Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 51

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Episode 51

 

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“I’m going to nail this presentation practice.”

 

Hyeonoh said as he packed his things.

 

“Yes. I’m really counting on you, senior.”

 

“Oh right. Didn’t they say it was going to rain today?”

 

“The weather forecast changed and they said it’ll rain tomorrow. So I was going to bring an umbrella but left it at home.”

 

“The sky looks too cloudy though? I should hurry home before it rains.”

 

Hyeonoh gave a light farewell and turned his back.

 

“Well, I’m leaving.”

 

After sending Hyeonoh off first, Yeon-jae also packed her things not long after. It felt awkward to occupy the Group Study Room alone after Hyeonoh left.

 

Yeon-jae moved back to the Library Reading Room and continued the studying she had been doing in the morning.

 

When she was deep in her studies.

 

The phone screen placed in one corner of her desk lit up.

 

Yeon-jae, what are you doing?

 

It was Dohan.

 

Moreover, this was the first time since that private chat that ended so blandly.

 

“…!”

 

Yeon-jae hurriedly sent a reply.

 

I’m studying at Jungdo!

 

So you’re at School today too?

 

Yes!

 

You’re so diligent even on Sunday

 

Ah, I did a group project with Hyeonoh senior at Jungdo during the day

 

Since I already came to school, I’m continuing to study here ㅠ

 

Really? Hyeonoh didn’t say anything special

 

Ah, Hyeonoh senior just did the group project and left right away!

 

Hmm

 

A secret date for two without me knowing

 

I’m jealous

 

Yeon-jae didn’t know what to reply and was momentarily dazed while reading the message.

 

Just when she thought she might go crazy, a message flew in from Dohan’s side first.

 

Just kidding, just kidding haha

 

Then study hard~

 

The conversation ended with a bewildering development.

 

Yeon-jae felt restless.

 

And she thought while looking down at the chat room where no more messages were coming from the other side.

 

‘Come to think of it, I didn’t even get to ask why senior suddenly contacted me first.’

 

And then she realized in succession.

 

That during the entire time she was with Hyeonoh today, she hadn’t thought about Dohan even once.

 

Yeon-jae was a little shocked.

 

For the past few years, Yeon-jae had never let a single day pass without thinking about Dohan.

 

It wasn’t an exaggeration – she really thought about Dohan every single day, at least once a day like a routine.

 

This had never happened even once before.

 

What’s wrong. Am I sick somewhere….

 

‘Did I catch a cold from Hyeonoh senior or something. No way. Even when I was severely ill, there was never a day I didn’t think about Dohan senior.’

 

At that moment, for some reason, the weight of Hyeonoh’s head leaning on her shoulder came to mind again.

 

Her mind became complicated without her realizing it.

 

Yeon-jae looked out the window to shake off her complicated feelings.

 

The view outside the window was cloudy. As if representing Yeon-jae’s current confused state of mind.

 

With a hopeful heart, she checked the weather forecast.

 

Rain was scheduled to fall all day tomorrow from dawn, but fortunately today would only be cloudy with no separate news of rain.

 

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The time when Yeon-jae organized her spot in the Library was around 8 PM.

 

And when she completely came out of the Library.

 

Plop.

 

Yeon-jae’s gaze turned upward.

 

“Oh, rain….”

 

Just as she felt water dropping on her forehead, the raindrops that had been falling one or two at a time suddenly began pouring down.

 

Her hair, weighed down by moisture, stuck to her face.

 

Yeon-jae hurriedly backed into the Library again.

 

What should I do.

 

It wasn’t a level of rainfall that would be okay to get caught in.

 

Even if she somehow ran to the Bus Stop, she would become a dripping mess too embarrassing to board the bus.

 

Most importantly, there was a laptop in her bag.

 

‘It’ll break if it gets rained on….’

 

People like Yeon-jae who hadn’t brought umbrellas and didn’t have the confidence to run through the rain were similarly stamping their feet under the canopy at Jungdo Main Gate.

 

However, nine out of ten times, rain falling this heavily is a shower.

 

‘It’ll pass if I wait a little.’

 

Yeon-jae waited quietly for the rain to stop.

 

During that time, some people caught taxis, and others called friends or lovers to go back.

 

‘If it weren’t for the laptop, I would have just gone in the rain too….’

 

Only then did she think she should catch a taxi. But perhaps because she missed the timing, even taxis weren’t available now.

 

‘This is really a big problem….’

 

The rain she thought was a shower showed no signs of stopping.

 

Then one person carrying a large umbrella and coming toward the Library from far away entered Yeon-jae’s field of vision.

 

They managed to come in this rain… she thought briefly.

 

Yeon-jae’s eyes narrowed.

 

The person who folded the umbrella they were carrying and stood next to Yeon-jae was.

 

“Shin Yeon-jae, did you see my message?”

 

It was Hyeonoh. Breathing heavily as if he had been running.

 

Yeon-jae just blinked blankly before belatedly responding.

 

“Ah. I was in the Library so it must have been on do not disturb mode.”

 

And she checked her messages.

 

Are you still at the Library?

 

“…I just saw it now.”

 

“Hah, good thing you haven’t left yet.”

 

Yeon-jae quietly watched Hyeonoh catch his breath while shaking off his umbrella.

 

“…Senior, did you come back because of me?”

 

“Yeah. I went all the way home and came back out.”

 

Hyeonoh folded his umbrella and came under the canopy.

 

Having been caught in the heavy rain, his half-soaked t-shirt and darkly stained pants were noticeable.

 

“I… didn’t reply to your message.”

 

“Huh? So what.”

 

“No… what if I had already gone home? Why would you come all the way back to the library through this rainy road?”

 

“I don’t know.”

 

Hyeonoh replied somewhat sullenly, as if he hadn’t thought about such things.

 

“Anyway, aren’t I your savior?”

 

“…That’s true. But… someone who’s not feeling well.”

 

“No, I’m really fine!”

 

The rain, falling diagonally rather than straight down, had already soaked their shoes.

 

Yeon-jae glanced at Hyeonoh.

 

Fortunately, his complexion didn’t look bad, so it didn’t seem like his fever was returning.

 

“Did I come for nothing?”

 

“…”

 

“Well, when it’s raining this hard, having an umbrella doesn’t really help much anyway.”

 

Hyeonoh muttered awkwardly, conscious of Yeon-jae’s gaze.

 

And because of what Hyeonoh had just said, Yeon-jae’s doubts only deepened.

 

‘He says it doesn’t help much. Then why did he come all the way here? It just means one person getting rained on becomes two people…’

 

Moreover, it was Hyeonoh who had been bedridden until just the day before.

 

Remembering his unusually gaunt face, even though he was an adult with a constitution twice as strong as others, she didn’t think his condition had completely recovered enough to brave the rainy roads on this night.

 

But why.

 

Why had Hyeonoh made such an irrational and reckless choice?

 

“You take the bus, right? Let’s go to the bus stop first.”

 

Hyeonoh spoke as if waking Yeon-jae from her thoughts.

 

“We’ll probably get a little wet, but it can’t be helped. We won’t be able to catch a taxi anyway.”

 

“Ah, ah. Yes.”

 

Hyeonoh said while opening his umbrella.

 

But Yeon-jae’s steps toward Hyeonoh suddenly stopped.

 

“…But senior, you only have one umbrella?”

 

The umbrella had the University Career Development Center’s name and contact information written on it.

 

Hyeonoh explained with an embarrassed face that he had gotten it for free after being caught passing by an event booth and spinning a roulette wheel.

 

“…This was the only umbrella at home.”

 

“Then you usually don’t use umbrellas at all?”

 

“I just get rained on for most rain. Or manage with a hat.”

 

Thanks to this, the two had to stick close together and share one umbrella.

 

Yeon-jae found this situation so absurd that she almost let out a hollow laugh.

 

“Do you sometimes just laugh to yourself like this?”

 

Hyeonoh scolded while looking at the laughing Yeon-jae.

 

“No… it’s just funny. A person who doesn’t own a single umbrella he bought himself rushing all the way here because it’s raining. And with an umbrella he got from somewhere…”

 

Yeon-jae closed her mouth.

 

Now that she said it, the nuance was really strange.

 

She felt odd. Hyeonoh had come to pick her up with his only umbrella.

 

In the suddenly awkward atmosphere, not only Yeon-jae but also Hyeonoh couldn’t bring himself to speak.

 

The umbrella from the Career Development Center was wide enough for two people without being insufficient, but no matter how wide, it was just an umbrella after all.

 

Moreover, on a day like today when rain poured down as if the sky had a hole in it, as Hyeonoh said, no matter how great an umbrella was, it was useless.

 

Perhaps that’s why. The two kept brushing shoulders while walking.

 

To be precise, Yeon-jae’s shoulder kept brushing against Hyeonoh’s arm that was holding the umbrella.

 

And every time she touched Hyeonoh, Yeon-jae was inwardly startled.

 

She was so startled that she had no time to think about the awkwardness of the silence, and before she knew it, they had arrived in front of the bus stop.

 

The bus Yeon-jae needed to take was scheduled to arrive soon.

 

“Senior, thank you. You should go back now.”

 

“I’ll wait with you. You’ll be bored.”

 

“It’s okay. I’m grateful, but…”

 

“If you’re grateful, buy me a meal.”

 

“You won’t accept it anyway. Always just saying…”

 

Unlike usual when he would pick on her words, Hyeonoh said nothing.

 

Yeon-jae also just fidgeted with her feet for no reason. Her sneakers, wet from walking to the bus stop, were damp.

 

Yeon-jae, who was thinking she should take them to the laundromat right away, suddenly realized that Hyeonoh looked more like a drowned rat than she did.

 

Even when the umbrella was useless, Hyeonoh had tilted the umbrella as much as possible toward Yeon-jae.

 

Looking at his shoulder area where his skin was completely visible through his shirt, Yeon-jae impulsively spoke up.

 

“But senior.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

At that moment, Hyeonoh was looking straight ahead, not at Yeon-jae. Cars with their headlights brightly lit were driving by, splashing water.

 

Hyeonoh was watching the distance between the cars and Yeon-jae to make sure she didn’t get splashed.

 

Yeon-jae instinctively held her breath.

 

“Why are you so good to me?”

 

Only then did Hyeonoh turn his head.

 

“…I mean, people keep misunderstanding that you like me, senior.”

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