This Villain is Soft - Chapter 89



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Episode 89

Haon smiled bashfully at the trustworthy and solid words and then collapsed on the bed.

“Are you really coming tomorrow too? Or the day after tomorrow too?”

“The next day too. Hey, you were lying down the other way. I put the pillow here. No, don’t kick the pillow.”

“Oh. I see.”

“What are you doing, seriously? Lift your head.”

Ha-on rested his head on the pillow that Ju-yeol had brought and giggled.

“Why are you laughing?”

He touched her slightly reddened ear and then lay down next to her.

“Seeing you like this─”

“If you’re talking about that kid, or your friend, then don’t do it.”

“Are you talking about ‘Juyeol’? I’m not talking about him. But why do you dislike ‘Juyeol’? Do you usually not like people like that? I don’t like the ‘Eunhaon’ here either… … .”

“I’m not the same person as that guy, so if you don’t want to talk about him, then say what you wanted to say.”

As Juyeol grumbled, Haon rolled over to his side and said.

“When I see you like this, I can’t help but believe that you have a younger sibling. You’re good at cooking and secretly take good care of me. Do you often cook for other heroes?”

“Is that so? What do you really have? You have no integrity, no pride, and no sense… .”

He answered with his hand on his eyelids and then turned to face Haon.

“Okay, tell me what you want to say.”

“What story?”

“Anything. Except what happened with that guy.”

“Umm… … .”

Haon pouted his lips and let out a sigh.

There was hardly a moment in my life without ‘Juyeol’. In my daily life that I could share with others, ‘Woosooyeol’ was always present.

“Except for what happened with ‘Juyeol’… … .”

As Ha-on’s worries grew longer, Ju-yeol’s eyes furrowed in discontent.

“Don’t you have any friends besides him?”

“I got to know him a little better, but he kept skipping grades and graduating early. I never met people my age in college.”

“Even though we’re not the same age, we’re close now.”

“It’s Chacha and Bani’s first time making friends who aren’t related to ‘Juyeol’.”

Haon laughed awkwardly.

“Even in college, everyone saw me as a younger sibling or a kid who got a degree because they were favored, rather than a friend.”

“… … .”

“But it was okay. Research was always fun and not biased.”

The dim light from the stand flickered across Haon’s face.

“At university, they tried to keep me because they thought I would go to America. There were a lot of people who were dissatisfied with that, so I never thought about making friends at university.”

Joo-yeol listened quietly to Ha-on’s voice, which became smaller as he went on.

Ha-on, who was talking about when he first entered college, felt embarrassed for no reason because he felt like he had ended up venting his frustrations.

“Ah, anyway, that’s why I had a hard time talking to people I met for the first time.”

As I hastily finished my story, pulling the blanket up to my chin, Juyeol muttered as if he finally understood.

“So that guy… … . He was acting strangely towards me.”

Ha-on thought to himself, “Maybe this was something that ‘Ju-yeol’ had to say’ because of his discontented expression, but then he remembered that he really had something to say to him.

“I don’t think Ttiyong will be able to fix it right away.”

“If it’s completely broken, you don’t have to fix it.”

“That’s not it─”

Haon lay across from him and whispered to him about the situation at the lab and what he had found out from Bae An-jae’s server.

Joo-yeol held back a laugh at the cute voice that was slowly becoming sleepy.

“and…….”

Ha-on, who had been mumbling, suddenly grabbed Ju-yeol’s hand.

Ju-yeol held his breath for a moment and shrugged his shoulders at the unexpected contact.

Haon licked his lips and whispered as if he was dreaming.

“Halo. You can catch it again.”

“… … .”

Juyeol looked at Haon’s eyes, which were slowly closing, and intertwined his fingers with her thin, white hand.

“Why is something so small and soft so sturdy? It’s really weird.”

He tossed Ha-on’s hair back with a red face.

That day, Haon slept deeply without dreaming for the first time in a long time.

* * *

The next morning, Nova arrived at the lab and checked the time when she heard Haon’s voice coming from the direction of the cafe.

‘It’s not time to get up yet, what’s going on?’

As Haon took the sleeping pills Solmae gave him, the time it took him to come down to the first floor became longer and longer.

‘You said you were tired, but what were you doing all night that kept you awake?’

He walked into the cafe humming, thinking of comforting the tired Ha-on, but then suddenly stopped humming.

“Come to think of it, Hunter asked me to talk.”

“You must be out of your mind right now. I heard they haven’t even decided on the location of the temporary headquarters yet. I’ll talk to you once things are sorted out.”

Ha-on and Ju-yeol were leaning side by side at the bar table in the cafe, drinking coffee.

Nova must have noticed my presence, but she looked at Juyeol expressionlessly, not even giving him a glance, and then dropped the plastic bag.

When Haon turned around at the sound and their eyes met, Nova let out a crying sound and clung to her arm.

“Honey. Are you cheating on me again?”

“No, Nova! I thought you said you wouldn’t say that… …!”

“You don’t even let me say hello in front of that guy.”

“You can just say hello! Good morning. Like this.”

Haon was flustered, but he didn’t push him away.

Joo-yeol glanced at Nova with annoyed eyes and then checked the contents of the plastic bag.

It contained thick sandwiches and prepared fruits.

“You have no share.”

Joo-yeol let out a hollow laugh at Nova’s sharp remark.

“Who’s coaxing him? Feed him more. Give him more meat. He doesn’t have any muscle. Tsk.”

“It’s not like there aren’t any!”

When Ha-on responded with a resentful expression, Ju-yeol grabbed her lower body with one hand.

“No.”

Then he tilted his head towards Haon’s cheek.

“I’ll go first.”

“Are you crazy?”

Nova covered Juyeol’s mouth with her hand and smiled brightly.

“Ah, f*ck.”

Joo-yeol slapped his hand away and wiped his mouth with a tissue. His expression was clearly displeased.

Nova, who kept a smiling face, also seemed to be in a bad mood as she wiped her hands with a tissue.

“Who dares to stick your lips in front of me?”

“Why are you acting so clingy when you know that I’m not the woman you were seeing?”

“Why are you so clingy when you know all you have is a face that looks just like someone else?”

Finally, Juyeol, in a fit of rage, grabbed Nova by the collar.

“This kid.”

“You’re young.”

“Hey, wait a minute! Don’t you know that if you fight here, you’ll both be out? Absolutely not.”

Haon hurriedly separated the two.

Nova was smiling, but he couldn’t hide the tension in his jaw, and Juyeol was glaring at him coldly.

Haon slowly pulled Juyeol towards the door.

‘It’s natural for heroes and villains to not get along, but River and Chacha seemed to be on good terms. These two really don’t seem to get along.’

Joo-yeol followed Ha-on’s hand and moved obediently, even though he was about to kill Nova.

“I told you I had to go. Go quickly.”

“If that kid does anything weird, call me right away.”

He put his hand on Haon’s head with a look of regret before leaving the lab. He looked back several times as if his feet were not moving.

When Haon, relieved, returned to the cafe, Nova quickly tried to kiss his cheek.

“Oh, no!”

“no?”

Nova, who was taken aback by Haon’s unexpected rejection, soon started to cry.

“Honey, I’m still having a hard time. I’m lonely every night and have nightmares.”

Ha-on’s heart was shaken by the sad and pitiful appearance that seemed as if tears would fall at any moment.

I wanted to comfort him by immediately giving him a slap in the face, saying, “What’s so difficult about that?” But… … .

“I know Nova is having a hard time because of the ‘Galaxy On’, but this can’t continue. We have to get over it now. I said it would only be for a while.”

“What if you can’t overcome it? What if loneliness is suffocating you to death?”

Haon looked at Nova with stern eyes.

“Accept it. Just as Juyeol is not ‘Juyeol,’ I am not ‘Eunhaon.’”

“… … This is not fun.”

The sad expression slowly disappeared and Nova’s eyes became cold.

‘Why does it keep getting further away even when it seems like it’s going to fall next to me?’

His face was shadowed as he reached out his hand towards Haon’s neck.

“Honey. I told you. If you don’t want to die, then let me─”

Haon grabbed that hand.

“So, other than what you did with ‘Eunhaon’, do something different with me.”

“……what?”

“Let’s do something that Nova and I can do together.”

Nova just stared blankly at Haon, unable to sort out her thoughts as they stammered like a malfunctioning machine.

“When you are struggling with loss and feeling lonely and can’t sleep, call me.”

“then?”

“I tell you about stars, and Nova opens the window and looks for them. Doesn’t that sound fun?”

“fun?”

“There’s no one who doesn’t like stars, right? … … You don’t like them? Your name is Nova?”

“… … .”

Nova, who had been standing there blankly, suddenly pulled his hand away as if he was in trouble if he was exposed to sunlight.

“Why don’t you just tell me to get out? It’s okay to just throw me against the wall like before.”

“Huh? Why me?”

“If you do this… … .”

He hesitated as if he was scared, then suddenly kicked up his seat and left.