11 I have been tainted

Next day, Ji Won returns home from the concert with Park Na Young. Park Na Young doesn't stay long at her home. She goes back to her house. She is mad at Nam Ji Won for not hurting Slow Poison. Nam Ji Won is unapologetic about her actions.

At evening, she checks the messages on her spare phone.

She has received many 'break up' requests. She ignores them, but she checks the texts from Lee Hyo Rin.

[Where are you? Let's meet today. My treat.]

[I broke up with my boyfriend. Can we meet, Oppa? I am sad.]

[Oppa, are you ignoring me? Are you tired of me now?]

[Oppa, I want to see you once.]

[Oppa, are you done with me?]

[Meet me once after you come back, Ji Won.]

Ji Won rubs her eyes and reread the message. Did Hyo Rin called her Ji Won? Was it a mistake? She couldn't believe it. Her cover is blown up. Who is this Lee Hyo Rin?

[If you don't meet me, I will meet your father.]

Ji Won gulped. She immediately replies.

[I will meet you. Don't do anything rash.]

Her phone beeps after a minute.

[Let's meet tomorrow at 4 PM. The same cafe.]

Ji Won curses Lee Hyo Rin's seven ancestors. Her business is over.

She checks the next text.

[Do you have siblings, Hyung?]

[Where are you now?]

Ji Won is surprised to see that text. She guesses that it is from Seo Tae Il because he is the only one who calls her 'Hyung' sometimes. Her targets usually call her 'Oppa'. What did this little punk find out? How did he even get her number? Did Lee Hyo-Rin give him the number? That could happen.

Her head is hurting. She should stop doing these things.

Then, he wouldn't have called her 'Hyung' if he knew. She decides to send a reply.

[1 brother and 1 sister. Why do you ask? ]

Seo Tae Il reads the text. His doubts start to clear away. That wild girl might be Jimin's sister. That explains the resemblance. She is in high school anyway. Jimin is studying in college. Besides, it is unlikely that a girl would dress up as a boy to flirt with girls and causes break up.

[Never mind, I was just curious. ]

Ji Won smiles when she reads the text. Nosy Kitten!

After she returns home with Park Na Young, She decides to meet her after a few days. She meets her in the same cafeteria where they met for the first time. Nam Ji Won decides to meet her as Ju Jimin instead of her real self.

"Oppa, you are here." Hyo Rin smiles brightly.

"Haha..." Ji Won takes a seat opposite of her. Lee Hyo Rin acts like she didn't call her 'Ji Won' in the text. She orders coffee for them nonchalantly.

"I thought that you would come as your real self." Lee Hyo Rin picks up her coffee cup. "You are quite confident, 'Oppa'?"

"How long?" Ji Won shrugs. What is the big deal if she finds out? At most, she has to stop what she is doing. She doesn't want to be afraid of this person.

"I have heard of rumours of a boy who takes requests to break up couples." Lee Hyo Rin seems amused. Her real personality is really different than her usual fake personality. Ji Won couldn't decide who the real 'Lee Hyo Rin' is.

"So?"

"That day, Tae Il also said that you are a couple breaker." Hyon Rin smiles softly. "I looked into you and found out that he was telling the truth. Your real name is Nam Ji Won. You have two siblings. Both are studying in college right now. Your father was a cop, but he owns a restaurant right now. You are eighteen years old and studying in the first year of high school. You are actually two years older than your classmate. When you were young, you had a sickly body. That's why you started school late. Nearly a year ago, your boyfriend broke up with you for someone else. Since then, you have been breaking up the couples."

"You have done your homework." Ji Won is irritated. Lee Hyo Rin should leave her family alone.

"Oh, don't worry." Hyo-Rin waves her hand. "I am not interested in your family. I am interested in you."

"What do you want?" Ji Won folds her hands in her lap. She was scared of this woman. Hyo Rin has known that Ji Won isn't a man, but she flirted with her shamelessly. She has been playing along with her lies.

"I am just glad to find someone like you."

Ji Won is surprised to hear her words. She looks up with lines forming on her forehead.

"You decided to take actions because your ex-boyfriend wronged you." Hyo Rin rests her arm on the table. She is calmly looking at the vapour arising from her coffee. "Even if it was such a small thing, you didn't let go. You also decided to take actions on other people like your ex-boyfriend. That's rare."

"Thank you?" Ji Won didn't expect to hear that. She didn't know whether she should thank this woman or run in another direction. Something about her expression is disturbing. The way she spoke of her is also troubling her.

"Let's be friends." Hyo Rin gives her a quizzical smile.

"I don't know about that," Ji Won replies politely. She didn't meet her eyes.

"You don't like me?" Hyo Rin leans toward Ji Won. "How about this? I won't seduce anyone who is already in a relationship. I will correct my way of life. Will you be my friend, then?"

Ji Won bites her lower lip. She doesn't want to be Hyo Rin's friend, but she is afraid that she would take drastic action if she acts otherwise.

"Okay."

"Thank you, Ji Won. I have to go home. See you later."

"Bye."

"Wait!" Hyo Rin walks to Ji Won. She is a foot shorter than her. She suddenly grabs Ji Won's collar and pulls her head down. She stands up on her toes and kisses Ji Won's mouth. Ji Won becomes a figure of stone the moment her lips touches Hyo Rin's.

She chuckles when she Ji Won's expression and kisses her again. "That's your punishment for trying to fool me."

Ji Won doesn't straighten up her back when Hyo Rin let go of her collar. Her brain is not properly function. She couldn't react or scream. Lee Hyo Rin grins when she saw her like that and leaves her there alone. When Lee Hyo Rin turns around, she sees Seo Tae Il standing there.

"He is a bit shocked." She tells him. "Please take care of me. I have an appointment."

Seo Tae Il's any leftover doubts about Nam Ji Won's gender disappears into thin air after seeing the kiss. This person is definitely a male. There is no way that Ju Jimin is a woman.

"Hey!" Seo Tae Il slaps Ji Won's face when she doesn't respond for a long time. "What happened to you?"

Ji Won blinks and looks around. Lee Hyo Rin is already gone.

"Why are you here?" She asks him.

"Noonim texted me that you want to meet me here." Seo Tae Il finds her expression's blank when she hears his words. "I was away for work. So, I am late. She left a while ago. Did you wait long?"

"I..." Ji Won falls on her knees and wraps her arms around Tae Il's waist. She presses her face on his stomach and cries.

"Tae Il, I have been tainted."

"Hyung!" Tae Il looks around, embarrassed. There are still people in the cafeteria. They will misunderstand this situation. "Let's talk somewhere else."

"Tae Il, she used her tongue." She looks up at him with tears streaming down her cheeks. "I have been tainted. I can't forget that gross feeling."

"Hyung, let's talk somewhere else." Tae Il tries to unwrap her arms around his waist, but she is glued to him like an octopus.

"Tae Il, I want to die." Ji Won starts sobbing.

This person must have hated forced kisses like that. He deserves it though.

"I can't forget that feeling." Ji Won's head went lower. "I want to throw up, but it is stuck in my stomach. I want to wash my mouth with the bleaching agent."

"Uh...Hyung, don't do that." Tae Il lightly pulls her up. "It was wrong for her to do things like that, but she really liked you and couldn't help herself. Hyung, do you like her? You should consider dating her. She is not a bad person."

"She knows that I am a couple breaker." Ji Won looks up at him with horror in her eyes. "She kissed me to teach me a lesson."

"I had no idea." Seo Tae Il scratches his head. "Why did she think that kissing you was a punishment?"

Nam Ji Won sobs become louder.

"I am going to use a lot of mouth wash. I will never think about today again."

"It's good if that works." Tae Il doesn't know what to say and sighs.