Chapter 391 – 70. Back Alley (5)
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The weather is clear.
After my mother’s nagging from the morning asking me where I was going again, I took out my cell phone, covering myself with my hand to block the rays of the sun.
Come to Hyehwa Station by 11 a.M.
Don’t be late.
Underneath the message sent to Seo Woo Jin before going into the shower, a short reply saying “I understand” Stands out.
Are all men like this?
Just like Seo Woo-jin, Baek Ji-ho always used to leave full-fledged replies like this.
Of course, I don’t mean that I don’t like this.
I was just surprised that I had the same side as my boyfriend.
Moreover, Seo Woo Jin sent her a long message a few days ago… It would be more accurate to say that I am the type of person who does not waste energy on useless things.
Well, I think it’s reasonable to do that too.
I walked to the subway with no sense in mind and soon arrived at Exit 4 of Hyehwa Station.
As it was Saturday, Daehakro was bustling with people.
Look here and see people, look there and see.
It almost makes you wonder where all these people gathered.
I don’t think it will be easy to join Seo Woo Jin like this…
I scratched my cheek and checked my phone again, blocking the sun.
10:30.
There are about 30 minutes left until the appointment time.
When I was walking around with Baek Ji-ho, it was okay if I knocked on the door and took her out, even if it was a little late.
It’s a bit annoying having to wait until it arrives.
Am I hiding from the sun in some shady place?
… By the way, it’s so hot in Seoul even in early June. I wonder if the world is really coming to an end.
I was in the middle of thinking something stupid.
“Are you already here?”
“…?”
Right next door. I heard a familiar voice coming from the stairs leading down to the subway and looked in that direction.
Of course, the identity of the voice was Seo Woo Jin.
Seo Woo-jin is dressed in civilian clothes, unlike the white clothes he sees every day at the Academy.
Of course, that didn’t mean there was anything special.
To begin with, I don’t know much about men’s clothing, and the clothes he was wearing were a t-shirt and slacks, which were no different from the men passing around him.
What’s special here?
But…
“…”
The hanger is fine, so it just adds a little more flavor.
Even though I didn’t like the person named Seo Woo-jin from the first time I met him, or even after finding out his identity, I had no intention of denying that he looked pretty good.
I know a little bit about Hayun’s popularity before she revealed that she was dating her, and she was objectively good-looking in my eyes.
So now like this,
It would be unavoidable to have thoughts like, “If I decorate it in a certain way, it would look better.”
I’m not in a position to tell you what to do.
It is only in the area of advice.
“What’s wrong? You don’t recognize me because I’m wearing different clothes than usual?”
“No. I recognize him. The voice is the same, the face is the same, and I saw him in civilian clothes a couple of times last time, so there’s no way I wouldn’t recognize him.”
“I want you to just look at my face from now on.”
“I have something to think about. Wait.”
Should I just hint to Hayun later that I think a shirt would look better on her?
What was the shirt Baek Ji-ho wore last time? I think that would suit this guy well.
Just a moment of idle thoughts.
She looked at Seo Woo Jin blankly and opened her mouth.
“Why did you come so early? You said you’d be there until 11 o’clock.”
“If you came 30 minutes early, you were on time, right. And they were already there too.”
“…”
After listening, I have nothing to say.
Considering the interval between departures, it wasn’t that ridiculously early.
Then why did such a word come out naturally to me?
As I thought about it carefully, I was able to quickly guess the reason.
It’s because I often see Baek Ji-ho being late.
Maybe it’s because I live right next door, but most of the time, they show up exactly on time, or they show up with about a minute or two to spare…
Why aren’t schools the same?
Children who live far away from home go to school early.
The kids who are just a stone’s throw away from falling are busy rushing to school.
… Anyway.
Since I didn’t want to talk about such personal things with Seo Woo Jin, I casually changed the topic.
“It opens at 11, right? The arcade I mentioned earlier.”
“When I showed you the photo I scraped off the Internet, the place you said seemed to be here is from 11 o’clock.”
“What about other places?”
“Well, I didn’t look for it that carefully.”
“Then let’s say it’s roughly 11 o’clock…”
I think it would be even more creepy to find out the business hours of all the arcades in this area, just in case.
Hmm, I exhaled lightly and took Seo Woo-jin under the shade of the tree right in front of me.
Beneath the shade that sways with the humid summer breeze, the voice continues a little longer.
“There are 30 minutes left.”
“Yes.”
“Until then, shall we wander around some other places?”
“If it were somewhere else…”
“I’m not saying to check everything, but just check the movement route and nearby atmosphere.”
In my opinion, it’s a pretty reasonable decision.
Seo Woo Jin also nodded without any sign of hesitation, as if there were no particular differences of opinion.
“Okay. It may feel like I’m being spoiled, but I prefer making plans.”
“I think I know what it is. I’m a bit like that too.”
“Are you the type of person who doesn’t go into restaurants you’ve never seen before?”
“No. I don’t mind that level of challenge, but… Ah, there was one time when my boyfriend took me to a strange place for spicy soup without consulting me…”
I wanted to hit Honey Chestnut.
Now that I think about it, I think I’ve been kicked a few times.
Also, if you do something like that without consulting me, I’ll have to stop by the health room.
The reason why Baek Ji-ho’s swearing stopped for a short while was because Seo Woo-jin, who was listening to the story with a refreshing smile, asked, ‘Where shall we start?’ This was around the time I turned on the map app.
*****
The weather is clear.
For the remaining 30 minutes, I explored various places where I would go tomorrow and borrowed Seo Woo Jin’s back without permission.
To be more precise, I would say that I borrowed this shade that appears along the back.
The patrol that started by chance ended with some decent results.
I haven’t looked at everything, but the places I’ve checked are all at a passing level.
The building was clean and the interior, when I glanced outside the window, was spotless.
Well, in fact, it was obvious that more than half of the places I planned to go were recommended by friends.
If there is a bomb in between, it just means that the store we chose was purely wrong.
Among the places that haven’t been patrolled yet, there are one or two places like that…
Since it’s time, let’s start at the arcade nearby.
The place we arrived through the loud noise of cicadas was in front of a neat-looking arcade.
“Is this right here?”
“That’s right. This is the place I saw last time.”
I think it was more noticeable because it was on the first floor.
After checking to see if there was a ledge at the entrance, I carefully entered inside.
Is it because my only experience going to an arcade was visiting a relative when I was a kid?
The arcade I went to after a long time had a more casual sensibility.
To put it bluntly, it means that it is full of lottery machines.
In the past, it was full of game consoles that I didn’t even know how to play.
The other things you see are game machines that look like air hockey and car racing.
A basketball game machine was also taking up one corner of the seat, and there were still a few guys whose identities you couldn’t tell just by looking at them.
To be honest.
It didn’t occur to me at all that I wanted to put in the effort.
The store owner might hear, so I won’t say it here.
“How do you feel?”
“Well, I don’t know.”
If I had meant that I really didn’t know yet, I would have looked around the interior a little more.
But because it was too much of a hassle, I looked up at Seo Woojin right next to me and asked.
“What about that? Do you think it would be fun if the four of us came together?”
“Hmm… I think something like that would be okay, other than a deeper game.”
If it’s a deep game, you’re talking about the guys I mentioned earlier whose identity you can’t even tell by looking at them.
When I turned my head to follow Seo Woo Jin’s gaze, the air hockey near the center of the arcade caught my eye.
First of all, I thought it was the most acceptable.
Even if it’s not an arcade, it’s something I’ve tried a few times since it’s all over the place, and it was fun.
But it’s a bit weird to come here just because of that one thing.
“I’m weaker than my sister, you, and your boyfriend, but it’s okay to be weak, right?”
“I don’t know if that sound will come out even if we hit it with all our might. What if it flies with the hockey puck?”
“The chaerang table will break before then. Probably.”
“…”
Those words were very persuasive, so I kept my lips tightly shut, and before I knew it, Seo Woo-jin was getting closer to the air hockey.
Immediately after approaching the table, wondering why, he held out a stick to me with a somewhat mischievous smile on his face.
It looks just like a hotteok press.
“Since you’ve come this far, would you like to give it a try?”
“Now? We can do it tomorrow.”
“I’m asking because I don’t think you’ll come tomorrow.”
“…”
… Did it stand out like that?
No. I think it’s worth noting that I showed off a lot of petulance.
At some point, I had been crossing my arms without even realizing it. Then, I uncrossed my arms and held out one of my hands to Seo Woo Jin.
However, for some reason, I was looking out the window for a moment, so I was late to see it, so I pursed my lips.
“Give it to me.”
“… Uh, are you sure you want to do it?”
“You said you were going to do it? Are you scared now?”
The man, Seol Da-bin.
It is a shame to the family to withdraw from a place like this.
Especially since the opponent is a man who is no different from an ordinary person, just from the rare healing world.
The unsightly pettiness of trying to win against the public is on the back burner.
After receiving the stick, I walked to the other side of Seo Woo Jin.
“Don’t cry because it’s a development. It’s natural.”
“You don’t have to worry. I’ve played it often with friends who like this kind of thing. I might actually win.”
“… Oh.”
It will come out like that.
In that case, you should apply it as overwhelmingly as possible.
I’m not good at games, but even so, I’m a transcendent figure in the world of evolution.
I thought that no matter what I did, I would be able to beat the average person, so I willingly accepted the challenge.
*****
I lost 3 times.
That’s also a pretty disappointing score difference.
Once by 3 points.
Once by 2 points.
They lost by 1 point after a brilliant match where their competitive spirit was on fire until the end.
Just one round.
I think I can win with just one more game.
“Would you like to do it again?”
“If it ends like this, you can’t be embarrassed. You should work as hard as you can. Don’t try to lose.”
“Okay. Oh, just a moment. I’ll get some cash.”
Seo Woo-jin is tying his hair again due to the heat, and is walking somewhere holding a card.
Beyond his back, the scenery outside was visible.
The weather is cloudy.
The rain was falling steadily, soaking the outside of the window.
