Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 42

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Episode 42

 

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“What?!”

 

The next day, Da-hee, who had come to work at the bar from the morning and met Si-eun, spilled out all the details of what happened yesterday while setting up chairs and tables.

 

It was a story they had already gone over in their group chat, but it was the heroic tale of Shin Yeon-jae!

 

“And what was really funny yesterday.”

 

“What?”

 

“Those guys kept speaking informally to us. So Yeon-jae unnie kept using formal speech telling them to leave… ‘Please don’t speak informally. I’ll do it too.’ She said that… suddenly the genre changed to comedy and we had a try-not-to-laugh challenge.”

 

“What?”

 

“Honestly, Yeon-jae unnie is so nice that I really wondered if she actually poured alcohol on senior Cho Seong-yun. But after seeing her yesterday, it made sense.”

 

“Right?! Actually, until Yeon-jae opened her mouth, I was really… scared too. Plus, before she started hanging out with us, she always went around alone. As if she wouldn’t dare mix words with lowly classmates! I was too scared to even talk to her…”

 

“Oh right! Right when Yeon-jae unnie told them not to speak informally yesterday, this really handsome guy appeared out of nowhere?! And before the guys could say anything to Yeon-jae unnie, he grabbed them by the scruff of their necks and dragged them out!!”

 

“Wow. Really? Don’t you have a picture?! What’s his name?”

 

“I don’t know… but unless he’s a celebrity, there aren’t many guys that handsome at university, right?”

 

“He was that handsome? Could it be senior Hyeonoh?”

 

“No. If it was that senior, I would have known.”

 

“Wow. Then who could it be. I’m really curious.”

 

“I feel like if we search Eata or ask around friends, he’s probably already famous for his looks. Right. That handsome guy who often hangs out with senior Hyeonoh is also from the Department of Business Administration.”

 

“Ah, wait. Could it be…”

 

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That incident happened almost simultaneously with Yeon-jae’s mouth dropping open.

 

The person already famous for his looks, Dohan, grabbed the man by the scruff of his neck and then shoved him backward as if throwing him down.

 

In an instant, the distance between Yeon-jae and the man widened.

 

“What the hell!”

 

The man whose neck was grabbed shouted. And he quickly scanned the face of Dohan who had grabbed his neck.

 

Originally, men are sensitive to animalistic hierarchies. The more they want to show off their masculinity, the more so.

 

Dohan’s tall height and handsome face, that is, his appearance that seemed to reign at the top of the hierarchy at first glance, immediately intimidated them.

 

“What, what!”

 

Nevertheless, at this moment when all eyes were focused on them, it would be quite embarrassing to immediately tuck their tails, so the man deliberately raised his voice even more.

 

“What are you!”

 

Dohan looked at the man for a moment, then let him go. And he brushed off the hand that had been gripping the man’s neck.

 

And without changing his expression, he said.

 

“It seemed like you didn’t understand when told with words.”

 

“Sen, senior…!”

 

Only then did Yeon-jae’s face fill with bewilderment as she realized who the man who helped her was.

 

It was an unexpected person. It was so unexpected that it was bewildering, such a sudden appearance.

 

She never dreamed that Dohan of all people would intervene when she was confronting unknown men.

 

While Yeon-jae stared blankly at Dohan with a dazed expression, onlookers began gathering one by one.

 

Eventually, the other side raised the white flag first. The man’s companions began restraining the one with the loudest voice.

 

“Hey, let’s just go before this gets bigger…”

 

They chose to retreat before losing more face here.

 

Only after confirming that they had gone far enough to become dots in the distance did Dohan turn to look at Yeon-jae.

 

“Yeon-jae, are you okay? You’re not hurt anywhere?”

 

“Ah, I’m fine. Really…”

 

“Then that’s a relief.”

 

Dohan smiled faintly at Yeon-jae and picked up the box he had set down on the ground.

 

Then he glanced at the box and greeted Yeon-jae and Da-hee.

 

“But I have to go deliver this now. Let’s talk more next time. Have fun with your friends.”

 

“Ah, yes. Thank you, senior…”

 

“Ah. If anything happens again while you’re out, don’t feel burdened and contact me. Got it.”

 

“Yes…”

 

After Dohan disappeared, only Yeon-jae and Da-hee remained at the scene.

 

Only then did the physical education students working at the bar approach the two, asking if they were okay. After dismissing people by saying they were fine, the two hurriedly left the College of Physical Education Pub.

 

“Huuung. Unnie.”

 

As soon as they completely exited the College of Physical Education Pub, Da-hee belatedly sniffled and hugged Yeon-jae.

 

“Thank you so much. If unnie wasn’t there, really…”

 

“No. Da-hee, you must have been really scared. Are you really okay?”

 

“Yes! I was a bit scared but… I’m okay now.”

 

Da-hee, who had been making a relieved expression, suddenly frowned deeply.

 

“But the College of Physical Education Pub people are really annoying. After those guys all left, then they came rushing to pretend to help. I think we should take away their ‘Physical Beauty Commotion’ title.”

 

“Right. They were a bit annoying.”

 

“Oh right. But earlier… who was that man?”

 

“Ah.”

 

“He was really handsome…”

 

“Ah. He’s a senior I know from the Department of Business Administration.”

 

“Huh. Are you close with unnie?”

 

“Ahaha. Close…”

 

“I thought you two had some kind of relationship since he appeared like a prince on a white horse to save you!”

 

At that part, Yeon-jae was startled and waved her hands.

 

“It’s absolutely nothing like that!”

 

“Really? Ah~ that’s too bad. You two looked really good together!”

 

Yeon-jae, who had instantly turned red as a beet, covered both her cheeks.

 

At that moment, the image of Dohan suddenly appearing and easily resolving the situation came to mind again.

 

‘Did he really help because it was my business?’

 

Yeon-jae thought for a moment, then shook her head.

 

She knew that righteous Dohan would have helped whoever was in trouble there, even if it wasn’t her.

 

He would have intervened even if it was a complete stranger he had never met.

 

‘I know, I definitely know…’

 

Her heart was beating.

 

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The next afternoon.

 

The Film Club is having a screening, come hang out!

 

At Si-eun’s invitation, Yeon-jae went to the Film Club’s screening.

 

The screening was jointly hosted by the Film Appreciation Club and the Film Production Club. The production club would screen movies they made, while the appreciation club would handle the overall event management.

 

When Yeon-jae arrived at the audiovisual room, Hyeonoh, who had already arrived, was sleeping with his hoodie pulled over his face.

 

‘Right. Senior is also in this club.’

 

Yeon-jae, who had forgotten that Hyeonoh was in the same club as Si-eun, was momentarily surprised but soon calmed down.

 

She moved quietly to avoid waking him, but Hyeonoh, hearing her footsteps, opened his eyes with a drowsy face.

 

“Why did you come?”

 

Hyeonoh asked with a face that looked exhausted.

 

“Si-eun invited me.”

 

“Ah.”

 

“…Senior, why does everyone look half-dead?”

 

“Ah… these crazy bastards want to have an after-party at 1 AM….”

 

Hmm, the struggles of being popular.

 

Looking at it, even the typical complaints about upperclassmen like ‘the returning student keeps following us to MT’ seemed to completely disappear if you had a handsome face.

 

“Sleep more. There’s still quite a bit of time before we need to start anyway….”

 

“Zzz….”

 

Just as I was about to send Si-eun a message asking when she’d arrive, leaving behind Hyeonoh who had fallen back asleep.

 

“Bookworm.”

 

I don’t know when he opened his eyes again, but Hyeonoh’s head, which had been drooping, was now raised. And he threw out a sudden question.

 

“Did you see Lee Do-han separately yesterday?”

 

“Ah, well….”

 

Actually, I had been thinking about Dohan continuously until coming here.

 

After Dohan suddenly appeared yesterday to help Yeon-jae and then disappeared just as abruptly, Yeon-jae had hesitated for a long time about whether to send him a thank-you message.

 

The fact that he had let Dohan go yesterday without being able to properly say a word to him kept weighing on Yeon-jae’s mind.

 

But he seemed busy with bar work, so he wondered if sending a message might be bothersome. He also wanted to see his face and thank him directly.

 

‘I should have mentioned that I waited at the Business Department Pub until the very end, at least when saying goodbye….’

 

“No, Senior, yesterday something happened—”

 

“I heard the gist of it.”

 

Unaware of such inner thoughts, Hyeonoh responded as usual.

 

“Lee Do-han said this yesterday.”

 

“What did he say…?!”

 

“That you were cool.”

 

“Whaaaat?!?!?!”

 

“He said you fought 3-on-1 against some punks and beat them up?”

 

“?!”

 

Oh, no way.

 

‘Was Dohan watching from the beginning? Even when I was speaking somewhat roughly and harshly compared to usual?’

 

No way!

 

“Why. If he said you were cool, that’s a good thing.”

 

Hyeonoh acted as if Dohan had given a fairly positive evaluation, but Yeon-jae’s face gradually filled with dismay.

 

Being called “cool” isn’t always taken positively. Thinking about it differently, it could be interpreted as the complete opposite of being seen as romantic!

 

But this flight of imagination was cut short when Hyeonoh, seeing Yeon-jae’s mortified expression, summed up the situation with one sentence.

 

“Stop. No over-interpretation allowed.”

 

“….”

 

“It was said in an affectionate way.”

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