Chapter 12 What I can do for you

As the sun slowly crawled away, clouds began to gather graying out the sky. It began to pour down on Joon-Woo and that stalker.

'If I lose this chance, I won't be able to stop him.' He looked him dead in the eye. 'The problem is...'

"You.. You fucking asshole..." The other guy grinded his teeth as he lost his temper. "What did you just do? Do you think.. I'm easy to tell with?"

'... The aftermath.'

He came lunging at Joon-Woo as enraged as he was. "Motherfucker!! I'm going to kill you! You fucker!"

'This crazy bitch.. He's acting like he just lost his lover. Like it's the end of the world.'

Joon-Woo let out an annoyed sigh. 'But...'

"Fuck!" He came at the other guy. 'I don't have anything to lose!'

'I'm done for... I shouldn't have said it. Dae Hyun probably...'

She stood there in fear of having said something wrong, overthinking everything, worried about losing Dae Hyun. 'Despises Random Chat.' They were looking at each other without saying anything. 'He's not saying anything... He's probably disappointed in me.. He'll see me as someone weird.. He'll hate me.'

'I should try and not be such a burden... Ah.. Why do I feel like crying?' Tears came rolling down her face. "I'm sorry... That was so random.. Talking nonsense about stalkers... I'm fine so just forget it-" "Seung Ah." Dae Hyun spoke up. "I've thought about it but no matter what... It's still pathetic."

"Yeah.. Right? I thought you'd say that-"

"No, not you. The stalker." Seung Ah's eyes lit up. "Why would you be pathetic? Why should you feel guilty when you're the victim?" He held out his hand as a signal for her. She looked at him having stopped crying. "Dae Hyun?" she didn't expect this outcome.

"Nothing wrong with using Random Chat. Your stalker is solely to blame. It's going to be alright." Dae Hyun was smiling at her, making it clear she could rely on him. Seung Ah once again started to get emotional. "You... really think so?"

"You did the right thing, and... Thanks for telling me about it. You didn't do anything wrong. I'm sorry you had to go through that."

"But... I was so foolish... Giving him my number-" "Don't worry." The tone of his voice changed. He sounded more serious about it. "He's just a coward hiding behind his phone. He won't have the guts to come forward. Hiding behind the comfort of the internet... No sense of reality..." He started counting all the things stalkers didn't have.

"No self-esteem... No skills, no talents..."

Joon-Woo was getting beat up by that guy... "Come on! You little fuck!" Taking one blow after another.

"And.. Since they can't accomplish anything in real life, they try to find comfort elsewhere."

"You wanna mess with me? Is that what you want?!" Joon-Woo had no breaks, getting hit in the face before he could even do anything, over and over again. He could only hear the stalker screaming at him, louder, witnessing him go even more mad. "DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME!!" He had gone insane.

Joon-Woo let out a growl of pain, thinking he had a little bit of time but when he looked up.. It was too late to dodge. Getting his jaw crushed with a brick knocked him all the way back, causing him to trip and fly against the wall behind him - making him go unconscious. Blood was all over his face. The other guy looked down on him, panting. "You.." he was taking one breath after another, "You're... The one who started it..."

Joon-Woo was against the wall, his arms hanging down from his upper body. He was not budging.

"You attacked me. You used the brick first... I'm actig in self defense..."

Dae Hyun was still cheering up Seung Ah. "I'll stay close by from now on. Can't be too careful. You feel better now?" She was glad. "Ye-yes! Thanks, Dae Hyun." Tears were still rolling down her face.

'Would... Seung Ah...' He finally got back to his senses. 'Be ok now...?'

'Yeah... The Class Rep will take care of her.' He began trembling. '... Sigh... I wanted to be there for her too... But..'

'That isn't something I can do.' Joon-Woo was soaked to the skin. 'Making Seung Ah feel better is something only he can achieve... Not me.' Tears, paired with rain were running down his face. 'The only thing I can do.. Is this.'

"Hey...You look troubled! I didn't go too far after all! I didn't do anything bad!!" He was still sure on one thing. That he wasn't doing anything wrong whatsoever. "I just wanted to meet her... But because of you... And Seung Ah, too.." Once again, he was shouting at Joon-Woo. "She liked me too!! She said I was easy to talk to! She was interested in me! SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED ME IF WE MET!!!"

"If it wasn't for you it would've worked out! She would've liked it too!!" - "Ha!" Joon-Woo decided to stop listening to his bullshit. "What fucking nonsense are you yapping on about? Maybe Seung Ah would've liked you. Maybe she did find you easy to talk to. But it wasn't about you. It was about the words you texted her. Not you."

He looked that guy straight in the eye. "Don't flatter yourself! Seung Ah doesn't even know you in real life."

'Right now I'm...'

"Actually, if she did, she would hate you. Look at you." The guy clenched his teeth listening at Joon-Woo's speech. "You're just a stalker. Getting her information, using her phone number", he got up from the ground, looking miserable and pathetic. "Only a stalker would keep reaching out after being blocked repeatedly. Grad school? Stop fucking around, ha ha."

'I don't understand why I'm egging on this psycho...'

"You pathetic fucker", Joon-Woo added with a cocky expression. "Why so quiet?"

'Because these words aren't meant for this fucker..'

"Honestly, you know, right? That she won't like you. That's why you do this secretively."

'These words are meant for me.'

"Just in case there's a slight chance that she might like you. You're just hyping it up in your head." He faced the stalker, but imagined himself standing in front of the old Joon-Woo. 'I knew from the start', he thought. 'I knew it wouldn't work.'

"So if you don't want me to report you, get lost. There's surveillance cameras and cell phone proof."

"Kekekeke, report me? Hahaha! Are you finished talking now? Fuck off, you little bitch."

'Now that I think about it... What was I doing all this time? What was I doing all this for...?' He pictured Seung Ah and everything he did. 'My feelings for Seung Ah...' Another wave of tears hit him. '... weren't that of friendship.'

Dae Hyun and Seung Ah were now going in too. "Seung Ah? I actually have to tell you something." - "Yeah? What? Haha."

"I actually used Random Chat a while ago, too. It's amusing, haha."

"Really? What a surprise!" She was grinning from ear to ear.

'I must have liked her', Joon-Woo concluded. The other guy picked up the brick again. "I'll just have to get her number from your phone and go look for her."

'But now...'

"Bullshit." Joon-Woo got ready to lunge at him. "Go where, you psycho ass stalker?"

'The only thing I can do is this.'

"Oh, it's raining!" - "What? No one said anything about rain!"

"It's okay. Spring rain is a good thing in this drought." Seung Ah reached out her hand. "It's kind of pretty, haha."

Ha Min was behind them, happy about her freebie. Seung Ah looked at the sky. 'It feels kind of warm.. And like a load's been lifted... It's all thanks to you, Dae Hyun.'

"So persistent. Aren't you tired?" He was breathing heavily. "And I still won." Joon-Woo was lying on the ground. "Anyways, you hit me too! This is mutual. Problematic kids. Tsk... You threatened me with a brick first, right? So this is self defense... Haha! Now I'm going to call Seung Ah and find her. Seung Ah is going to worry if she sees I'm hurt, hehe." He put his hair back behind his ear.

~Chapter 12.

What I can do for you.

"What the heck?! This crazy fuck! Why are there only three numbers on his phone?! Mom, Dad, Jong Hwa?! Ha, this pathetic bitch thinks I'm a loser?! To hell with you! You're more of a loser than me! Get the fuck up!"

"Excuse me. This guy..." A blonde girl with an umbrella walked down the street and heard the guy scream at the beaten- to- a- pulp Joon-Woo. "Did you do that to him?!"

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