Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 33

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Episode 33

 

Yeon-jae wanted to hide in a mouse hole.

 

“Please don’t remember things like that….”

 

“I don’t want to.”

 

“Ah, senior!”

 

“Your reactions when I tease you are really entertaining.”

 

Hyeonoh smiled brightly.

 

A brief silence fell. Taking advantage of the gap, Hyeonoh muttered as if talking to himself.

 

“This is the first time I’ve seen your face without glasses since then.”

 

Then he slowly started walking.

 

Yeon-jae stood there spacing out for a moment, and Hyeonoh spoke with a much softer expression as if his mood had finally lifted.

 

“Anyway. Sorry for putting you in an awkward situation today.”

 

Only then did Yeon-jae realize. That Hyeonoh had called only Yeon-jae aside to say this.

 

At Hyeonoh’s unusually apologetic expression, Yeon-jae waved his hand.

 

“Huh? No, it’s fine. I didn’t want to join their table anyway. It was fun meeting your classmates too.”

 

This was sincere. Today, hanging out with Choi Si-eun and the classmates, Yeon-jae had laughed a lot and had fun.

 

Strictly speaking, becoming friends with Choi Si-eun was also thanks to Hyeonoh.

 

‘I really only have things to be grateful to senior for.’

 

“Really? Then that’s a relief.”

 

“…But where are we going?”

 

“I don’t know. I’m just walking straight ahead.”

 

“I’m following you though?”

 

“Oh, really? Should I walk you near your home, you little tagalong?”

 

“Senior, your house is right around the corner from here.”

 

“Right.”

 

Now Hyeonoh seemed to have gone beyond his mood lifting to suddenly being in a good mood, and Yeon-jae thought he couldn’t understand it at all.

 

* * *

 

Meanwhile, at the coin karaoke where the classmates who had sent off Hyeonoh and Yeon-jae first had gathered.

 

When four women get together, they can blow up at least one karaoke room. The room they were in now was noisy as if they were having a vocal competition.

 

Choi Si-eun was the same.

 

Like her classmates, Choi Si-eun also held a tambourine in one hand and a handheld microphone in the other, singing her go-to song passionately.

 

“Cruel! Woman! Don’t curse at me!”

 

But just because she was singing passionately didn’t mean her mind was clear.

 

After finishing one song, Choi Si-eun handed the microphone to a classmate and plopped down on an empty spot on the sofa.

 

Right now, Choi Si-eun’s mind was packed to the point of bursting. It was so full that her mind was more confused than the day when three major exams were scheduled simultaneously.

 

It was all because of Hyeonoh.

 

Choi Si-eun once again recalled the moment when Hyeonoh and Yeon-jae had left earlier.

 

Along with Hyeonoh’s statement that they were leaving separately, the way he naturally wrapped his hand around Yeon-jae’s shoulder and pulled him toward himself at that moment.

 

Not only that. He even drove away the man who was showing interest in Yeon-jae.

 

Was this exactly rival elimination?

 

Choi Si-eun wasn’t stupid.

 

I’m getting a feeling. I’m getting a feeling….

 

A woman’s intuition sharper than a blade….

 

* * *

 

Choi Si-eun. Speaking of her, she was a woman among women.

 

A woman who, even after giggling and dating with her boyfriend, would ultimately order tteokbokki with her female friends and play board games for a full three-hour course, then sit around like Hwang Jung-min and friends when night came, talking about male idols as her greatest joy.

 

But a woman who knew how to switch to an aegyo-loaded voice within 5 seconds and say “honey” when her boyfriend called.

 

In other words, maxed-out femininity.

 

Such a woman’s intuition?

 

‘What’s the point of saying it.’

 

It was always accurate. Based on that intuition, it seemed like between those two….

 

‘Something’s there.’

 

The “two” here referred to Hyeonoh and Yeon-jae. The other classmates seemed intoxicated by the music and already didn’t care about those two.

 

Never underestimate a woman’s intuition again. (Note: No one ever has.)

 

Before she knew it, Choi Si-eun’s attention had completely moved away from the microphone. Na Yun, who was the first to notice Choi Si-eun suddenly becoming quiet, spoke up.

 

“Choi Si-eun, hurry up and reserve a song.”

 

Da-hee chimed in.

 

“Right, unnie, hurry up and reserve one.”

 

Wait a moment. Finally introducing them. The Korean Literature Department classmates.

 

Kim Ga-yeong (23): The senior who took the exam three times. Always looks tired and exhausted. Has the lowest attendance rate when everyone hangs out together.

 

Lee Na-yun (22): Same age as Yeon-jae and Choi Si-eun. Senior by student number but took a year off.

 

Park Da-hee (21): The only current student baby, with a 10 PM curfew like an underage idol.

 

In short, the ABC trio.

 

Unless it’s the last remaining group song, the rule at Konoe is to take turns singing one by one. And this time was Choi Si-eun’s turn.

 

But she wasn’t in the mood to sing at all.

 

“I’ll pass. My voice is hoarse.”

 

Choi Si-eun replied, returning the microphone handed to her back to Na Yun.

 

“Suddenly? You were singing just fine until now.”

 

“So Chan-hwi, who had been possessing me until just now, suddenly left.”

 

“…I see.”

 

The classmates turned away as if there was nothing more to hear. And they were busy singing the reserved songs again.

 

After singing for a full two hours, the four people came out of the coin karaoke.

 

The first person to speak up was Ga-yeong.

 

“But was that guy from earlier really Yeon-jae’s older brother? Cousin?”

 

“No. He was just saying that.”

 

Choi Si-eun answered.

 

“Huh. But why did he say that?”

 

“I think it was because that man who suggested joining our table was hitting on Yeon-jae.”

 

Da-hee and Na Yun each chimed in one by one.

 

“But he wasn’t really hitting on him that aggressively, was he?”

 

“Is there something between that guy and Yeon-jae?”

 

“Who knows.”

 

This time too, Choi Si-eun answered.

 

“Are they in a situationship? The atmosphere seemed kind of suspicious.”

 

“True. If it’s not a situationship, what other reason would there be to dislike another guy hitting on him that much.”

 

Choi Si-eun gradually ran out of things to say.

 

Each word the classmates casually threw out gathered together to solidify Choi Si-eun’s suspicion into conviction.

 

“Girls, take care!”

 

“See you at school!”

 

“Get home safely!”

 

After parting ways with her classmates one by one at the fork in the road, Choi Si-eun’s thoughts returned to square one.

 

Specifically, about the relationship between Hyeonoh and Yeon-jae.

 

Choi Si-eun thought about the several possibilities this love triangle held.

 

First. Hyeonoh -❤️-> Yeon-jae

 

Second. Hyeonoh 【-❤️- Yeon-jae</p】

Third. Hyeonoh 【-❤️-】 Yeon-jae (Gasp!)

 

Si-eun’s expression became quite serious as her thoughts reached that point.

 

Koreans are people who can’t help but meddle in other people’s love lives. The fact that dating reality shows have become their own genre says it all.

 

And just how many of them are there… Starting with 【Heart Signal】, there’s 【Transit Love】, 【Single’s Inferno】, and 【I Am Solo】. That’s not even all of them. 【Love Pairing】, 【Love Catcher】, and so on…

 

Among them, 【I Am Solo】 was the one that hit Si-eun’s taste the most, but anyway, that’s not what’s important.

 

What’s important is that Si-eun was Korean too. Meaning she couldn’t help but meddle in other people’s love lives.

 

Especially when it involved her unrequited crush.

 

* * *

 

A few days later, the first major class after the exams ended.

 

Si-eun arrived at the classroom with a determined heart.

 

“Hey. Choi Si-eun.”

 

Na Yun approached with a grin.

 

“Yeah?”

 

“I’ve been thinking, and that guy we met in Daehakro after the exam the other day is the guy you like, right? The one you begged Yeon-jae to set you up with on a blind date.”

 

“Huh. How did you know? Was it that obvious?”

 

“Your behavior was kinda? And that guy obviously seems like he’d be super popular.”

 

“No way, that much?!”

 

…Now that she said it and thought about it again, it definitely was that much.

 

“Well… girls usually go crazy for guys who play mean pranks on them rather than just handsome guys.”

 

“That’s not true? I’d choose based on looks alone? I like that guy because he’s incredibly handsome.”

 

“No, what I mean is, even among equally handsome guys, I’d prefer someone who plays pointless pranks on me over someone who’s just properly good-looking.”

 

…That’s true.

 

“Just looking at him, that guy would’ve been popular even if he wasn’t as handsome as he is now, based on his personality. If we went on a retreat and the girls played a truth game, I bet all the girls there would end up liking him. You know what I mean?”

 

“I know. But that guy is handsome, right? He’s tall too… and has a great body.”

 

“You saw his body too?!”

 

“Are you crazy? No. I could tell from how clothes fit on him? There’s something called a silhouette.”

 

“That’s true.”

 

“Don’t even think about it. I called dibs first.”

 

“Ah, yes.”

 

But wait a minute.

 

“But Na Yun, did you feel that side of him too?”

 

“What side?”

 

“Did he seem like he was playing silly pranks? That guy barely said anything, didn’t he?”

 

“From watching him talk with Yeon-jae, it seemed that way? Even when we first met. So before I realized he was the guy you liked, I actually thought there was really something going on between Yeon-jae and him.”

 

Si-eun’s face instantly became gloomy.

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