Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 6

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Episode 6

At the same time, the girl sitting next to Si-eun threw a subtle smile.

It was the kind of look people commonly showed when probing into relationships between men and women.

When Yeon-jae didn’t answer immediately, Si-eun added another comment.

“I saw you earlier on the way to class. You two were together. I know Hyeonoh oppa too, as club seniors and juniors. We even take a general education class together. With oppa…”

“Ah, I… don’t really know.”

Yeon-jae answered somewhat hurriedly.

Si-eun, who had been about to say something more but was cut off, stared intently at Yeon-jae with a thoughtful expression.

It wasn’t entirely wrong to say she didn’t know. Yeon-jae really didn’t know much about Hyeonoh.

Si-eun’s eyes narrowed.

“Really? I see.”

The conversation ended there.

Si-eun, who returned to her seat, was busy talking with the girl sitting next to her as if she had never been on edge.

Soon the professor entered, the commotion died down, and the classroom became quiet.

While listening to the lecture clicking her pen, the screen of her phone placed in one corner of the desk lit up.

It was a text message.

From an unsaved number, but from someone she couldn’t mistake.

Hey, stalker

Have you thought about it?

* * *

She ran into Hyeonoh right away in the Business department class that started Monday morning. It was a class Dohan didn’t take.

“Hello, stalker.”

Hyeonoh arrived just in time for class and practically threw down the textbook he was carrying onto the seat next to Yeon-jae.

“You take this class too?”

“Yeah.”

“Why haven’t I seen you?”

“Probably because you weren’t interested so you didn’t notice.”

Hyeonoh answered in a listless voice.

Soon the professor entered and the noise in the classroom subsided.

During the class, Hyeonoh was quiet.

Like other students, he was listening to the lecture and taking notes as much as everyone else.

He didn’t seem particularly conscious of her sitting next to him.

Yeon-jae, on the other hand, couldn’t concentrate on the class and kept glancing toward Hyeonoh.

Yeon-jae couldn’t understand why Hyeonoh was sticking to her like a stone that kept getting in her way.

While taking this class together might have been pure coincidence, the result was the same either way.

She was grateful that he hadn’t spread rumors about the notebook everywhere. But it would have been even better if he had just lost interest altogether.

She felt pathetic thinking about how she had ended up having her weakness discovered by leaving the notebook behind.

‘I should just die…’

And 10 seconds later.

‘No, why should I die? I’m finally getting closer to my goal!’

While thinking this and staring blankly at Hyeonoh, he slid his textbook toward Yeon-jae like last time.

In the blank space on the open page, the following was written:

『I’m handsome, right?』

It was such an outrageous message that it was bewildering.

“Don’t stare at me too much or you might end up liking me more than Lee Do-han~ lol”

What an absurd person, really.

Yeon-jae was about to retort ‘I have eyes, you know’ but hesitated.

The standards people generally used to judge beauty were mostly similar, so even Yeon-jae found it difficult to deny that Hyeonoh was handsome.

Therefore, if she said ‘I have eyes,’ she could roughly predict Hyeonoh’s response. He would probably say this:

‘If you have eyes, then you can’t possibly not know, right?’

In the end, during the entire class, Yeon-jae couldn’t concentrate at all.

Meanwhile, Hyeonoh, who had disrupted someone’s nerves with his absurd doodles, listened to the class with a calm face.

Just before the class ended, the professor said:

“There will be a group project right after midterms. I’ll give you detailed information next time, but if there’s someone you want to team up with, please write your student ID and name on the paper being passed around and submit it. Students whose names aren’t on the list will be randomly assigned and announced together next time.”

It was a project to crawl product reviews and then derive improvement data. The project grade weight was equivalent to an exam.

“Do it with me.”

Without even waiting for Yeon-jae’s answer, Hyeonoh wrote his and Yeon-jae’s names side by side on the paper and handed it to Yeon-jae.

When Yeon-jae just stared blankly, he tapped the paper and said:

“Student ID.”

When Yeon-jae awkwardly wrote down her six-digit student ID, Hyeonoh also wrote his student ID and passed it to the person in front.

The entire process happened in an instant without giving her a chance to refuse. Suddenly Yeon-jae ended up doing the group project with Hyeonoh too. But Yeon-jae thought this was better than doing a group project with complete strangers, so she didn’t say anything more.

“Where’s your next class?”

“International Building.”

“You’re a Korean Literature major. After Business, are you taking some Political Science class or something?”

“No. The Gukgwan class is held there.”

“What’s Gukgwan?”

“Understanding International Relations, a general education course.”

“Wow, kids these days abbreviate everything.”

“What do you mean ‘kids these days.’ You’re only two years older than me.”

“You know what? When you were still in high school, this body was already an adult.”

“Yes, mister.”

Hyeonoh laughed with a bewildered expression.

Yeon-jae was about to just leave but asked about Hyeonoh’s next destination out of politeness.

“Where’s your next class?”

“I’m staying in the Business Building. I need to fulfill my major credits.”

She thought of Dohan, who had diligently completed his major credits early and was taking mostly general education courses.

Yeon-jae was once again curious about how these two different people became friends.

But the International Building was quite far, and she didn’t have enough time to chat more. Just as Yeon-jae was about to hurry away.

Hyeonoh cleared his throat and said, “Oh, right.”

“I’m supposed to drink tonight.”

“Ah, okay.”

What was she supposed to do with that information?

“Lee Do-han and me. Just the two of us.”

Yeon-jae stopped moving completely.

Even though there clearly wasn’t much time left until her next class, it was hard to take a step.

Seeing Yeon-jae’s reaction, Hyeonoh smiled as if he had expected this and added:

“You come too.”

Yeon-jae bit her lip for a moment. Then asked a beat later:

“Is it okay for me to join when you two are drinking alone?”

“Yeah. Guys usually don’t care much about that stuff.”

Instead of answering, Yeon-jae checked the time.

Hyeonoh also glanced at the clock hanging on the classroom wall. Then he pushed Yeon-jae, who needed to hurry to the International Building, out of the classroom and said:

“I’ll leave the location and time. Let me know in advance if you’re coming.”

* * *

Hyeonoh mentioned the name of a grilled eel restaurant near school.

Yeon-jae couldn’t eat grilled eel, but that fact wasn’t particularly important.

This was her first meal with Dohan that she had only dreamed about. She wasn’t in a position to be picky about this and that.

However, she kept wondering whether meeting Dohan this way was really right.

During her school days, she had postponed confessing after first getting into the same school.

But now that she had actually gotten into the same school and was even taking the same classes, Yeon-jae hadn’t found any connection to build a friendship, let alone confess.

So this was definitely a golden opportunity.

‘But what if Senior Dohan dislikes me suddenly showing up?’

That would be really troublesome. But even if she didn’t choose this method, there wasn’t any other clever solution available.

In the end, Yeon-jae impulsively replied.

I’ll go. I just need to be there by 6, right?

* * *

The restaurant was in a remote location. Since it was her first time there, she got lost and couldn’t make it on time.

The restaurant she arrived at in a hurry was a place that grilled food over coal briquettes, and Dohan and Hyeonoh were already seated.

The soju bottle on the table was already half empty. The atmosphere seemed to be in full swing.

‘I shouldn’t have come. It seems like I’m approaching too hastily.’

While she was thinking this, Hyeonoh spotted Yeon-jae and waved his hand widely.

“Hey, glasses. Over here!”

Even the attention of people sitting at the next table was completely focused on Yeon-jae.

And what was this about ‘glasses’?

Since he couldn’t call her ‘stalker’ as usual in front of Dohan, it seemed like a nickname he came up with on the spot.

Dohan’s gaze naturally turned toward Yeon-jae as well.

“Hello.”

Yeon-jae greeted awkwardly and sat in the empty seat.

Since it was a round table, no matter which position she chose to sit in, she ended up squeezed between Hyeonoh and Dohan.

Feeling embarrassed, Yeon-jae unnecessarily pushed up her glasses by the bridge of her nose. Her fingers circled the same spot several times.

Dohan pushed some well-cooked meat toward Yeon-jae, who had just arrived.

“Thank you.”

Yeon-jae bowed her head awkwardly. Even saying a word of thanks made her feel like her heart would jump out of her chest.

“I’m Lee Dohan from the Business department, and I’m the same age as Hyeonoh. We actually greeted each other once in the classroom before, right? I’ve heard a lot about you being Hyeonoh’s friend.”

Dohan introduced himself first.

“Ah. I see.”

Yeon-jae replied awkwardly.

It was simple information she already knew well. But hearing that information directly from Dohan’s mouth carried different weight.

Then Hyeonoh poked her side.

“Come on. You should introduce yourself too.”

Only then realizing that she needed to introduce herself, Yeon-jae hurriedly gave her self-introduction.

“Ah. You probably heard roughly last time, but to introduce myself again… I’m Shin Yeon-jae from the Korean Literature Department. I’m double-majoring in Business. Please speak comfortably!”

Yeon-jae hurriedly added one more comment. Dohan showed his characteristic smile and replied.

“Got it.”

Dohan’s transition from formal to informal speech was natural. As if seeing this kind of junior was nothing new.

“You speak casually too.”

“Ah. I’m more comfortable with formal speech. I even use formal speech with younger people.”

It was a lie.

Surprisingly, Hyeonoh was the only person she knew at school.

And that was only if you could put Hyeonoh in the category of ‘people she knew.’

Dohan didn’t ask further.

Until then, Dohan had grilled all the eel. Dohan said that the two of them had already filled their stomachs to some extent, and kept pushing grilled eel toward Yeon-jae.

Yeon-jae only pretended to eat. She brought the eel to her plate, but only pretended to eat by poking at the burnt seasoning parts with her chopsticks.

She thought she was acting well, but Dohan suddenly asked.

“Can’t you eat grilled eel?”

Yeon-jae couldn’t answer.

Which type would Dohan be?

Would he like a carefree woman who ate any food well without being picky, or would he like a woman who covered her mouth even when laughing?

If Dohan was the former type, Yeon-jae was willing to close her eyes and try even grilled eel.

However, when Yeon-jae hesitated to answer, Dohan changed the question first.

“You’d probably dislike things like pork skin too. How about webfoot octopus?”

“I like it.”

Dohan raised his hand and ordered one serving of webfoot octopus.

Her heart, which had barely calmed down, started beating rapidly again.

Meanwhile, Hyeonoh was still saying it was profitable for him since his portion of grilled eel increased. And he took all the grilled eel from the grill in front of Yeon-jae.

Dohan’s natural kindness tickled Yeon-jae’s heart so much that she didn’t find Hyeonoh’s behavior annoying.

When the additional serving of webfoot octopus came out, Yeon-jae hurriedly said.

“Senior, I’ll grill it now!”

“It’s okay. Don’t worry about me and just eat.”

Dohan firmly defended the tongs. As she left the tongs in Dohan’s hands, Yeon-jae thought.

Crazy. This must be a dream.

Only then did she catch her breath and lower her face slightly. She could hardly believe this incredible thing happening to her.

She still felt like she was wandering between dream and reality, and if this was a dream, she hoped it would never end.

Dohan and Hyeonoh chatted occasionally. It was only extremely mundane content, so there wasn’t any particular information to gain.

However, at this moment, what did information matter?

‘I’m drinking at the same table with Senior Dohan, so what else matters?’

Enough to be willing to buy Hyeonoh, who arranged this meeting, meals about ten times.

This time too, Dohan pushed everything he grilled toward Yeon-jae.

But perhaps because she was in front of someone she liked, even the webfoot octopus didn’t go down well.

In the end, Yeon-jae barely ate throughout the meal. At the same time, her mind was noisy.

Would she seem pretentious? Didn’t he like women who ate a lot heartily?

Thinking about such things, ironically, made her appetite drop even more.

“You must have a small appetite.”

Dohan, who noticed Yeon-jae, casually made a comment. Yeon-jae waved her hands while explaining.

“No, that’s not it.”

“Why. You can have a small appetite.”

Dohan actually replied in a nonchalant voice and filled Hyeonoh and Yeon-jae’s empty glasses.

And Dohan, who filled his own glass last, put the bottle on the table and suddenly called Yeon-jae.

But Yeon-jae.

“Your face looks somewhat familiar.”

Her heart beat rapidly.

Even more than when she first saw Dohan at this place.

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