Unrequited Love Obsession Diary - Chapter 76

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Chapter 76

Yeon-jae’s days flowed by peacefully without clinging to one person.

She had Hyeonoh and Si-eun. There were other classmates as well.

Even without blindly imagining Dohan, Yeon-jae often laughed when she was with them.

So it was natural for her heart to move on.

Perhaps this feeling hadn’t been love for a very long time.

Back then, the only person who was unconditionally kind to me when I wanted to lean on anyone. Perhaps the longing for that one person had remained under a different name for so long.

At some point, in sustaining a person’s life, that feeling would have been greater than love itself.

If so, that emotion had now fulfilled its role.

“Are you going to stay here a little longer, Yeon-jae?”

“Oh, no! I’ll go too!”

Yeon-jae answered hastily and approached Dohan’s side. Her steps were light.

Dohan walked ahead with an indifferent expression. Yeon-jae looked at his back for a moment.

There was once a time when she loved this back view so much she couldn’t sleep at night.

A time when it was okay if Dohan didn’t look back, when just walking in the same direction was enough.

She would never chase this back view like before again.

Yeon-jae took in that back with her eyes, then looked away. And she approached his side to walk alongside him.

* * *

The following week, Business Administration class.

Dohan had arrived early today as well. And for some reason, Hyeonoh had also arrived first.

It was probably because of the dawn phone call.

The two had talked on the phone past midnight, what was supposed to be a brief call last night.

“Senior, aren’t you going to be late at this rate?”

“It’s a class I’m going to see Shin Yeon-jae? No way.”

“Really, no way.”

“Don’t you trust me?”

Just then, a message came.

Show and prove, right?

His triumphant expression was quite a sight to see.

But Yeon-jae, facing that expression, couldn’t just smile. Instead, her worries only grew.

She and Dohan had coincidentally met at the playground a few days ago and finished their conversation.

But she still hadn’t heard any news about Dohan from Hyeonoh.

Of course, Hyeonoh had boasted that he would handle it himself, and Yeon-jae knew that Hyeonoh was someone who always kept his word.

Still, it continued to weigh on her mind.

Most importantly, Hyeonoh still didn’t know that Dohan and Yeon-jae had talked.

On the way home after finishing their conversation, Dohan had spoken to Yeon-jae first.

“Oh, Yeon-jae. Let’s keep what happened today between just the two of us.”

“…Why?”

“Kang Hyeonoh got all the good things anyway, so as compensation, can’t I make at least one secret with Yeon-jae?”

Yeon-jae had said okay in the moment, but having secrets in a relationship still bothered her.

‘This won’t do. I should just step forward and tell the truth.’

However, Yeon-jae’s concerns crumbled futilely with one whispered sentence from Hyeonoh.

“We finished talking a few days ago. We just met face to face and talked honestly about everything.”

Dohan, who had been quiet, turned to look at Yeon-jae and added.

“Right. You two are dating? I heard from Hyeonoh. Congratulations.”

Hyeonoh, whom she thought had been idle, had apparently finished talking with Dohan underwater without Yeon-jae knowing.

Come to think of it, there would be a long and solid history between the two that Yeon-jae didn’t know about.

Her worry that their relationship might grow distant over such a matter seemed to have been Yeon-jae’s concern alone.

Then Dohan winked at Yeon-jae without Hyeonoh knowing. And he said to Hyeonoh.

“You’ll tell me the details while drinking after the exam, right? Kang Hyeonoh, buy expensive alcohol to celebrate getting a girlfriend.”

“Of course.”

The conversation ended vaguely. Everyone looked relieved.

* * *

The presentation was successful. Hyeonoh didn’t miss a single detail from the materials he had prepared, and the professor watched the presentation with satisfaction.

“How was it, did I do well?”

Hyeonoh asked as soon as he returned to his seat.

“Yes. The presentation grade should be no problem!”

“Really?”

“Totally really.”

As soon as he heard that, Hyeonoh let his limbs go limp.

“I usually don’t get nervous, but I was nervous this time.”

“Really? You didn’t look it at all, why?”

“I was worried you might fail the exam.”

“Senior, you’re taking the same exam too.”

“My exam, well. Whatever happens, I’ll handle it.”

“Senior, you really have confidence, don’t you?!”

“As long as you get to Seoul, it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

I laughed because it was absurd. It’s amazing how he’s always above average despite acting like this.

But thinking about this exam alone, Yeon-jae was quite worried too.

“Senior, I really didn’t study for this one.”

“It shows.”

…Even Hyeonoh said this immediately, so that said it all.

In the series of events that led to dating Hyeonoh, she couldn’t study at all during what should have been exam period.

“Ugh. What should I do.”

“But you survived this one class, didn’t you? Didn’t you do well on the midterm?”

“But it’s not just this class. I didn’t know which class would work out, so I applied for all kinds of Business Administration classes.”

Six majors with only one liberal arts course. Four of those were Business Administration classes. A crazy schedule that even Business Administration majors wouldn’t take.

She omitted the story about Dohan, which was the reason for making such a schedule. Hyeonoh would understand without her saying it.

Dohan’s name wasn’t a taboo between them anyway. Hyeonoh and Dohan were still best friends, and to Yeon-jae, Dohan was someone who had left a big mark on her life. In a good way.

“When should we have a meal with Lee Dohan?”

Hyeonoh brought up Dohan’s story first.

“Well. After exams?”

“Oh. That’s good.”

“Oh, but Si-eun and other classmates asked me to introduce you to them… Senior, are you okay with that? If you don’t want to, I’ll refuse…”

“Go ahead.”

“Yes.”

The final exams hadn’t even passed yet, but there were plenty of plans pushed back until after finals.

“I wish vacation would come quickly.”

“Me too.”

“I used to really hate vacation.”

“Vacation?”

“Yes. Because I couldn’t see him during vacation…”

The omitted object was ‘Dohan’ again this time. The period when she was head over heels for Dohan already felt like a distant past.

“But I’m really looking forward to this vacation.”

Hyeonoh chuckled softly.

“Didn’t you say you were going to take the TOEIC and computer skills certification?”

“I’ll do other things too while taking the TOEIC and computer skills certification…”

“Other things like what?”

“Just things we promised to do during the semester. This and that.”

“Alright, then I’ll have to stick to Shin Yeon-jae who’s taking the TOEIC and computer skills certification.”

Hyeonoh smoothly said embarrassing words.

‘No… It’s just a slightly extreme expression of saying we’ll be together, but I might be overthinking it… And Senior Hyeonoh only talks like that but doesn’t do anything.’

All they had done was kiss on the second day of dating. And that was on the forehead, not the lips.

“That’s enough for today.”

Nothing had happened since that day.

Hyeonoh was definitely being considerate. To match Yeon-jae’s pace, who was practically clueless when it came to dating.

But wait.

He said ‘today’ was enough back then?

Then shouldn’t there be a ‘tomorrow’? What about the day after? The day after that?

When her thoughts reached that point, Yeon-jae felt wronged.

Now it was Yeon-jae who had become the one waiting for when he would kiss her lips again.

Just then, class ended, and Yeon-jae’s thoughts were cut off along with it.

“Your next class is a free period, right?”

Whether he knew about these inner circumstances or not, Hyeonoh asked casually.

“Yes.”

“Good, let’s eat. What do you want to eat?”

“My next class is a liberal arts course at the International Building, so let’s just eat something simple at school.”

“Let’s do that.”

* * *

On the way to the restaurant.

The campus was a bit crowded, probably because it was lunchtime. Every time they changed direction to avoid students walking ahead, Hyeonoh’s arm lightly brushed against hers. He walked beside her without saying anything particular. With the same face as usual.

They weren’t holding hands.

Last time, when Hyeonoh tried to casually hold hands on campus, Yeon-jae had desperately stopped him.

When Yeon-jae avoided it, Hyeonoh immediately asked back.

“Are you embarrassed of me?!”

“N-no. It’s not like that!”

Hyeonoh was already popular. It wasn’t like they were advertising that they were campus couples, but walking around campus holding hands with Hyeonoh and receiving attention felt awkward.

Maybe that was the beginning?

Now everything felt like the culprit for why he wasn’t kissing her.

The same question kept circling in Yeon-jae’s mind. Why isn’t this senior kissing me?

Eventually, Yeon-jae’s steps came to an abrupt halt.

When the sound of footsteps following behind stopped, Hyeonoh looked back at Yeon-jae.

“Is something wrong?”

Yeon-jae hesitated several times about whether to speak up or not, then opened her mouth.

“Senior, but why don’t you kiss me?”

“Huh?”

Yeon-jae avoided his gaze and added.

“On my lips…”

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