Correction Chapter 75

“Even with the injection, the medicine might not work, so if any unusual symptoms appear, you must come out.”

“Yes, I understand.”

After hearing the doctor’s warning, Jungmin entered the hospital room. The door closed, and besides the dim moonlight, there was nothing illuminating the room.

He glanced at the wall clock and saw it was 3:30 AM. What on earth had happened in that short amount of time? Jungmin sighed and looked down at Yoo Shinwoo on the bed before sitting in the chair provided next to it.

“Shinwoo hyung.”

It would have been better if hyung had been happy. If he weren’t dying like this, but had imprinted with an omega, started a family, and was living an ordinary yet happy life.

Jungmin looked at Yoo Shinwoo’s hand, which was slightly outside the blanket. Fortunately, his fingers were bandaged. Gently holding that hand, Jungmin prayed. For everything to be okay.

“Hoo….”

As his seemingly labored breathing stabilized, Jungmin raised his head. Yoo Shinwoo’s eyes were still closed, but he could feel a squeeze in the hand Jungmin was holding.

“Shinwoo…!”

“Young…min….”

He hadn’t changed. This person, too…. He still hadn’t let go of that terrible and cruel love that had made him this way. Jungmin smiled bitterly. No, perhaps it was a smile filled with sorrow. Jungmin slowly let go of the hand he had been holding.

“Jungmin?”

Suddenly hearing his own name, Jungmin looked at Shinwoo. He had regained consciousness at some point and was looking at Jungmin with the wide eyes of a startled rabbit. Then, he raised the hand that had been held by Jungmin until a moment ago and touched the corner of Jungmin’s eye.

“Why are you crying?”

Was I crying? Surprised, Jungmin blinked, and a single tear promptly fell. What a weak heart this is. After deciding to hide and bury it so deeply.

Like a spell breaking a seal, the moment Shinwoo called for ‘Youngmin’, the buried emotions came flooding out. It would have been better if he had said nothing at all.

“I thought… you were going to die, hyung.”

“I’m sorry. You were scared, weren’t you? I guess the medicine didn’t work. I’m really sorry.”

No. He wanted to say that hyung had no reason to be sorry, that it was he, a trait-user, who shouldn’t have stayed at that house, but once his heart broke open, he couldn’t form any words. All he could do was clutch his aching chest, bite his lip hard, and hold back his sobs.

Shinwoo was surprised to see Jungmin crying and wanted to comfort him right away, but his body was in no condition, so all he could do was pat his shoulder.

“Hyung…. You came to Korea to find an omega to imprint with, right?”

And he knows. That even if he brings out what was buried, it will only make everyone miserable…. So let’s hurry and bury it again. It’s not too late yet.

“How did you know?”

“I’m sorry. I was wondering if there was anything I could do…. I met Kim Joohwan and heard the story.”

“Ah… Kim Joohwan….”

Shinwoo quietly muttered Kim Joohwan’s name and then smiled faintly.

“He’s a pretty amazing guy. He helped me a lot when I was abroad. I’m still getting his help now…. Hoo… I guess you also heard the story about me imprinting with several people.”

Jungmin nodded.

“I guess I’m a hopeless case. I can’t even make one omega happy.”

“That’s not true. It could be that you just weren’t a match for them.”

“The pheromone compatibility was good. The matching rates were high, too…. But it didn’t work. It means I’m not capable enough.”

“That’s not it! It’s not your fault, hyung!!”

Jungmin shot up and said to Shinwoo. Shinwoo quickly told Jungmin to calm down and pulled his arm to sit him back down.

“You’re always the only one who says that to me.”

Shinwoo sighed with a smile. Resignation was etched on his face.

“Everything was good… but I couldn’t love them. I really… didn’t have the confidence to make them happy… They accepted me and tried to love me, but since I was the one running away and lacking confidence, maybe they got tired and the imprint broke.”

“Hyung, imprints don’t break like that….”

“I know…. But my case is special. So I thought that could be the reason…. Honestly, if Kall Front heard this, they’d flip, but I thought it was for the best. Isn’t this better for everyone…. I should be the only one to bear the misfortune; they don’t need to be responsible for my unhappiness.”

“You’re not unhappy, hyung….”

“Jungmin….”

“There must be an omega who’s a perfect match for you. I’ll help you find one.”

“It’ll just repeat itself.”

“Don’t give up.”

“I won’t be able to love that person.”

He wanted to ask why he was thinking so despairingly, but Jungmin also knew the answer. He still hadn’t forgotten ‘Youngmin’. Jungmin bit his lip.

“Everything… will be okay. It’ll be fine, hyung.”

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“Oh, you’re here?”

He had spent the night by Shinwoo’s side, worked at the hospital, went to see Shinwoo again, and was on his way home. He was so tired he was planning to collapse and sleep on his bed right away, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw Youngmin eating snacks on his bed.

Of all people… the person he least wanted to see today.

Jungmin sighed and, without a word, just grabbed his clothes, showered, and came out.

“Hey, how can you not even greet your hyung with a ‘Welcome, hyung’?”

Youngmin grumbled with a pouty face as he watched Jungmin come out of the bathroom.

“I’m tired. Let’s talk later.”

“Aish, and this is my little brother~ I even bought you a present on my trip~”

Youngmin grumbled and tossed a luxury watch he bought on his trip to Jungmin. Seeing the watch fall to the floor with a thud, Jungmin sighed again and picked it up. He didn’t feel like wearing it, so he placed it on his desk and was about to leave the room when Youngmin clapped his hands as if he had remembered something.

“Oh right. I talked to Kim Joohwan on the phone today.”

What. Why is that name suddenly coming out of Shin Youngmin’s mouth?

“Why?”

“Well, he suddenly called today. And you know what he said?”

Why is my heart pounding so anxiously?

“He asked if I could help Shinwoo hyung.”

“What? How?”

“He said hyung has an incurable disease? Said you knew too? When I heard that, I was like, what the heck is this? I couldn’t believe it, a perfectly healthy person suddenly having an incurable disease! So I asked Kim Joohwan if it was April Fools’ Day. But he said it was real, so I was surprised.”

Hah, Shin Youngmin spoke as if he were relaying some gossip he’d heard for fun. Jungmin felt a surge of irritation but held it in and told him to keep talking.

“Anyway, he said he was looking for someone to cure the disease and that I suddenly came to mind. So he asked if I could help.”

“So how, exactly.”

“He asked to do a pheromone matching test.”

Kim Joohwan…. He really is a devilish bastard. He knew exactly what Yoo Shinwoo wanted right now.

“So what did you decide to do?”

“It sounded fun, so I said I’d do it…. Um… well, anyway, I said I’d do it.”

After mumbling a bit, Youngmin nodded and gave the conclusion Jungmin wanted. Jungmin didn’t know whether to be happy or sad…. All he could do was let out a hollow laugh.

In a way, he was always envious of Youngmin. He could take everything lightly, make decisions and thoughts simply, and do whatever he wanted.

When Shinwoo wasn’t around, he had thought that since their lives were so different, ‘you are you, and I am me, let’s just live our own lives satisfied,’ but now, thinking that they were getting entangled like this again, he was sick of it.

Right… Youngmin has always been like that, so setting him aside, what the hell is up with this Kim Joohwan bastard? Jungmin kicked Youngmin out, locked the door, and called Kim Joohwan.

─Yes, sunbae.

As if he had been waiting, Kim Joohwan answered on the first ring.

“Are you crazy? What are you thinking? Why Youngmin….”

─I’ve been thinking this for a while… the people around you seem to like you a lot, sunbae. Why is everyone so quick to pass on the news? Ah, is it the same for me?

“Don’t change the subject. What on earth are you thinking?”

─Don’t you know too, sunbae?

“Know what?”

─That the way to save Yoo Shinwoo might just be Shin Youngmin.

“…Finding a matching omega… and the heart are two different things.”

─What if they’re the same?

“…….”

─Shinwoo sunbae gets to live, and I hear Youngmin sunbae is single right now, right? He’s had the child he wanted so badly, so he probably doesn’t want another one. Maybe they’ll reunite and feel a tender affection for each other. I don’t think that possibility is out of the question…. It’s about two people becoming happy. We should be wishing them well. Us.