I Became the One Who Takes. 2

## Chapter 2 – 1. I Stole the Golden Boy’s Girlfriend. (1)

I had my girlfriend stolen by a golden boy.

And to get revenge, I was exploring his social media account to steal his girlfriend.

The guy who stole my girlfriend was named Kim Tae-yang.

I don’t know if I should say he lives up to his name. As soon as I learned his almost comical name, I let out a hollow laugh.

Finding out his name wasn’t that difficult. Because the person who sent the video was none other than Kim Tae-yang.

And finding Kim Tae-yang’s girlfriend wasn’t that difficult either.

[A snapshot with my darling]

“Ha.”

Kim Tae-yang posted something on social media, using the term “darling” which didn’t suit him at all.

In the post, there was a long list of photos taken with a woman.

It’s hard to say this, but she was such a beautiful woman that I wondered if there was really a need to cheat with my girlfriend, or rather, my ex-girlfriend.

With her cat-like eyes and slightly prickly impression, she had an allure that would draw attention wherever she stood.

Thanks to her looks, she had many followers on social media and seemed to be working as an influencer.

While looking at her social media, I found a photo and stopped the finger that was exploring her account.

“This is…”

To others, it was just one of those photos that looked well-taken, but it was different for me.

This place was familiar to me.

It was the gym I went to when I set my New Year’s goal to get in shape and go on a trip, like everyone else.

I remembered diligently going for about six months because I had paid for a year at once, even though I was lazy.

The arrangement of the equipment, the lighting, the mirror where the photo was taken, and the color and subtle texture of the floor.

All gyms are similar, but the six months of memories that I forced myself to go because I had already paid told me that this was definitely the place.

I can’t believe it was so close.

“It really feels like the heavens are helping me.”

[Steal the girlfriend of the blonde tanned man in the video.]
[Reward: Acquire Quest Board]

I read the quest given to me again.

It was a quest that made me wonder if the heavens really wanted my revenge.

I read the quest and muttered as if making a small resolution.

“You’ll get a taste of it too.”

***

“Ha… What’s going on?”

I moved quickly.

I went to the gym I used to go to for confirmation, and there I found Kim Tae-yang’s girlfriend, Hanna.

I didn’t expect to run into her right away, but as soon as I entered the gym, I found Hanna standing in front of the door, looking at her phone with a nonchalant expression.

So I spoke to her right away.

Hanna frowned and scanned me up and down.

“I have something to show you.”
“…What is it?”
“It’s a bit much to show you here.”
“Okay then, I don’t want to see it.”

Hanna must have thought I was just another guy hitting on her like always, and waved her hand as if shooing away a fly.

But when a familiar name came out of my mouth, she suddenly stopped.

“Do you know Kim Tae-yang?”
“Tae-yang…?”

She looked at me with a complicated expression for a moment.

An expression that asked why that name was coming out of my mouth.

And an expression that seemed somehow uneasy.

Hanna sighed deeply and looked at me.

“I don’t know if he did something to you in the past, but Tae-yang has changed now.”

It seemed like he was a mess in the past too, as Hanna confessed Tae-yang’s dark past without even being asked.

It seemed like there were more than one or two victims.

However, Hanna didn’t seem to know that Kim Tae-yang was still doing that.

He must be hiding it thoroughly in front of Hanna.

That’s why Hanna, who knows the past, was clearly trying hard to defend her boyfriend, Kim Tae-yang.

So I spoke with even more emphasis.

“The past?”
“…”

Hanna’s eyes shook uneasily when I emphasized the past.

“What… are you going to show me?”
“I received a message.”
“…”

I held out my phone.

I couldn’t play the video in the gym.

No, even if I could, I wouldn’t show it on purpose.

Because if I just showed her the message window where Kim Tae-yang’s account sent me the video, Hanna would be even more curious.

As I expected, when I showed her the message window that Kim Tae-yang sent me, Hanna held my phone with both hands, holding her breath.

In fact, that was exactly the reaction I had when I first received this message.

He just sent a video file, but for some reason, I felt uneasy, and two thoughts were colliding in my head: wanting to see it and feeling like I shouldn’t.

I could easily read Hanna’s expression because I had experienced it myself.

“You said it’s a video that can’t be seen here…?”
“Yes.”
“Hoo, then where are we going to watch it?”
“How about my place? It’s close.”
“What? Why would I…”
“It’s a video that I can’t really show just anywhere…”
“…Kim Tae-yang, what kind of video is this… Ha…”

Hanna frowned as if she was dumbfounded, but then she looked at the phone screen and fell into 고민.

Then, in the end, the content of the video was more 궁금한 than the찝찝함 of having to go to a stranger’s house.

Eventually, Hanna nodded slightly.

“Just make sure it’s nothing big.”

With words that seemed to wish it was nothing big.

***

We didn’t exchange any words while walking home.

There was nothing to talk about, and we weren’t in a relationship where we could talk.

And I also thought that it would be advantageous for me in the future to heighten Hanna’s anxiety by not talking, so I saved my words.

Arriving in front of the house, I suddenly had that thought.

Come to think of it, it had been quite a while since my girlfriend had come to my house.

Now that I think about it, there were more than one or two suspicious circumstances.

Ironically, I only noticed this after becoming the one who was taking away.

When I opened the door, there were still traces of my girlfriend that I hadn’t been able to throw away, and Hanna let out a small sigh of relief when she saw them.

Then she looked at me carefully and said.

“You have a girlfriend… I see.”
“Ah… I did.”
“You did?”

She could have asked why I was using the past tense, but she didn’t ask because she didn’t know what to say, and just mumbled to herself.

I think I knew why Hanna sighed in relief earlier.

She must have thought that at least someone with a girlfriend wouldn’t do anything to her.

Ironically, she had no idea what Kim Tae-yang, who had a girlfriend named herself, was doing.

I didn’t answer Hanna’s question and offered her coffee.

“Coffee? Ah… I’m okay…”
“I’ll just make it while I’m making mine.”
“…Yeah, whatever.”

Even while I was boiling water in the kitchen, Hanna’s eyes were fixed on my phone on the table.

It seemed like Hanna’s head was only filled with curiosity about what the video was about.

Knowing that, I deliberately dragged out the time while making coffee.

Because the longer this time goes on, the greater the shock will be when she faces the truth.

And that shock will further cloud her judgment.

Even now, she followed a stranger to his house just because of her curiosity about the video.

I sat down next to her on the sofa and put down the coffee.

“Wait… you’re too close.”
“Haha, the sofa is smallㅡ”
“That’s true, but you can move further away.”

When I sat close, she frowned a little and pushed my body away with her palm. She exercised every day at the gym, but there was no way I, a man, would be pushed away that easily.

She glared at me and then quickly turned her gaze away.

As if she didn’t want to waste time arguing, she got to the point.

“So, where’s the video?”
“Ah, I have to show it to you.”

I selected the message from Kim Tae-yang and touched the video file from earlier.

Then, as soon as I played the video, my girlfriend’s topless body, without a single thread, began to appear on the phone.

“Eek! What are you showing me!”

Then Hanna jumped up from her seat and moved away from me.

Soon, she took a breath and hurriedly began to pack her things on the floor.

Hanna was trembling, as if she was flustered.

“You fucking pervert, I’m going to report you.”

She also spat out a word of 욕 to me as she packed her things one by one.

[Is it filming well…? Sung-han, are you watching?]

My girlfriend was talking to me on the screen with a 교성이 mixed voice.

I had seen it several times, but it was a video that made me laugh hollowly.

[Aang, no. I’m filming right now…]

“Stop watching it! Seriously, until the end, aren’t you a crazy bastard…”

Hanna, who was even more angry because she thought I was watching it because I liked it, spat 욕 at me as she put on her shoes.

Still, I didn’t bother to answer that misunderstanding or try to stop Hanna from leaving.

Because even if I didn’t stop her, that voice that would come out soon would stop her steps.

Would Hanna remember?

That this video was the message sent by her boyfriend?

[I’m making a pretty face to look good to your boyfriend.]

“…Tae-yang?”

Hanna stopped at the familiar voice.