Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 52

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Episode 52

 

“….”

 

Yeon-jae paused for a moment, then continued speaking with a voice that had suddenly become urgent.

 

“No, I absolutely, absolutely! don’t think that way!”

 

Yeon-jae looked at Hyeonoh’s face as he stared intently at her. His expression was hard to read.

 

“…And I’ve always explained properly to people who ask that kind of thing, so please don’t worry too much. There really wasn’t any incident that would cause misunderstandings about you, senior…!”

 

“Yeah, good job.”

 

Hyeonoh, still with an unreadable expression, replied while giving her two thumbs up.

 

When Yeon-jae had nothing more to say and pressed her lips tightly shut, Hyeonoh’s gaze, which had been directed at her, also dropped and turned back to face forward.

 

It was silence.

 

In the silence, Yeon-jae found herself repeatedly stealing glances at Hyeonoh’s profile.

 

It was a face whose thoughts were completely unreadable.

 

She wished the bus would come quickly, but due to the sudden downpour, even the bus arrival time kept getting delayed.

 

Her nervous heart beat so fast it was dizzying. She was even afraid that the sound might reach Hyeonoh’s ears.

 

Yeon-jae tried not to show it.

 

Despite the temperature dropping more than usual due to the rain, sweat kept forming on her palms.

 

The bus Yeon-jae needed to take came 5 minutes late from its scheduled time.

 

As soon as she saw the headlights of the bus running from afar, Yeon-jae jumped up from her seat.

 

And she bowed 90 degrees toward Hyeonoh in greeting.

 

“I-I’ll be going. Th-thank you for today.”

 

It was an awkward greeting that had been rarely seen between the two of them recently.

 

“Yeah.”

 

Hyeonoh actually received Yeon-jae’s greeting with an attitude not much different from usual.

 

Yeon-jae hurriedly got on the bus that had slid to a stop in front of her. And just before the doors closed.

 

“Shin Yeon-jae!”

 

Hyeonoh called out to Yeon-jae. When Yeon-jae, who had been about to go inside, looked back outside the bus, Hyeonoh threw an umbrella through the closing doors.

 

Yeon-jae caught the long umbrella in mid-air, grasping it with both hands.

 

Soon the bus doors closed completely.

 

Beyond the closed front door stood Hyeonoh. Looking much the same as when he had called out to her just moments before.

 

Unlike Yeon-jae, who still hadn’t fully grasped the situation and was making a foolish expression, Hyeonoh smiled with one hand stuck in his pocket.

 

Hyeonoh ran straight into the rain. The still heavily pouring rain swallowed him up.

 

And Yeon-jae couldn’t take her eyes off Hyeonoh as he became distant like a dot.

 

Even until he completely disappeared from view as the bus turned a curve.

 

Continuously.

 

* * *

 

Sleep just wouldn’t come.

 

Normally, Hyeonoh would fall asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

 

His cold had gotten a bit better, but then he immediately ran around in the rain, making his body feel chilly. Moreover, yesterday when he was lying sick with a cold, didn’t he even go running in the moonlight?

 

But Hyeonoh knew.

 

‘I’m not losing sleep because I’m not feeling well.’

 

Then why?

 

Hyeonoh also knew the reason. He wasn’t stupid enough to deny such an obvious reason.

 

‘It’s because of Shin Yeon-jae.’

 

To be precise, it was because of what Yeon-jae had said at the bus stop this evening.

 

“Ah, why did she have to say something like that.”

 

Eventually Hyeonoh jumped up from his spot.

 

And he came out to the living room, roughly running his hands through his hair.

 

In the living room, Gio, whom Hyeonoh had kicked out so he could sleep, was lying on the sofa playing games.

 

Sensing Hyeonoh’s presence, Gio asked in a sarcastic tone.

 

“Why are you crawling out? Didn’t you say you were going to sleep?”

 

“Mind your own business.”

 

“So mean.”

 

Gio brought both hands together near his eyes, pretending to cry.

 

“Tch. I’m going to tell my boyfriend!”

 

Then he really seemed to contact his lover, constantly tapping on his phone.

 

A thought suddenly flashed through Hyeonoh’s mind as he was about to drink some water and go back to his room.

 

The thought that Gio might be a good person to provide a solution to this sleep-preventing worry.

 

Despite her behavior, Kang Gio was popular and often changed boyfriends.

 

“Hey.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“This isn’t my story, but….”

 

“Oh. That means it really is your story.”

 

“Ah, I’m not telling you.”

 

“Really? Do you think you can hold out and not tell me?”

 

Gio giggled as if she had figured out what kind of story it would be.

 

“The thirsty one digs the well, after all. By the way, that woman who came home yesterday, she’s not really your girlfriend?”

 

“Ah, how many times do I have to say it! She’s not!!”

 

“Ah, why are you getting angry! Mom keeps telling me to check if you have a girlfriend, so I was just asking!”

 

Hyeonoh was unusually irritated. He didn’t even want to associate with this immature blood relative if he had his way.

 

But if not Gio, there wasn’t anyone else to share these complicated thoughts with.

 

“No, it’s really not my story….”

 

“Sure, your story.”

 

“Ugh, really.”

 

“Hurry up and tell me. If you keep doing that, I won’t listen?”

 

“…There’s this girl. She’s two years younger than me. I think she’s pretty cute. No. She’s definitely pretty. Even in crowded places, she stands out immediately. Anyway, this girl likes some guy. And that guy and I are really close friends.”

 

“Whoa. And then?”

 

“So I promised her I’d help her get together with that guy.”

 

“Huh? Why would you meddle like that?”

 

“Just listen. Anyway… for that reason, we’ve been hanging out together a lot this semester, but first let me say that I’m absolutely not romantically attracted to her or anything. But she’s the type that catches your eye, I guess? How should I explain it. She keeps bothering me and I keep worrying about her, and she’s kind of dense and does things carelessly.”

 

“More than you?”

 

Gio continued giggling without any serious expression. Hyeonoh lamented the reality that Gio was the only person he could ask for advice and continued speaking.

 

“So maybe because of that, I seem to pay more attention to her than other girls… Or maybe not. Ugh. I don’t know.”

 

“So what’s the conclusion.”

 

“No, just that.”

 

“What? That’s such a bland ending?”

 

“Uh….”

 

“Really the end? This isn’t an opportunity that comes every day or two. Hurry up and tell me everything.”

 

“No, recently someone told her that I might like her? Man, really. It’s so ridiculous. Do all men and women who hang out together have to be dating?”

 

“…Where there’s no fire, there’s no smoke? No, wait. But didn’t you say you’d help her get together with your friend? Then that girl likes another guy?”

 

“Uh… that’s right.”

 

“Ohoho, I’ll give you the perfect conclusion. If those two stick together? Does it make you really angry?”

 

At that moment, the moment when Dohan said he’d take Yeon-jae and leave first, and how his mood had strangely sunk, flashed through Hyeonoh’s mind.

 

But he tried to ignore it and replied curtly.

 

“No. I don’t get angry at all.”

 

“Ah, really? For real? Tsk, this is the most important thing. Love is always accompanied by jealousy.”

 

“….”

 

“Then you’re just concerned as one human to another. Well, there’s no law saying men and women can’t be friends. And she’s younger, right. In a way, you’re also a guy with a younger sister.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

Hyeonoh nodded, listening to the answer he wanted to believe.

 

“Huh. But wait a minute. Don’t tell me the reason you went out in the rain today was also to pick up that girl?!”

 

“No?!”

 

“If it’s not, then why is your voice getting so loud?! The one who came to your house last time is her!”

 

“Screw off. Bye.”

 

“Hey! What if you hang up here!”

 

Having done some devilish editing of Gio’s feedback like that, Hyeonoh arbitrarily concluded that the strange feelings he’d been having were ‘because he’s a guy with a younger sister, so he’s particularly concerned about Yeon-jae who’s younger.’

 

The past emotions he felt while looking at Yeon-jae came flooding back in succession, but Hyeonoh tried not to dig deep into them.

 

However, the uneasy feeling wouldn’t easily disappear. In the end, Hyeonoh couldn’t sleep a wink.

 

And the next day.

 

Hyeonoh, who woke up with a haggard face, bought two movie tickets just before going to class. It was an impulsive action.

 

And he spent a fortune on seats with the fancy name ‘The Boutique Suite.’

 

‘If nothing really bothers me, it would be good to push more aggressively.’

 

In other words, they were couple seats.

 

For some reason, a strange stubbornness had kicked in. The kind of stubbornness that says if you can’t find the right answer, you’ll create the right answer.

 

When Hyeonoh arrived at the classroom, Yeon-jae was already sitting there.

 

Now, as if it were a natural routine, Hyeonoh approached and sat next to Yeon-jae, skipping greetings and asking:

 

“Did you see the message?”

 

“What’s this all of a sudden?”

 

As it happened, Yeon-jae’s phone screen was displaying the movie ticket screen that Hyeonoh had just gifted her.

 

No matter how hard she thought about it, she couldn’t figure out what it meant, so Yeon-jae had been thinking she should ask Hyeonoh as soon as he arrived.

 

Yeon-jae stared intently at Hyeonoh.

 

Hyeonoh shrugged his shoulders and replied nonchalantly.

 

“Second date.”

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