Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 32

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Episode 32

 

Jae-seong grabbed his head and crouched down. All eyes focused on Hyeonoh.

 

Hyeonoh remained silent for a long while. He just stared down at Jae-seong coldly.

 

His crooked behavior made him look exactly like a thug who had thrown a punch at the most vulnerable guy just because his hands were bored, with no particular reason.

 

The atmosphere instantly froze cold.

 

“Come on, guys. Let’s stop here.”

 

Someone whose hosting instincts kicked in whenever they joined a drinking session opened their mouth as if to mediate the situation.

 

But Hyeonoh cut off that voice and added:

 

“What are you doing. To my little brother.”

 

Huh? Little brother?

 

If it was a title used because he was born later, it wouldn’t be wrong either.

 

But Yeon-jae could read the context. It wasn’t that kind of little brother, but strongly implied the meaning of ‘real brother.’

 

It was also a warning message about touching the blood relationship that occupied the highest position among Korea’s three great connections (blood, regional, school ties).

 

Jae-seong, reading the atmosphere, jumped up and down.

 

“B-brother? But don’t you have different surnames? Is he your cousin? Hyeonoh! I didn’t do anything…”

 

Of course, since names had already been revealed during introductions, it wasn’t unreasonable to misunderstand him as a cousin.

 

Jae-seong, who had been smooth-talking in front of Yeon-jae, couldn’t make a peep in front of Hyeonoh and just kept repeating that he was wronged.

 

Honestly, he had reason to feel wronged. The person involved, Yeon-jae, thought this:

 

Well, that person did come on to me. But still…

 

‘It wasn’t enough to deserve getting hit in the back of the head while just standing there.’

 

Men who came on that much to show interest in a girl they liked were common in Daehakro.

 

Clearly, Hyeonoh was overreacting.

 

It wasn’t just Yeon-jae who thought so. Everyone present knew that fact.

 

Except for Hyeonoh.

 

“You’ve been eyeing every table with women since earlier. If you live only thinking such thoughts after eating, doesn’t life hit you with reality?”

 

However, during this scene of harsh words being exchanged, not only the girls but even the male seniors didn’t try to stop it.

 

Because regardless of Hyeonoh’s overreaction, all the other men had at least one complaint about Jae-seong, if not from today then from before.

 

For example, it was like this. When Jae-seong liked a girl, he would go to the women’s side and start hitting on them first, without checking with the group about joining tables.

 

No matter how crazy men got about the opposite sex around this time, not everyone enjoyed situations where Jae-seong arbitrarily created joint table settings.

 

There were guys in the group who had girlfriends, and guys who found that atmosphere itself burdensome.

 

And Hyeonoh didn’t know about this side of Jae-seong. This was the first time Hyeonoh had joined this group for drinks.

 

‘It’s all his own karma.’

 

‘Serves him right.’

 

‘Ugh. He should know his place before acting up.’

 

So everyone was grateful that Hyeonoh, who showed his face for the first time today, stepped up to give him a piece of his mind.

 

Only Yeon-jae, who didn’t know about Jae-seong’s usual behavior, was flustered.

 

Yeon-jae looked back and forth between Hyeonoh and Jae-seong in a daze. Hyeonoh plopped down in his seat.

 

For a moment, through his scattered hair, a faint shampoo scent mixed with the smell of cigarettes that didn’t suit him wafted over.

 

Yeon-jae unconsciously thought it was a scent that suited Hyeonoh better than artificial perfume smells.

 

Hyeonoh looked at Yeon-jae and mouthed the words:

 

‘Want to leave?’

 

When Yeon-jae didn’t answer immediately, Hyeonoh corrected the ending of his words:

 

‘Let’s go.’

 

Yeon-jae looked back and forth between Hyeonoh and her friends. But Hyeonoh spoke so seamlessly that such concerns became meaningless.

 

“We’re leaving. You guys can go too.”

 

It was a notification, not an explanation. As Yeon-jae stood there not knowing what to do, Hyeonoh stared at her and nodded his head.

 

After coming out to the bar entrance following Hyeonoh’s urging:

 

“Didn’t we leave too forcefully?”

 

Yeon-jae asked hesitantly. Hyeonoh even shouted at the group of men who followed them out as soon as they left their seats.

 

“Get lost.”

 

Then they stopped their approaching steps. They had some conversation among themselves and then disappeared in another direction.

 

Meanwhile, around Yeon-jae stood her classmates including Si-eun. This was thanks to Hyeonoh, who had been hurling profanities at the male group, not picking any fights with Yeon-jae’s friends.

 

One conspicuous man and four women, obvious to anyone watching.

 

Hyeonoh, who was well over 185cm tall and towered alone like a beanpole, looked exactly like the Pied Piper. Leading around only girls…

 

Hmm. That sounds too perverted. Cancel that.

 

Actually, being the only man or only woman wasn’t particularly new in university scenes, so it seemed only Yeon-jae found it strange.

 

While Yeon-jae was gauging her classmates’ reactions to the suddenly disrupted drinking session:

 

Yeon-jae’s classmates were whispering as if they found this situation of witnessing a fight like watching someone else’s house burn down simply amusing.

 

Right, watching fights is always the most entertaining.

 

“Wow. Today’s content is amazing.”

 

“I didn’t expect to see such interesting entertainment. Are you really relatives?”

 

Yeon-jae shook her head and glanced toward where Hyeonoh was. A quick look at Hyeonoh’s face showed he still looked dissatisfied about something.

 

‘Is there still something that’s annoying him?’

 

Yeon-jae just tilted her head.

 

Then one of her classmates asked:

 

“Are we calling it a night like this?”

 

“Ah~ That’s kind of disappointing. It’s only dinner time now.”

 

“Let’s go somewhere else.”

 

“But I’m full. I ate tons of the corn that came out as basic snacks.”

 

“Then karaoke?”

 

“Oh. Good. Senior, do you like karaoke?”

 

That’s when it happened. At Si-eun’s question, Hyeonoh put his arm around Yeon-jae’s shoulder. Flustered by the sudden skinship, she could only blink for a moment.

 

Hyeonoh continued with words that would double Yeon-jae’s bewilderment, with a completely nonchalant face.

 

“We’re going separately.”

 

* * *

 

Yeon-jae fidgeted with her fingers.

 

She was walking alone with Hyeonoh. Of course, this wasn’t the first time walking alone together. It was Hyeonoh, not even Dohan. They had eaten together quite a few times, so there was no reason to be this flustered and nervous.

 

However, Yeon-jae understood that the context surrounding this background was a little different from before.

 

Now it was closer to Hyeonoh dragging Yeon-jae along. It had happened in an instant, like suddenly getting tangled steps.

 

By the time Yeon-jae roughly grasped the situation, her classmates were already far away.

 

Yeon-jae glanced up.

 

Hyeonoh’s face walking beside her wasn’t much different from usual. However, compared to usual, he looked a bit sulky.

 

His tightly pressed lips gave an impression of anger to his already cool face.

 

‘Don’t tell me he’s angry at me too…’

 

Yeon-jae found it difficult to understand Hyeonoh’s intentions.

 

‘No, it wasn’t something to get that angry about in the first place.’

 

But Hyeonoh at this moment felt so difficult to approach that she somehow couldn’t strike up a conversation like usual.

 

It was when Yeon-jae was quietly matching his pace, waiting for Hyeonoh to speak first.

 

“You used to throw water around just fine during freshman year, so why did you just sit there quietly today?”

 

Hyeonoh asked while looking ahead.

 

It wasn’t an angry voice. But it wasn’t exactly a gentle voice either, so Yeon-jae just rolled her eyes for a moment.

 

What would be good to answer?

 

“Um… Today’s incident wasn’t quite to that extent… was it?”

 

“Like hell it wasn’t. Forget it. I should have overturned the whole joint table thing from the beginning. Getting all worked up just from seeing women…”

 

Then Hyeonoh suddenly seemed to realize he was getting too worked up and stopped talking.

 

“Anyway, if you say you’re fine, then that’s that.”

 

“That’s a relief. I thought you were angry at me…”

 

Hyeonoh walked a little ahead again. Watching Hyeonoh’s back from close behind, Yeon-jae thought to herself.

 

‘I always thought he just laughed carelessly all the time…’

 

Due to his tall height and somewhat sharp, handsome features, everyone found Hyeonoh a bit intimidating, but that didn’t mean he was someone who acted without thinking things through.

 

And he rarely took the lead in saying unpleasant things.

 

‘But he does know how to get angry.’

 

That fact struck Yeon-jae as strange. The Hyeonoh she had seen until now was someone who always wore a smile and made silly jokes year-round.

 

He was more the type to apologize rather than get angry.

 

‘Come to think of it, how easily he apologizes was quite unexpected too.’

 

Just then, a question suddenly popped into her mind.

 

“But senior, how do you know about my freshman days?”

 

“Huh? Oh, I’m in the business administration department.”

 

“What does that have to do with it?”

 

“The freshman welcome party was held at a bar.”

 

“Ah… was it?”

 

Yeon-jae tilted her head.

 

‘Hyeonoh senior was there at that time?’

 

Since she hadn’t paid attention to the people around her, there were no memories coming to mind in Yeon-jae’s head.

 

At the same time, thinking that Hyeonoh had seen everything that happened back then made her cheeks flush.

 

Hyeonoh, who noticed Yeon-jae’s feelings, added in a clearly teasing tone.

 

“Why? You were the most entertaining content at the freshman welcome party that day. But it was fascinating how someone like that couldn’t say a single word and just followed Lee Do-han around.”

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