The Genius Composer Starts Again - Chapter 78

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“That’s all for today!”

When Jeong Tae-seong spoke cheerfully, all the students let out small cheers together.

Since it was a late evening lecture, many students would be going home after just this class.

As Jeong Tae-seong left, the students began gathering their belongings and chattering noisily.

“Hey, PC cafe today?”

“Ah, you’re terrible at games though~.”

“What time are we meeting everyone? 7 o’clock? We have some time free, should we go to a cafe?”

Mixed in with them, I was also packing my things.

“Ugh, that was tiring. Taking three major courses makes me so exhausted~.”

Mun Ah-rin started chattering beside me.

“I know.”

“And I still have to go to my part-time job after this. Just thinking about it drains all my energy.”

Mun Ah-rin complained while looking at me with subtly expectant eyes. I pretended not to notice and gave a half-hearted response.

“Oh, really?”

“Hmph. Seol has really changed lately. You’ve become more cold-hearted than before.”

Mun Ah-rin puffed out her cheeks and burst into complaints.

“Are you going to meet that unnie today by any chance? Ha-yeon unnie?”

The way she addressed her was quite familiar. When I looked at her with puzzlement, Mun Ah-rin answered as if it was nothing.

“I happened to meet that unnie at a cafe before, and we became close then.”

“…Is that so?”

This was the first I’d heard of it.

Shin Ha-yeon had met with Mun Ah-rin alone? Of course, Shin Ha-yeon had no obligation to report every detail to me.

Even so, couldn’t she have mentioned something like ‘I met your friend recently’?

Especially since Shin Ha-yeon would have had a bad impression of Mun Ah-rin. They became that close?

“Huh. You didn’t hear about it?”

Mun Ah-rin widened her eyes and asked back.

“No.”

“That’s strange. I thought she would have definitely told you. Why would she keep this a secret…?”

It had the nuance as if Shin Ha-yeon had some secret meeting with Mun Ah-rin.

“She probably thought it wasn’t a big deal.”

“Really? We had quite an intimate conversation though. Especially about you, Seol.”

“Me? Why would you talk about me?”

“Since you’re what we have in common, of course we’d talk about you~. That unnie too, really. How could she not mention it at all?”

Mun Ah-rin laughed cheerfully.

While thinking it probably wasn’t a big deal, since Mun Ah-rin was involved, I couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

‘Was there something worth hiding from me?’

It’s not that I don’t trust Shin Ha-yeon. I distrust Mun Ah-rin.

While Shin Ha-yeon sometimes shows a resolute side, Mun Ah-rin isn’t someone who can be easily dealt with.

If Mun Ah-rin set her mind to it, it wouldn’t be impossible for her to put Shin Ha-yeon in the palm of her hand and manipulate her.

“We also talked about your song.”

“…What?”

“Why are you so surprised?”

Mun Ah-rin still had a bright smiling face.

“Did I hear something I shouldn’t have?”

“…”

Did Mun Ah-rin hear Whale day before its release?

Or was she asking what was wrong with discussing my song?

The ambiguous question made my thoughts complicated.

Did Shin Ha-yeon really let Mun Ah-rin hear my song? She doesn’t seem like someone who would do such a thing without my permission.

But how does Mun Ah-rin even know that I entrusted my song to Shin Ha-yeon? It couldn’t have been just a probing question.

When I stared at Mun Ah-rin silently, as if enjoying it, she bloomed into a bright smile.

“That unnie told me she was going to write lyrics for your song? Oh, don’t worry. I didn’t actually hear the song. That would be wrong without your permission. It was hard work stopping the unnie.”

It sounded exactly like Shin Ha-yeon had tried to play my song for her but she had graciously declined.

Ambiguous sentences mixed in between, maliciously filling the empty gaps.

‘That can’t be right.’

I knew better than anyone that Shin Ha-yeon wasn’t that type of person.

‘How much is true, and how much is false? Mun Ah-rin, what are you trying to gain by saying these things?’

Just as I was sending her a suspicious look.

“Hey. Mun Ah-rin. You should speak properly.”

Someone suddenly interrupted. When I turned my head, it was Cho Yun-je.

“I saw clearly that day, so what nonsense are you spouting?”

“…Yun-je seems really interested in our conversations lately.”

“I don’t want to hear it, but you’re saying ridiculous things that stick in my ears.”

Cho Yun-je spoke with a slight frown.

“You spilled coffee and asked her to get tissues. What were you trying to do while she left her laptop behind?”

“Oh my, what are you talking about? I did spill coffee, but it was completely an accident.”

Mun Ah-rin tilted her head as if she had no idea what Cho Yun-je meant.

“Can’t I ask someone to bring tissues when I spill coffee?”

“No, that’s not it. There was a laptop right in front of you.”

“Yes. Since Ha-yeon unnie was working on an assignment, of course there was a laptop. So what?”

Mun Ah-rin tilted her head. It was a very irritating sight.

“Yun-je, do you have some kind of paranoia? Do you take your laptop with you when you go to the restroom while doing assignments at a cafe?”

Cho Yun-je got heated at the mocking nuance.

“You really…!”

“Stop.”

Finally, I intervened to mediate.

“Stop it, Cho Yun-je. You too, Ah-rin.”

To Cho Yun-je, it must have seemed like I was taking Mun Ah-rin’s side, as his eyes wavered slightly. Mun Ah-rin also snorted and turned her head away sharply.

“I roughly understand what happened.”

“…Tch.”

When I whispered quietly, Cho Yun-je clicked his tongue and turned around abruptly.

Mun Ah-rin shook her head at his retreating figure as he walked away with large steps.

“I don’t know why he’s suddenly acting like that. Just because we briefly prepared for the scholarship recital together, he thinks he’s close to us.”

Mun Ah-rin spoke loudly as if for him to hear.

“Seol, you don’t actually believe what he’s saying, do you?”

“What?”

“About me deliberately spilling coffee and all that! It’s so absurd, really.”

“Let’s go.”

Not wanting to hear more of Mun Ah-rin’s grumbling, I hurriedly packed my things.

“No, Seol! You really…!”

Mun Ah-rin seemed like she wanted to say more, but then closed her mouth tightly.

“Fine. I think I’ll be late for my part-time job, so I’ll go first.”

And then she hurriedly left the lecture hall.

‘What? I thought she’d say more.’

I thought she’d go on about how she never did such a thing, how Cho Yun-je was misinterpreting everything, how she was really wronged.

I had prepared to listen with one ear and let it out the other, but I never expected her to retreat first like this.

While tilting my head in puzzlement, I started walking. I need to hurry and feed Nuri.

Just as I opened the lecture hall door and came out, I heard two voices from the end of the corridor.

“…! …so, … …?”

“… …right. Wow, really? … …!”

It was faint enough to be barely audible, but it wasn’t difficult to recognize that one of them was Mun Ah-rin.

‘She said she was late for her part-time job. What is she doing?’

Curious, I looked more closely. Mun Ah-rin was hidden by the bend in the corridor and couldn’t be seen, but her conversation partner was clearly visible from my side.

The first thing that caught my eye was her fair, translucent skin. White skin so pale it looked almost sickly, like someone who had never seen sunlight.

Above that, I could see dark brown curly hair. Drooping eyes, thin and pale lips. Even an expression that somehow seemed flustered.

Overall, she somehow reminded me of… a certain animal.

‘A sheep?’

It was random, but that’s what came to mind. It seemed to be because of those curls and gentle eyes.

‘Ah, I’ve seen her before. She’s a student who takes Professor Cha Moon-ho’s class with me, right?’

I’d never seen her in other classes, so she probably wasn’t the same year as me. Judging by her youthful appearance, she seemed like a freshman one year below.

‘Her name was definitely… Park Hee-jae?’

Since the number of people who regularly attended classes was extremely small, we all knew each other’s names.

‘But were she and Mun Ah-rin acquainted?’

When Mun Ah-rin laughed cheerfully, Park Hee-jae blushed but couldn’t take her eyes off her.

I could tell immediately from that dreamy yet sweet gaze.

That Park Hee-jae had feelings for Mun Ah-rin.

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