Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 39

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Episode 39

 

Gasp.

 

“Thank you…”

 

Her heart was racing.

 

While Yeon-jae was distracted by her pounding heart, Kwak Seong-hyeon appeared in the classroom.

 

With Kwak Seong-hyeon’s arrival, the conversation between Dohan and Yeon-jae that had been flowing smoothly came to an abrupt end.

 

“Lee Do-han, hi…!”

 

But Kwak Seong-hyeon only greeted him, and upon discovering Yeon-jae sitting next to Dohan, he quickly slipped away to a seat far from the two.

 

It was a tremendous change.

 

It was hard to believe that just a few months ago at the beginning of the semester, Kwak Seong-hyeon would constantly give Yeon-jae looks, calling her gloomy.

 

Lately, Kwak Seong-hyeon couldn’t even make eye contact with Yeon-jae properly. Specifically, ever since Hyeonoh had openly asked why he was sitting there.

 

‘Thanks to that, I’ve become more comfortable.’

 

Even greeting Dohan, he would now only do it hurriedly when Hyeonoh wasn’t around before disappearing.

 

On the rare days when Hyeonoh came to class early, Kwak Seong-hyeon would often not even try to talk and just go straight to his seat.

 

‘Moreover, lately Hyeonoh sunbae hardly ever comes late either.’

 

Come to think of it, that was true.

 

At some point, Hyeonoh had started arriving at the classroom 2-3 minutes early, not just on time for class.

 

Sure enough, shortly after Kwak Seong-hyeon disappeared, Hyeonoh also arrived at the classroom. He headed straight toward where Yeon-jae and Dohan were sitting without showing the slightest sign of looking for another seat.

 

His eyelids were so swollen up close that they looked like sausages.

 

“Why are your eyes so swollen?”

 

Dohan must have been curious too, as he asked without even greeting first.

 

“Ah. I went to bed late yesterday.”

 

“But you managed not to be late.”

 

“The me of the past no longer exists. I’m being reborn. Yaaawn.”

 

Hyeonoh spoke well even while yawning loudly with his face sporting two sausages.

 

After blinking his eyes a couple more times, Hyeonoh looked around briefly. His gaze briefly touched on Kwak Seong-hyeon before moving away.

 

Yeon-jae, who happened to turn her head and look at Hyeonoh, was momentarily stunned.

 

Soon she felt confused.

 

‘…Could it be that Hyeonoh sunbae has been constantly watching out to keep Kwak Seong-hyeon from approaching all this time?’

 

No way, surely not.

 

* * *

 

The day of the festival.

 

Korean Literature Department Pub 【Night of Counting Stars, Night of Drinking】.

 

Si-eun had told her to come hang out, so she came, but Yeon-jae, who was still awkward with department life, hesitated as she looked at the banner hung up instead of a sign.

 

Then Da-hee popped out from somewhere and grabbed Yeon-jae.

 

“Si-eun unnie! Yeon-jae unnie is here!”

 

Si-eun, who had been inside, came out holding a spatula covered in grease.

 

“Kyaa. Yeon-jae!”

 

Si-eun jumped up and down as soon as she saw Yeon-jae. Then she looked where Yeon-jae’s gaze had landed and immediately started explaining.

 

“For the record, I didn’t come up with that name, okay? The student council put it to a majority vote.”

 

“What did you submit?”

 

“I submitted 【Hey, You. Spring Beer is Delicious】. How about it? Much better, right?”

 

Hmm… it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other.

 

“Why aren’t you saying anything? Is it bad?”

 

“No. I like it. It’s the best.”

 

Yeon-jae belatedly hurried to give two thumbs up.

 

“Hmm, I don’t think so~?”

 

Even though it was early evening, the pub was already packed without a single empty seat. Thanks to that, the Korean Literature Department Student Council running the pub seemed incredibly busy too.

 

“Business is good?”

 

“I think it’s because today’s celebrity lineup is the best. There are way more people than last year.”

 

Si-eun added an explanation.

 

“Ah. My tuition is slowly melting away. At least replace the sofa in the Humanities Building Lounge.”

 

“What! Unnie! No way! I was just thinking that my tuition is finally being used properly!”

 

“Whose fan are you? Don’t tell me Boss Boy?”

 

“No. Cherry Girls.”

 

“Ah, you like girl groups?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Oh. Yeon-jae. Speaking of which, Na Yun came by earlier! You two can sit at the same table. But where did Na Yun go?”

 

“Na Yun unnie said she was going to meet her high school friend who was coming to visit. Should I try contacting her?”

 

“Actually, there’s already a message. She’s asking if Yeon-jae came.”

 

Hmm, but…

 

“But if Na Yun’s friend comes, wouldn’t it be awkward for me to join?”

 

“Ah, she said she came to see Boss Boy. She’ll leave right after watching.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Phew. Saved. Lately she’d been meeting new people left and right, but she didn’t have the courage yet to join a table where someone’s high school friend would be.

 

“But isn’t Boss Boy not coming for another hour or two?”

 

Just then, a male student who had been working frantically inside called for Da-hee.

 

“Da-hee, table 8 order!”

 

“Yes!”

 

Watching Da-hee rush off, Si-eun grumbled.

 

“Crazy busy. Yeon-jae, I think I’m going to die.”

 

“Si-eun! The dishes are piling up!”

 

“Coming now! Wow. They made us come from the crack of dawn but won’t even give us a break. Yeon-jae, sorry. Let me go do some work and I’ll be back! Pick an empty seat and order something! Just order a little! I’ll give you lots of service.”

 

“Ah… okay! But Si-eun, should I help with something? I’m not student council, but it looks like you’re really short-handed…”

 

“Gasp, really?! Then I absolutely have no intention of refusing!”

 

Instead of going to the kitchen, Si-eun rummaged through a box inside the tent and handed Yeon-jae a group t-shirt that hadn’t even been taken out of its plastic packaging yet, shouting:

 

“Then first, go change into this t-shirt!”

 

* * *

 

Meanwhile, at the same time, at the Business Department pub located quite far from the Korean Literature Department pub.

 

Even though the Business Department had many more students and thus many more people helping out, they were twice as busy as the Korean Literature Department.

 

This was thanks to Dohan handing out pub flyers and Hyeonoh flipping pancakes.

 

He had refused to do any customer soliciting even if it killed him, but reluctantly accepted Jun-sang’s proposal to at least help with the kitchen.

 

The female students who received flyers from Dohan would first glance at Dohan’s face, then turn their eyes toward the inside of the pub.

 

And when they saw Hyeonoh’s face as he made pancakes at the very back, most of the female students decided they would gladly drink at the Business Department pub among all the many pubs.

 

Thus, the gender ratio at the Business Department pub was almost 9:1.

 

Since there were many women at the pub, male college students whose life goal at this age was meeting women naturally flocked here too.

 

“Only Kim Jun-sang is winning big, winning big.”

 

Someone muttered.

 

As the words suggested, Jun-sang’s face as he helped Dohan with customer soliciting was all smiles.

 

“Lee Do-han! Kang Hyeon-o! I, Kim Jun-sang, am very happy because you guys are here.”

 

Jun-sang shouted in a booming voice.

 

“Get lost. You’re in the way.”

 

Hyeonoh frowned irritably.

 

“Hahaha. Oh right. Dohan, haven’t you been unable to rest even once from morning until now? Go take a break.”

 

Jun-sang, who had approached Dohan at some point, took the bundle of flyers from Dohan’s hands and said:

 

Dohan, now empty-handed, shrugged his shoulders.

 

“Well, then I’ll go rest for a bit.”

 

“Hey. Lee Do-han, didn’t you not eat either? Someone bought sandwiches and left them in the back. Eat that before you go.”

 

Hyeonoh stopped Dohan who was heading outside the pub.

 

“Ah, I should do that.”

 

Dohan turned around and came into the booth.

 

And after confirming that Dohan had completely settled into a seat inside the booth, Hyeonoh used his hand that wasn’t holding the frying pan to touch his phone that was placed in one corner of the counter.

 

And he typed a message.

 

Heading to the business school bar now ㄱㄱ

 

The recipient was Yeon-jae.

 

Previously, Hyeonoh had already given Yeon-jae a heads up.

 

“Come visit the Department of Business Administration pub. I’ll call you to match Lee Do-han’s break time. How about this as your first date?”

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