Chapter 1.13

Won looked at Eun-pyo with a smirk.

However, there was no trace of laughter in his angry eyes.

"Won-ah..."

"How did we meet here? I thought you went somewhere and bit your tongue and died because you didn't contact me."

"...."

Eun-pyo looked visibly flustered.

It was inevitable.

Won had never spoken so harshly before.

Won forced out a laugh that rarely came out.

Some people, even when they are suffering from a scoundrel, eat and sleep well, and their faces are so ugly that they shine.

Seeing that face, Won tightened his grip on Eun-pyo's neck even harder.

"You crazy bastard, you did that to me and tried to leave quietly?"

"Wait, just a moment. Just a moment, Won-ah."

"Just a moment? You caused the problem, so why am I the one who has to clean up the mess?"

"No, there are too many people here... You didn't get caught, did you?"

"If you got caught, we would have met at the center, you son of a bitch!"

Won suppressed the anger that rose to the tip of his chin, feeling how painful it was to be hit by Woo-jae.

Eun-pyo stared at Won dumbfoundedly.

Kim Eun-pyo quickly looked around as if he had just realized something.

He started pulling Won's wrist.

"You're not letting go of this?!"

"I won't do anything."

"Are you a human being if you don't?"

"I don't mind going to the center! I'm just doing this because I don't want others to suspect anything and cause trouble. So just follow along quietly."

The anger inside him grew even hotter.

He wanted to kick Woo-jae in the throat and push him away, but he forcefully suppressed the urge, knowing that it was not the right thing to do.

Eun-pyo, who dragged Won to an empty park, stopped in his tracks.

He turned to look at Won with a stern face.

"Won-ah."

"What?"

"You... You're not pregnant, are you?"

"Are you out of your mind?"

It's not even cool to apologize and say such nonsense, is it?

Won swallowed the curse that was rising to his throat.

Anger boiled up.

It was a moment when the four years he had spent with this guy, calling him his lover, became a waste.

"No, it's not like that. That's why you shouldn't be so excited."

"So. Did you think I would turn a blind eye? Why did you do such a thing and not say a word all this time?"

"That... that's my bad. I did it in a fit of anger."

"Why? Just say it was a mistake I made in a fit of anger?"

Eun-pyo wiped his forehead with his hand and spoke in a crawling voice.

He was furious.

Won could guess that he had marked him in anger.

Although the period of dating with Eunpyo was only four years, the time they had known each other was equivalent to 13 years in terms of experience.

No, Eunpyo may not have known Won, but Won had first met him when he was in elementary school, so it was almost like they had been connected for a long time.

Children with parents were independent from the center and attended regular schools, but children of high-ranking officials or those without guardians attended schools operated by the center.

Although it was registered as a foundation corporation on the surface, not only Suin but also ordinary humans attended classes together.

Since the center attached importance to the security of Suin's personal information, it was impossible to tell who was Suin and who was human even if they attended the same school.

Nevertheless, most of the Suin and human students formed groups and attended classes together.

They either met face to face and found out each other's identities inside the private residence, or the information circulated among the Suin.

In most cases, it was the children of high-ranking officials, and Won first found out about Eunpyo's identity through the former.

Twice a month, on the way home after meeting the center director who lived in the housing complex. Very coincidentally.

There had been almost no chance of meeting before.

Until he graduated from elementary school, he lived in the hospital inside the center, and after graduation, he lived in an office-tel residential complex, so there was no chance of meeting by chance.

Even if they had gone up to middle school together, he was just a kid whose face he recognized.

The two who hadn't exchanged a word suddenly became close after that.

It was the year when Won turned sixteen.

During that long time, Eunpyo, although he was not strong-willed, did not lack thoughts to this extent.

Was it because he broke up without properly explaining the reason?

"Do you think I would have been comfortable with that?"

"Are you using that as an excuse?"

"If it was so frustrating, I wouldn't have gone that far. We've been together for 4 years, Wona. It's not strange for us to get married or get engaged. The breakup was not sincere. It was because I got married..That's why I suggested breaking up in anger."

Frustration... Kim Eun-pyo's words were all incomprehensible.

Among them, the most absurd was the word "frustration."

"That wasn't frustration. I thought about it for a long time and seriously considered it. What's 4 years of dating? It's not a big deal."

"..."

"If it was so frustrating, would I have done that? Don't blame me. I gave you a chance. It was you who hesitated."

"So... So why! Why do we have to abandon everything between our parents? If it's about the center, I know what it means to sever ties. Yes, I know. I know, but..."

As if overwhelmed by injustice, he trailed off.

Then, a firm voice came out as if making a decision.

"I never clearly told you anything. Did you break up because you felt unfairly insulted? What does that have to do with our family that you're telling us to abandon everything between our parents... I don't understand anything, so how am I supposed to react to that?"

If I could explain, I would have explained it a hundred times.

Unfortunately, there was nothing I could say to him.

I wanted my name to somehow be included in the center.

Eun-pyo was the son of a high-ranking official even within the center.

Nevertheless, I couldn't bring myself to marry him.

If that happened, I would also have my name listed within that organization.

I didn't want that.

"That reason alone is enough. You just..."

"..."

"You didn't want to understand me. Even if I explain, you won't understand."

I knew that it was useless to continue the conversation.

Won knew that if they continued this conversation, they would just keep saying the same things to each other.

"Won."

"Let's just not run into each other in the future. You know. I won't mistake a mistake for a mistake."

Eun-pyo will continue to pry into his past, and I had no intention of telling him about that past.

So it was right to put an end to their relationship here.

Losing a long-time friend was a sad thing, but I didn't want to make mistakes by being swayed by that emotion.

"I don't even want to see your face. Just thinking about how I was hindered by you and Kwon Woo-jae makes me angry enough to wake up in the middle of the night."

Won listed nervous words like soliloquy, turning his back on Eun-pyo.

At that moment, Eun-pyo, who was looking at Won with a resentful expression, urgently grabbed his arm.

"Who? Who hindered you?"

The circle swung its arm and knocked Eun-pyo's hand away.