“I’ll recognize you, okay?”
“My b-boyfriend.”
At my answer, Ji Seo-jun made a face that wasn’t crying or smiling and buried his face in my hands.
“Once the painkiller kicks in, the pain will subside after a while. Tomorrow morning, we’ll conduct a brief examination, and when your primary doctor comes, you can listen to the explanation. If you feel uncomfortable, please call us right away.”
The kind nurse sister explained while giving me another painkiller and glancing at Ji Seo-jun.
“Look at this. Can’t you see him holding my hand with a pitiful expression? I want to raise my hand right now and shake him in front of the nurse, but I simply didn’t have the strength to do so.”
As I grumbled, Ji Seo-jun, who was holding my hand, tightened the strings of the hoodie he was wearing in a peculiar way. He covered only the tip of his round nose, revealing a cute ribbon.
“Is this enough to cover?”
“Uh… yeah.”
So small that it covers like that. It’s annoying.
With such thoughts, I fell asleep again.
For a while, I repeated the cycle of sleeping and waking up. Each time I woke up, the people next to me changed. It was Mom and Dad, then Aunt Yoon-hee, and Ji Seo-jun.
It took about six days until I was somewhat awake. When my body recovered a bit, I wanted to wash right away. However, my movements were still a bit uncomfortable, and especially because of the bandages and bands everywhere, washing wasn’t easy.
When I said I wanted to wash, Ji Seo-jun brought a warm towel and started wiping my body.
“My head itches.”
“Want me to use dry shampoo?”
“No, I want to rinse it and scrub with water.”
“You can’t until the bandages are removed.”
He won’t even let me cover my nose with my hand. Ji Seo-jun, who covered my nose when I moved a bit, was like that.
“What about Baekinha?”
I asked, entrusting my arm to Ji Seo-jun’s touch.
“He’s being investigated by the police.”
“Yeah… I see.”
I was thrown onto the road, pushed by Baekinha. A passing car couldn’t avoid me, and I was hit by the car. Fortunately, it wasn’t driving at a high speed, so I could survive.
The police will come to the hospital on Monday. My family and Ji Seo-jun suggested that the police investigation should be done after I find a bit more stability, but I insisted on doing it quickly.
Just before I lost consciousness after the accident, I saw Baekinha sitting on the ground, blocking his mouth. I understand. She didn’t deliberately push me onto the road. But that didn’t mean she was forgiven.
As Ji Seo-jun wiped my arm, my strength went out.
“Wipe it thoroughly. Will it come off if you wipe it like that?”
“…Raise your arm.”
“No, not the armpit.”
After a fierce struggle, the hospital door creaked open, and Mom and Aunt Yoon-hee came in.
“You’re alive now. You’re alive.”
Mom said, discovering me holding Ji Seo-jun’s arm.
“Sniff. Still, seeing Doyul holding Seo-jun’s arm like that makes me relieved and happy. Why.”
Aunt Yoon-hee took out a handkerchief, wiping away tears. Mom comforted her, telling her not to cry.
“Don’t cry. Okay?”
Wiping away the tears I had left on Ji Seo-jun’s arm, I asked Aunt Yoon-hee not to cry. She continued to sob, sitting in her place.
“When do you think Doyul will be discharged?”
“Probably next week. I’ll go out once I see the primary doctor. I’m dying to get out! I am.”
Since my body recovered a bit, the hospital, stifling like a noose, was suffocating. Despite everyone around me opposing my desire to leave quickly, I endured until the recommended date by the doctor.
Still, just in case, whenever the attending doctor came for rounds, I expressed my opinion. But to say I whined about it… that was indeed our mom.
“Today, go in, Seo-jun. Aunt Yoon-hee will be here.”
“No, it’s Sunday tomorrow. I’ll stay.”
It was Ji Seo-jun, who had rushed to the hospital right after finishing work yesterday. Despite my insistence that his large body looked unsightly on the small guardian bed and telling him to go home, he didn’t listen at all.
“Yoon-hee, take Seo-jun with you. If he sleeps here one more day, he might become a hunchback. Bending like that… disgusting!”
Before I finished speaking, Ji Seo-jun dipped the toothbrush in toothpaste and put it in my mouth.
“Yeah. Seo-jun, go in.”
Strongly refusing our mom’s suggestion, Ji Seo-jun finally, at night, lay on the guardian bed.
“Sleep?”
“No.”
Touching the blanket, I fiddled with it, feeling choked by the hospital’s noise.
“You were really surprised.”
“…”
“Did you cry a lot?”
“…”
Ji Seo-jun still didn’t respond. I slightly raised my body to look at the guardian bed. He had his arm raised, covering his eyes, so I couldn’t see his expression.
Thinking about clearing his arm away, I gave up and lay back down.
“I was scared.”
As I lay down, Ji Seo-jun opened his mouth. His voice had a slight tremor.
“Seeing you bleeding, I was so scared.”
Unfortunately, the injured area was on the side where Ji Seo-jun was, so I couldn’t turn around and had to look at the ceiling.
“And, I wanted to kill. The person who made you like this.”
“Hey! What are you saying now…”
I grumbled as I struggled to get up. I thought he would still be covering his eyes, but he was looking at the ceiling.
“Don’t say things like that, even as a joke.”
“…”
“If you don’t answer quickly, I’ll ask again.”
I didn’t respond, just bit down on Ji Seo-jun’s arm with a gentle “ah.” Ji Seo-jun didn’t flinch at all. As I lifted my head, holding onto his arm, Ji Seo-jun was looking down at me without any sign of pain.
“I won’t do anything. Because you’ll dislike it. I won’t do anything you dislike from now on.”
Ji Seo-jun pulled his arm out of my mouth and wiped the saliva on his thumb.
“If you want to punish that person, I’ll do everything I can to make sure they pay. So, just watch from the side. The process won’t be enjoyable. So… just stay by my side like this. Sometimes, I’ll even let you bite my arm.”
I looked at the teeth marks on Ji Seo-jun’s arm.
“…I’ll make In-ha pay as much as I can. So, just watch over it. The process won’t be enjoyable. So… just stay by my side like this. Sometimes, I’ll even let you bite my arm.”
Ji Seo-jun chuckled at my words.
“Sure. I’ll do that. If you want.”
Then, he raised his arm as if to pet my head. I closed my eyes, waiting for Ji Seo-jun to pet my head. But instead of stroking, Ji Seo-jun lowered his arm again.
“Why aren’t you petting me?”
“…If you get your saliva on, it’ll ruin my hair.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
