episode_0192

After leaving the theater.

“… “I need to go to the bathroom for a moment.”

Ryujin left those words and headed to the bathroom without looking back.

She sat down on the cubicle toilet without even opening the lid and sighed softly, thinking.

‘I feel like my heart is getting worse.’

The area around my chest that I am clutching is pounding.

It’s been two hours.

The amount of time the heart was kept beating faster than usual.

‘This is a guy you shouldn’t get close to.’

He smells dangerous.

The feeling that the life I have built so far will completely collapse just by getting close to it makes a red light keep coming on in my head.

That reluctance keeps warning me to get away from him, but it doesn’t go as planned.

To be precise, the body tries to move away, but the mind keeps trying to get closer.

I pat my cheek to restore my broken heart.

Wow!

‘Calm down, Ryujin. ‘Your best friend is the first guy you’ve ever had a crush on.’

Perhaps that may encourage her even more.

Kim Eun-bi, a best friend who is loved by everyone, anytime, anywhere.

The man she was blatantly interested in is showing interest in him, not her.

A love triangle like you only see in dramas.

In that relationship, a sense of immorality naturally develops, and even though you know it is not a good situation, you keep wanting it.

“Whoa… .”

Take a deep breath and calm your mind.

‘I can’t lose a friend just because of one guy.’

Eunbi Kim is not just a friend, she is a friend I want to be with for the rest of my life.

I don’t want to lose a friend like that just because of a guy.

‘Let’s break up quickly. And if you don’t contact me anymore, you will naturally be forgotten.’

The reason my heart kept pounding was because I was too close to him.

When your body becomes distant, your mind will naturally erase his presence as if it never existed.

After barely finishing her thoughts, she finished her errand and stood in front of the bathroom mirror.

While I was unknowingly tidying up my disheveled clothes and smoothing out my tangled hair with my hands.

“Jin… ?”

A familiar voice comes from the left.

Ryujin, who turned his head to see this, was startled and took a step back.

That’s because the person in front of me was Kim Eun-bi, one of the main culprits who had confused my mind just a moment ago.

“Ugh, Eunbi, why are you here… ?”

“me? I came to see a movie with my younger brother… , Eunbi, what about you?”

“I-I…” .”

I can not say.

What does it mean to say that the guy you like contacted you and you watched a movie together?

“Si, I came to see a movie because I was bored. “I found a movie that I thought would be interesting.”

“Hehe, that’s right? I’m so glad to see you here! “It’s already come to this, let’s eat together!”

“uh… , I guess so.”

It worked out better.

If you leave the bathroom with Kim Eun-bi like this and send a message to Kim Do-jin saying you’re going first… .

“uh… .”

However, the world was not as smooth a place as she thought.

As she left the bathroom with Kim Eun-bi, she witnessed an even more surprising sight.

The ridiculous story that her younger brothers Kim Jeong-hoon and Kim Do-jin were high school classmates was a bonus.

Ryujin internally pulled out her hair.

‘How can there be such a shitty relationship!’

The man who saved my friend Kim Eun-bi and became her destined partner shows interest in her, and it turns out that the man is my friend’s younger brother and high school classmate?

‘If I write a novel like this, it will fail.’

The ridiculous chain of relationships that even a third-rate writer would not bring up is enough to give me a headache.

Ryujin looked at Kim Do-jin and Kim Eun-bi, who were finally exchanging full names with strange eyes.

It suits you better than you think.

They both have faces that look like they might be drawn in a romance novel or romance novel, so they may look that way even more.

A little, a tiny bit of jealousy that even she didn’t notice was engraved in her heart.

Meanwhile, Kim Eun-bi, who was chatting a lot, began to look at Ryu-jin and Kim Do-jin alternately with suspicious eyes.

I went to the movie theater with my younger brother.

There, I met a friend and a man I wanted to meet again.

‘Accident… is it?’

It’s too much of a coincidence, but an uneasy feeling keeps pricking my head.

perhaps.

Although this is an assumption I don’t want to think about.

Could it be that the two came to see a movie together?

A sudden question tickled her lips.

“Hey, by any chance… .”

Kim Eun-bi struggles to speak.

“that… , You two didn’t come to see a movie together… ?”

Ryujin’s heart seemed to sink at her question.

When Kim Do-jin smiled and was about to say something, she felt anxious and hurriedly interrupted him.

“I, I! “You came alone?”

At the same time, he shoots an intense gaze towards Kim Do-jin.

‘Please notice, please!’

A moment when I desperately hope and hope that he is not a tactless person.

Kim Do-jin smiled and parted his lips.

“I came alone too. “I like watching movies quietly alone.”

“Ah, I see.”

Only then does Ryujin feel relieved when he sees Kim Eunbi smiling again.

‘I can’t stand being expelled like this, really.’

I feel like I’m walking on thin ice and I’m exhausted.

There is no need for it anymore.

I just wanted to go home.

However, Kim Eun-bi had no intention of letting her go.

“excuse me… ! “We’re thinking of going to dinner now, but would you like to go with Dojin?”

The cage she was talking about also included Ryujin.

Ryu Jin-do and Kim Jeong-hoon.

Although she hoped Kim Do-jin would reject her offer for different reasons.

“I like it. “I can also talk to friends I haven’t seen in a long time.”

Kim Do-jin responded with a smile and immediately put his arm around Kim Jeong-hoon’s shoulder next to him.

“Are you okay too, Jeonghoon?”

Kim Jeong-hoon’s stomach boiled.

“Okay, then.”

But I couldn’t refuse.

If I make a mistake, my true self, which I have been hiding so well, might be revealed to my sister.

A four-person party was formed, each with different feelings of awkwardness and discomfort.

* * *

This is a family restaurant that the Kim siblings often visit when they come to Gangnam.

The atmosphere became increasingly more casual than formal.

“Wow… , So you are now a student at a Korean university?”

“Yes.”

“I thought Dojin’s younger brother was a hunter, what the hell!”

“Not yet, haha.”

To be precise, of the four people sitting together, only me and Eunbi Kim were in a good mood.

Her interest was focused entirely on me, and I responded sincerely.

Kim Jung Hoon? Well, it was just a sack of barley that I borrowed, and Ryujin took care of it, saying that he would take care of it in his own way.

To make sure she didn’t feel left out, he handed her some sliced meat and clinked beer glasses with Kim Eun-bi and then bumped into her as well, highlighting his presence every once in a while when she needed to forget.

Don’t let Eunbi Kim forget her existence.

“How is the food here? “Isn’t it delicious?”

“Yes, it’s delicious. “How is Ryujin?”

“uh? uh… “Well, it’s delicious.”

It’s like this.

Eunbi Kim asked me a question, and after answering, I asked the same question to Ryujin.

A slightly biting form.

Thanks to this, the atmosphere here is becoming very interesting.

Kim Jeong-hoon is worried and groaning to himself, worried that I might say something, and Kim Eun-bi seems to be starting to worry about Ryujin’s presence. Although Ryujin feels a lot of pressure from her friend’s gaze and attention, she doesn’t hate it.

It seems like I’m the only one who can enjoy this place.

“Now, shall we have another drink?!”

When Kim Eun-bi, who was in an overly excited mood, raised her beer glass, Kim Jeong-hoon blocked her.

“Sister, why does someone who can’t even drink drink so much?”

“Ah~ Why! “I’m not drunk yet.”

A drunk person says he or she is not drunk.

“Okay, sister. “I think I’m a little drunk. Drink slowly.”

“lol… , I guess so.”

When my younger brother Kim Jeong-hoon tried to dissuade me, he continued to complain that he didn’t like it, but when I told him to, he quickly put down his beer glass.

Thanks to this, Kim Jeong-hoon is glaring at me as if he is going to kill me.

This is not where I want to provoke jealousy.

“Sister Ryujin.”

“… why.”

This is where I want to induce jealousy.

Ryujin and Kim Eunbi.

“Eunbi seems a little drunk, so let’s toast together.”

He provokes Kim Eun-bi by adding a suffix before saying “let’s toast.”

The reaction is quick.

Eunbi Kim holds the handle of the beer glass with her cheeks puffed out, wiggles her fingers, and then lifts the beer glass again.

“No, I can still drink more! “I want to make a toast too!”

A faint flame flickers in the eyes.

It looks like they have a determination that they will never see the two of them doing something without each other.

“Are you sure it’s okay? “Your face is red.”

“Yes! The face is just because it’s hot, because it’s hot. Hehe, then will it be salty?”

Eunbi Kim empties the remaining beer in her glass.

As if Kim Jeong-hoon’s words that he is weak at alcohol are true, he starts twirling his head like a sick chicken even though he hasn’t had much to drink.

Because it’s hard to get drunk anymore… Is it time to leave the position?

Talk to the sack of barley that was lying on the ground.

“Junghoon. “I think my sister is very drunk. Let’s get up now.”

“… okay.”

The guy who answered with gritted teeth immediately stood up and supported my older sister’s shoulders.

“Sister, let’s go home now.”

Then, the head that was facing the floor rises slightly.

She follows me with her hazy gaze.

“Uh, uh… ? No, I can play more… .”

“Don’t push yourself too hard, sister. “We can meet again next time and hang out.”

Kim Eun-bi asks me with a faint smile.

“swimming… “Are you going to meet me again next time?”

“As long as it’s okay with you.”

“I like it! “Anytime is good!”

The way he stands leaning on Kim Jeong-hoon’s arm and swings his other arm around makes him look like a child.

Of course, just the face.

He’s a very fine saint underneath his face, hmm.

After paying with Kim Jeong-hoon’s card, I come out and stand in front of the street.

Kim Jeong-hoon, Kim Eun-bi, and me and Ryu-jin pair up and look at each other.

“I will take Ryujin to you, so you two can go in first.”

As the distance subtly narrowed, Ryujin waved his hand in a stiff posture.

“Oh, no. Even if I just go alone… .”

“It’s dangerous for a woman to walk alone at night. “I’ll just take you somewhere nearby.”

As I push, Ryujin’s momentum breaks down.

“… “Then just a little bit.”

Eunbi Kim is clearly seeing and listening to our conversation with half-drunk eyes and ears.

Judging from the slightly swollen cheeks, it looks like he is not very happy with the current situation.

“Oh, there’s a taxi coming.”

After catching a taxi coming from afar, he picks up two people.

“See you next time, sister.”

“uh? Uh… Okay, next time… , please… .”

She closes the car door before she finishes speaking.

And then, while she could still see us, we got into the taxi that was slowly leaving.

While keeping the distance between me and Ryujin, I talk with a smiling face.

“Then shall we go too?”

“… “Just a little while ago, he was polite to me.”

So that Eunbi Kim can see this and keep it in her mind.

“Do you like polite words, sister?”

“it’s okay. Just speak informally.”

No, that doesn’t make you shiver.