Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 15

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Episode 15

Yeon-jae, who had been obsessed all day with the thought that she needed to ask Dohan for his number, felt like her heart was about to burst in this unexpected situation.

Yeon-jae carefully entered her eleven-digit number and handed over her phone without saving it.

Dohan entered a name without much thought and saved it right away. What exactly did he save it as? Yeon-jae found herself anticipating without realizing it.

However, the saved name she glimpsed was quite businesslike.

Korean Literature Department XX Shin Yeon-jae

A combination of major + student ID + full name.

Her disappointed feelings lasted only briefly.

‘Shin Yeon-jae, are you crazy? You exchanged numbers, didn’t you? This is how you approach someone step by step!’

She quickly changed her mind.

After saving the number, Dohan also called Yeon-jae’s number. Dohan’s eleven digits appeared on Yeon-jae’s phone screen as well.

Though it wasn’t saved, it was a phone number that had become so familiar it was already engraved in her mind.

‘He’s still using the same number.’

That fact somehow tickled Yeon-jae’s heart subtly and even evoked strangely tender feelings.

Dohan, who had put his phone in his pocket, was holding a thick textbook with his hands. Yeon-jae stared intently at the textbook and asked.

“Should I help you carry it…?”

Dohan laughed out loud as if he was hearing the most absurd thing.

“What? It’s fine. I brought my laptop today so there’s no room in my bag.”

And he naturally changed the subject so Yeon-jae wouldn’t insist on helping more.

“Yeon-jae, what do you want for lunch?”

“Me? I…”

“Think about what you want to eat on the way. Hyeonoh’s treating. Let’s eat something expensive.”

Again?

Yeon-jae, who had similar feelings when he said he lived alone in front of the school despite his family home being in Seoul, was now certain.

Hyeonoh must be incredibly rich.

Otherwise, no matter how much closer they’d become recently, he wouldn’t readily open his wallet even for a woman he wasn’t dating.

Come to think of it, it had always been like that.

During all the time Yeon-jae had spent with Hyeonoh, she had never once opened her own wallet.

Even on days when Yeon-jae had promised to buy the meal, Hyeonoh habitually opened his own wallet.

She thought she’d heard something about him having lived abroad. It might simply be a cultural difference.

Anyway.

‘He must be popular with women.’

Seeing how he wouldn’t let even women he wasn’t dating, and furthermore had no intention of dating, open their wallets, she wondered how well he must treat women he was actually dating.

Of course, that had nothing to do with her.

While lost in other thoughts, she had fallen behind Dohan.

She hurriedly chased after Dohan’s back, but Dohan suddenly stopped walking.

“Yeon-jae.”

“Yes?!”

She didn’t even have time to be moved by the fact that her name had been flowing from Dohan’s mouth like a bombardment all day.

Yeon-jae just held her breath, trying to guess Dohan’s next words.

“I’ve been thinking about it.”

“Yes, yes!”

Dohan bit his lip inward.

That brief silence stretched out as long as eternity.

Yeon-jae didn’t know where to look and fidgeted with her fingertips for no reason.

Finally, Dohan opened his mouth.

“I feel like we’ve met somewhere before. Right?”

“Well, I’m not sure.”

“No?”

“I don’t know…”

“Yeon-jae, don’t you remember anything?”

Yeon-jae’s brain spun rapidly.

Yeon-jae couldn’t figure out exactly what point Dohan was referring to when he said her face looked familiar.

She had been hovering around Dohan for so long that she couldn’t pinpoint the time period.

But she had only directly spoken with him once before this semester when she got acquainted with Dohan thanks to Hyeonoh.

That was in middle school.

Though Yeon-jae had seen Dohan many times, that was the first and last time Dohan had directly faced Yeon-jae.

So if Dohan found Yeon-jae’s face familiar, he was probably recalling that time.

After finishing her reasoning, Yeon-jae briefly considered ‘Should I confess everything about middle school?’, but soon gave up on the idea.

‘It was probably just a small kindness that meant nothing to him, and if I bring up something from almost 7 years ago, he probably won’t even remember. I’ll just come across as a weird person.’

Reason held back her eager heart.

Then what should she answer?

Just as Yeon-jae was clutching her head that wouldn’t work properly, a now-familiar voice suddenly interrupted.

“What road are you making as you come? Why are you so late?”

It was Hyeonoh.

Hyeonoh approached the two with his usual leisurely gait.

Thanks to this, their conversation was cut short.

Phew. Thank goodness.

“Hello.”

Yeon-jae politely greeted her savior.

“Yeah.”

Hyeonoh waved his hand halfheartedly in response.

In one of his hands was a plastic drink cup with a sleeve bearing the name of the school cafe.

Drawing on her experience from working part-time at a cafe for quite a while (though she’d quit now), that drink was probably an Oreo Yogurt Frappuccino.

‘Looking at it, he always drinks ultra-high-calorie beverages. Can he still eat a meal after drinking stuff like that?’

Yeon-jae unconsciously scanned Hyeonoh’s entire body.

‘Hmm… But seeing that he doesn’t gain weight, everything really does come down to constitution.’

Finally, Yeon-jae’s gaze landed on Hyeonoh’s department t-shirt with ‘Democratic Management’ printed largely on it. It seemed like something they all wore together for department events like festivals.

Probably only Hyeonoh would casually wear such a shabby group t-shirt, not even a proper department jacket, on regular days.

‘Wow. He really goes all out trusting his good looks.’

Just as she was thinking that, she felt someone’s breath near her ear, followed by a whisper.

“Pervert.”

“Aah, you scared me!”

After jumping back in shock, she saw Hyeonoh grinning triumphantly. Quietly making a V sign with the hand not holding his cup.

“What kind of lewd thoughts were you having to look at me with those eyes?”

“I, I wasn’t!”

Yeon-jae looked at Hyeonoh with a deeply wronged expression.

Hyeonoh lowered his voice and asked secretively.

“Did you exchange numbers?”

“Yes.”

“Oh. Honestly, I didn’t expect much.”

“What do you take me for? I’m someone who gets things done when I set my mind to it.”

…Though she was only able to succeed because Dohan asked first.

“Why didn’t you come to class today? You could have come late.”

However, Yeon-jae decided not to share such trivial details with Hyeonoh and changed the subject.

“Why? It’s good for you two to spend time together without me. I deliberately stayed away.”

“Gasp, really?”

“No. I stayed up playing games until 3 AM last night and fell asleep.”

Ugh.

Then he let out a big yawn, “Hwaaam,” and walked ahead to sling his arm over Dohan’s shoulder.

For a while, Dohan and Hyeonoh talked about things only they knew.

Like games.

(Whoa. Dohan sunbae plays games too. I should study up on popular games these days.)

Like soccer.

(He’s an Arsenal fan. I think I heard advice somewhere not to make 4senal jokes in front of Arsenal fans. Absolutely must be careful.)

They briefly talked about basketball too.

(San Francisco Golden State?! Ugh. I don’t know a single basketball rule. Definitely need to study.)

“Want to play early morning soccer this weekend?”

Their conversation had somehow shifted from watching sports to playing sports.

Wait, didn’t he say he’d arrange a study session together on the weekend?

“Impossible. We’re right in the middle of exam period.”

“Ah, right. Our exams are coming up soon.”

Oh my…

Hyeonoh seemed to have completely forgotten about exams, just as he appeared to have forgotten the promise he made to Yeon-jae.

“Then want to come to school and study together on the weekend? I won’t do anything if I’m alone anyway.”

“Oh, really? I was planning to study at Jungdo anyway.”

“Oh. Good. Hey, Shin Yeon-jae. Want to come too?”

Hyeonoh suddenly tilted his head back and asked.

“What?!”

Yeon-jae, who had been quietly eavesdropping, was startled when her name was suddenly called and reacted in surprise.

Hyeonoh chuckled. Dohan had also turned his head to look at Yeon-jae.

“Is your schedule okay, Yeon-jae?”

“Ah, yes, yes!”

…A weekend plan was arranged just like that. Yeon-jae was flustered by this sudden stroke of luck.

While Dohan was looking elsewhere for a moment, Hyeonoh slyly winked at Yeon-jae.

Hyeonoh hadn’t forgotten his promise. Yeon-jae mentally applauded Hyeonoh’s thoughtfulness.

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