Chapter 171 – Chapter 171
In the early 20’s.
After becoming prettier, the people around me also changed.
Only pretty and wonderful people gathered around.
At that time, he fell in love with one of the people he met, and he thought he would go on to get married, but he didn’t.
There was no particular fault of either side, but sometimes time dulled the feeling of love.
“How have you been doing?”
Joo Seo-yeon smiled and spoke to her first.
“Oh, that’s right. It looks good. The next one came to play together…?”
“Yes that’s right.”
I didn’t bother explaining what the relationship was. She just raised her hand and put her own arm around Oh Ha-joon’s.
That alone explained what kind of relationship it was.
“Ah, I see… I’m going to go to the car for a while.”
“Yes…”
Hajun Oh and Seoyeon Joo exited the elevator and he entered.
“Who?”
Hajun Oh asked as the elevator carrying him closed.
“He’s just the older brother I met before.”
“Oh, you’re really handsome, but why did you break up with me?”
“It was so long ago that I don’t even remember.”
He said he couldn’t remember, but Oh Ha-joon said a word as if the expression was all over his face.
“But you must have been someone I really liked.”
“Huh?”
“Your face is all marked. I usually manage my expression well, but today it all shows.”
His expression quickly changed at his words.
“Come on! Let’s go inside!”
Then he led Oh Ha-joon inside.
It felt different from the interior to call it a pub.
Oh Ha-jun tilted his head as it was unlikely that they would sell old chicken and beer in a place like this.
Taking him with her, she went upstairs.
“I thought it was a rooftop.”
Hajun Oh tilted his head as he walked up the stairs to the rooftop.
“Everything that sells alcohol is a pub.”
After giving a brief explanation to Oh Ha-joon, they went up to the rooftop, and a cool breeze brushed their cheeks.
“Guys~.”
A few people on the roof were talking while standing with beer on the terrace at the end of the roof.
Joo Seo-yeon gestures toward them.
The children of her who found her also greeted her with a bright smile.
“Oh, hello.”
“Yes, hello…”
It’s our first meeting, so it’s still a very awkward situation.
“Nice to meet you, haha.”
We greeted each other and talked with people we hadn’t seen in a long time.
I was new to everything, so there was nothing I could do.
Joo Seo-yeon took me around as if she was worried about me.
“Hey, how did you order the beer?”
“Ah, if you look at the stairs going up, there’s a kiss orc. It’s only for the rooftop, so if you order it, it’ll come up right away.”
Because they were so close, he had no hesitation in calling me by name.
As I approached the railing with the beer I ordered, I could see the entire night street below.
Buildings were also seen around, so I couldn’t see a cool wide place, but the buildings with lights on were also a beautiful sight.
Being in the middle of a forest of buildings in a place where only mountains and rice fields were visible, this also came to me new.
“Seoyeon-ah~, it’s been a while~.”
The girls also greeted Joo Seo-yeon with a sense of humor.
“Jeong-hee~.”
Joo Seo-yeon also approached with a high tone.
I took a sip of beer.
I saw a man smoking a cigarette in the corner, so I went near him and lit a cigarette.
Profit.
They glanced at each other as if they sensed my presence, but we didn’t really talk to each other.
He goes first and I stay and smoke a cigarette and look around the rooftop.
Hardwood floors and a few tables.
A beam projector and a sofa were placed on one side of the railing.
Next to it was a guitar and a piano.
“I need to practice my instrument…”
I’ve been playing for days, but now I’m just looking at sheet music.
When I looked at the place where Joo Seo-yeon was, I could see her excitedly taking pictures and talking with her friends.
I didn’t want to be disturbed, so I walked slowly to where the instrument was.
The sheet music next to it was arranged neatly in a side file.
“Hmm…”
I quietly picked up the sheet music and read it slowly.
“It looks really difficult…”
The one I was looking at was a beginner, but the one I’m holding now was a complicatedly written sheet music.
“Do you know how to play the piano?”
“…Yes? No, no.”
When I looked at the man who suddenly approached me, it was the same man I had met in the elevator earlier.
The man Joo Seo-yeon liked.
He casually went over to the piano and sat down.
“Uh…, Can I get you the sheet music?”
I didn’t have anything to say, so I handed him the sheet music, and he laughed and shook his head.
“No, it’s fine.”
“Haha…”
He smiled awkwardly and put the sheet music down.
Party, party.
As he started playing the piano, the children gathered around him before he knew it. Among them was Joo Seo-yeon.
Joo Seo-yeon, who came next to me, grabbed his arm and leaned his shoulder against me.
“Woohyuk oppa plays the piano really well.”
I heard now that the man’s name was Woohyuk.
“I see?”
All of the men here were fair-skinned and elongated for a man.
Something just didn’t feel right for me.
I just thought I wanted to smoke a cigarette with Mr. Ahn at a rural school.
“Something is embarrassing. Haha.”
Woo-hyuk, who was playing the piano, got up and scratched the back of his head.
“I think we’re all here. Let’s have a drink, guys.”
Everyone gathered together and laughed hahahoho, but I felt something different.
At first, I didn’t quite understand why I felt that way.
“Still, it’s nice to see everyone’s faces. Seoyeon also brought her trustworthy boyfriend. Haha.”
All of them were praised.
A meeting that seems to be looking for something to praise.
Ju Seo-yeon also covered her mouth and laughed at her.
It was only then that I realized why I felt alienated.
‘It’s not some kind of youth drama.’
It was because the environment I had lived in was so different.
Find compliments somehow, compliment the other person, and talk only good things about each other.
It wasn’t that it was bad. When I see my friends, there are times when I praise them saying, “Oh, he’s a good guy.”
But expressing it didn’t suit me too much.
“Are you good enough to be a teacher at school?”
“Yeah! The kids are cute too, but there are so many complaints~”
Such pretentious talk. It was a place where the chicken meat was cheesy.
“Ahaha.”
I don’t know why the sound of laughter is so strange. I wondered if it was because I lived in the countryside.
If not, I wondered if the kids in Seoul were like this, but my friends didn’t do this at all.
“This is really good. Try it.”
I was polite and smiled at the person who recommended me.
I’m not used to such a fake smile, so it might look awkward.
“Right, do it. How’s the restaurant going? Is it going well?”
“Huh? Yeah, fortunately there are a lot of people who come to visit.
Starting with the tone of my voice, I couldn’t erase the tingling feeling.
It was tight, like wearing clothes that didn’t fit.
People who start drinking a glass or two like that.
I refrained from making any mistakes.
Meanwhile, Joo Seo-yeon, who noticed me, smiled and whispered to me.
“Are you uncomfortable?”
“Yes, seriously.”
When Joo Seo-yeon saw my reaction, she chuckled and laughed.
“Woo-hyuk oppa isn’t meeting her girlfriend?”
“Me? Eh~, what about me. I still have a friend I haven’t forgotten.”
“Oh my, you’re too innocent.”
While saying that, everyone was looking at Joo Seo-yeon, but no matter how ignorant I was, I had no choice but to know this.
I looked at Joo Seo-yeon, wondering if she knew this would happen and brought me.
“Was there anyone Woohyuk oppa couldn’t forget?
Ju Seo Yeon also changed the tone of her voice right away, giving her cheesy tone.
“Haha, the atmosphere is getting weird, but what does Hajun do?”
As if they thought the conversation was over between them, the focus was on me this time.
“I’m doing maintenance work at school.”
“Ah~. I see…”
I didn’t want to be pretentious or exaggerated to them.
It could have been better if they were just people who would look at me once and ignore my job anyway.
“But Hajun and I have been friends since elementary school. We met there and it feels so good.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, I told you I was bullied. At that time, he was the only kid I played with and went home with.”
Joo Seo-yeon was excited and talked about me.
“Even if he hadn’t moved in the middle, I could have kept in touch with him, but it’s a pity.”
As she said that, she rested her chin on her table and looked at me.
“Somehow it happened, haha.”
I tried to imitate their tone as much as possible, but it didn’t work out.
Then Woohyuk tilted his head and said.
“Seo Yeon-ah, didn’t you say you didn’t have any friends in your hometown? That’s why you don’t have a picture…”
