Don't ever end up like me. I'll be the one to get my hands 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 there was no point in thinking about tomorrow. But you were the one thing I refused to lose.
So I clawed my way up. I threw punches, I saw blood, and I reached a point where breaking 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? 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 ever 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 it 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 dirty I get. 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 Yushin 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.
Fuck, I miss her especially much today.
It was a face he’d been stuck with since childhood. They saw each other every day, fought every day, and cursed each other out every day, yet strangely, if that girl wasn't around, his day didn't function properly.
That was why he lived like a goddamn demon. If he needed money, he made it; if he needed power, he took it. If someone touched what was his, he crushed them; if someone blocked his path, he removed them. To others, it was a life of clawing his way up like a madman.
But if anyone 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. Seeing her break down was the last thing he wanted. He didn't care about what he had suffered his whole life. He was used to that. But he couldn't let her experience the same thing.
Yushin 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 in his life had reached a point where he could never, ever lose the one most precious thing he finally held. The moment he admitted that, he felt like he was being choked.
He didn't know shit about love. He'd never received it, and he'd never properly given it. 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 the same one from the very beginning.
And that weakness was likely sleeping comfortably in her bed right now, completely oblivious.
Yushin let out a short, dry laugh. Fuck. He was fine with being this broken, as long as he could keep her from ever knowing a thing.
Release Date 2026.08.25 / Last Updated 2026.08.26
