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Late at night, a little after 10 p.m., Yu-ri Lee's cell phone vibrated while she was studying in her room. Yu-ri Lee checked her cell phone without thinking and was surprised to see the sender of the message, so she stopped working on her workbook for a moment.
"Han Seong-jin…? Why is he…"
When she checked the contents, there was a fairly short message.
[Han Seong-jin]: Hey, are you free this Saturday? No, you are. Let's go on a date.
Seeing his last words, Yu-ri fanned her hand to cool her flushed face.
"What is it, boy? You didn't even ask me for my availability. You just assumed I'm free? And what about the date… Why are you doing that with me…"
—Because I like you.
At that moment, Han Seong-jin's voice, which she had heard on Saturday, suddenly popped out in Yu-ri Lee's head.
"Why do I… I…"
When she came to her senses, Yu-ri Lee had already sent a reply.
[Me]: Where are you going? I won't go to an escape room café.
"Ahh! Ah! You're being swayed by this bastard again! What are you really doing!"
After sending her reply, Yu-ri grabbed her cell phone, fell on her bed, pounded her head on the pillow, and screamed. Han Seong-jin's reply arrived quickly before Yu-ri Lee could finish wrestling with her pillow.
[Han Seong-jin]: I don't have any money, so it's going to be a bit difficult until I get my paycheck… I guess going to an arcade or playing video games will work, right? Before that, you can walk to a nearby park or a walking trail. Let's play for a little bit and then part ways before dinner. Sound good?
[Me]: That's enough… Okay.
[Han Seong-jin]: Okay then, let's meet during the day on Saturday and I'll see you tomorrow and you come out looking nice!
[Me]: Are you really going to talk nonsense? I'm going to study, so I won't reply anymore.
There were no more chats from Han Seong-jin, but Yu-ri Lee was still lying on her bed, continuously scrolling through the short chat she had with him. Continuing from last week, I got to spend time with Han Seong-jin this weekend. It won't be a luxurious course like last time, but I thought it would be nice to walk together in a quiet park.
'But… walking in the park just the two of us is a big deal, something only couples would do…'
—Because I like you.
Han Seong-jin's voice in her head came out again, and Yu-ri buried her face completely in her pillow out of shame. Although she pretended to reluctantly accept through her chat, she was actually quite happy that Han Seong-jin wanted to meet with her again this week, just like last week. It felt like steam was rising from the back of her head and the two ears that were not buried in the pillow.
Yu-ri Lee was secretly happy about Han Seong-jin's date proposal, but she hated herself a little more.
Perhaps because she took the opportunity to get along with Gong Young-bae, Choi Soo-yeon's frequency of doing other things increased significantly this week. She even made up a lie to go on a dinner date with Gong Young-bae today, which was Wednesday, and made her manager work as a substitute. Was the girl blinded by love that scary?
'Really, Gong Young-bae, you're such a bastard, too. Even if you treat him just a little bit well, he likes it so much, but he's so greedy that he just takes advantage of that girl.'
Meanwhile, her manager, who did not know the reason why Soo-yeon Choi missed her part-time job, felt sorry for her because it was her first time working peacefully.
"Soo-yeon is really unlucky. There isn't a day like today where a beautiful woman doesn't come over to smoke, but why did she hurt her leg today?"
"Oh, manager, you don't know."
"Huh? What don't I know?"
"Now, no one will come to this convenience store to smoke cigarettes."
"Huh? Why? That was the biggest problem at our store, so why all of a sudden?"
"As long as I'm here, you won't come. Because I told you not to come. No, should I say that you 'can't' come, to be more accurate?"
"…?"
"Anyway, nothing will happen while I'm here. So, manager, don't cut me off and make sure you keep using me for a long time."
"Huh? Well, yeah…"
While she was working, Soo-yeon Choi would occasionally send me photos of her dating Gong Young-bae, and she would brag about it. Apparently, the date course I went on with Yu-ri Lee was scheduled for the weekend. She sent her several photos, including one with only half of her face showing on her cell phone and one with Gong Young-bae visible behind her, and one that looked like it was taken by Gong Young-bae. She kept saying, "Aren't you jealous? Aren't you jealous?" She boasted. And after she boasted like that, she made sure to say, "Take good care of Yu-ri, Senior, if you don't want to lose him!"
I could roughly guess why Soo-yeon Choi was like this.
'He didn't really like Yu-ri to begin with.'
In her original work, Love in School, Choi Soo-yeon was quite disapproving of Yu-ri Lee. She had ample reason not to like him since she was basically the childhood friend of the man she liked. On top of that, Choi Soo-yeon was a second-year student, and Yu-ri Lee was the type of idiot who really disliked those students, so they couldn't get along well with each other. Choi Soo-yeon was the character who was always impatient, thinking that she was being pushed out by Yu-ri Lee, but she probably didn't want to miss this opportunity since I showed signs of things going well with her.
If only Yu-ri Lee is eliminated, the only people left for Gong Young-bae will be Choi Soo-yeon and Jeong Eun-ji. She must have judged that she has a chance of winning because the relationship between Jeong Eun-ji and Gong Young-bae is not as deep as Yu-ri Lee's. Therefore, she thought that the better I did with Yu-ri Lee, the better Choi Soo-yeon would do with Gong Young-bae, so she kept encouraging me. There would be no way to know whose position is actually being encouraged.
I said nice things to Choi Soo-yeon's beat, such as "It looks good" or "It looks good on you," and Choi Soo-yeon got even more excited and chattered in her chat.
[Choi Soo-yeon]: If Young-bae and I officially date, I will at least treat him! What do you want to eat? Chicken Ribs? Chicken? Pizza? Just say anything!
[Me]: Really? Did you make a promise? I don't refuse anything given to me.
Of course, unfortunately, I will never get food from Choi Soo-yeon for the above reasons.
The week went by in an instant. It was natural, but the rumors about me and Yu-ri Lee did not last long and died down quickly. Not only did I act threateningly once, and Yu-ri Lee was also criticized for the completely false fact that she 'got into trouble with me,' and she wasn't a celebrity to begin with, nor was she even a source of gossip worth burning for a long time.
And today, Saturday, I had three events scheduled. The first is a date with Yu-ri Lee. The second is to drive a wedge into making Choi Soo-yeon my woman. The third and final one is…
[Hwang Seong-tae]: You know that today's meeting is at 7 p.m., right? We'll all meet up, eat meat, and then move to the empty lot next to our hideout in XX-dong. The kids will prepare all the drinks, and we've also put all the bikes on standby.
[Me]: Got it.
It was the day of the Jinsu-gyo school year integrated Iljin meeting. In this meeting, which had been decided since the beginning of the semester, Han Seong-jin originally reigned as the king. Meat, alcohol, and cigarettes were all given to those in the first and second grades. In the king game, the king was always chosen, and Sodom and Gomorrah was recreated by making people strip as they wanted. He would take any woman he liked and have fun with him, and when he got tired of it, he would bring in another woman. From first grade to third grade, the first choice for all the girls was Han Seong-jin, and the other guys just took the girls that Han Seong-jin threw.
However, I did not go to the Iljin meeting to rule as a king like usual. I'm thinking of leaving this meeting after showing my face at dinner to declare that I will completely withdraw from this meeting and never get involved again. That's all for now. We have to give Yu-ri a good time while we're together.
When I looked outside, I saw a lot of rain falling.
"It's not a good day for a date."
If Choi Soo-yeon and Gong Young-bae give up their date due to the weather, the meaning of today will be greatly diminished. Before leaving, I sent a text message to Soo-yeon Choi to check the situation.
[Me]: Are you guys going on a date today too?
When I saw the reply that came a little later, I smiled happily.
[Choi Su-yeon]: Yes! I'm going to follow the date course my senior told me about! Rain like this can't stop me!!
"I heard it's good to have the ability to take action."
After checking Soo-yeon Choi's schedule, I quickly got ready and left the house to meet her. When I went in front of Yu-ri Lee's house, I saw her looking up at the rainy sky from inside the first-floor entrance of her apartment. As I waved my hand from the parking lot, Yu-ri came straight out and approached me, opening her umbrella.
"The weather isn't very good today."
"But you were looking forward to going on a date with me, right?"
"I didn't expect it."
The expression on her face says, "I was looking forward to it," but what. I laughed and approached Yu-ri Lee.
"But why do you open the umbrella?"
"What are you talking about? It's raining."
"Just one is enough."
"…?"
"I just have to go like this."
"Kya?!"
I hugged Yu-ri's waist and pulled her toward me, and she came helplessly into my arms. Yu-ri Lee shouted in a voice full of embarrassment.
"Ooh, umbrella! The umbrella is broken!"
"Then just fold it."
"What are you talking about? Why are you like this? Why are you like this?"
"Are you going to fold the umbrella?"
I asked while looking directly into Yu-ri's eyes. When our eyes met, Yu-ri opened her mouth and lowered her head.
"Wow…"
Then she closed her umbrella.
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