Chapter 328 – 62. Let’s Be Friends (6)
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Have you ever cared so much about ‘other people’ in your life?
I looked back carefully at her childhood memories, but as expected, there was nothing left in my memory.
At best, I was naturally interested in Baek Ji-ho because that sports idiot was like a kid who had been sent to the water since kindergarten.
No matter how close Hayun is to me, I am not her mother.
She is not even his real sister.
But is it really a nuisance to want to interfere this much?
Is it best to pretend not to know the detailed story behind it and just support it?
And what if a problem arises between the two later?
… Guilt.
Are you sure you won’t feel it?
I looked at the floor of the sparring hall, letting out my thoughts that I still couldn’t control.
Immediately after the promised sparring was over, I collapsed on the floor, exhausted.
“Ugh… It’s hard…”
“You worked hard.”
“I guess I’ll just eat lunch inside today… Dabin, what about you? Outside with your boyfriend again?”
“Well… I don’t want to go far today either…”
“Starting today, cold noodles are also sold in the student cafeteria.”
“Naengmyeon…”
While I was chatting with a friend who was lying down completely, I immediately looked into the distance.
The person there is none other than Hayun.
Hayun’s practical ranking has risen ridiculously since this midterm evaluation.
Among her close friends, they were already busy making a fuss even before the midterm evaluation… It’s the same story.
Her heart sank when she saw Hayun, who had become a celebrity overnight, among her friends in the evolution world who had received a love call from a well-known office.
Although Hayoon didn’t say it directly, the health teacher must have played a big role in her being able to use her powers so well.
In other words, it means that not only are they lovers with that man, but they are also extremely deeply intertwined.
Even if you realize too late that he is a man wearing a mask pretending to be nice, it is hard to take him off.
“…”
What can I do for Hayun in this situation?
Even if you think you are a meddlesome person, you can at least inoculate yourself against the worst that may come later.
No matter how much you think about it.
“… Haa…”
There is only one.
I lowered my gaze to the floor again and sighed.
If I hadn’t met that man in the downtown area a few weeks ago, I wouldn’t have thought anything of it.
With thoughts like that.
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… I never thought that I wouldn’t be able to check Yozora’s neck until lunchtime.
The bell rings to signal the end of class time.
With that, I looked at the back of the head of the Japanese person in front of me who was stretching and began to organize my writing utensils.
At most, all I have is a sharpie, a notebook, and class printouts, so there isn’t much to organize.
Is it because I was in a suspicious state for 3 or 4 hours from morning until now?
The ‘Kiss Mark Debate’, which was a tense exchange of opinions in my head, was strongly tilted towards Seo Woo Jin being right.
The reason is simple.
Because Seo Woo Jin is a pervert who dated her older sister and cheated on her with me.
Even if I come now and put my name, Lee Ji-yoon, in the ‘sister’ box,
It wouldn’t be strange at all if I put Yozora’s name where my name was originally written, right?
Moreover, Yozora’s suspicious reaction that I heard in the morning was quite suspicious.
I’ve only occasionally, very occasionally, thought about taking something from my sister, but I’ve never once thought about taking something of my own from someone else.
It goes without saying, but I didn’t feel very good.
“…”
… Maybe it’s because of karma,
Or is there another reason?
It wasn’t all that bad.
“Jiyunjiyun!”
“…”
“Hmm, Jiyun Jiyoon-chan?”
“… I told you not to do that.”
Yozora must have woken up from a comfortable doze just now, with a faintly dazed look on her face.
This time she almost turned her chair to look at me and playfully invaded my desk.
In my heart, I wanted to tell Han Su-ah to catch him, but seeing as he was nowhere to be seen, he must have gone to the bathroom somewhere.
… I tried to take advantage of the opportunity to check her neck but failed.
Unfortunately, she was still not visible due to her low posture.
“Do you hate this so much? It’s a nickname I give myself because I want to become friends~… Same thing as Sua-chan.”
“I don’t like it. That expression is unique to the Japanese.”
“Hmm… If you want to give off a real Japanese vibe, it’s not enough to have a yobiste like Sonu-chan~”
“…”
“Oh, what do you think? The expression just now sounds like Korean?”
It wasn’t until after spitting it out that the thought of racism occurred to me, but Yozora didn’t seem to mind at all.
After taking a moment to think about what to say so as not to make a mistake, Yozora moved her chair a little closer and rested her chin on one hand, smiling her characteristic eye smile.
Now I can see my collarbone and the bottom of my neck, but the hickey I mentioned earlier is still not visible.
I guess it’s a little further in.
It seems that it remains in a place where you can engrave it only if you push your face in deeply.
We can only reach each other by holding each other tightly and lowering our heads,
A place like that.
“I felt like a real Korean. How do you feel? How do you feel?”
“… I don’t know. Why are you asking me that?”
“Why? I’ll ask because I’m Korean. Phew… Well, anyway, I have something to tell you, our cute Jiyoon Jiyoon-chan, so~”
Yozora continues the story without asking my doctor.
After a moment, she stretched out her arm behind her, took her pen and class printout, and began to write something on her backing paper.
At first, it seemed like he was trying to write backwards so that it would be visible to me, but after writing only two letters, he drew a line and wrote again.
Koreans are having a hard time too, but since they are foreigners, it must be difficult.
By the way, why do I write it down instead of saying it?
I was in the middle of looking at Yozora’s hands, wriggling between empathy and curiosity.
After completing her writing, Yozora turned the paper around and showed it to her.
| Did I play with the health teacher yesterday?
This is a fact I knew.
Because I heard Yozora talking with Han Su-ah yesterday.
I also heard from Seo Woo Jin that she became bothered by Yozora.
That’s why I left a message right below Yozora’s message.
… A little hard to put into words,
It was a secret story.
| I know.
| Ugh, how do you know? Did I ever tell you? Could it be that I was so excited that I even told you…
| I overheard you chatting with Su-ah yesterday before the evaluation.
| … Eh… ? Ji-yoon… He darkly overheard our conversation behind the scenes… ?
It’s not that I’m gloomy.
You guys were talking so loudly that I could hear it in the first place.
I struggle to swallow the words that are about to come out randomly.
… Yozora is right across the street. I see you grinning as if you’re happy,
It seems like I was definitely aiming for it.
| I overheard it. By chance.
| Hmm~ Anyway, yesterday me and the public health teacher played until late in the evening~
He handed me a piece of paper with the name Yozoh written in pretty letters and cleared his throat.
After looking around for a moment, he gently brushed away the long black hair that covered the waist of his school uniform with the back of his hand.
‘Ta-da~’
Quietly.
I said that in a voice so quiet that I couldn’t even hear it.
So that the fluorescent light can reach the left side of the neck.
So that the faint kiss mark left on my neck can be seen in my eyes.
Just for a short time so that no one can notice.
As if bragging to me.
Then he took back the paper he had held out in front of me, wrote one more sentence, and showed it to me.
| I even did something like this with my teacher yesterday.
Is it a provocation?
I want to, but I’m not sure yet.
There is no guarantee that Yozora knows about the relationship between me and Seo Woo Jin.
So, are you just teasing me for no reason and wanting to see my reaction?
This one is a little more plausible.
If you think about Yozora’s behavior so far, definitely.
… In any case, there is almost a 99% probability that it is true that it is related to Seo Woo Jin.
All you have to do is go to the health room a little later and give yourself as much honey as you want.
He asked me inquiringly what on earth he had done with Yozora.
I scribbled down a reply with a lighter head.
| What should I do?
| How is it? Aren’t you jealous? Public health teacher, you look good, right?
| Not really. I have no idea.
| Don’t lie. Do you know how much I begged the teacher to get this?
| Ha… Okay. How long has she been?
| They said if I didn’t make a kiss mark, they would kidnap me to my house!
| … It’s not a villain, that’s what it is.
It wasn’t that he was horny and fell for another woman, but he was begging Yozora to do it.
After hearing the details of the incident, I slowly sighed.
By reducing the number of honey chestnuts that will soon be visited and beaten to half-and-half.
But.
| Ji-yoon. You act cooler than you think…
| What is it about pretending to be cool? Don’t misunderstand.
| But even though you weren’t really hurt, you secretly visited the health room often, right?
| … What are you talking about? I went to the health room because I was injured.
The following sentence is a little bit,
Because it’s the perfect answer.
| Me and Sua-chan, at most once? Other than that, I’ve never been to the health room before…
| There were many times when I just got minorly injured. Scratches, bruises, etc.
| Hmm~… Even in the world of magic?
| The magic world won’t get hurt?
| I’ll keep it a secret from the other kids. There is only one reason for you to go to the health room, right?
| That’s right. Because I got hurt.
In order not to get caught being embarrassed, I thought it would be okay to answer without delay as soon as I thought of it.
| Ji-yoon. Honestly, you have a crush on Bogan, right?
| Don’t be weird. Because I’m not interested.
| Then, can I be a lot more cute to the teacher?
| Either do it.
| Is it okay if I just hug you and kiss you? Don’t you care?
| It’s not used.
| Whenever? As much as you want? Really?
| Why are you asking me that?
She answered quickly and accepted Yozora’s playfully smiling gaze as if nothing had happened.
| So, will I continue to contact the teacher from now on?
| Do it.
… Now that I think about it,
A little.
I feel like I made a mistake.
*****
Early summer.
Because of the midday weather, which was far from cool, a haze rose over her hot asphalt.
Just as the sweat drops of people touching the ground turn into vapor and disappear.
Seol Da-bin hated this summer weather.
Do you want to die from the heat or from freezing? If given the choice, I’m the type of person who always chooses the latter.
I’ve been doing it my whole life, but since the trend of long padding, I don’t feel that way even more.
Even though you can use such cheat items in winter, it is impossible to take off your clothes just because it is hot in summer.
… Of course, this current discomfort is probably due to fatigue in sparring.
Honestly, this level of heat is nothing compared to July and August, which are called midsummer.
However, because the fatigue was mixed with the mild heat, it was very annoying to go out of the academy.
“… Ha.”
First, I went outside.
Simply,
This is because my boyfriend gets less hot.
I guess it’s because I was born in the summer or something.
It’s a story that will make the listener stupid.
“So, let’s eat makguksu for lunch?”
“Yes. You’ve liked that since you were young.”
“Okay… But…”
It’s not like I really want to eat it in this situation.
The words that were muttering in my mouth eventually dissolved into saliva and disappeared.
All that remains is a nod full of annoyance.
Seol Da-bin said, ‘Why?’ I pushed my boyfriend’s back as he asked, and headed toward the crosswalk.
Even if I told you, you wouldn’t know, and I was planning on reducing the time I spent standing outside as much as possible.
“…”
At that time, it happened to be far away.
I saw a familiar face.
Several teachers and a health teacher.
It is none other than Seo Woo Jin.
Judging by the looks of it, it looks like the teachers are going out to eat together.
There are so many stores around, I don’t know where I’m going.
Seol Da-bin’s gaze, which had been slowly flowing along Seo Woo-jin’s profile, now turned towards him.
There are three male teachers, including Seo Woo-jin. There are two female teachers.
Among the group of five who were perfectly suited to obstruct traffic, Seo Woo-jin was right behind the person in front.
It’s a bit ambiguous to express because it doesn’t stand in a straight line, but it’s not a place among female teachers.
At that level, it was still a position that could be considered dangerous.
If possible, I just wish I could make friends with only male teachers.
… Hayun likes it so much.
Shouldn’t we stay away from women just a little more than we do now?
Is that really that difficult?
Seol Da-bin stares blankly at Seo Woo-jin, who is walking far away.
Afterward, she noticed too late that the color of the crosswalk had changed, and only after her boyfriend tapped her did she begin to walk.
