Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 34

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Episode 34

 

…As expected, you can see it too, right? But that oppa isn’t originally that kind of person.

 

Well, he’s always been a bit playful. But he’s someone you can feel a wall with. However, when he’s with Yeon-jae, I don’t feel that wall at all.

 

Si-eun sat down and let out a deep sigh.

 

If he were a man she had to give up on because he was popular like Na Yun said, that would be better.

 

‘Now that I look at it, this person seems to have his heart somewhere else entirely.’

 

I trusted my friend as much as I trusted you~

 

‘Hmph. But Hyeonoh oppa and I never even dated.’

 

So it’s not a wrong relationship either.

 

In fact, she didn’t know what kind of change of heart happened between the two around the time of the blind date. Moreover, the two people seen from a step back were a pair that looked quite good together.

 

If she said she wasn’t jealous of that…

 

‘That would be a lie.’

 

I’m jealous. I’m jealous!

 

For Si-eun too, someone like Hyeonoh was a first in her life. A man who was exactly her ideal type as if he had fallen from the sky.

 

It wasn’t just because of his delinquent-looking handsome appearance that she considered him her ideal type.

 

‘Handsome men are so rare that they usually live for their own arrogance. How conceited they are.’

 

But Hyeonoh didn’t have any of that. At the same time, he had that unique leisure that handsome guys have ingrained in them.

 

Anyway, Si-eun began to reconsider the romantic front between Yeon-jae and Hyeonoh.

 

‘On the blind date day, Hyeonoh sunbae looked at me like I was a stone! Of course, I might not be his type. He might not like me. But he was suspiciously uninterested. I’m Choi Si-eun, you know?’

 

Thinking about it, Hyeonoh must have known that place was a blind date when he came out.

 

‘If Yeon-jae liked Hyeonoh oppa, there’s no way she would arrange a blind date for someone she likes to get along with another woman.’

 

So let’s exclude the possibility that Yeon-jae likes Hyeonoh.

 

‘Of course, feelings could have developed in that short time.’

 

The exam period was too close, but that wasn’t really important. When a man and woman hit it off, they create a love nest even in the middle of hellfire.

 

‘But I don’t think so.’

 

Well, it’s not like I trust people carelessly, but Yeon-jae’s appearance comforting me that night was definitely sincere.

 

Then shall we move on to Hyeonoh.

 

‘What if he came out reluctantly because I’m a classmate of the girl he likes…?’

 

Then it roughly makes sense?

 

When Si-eun, who had somehow approached a fairly close deduction, looked up, Yeon-jae appeared just then, opening the classroom door.

 

Yeon-jae had her usual horn-rimmed glasses and an indifferent face. An expression that seemed uninterested in everything in the world, making it difficult to talk to her.

 

‘In reality, she’s probably just spacing out without any thoughts.’

 

Si-eun, who had previously thought Yeon-jae was cold, now knew that Yeon-jae wasn’t exactly like that and in fact had the opposite personality.

 

“Yeon-jae, hi~”

 

The classmates who had become close to Yeon-jae exchanged greetings well on their own without Si-eun having to introduce them.

 

As soon as Si-eun saw Yeon-jae, she briefly pondered how to ask about Hyeonoh. For the experienced Si-eun, not asking wasn’t an option.

 

But embarrassingly, no particular clever method came to mind despite her lengthy thoughts earlier. There’s no choice. She had to choose the most straightforward method!

 

Si-eun, who had made up her mind, naturally called Yeon-jae who sat in the seat next to her.

 

“Yeon-jae.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“…You know.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

Yeon-jae blinked her eyes. Si-eun whispered in her ear with a lowered voice.

 

“Hyeonoh oppa likes you, right?”

 

* * *

 

Thud.

 

The convenience store bread she bought as a breakfast substitute fell to the floor.

 

“What?!”

 

Yeon-jae reacted a beat late. What kind of ridiculous misunderstanding is this.

 

“Si-eun…”

 

“Gasp. Is it true? It is! Don’t tell me you already got confessed to? Wow. Are you two dating?!”

 

‘…Would we?’

 

Ahem. It’s well contained in single quotes, right? Phew. Thank goodness.

 

Last time, Dohan sunbae said the two of them looked good together.

 

She had been sticking close to Hyeonoh quite a bit. That one thing she admits. And she knows that the dominant reaction when a man and woman are together is to think there’s something going on.

 

‘But we’re just bound by some kind of contract-like relationship.’

 

Moreover, the Hyeonoh that Yeon-jae knew was just a dopamine addict who needed content for his boring campus life.

 

But since she couldn’t explain all of this in detail, Yeon-jae remained silent for a moment.

 

“…Um, Yeon-jae? Did you lose your words because I hit the right answer in one shot?!”

 

“No. I lost my words for a moment because it’s so ridiculous.”

 

“Come on, really?”

 

Si-eun sent a sly smile. Yeon-jae wanted to make more excuses, but as class started, the two scattered to their respective seats.

 

Had about 10 minutes passed.

 

Thud.

 

Si-eun threw a note from across the room.

 

Yeon-jae unfolded the note that was folded into a paper airplane shape with a bewildered expression.

 

『( ꈍ ʖ ꈍ )』

 

It was a doodle. She knew what meaning this doodle contained without having to ask.

 

‘But this is such a ridiculous misunderstanding!’

 

Right now, Yeon-jae was so embarrassed that even her scalp was burning hot.

 

If Hyeonoh knew about this story, it was obvious he would react as if he was amazed.

 

Yeon-jae carefully folded the paper with her flushed face and put it in her pocket. She didn’t bother to reply.

 

* * *

 

As soon as class ended, Si-eun approached Yeon-jae again.

 

“…We still have things to talk about, right?!”

 

Si-eun was sitting backwards on the front chair, supporting her chin with both hands and looking at Yeon-jae with sparkling eyes.

 

“You can tell me honestly. I’ve decided to accept everything.”

 

It didn’t seem like she could escape from those meaningful eyes until she told the truth.

 

Haaa.

 

Only after seeing Si-eun following her all the way to the classroom corridor did she finally surrender.

 

“Actually…”

 

Yeon-jae began with a voice as quiet as an ant crawling.

 

“…I have someone I like.”

 

While speaking, her heart beat as if there was an earthquake. Even though she wasn’t confessing to Dohan face to face, she felt hot all the way to the top of her head.

 

It was a very old feeling, but a secret of her own that she had never told anyone.

 

In Hyeonoh’s case, it was closer to being forcibly discovered when she dropped her notebook rather than telling him directly.

 

Therefore, this was the first time Yeon-jae was confessing this fact to another person first.

 

Of course, she wasn’t saying that the ‘person she likes’ was Dohan. Even if Dohan was a famous person within the Department of Business Administration, there was no way Si-eun from a different department would know Dohan.

 

“Gasp. Don’t tell me it’s mutual with Hyeonoh sunbae?”

 

Si-eun covered her mouth.

 

“No! Let Koreans finish their sentences.”

 

“Yes.”

 

And she grabbed Si-eun and turned around to whisper so other classmates couldn’t hear.

 

“Not Hyeonoh sunbae, but someone else. But that person is close friends with Hyeonoh sunbae… so he’s just helping me out of goodwill. So it doesn’t make sense. If he liked me, why would he try to set me up with his friend?”

 

Si-eun nodded her head.

 

Now that she heard it, that made sense. Unless he was the owner of such a self-sacrificing personality that he’d want the person he likes to be happy…

 

Could it be Hyeonoh oppa?

 

‘There’s absolutely no way.’

 

No matter how good Hyeonoh’s personality was, he was definitely not the type of good person to be so spineless.

 

Just then, there was one name that suddenly flashed through Si-eun’s mind.

 

“…Could it be Lee Do-han sunbae?”

 

“Gasp.”

 

This time it was Yeon-jae who covered her own mouth. She even started hiccupping.

 

“Right? Wow. No wonder! I saw you three hanging out together!”

 

Si-eun said something or other, but the content didn’t register well in her ears anymore. She had only said she liked someone, but she was just flustered by how the name of that person had been exposed in an instant.

 

“…Do you know Dohan sunbae?”

 

“We’re not acquainted, but I know of him. That oppa is handsome too! Handsome men are so rare that even if they’re just a little good-looking, rumors spread on Eata immediately. Posts like ‘the oppa in the gray hoodie zip-up from which department is so handsome’ are always going up. Plus, he was paired with Hyeonoh sunbae and they were called the Department of Business Administration’s super handsome duo. They were recruited for the Department of Business Administration booth promotion during last year’s festival. That’s probably why only the Department of Business Administration booth was packed.”

 

Si-eun wore an expression as if she was pondering something deeply for a moment, then asked.

 

“Oh, does Hyeonoh oppa think you two look good together? Or is there something about you two that would work well?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Otherwise, there’s no way he’d just randomly offer to help you get together with his friend.”

 

…I don’t think so. It really seemed pretty random.

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