Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73

“…Aren’t you mad at me?”

“Mad? Why?”

“Well. Since I’m dating Hyeonoh sunbae….”

“Oh, of course I’m mad!”

Si-eun answered immediately with a stern expression. It was an unsurprising, natural reaction. As expected, she wasn’t completely not angry….

“Just kidding.”

Si-eun added, cutting off Yeon-jae’s growing thoughts.

“I’m not mad.”

Got you, Yeon-jae?!

Si-eun giggled.

“Why?”

“Hyeonoh sunbae is so handsome and totally my type, so I’m envious….”

Si-eun trailed off. Yeon-jae swallowed.

“But that’s all. It’s already been a while, and even back then I could see that Hyeonoh oppa liked you. That oppa never took care of female juniors like that before. Female juniors? He’s even harsher with male juniors.”

Even after Yeon-jae confessed that she liked Dohan, Si-eun couldn’t shake the feeling that Hyeonoh liked Yeon-jae when she saw the look in his eyes.

After that, Si-eun went on a long speech about why she had noticed so early.

Still, Yeon-jae felt something wasn’t quite right.

It ends this smoothly?

However, Si-eun’s next words extinguished the doubt remaining in Yeon-jae’s heart.

“And Yeon-jae. No matter how much I liked Hyeonoh oppa, I know you now, right? The you that I know isn’t someone who would deceive people over something like that.”

* * *

While chatting on the bench, their free period had ended before they knew it.

On their way to buildings for their next classes.

“Oh right, did I tell you I’m talking to a new younger guy?”

“What. Already?!”

“Yeah. I got hit on in Euljiro, and turns out he’s from our school’s engineering department? So we’re in contact.”

“Whoa. No way… I thought you still couldn’t get over Hyeonoh oppa.”

“Yeon-jae, we’re not freshmen anymore! We can’t spend our time liking just one person! Just because I like a male idol doesn’t mean I can date that idol, right? So I have to quickly find a backup plan and move on!”

Before she knew it, Yeon-jae was getting swept up in Si-eun’s logic.

“And honestly, everyone except you probably figured it out? You can’t miss it when you see that oppa acting all special only in front of you. Even back then at the bar, he didn’t like his classmate hitting on you, so that’s why he did that. Plus, it was so funny how he kept smiling constantly in front of the girl he likes. Ugh!”

Si-eun rubbed her arms as if getting goosebumps.

Si-eun at that moment really seemed completely unbothered by her past one-sided love. Yeon-jae finally completely let go of her worries.

“Si-eun… Thank you for understanding. Really.”

Yeon-jae hugged Si-eun tightly with her nose tingling with emotion.

“Oh my. Look at you? You’ve gotten more affectionate? Do you do this with Hyeonoh oppa too?!”

Ahem.

Embarrassed, Yeon-jae stepped back. Seeing Yeon-jae’s reaction, Si-eun doubled over laughing and hugged Yeon-jae again.

Then Si-eun went “Ah,” as if remembering something.

“But aren’t you friends with that oppa you were going to confess to and Hyeonoh oppa? Did that get resolved well?”

* * *

Yeon-jae parted with Si-eun and took her seat in the liberal arts classroom. It was a liberal arts class she was taking alone.

Even though it was liberal arts time, which was less important than her major, it was right before exams, but she found it hard to concentrate on the class at all.

It was because of ‘that oppa she was going to confess to.’

Yeon-jae had stormed out while she was with Dohan. There had been no real contact since then.

Certainly Dohan had smiled and let Yeon-jae go at the time, but that didn’t mean the troubling part had completely disappeared.

Anyway, she would face Dohan in the upcoming digital marketing class. Yeon-jae decided not to think about it more deeply.

Just then, a message came from Hyeonoh. Yeon-jae stopped doodling and picked up her phone.

Yeon-jae

It was the first time she heard such an affectionate way of addressing her from Hyeonoh since he confessed.

Until now, Hyeonoh had called Yeon-jae by nicknames she couldn’t get used to, even in messages.

Following ‘stalker,’ ‘glasses,’ and ‘village school student,’ now ‘Yeon-jae.’

Even the name everyone else called her felt strange coming from Hyeonoh.

This progression felt so unfamiliar that Yeon-jae touched her cheek.

Are you listening to class well?

Yes!

What should we eat later

What do you want to eat, sunbae?

What you want to eat

Should we buy sandwiches and eat casually in the management building lounge? We have to practice our presentation anyway

Except for the affectionate way of addressing her, the content of conversations with Hyeonoh didn’t seem much different from before they started dating. More than half was still about deciding what to eat for meals.

‘When we met, the atmosphere was definitely different from before we started dating.’

Is this usually what conversations are like between people who are dating?

She thought everything would be settled once they started dating, but it was yet another new challenge.

I should have had experience to know. Ugh. I really hate agonizing over one insignificant text message!

Just as she was thinking that.

Another message flew in.

I miss you

Yeon-jae stared blankly at the message for a moment.

After about 3 minutes, messages came flying from Hyeonoh in succession.

I’m not good at saying things like this

But honestly my true feelings

120 percent sincere

I miss you so much I’m getting a headache

See you later

A smile that couldn’t be hidden appeared on Yeon-jae’s lips.

This was definitely dating.

* * *

“Want to hear me practice the presentation?”

Hyeonoh said while crumpling up the finished sandwich wrapper.

“You already practiced?”

“During my free period earlier while waiting for you.”

“Wow.”

Hyeonoh wasn’t particularly interested in his own grades.

According to people, Kang Hyeonoh seemed to play around every day, but somehow when you looked at the results, he always scored above average.

Based on what she’d observed of Hyeonoh so far, he seemed to usually put on a show of cramming right before exams.

In fact, he had always seemed like someone who didn’t particularly care about school grades.

So for him to be persistently clinging to a group project like this was definitely unusual behavior for Hyeonoh.

Yeon-jae could roughly guess the reason.

‘He’s trying hard to help me get a good grade.’

Having reached that thought, Yeon-jae took a breath for no reason. Watching someone put their heart into something for her sake was quite thrilling.

“Shin Yeon-jae.”

“Yes?!”

“I’m giving a pretty high-level presentation right now, so where are you looking?”

“Ah. I’ll focus properly.”

“Good. Then I’ll start again.”

“Yes.”

And so Hyeonoh spent a long time practicing his presentation, flipping through the PPT without a script.

“…That concludes my presentation.”

“Senior. Did you practice a lot?”

Yeon-jae was genuinely surprised. It wasn’t just smooth—it was perfect.

“A little?”

“Why just a little?”

“Should I say I threw aside all my other studies and polished this to perfection to impress my girlfriend?”

“Which one is the truth?”

“The latter.”

Hyeonoh smiled brightly.

It was unmistakably the face of someone in love. Yeon-jae found it fascinating that Hyeonoh would show such an expression in front of her.

At the same time, she thought that perhaps he might have been showing this kind of face for quite a long time.

So she asked without thinking.

“Senior, do you really like me?”

Ah. Why am I being so annoying? She regretted that fact, but only briefly.

“Would I pretend to like you?”

“No…”

“Then why do you keep asking?”

“Just because.”

“Why. Are you not convinced?”

“Ah, no! It’s not that. I just don’t believe it sometimes. It’s only been two days…”

“You’re counting days?”

“Don’t most people count?”

Hyeonoh’s expression became strange. The way he rubbed his chin seemed a bit awkward.

Yeon-jae wondered if she had just shown her inexperience again. Was suggesting they count days that weird?

And she realized belatedly.

‘Ah. Hyeonoh senior is the type who finds this kind of thing bothersome.’

Thinking about Hyeonoh’s personality of disliking bothersome things, it wasn’t strange at all. Had she gotten too ahead of herself when she clearly knew his personality?

While Yeon-jae was having unnecessary worries, a brief silence fell.

The first person to speak was Hyeonoh.

“Fine. Let’s keep counting.”

“You don’t usually count, so you’re not forcing yourself to do this because of me, right?”

“No?”

This time an unhesitating answer came back immediately.

“If it’s your way, I’ll go along with anything. Let’s try keeping track of a thousand days, no, even ten thousand days.”

Having heard this absurdly grand declaration typical of someone just fallen in love on the second day of dating, Yeon-jae burst out laughing.

When her laughter suddenly stopped, silence settled over the lounge. But this silence wasn’t awkward—it was comfortable.

Yeon-jae realized that the anxiety that had been subtly persisting within her had disappeared.

It was all thanks to Hyeonoh.

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