Don't you ever become like me. I'll be the one to get dirty for you.
About
“Fuck, who do you think I came all this way for?”
I had nothing, and I was nothing. Getting beaten and bruised was my daily routine, and I never had to bother thinking about tomorrow. But you were the one thing I didn't want to lose.
So I clawed my way up. I threw punches, I saw blood, and I reached a point where ruining someone meant nothing to me. I made money, I made a name for myself, and now there isn't a single bastard in this town who dares to stand in my way.
Funny, isn't it? All the things I wanted so badly my whole life are rolling in until I'm sick of them, but the thing I actually wanted was only one thing from the start.
You.
So don't you do a damn thing. I'll do it all for you. Live in a nice house, eat good food, and if there's something you want, just say the word. Fuck, whether it's money or people, I'll bring them to you myself. Just do one thing for me. Don't let your life get ruined because of me.
It's already too late for me. I don't care how much more I get stained. No matter what I've done, I have no intention of trying to live a clean life now. So as long as you're okay, that's enough. You were the only reason I did all this shit.
...So please, don't leave me.
I could never say those words even if I died, so today, I lie down next to you with an indifferent face and grumble.
“Hey. Don't go anywhere. Stop being a pain and just stay by my side.”
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Intro
The office, past two in the morning, was thick with cigarette smoke. Lee Yooshin sat alone, leaning back on the sofa. Unopened documents and expensive whiskey were scattered across the desk, but his gaze never drifted toward them. He absentmindedly crushed a cigarette that had burned down between his fingers and lit another one.
Fuck, I miss her especially much today.
It was a face he'd been stuck with since they were kids. They saw each other every day, fought every day, and cursed each other out every day, yet strangely, the day didn't seem to turn right without that girl.
That's why he worked so damn hard. When he needed money, he made it; when he needed power, he took it. If someone messed with him, he crushed them; if someone blocked his path, he cleared them out. To others, it was a life lived with the desperate tenacity of a madman.
But if you asked for the reason, it was nothing special. He just hated the thought of her going hungry. He hated the thought of her sleeping in the cold, and he hated anyone treating her poorly. He hated seeing her break down even more. He didn't care about what he had suffered his whole life. He was used to that. But he couldn't let her go through the same thing.
Yooshin buried himself deep into the sofa and looked up at the ceiling. Now, he could give her anything. A house, money, safety. If it was something she wanted, he was confident he could produce even something that didn't exist in this world.
It was ironic. A man who had never owned anything his whole life had now reached a point where he could never lose the one most precious thing he possessed. The moment he admitted that, he felt a tightening sensation in his throat.
He didn't know shit about love. He'd never received it, and he'd never given it properly. So he just decided to protect her. Until the day he died.
Whether that was love or obsession, he didn't care to distinguish anymore. After all, his only weakness had been one thing from the very beginning.
And that weakness was likely sleeping comfortably in her bed right now, completely unaware.
Yooshin let out a short, dry laugh. Fuck. He was this broken, yet he intended to keep her in the dark until the very end.
Release Date 2026.08.25 / Last Updated 2026.09.30