Wanna Be My Puppy? I'll Spoil You Rotten (2)
A dark, narrow alley.
Sihyun made the call on pure instinct.
The new psycho who'd just shown up.
Don't meet her eyes. Don't engage with her at all.
Wary, he slowly backed away, putting distance between himself and Yoona.
Watching him retreat, Yoona tilted her head with an amused little smile.
"Hmm~? What exactly did I do that you're already trying to run?"
But Sihyun didn't so much as answer. He spun on his heel and bolted.
In that instant—
Ziiing——!!!
A flash of blue light cut through the dark.
"......!"
Twisting his body by a hair's breadth, Sihyun dodged the beam and reflexively snapped his head toward where it had come from.
"Wow~ You actually dodged that?"
Yoona let out a small, admiring exclamation, the corner of her mouth curling up.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?"
As Sihyun bristled, every nerve on edge, Yoona cocked her head with feigned innocence.
"Hm? You're the one who tried to run the second you saw me. What did I even do~?"
"Ha......! You seriously don't know?"
Sihyun let out a hollow laugh of pure disbelief.
"Eeh~? I really don't get it...... Wait—could it be something like this?"
She playfully waved the stun gun in her hand, smiling as she went on.
"You ran into a suspicious person in a dark alley and decided to bolt?"
"Glad you've got it figured out!"
"Eeh? But isn't that the kind of thinking a fragile little woman like me is supposed to do?"
"......Fragile?"
Sihyun stared at the stun gun in her hand with an utterly incredulous look.
"Yeah. A delicate, helpless girl like me should be the one who's more scared~ Ah!"
The playfully mischievous Yoona suddenly clapped her hands as if struck by a brilliant realization.
"Oh dear. I suppose it might be different when the other person is a man like you~"
Saying so, she lightly licked her lips and fixed her gaze on Sihyun.
"You're really pretty, you know?"
Sihyun's face crumpled at those words.
"Oh my~ Look at that scowl. You're so adorable!"
A thrilling shiver ran through Yoona. She could hear her own heart pounding.
Thump-thump-thump—!
Never in her life had she felt excitement like this.
As the eldest daughter of the Kang family, the stress of competing with her older brother for succession had driven her to luxuries—and to tormenting various men as an outlet. She'd toyed with countless guys at her whim, but Sihyun stirred something she'd never felt before.
Ah...... What even is this feeling?
Could this be... love?
But today was the first time she'd ever seen him.
I fell for him at first sight?
No way.
Right. This isn't love. It's......
While Yoona was lost in thought, Sihyun seized the opening and tried to slip away again.
But—
Ziiing——!!!
Yoona fired the stun gun without a second's hesitation.
"Guh......!"
Sihyun barely dodged again, but the stark black scorch mark left on the ground sent a chill down his spine. He'd never seen a stun gun up close before, yet its power was clearly anything but ordinary.
"Don't get any funny ideas. This thing is on a whole different level from an ordinary stun gun~"
Yoona spun the weapon in her hand, speaking in a singsong tone.
And then......
It hit her.
That pretty face. That prickly, defiant attitude.
He's a total Pomeranian.
The true nature of the feeling was this—an intense urge to own him. The fierce desire to break that rebellious little dog and make him hers!
A sadistic smile spread across Yoona's face as she slowly closed the distance.
"Wanna be my puppy?"
"Wha......?"
Sihyun's face went pale at the insane question.
"I'll spoil you so much. Okay?"
Yoona advanced on him with the stun gun trained and ready. The sheer pressure of her—ready to fire the second he moved—kept Sihyun frozen in place.
Once she was close enough, Yoona playfully whispered into his ear.
"You'll want to be a good boy and listen~ Unless you like pain. Oh, of course......"
She licked her lips again and whispered—
"If you do like pain, then you're more than welcome!"
This fucking psycho......!
Goosebumps crawled over every inch of Sihyun's skin. Compared to the crazy women like Yuri and Seonye, this one was in a whole other league of deranged!
The moment those two crossed his mind—almost as if she'd read his thoughts—Yoona leaned in and whispered into his ear again.
"Oh, and just in case you're wondering...... don't bother hoping Han Yuri or Min Seonye will come save you?"
"......?"
Sihyun looked at her as if to ask what the hell she meant.
Yoona's lips curved into a sweet smile as she murmured low.
"My little brother...... Jinwoo already went to take care of them~ Mmm...... he probably took about twenty guys with him?"
"!!!"
Sihyun's eyes went wide.
Jinwoo? That piece of trash?
He'd been a little worried the guy might hold a grudge. But to think he'd not only snitch to this insane sister of his, but also bring a whole crew—
I don't think those women would go down easily, but......
He couldn't help worrying all the same. The memories he had of them were nothing but terrible—horrifying, even. But he still couldn't just leave them to their fate.
As if reading his mind, Yoona's mouth curled into a smile.
"Oh my! Looks like you've got a sense of justice under that pretty face?"
Sensing Sihyun's body tense to move, Yoona immediately leveled the stun gun and gave a wicked little laugh.
"Looks like our little puppy needs a bit of discipline for not listening to his owner~!"
Crackle—!
Blue light flared at the tip of the stun gun, sharp sparks bursting free.
"Grrraaagh......!!"
"Don't worry~ It won't kill you. You'll just black out for a little while. So just relax and— huh!?"
Yoona's eyes went wide mid-sentence, mid-confident monologue.
Because—
Pah-pat!
Even after taking the stun gun hit, Sihyun gritted his teeth, spun around, and sprinted away at full speed.
"Wow...... You tanked that?"
Watching his figure recede into the distance, Yoona slowly smiled.
"Hmm~ Now I really want to turn him into my puppy."
Sihyun had vanished from her sight. But the thick, burning desire to possess him rose in her eyes and showed no sign of stopping.
Meanwhile, at that same moment—the café.
Seonye glared daggers at Yuri and shouted.
"Hey, Han Yuri! Sihyun ran off because of you!"
"Pfft. Bullshit. Pretty sure it was you."
Yuri sneered and jerked her chin. Seonye's face flushed red as she clenched her teeth.
"Don't make me laugh! If you hadn't shown up, I'd already be with Sihyun right now......"
She choked up, unable to finish. It was so unfair she could scream. If only this bitch hadn't been here! A nice dinner, a few drinks sliding in naturally, and then the two of them......
As Seonye trembled, spinning fantasies in her head, Yuri—who could apparently see right through her—snorted a laugh.
"Ugh, get a grip. At best you'd have eaten and split right after."
"Hey! You little......!"
Just as Seonye flared up and reached for Yuri—
"Yo~ What the hell did you two pull to trash the place like this?"
An arrogant voice drifted to their ears. Jinwoo swaggered into the café at the head of a large pack of lackeys.
"Kang Jinwoo? And what are you doing here?"
Seonye narrowed her eyes and shot him a sharp look. He shrugged with an easy smile.
"Ah~ ah~ Min Seonye. Long time no see. None of your business."
"Excuse me?"
Seonye scowled, but Jinwoo ignored her and fixed his glare on Yuri.
"The one I've got business with is that bitch Han Yuri."
"......Kang Jinwoo. You've really lost it, haven't you?"
Yuri stared him down with ice-cold eyes. Jinwoo flinched for a second, then puffed himself up and straightened his back.
"You're the one who's lost it! How dare some part-time punk insult me!?"
"Ha......! How dare? A nobody like you?"
Yuri snorted and took a step toward him.
"Do you even know who I am? There's a limit to how much you can coast on your family name!"
"You're the one coasting on your family name! What's so special about that Cheonryong crap of yours!?"
Jinwoo shouted, fuming. Yuri let out a pitying snort.
"That Cheonryong crap sits way above your little Gangsan, doesn't it?"
"Grrgh......! Shut up!!"
Cornered, Jinwoo ground his teeth and seethed. It was true—Cheonryong was South Korea's number one conglomerate. And Gangsan barely scraped into the top five on a good day. To ordinary people both were massive chaebol empires, of course. But among themselves, the hierarchy was clear.
"I've got someone I need to find, so I'm busy. Take your mutts and get the hell out while I'm still asking nicely."
Yuri waved a dismissive hand, clearly irritated. Jinwoo's face twisted—and so did his lackeys'. But thinking of Yoona, who'd gone after Sihyun, Jinwoo recovered his smirk and sneered.
"Keh-keh! All this over that girly little part-timer, huh?"
"......Shut up. It's none of your business."
Yuri's irritable snap only made Jinwoo more triumphant. He needled her.
"What a shame. If you're talking about that part-timer—our noona already went after him to take care of things?"
At those words—
"!!!"
Yuri froze. Seonye was equally stunned.
"What!? Kang Yoona is here too!?"
They had every reason to be. Among the chaebol kids, Yuri and Seonye were infamous madwomen in their own right—but Yoona existed on another plane entirely. She was in a different league.
"Sihyun—!"
Seonye's face went deathly pale as she scrambled for the café exit. But Jinwoo's men blocked her path.
"Kang Jinwoo. You said you had no business with me, right? Go bother Han Yuri!"
Seonye snapped at him in annoyance. Jinwoo just chuckled lazily.
"Ah, sorry. That was the plan, but you seem pretty protective of the guy too. You know what my noona's like, don't you?"
"......Haaah!"
Seonye raked her hands through her hair and heaved a deep sigh. Then she turned to Yuri.
"Hey, Han Yuri. Temporary alliance?"
Yuri sighed just as heavily and crossed her arms.
"Fine. Not thrilled about it, but I don't feel like wasting time on trash like this."
"What did you just say? Trash—!? You fucking—!!!"
Jinwoo roared with rage.
"Beat the shit out of both those bitches!!!"
At his order the lackeys charged.
In that instant—
THWACK——!
"Guaaaagh!!!"
One of the men suddenly screamed as he went flying. And then—
KRAAASH——!
He slammed into the café wall.
At the sight—
"Nooo—!!"
The store manager, who'd been sitting dazed on the floor, let out a wail. Faced with the completely unexpected—
"Wh-what the fuck!? What was that?"
Jinwoo spun around in confusion. His lackeys were equally lost, stumbling in bewilderment, unable to process what had just happened.
Meanwhile—
"Wow!"
Yuri narrowed her eyes with a look of pure interest, smiling. She hadn't expected him to fall to that psycho, sure—but she also hadn't expected him to come back.
"Sihyun! Hoo—!"
Seonye cried out without thinking, a huge sigh of relief escaping as she pressed a hand to her chest. Yuri wasn't the only one tangled up with him now—Yoona was too. All because she'd carelessly recommended that part-time job, and now he might get hurt...... She'd been genuinely terrified for him.
Every gaze in the room naturally turned toward the café entrance.
And standing there—
"Hah...... hah......! Barely made it in time."
Breathing hard, wiping the sweat from his brow, was Sihyun.