KTS 53

“Eek!”

Startled by the unexpected voice in his defenseless state, Yu-jin couldn’t help but scream. Winston nonchalantly sat up in front of him, who was holding his pounding heart and looking pale. Yu-jin noticed that he was naked from his exposed upper body. Yu-jin, who unconsciously took another step back, stammered in protest.

“S-strangle you, what are you talking about?”

Winston looked at Yu-jin and asked in an indifferent tone.

“You weren’t thinking of it?”

“Of course not!”

Yu-jin belatedly shouted in anger.

“I wouldn’t try to kill someone, I wouldn’t do such a thing! Not just you, but anyone!”

His voice grew louder, but Winston’s reaction was lukewarm. Yu-jin felt drained by the indifferent gaze directed at him. Winston opened his mouth to him, who was drooping his shoulders.

“Then what’s wrong? Didn’t you hear that you were supposed to rest in another room?”

“I heard.”

Winston frowned. At the gaze that seemed to ask why he was here then, Yu-jin continued in a subdued voice.

“I heard you weren’t feeling well…”

He couldn’t bring himself to say that he was worried. No matter what he said, he would only hear sarcastic remarks. But Yu-jin’s thoughts were wrong. Winston twisted his lips and asked him, who had trailed off.

“Did you want to see if I was dead?”

Even without bothering to say that he was worried, Winston was always ready to twist his words. How could he only say such hateful things? He used to be so kind. Yu-jin distorted his face in dismay.

What’s the point of thinking about the past?

A scolding voice was heard from a corner of his heart. That’s right. Yu-jin whipped himself. He would only be at a disadvantage if he weakened. It was a mistake to come here in the first place. Yu-jin looked straight at Winston and opened his mouth.

“That’s wrong too. You seem like you’d do that, but I’m a different person from you.”

Yu-jin clasped his hands behind his back and continued, paying attention to his tone as calmly as possible.

“I just wanted to thank you for finding Angie. I heard you weren’t feeling well, and I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you get better soon.”

He had said everything he wanted to say. Winston smirked at Yu-jin, who had finally released his clasped hands, and said.

“You know where the door is, right?”

“I have no intention of staying any longer.”

Yu-jin said his last words, turned around, and immediately moved his feet. He felt the gaze watching his back, but he didn’t look back.

Hoo.

After closing the door behind him, Yu-jin finally let out the breath he had been holding. How could a person change so much? The more he thought about it, the more absurd it was. No matter what, there was such a thing as a foundation, but it was unbelievable that he had changed this much.

No, I’ve seen this side of him before.

When he suddenly recalled the image of him shouting and pouring out his anger at him, a loud crash suddenly rang out from inside. Startled by the dull sound, which was completely different from the sound of thunder, Yu-jin unknowingly threw the door open.

“What’s wrong…”

He shouted urgently, but he was so surprised that he covered his mouth with one hand. Winston was lying on the floor.

“Winston!”

After a brief pause, Yu-jin ran towards him. As he knelt down without hesitation and grabbed him, Winston, who was lying on the floor trying to get up, spat out with a fierce momentum.

“What are you doing, let go.”

Yu-jin flinched, but didn’t let go. Unlike his words, his face was pale white, and there was even cold sweat on his temples.

Yu-jin swallowed hard and opened his mouth with difficulty.

“Are you not feeling well? Should I call Cain?”

“Let go, damn it!”

Winston shouted and shook off Yu-jin’s hand.

“Ah!”

Yu-jin screamed and fell to the ground in an instant. When he belatedly raised his head, Winston’s pale face came into view.

…Huh?

Blinking at the unexpected reaction, Winston muttered, grinding his teeth.

“…Don’t support me, you’ll get hurt.”

Yu-jin couldn’t believe that he had hesitated briefly before he spoke. Besides, his voice was much lower. As if he regretted shouting at Yu-jin and acting harshly.

That can’t be.

Yu-jin changed his mind and looked at Winston. He was reaching out to grab the bedpost with his long arm. The enormous scar that ran across his bare back came into Yu-jin’s view. Soon, Yu-jin’s heart was beating anxiously, and his mouth was drying up.

Could it be because of that incident.

He felt dizzy and wanted to collapse right away. The memory of that day was vividly revived. Even the image of Winston, covered in blood and unconscious.

“…Haa.”

A breathing sound that seemed to boil up from deep inside brought Yu-jin back to reality. Winston was still struggling to get up on his own. Seeing him unable to use his legs easily, sweating, and gritting his teeth, he couldn’t just leave him alone any longer.

“…What are you doing?”

Winston immediately spat out when Yu-jin grabbed his arm and pushed his body under his shoulder. Yu-jin didn’t care about his attitude and tried to lift him up with all his might.

“I told you to get out of the way, you’ll get hurt!”

Winston was angry, but he didn’t shake Yu-jin off. He wanted to, but the reason he didn’t was obvious. If he did it again, Yu-jin might really get hurt this time. He must be thinking that. For some reason, Yu-jin was sure. Winston would never do anything to hurt Yu-jin.

While hurting me with his words like that.When Yu-jin stubbornly hooked his arm around Winston’s shoulder and tried to lift him with all his might, Winston finally gave up.

“Forget it, bring me my cane.”

“You want me to call Cain?”

Yu-jin, not understanding for a moment, asked again, and Winston, with a terribly distorted face, spoke slowly, without shouting.

“Cane.”

Yu-jin was flustered because he never thought he really meant a cane. He thought he had misheard the Butler’s name.

“Uh, where is it…”

Yu-jin hurriedly looked around and found the cane leaning against the opposite side of the bed and quickly moved. When he brought the cane, Winston reached out and grabbed the handle carved with a golden lion’s head. Yu-jin watched him get up with a stifled groan, anxiously. Yu-jin, who was awkwardly holding out his hands in case he needed help, breathed a sigh of relief when Winston sat on the edge of the bed and exhaled.

“Are you, are you okay…? Do you want to lie down? Should I help you?”

When Yu-jin asked again, Winston swept back his fallen hair and opened his mouth in a low voice.

“There’s medicine on the tea table, bring it to me.”

“Ah, okay.”

There was no strength in his exhausted voice. Yu-jin hurriedly ran to get the medicine and water as he was told.

“Here, is this enough?”

Yu-jin brought a plain white pill and held it out, and Winston answered quietly.

“Bring them all.”

“All of them?”

He asked in surprise, but he simply nodded briefly, as if he didn’t have the strength to say more. Is he taking so much because the medicine doesn’t work for his constitution? Yu-jin thought as he brought the whole bottle of pills as he was told. Yu-jin watched Winston take out five pills at once and put them in his mouth, and carefully asked.

“Doesn’t it work if you take less than that?”

He belatedly thought he might be ignored, but unexpectedly, he answered readily.

“The others will feel the effect even if they only take one.”

Yu-jin suddenly remembered at the indifferent tone. Does that mean that Winston needs this much even though it’s a medicine that extreme alphas take? Is he that bad? While he was half-doubting, Winston put his feet on the bed and added bluntly.

“Don’t even think about trying to eat it. Unless you want to commit suicide.”

“I, I wouldn’t do that.”

Yu-jin hurriedly denied it, but with that, he confirmed that his thoughts were correct. Suddenly, his heart grew as cold as the sound of rain outside the window.

“By any chance.”

He watched Winston lie down on the bed and spoke with difficulty.

“By any chance, is this how you became because of that accident…?”