Chapter 122 – Part 1
No matter how you think about it, it was strange.
Even though there was no reason to be annoyed, I kept getting annoyed.
Strangely, it wasn’t just that.
It’s just that lately I’ve been feeling a little…
Suddenly, I felt depressed, then my heart was excited as if it never happened, and I was strangely annoyed like now.
It wasn’t too difficult to figure out that the cause was finite.
That would be the case, because whenever my mood changed like that, there was always Yuhan at the scene.
If you think about it, it was always like that.
Watching someone ask Yuhan for his number or offer flowers and confess their feelings, the feeling that had been okay until then suddenly subsided. I felt better as if it had happened again.
As if he was jealous of women who showed interest in Yuhan.
The moment her thoughts reached that point, Gayoung trembled without even realizing it.
Ga-young’s appearance was that of a person who was stabbed in the right direction, so Ha-yeon, who was sitting across from her, looked at Ga-young as if wondering, but Ha-yeon’s eyes could not reach Ga-young now.
It was inevitable because, at that moment, Ga-yeong was in such a state of panic that she couldn’t even afford to pay attention to anything else.
You’re jealous
It couldn’t have been.
Why are you jealous of those women?
In a way, it’s a good thing, too.
I don’t know if it’s because there’s no one in sight, or if it’s because he didn’t like the fact that he confessed without hesitation, but he has tasted that all those who have confessed their feelings to Yuhan up until now have been rejected, but there is no law that will continue to be so in the future.
If among those who approach people in that way, saying they don’t know about human affairs, if there is someone who has a heart for Yuhan, they can be related that way.
If you realize what true love feels like, Yuhan will no longer mistake admiration for you as love.
Then this uneasy relationship would end there, and she would have no more anxiety.
In addition, even if it’s hard to be the same as before, you can go back to a similar look.
So that’s right.
It must have been a good thing…
Oddly enough, I wasn’t happy.
Rather, her chest felt a little stuffy, as if something had been put on it, and something kept stirring inside it.
‘Jealousy···’
At that moment, the word crossed my mind once again, but I shook my head in denial.
Because I couldn’t be jealous.
Rather, it was just because I was worried about Yuhan.
Isn’t that the case with Yuhan, who has often suffered various hardships related to women?
That’s why I was worried.
It was because there was no guarantee that those who approached Yuhan with a light heart, attracted only by Yuhan’s appearance, would not cause such problems again.
So this is a concern.
I’m sure I’m worried about it… Maybe it’s because I’m needlessly thinking strange things, but her face keeps heating up and her heart is pounding and jumping at an unfamiliar beat.
It was for this reason that he put down the chopsticks he was holding for a while and got up from his seat.
My face kept getting hot, so I felt like I had to calm it down with a face wash.
“… Teacher?”
“Hey, let’s go to the bathroom for a while…”
I’m going to go to the bathroom for a while, so I left my seat to tell him to finish eating, but for some reason I caught sight of the lunch box that was wide open so that I could pick up what was inside and eat it.
Did he even enter the break room?
After leaving the director’s office, Yuhan, who should have been guarding the counter, was nowhere to be seen.
I thought I was lucky.
I don’t know why I thought that way, but whatever.
I left the store and headed to the bathroom on the same floor.
Then she turned on the water and took it into her hand to wash her face.
My face was so hot that I couldn’t calm it down without ice-cold water, so I turned it on as cold as possible.
So I washed my face several times.
Again and again
Did ice-cold water work?
Little by little, the burning sensation subsided, and at the same time, it felt like my mind, which was extremely complicated, was being neatly organized.
Instead, his face turned damp, but it was not difficult to solve by taking out a few tissues that he had brought to use for wiping his hands and wiping them roughly.
It must have been the moment when he was about to head back to the store after the burning sensation had subsided.
As I was heading towards the visible corner, a familiar voice pierced my ears.
“What are you talking about?”
It was Yuhan’s voice.
A slightly colder voice than usual.
The moment she heard that voice, her heart beat loudly and the burning sensation she thought she had managed to calm down ran up her face again, so Ga-young hurriedly pressed herself against the wall.
I don’t know why, but for some reason it felt like it had to be.
As I clung to the wall like that, the sound of my heart beating fast and loud suddenly started to bother me.
So, while pressing her breasts tightly with her hands, her body, which had been pressed against the wall, slightly shrunk—
“Do you have a girlfriend?”
Immediately, she heard the voice of the person who had been eating with her face to face.
Hearing that voice, which was clearly Hayeon’s, Gayoung bit her lip.
She was in such a pitiful situation that I gave her permission at best, but what the hell is she doing here without eating?
Even while thinking about that, the conversation between the two continued.
“You know what to do with it.”
“Isn’t there a girlfriend?”
“What would you do without it?”
After a moment of silence, Ga-young’s lower lip, which had been compressed by Yuhan’s words, twitched.
“Why not?”
“Yes? What did I do…”
“Why do you put up an iron wall when you don’t even date anyone?
“Even if I don’t date anyone—”
“Does anyone like you?”
To that, Yuhan did not answer.
Even so, for some reason, Gayoung seemed to see Yuhan nodding her head with a confused expression in front of her eyes.
“Hmmmm… What are you doing?”
“… You know what to do with that.”
“A confession? Has she confessed to her that she likes her?”
“····”
“I guess you failed after trying? It’s amazing… Why did you reject it?
Ga-yeong felt her heart beat faster at Ha-yeon’s implicit question. She did, even though it wasn’t aimed at her.
Even herself, who is not a target, is so embarrassed, but what about Yuhan?
Would she have been surprised?
She was worried
“Or is there a big age gap? So you rejected it because you felt burdened?”
“…If you’re going to talk nonsense, I’ll go back now.”
Wasn’t it empty that she wanted to go back?
Her rustle echoed, followed by a low-pitched stomping on the floor.
The moment when Ga-yeong, startled by him, shrunk her body even further—
“Hmm, you seem older.”
The voice that followed cut off the sound of her footsteps, which had been reverberating and echoing.
“Ummm… How great is the age gap?”
“…What does that have to do with you?”
“I’m Kwon Ha-yeon.”
“Yes?”
“Not you, but Kwon Ha-yeon. My name.”
“Ha… Yes, Kwon Ha-yeon. I’ll take care of who I like, so can you stop worrying?”
“What if you don’t want to bother?”
“···Yes?”
“How about me other than her?”
It must have been the moment that the words flowed into my ears.
Sensing the feeling of something dangling precariously in her chest dripping down to her feet, Gayoung lightly put strength on her hand, which had been squeezing and squeezing her chest from before.
It had to be.
It was so stuffy that I felt like I had to do that.
“How old are you?”
“…Who?”
“Who are you talking about?”
“Twenty two.”
“Ah, twenty-two years old? Then I’m older than Yuhan.”
Her voice, which seemed to say that it was okay, was somehow annoying.
The attitude of Yuhan, who answered meekly just because he asked me, was the same.
“So what?”
“No, looking at it, it seems that you prefer older people rather than younger ones. That’s why… What are you doing?”
“Yes?”
“The person Yuhan has a crush on. Are you prettier than me?”
The moment those words flowed into her ears, Ga-yeong recalled Ha-yeon’s face in her mind.
I haven’t heard that she’s ugly anywhere, but maybe it’s because she’s a celebrity.
Compared to Ha-yeon’s cute and lively appearance reflected in her mirror, she felt somewhat shabby.
With a face without any makeup, even a tired look.
Things that had never bothered her suddenly began to bother her.
He did-
“Yes.”
It seems that Yuhan thought differently.
It wasn’t enough that it was done almost at the same time as the question, so at Yuhan’s resolute answer, Ga-young could feel that the things that had started to bother her had subsided as if it hadn’t happened.
So she laughed.
Because I wanted to know what that was, what that one word could do.
“…Really? Is the other person a celebrity?”
“····”
“So, what about your body?”
It was Ha-yeon’s voice that, unlike earlier, felt a little nervous, that dug into her ear.
The moment it got lodged in her ear, Ga-yeong was able to find herself painting Ha-yeon’s figure in her head.
It was drawn in her head, so she couldn’t say for certain that it was the same as the real thing, but even so, Ha-yeon’s body was definitely great.
Since a job is a job, the body created through thorough management must have had plenty of charm as a woman.
In comparison, this one… To be honest, it was difficult to say that it was a well-maintained body.
I know she’s pretty thin for having management out of her hands, but just touching her sides is enough to make her flab already.
Looking at it now, even her thighs seemed to be thicker than she’d ever seen before.
However, what bothered her more than anything was that, unlike before, when she answered the question as soon as she was asked, Yuhan’s silence was exceptionally long.
The silence, which had only lasted less than a minute, was strangely disturbing.
“…Do I have a better body?”
It was the same with Ha-yeon’s voice, which quickly became elated, as if she had been nervous at some point.
“So what?”
“Oh, I just checked. I wanted to know. What are the odds against me?”
“Under···”
“I was going to give up cleanly if there was no chance of winning.
“Yes, yes, do as you please.”
“Oh, that’s right. Really, just one last thing.”
“What else?”
“That···”
What the hell are you trying to say?
It must have been the moment when Gayoung bit her lip without even realizing it, because the longer the tail clinging to the back of the horse, the longer it seemed to get nervous.
“Looking at that, it looks like you’re solving your lunch with a lunch box you made yourself, is that right?”
“So.”
“Uh… If you’re really rude, can I ask for some of mine while you’re making it?”
“No, that’s what I mean now–“
“Mu, of course I’ll take care of the cost! How about 50,000 won per lunch box?”
Of course I thought he would decline.
However, Yuhan did not answer. As if hesitating.
He said he needed pocket money, so maybe that’s why?
“It’s not that I had any other intentions, it’s because it’s been a long time since I haven’t eaten something that really felt like home food. I just bought and ate it because I always went to my schedule… I miss home food, but there’s no one to cook for me…”
“…Then you can ask your parents. Or something like a manager.”
“Because you’re abroad. And the manager unnie is also a young man in that area… Ji, really, how can I not? Even if it’s 100,000 won per person, it doesn’t matter…”
“…If that’s the case, would you rather hire someone else? I think you and I will do it too if it’s that much money.”
“Even though I look like this, I have a pretty picky appetite. But how should I say that the lunch box made by Yuhan is perfect for my taste…”
“No, when did you ever eat it?”
“That…! Yu, Yuhan’s mother gave me some. But after eating it, I just wanted this…”
Whenever I was elated, the voice that slowly creeped in was annoying.
Hearing that, it was more like Ha-yeon pretending to be sullen as if it were being drawn in front of her eyes.
And what bothers me most of all…
“Instead of that, I’m going to work hard to promote my mother’s store to my colleagues…!”
It was the attitude of Ha-yeon, who used herself as an excuse to trip and fall.
Sure enough, as soon as the words flowed out of Hayeon’s mouth, what came out through Yuhan’s mouth was ‘Umm…’, A clear sound that seemed to be contemplating something.
Then…
“…First, let me think about it.”
For the first time, words other than refusal came out of Yuhan’s mouth.
I didn’t like it so strangely.
So I had to admit it.
That this feeling I’m feeling right now is jealousy.
And the taste of the emotion of jealousy that I haven’t felt in a long time… I wrote it.
It was several times more stinky and bitter than the powdered medicine I had taken for the first time in my life, and it made me nauseous enough to bring tears to my eyes, just like I did when I was young.
