Chapter 105 – 20. Alcohol (1)
20. Alcohol (1)
My presentation went smoothly. No one wants a great presentation in the group assignment, and being passable means that there were no flaws, so I could say that I did an excellent job with my assignment. However, I was at a loss for words because there were parts I hadn’t prepared for some questions, but to my surprise Lee Yul answered well.
He and Chae-kyung prepared it together, so I expected that he would know it to some extent. However, I had an image of being insincere to Lee Yul, so I was worried that he would participate in the group assignment casually, but fortunately there was no problem. On the contrary, most people who knew about him handled it surprisingly neatly.
When I glanced at Chae-kyung, she seemed secretly happy. Well, it was quite encouraging that Lee Yul, one of our common concerns, successfully completed the assignment. I’m not the type to hang on to Chae-kyung or scholarships, but I still feel good when I get good grades.
This time, I looked at Yunjeong. Compared to Chae-gyeong, whose feelings have softened a lot now, she still hates Lee-yul a lot. According to her, Lee Yul still flirts with her and tries her hardest to get her number. In fact, her cell phone number could be obtained by other means, but it seems that she is trying to harass her if she does that on purpose. However, it is a strange picture for me to step in and stop her interest rate, so in a situation where she can neither do this nor that, there is no way that she has a good eye for her interest rate.
However, this time, Yoon Jeong-i also seemed a little surprised at Lee Yul’s sincere appearance. It’s like the bad boy effect, or if a person always does bad things and shows a good side once in a while, it seems to give a better impression than a normally good person. If I had known it would be like this, I would have tried to be a bit of a bad guy. Well, considering my relationship with Yoon-jung, I wouldn’t say I’m not a bad guy either.
After the presentations of all groups were finished, the class ended when Yoon Jeong-i gave brief feedback and explained the distribution of points for presentations and the scoring criteria. Normally, Yiyul would sit separately from us, but today he was sitting right behind us for a presentation, and he called out by tapping me on the shoulder.
“Hey, wasn’t that fucking bad?”
“You too. You’ve prepared the questions well.”
“I worked really hard in my own way. To be honest, you’re not interested, but I can’t stand Chaekyung’s score being reduced because of me.”
“Even if you speak…”
Still, it was undeniable that he was credited with perfectly defending a few questions of injustice. Chae-kyung checked the time and said, defying my expectations that he might be carrying Chae-kyung until the end.
“Then, how about a dinner or after party and a drink? Like I said, I live. There are no classes now, right?”
As he said, today’s schedule is all over and the presentation was done well, so I don’t think it’s bad to drink together. Judging from the house I live in, it seems that the money is a little more comfortable, so let’s get a meal and eat something like this. Chae-kyung also nodded to him and got up from her seat. Lee Yul, as if excited to spend his own money, urged me to go quickly.
As we left the classroom door, we ran into Yoon Jeong-i. As expected, Lee Yul approached her first and added her words.
“Professor, wasn’t I nice today?”
“Ah, yes. I’m really surprised. I thought Lee Yul didn’t like studying.”
“Because I’m the type of person who does it when I’m doing it. Rather, let’s go together when we’re having a party.”
At that, Yoon-jeong glanced at me and replied with a smile.
“No. We should hang out with young friends. Chae-kyung would be nice, wearing two handsome men like this.”
But her eyes weren’t smiling. Scary. Was Yunjeongi such a scary woman? Although Chae-kyung sometimes exudes a chilly energy, she has never seen Yoon-jeong act so terrifyingly. Besides, when Chae-kyung, who has a mild impression, gets angry, of course, it’s more scary because there is a gap, but the fact that she’s angry is scary, not her face. It was the horror itself.
“Yes. Good. Goodbye.”
And Chae-kyung, who responds head-on, is even colder. She, who was reluctant to Yoon-jung from the beginning, shattered her blatant provocation with a cold word and turned away. She didn’t care whether or not we stood there dumbfounded by her sharp reaction, and she walked away with the click of a shoe. Lee Yul and I met eyes. Why, when Chae-gyeong gets angry, she always seems to be with him.
But now is not the time to worry about such trifles. Yi-yul pointed her chin at Yoon-jeong and immediately turned her body to chase after Chae-kyung. I should have pursued her girlfriend, but Yi-yul couldn’t appease her Yoon-jung, and she thought that if I followed Chae-gyeong now, a fight of love would be inevitable. In a voice so loud that the two people over there couldn’t hear it, I argued with Yoon Jeong-i.
“What are you doing? Why are you arguing with Chae-kyung!”
“I just said it out of envy. I didn’t expect it to be taken that way!”
I looked down at her and realized that her yoonjeongi was making her cry. She wanted to hug her and comfort her, but she didn’t care about her surroundings, so she spoke as softly as possible without touching her body.
“You decided not to do that, right?
Yoonjeongi bit her lower lip and nodded her head.
“For now, Chaekyung will follow me, so let’s talk again tomorrow. I’ll go home.”
“Yes.”
The two people who caught up around the front gate of the school were talking surprisingly normally. However, when I stayed quiet because it was difficult for me to say anything, Lee Yul asked me.
“What about the professor?”
“Uh… You’re gone. That Chae Kyung. I’m sorry professor. I just joked because I wanted to be friends with the students, but I didn’t expect them to react like that…”
“What do you mean you reacted like that?”
Ah, Chae-gyeong still had a sharp blade inside of her. I answered with a bit of gibberish.
“No, I was surprised that he answered roughly and left… I didn’t mean that it was wrong, I just felt sorry.”
“You answered properly and even said hello. What if I felt bad?
Chaekyung was really angry. No, but even though I’m close to Yoon-jung, there’s no way Chae-gyeong knew about her, so why did she hate and get mad at Yoon-jeong so much?
“I didn’t mean it… No, probably not. It just freaked me out and you left before I could tell you…”
“So why are you here to explain that, Lee Jun-hyung? Are you that girl’s boyfriend? Aren’t you my boyfriend? Even before…”
“Chung Chae-kyung. Stop it.”
A lower interest rate stood between the two of us.
“Lee Jun-hyung is your boyfriend and you are Lee Jun-hyung’s girlfriend. But no matter how bad you feel, you shouldn’t say it like that. Lee Junhyung, whose side are you on too, bastard? Anyone can see that that bitch is having a fight, but what are you shielding from? Behave right.”
There’s nothing quite right to say. There’s no way that Chae-gyeong would look at me as if I was defending Yoon-jeong’s position, and she would rather have raised suspicion with her questionable words and actions. Even if I was really innocent, she did something to hurt her feelings, but since she has a stab, she really has nothing to say even if she has ten mouths.
Meanwhile, Chae-kyung also quietly shut her mouth, as if she had thought of something at his words. That face of hers was not angry, but rather she seemed at a loss for words to be ashamed of her own behavior a moment ago.
“I’m going to finish the presentation well and have a fun after party, but what if the couple fights?
Yi-yul put his arms around Chae-gyeong and me and led us forward. It was an unpleasant contact for neither me nor Chae-gyeong, but since he was the one who sealed our conflict for a while, we quietly followed him.
Lee Yul took us to a one-room bar. The guy went into the room as if he was used to it, sat down, and immediately ordered 5 bottles of soju.
“Hey, why do you order so much?”
“One bottle per person. And since you and Chae-kyung fought, one bottle each as punishment.”
I asked if the amount was too excessive, but the rate was adamant.
“Drink a binge and talk about it clearly. If you say only good things to each other and don’t open up, you guys will keep fighting.”
It wasn’t even a soju glass, he filled a beer glass to the full and handed it out to us.
“The first drink is a one-shot. If you don’t drink properly, I’ll get angry this time.”
Then, he raised his glass and poured soju right away without a usual toast. We don’t drink that well, but he came first and drank like that, so I forced myself to empty my glass. Eventually, when the snacks we ordered arrived, Lee Yul forced us to feed each other snacks one by one. Ignoring our refusal, and unable to overcome his insistence, we each picked up a snack and fed each other. The scene was so funny that Chae-kyung’s mouth burst into laughter, and I laughed too.
In a friendly atmosphere again, we passed more and more liquor down our throats. When I got drunk and got into the atmosphere, this time was so much fun. Before he knew it, we each emptied a bottle of soju, added snacks, and poured alcohol into our stomachs again. When they got drunk to a certain extent and the sense of distance between them blurred, Lee Yul started talking dirty.
“How far have you gone, honestly.”
Neither Chae-kyeong nor I were hesitant to answer, so Yi-yul waved his hand and suggested a strange drinking game.
“Hey, I’ll try to guess in order. Every time you get it right, you get one drink, and if you don’t get it right, Chaekyung and I get one each. How is it.”
Well, it’s just for fun, so let’s accept it without rejecting it. Lee Yul thought it over and said.
“First of all, of course, the standard kiss. It started with a kiss, right?”
“Uh.”
“Have a drink.”
He fills my glass halfway with soju. Since it was a beer glass, in reality, more than two glasses of soju would have gone into it at once.
“Drink, one shot go.”
After I drank and wiped my lips, Chae-kyung picked up a snack and gave it to me. Yi-yul followed up with Chae-kyung and my first experience, all in order. I asked him while drinking soju in succession and feeling dizzy.
“Hey… How can you not know everything like that…”
I ate snacks in between, but it was the first time I’d driven soju in such a hurry, so my head was so dizzy and sore. Lee Yul said as he watched me try to open his eyes straight as he felt Chae-kyung’s hand supporting me by asking if it was okay.
“Obvious what? Are you okay with that?”
“Uh… I have a headache, but I drank too quickly.”
“I know. Sorry, hey rest for now I go to the bathroom.”
And Lee Yul’s figure disappeared from sight. I can’t even feel Chae-kyung’s hand patting my back and shoulders while asking if I’m okay with stretching. I closed my eyes for a moment and lay down on the table. It seemed like it was the first time I had ever been drunk so quickly and so painfully.
