Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 62

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Episode 62

He had been damn stupid.

Now Hyeonoh knew.

When he stepped forward saying he’d help things work out with Lee Do-han, Hyeonoh actually wanted to use that as an excuse to strike up conversations with Yeon-jae.

He wanted to tease her from the sidelines like that.

He was curious about Yeon-jae, and once he got to know her he wanted to tease her, and through teasing her he just came to like the person called Shin Yeon-jae.

When he put love in that inexplicable place, it fit together like the right answer.

Now Hyeonoh thought he understood.

Why he suddenly stepped forward to help with Yeon-jae’s one-sided love, why the interest shown by others always bothered him.

Why he willingly ran into the rain during that downpour, why he wanted to comfort her when he saw her sad.

The emotion was older than he thought, and the answer was closer than it appeared.

This very simple and clear problem had been growing in size within Hyeonoh, waiting for him to recognize its name.

He used his past relationship as an excuse to make all introductions useless.

“Kang Hyeonoh. Don’t you want to be set up? Three of my female friends saw our life shots we took while drinking yesterday and asked me to introduce you. Crazy. I’ll introduce you to the prettiest goddess among them, a dance major. How about it. Huh?”

“No thanks. It’s bothersome. How many times do I have to tell you I don’t date.”

“You really don’t date?! You’re not interested?!”

“Yeah. I’m not interested, so you guys go ahead and date a lot.”

“How is it that this guy was born with this face but has no interest in dating? You’re blessed beyond measure, truly blessed. If you’re going to be like that, just give me that face.”

“Ah. Dating just doesn’t seem to suit me well. It’s kind of annoying. It’s bothersome to report every little detail of my private life too.”

He had believed that dating simply didn’t suit him at all.

“I broke up with my girlfriend. She says I’m not good enough now. I still love her though, huuuung…”

“What. Hey. Are you crying?”

“Will my girlfriend come back if I cry? I’m really going to drown myself in alcohol.”

“Why is that bastard acting like that?! Someone try to stop him.”

“Hey. Hyeonoh. Leave him be. He must have loved her like crazy.”

“That’s what happens when you love someone? What an idiot.”

“Usually everyone acts like that. There’s a world of ordinary people that handsome guys like you don’t know about.”

He thought that truly loving someone was out of the question in this lifetime.

“Have you ever told someone you love them?”

“I think so?”

“Oh? Amazing! Who? What kind of woman? Is she pretty? If you said you loved her, she must be incredibly pretty, right?”

“No. Mom and Dad.”

“Ah…”

“Even that graduated during my preschool years, so I don’t think I’ve done it since.”

“Get lost, seriously.”

Just pronouncing the word “love” made him feel itchy all over as if bugs were crawling on his body.

It was one person’s belated first love.

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“Hyeonoh is running pretty late today.”

“Yeah. I wonder if something happened?”

Yeon-jae kept glancing toward the rear door.

Hyeonoh hadn’t been late at all recently.

‘Come to think of it, Hyeonoh has really changed a lot too.’

That sentiment crossed her mind next.

Yeon-jae’s hand went under her desk. She found Hyeonoh’s chat room and typed a message.

Is something wrong?

The “1” wouldn’t disappear easily. Eventually Yeon-jae put her phone face down on one side of her desk again.

“Are you worried?”

Dohan asked.

“Ah… No. It’s not that.”

Yeon-jae thought her words sounded a bit strange.

It would be perfectly normal to be worried in this situation.

But when Dohan asked if she was worried, Yeon-jae reflexively answered that she wasn’t worried.

‘Why did I do that.’

Even Yeon-jae herself found it hard to understand the reason.

In reality, all her attention was focused on the door right now.

And there was her own reasoning behind why Yeon-jae was concerned about the fact that no message had come from Hyeonoh until now.

Yeon-jae quietly brought her phone under her desk again and entered the chat window with Hyeonoh.

Their previous conversation appeared in a stream.

The most recent previous conversation was from the day when the four of them drank together and she went home alone with Dohan.

Senior ㅠ

Dohan walked me all the way home

This has to be something romantic, right?!

Did you get home safely too? Or are you still out?

You seemed to drink a lot too… Please be careful getting home and tell Gio to get home safely too!

It was a message she sent while sprawled on her bed at home, breathing out alcohol-scented breath.

That meant she was quite drunk. For that reason, she even sent gracious thanks with the help of liquid courage.

And now, senior, thank you so much always! ㅠ I really owe you a huge debt – I’ll never forget this kindness for the rest of my life and I’ll keep repaying you! Thank you so much ㅠㅠ

Where did that bizarre attempt at being cute come from.

When Yeon-jae checked the messages the next day, she was horrified and threw her phone away.

She was mortified to death.

But here “to death” was closer to a hyperbolic expression exaggerating the degree of embarrassment. So until then, it was just simply feeling embarrassed…

But when he didn’t even come to school today, she couldn’t help but worry. Moreover, all the previous messages she sent showed the “1” had disappeared. That meant he wasn’t ignoring them without reading.

‘What’s really going on.’

Just then, Kwak Seong-hyeon caught her eye.

Yeon-jae knew by now too.

That Hyeonoh had been preventing Kwak Seong-hyeon from hanging around near Yeon-jae all this time.

Suddenly she felt strange.

The fact that Hyeonoh had been looking out for her in big and small ways hit her anew.

And it kept bothering her that such a person had been completely silent since their last meeting.

Moreover, he had been sick recently too. Could he be sick again? He definitely didn’t seem like such a frail constitution. Could it be alcohol poisoning?

‘No way. His complexion didn’t change at all until the drinking session ended yesterday.’

Despite Yeon-jae’s continued worry, the tightly closed classroom door didn’t open again until class ended.

“Hyeonoh didn’t come today after all.”

In the classroom after class ended, Yeon-jae brought up the topic of Hyeonoh again while stuffing her textbooks into her bag.

“I should contact him once.”

“Ah. I already did though…”

“…Really?”

Dohan reacted a beat late.

“Yes.”

“Good job.”

After a moment of silence, Dohan changed the subject.

“I’m going to buy coffee at the School Cafe, want to come with me?”

“Ah, yes.”

“Yeon-jae. You look like you have no energy right now.”

“What?! That’s not true…!”

“Is it because Hyeonoh isn’t here.”

Feeling that Dohan’s voice contained exactly half playfulness and half irritation, Yeon-jae closed her mouth and quietly watched his mood.

Dohan himself laughed as if nothing had happened.

And he added affectionately, as if the irritation Yeon-jae had detected in his voice moments ago was just her imagination.

“What do you want to drink, Yeon-jae?”

It was around the time they were leaving the School Cafe, each holding a coffee.

Dohan received a phone call.

“Yeah.”

Dohan wedged his phone between his shoulder and ear, then mouthed to Yeon-jae.

‘Hyeonoh.’

Ah…

“I messaged you because you didn’t come today. Is something wrong?”

Yeon-jae looked at her own phone.

“It’s good that nothing’s wrong. You have been too diligent lately though.”

The person who had left a message first was Yeon-jae, but her phone remained quiet.

“Alright. See you next time.”

It was a short call.

“Hyeonoh senior said nothing’s wrong?”

Yeon-jae asked only after seeing Dohan put his phone back in his pocket.

“Yeah. He overslept.”

It was an explanation that wasn’t surprising at all.

“He’s not sick, right?”

“Yeah. He didn’t say anything like that.”

“…That’s a relief.”

Not getting a reply was a bit disappointing, but she felt relieved that he wasn’t absent due to illness.

Yeon-jae unconsciously let out a small sigh.

“Yeon-jae.”

Dohan called out to Yeon-jae. It was a quiet voice.

“Yes?”

Dohan stared intently at Yeon-jae with a face that was impossible to read.

“Hyeonoh said nothing’s wrong. So when you’re with me, pay attention to me.”

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