It was when I was about to log in with my ID after a while.
[You have received a new message.]
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: Is this a video you uploaded?
NewTube link: Aang1]
It was a message I’d never normally clicked on, but for some reason today I wanted to check it. The message I clicked on was, unfortunately, contact from Kwon Dajeong.
Messages on the official site show the other person right away when you read them, so I regretted it slightly the moment I clicked it by accident. Because if Kwon Dajeong knew I’d read it, he’d probably talk to me again right away.
Moreover, the link he sent was indeed the NewTube video that Banye was uploading.
“Huh. This bastard, this…… How did he find out?”
I was shocked and kept pondering for several minutes while looking at the message Kwon Dajeong sent.
If Banye were home right now, I would’ve called him to discuss it, but coincidentally he’d left saying he was going to the convenience store in front of the house, so no one was there.
“For now, should I ignore it until Banye comes back…….”
[You have received a new message.]
But then, another message arrived in succession.
I opened it wondering what bullshit he said this time, but this time Kwon Dajeong’s words were even more absurd.
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: It seems right haha
Looks like you transferred servers and found another guy to carry you like I did ㅋㅋ]
“……? What’s with this tone?”
Unlike before when he clung to me pretending to be pitiful and acted pathetic, it was absurd that he was blatantly picking a fight.
Of course, it was true that Kwon Dajeong had carried me. I didn’t hunt much in the first place.
But lately I’ve been hunting quite diligently, and when I was with Kwon Dajeong, I just wanted to do crafting, but Kwon Dajeong was the one who insisted on dragging me to the hunting grounds he frequented.
And he acted so high and mighty about it too. Saying I leveled up this much because he carried me…….
Back then I had no choice but to be grateful, but even when I liked Kwon Dajeong, I thought it was a bit annoying.
But what’s with that nuance……?
Doesn’t it seem like I abandoned Kwon Dajeong and transferred servers to find a new carry like Banye?
I was annoyed and dumbfounded, wondering whether to block this bastard.
However, Kwon Dajeong didn’t stop at just one verse.
[You have received a new message.]
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: Banye? You caught a pretty famous ranker
He’s famous for having a nasty personality
Did you get close by showering him with gifts again ㅋㅋ
Or did you act pitiful? You’re good at that]
“……What?”
I felt my blood pressure shoot up at Kwon Dajeong’s outrage as he started picking a fight in earnest, and I sent him a message.
[Sender: hanO0
Content: Why are you picking a fight?]
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: Because it’s absurd
Seems like you’ve been dating for a while, did you switch over?
You’re not that dirty, are you ㅋㅋ]
“No, this crazy bastard! Who’s calling who dirty right now?”
It was absurd that the dirtiest person I knew was saying this.
[Sender: hanO0
Content: Don’t make ridiculous delusions
If you didn’t want to break up, you should’ve been nice from the start
I left in the first place because I didn’t want to associate with someone who gossips behind people’s backs
Why don’t you reflect on your own behavior ㅉㅉ]
This was the first time I revealed to Kwon Dajeong the reason I transferred servers, but absurdly, Kwon Dajeong made excuses.
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: Gossip?
When did I? haha
I’ve listened to you gossip about others, but I’ve never done it to you first ㅋㅋ]
“What?”
I completely lost it at Kwon Dajeong’s words trying to pin his faults on me.
My hands trembled and my heart pounded, and in the midst of that, Kwon Dajeong started hurling abuse as if he’d been waiting.
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: The guild members all said it was absurd that you transferred servers ㅋㅋ
Even if it’s a game, leaving the guild without saying anything and gossiping about the guild isn’t polite, Hanyoung ^^]
I completely lost it at his talk of manners and typed an angry chat.
[Sender: hanO0
Content: Manners? Receiving everything and then gossiping behind my back is manners?
You guys pretended to be my best friends when receiving cash from me]
However, in that time Kwon Dajeong sent another message with shitty words.
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: You left because you showered people with gifts to get attention and it didn’t work out, right ㅋㅋ]
“No!”
When did I do that?
I felt my face turn bright red with shock and shame.
But Kwon Dajeong didn’t stop there.
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: Buying 100 won 200 won stuff and asking for so much in return
Everyone was so fucking tired ^^
They just let it slide because you were young]
I felt a corner of my heart, which thought there was nothing left to be hurt by his words, sting.
I trembled with my hands while rebutting with an upset heart.
[Sender: hanO0
Content: When did I ask for so much while buying 100 won stuff?
I spent hundreds on you guys alone
And even if others don’t know, Kwon Dajeong, you shouldn’t talk to me like this, you fucking bastard]
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: Let’s refrain from cursing haha I’m older than you too
It’s not like I don’t know how to curse ^^
You shouldn’t do that to your hyung, it’s rude]
“Wow fuck, what the hell is wrong with this crazy bastard?”
I was so annoyed, and Kwon Dajeong was so fucking shitty. So I wanted to smash those fake [^^] and [haha] of Kwon Dajeong’s.
[Sender: hanO0
Content: Yeah, being old is something to brag about ㅋㅋ
Don’t contact me anymore ㅗ
I’m getting along well with someone much younger, better-looking, and better at games than you ^^]
But this time it seemed to hit hard, as the notification sound for messages that had been ringing nonstop briefly quieted down.
But that was only for a moment.
Kwon Dajeong soon sent a vile message.
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: ㅋㅋ I’m giving you a chance to apologize right now
Does Banye know you’re like this?]
[Sender: hanO0
Content: What bullshit]
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: Did you tell Banye that you confessed your feelings to me and even sent me your photos?
I’m asking because it’s interesting how you were so passionate back then but now you’re acting so trashy ㅋㅋ]
“…….”
The only photos were selfies I sent because Kwon Dajeong kept begging.
But saying it like that made it feel as if I’d done something obscene with Kwon Dajeong.
Actually, Kwon Dajeong did sometimes make weird jokes to me. I didn’t respond well to those sexual jokes because they were too awkward for me……. I think that’s fortunate even now.
If I’d fallen for that bastard who kept trying to get me to make weird jokes saying he liked proactive people, wouldn’t it have been more painful than now?
But…….
Regardless of that, the more I confirmed that the person I’d liked was the worst kind of trash, the more my mood kept hitting rock bottom.
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: You didn’t, right? Don’t tell him ㅋㅋ This is advice thinking of you
Even if guys say it’s okay on the outside, they think it’s dirty inside ㅋㅋ Keep hiding it while you date ^^
Oh and let me give you one more piece of advice
You sometimes said you were depressed and talked about your family situation and living as a semi-hikikomori after failing entrance exams
Listening to that is fine once or twice but it’s fucking exhausting for the listener so don’t go around saying it anymore ㅋㅋ
If you already did, rip ㅋㅋ]
I felt like tears were welling up, but I gritted my teeth and told him.
[Sender: hanO0
Content: Pay back the 500 you borrowed from me, you beggar bastard]
It was something I’d buried thinking I was the fool for lending it and not trying to get it back. But I didn’t feel the need to hold back anymore at his words that dug into my wounds.
However, as if Kwon Dajeong had expected me to say this, he smoothly provoked me.
[Sender: kdj0313
Content: Why would I pay back money you gave because you liked me ㅋㅋ
Thanks, easy money burp ㅋ]
Kwon Dajeong, who revealed his true nature with vulgar speech, became quiet after that. I just clenched my fists and trembled, feeling like I’d been hit several times.
Beep, beep, beep, beep.
At that moment, I heard the sound of someone entering the password for the front door.
It must be Banye. Normally I would have gone to greet him happily, but right now I couldn’t manage my expression at all…….
I turned off the computer and lay down on the bed. And I closed my eyes tightly for no reason. I thought it would be better to pretend to be asleep. Because right now I didn’t want to talk to anyone…….
“Hyung, are you sleeping?”
“…….”
Banye came into the room without knocking and saw me lying down, then looking at me motionless, he quietly closed the door and left.
I pressed my lips together tightly. A whirlwind was raging in my chest.
