL OH...!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

WHY IS THAT JERK WITH YOU AGAIN...

I'M FINE. I'M THE ONE WHO CALLED HIM OVER.

MORE IMPORTANTLY...

...WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

...AH,

WELL...

YOU WEREN'T CHECKING MY CALLS OR TEXTS AT ALL.

SO I THOUGHT SOMETHING HAPPENED.

AND...

...I FELT LIKE I MESSED UP WITH YOU BACK THEN,

I CAME TO APOLOGIZE...

WHAT I SAID BACK THEN...

I DIDN'T MEAN YOU COULDN'T AFFORD THAT HAND CREAM.

...HAND CREAM?

IT'S JUST THAT SHE KEPT GIVING YOU A HARD TIME ABOUT IT...

...SO I ONLY SAID THAT TO WRAP THINGS UP QUICKLY.

UNLIKE HER, YOU'RE SENSIBLE AND KIND...

...SO I THOUGHT YOU'D UNDERSTAND...

I'M SORRY, BUT...

THIS EXCUSE YOU'RE OFFERING AS AN APOLOGY RIGHT NOW...

...JUST FEELS LIKE YOU HAD ZERO RESPECT FOR ME.

SHOWING UP LIKE THIS, TOO.

...COULD YOU LEAVE?

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

I'M SORRY.

TRULY...

...ARE YOU ENJOYING THE HAND CREAM I GAVE YOU?

HUH?

YEAH!

I'M USING IT ALL THE TIME.

It smells so good, too!

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANKS TO YOU, I FINALLY GOT TO TRY SOMETHING SO NICE.

...IT'S NOTHING.

IT'S STILL NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU.

BESIDES, YOU'LL...

...GET TO HAVE SO MANY BETTER THINGS FROM NOW ON.

YOU'RE SOMEONE FAR BETTER...

...AND FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN THAT.

...ARE YOU HEADING HOME NOW?

YEAH.

TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF.

See you next time.

GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME...

...THAT SOMEONE WHO RECOGNIZES YOUR VALUE...

...IS THE MOST PRECIOUS PERSON IN LIFE.

Make sure you eat and take your meds, and visit the clinic once more. Call me if anything comes up.

SO I SHOULD TREASURE HIM JUST AS DEARLY.

WITHOUT TAKING HIM FOR GRANTED JUST BECAUSE HE'S RIGHT BY MY SIDE.

THEY SAY THE BEST MEDICINE IS DEVOTED CARE.

YOU'VE HEALED UP QUICKLY.

YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK ANYMORE.

MAYBE IT WAS THANKS TO HIS BRIEF CARE...

...MY THROAT MADE A RAPID RECOVERY.

I'M SO GLAD I GOT ALL BETTER BEFORE FINAL EXAMS.

S·U

NOW I WON'T BE A NUISANCE TO EVERYONE!

AND...

...IT SEEMS LIKE I'VE COMPLETELY ESCAPED THE JINX, TOO!!

Gasp! Come to think of it, he walked right out!

Huh?

N-No, it's nothing! Bye!

I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT STARTED...

...BUT IT'S COMPLETELY GONE NOW.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF RULE...

...BUT I GUESS NOT.

Or maybe I unknowingly broke the curse?

YEAH!

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A JINX ANYWAY!

NOW THAT I'M FULLY HEALED, I FEEL AMAZING...

...FULL-ON POSITIVE THINKING MODE ACTIVATED.

THINGS WON'T BE AWKWARD WITH ROWOON ANYMORE...

...AND I DON'T HAVE TO STRESS ABOUT GETTING TRAPPED ANYWHERE.

NOW, FROM EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM...

...TOTAL FREEDOM!

FREEDOM!

FREE...

FREEDOM...

...WAIT, WASN'T I...

...FREE FROM THIS?!?!?!!