Chapter 256 – 256. Seorin’s Change of Heart
※All characters are adults anyway.
The clunky ringing tone rings in my ears.
One day, when she asked, ‘You don’t set idol music or ringtones?’
Yes.
This clunky ringtone is the ringtone of my childhood friend and girlfriend, Seorin.
“…I don’t get it.”
But for some reason, Seo-rin, who said she was not interested in anything other than my voice, doesn’t answer the phone.
Besides, usually, when you open the front door, Seorin and Dayeon are already standing there.
But today, in front of the house, there are no texts from the two, let alone their shadows.
“Then Dayeon…”
ㅡTiri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri
“Oh, honey…”
“You can’t answer the phone…”
“Dayeon doesn’t even get it…”
And even Da-yeon doesn’t answer the phone.
In addition, in the case of Dayeon, there was a disconnection sound, and then a notification message came out, so it is the sound of rejecting the call, that is, intentionally avoiding my phone call.
“There’s no way the two of you could be like this…”
Seo-rin doesn’t answer the phone and Da-yeon refuses to call.
Besides, if you think about it, the heroines have recently started avoiding me.
Maybe our relationship, which seemed smooth, started to crack?
Also, even my older sister, who had the most time with me, somehow became aloof, and within a few days, she stopped even waking me up in the blanket she always did.
“I don’t think that’s why everyone has been avoiding me lately… No, let’s not think about it. Yes, everyone is just busy with something…”
I feel uneasy at the thought of this, but I’ll see you at school anyway, so I’ll just have to ask.
Rather, I don’t want to imagine a life without everyone, even in my dreams.
Besides, if I, the boyfriend, don’t trust my girlfriends, who the hell will?
He probably wouldn’t have been absent, and I’ll see you in class in 10 minutes, so there’s no need to be too impatient.
ㅡ rattle
“Whoa… Bye~”
“Ah, hello Eugene!”
“Hmm? Seon-yul is full of energy since morning~”
As soon as I sat down in the chair, Eugene slumped over on her desk and greeted me with her morning yawn.
Judging from the smiley attitude of Yujin, it seems that Yujin still likes me.
I guess I was thinking too hastily.
Not everyone can have an affair.
“Uh… Eugene, by any chance Dayeon hasn’t come to school yet? She hasn’t answered the phone since morning…”
“Huh? Come to think of it, the two of you always came in together, but today you came separately? Dayeon…”
ㅡsue
“Um… How? I was sitting there until Seon-yul came in… Well, I must have gone to the bathroom… Seon-yul? Seon-yul-ah? Han Seon-yul?”
You were in your seat until I came in, but you weren’t there when I came?
In other words, Dayeon avoided me…?
A cold sweat runs down your back.
What? Where did you go wrong? I don’t think Dayeon could have an affair…
Why is Dayeon avoiding me…!
“Hey, the melody…”
ㅡDrureuk!
“Morning assembly begins. Sit down.”
“…Seonyul, what’s wrong? You don’t look good… Should I tell you that I’m going to the health room if you’re sick?”
“Uh… Huh? No, it’s okay…”
As the teacher opened the classroom door and entered, the chaotic atmosphere in the classroom calmed down, and Yu-jin calmly looked at her complexion and worried about her condition.
But now nothing comes to my ears.
The morning assembly is starting soon, but where the hell is Dayeon?
ㅡ rattle
“…! Dayeon-ah…!”
And then, Da-yeon sneaked in from the back door and sat quietly in her seat.
I called Dayeon with half joy and half worry,
“Ugh…”
ㅡSue…
“Uh…? Everything, Dayeon-ah?”
As soon as Dayeon met my eyes, her face turned pale and she just turned her head away to avoid my eyes.
Besides, Da-yeon’s expression was that of a person who could be stabbed by anyone.
Like someone caught cheating…
“Did the two of you fight at least? What’s wrong with Dayeon?”
Feeling something unusual, Yoo-jin whispered to me and asked.
“I don’t know… She hasn’t even answered my phone calls since morning… Ho, maybe she’s cheating…? No… There’s no way Da-yeon would be like that, right? Eugene?”
The more I thought about it, the more anxious I got, so I asked Yujin as if clinging to him.
I don’t know why Dayeon is doing that.
However, it is really impossible for Da-yeon, who has looked only at me for 4 years, to avoid me.
I can’t think of anything other than that Dayeon had a change of heart or that he did something big to me.
Like the wind…
“Uh, yeah… There must be something stressful… I’ll ask you later during break time. Don’t worry too much, Sunyoul. Huh? It’ll be fine…”
“Yeah… Thank you, Eugene…”
Even in the midst of this, Dayeon glanced at my face with a restless expression.
In the end, when it was break time, Da-yeon, who ran away from her classroom, was followed by Yu-jin, and soon after, Yu-jin returned with a serious expression and sat down.
“What did you say? What did Dayeon say? What did Dayeon say, Yujin? Huh? What did the two of you talk about?”
“Uh… That’s…”
Impatient with what the two of them were talking about, I pushed Yujin as if interrogating her.
“Why are you like this… What did you and Dayeon talk about, Eugene… Huh? Is this something you can’t tell me?”
“It’s not like that… This is a little…”
However, as if even Yujin had become on Dayeon’s side, she avoided my gaze and was reluctant to answer, only making my heart more restless.
“Well, why don’t you go see Seo-rin in the next class first, Seon-yul? You can meet Seo-rin in person and ask her questions!”
“Yeah… Ok. I’ll be back”
ㅡ rattle
I am suspicious of Yoo-jin, who hastily changed her words, but Yu-jin has a point, so I got up from the chair and headed to Seo-rin’s class.
But why did Yujin bring up the story of Seorin?
I don’t think I told Eugene that he had a problem with Seorin either?
Anyway, when she arrived in front of Seo-rin’s class and looked out the window, Seo-rin, sitting quietly in the window seat and looking out the window, came into my field of vision.
“Seorin…”
As soon as she sees Seo-rin, her heart races.
Her heart beats fast and her heart doesn’t calm down, as if she’s reunited with her first love after 10 years.
But the pounding I feel is a little different from the pounding of joy or affection.
It’s fear or tension.
My heart trembles with nervousness.
That’s true, Seo Rin…
The shape of her hair had changed.
Instead of the usual side ponytail, straight hair with all the hair loose.
Moreover, even her bangs were roughly parted and set aside, giving the impression that Seo-rin now is a bully-type woman like Yoon-ji.
“Couldn’t it be that Seo-rin… Has another man? She can’t believe that Seo-rin changed her hair…”
I don’t know if it applies in this world, but there is a myth that a woman changes her hair style after a breakup.
I’m not the type to believe in such nonsense, but recent situations and today’s situations keep making me think about that.
Seo-rin, who has loved me for 10 years, cannot have an affair, but she is still somewhat anxious.
I gulped down her saliva and gathered her courage and approached Seo-rin, who was looking out the window.
“Seorin-ah, why didn’t you come out this morning? You didn’t answer the phone. What happened?”
ㅡsue
“…”
Seo-rin looked at me with an expression that she didn’t know why, and she just looked at me as if she was annoying.
A cold gaze as if looking at something insignificant.
From Seorin’s gaze, I was sure.
Seo Rin says she doesn’t love me anymore.
“Seo, Seorin, did I do something wrong? If I did anything wrong, tell me…!”
ㅡ Wow!
I decided that something was seriously wrong, and without knowing it, I held Seo-rin’s hand tightly and asked as if pleading.
“Haha? Let go of this!!”
ㅡTuk!
“Seorin…!”
But Seo-rin crumpled her face as if she was in a bad mood and took my hand away.
“What are you doing to make me feel bad, you crazy bastard!!”
ㅡ Clap!
“…Uh?”
Seo-rin raised her right hand and slapped me on the cheek.
At the sound that resonated in the middle of the classroom, the children all looked this way and started whispering.
I feel pain as I slowly feel a burning sensation on my cheek from being slapped by Seorin.
It’s the first time I’ve ever been hit so hard by Seo Rin… No, it’s probably the first time I’ve been beaten.
The fact that Seorin hit me is really Seorin…
“Serin…”
ㅡTuk!
“Aww!! Seo, Seorin? What’s wrong…!”
“What are you saying… Fucking like… Heh”
“Stop, Serin…”
ㅡ trudge trudge
Seorin pushed me away.
She then snorted her snort with a cold sneer at me reaching her hand toward her, and then she turned her back and disappeared down the aisle.
The children looked at me with pity as I lay on the floor and started whispering.
My cheek gets more and more throbbing from being hit by Seo-rin, and I feel a strange feeling in her chest, as if there is a disease.
It feels like a hole has been pierced in her chest, as if she is breathing with her heavy books on her chest, as if she has lost something that should be in her chest.
“Hey, over there, Sunyoul…”
“Huh…?”
한 여학생이 측은한 얼굴로 내게 다가왔다.
서린이에게 차여버린 날 위로라도 해주려는 모양이지만, 서린이를 잃어버린 내게 어떤 좋은 말이라도 위로가 될까 싶다.
“서린이는 있잖아? 우리도 오늘 들은 건데…”
“I’ll tell you…!”
“Da Yeon-ah…?”
여학생이 내게 뭔가를 말하려던 찰나, 어느새 다연이가 나타나 여학생의 말을 가로챘다.
그리고 다연이는 우리에게로 다가왔다.
“I’ll take over Seon-yul…”
“Yes…!”
ㅡSugh…
다연이는 여학생과 내 사이로 들어와 내 팔목을 잡고 날 억지로 일으켜 세웠다.
난 마치 무거운 통나무라도 된 것처럼 다연이의 손에 의해 힘겹게 일어났다.
“일단 조용한 데로 가자? 내가 다 말해 줄게…”
“Dayeon…”
“…”
날 부축해 교실을 나서는 다연이의 얼굴을 쳐다보며 나지막이 이름을 부르자, 다연이는 이번에도 슬쩍 내 얼굴을 피했다.
내 손을 잡고 복도를 걷는 다연이의 손에는 분명하게 힘이 느껴졌지만, 내 눈을 마주치지 못하는 다연이의 눈에선 죄악감 같은 게 느껴졌다.
난 더 말을 이어가기를 포기하고 고개를 떨궜고, 다연이도 날 따라 조용히 고개를 떨궜다.
오늘따라 복도엔 발소리가 크게 울린다.
뻥 뚫려버린 내 가슴 만큼이나 공허하게.
