Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 65

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Episode 65

On the way out of the cafe as they parted ways, Hyeonoh cleared his throat and spoke up.

“How about the Han River for your third date idea?”

“What?”

“University students are always going to the Han River constantly.”

“….”

“It’ll be summer soon, and once summer comes, you won’t be able to go even if you want to, right?”

“….”

“While you’re at it, just confess that day too. Lee Do-han definitely has feelings for you.”

Hyeonoh spoke such shameless words so easily.

“You two need to start dating quickly so I can give up too. Don’t you think so?”

At that part, Yeon-jae was completely speechless.

* * *

She couldn’t remember how she managed to get home.

When she arrived home, there was a message from Hyeonoh waiting.

Don’t worry, I won’t let it affect our group project presentation

Yeon-jae leaned against her bed and slumped down on the floor.

The enjoyable times she had spent with Hyeonoh.

His sudden confession.

The sincerity she had belatedly discovered.

All the memories came flooding back at once, leaving her confused.

Coincidentally, there was also a message from Dohan on her phone.

What are you doing, Yeon-jae?

It was a message that had come three whole hours ago. Yeon-jae usually responded to Dohan’s messages immediately.

Even when she racked her brains thinking about how to reply, it never took more than 30 minutes.

But tonight, Hyeonoh’s confession had been such a shock to Yeon-jae that she had no mental capacity to focus on anything else.

‘Still, I should reply.’

Yeon-jae got up and typed a response.

【Just resting at home haha What about you, senior?】

Her hand hesitated just as she was about to press the send button.

Yeon-jae was naturally hiding what had just happened with Hyeonoh from Dohan, so naturally that she didn’t even realize it herself.

The message she had just written wasn’t a complete lie, but it wasn’t entirely innocent either.

It felt somehow like she was lying to Dohan.

‘But… it would also be strange to tell Dohan senior every single detail about what happened with Hyeonoh senior.’

Yeon-jae tried to gauge what meaning Hyeonoh’s confession from earlier would have for Dohan.

She couldn’t easily imagine Dohan getting furiously angry. Moreover, the two were friends.

Between them was time built up from before they even knew Yeon-jae, even from overseas, not Korea.

That time was so long that Yeon-jae could hardly dare to covet it.

Recalling the cold side Dohan had occasionally shown in such a relationship, it didn’t seem like he would react as if nothing had happened either.

So Yeon-jae ended up sending the message as it was.

The “1” disappeared immediately.

I was just resting at home too

It’s almost exam period now

Two messages came in succession, then there was a brief pause.

Yeon-jae waited quietly, anticipating Dohan’s unfinished words.

The message that came back after the delay was.

Should we go on a date before then?

It was a date request. The second one following the last time.

No matter how confused she was because of Hyeonoh, even Yeon-jae hesitated before the word “date” spoken directly by Dohan.

Isn’t there anything you want to do, Yeon-jae?

Yeon-jae answered without even being aware that she was communicating with Dohan.

How about the Han River?

By the time she thought “Oh no,” she had already sent the message and even received a reply from Dohan saying it sounded good.

Hyeonoh had said to keep some distance for a while, but he still existed everywhere. There wasn’t a single place that didn’t bear traces of Hyeonoh.

Even developing into the kind of relationship where she exchanged messages with Dohan late at night like this had been with Hyeonoh’s help.

It was also Hyeonoh who had taught her tips for talking with someone she liked.

That wasn’t all.

Even when choosing today’s date location, she had used Hyeonoh’s idea.

Yeon-jae suddenly wanted to cry.

She felt so terrible about herself.

* * *

She naturally accepted Dohan’s date request.

But because her troubled feelings over Hyeonoh’s confession were so overwhelming, she wasn’t as excited as before.

It felt strange.

No matter how much Hyeonoh was Hyeonoh, this was none other than Dohan.

Yet instead of being overjoyed and heart-fluttering, her mood had sunk enough that she reacted more calmly than usual.

Yeon-jae was entirely focused on replaying her last conversation with Hyeonoh rather than her upcoming date with Dohan.

Between Hyeonoh’s confession and the weekend when she had a date planned with Dohan, there was also one Digital Marketing class where all three of them gathered.

Hyeonoh, who had been absent last time, came to the classroom early this time, and even greeted Yeon-jae, who arrived last among the three, with a casual “hello.”

Just looking at Hyeonoh’s attitude, it really felt like nothing had happened between them.

But Yeon-jae could tell.

The meaningless doodling in the corners of textbooks. Random attempts at conversation. Teasing disguised as banter. Sudden meal invitations. All of these had completely disappeared without a trace.

Hyeonoh and Yeon-jae each silently attended class.

After class ended, Hyeonoh also naturally declined Dohan’s dinner suggestion.

“Should the three of us grab dinner later?”

“I’m supposed to order delivery with Kim Jun-sang at the department office. Sorry.”

“Ah, really?”

Hyeonoh definitely kept his distance compared to before, but he maintained a line that only Yeon-jae, as the person involved, would notice.

Hyeonoh seemed to hope that Dohan wouldn’t catch on to this situation.

Every time Hyeonoh distanced himself, she desperately wanted to hold onto him, but each time, Hyeonoh’s words asking her to help him echoed in her ears.

Playing along with Hyeonoh’s act appropriately would be the way to help him.

Of course, even this wasn’t easy.

Unlike Hyeonoh, who seemed so composed that his uncertain behavior from a few days ago felt like a lie, Yeon-jae often froze up blankly in front of him.

“Then there’s nothing we can do.”

“Let’s eat next time.”

“Yeah. Oh right. Did Gio go back to Vancouver?”

“Yeah. Yesterday.”

“That’s too bad. Before we graduate, let’s go on a North American trip together to see Gio too. How about a western road trip?”

“Sounds good.”

Only after hearing the conversation between the two did Yeon-jae finally come to her senses.

After sending Hyeonoh off first, Dohan turned to Yeon-jae and suggested.

“Did you have coffee this morning?”

“Oh, no.”

“Let’s grab some coffee on the way.”

“Okay.”

Most of the students just entering campus had iced americanos in their hands like stamina potions.

Yeon-jae silently followed Dohan.

“But you seem to be lacking energy today.”

“Oh, do I?”

Dohan chuckled softly.

“It’s your energy, so you’d know better than me. Americano for you too, Yeon-jae?”

Dohan, who had already positioned himself in front of the kiosk, asked.

“Oh, yes. I’ll pay today.”

Yeon-jae quickly inserted her card into the terminal, afraid Dohan might beat her to it.

Suddenly realizing there had been a similar moment with Hyeonoh at the beginning of the semester, Yeon-jae’s face darkened.

While Yeon-jae was spacing out, the receipt with the order number fell to the floor.

“See. Even now.”

Dohan picked up the fallen receipt for her and even took care of Yeon-jae’s card that was still inserted, then asked.

“Is something wrong?”

“Really nothing’s wrong. Really…!”

“Then that’s good.”

That was the end of it. Dohan didn’t dig any deeper.

It was hard to tell whether he really wasn’t interested, or if he wanted to ask more but stopped himself there.

The americanos they ordered came out quickly.

Leaving Yeon-jae standing there with a blank expression, Dohan went to get the coffee first.

“Thank you. I’ll enjoy it.”

“Oh, yes. It’s nothing compared to what you’ve done for me all this time, senior. Really…”

“It’s not strange. Originally, men never let the person they’re interested in open their wallet.”

“Oh, I see… What?!”

Yeon-jae, who belatedly realized what Dohan meant, asked in surprise. Dohan smiled faintly.

It was a playful smile that made it hard to distinguish whether he was joking or serious.

‘When I see things like this, it’s really not for nothing that Hyeonoh senior and Dohan senior are friends…’

Having reached that thought, Yeon-jae realized she had naturally thought of Hyeonoh again and became gloomy.

Even while leaving the cafe and heading to the building where her next class was, Yeon-jae walked with a somewhat blank expression, caught up in those thoughts.

Dohan glanced down at Yeon-jae like that. Just once.

Then he turned his gaze forward again as if nothing had happened.

“But about that person.”

Dohan paused for a moment.

Then he added casually.

“It seems like your heart is somewhere else.”

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