Chapter 148 – End of Summer Vacation
After returning from a 3-day, 2-night vacation in Hongcheon, we periodically spent time on dates alone or in groups.
I still had a short-term part-time job in the mornings and worked two part-time jobs a day on weekdays, so I didn’t have much time to meet other people.
Instead, the part-time job at the convenience store from afternoon to night was exclusive time for Suyeon, who could not go to the water park with her.
“Senior girl~”
“Hug me again?”
“Yes. And give me a kiss.”
It’s been almost half a year since we started working part-time at a convenience store together, but Suyeon and I still fondle each other’s lips quite often when there are no customers in the store.
Especially after Sooyeon couldn’t go to the water park with us because she was busy for personal reasons.
Su-yeon must have been resentful of not being able to go to the water park. Even while she was working part-time at a convenience store and studying in her spare time, she regularly asked for hugs or kisses.
This was especially true after I received a call from Yuri, Eunji, and Yumin while I was working.
“Oof… Haa…♥”
Su-yeon parted her lips with a satisfied expression and took a break to look through her cell phone.
Su-yeon went to the SNS page of Yu-min, whom she had registered as a friend during the previous field trip, and narrowed her eyes as she looked through the photos posted there.
“Hmph… Hmm…”
“Hey, Suyeon… Don’t you see that too often…?”
The problem is that this isn’t the first time I’ve seen it.
For several days now, Suyeon has been looking at the photos posted there at least 2–3 times a day.
“Sir, how was the water park there? Was it good?”
Suyeon asked with a smile, but for some reason, I felt like an interrogation was about to begin.
“It would have been great if I had you, but it’s a bit disappointing that you aren’t. Next time, let’s go together, okay? No, it was the ski resort this winter, right? Don’t miss it then, okay?”
I quickly consoled her and comforted her before Suyeon inflamed her jealousy even more.
Since Su-yeon didn’t go by choice, she couldn’t express her anger and just kept looking through her photos with a regretful expression.
“Wow… Look at Eunji’s swimsuit. Is this what she wore? I don’t think she would have worn it herself.”
“Right? You know that. Eunji actually likes being forced to do things like that.”
“It’s hilarious to think about what you said to me on that topic…”
Su-yeon muttered quietly as she scrolled through Yu-min’s Instagram photos and sighed.
“Ha…”
“Why? Is there something you don’t like?”
“Senior, do you know what the status of these photos posted on Yumin’s Instagram is like?”
“No. I don’t have an Instagram account. What’s it like?”
“Look at this.”
Suyeon pushed her cell phone screen towards me.
In the picture are Yumin in the front, Yuri, me, and Eunji in the back.
Yumin winked and put her fingers outstretched in a V shape to her cheek, Yuri crossed her arms behind me, and Eunji didn’t know what to do because she was embarrassed by the dizzying micro bikini.
Since Yumin had already taken the photo and showed it to me, I couldn’t figure out what Suyeon wanted to say with it.
“How does it look?”
“Uh… The correction went really well?”
Suyeon’s eyes narrowed as if it wasn’t the correct answer.
“… Sorry, I’m not sure.”
“Look underneath, not at the picture.”
“Below?”
There were comments and likes.
Dozens of comments and thousands more likes.
“Uh… A lot of likes?”
“That’s it! How many dozens of comments and likes? 4,000? Do you know what kind of order this is? This is almost like a model or a celebrity! This much is being spread on other sites?!”
“Isn’t it good?”
“Good!”
Suyeon burst out in anger.
“I’m not there!!”
Sooyeon was so angry that she covered up the workbook she was studying and stamped her feet.
After listening to her story, she realized that the reason Sooyeon was angry was not complicated.
The girls in the photos posted by Yumin are very pretty and have great bodies, and the photos became quite popular on Instagram because Yumin even edited them and uploaded them.
Thanks to the rapid popularity of those photos, Yumin’s account does not have many followers, but the water park photos have thousands of likes.
Her problem was that even though all three other people were in the picture, she didn’t have Suyeon, so she didn’t think people would associate her with me.
“It’s annoying! If I had known this would be like this, I would have just skipped my studies and everything for a few days and left! If I had taken a picture of a surprise kiss from behind my senior’s back, everyone would have known that I had this kind of relationship with my senior! I’m not even in the photo! Everyone else is! “
That’s why Soo-yeon was upset that photos of her, even though she didn’t even exist, would be spread around all over the community.
I chuckled because the reason for my anger was simple and typical of a girl of that age.
“Are you laughing? Senpai, is this funny? I’m really serious!”
When I laughed, Su-yeon opened her eyes and ran towards me.
After returning from the water park, I felt that the demands for affection increased much more than usual during my part-time job. I heard this was the reason.
I comforted her by patting her butt.
“I didn’t laugh because it was funny. Lately, he looked like he was in a bad mood, so I was worried that he might be angry with me, but he wasn’t, and I was relieved. Our Suyeon, are you angry because the picture of the water park that everyone went to without you became famous?”
“Mr…”
“Then I guess we have no choice but to make the photo with Suyeon in it become famous once more? Hmm, when would be a better time? Winter is still far away… How about during Jinsuje? I don’t know what to take, but let’s leave good memories of us together then, okay?”
“Is it a promise?”
“Yes, promise.”
Suyeon and I linked our little fingers.
Sooyeon stared into my eyes for a moment, then closed her eyes and slightly put her head forward, and we kissed again.
Until my cell phone rings.
Wow-
I stopped kissing because my phone was vibrating and checked the sender.
It was a call from Eunji.
“Why is he calling at this hour?”
The time shown on my cell phone was 7pm.
At this time, Eunji is usually taking a shower or eating dinner at the end of track practice or on days when track practice ends a little early.
I had never called at this time before, but when I saw Eunji’s name suddenly calling, I answered the phone with puzzlement.
“Eunji? What’s happening at this hour?”
And as soon as I answered the phone, Eunji’s angry voice boomed from the other end of the phone.
– Seongjin! Ah, I really can’t do it anymore!!!
The sound was so loud that Suyeon could clearly hear it even though it wasn’t in speaker mode.
We looked at each other for a moment with confused expressions.
“…?”
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After returning from the water park vacation, Jeong Eun-ji received a lot more contact from Gong Young-bae than before.
It’s also much sharper.
– Eunji, what is this photo you posted on SNS?
“SNS? Photos? What photos?”
– Did you go to the water park with Yumin and Yuri? Are you the person in this picture?
“Ah.”
There were more than one or two photos taken at the water park, but since I had seen the photos posted on Lee Yu-min’s SNS, I knew what she was talking about right away.
– Han Seong-jin… Why is Han Seong-jin here…? Did you know that Han Seong-jin was there and go with him? So… Wearing a swimsuit like that?
Jeong Eun-ji, who remembered his order to tell her that if Gong Young-bae found out, that they had originally planned to go together with the women and that Han Seong-jin had joined late on his own accord, she said exactly the same.
“No. Yumin was originally supposed to go with her older sister and Yuri, but that bastard Han Seongjin got involved later. I was so embarrassed too.”
– But this swimsuit… What on earth is this swimsuit? This… You’re almost naked!
‘Oh, it’s annoying.’
Just a couple of months ago, I liked Gong Young-bae so much, but when I found out his true nature, even his voice became irritating.
Shamelessly meddling in a subject that did such a thing to his childhood friend.
Jeong Eun-ji thought that in her mind and thought about it appropriately.
She told lies such as saying that she bought a strange swimsuit after ordering it online without looking at it properly, that she was too embarrassed because Han Seong-jin came, and that she couldn’t even enjoy it.
The call that day somehow ended well, but the problem came after that.
– Eunji, are you busy?
– What are you doing right now? Are you practicing?
-Aren’t you with Han Seong-jin?
From that day on, Gong Young-bae called me every time, like a person with a suspicious mind, asking me what I was doing, and even at any given time.
Morning, noon, evening, late at night… When he couldn’t answer the phone because he was practicing, there were times when he had more than 10 missed calls, and in the end, he even followed him to the playground where he practiced track and field.
“Eunji!”
“Huh? W-Youngbae…?”
“Why can’t I contact you like this? I keep getting anxious.”
“No, you know for sure that I practice track and field on weekdays, so why are you doing this? I’m not even done with practice yet!”
“Isn’t it time for a break? Please talk to me for a moment.”
Due to her recklessness, Gong Young-bae took advantage of her to get rid of Jeong Eun-ji for a while, and after that, he continued to press her, asking why he couldn’t contact her.
Jeong Eun-ji was irritated and started talking back to her, raising her voice, and while they were fighting, Gong Young-bae got angry and brought up Han Seong-jin.
“Han Seong-jin showed up unexpectedly, but you’re still wearing that swimsuit in front of that kid! Can’t I come to you like this? Who is more important to me, Han Seong-jin, or you!”
‘Of course it’s Seongjin.’
Jeong Eun-ji answered by saying that in her mind.
“Well, I said it was just an accident. Now, isn’t this just you’re coming and disturbing my schedule even though you know it?”
“Can’t we even confirm this between us?”
“Between us…? We’re not even a couple!”
“Then let’s do it now.”
“What?”
Gong Young-bae suddenly said that and pushed Jeong Eun-ji against the wall and suddenly tried to kiss her.
As Gong Young-bae’s face got closer, Jeong Eun-ji was startled and pushed him away.
“Ugh!”
“I’m surprised… Youngbae, what are you doing right now? You’ve come to see me while others are practicing…”
“If we can’t tolerate this because we’re not a couple, shouldn’t we just be a couple? It’s like we’re dating anyway-“
“Do you really want to do this? Go back quickly. And don’t come and visit me out of the blue or contact me like this. Let’s think about it for a while.”
“Eunji!”
“Go back!!!”
After her Gong Young-bae returned, Jeong Eun-ji held her shocked chest and took a deep breath, thinking that she had almost lost the lips that were meant for Han Seong-jin.
And when she calmed down a little, she became angry at Gong Young-bae’s sudden behavior and contacted Han Seong-jin.
– Eun Ji? What are you doing at this hour?
“Seongjin! Ah, I really can’t do this anymore!!!”
Han Seong-jin asked her to hold out at least until the launch ceremony, but Jeong Eun-ji did not want to deal with Gong Young-bae any longer.
