Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 25

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Episode 25

 

Before they knew it, the weather had warmed up considerably, bringing pleasant temperatures without a trace of late spring cold.

 

So instead of going far, the two decided to buy various types of kimbap and sandwiches from the School Cafe and eat them on the terrace.

 

‘To think I’m sitting across from Dohan sunbae on an outdoor terrace eating a meal on a day like this.’

 

In stark contrast to the morning when she felt like she was dying because she couldn’t study, her mood felt like it could soar.

 

Before she knew it, the awkward atmosphere had also eased considerably.

 

“Have you tried the School Cafe kimbap before?”

 

Dohan asked as he unwrapped the foil covering his kimbap.

 

“No. This is my first time.”

 

“Really? It’s famous for being delicious.”

 

“I think I’ve heard that!”

 

People generally prefer cheerful individuals over gloomy ones.

 

Knowing this fact and deliberately speaking even more brightly, Yeon-jae felt as awkward as if she were wearing ill-fitting clothes.

 

The worry about possibly saying something wrong or doing something that would make her disliked was an added burden.

 

In fact, this tendency to worry and overthink everything wasn’t Yeon-jae’s original personality either. Her feelings of affection had changed even her personality by 180 degrees.

 

“Doesn’t it taste good?”

 

Perhaps that’s why. Every time she ate with Dohan, she received the same question.

 

“No! It’s delicious…!”

 

…No, this was wrong. She felt like she might get indigestion.

 

Yeon-jae liked Dohan so much that this situation made her uncomfortable, and that’s why she felt like she might get indigestion.

 

Dohan neatly crumpled up the sandwich wrapper he had finished into a circle. Yeon-jae hurriedly took a big bite of her remaining sandwich.

 

“It’s okay. Take your time eating.”

 

Perhaps noticing her hurry, Dohan quietly added a comment.

 

“Ah, yes!”

 

Yeon-jae kept her head down and just chewed silently. Every single one of those small considerations made her heart race.

 

Dohan waited with a completely unhurried expression until Yeon-jae finished her meal.

 

Encouraged by that consideration, Yeon-jae also felt much lighter and attempted small talk with Dohan while finishing her sandwich.

 

“Sunbae, do you have any siblings?”

 

“No, I’m an only child.”

 

“Oh! Me too!”

 

They discovered a common point not long after starting their conversation. While Yeon-jae was purely excited about this fact, Dohan looked surprised and said,

 

“Yeon-jae doesn’t seem like an only child though. That’s unexpected. I thought you might have younger siblings.”

 

“Really? That’s the first time I’ve heard that. Why did you think so?”

 

“Hmm. How should I put it? I think I unconsciously thought that Yeon-jae suits being surrounded by people.”

 

Yeon-jae was a little surprised. It was the first evaluation of this kind she’d heard in her life. At the same time, she felt good because it seemed like Dohan viewed her quite favorably.

 

Riding on that feeling, Yeon-jae naturally continued the next conversation as well.

 

“But sunbae, do you iron your clothes every day?”

 

“Ah, how did you know?”

 

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen your clothes wrinkled, so I asked…!”

 

“That’s right. I iron them every morning.”

 

“Ah, really? No wonder. Do you do it yourself, not your parents?”

 

“Yeah. I’m in charge of laundry and ironing at our house.”

 

“Ah. I see. It really looks nice when family members divide roles and do housework like that.”

 

“Ah. It’s not because I want to do it. My house is just my father and me living together, so if we don’t divide it like this, usually only I end up doing it.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Yeon-jae was momentarily flustered by the new information that suddenly poured out.

 

‘Dohan sunbae lives alone with his father. I had no idea about this.’

 

Yeon-jae composed her expression to avoid showing her surprise. Dohan himself seemed unconcerned, as if it didn’t particularly bother him.

 

The atmosphere that had become subtle for a moment quickly returned to normal. Thanks to this, Yeon-jae ate her remaining sandwich slowly but with peace of mind.

 

Finally, on their way to return the tray,

 

“Yeon-jae.”

 

“Yes?”

 

Dohan, who had gotten up first, called out to stop Yeon-jae and said,

 

“Let’s eat together often. Contact me on days when you’re studying at the library.”

 

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She returned to the reading room, but her concentration had disappeared even more than in the morning.

 

“Let’s eat together.”

 

These five syllables kept spinning around in her head. She was thinking about it quite seriously.

 

Could Dohan really be an assassin sent by the Department of Korean Literature to sabotage her grades this semester?

 

‘Haaa.’

 

Eventually, she collapsed right onto the reading room desk.

 

‘Sigh. This exam is really going to be trouble.’

 

Then she felt a presence above her head. Yeon-jae’s head slowly lifted.

 

The first thing that caught her eye was a beige milk tea can. Its surface looked cold as if it had just been pulled from a vending machine.

 

Yeon-jae’s body turned around almost reflexively. Where her gaze landed, Dohan stood with a smiling face.

 

The afternoon sunlight gently settled on Dohan’s face, and Yeon-jae looked at Dohan with a dazed expression for a moment, as if enchanted by something.

 

Dohan spoke silently with his mouth movements.

 

‘Drink this and then study.’

 

That kind older brother who had willingly given his number to an unknowing middle school student without question was now smiling at Yeon-jae in the form of a dignified university sunbae.

 

Her heart began to beat embarrassingly fast.

 

By the time the surroundings had grown dim.

 

Yeon-jae, when are you going home?

 

I think I’ll get up soon

 

What about you, sunbae?

 

I’ll go home for dinner too.

 

Then let’s leave together when you get up.

 

Receiving Dohan’s message that he would wait outside the reading room, Yeon-jae hurriedly packed her bag.

 

The day she thought would just pass by casually turned out to be unexpectedly fulfilling. She had studied quite a bit, and her romantic endeavors had some success too.

 

Yeon-jae felt as proud as someone who had successfully concluded diplomatic negotiations.

 

Dohan, who had been looking at his phone, looked up at the sign of Yeon-jae approaching and asked,

 

“Did your studying go well?”

 

“Well… I think it wasn’t bad…!”

 

After saying that, she suddenly remembered what Hyeonoh had said about her private chat with Dohan last time.

 

“If you didn’t want it to end, you should have thrown out some simple question or something.”

 

‘Even if I’m inexperienced in interpersonal relationships, my learning ability isn’t bad.’

 

Yeon-jae immediately applied Hyeonoh’s advice and asked a question.

 

“What about you, sunbae? Did your studying go well today?”

 

“Yeah. Mine wasn’t bad either.”

 

“Did you study some Digital Marketing? I’m scared to start because the professor still hasn’t confirmed the exam scope.”

 

“That professor is always like that. Oh right. Yeon-jae, you’re doing a group project with Kang Hyeon-o for another business administration class, right?”</Human: Continue with the remaining lines to complete exactly 200 lines total.

“Oh, yes. It was a data mining class.”

 

“You’re taking mostly marketing-focused classes.”

 

…The reality was that it was the consequence of carelessly registering for business administration classes without any clear understanding.

 

The reason she registered for classes so haphazardly was because her purpose wasn’t ‘double majoring’ but ‘Dohan sunbae.’

 

“Haha, that’s right!”

 

But she couldn’t bring herself to tell such an honest story. Yeon-jae hurriedly changed the subject and forced a smile.

 

“What about you, sunbae?”

 

“I focus on finance and accounting.”

 

“Wow.”

 

Yeon-jae felt like she would throw up just looking at numbers. Even when studying for the college entrance exam, there were moments when she almost gave up on math.

 

But she realized that if she gave up on math, she could never go to the same school as Dohan, so she never let it go in the end.

 

Although this was the first time she had properly faced Dohan at university, her past feelings for Dohan had continued to influence Yeon-jae in big and small ways.

 

When her thoughts reached that point, Yeon-jae felt wistful. The sky she suddenly looked up at had become a slightly deeper shade of orange than when they had just left school.

 

“Bus? Subway?”

 

“Oh, I take the bus…!”

 

“Really? I take the bus too. Do you also catch the bus at the rotary, Yeon-jae?”

 

“Yes!”

 

“That works out well. We can go to the bus stop together. Which bus do you take, Yeon-jae?”

 

Dohan asked while looking at the electronic display board, calculating how much time was left until his bus arrived.

 

“Oh, I can take the bus that’s coming in now!”

 

“Huh. I can take the same bus too.”

 

“Really?”

 

And the two of them boarded the bus one after another and tapped their cards. The bus was quiet, so they could immediately see available seats.

 

‘This is so nice…’

 

However, Yeon-jae’s face, which had been thinking so happily, gradually turned pale white.

 

One fact that Yeon-jae had completely forgotten.

 

It was that the two of them not only went home in the same direction, but actually lived in the same apartment complex.

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