Bad X Bad: My Dear Hana - Chapter 22

“Take this.” Eun Min Ah whispers. She pushes a pen toward him sneakily. He picks up that pen and looks at it. When he writes again, he ends up writing a name that he doesn’t want to see. Ahn Hana. He stares at it. It has been seven days since that day. Today is the day when their one-month agreement was supposed to be over. He cuts her name with the pen, trying to make it disappear from the paper. The paper is ruined. The tip of the pen breaks again.

He feels like he can’t breathe. He walks out of the classroom, earning stares from his classmates and the professor.

Kim Dong-woo finds him drinking alone later in the pub. He is worried about his friend who has been acting gloomy since that night at the twins’ house. Do Sejin might be a player, but he is serious about his studies.

“Sejin, what happened to you?” He takes the drink from Do Sejin’s hand. “Why did you leave the exam halfway like that? Was it hard? Are you going to pass?”

“I won’t fail,” Do Sejin replies with an unsteady voice. He will make the mark bȧrėly.

“Why are you acting like this?” Kim Dong-woo finds his behavior odd. “Did that lawyer do something to you? Did she threaten you?”

“Leave me alone.”

“Do Sejin, are you upset about something?” Suddenly, Eun Min Ah pops up beside him. Kim Dong-woo nearly gets a heart attack. This obsessive girl is here. His friend is in danger. He tries to shoo away Eun Min Ah with his hand.

Do Sejin’s lips curl up into a sneer. He leans toward her. Eun Min Ah can revolting smell the strong alcohol. She hardens her heart and stays glued to the spot. “Eun Min Ah, do you love me?”

“Yes, I love you a lot,” She replies without hesitation.

“How much do you love me?” Do Sejin takes her hands gently. Eun Min Ah’s heart is beating rapidly. Is he finally seeing her now? Finally, after years of the wait? Happiness surges up inside her. She steps closer to him.

“As much as the size of the universe.”

‘I like you more than my bank balance.’ Do Sejin recalls Ahn Hana’s declaration. Size of the universe is greater than her bank balance, right? He is tired. He feels like he is missing something. Is it Ahn Hana’s body?

Eun Min Ah is young. She is pretty. She will become prettier than Ahn Hana when she reaches her age. He can teach her how to please him. She will surrender herself completely to him. She won’t look at any other man. She won’t rely on anyone else other than him. She won’t prioritize work over him. She won’t be proud and domineering. Eun Min Ah loves him. She will do anything for him.

Eun Min Ah won’t be like Ahn Hana.

If he is craving Ahn Hana’s body, Eun Min Ah can substitute her easily.

“I will give you a chance.” Do Sejin finds himself saying words that he wouldn’t say normally.

“Make me fall for you.”

“Wait! Wait!” Kim Dong-woo can sense a dangerous situation. He can’t let his friend commit another grave mistake. “Do Sejin, you are not well. Come with me.”

Do Sejin doesn’t heed his words. He points at his ŀȧp and says, “Min Ah, tell me your answer.”

Kim Dong-woo grabs his hair in frustration. He nudges Do Sejin with pleading eyes.

“Do Sejin, you are making a big mistake. Don’t do this.”

Eun Min Ah has been waiting for this chance. She didn’t think that Do Sejin would ever give it to her. Still, she has been pursuing him relentlessly. She has finally moved his heart. She cries in glee. “Yes.”

Do Sejin smiles at him. “Dong-woo, I know what I am doing.”

That person won’t look at him. Whether his life goes down the spiral or not, it doesn’t matter. He is already the worst guy. If he hasn’t been like this, would it change anything? Unfortunately, no. He can’t come between Ahn Hana and Jung Kwang-soo. She won’t look at him the way she looks at that man. She won’t rely on him the way she relies on that man.

Even if he was a real 17 years old boy who was picked up by a 31 years old woman on the street, she would have never treated him as anything other than a kid. She didn’t treat him like anything else other than a kid.

For the first time, he feels tired. Tired of missing her. Her body, precisely. There is nothing more. She wasn’t that good in bed anyway. He begins to hate that woman. It would have been better if he had never met her.

“You will get a month to make me fall in love with you.” He gives her the similar conditions that Ahn Hana had given him once. “I won’t sleep with anyone else but you. Then, it’s your job to keep me satisfied. If you succeed, I will become yours. I will marry you after the month is over. We will start a family. There won’t be any other women. I will become yours completely. However, if you fail, you will leave me alone. You will never bother me again. You can still back away if you dislike it.”

If she fails and he is still thinking about Ahn Hana after the month, he will find someone else with the same conditions. There are plenty of girls who want him.

“Really?” Kim Dong-woo and Eun Min Ah shout.

“You don’t believe me?”

Eun Min Ah finds his words too good to be true. Kim Dong-woo thinks that he is trying to play a prank on him and Eun Min Ah.

Do Sejin finishes the bottle. “Hey, give me a paper.”

The bartender funnily looks at him and gives him the bill. He tosses the credit card to the bartender and asks for a pen. The Bartender has seen that look in many drunk’s eyes before they make some bad decisions. He gives the pen to Do Sejin anyway.

He scribbles down the terms of their agreement on the back of the bill in tiny letters. He signs on the corner. Then, he gives it to Eun Min Ah. “Sign it.”

“Ah, yes.” Eun Min Ah reads the terms. Befuddled, she signs it in a hurry.

“Does agreement like this have any meaning?” Kim Dong-woo laughs nervously at Eun Min Ah.

“Who would take this seriously? He is drunk. This holds no meaning.”

The Bartender shakes his head and goes away from these crazy people.

“This is our love agreement. Everyone should know about this.” Do Sejin takes a picture of it and sends it to all the numbers on his phone.

Kim Dong-woo feels like crying for his friend. “You have lost it.”

It’s turning out better than Eun Min Ah has expected. Now, the entire university will know about this agreement. Even his family would know about this. To her dismay, Do Sejin adds another text to the message.

[If the current candidate fails, this position will be reopened for the new eligible candidates.]