episode_0049

Saturday.

Eunji Jeong met her friend Miae Shin when she was in middle school.

“Miae! How long has it been since this?”

“Jeong Eun Jeong-eun! long time no see! Do you feel better?”

“Really? I’m stressed because I feel like I can’t take care of it… I’m glad you look good too.”

After chatting a few words, the two headed to the track in the playground of a nearby academy.

Since we practiced together on the track and field team in middle school, we went to different high schools, so it has been three years since we practiced at the same place.

The two girls recalled their middle school days and ran with all their might not to lose, but Jeong Eun-ji continued to win by a slightly more significant margin than then.

After about 10 sprints over time, the two fell flat on the track and were out of breath.

“Sigh… Haak… Eunji, why do you think you’ve gotten faster?”

“Hehe… Hehe… Miae, how did you not lose any of your skills? There was such a gap…”

“Space… Ha, that’s right…”

Shin Mi-ae sighed softly.

Eunji Jeong decided to get a little lucky by asking something she was curious about.

Be careful and avoid hurting your friend as much as possible.

“Is it okay to take second grade classes? Don’t kids just ignore or ostracize you because you’re older?”

“Specifically? To begin with, I don’t participate that much in class, and since I train most of the morning and afternoon, my classmates don’t pay much attention to me. Me too.”

“I’m jealous of that. It’s annoying because our academy’s track and field club has a normal class schedule. And it’s even more annoying because there’s that bastard in the class.”

“That bastard?”

“Uh… you know. Han Seong-jin in middle school…”

“Ah.”

At that moment, Shin Mi-ae’s expression crumpled considerably.

“I tried not to think about that incident as much as possible, but this year, that bastard is in my class, so every time I see Ssangpan, I think about it and it makes me so annoyed.”

“It’s a good thing I didn’t go to Jinsugyo.”

“I’m just asking… are you okay now?”

“Well, it’s just… I don’t see the faces of those bastards, so I usually just forget about them.”

“I guess I brought it up for no reason. I’m sorry.”

In response to Jeong Eun-ji’s apology, Shin Mi-ae tapped her shoulder.

“That’s it. You didn’t do anything wrong. By the way, is that bastard still the same? Even though Senior Ji called me, he came again and started threatening others, but now that I am a third year, Ji is trying to manipulate others, but?”

Jeong Eun-ji felt something strange in her friend’s words.

“What do you mean, senior Ji called you?”

“Why do you know? When I was pregnant back then…”

“What is that… Didn’t you meet alone?”

“…?”

“…?”

Jeong Eun-ji felt that the conversation was becoming increasingly strange.

And the same goes for Shin Mi-ae.

” That bastard came and threatened me that if I didn’t do as he told me, he would go after me. ”

“I don’t understand right now… What is a senior? 3rd grade at that time? Why is a third grader there?”

“Huh? Eunji, don’t you know?”

“No, I know… but is it different from what I know? Didn’t that bastard threaten to erase you because you had that bastard Han Seong-jin?”

“What?! Why do I have that bastard?!”

“???”

#####

4 years ago.

“I hate it! How can you say something like that!? He said he loved me! He said he would take responsibility if something happened! It’s our baby!”

“Hey, you said it was a safe day! But what is this?! I can’t raise a child. I’ll pay for the surgery, so clear it as soon as possible.”

Inside the gym, Shin Mi-ae was scolding a man who was one year older than her and was one of the group of third-year middle school students.

But he remains steadfast.

He told me that he loved me and that I would take responsibility for him, so I gave him my permission and gave him everything, but as soon as he heard the news of my pregnancy, his attitude changed and he had already been fighting like this several times.

” Hey, if you really keep throwing a tantrum like this, I’ll have no choice but to use another method.”

“Another way? Yes, try it! No matter what you do, I won’t erase this kid! Oppa, take responsibility!”

“Mr. Ha… I really can’t understand. It won’t work. You brought this on yourself.”

Then he briefly opened the door to the gym and called someone right outside the door.

“Hey, Han Seongjin. Come in.”

‘Han Seong-jin…?’

Shin Mi-ae also knew Han Seong-jin’s name very well.

Among the second-year group of students, he is said to be the worst of the worst.

Shin Mi-ae flinched and took a step back when she saw the endless rumor that she had been drinking and smoking since elementary school.

Her boyfriend, a third-year senior, tapped Han Seong-jin on the shoulder and said one thing quietly.

“Don’t be too harsh.”

“Yes.”

And he immediately left the gym.

Shin Mi-ae, the two of them alone, felt a creeping fear bloom in her heart.

The gym is closed after school, there is no one around to ask for help, and Han Seong-jin is a type of human being of whom all kinds of evil rumors are spread.

‘Seo, could it be me…?’

If they beat me up or raped me in this place with no one around…

She knew very well that no matter how strong she was for a woman because she was part of the track and field team, it was impossible to beat a man of that size.

But surprisingly, instead of touching himself, Han Seong-jin piled up mattresses in the warehouse and laid down on them and said,

“Hey, I don’t know who it is, but when speaking, do as your senior tells you.”

“What?”

“Do as you are told. I have to listen quietly to get what I want, right? Don’t tire each other out and listen to what is being said.”

“What are you! You have nothing to do with it! This is about me and you! Tell your brother to come and talk!”

“Oh, did you really fuck it into my ear hole?”

Han Seong-jin, who cursed loudly, picked up a block from the bottom of a nearby jumping frame.

Kwaaaang!!!

“Aaagh!”

And then he threw it right next to Shin Mi-ae, but close enough that it didn’t hit her.

The jumping block that hit the floor bounced back and forth due to the recoil and landed in the corner of the warehouse, and Han Seong-jin walked up to Shin Mi-ae, who was shaking in fear, slammed her into the wall, and grabbed her by the back of her neck with one hand.

“Kek, keheuk…”

“Hey, if you don’t want to be left behind, don’t make me say the same thing 3 times.”

“Kkkk…!”

“What do you think will happen if I hit you right here and there and hit you really hard in the stomach 3 times?”

“Oh, no! don’t do it! Don’t do it!”

“Or should I call the kids? There are roughly 10 of you and you catch me once and give me back properly?”

Shin Mi-ae trembled and even shed tears as she was faced with a terrifying threat for the first time in her life.

Han Seong-jin loosened his grip on Shin Mi-ae’s neck, but he still did not move from right in front of her, and instead pressed on with his large size.

“But no matter how bad it is, I have to be prepared, so I don’t like it. So let’s get along well with each other, okay? Do you want to have a miscarriage after being beaten and pushed around until you’re on the verge of falling behind, or do you just want to erase it with your own will when your senior offers to pay for the surgery?

No, if you give birth before then, will you be able to handle it? Of course you will be kicked out of the house, and the only thing you can do is run, so what can you do as a single mother at that age? Just give it a chance and grab it?”

“Ugh… You bastard… What are you! If you have nothing to do with it, what are you? Why do you intervene and say this and that!”

“I have to solve this problem so I can owe it to my senior. I’m too lazy to do this, but it’s annoying to be forced to do it, so let’s just end it verbally, okay?”

Only after that did Han Seong-jin step away from Shin Mi-ae and leave the gym.

Shin Mi-ae, who was left alone, collapsed into her seat as her tension relaxed and sobbed bitterly.

#####

“… That’s how it happened. Eunji, did you think I was pregnant with that kid?”

“No, I heard that you had a baby because of Han Seongjin, so of course I thought that bastard got you pregnant.”

Jeong Eun-ji only knew that her friend had an abortion because of Han Seong-jin, but she did not know exactly who made her pregnant.

I didn’t even think to ask because I thought it would touch my friend’s too much trauma. I just heard my friend cry and say, ‘Because of that bastard Han Seong-jin…’ so I thought it was Han Seong-jin’s child.

“Ha… I was really scared of that bastard’s threats… but there were also things that made me think differently because of what that bastard said.”

“Any other thoughts?”

“That bastard was like that back then. I would be kicked out of the house, and what could I do as a single mother at that age when the only thing I knew how to do was run? It suddenly got really scary. There’s really nothing I can do.

Of course I can’t run track and field if I’m full, but that doesn’t mean I’m good at studying, and the bastard called my father is telling me to get rid of it, so what can I say to him at home? I’ll be kicked out and live at a single mother’s center, and I’m not ready to raise a child. If I give birth, I’ll have a baby, but the child will also be in pain…”

“……”

Jeong Eun-ji just stared at her friend, who was at a loss for words and confused.

“So… So I did it out of my own will. When I die, I will go to hell. I will have to live my whole life atoning to my child. Ha… the bitch who thoughtlessly played with her body is worth it even if it ends up like this.”

“Miae…”

“By the way, you were in the same class as Han Seongjin, right? Is that son of a bitch still living like that?”

“Huh? Well, right…?”

In Jeong Eun-ji’s opinion, Han Seong-jin had definitely changed a lot compared to when he was in first or second grade or middle school, but she didn’t bother to say that in front of her friends for fear that it would sound like she was protecting him for no reason.

“Well, if you told me that that trashy bastard has changed, I wouldn’t have believed you even more. Oh, do you know why that son of a bitch came to me and said that?”

“Uh… didn’t you just come here because Senior Ji told you to?”

“I also found out later that it was my time off from academy, and there was that bastard who got me pregnant and told me to have the baby. I guess he was already seeing a different woman at that time.”

At those words, Jeong Eun-ji’s anger was directed at the man who was one year older than her, whom she did not know.

“What?! What kind of bastards are there?! Aren’t you his girlfriend?”

“Ha… I guess I was just enjoying it. But Han Seong-jin came to me and said that he used that as an excuse to put me in debt and took advantage of that person’s girlfriend.”

“What…”

“It looks like you had a huge fight with that person because of that. But Han Seong-jin beat him up and just took it away? I’m pregnant and see me, but I’m so boring to erase it, but I don’t speak.

That was the end of Shin Mi-ae’s story about her past, but Jeong Eun-ji’s mind was confused.

She thought that the reason she hated Han Seong-jin so much that she wanted to kill him was because he made her close friend pregnant and forced her to have an abortion, but in reality, she never made her pregnant and her friend had the abortion of her own volition?

‘Wait a minute, so the whole reason I hated Han Seongjin so far… was just an illusion?’

Jeong Eun-ji, whose hatred for Han Seong-jin was so great, could not easily accept the truth.

‘No, no, anyway, it’s true that you created an atmosphere of fear in Mi-ae, no matter what your senior told you to do, right? It would not have had any influence on Mi-ae making that decision! There is nothing to be unfair about and there is nothing good to be done, right?

And you said you also stole that senior’s girlfriend? So Han Seong-jin is the worst bastard! Bastard, what did you say to Yuri on that topic? After all, I can’t just let things go well with Yuri!’

Despite the confusion, Jeong Eun-ji somehow found a reason to hate Han Seong-jin, ignoring the fact that he has now changed.

However, she did not know that at that time, another friend, Lee Yu-ri, was becoming a ‘woman’ at Han Seong-jin’s house.