Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 3

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Episode 3

“I don’t. So lighten up your expression.”

“You don’t?”

“Yeah.”

“You don’t have any… then why are you doing this?”

“Just because. It’s fun.”

When Yeon-jae scrunched up her face, Hyeonoh smiled boyishly.

“You look really ugly making that face.”

Yeon-jae’s lips were tightly pressed together, devoid of any hint of laughter.

“Smile a little. Don’t you know the saying that smiling brings good fortune?”

“I’ll smile when there’s something to smile about.”

“Aren’t you having fun eating with me right now?!”

“No.”

“Oh dear. How unfortunate.”

Hyeonoh smiled with an expression that didn’t look unfortunate at all. From then on, their conversation scattered in all directions without ever converging.

Hyeonoh cleanly finished his remaining sundae soup. Meanwhile, Yeon-jae’s bone hangover soup looked no different from when it first arrived.

Yeon-jae stared blankly at Hyeonoh eating and thought to herself.

She was withdrawing all the positive evaluations she’d had about Kang Hyeon-o as Dohan’s friend.

As soon as she got home, she planned to erase everything about Kang Hyeon-o from her notebook. Then she would open a new page and write this:

Annoying bastard. Rude. Total pain in the ass.

When Hyeonoh finally put down his spoon, Yeon-jae got up. Then Hyeonoh said something.

“You don’t smoke, right? I’ll go out first and smoke. Come out in 3 minutes.”

“Oh, okay.”

Yeon-jae half-stood up then sat back down.

Hyeonoh got up holding his textbook along with a pack of cigarettes he’d just pulled from his pocket. He looked back at Yeon-jae who was about to leave and threw out a comment.

“Oh right. You have to pay. I don’t have money.”

Haaah.

She’d have to add one more thing. Broke bastard.

* * *

However, the meal had already been paid for.

The part-timer said indifferently.

“Your companion already paid earlier when he went to the bathroom.”

Yeon-jae left the restaurant feeling somewhat bewildered.

As soon as she came out, she saw Hyeonoh right away. He was smoking in front of an ashtray made from a jar filled with sand.

Hyeonoh, who noticed Yeon-jae belatedly, threw his half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray.

Then he walked ahead in the direction of the school.

Yeon-jae followed behind and asked.

“Why did you pay?”

Hyeonoh shrugged his shoulders. Then he asked out of nowhere.

“Want to go to a cafe?”

“Why would I?”

“Are you really going to act like this toward me right now?”

“Didn’t you say earlier that you don’t want anything from me?”

There was time before the next class. But Yeon-jae had no desire to drink coffee with Hyeonoh after already eating a meal with him.

In the midst of this, Hyeonoh added a comment.

“Let’s just talk a bit. If you just leave now, you’ll definitely regret it.”

“What regret?”

“I don’t want anything right now, but who knows if that’ll continue in the future?”

“Haaah. Fine. Let’s go, let’s go.”

This person, I have no idea what he’s trying to do.

Yeon-jae grimaced and roughly pointed to a cafe visible right in front of them.

“There. Let’s go to that place right in front.”

Hyeonoh walked in the direction Yeon-jae pointed without any objection.

Even while walking straight ahead, he encountered familiar faces several times.

They all greeted Hyeonoh warmly.

“Oh, Hyeonoh~ Where are you going?”

“Hey. I’m going to a cafe.”

Hyeonoh generally just waved his hand as if annoyed.

‘He’s really popular.’

Yeon-jae already felt intimidated.

Even if she combined all the friends who had passed through her entire life, it probably wouldn’t match the number of people who just greeted Hyeonoh.

Moreover, Hyeonoh’s acquaintances kept glancing at Yeon-jae with curious eyes.

The curious gazes came not only from Hyeonoh’s acquaintances but also from people occupying tables in the cafe they entered.

Yet not a single person directly asked Hyeonoh about Yeon-jae’s presence.

To be precise, they seemed unable to bring themselves to ask.

And through this process, Yeon-jae naturally realized that people found Hyeonoh somewhat intimidating.

Yeon-jae alone wanted to clarify things.

‘He’s not my type.’

I’m devoted to someone else, pursuing pure love in that direction.

“What do you want to drink?”

Hyeonoh, who had stepped up to the kiosk first, looked back at Yeon-jae and asked. Yeon-jae tapped Hyeonoh’s shoulder.

“I’ll buy the coffee.”

“Hey now. The senior should pay.”

“Didn’t you say earlier you don’t have money?”

Saying that, Yeon-jae pushed Hyeonoh aside. Then she inserted her card into the terminal first and said to Hyeonoh.

“Choose.”

She’d already gotten a free meal, so she should at least buy coffee. Otherwise, she didn’t know what excuse he’d make with this.

Hyeonoh laughed as if amazed. Even so, he said this was great and hummed, saying he should order something really expensive.

She thought he was just talking, but he really did order something expensive.

Double chocolate latte. With whipped cream. Add Oreos. Make it sweeter.

The price at a budget franchise cafe wouldn’t exceed 5,000 won anyway.

Yeon-jae just thought it was a bit unexpected. That someone who looked like he’d only drink americano, not even lattes, would prefer sweet drinks.

Yeon-jae added Hyeonoh’s order to the cart. Then she additionally ordered an iced americano for herself and resolved.

‘As soon as the drinks come out, I should head straight back to school.’

She’d gotten her notebook back, and since he said he didn’t want anything, there was nothing more to discuss with Hyeonoh.

Of course, she planned to get confirmation that he wouldn’t tell Dohan about the notebook.

She’d stubbornly chosen a notebook out of habit from her school days, but this weekend she would transfer all the notebook’s contents to her phone’s memo app.

Then she’d have to burn the existing notebook.

While thinking this, the coffee came out, and Hyeonoh handed Yeon-jae the americano.

She expected him to suggest drinking at the cafe, but surprisingly Hyeonoh didn’t say much. The two walked side by side toward school with their coffees.

Yeon-jae couldn’t even take three sips and just held it in her hand. In the already warm weather, water quickly condensed on the plastic cup’s surface. Watching those water droplets, Yeon-jae carefully spoke up.

“…Um, about the notebook. You won’t tell Dohan about it, right?”

“Well.”

At those words, irritation suddenly surged in Yeon-jae. But who could she blame? She was the one who lost the notebook.

“What do you mean? You said you don’t want anything from me. Please don’t tell him. I’ll do whatever you ask. Okay?”

“What do you think I’d make you do? Hey. Don’t go around saying things like that carelessly.”

“Then just please don’t tell him.”

“Oh really?”

“You won’t do it, right?”

“I won’t. I won’t.”

“…Can I record this conversation as evidence?”

At those words, Hyeonoh turned to look at Yeon-jae as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Hey.”

In that moment, Yeon-jae gripped her phone tightly.

Honestly speaking, until just a moment ago, she had been seriously considering whether to actually record.

But unexpectedly, a completely different answer came back.

“I’ll help you.”

At the sudden words, Yeon-jae’s footsteps, which had been walking ahead, came to an abrupt halt.

The content of his words was somewhat out of the blue. At the same time, it was bewildering.

What is this person saying right now.

Perhaps because of that, Yeon-jae’s next words came out somewhat snappishly.

“Don’t say things you don’t mean.”

“Why do you think I don’t mean it?”

“What could you possibly know about me… And you don’t really look like the type to help others anyway.”

At those words, Hyeonoh seemed quite wronged.

Following closely behind Yeon-jae, whose pace had quickened in confusion, he added words almost like an explanation.

“I’m not that bad of a person.”

“Ah, yes.”

Yeon-jae listened half-heartedly and continued walking. Before she knew it, they had passed the Main Gate and were back on Campus.

“I’m saying I’ll help you and Lee Do-han get together? Isn’t that definitely beneficial for you?”

It was a sentence with both subject and object so clear that it was impossible to dismiss carelessly.

Yeon-jae’s steps stopped once again, and this time her head turned automatically.

Yeon-jae stared intently at Hyeonoh.

Hyeonoh also looked at Yeon-jae.

Their gazes collided across a slight distance. Neither one looked away first.

‘Is this guy making fun of me right now?’

By answering yes here, he might be trying to judge Yeon-jae as ‘someone who really likes Dohan.’

Though she didn’t know what meaning that would have.

So Yeon-jae answered defensively.

“Don’t look down on people.”

But without backing down at all, Hyeonoh asked back.

“Why do you think I’m looking down on you?”

Hyeonoh had a genuinely curious expression.

If he was doing this with pure good intentions without any bad motives, she was even more curious.

Yeon-jae finally asked once more.

“Why would you help me?”

This question didn’t get the immediate answer that had always followed before. Yeon-jae smiled lightly.

I thought so. He just looks decent on the outside but he’s a strange person.

Just as she was about to turn around and walk away again, Hyeonoh’s mouth opened slowly.

“It’s interesting.”

It was an absurd answer.

For his own amusement, he’d help connect his friend with a girl who follows his friend around like a stalker.

“Is that really all?”

Yeon-jae’s eyes narrowed.

“Well.”

Hyeonoh muttered barely audibly and shrugged his shoulders.

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