Urban legend) The guy born with a curse that makes everyone fall for him

Okay so this is a creepy story I wasn't gonna post but here we go.

So when this guy first enrolled, word spread instantly. Like school-wide. He was THAT good looking. And because of that, his whole situation with women got complicated fast. Like, within weeks. He'd moved from the countryside to live alone in the city for college, which honestly made it worse.

No exaggeration (okay maybe a little): he never dated anyone longer than two weeks. Having two girls at once was just. Normal for him. And as time went on, people started catching on. The vibe shifted from "omg he's so hot" to "that guy is bad news." Everyone who initially liked him based on looks alone slowly started cutting him off.

By the time first semester finals hit, dude completely vanished. Skipped class, his apartment was locked, totally went ghost. And honestly? Even the guys closest to him weren't that worried. Part of it was typical guy stuff, but also... a few of them had girlfriends who cheated on them WITH this guy. That caused actual fistfights. Bloodied noses. The whole thing. They patched it up eventually but the thing is, looking back, it wasn't even really HIM pursuing these girls. He'd just be sitting there and they'd come onto him. Like aggressively. Still left a bad taste though, obviously.

So when he disappeared, we all just assumed he probably caused some new drama with some girl and bailed. Semester ended. Winter break started. He never showed.

Then right before spring semester, I get a call from a number I don't recognize.

It was him.

I was genuinely surprised. We weren't even that close at that point, we'd drifted with everything that happened. He sounded calm but exhausted. Asked if I wanted to grab drinks. I didn't really want to go, ngl. But we'd been cool at some point so I said fine.

He said come to his place. I hadn't been there since early first semester when we were all still hanging out together. I'm walking over and I'm like... okay is he gonna have some girl there. Is this weird. Should I text someone. All these thoughts.

But whatever. Guy wants to drink with a buddy, I show up.

Stopped at the convenience store nearby, grabbed drinks and some snacks, knocked on his door.

About ten minutes later it opened.

And I genuinely did not recognize him at first.

I'm not even being dramatic. This guy, who was honestly one of the best looking people I'd ever seen in real life, looked like a CORPSE. Skin and bones. Dark circles so bad they looked bruised. The tall, handsome guy everyone went crazy over was just. Gone. He looked like a full wreck.

I played it cool, did the whole "hey man what's up" thing, and went inside. He apologized for taking so long, said he'd been asleep and didn't hear the door. Said it with this voice like he had no energy left in his entire body. Lit a cigarette.

Walking into that room I had one immediate thought: so many different girls came through here this semester. You could just feel it somehow. Weird vibe.

We sat down, set out the drinks, he made some halfhearted comment about what I brought, and we started drinking.

I got a little loose and just started talking. Told him honestly, like, look, a lot went down, you disappeared, and out of everyone you could've called you called ME, which is... interesting. Rambled for a while.

He just sat there sipping slowly. Listening. For a while.

Then he finally spoke.

First thing out of his mouth: "bro I think I might actually die."

I thought he had some serious illness. Asked him straight up, are you sick, what's wrong.

And then he started talking. In this voice like a terminal patient who just got told they have months left. Completely flat. Completely resigned.

He told me that his whole life, even as a kid, he never had to try. Girls would confess to him on the street. RANDOM strangers. One time in high school a young female teacher literally asked him out. Straight up pursued him.

But his family was strict. Like, aggressively strict. After elementary school they only sent him to all-boys schools. No co-ed anything. Zero dating allowed. He got to college without having dated a single person. Not even a girl as a friend. Which honestly sounds like it's straight out of the Joseon dynasty, I don't get it.

But he said there was a reason for all of it. Said he'd explain later.

So here's this guy with model looks and zero experience with women, suddenly free from his parents for the first time, landing in a co-ed university.

And I remembered, actually, thinking back. At orientation he WAS still kind of awkward. Hot but dressed like a total try-hard honor student. Couldn't really talk to girls. Low key clueless.

And yet somehow between then and NOW he was sitting in front of me looking like he hadn't slept or eaten in two months telling me he thought he was going to die.

He said things started changing when a friend of his from Seoul, some older guy he'd known since childhood, invited him out to Gangnam for drinks...