I'VE... NEVER HATED YOU...
...SEONYUL.
WHAT'S THAT THUMPING SOUND?
I'VE BEEN HEARING IT FOR A WHILE NOW.
A-AHEM'!
I SEE...
WELL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I WAS ONLY TALKING IN MY SLEEP.
A-AND I'M OVER IT NOW.
BY THE WAY...
...AREN'T MY LEGS A BIT HEAVY?
I DIDN'T REALIZE I'D BEEN ASLEEP FOR SO LONG.
THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE IN THE WAY, BUT I THINK...
...I COULD MOVE OVER AND SIT SOMEWHERE ELSE IF I TRIED.
I DON'T WANT TO... TROUBLE YOU ANY FURTHER--
ACK!
I-IT HURTS!
I'M FINE. JUST STAY STILL.
YOU'LL HURT YOURSELF.
Episode 3
HOLD...
HOLD ON!
W-WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!
HMM?
YOUR LEGS ARE ASLEEP, RIGHT?
A LITTLE MASSAGE WILL HELP.
I-I'M FINE! JUST GET OFF ME!
Y-YOU'RE MAKING IT WORSE...!
"MAKING IT WORSE"?
ARE YOU IN PAIN RIGHT NOW?
I THINK YOU MIGHT'VE BUMPED INTO SOMETHING ON YOUR WAY IN HERE.
WHERE DOES IT HURT?
THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!
WHAT IS HE, A ROBOT?!
I'M JUST GONNA PRESS ON YOUR HIPS A LITTLE, TELL ME WHERE IT--
I SAID I'M FINE!
OKAY...
GOT IT.
I APPRECIATE HIS CONCERN...
...BUT I DON'T LIKE BEING POKED AND PRODDED LIKE I'M SOME SCIENCE EXPERIMENT.
DOESN'T HE FEEL ANYTHING AT ALL...
...BEING CRAMMED IN HERE WITH A GIRL?
OR... IS HE JUST USED TO THIS?
I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS A GOODY-TWO-SHOES WHO ONLY CARED ABOUT HIS GRADES...
THEN AGAIN, HE DOES KIND OF HAVE THE FACE OF A PLAYER.
I'M SURE HE'S POPULAR WITH THE GIRLS.
COME TO THINK OF IT,
HE WAS ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY GIRLS BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST SITTING NEXT TO HIM WAS EXHAUSTING.
HUH?
WAIT A SECOND...
HIS HAND...
IS ON MY BARE SKIN...
WAIT, MORE TO THE POINT.
WHAT HAPPENED...
...TO MY...
...CARDIGAN?!
MISS PRIM AND PROPER
!
WHAT'S WRONG?
DOES YOUR SHOULDER HURT?
N-NO!
I-I'M OKAY.
WHAT IF IT'S INJURED?
LET ME TAKE A LOOK.
WHY ARE YOU HOLDING IT SO TIGHTLY?
I'M JUST TRYING TO PULL MY CARDIGAN BACK UP!
I KNOW I'M JUST A FRESHMAN, BUT I DO HAVE BASIC MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIDE YOUR PAIN FROM ME.
WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH LONGER WE'LL BE STUCK IN HERE.
IF YOU NEED TREATMENT, YOU HAVE TO TELL ME.
N-NO...
I-I'M FINE, REALLY.
I-I WAS JUST--
HEY...
?
DID YOU FORGET I'M A GIRL?!
I DON'T WANT YOU SEEING MY BRA!
HUH?
WHAT THE?
WHAT'RE YOU TWO DOING IN HERE?
I CAME IN EARLY TO GET SOME WORK DONE...
HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN TRAPPED IN HERE ALL NIGHT--
COVERED IN SWEAT
HALF UNDRESSED
RED FACES
CUDDLED UP TOGETHER
... SORRY, DID I INTERRUPT SOMETHING?
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU TWO AROUND BEFORE. YOU'RE FRESHMEN, RIGHT?
GETTING WILD NOW THAT YOU'RE ADULTS, IS THAT IT?
ESPECIALLY YOU, MAN.
YOU'RE A GOOD-LOOKING GUY. BET YOU'RE QUITE THE PLAYER--
I TAKE THAT BACK.
HE'S PROBABLY A VIRGIN.
IT'S WRITTEN ALL OVER HIS FACE.
SEEING THE BOOKCASE FALL OVER SHOCKED ME SO MUCH...
...THAT MY INSTINCTS KICKED IN AND I STARTED TREATING HER LIKE A PATIENT.
I...
...REALLY MESSED UP.
I COULD'VE GOTTEN MYSELF INTO TROUBLE JUST NOW.
HE STARTED TAKING OFF MY CLOTHES LIKE HE'D DONE IT A HUNDRED TIMES BEFORE.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET MY GUARD DOWN JUST BECAUSE HE'S A BOOKWORM!
BE CAREFUL! ALL MEN ARE SCOUNDRELS!
GRANDMA PRIM AND PROPER
HE REALLY CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD...
...BUT MAYBE I SHOULD'VE THANKED HIM BEFORE I LEFT.
I'M WORRIED I OVERREACTED.
HE REALLY DID SEEM WORRIED ABOUT ME.
OH, WELL.
MAYBE IT'S BETTER IF WE'RE AWKWARD AROUND EACH OTHER.
THAT WAY, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T END UP GETTING TRAPPED TOGETHER AS OFTEN.
OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AT PLAY HERE.
WHETHER IT'S A CURSE, FATE, OR DIVINE INTERVENTION...
BUT YOU SAW WHAT JUST HAPPENED...
NO MATTER HOW LONG WE END UP BEING TRAPPED TOGETHER,
WE'LL NEVER GET ALONG.
SO PLEASE...
...LEAVE US ALONE FROM NOW ON.
GOSH, DO I NEED TO GET AN EXORCISM OR SOMETHING?
MY DESPERATE PLEA SEEMED TO WORK.
I STOPPED RUNNING INTO HIM FOR A WHILE.
ACTUALLY...
...I GOT SO USED TO HIS ABSENCE...
...THAT I COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED...
SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
THE FACT THAT...
...THE INVISIBLE STRINGS OF FATE...
...WERE GETTING MORE MISCHIEVOUS...
...AND MORE EXTREME...
THE DOOR IS BROKEN!!! Please don't close it from inside. IT WILL LOCK!!!
...WITH EACH PASSING DAY.
Trapped Together Chapter Draft 3 opens with Seon-Yul waking up in an enclosed space to find her legs numb, and the pain she feels as she tries to get up sets the tension for the chapter. She brushes off having mumbled in her sleep, "I never hated you... Seon-Yul," misunderstanding the other person's worried touches and offer of a massage and feeling embarrassed. When she realizes her cardigan has come open, she fears her bra is showing and reacts, just as a third person entering the room catches them sweaty and half-undressed and misunderstands. After the embarrassment, Seon-Yul wishes fate would keep them apart.
