Villain Eaten By The Hero - Chapter 38
CHAPTER 38
“Shut up… It’s the fact that it’s becoming news that’s the problem! There’s nothing cute about it! I don’t even suit it! When people see me like this, they’ll laugh at how pathetic I am!”
“Oh, I see. So you can’t even stand that level of embarrassment.”
Certainly, there would be public opinion for this kind of situation. It was cute, but it didn’t suit Seo well. Seo, with his soft, fluffy, and timid rabbit ears image would naturally evoke laughter from people, whether positive or negative.
Most people would hesitate a few times before accepting such embarrassment. Just like when you go to an amusement park and wear cute headbands and take sticker photos with cat whiskers drawn on them or stick on whisker stickers.
But there are some people in the world who can’t stand the slightest bit of embarrassment, and it seemed that Seo belonged to that category.
He pinched his bunny ears between the tips of his thumb and forefinger and vented his annoyance.
“If it was a dog, I’d put up with it, and I’d even put up with a cat, but why a rabbit?”
When Seo put it that way, it seemed that there was a significant difference between wearing dog or cat ears and wearing rabbit ears. So, it wasn’t strange that Belze had laughed at first, and no wonder that Seo was so upset about it.
“Rabbits have a lot of great qualities.”
“Like what?”
“Well… they’re said to have great stamina!”
“You’re just teasing!”
Her attempt to calm Seo down backfired spectacularly. It seemed like it only fueled his anger instead.
“Also, there’s no way I’d get you back for this, and that’s annoying. You made me like this. Is there no way to reverse it?”
“It’s not impossible. You could just wear a pair of any ears.”
“But that would be even more embarrassing! I’d just be cute!”
Seo’s exasperated tone shifted Belze’s resolve from trying to calm him down to a different emotion. If she wasn’t mistaken, Belze was sure she heard Seo say, “I’d just be cute.” with a tone filled with genuine frustration.
Belze’s face turned red with embarrassment as she realized that it wasn’t a mistake.
Seo, who realized what he had said the moment he finished speaking and saw Belze’s reaction, also blushed bright red. The face that had shown no embarrassment when he had shown her his bunny ears heated up.
Their faces, tinged with embarrassment, flustered each other, and they turned away from each other.
But after hesitating curiously about the other’s reaction, their gazes met again. After doing such foolish actions twice, they finally seemed to reach an unspoken agreement and stopped.
“…Well, it’s obviously suitable for me. I’ll look even more refined. Objectively speaking.”
“…Right, objectively speaking.”
“I’m not embarrassed about it like you are. Objectively.”
“Right, objectively.”
With such formal and awkward excuses exchanged twice, they fell silent.
Belze fidgeted for about three minutes, randomly sipping her drink and putting her hand in her pocket to glance around. Then, she got up from her seat and approached Seo.
“But this is kind of cute, though.”
If Seo could say something embarrassing, then Belze could as well. Belze decided to be honest about the desire that had been on her mind since she saw Seo.
“Don’t lie.”
“I’m serious. So can you just let me take a picture?”
“What?”
“Just one.”
“No.”
“Huh? Just one! I’ve already seen it anyway, it’s not like it’s going to get worn out, and I won’t post it anywhere.”
“No. You might use it against me.”
She deliberately looked up and blinked, but Seo didn’t let his guard down. He might not feel like it right now, but you never know when a person might change their mind.
But Belze didn’t give up. Villains give up only after two firm refusals. She’d wanted to take a picture of those perky ears since the moment she’d first laid eyes on them.
“Ahh? Huh? Just one. I won’t share it at all, I promise. I’ll take it together with you, so I can’t spread it.”
“That’s the thing, you can just erase your image and share it around.”
“Then… we’ll take it on your phone, so you have the original, and if I spread it, you spread the original.”
“No. It’s still unfair. How are you going to take a picture that’s embarrassing enough to rival my bunny ears? A weird face isn’t that embarrassing.”
A photo that is as embarrassing as having bunny ears. Seo had no idea what that would look like, but Belze was different.
Belze knew the most effective way to get Seo to agree for a picture. To do that, it would require a certain amount of self-sacrifice, and accept the fact that Seo would find it strange.
“…What if it’s a picture of us kissing?”
But Belze really wanted a photo of Seo with rabbit ears, no matter what it took.
“What?”
“If it’s a picture of me kissing your cheek, you definitely won’t get embarrassed and I certainly don’t want it to be spread around.”
“…”
“If you have any other good ideas, we can go with that. Or we could just take an embarrassing photo of you alone….”
“Let’s go with that.”
“Alone?”
“The first one.”
The first one – about the kiss.
Seo crossed his arms and held his phone with one hand. Belze watched him switch on the camera and squealed with delight and eagerly rushed forward.
Normally, she would have been repulsed or embarrassed, but she was genuinely mesmerzsed by the fluffy, elongated rabbit ears of Seo. Strong desires sometimes cloud one’s judgment.
Belze checked the phone’s camera screen to make sure Seo, with his rabbit ears, was in the frame, and then kissed his cheek.
The sound of a kiss and the shutter click almost sound simultaneously.
“Alright, if you send me this to…”
“Again.”
“Huh?”
“It didn’t turn out well.”
Belze thought it was a good shot, but if the owner of the phone insisted it wasn’t a good shot, it wasn’t a good shot. Belze was happy to accommodate his crankiness.
– Click.
“Take it again.”
– Click.
“The angle isn’t great. One more time.”
– Click.
It wasn’t until the fourth picture that Seo put his phone down, and Belze swooped in, her face lit up with glee as she pored over the photos.
She stared at his photo like it was nothing but a picture of her kissing him.
Seo found himself in an uncomfortable situation. He had thoughtlessly thought that she would mock him for sure, whether it was the ears or taking a picture of her kissing him…
Was it all a misunderstanding?
“Seo.”
They weren’t particularly close, but her attitude and tone suggested otherwise. She seemed to enjoy their mockery, she calls him names and talks to him in an endearing way. Besides, she was offering kisses as if it were nothing.
It was a perfect situation that could lead to delusion.
No, I’m not mistaken, just in case…
For a moment, Seo’s eyes almost glaze over at the thought, but then Belze takes her eyes off the photo and looks to the side.
“I’ve only kissed you four times, are you aroused?”
…Right, that’s true. She teases people whenever she gets the chance.
With a smug grin on her face, which he thought was annoying, Seo had the impulse to shut her up.
Anger surged quietly. Ever since he had become a rabbit, his lower abdomen had been writhing since last night, as if he had gone into heat. If he let his guard down for a moment, he felt like it would all rush down below.
“If I get aroused, will you take it out?”
He returned the mockery in a sharp tone, but in the current situation, the words did not sound like mockery.
He’d just received kisses from her because of these adorable bunny ears. Belze knew very well that he hadn’t taken the photo as a way to embarrass her.
That’s why she was able to giggle and tease him shamelessly. She wasn’t in a hurry, but Seo was feeling thirsty. Making him feel thirsty was a small victory in itself.
“Why me? I can lend you the bathroom and the tissues.”
“Why would you do that? You made me like this.”
“You make it sound like I did it, but it was Jet who did it. Do you want me to call him?”
This “Jet” was a burly man in his 30s.
“You were there, so you’re jointly and severally liable too.”
“Let’s just talk about the good stuff. At least you didn’t get hurt.”
Belze glanced between Seo’s legs and then looked up. Even though he was wearing pants a size too big on purpose, Seo’s g*nitals were still visible on the outside. Without a long jacket to cover it, it was easy to spot.
But there’s no sign of that, and if you look closely, you can see a slight bulge on his right leg, so he’s not fully erect yet.
Revealing the state of his lower half of the body was as embarrassing as mentioning it. Seo was no exception; he promptly sat on the couch and covered his legs with his hoodie.
“It’s not standing up. There’s nothing to be shameful about though so I don’t know where you’re looking at… You’d be happy if I were excited, wouldn’t you?”