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Yiseo Kang sat silently on her bed in her room.

It was Tuesday night, meaning it had been two days since her second encounter with Yuna Park.

Even so, she still hadn’t recovered from the shock of that time.

‘Jihoon’s other partner is Yuna…’

The desire to disbelieve it remained, but Yiseo Kang knew very well that denying it any further would just be forced.

The two people living in the same building.

The familiar scent that lingered whenever he held Yuna Park.

Yuna Park’s story fitting her situation perfectly, and the oversized swimsuit that fit her body perfectly.

All the circumstances were telling her that the cow girl was Yuna Park.

“…”

The day she confirmed the truth by having the sleeping Yuna Park try on the swimsuit.

She was so out of it, she didn’t even remember how she acted afterward.

All she could recall was the thought that she had to hide the evidence first, so she struggled to put Yuna’s clothes back on.

Then, she must have fallen asleep from exhaustion after worrying, because when she opened her eyes, Yuna Park had already returned to her own home.

Leaving a message that read, [Sorry, Unnie. You seemed to be in a deep sleep, so I’ll go back quietly.]

“Haaaah.”

A deep sigh, heavy enough to make the ground sink, filled the room.

She had been in this state for the past two days.

A face of despair, like someone who had lost their entire fortune gambling.

She somehow managed to get through the streaming session on Sunday, but again, she was too out of it to remember the details.

‘What should I do…? Right now, Yuna only has me and Jihoon.’

Thanks to the several conversations she had with Yuna Park over the past few days, Yiseo Kang also knew that she had grown up lonely under an indifferent mother.

That meant that if she monopolized Han Jihoon, she would be making the girl, who had lived a lonely life until now, an outcast again.

However, she couldn’t just concede Han Jihoon to Yuna Park either.

To Yiseo Kang, that man was a precious person she didn’t want to give up under any circumstances.

‘No. That’s not the problem.’

Actually, right now, she needed to worry about herself, not Yuna Park.

The most attractive woman she had ever seen in her life turned out to be her love rival.

Even though Han Jihoon saw her as just a younger sister right now, Yuna Park was such a lovely woman that it wouldn’t be strange if his mind changed at any time.

‘What if I really lost Jihoon…’

Just imagining it for a moment made her chest throb with pain.

Normally, Yiseo Kang had a habit of seeking out Han Jihoon whenever she had worries or felt unsettled.

Feeling his scent and exchanging body heat would melt away even the most complicated feelings.

However, from the day she realized Yuna Park’s identity until today, she had not met Han Jihoon even once.

Because she didn’t know what kind of expression she would make when she saw him.

Afraid of showing him an ugly side of herself, she hastily ended the conversation with the excuse that she was busy, even when he contacted her.

‘…I know I shouldn’t do this, but.’

Of course, she hadn’t exchanged any contact with Yuna Park either.

For some reason, the messages and calls that used to come every day had stopped abruptly, but Yiseo Kang didn’t have the mental余裕 to worry about the reason for that right now.

“What should I really do…”

Yiseo Kang muttered, covering her face with both hands.

Still without finding an answer, she fell into the endless swamp of thought once again, as she had done for the past two days.

===

While Yiseo Kang was conflicted, Yuna Park was also lying on her stomach on the living room sofa in her own home, lost in thought.

She was retracing the events that had occurred in Yiseo Kang’s room two days ago.

“Umm… Yiseo Unnie…?”

When she woke up, she was lying on a bed in a room she had never seen before.

She didn’t need to think long to know where she was.

Because Yiseo Kang was sleeping next to her with a tired face.

It was clear that Unnie had taken her home and put her to bed after she had blacked out.

“Ouch, my head hurts…”

She belatedly closed her mouth as she groaned from the hangover she had only heard about.

In order not to wake Yiseo Kang, who must have been tired because of her.

She straightened her disheveled clothes, perhaps due to her drinking habits, and quietly got out of bed, thinking of washing her face.

‘…What is this?’

She felt something on her foot as it touched the floor.

A long white string visible at the end of her downward gaze.

Without thinking, she dragged her foot and pulled it out from under the bed, only to feel bewildered upon confirming what it was.

‘Why is this here?’

The bikini she had worn to show Han Jihoon.

When she picked it up and checked, even the size was exactly the same as the one she had purchased.

It had disappeared after she left it at Han Jihoon’s house, and even when she asked him, he only gave her the answer that he didn’t know, but to find it here was unexpected.

‘The person Jihoon Oppa likes was Yiseo Unnie…?’

She struggled to move her trembling legs.

With a dazed look on her face, she began searching Yiseo Kang’s desk, wondering if there might be other evidence.

Before long, Yuna Park discovered a diary that the owner of the room had used in the past from a drawer.

She opened it, hoping it wasn’t true, but her expectations vanished like bubbles.

‘It’s the same…’

She clearly remembered the note that had been in her panties.

A handwriting style in which the sizes of the consonants and vowels were consistent, but only the circles and h’s were written particularly large.

And the diary she was looking at now was also written in that handwriting.

‘Is it really Yiseo Unnie…?’

She put the diary down with trembling hands and froze in place.

Her brain had hardened, making it impossible to think rationally, but still, one thing.

She felt like she had to get out of here before Yiseo Kang woke up.

After leaving just one message, she blindly left the place, and time passed until now.

Already two days had passed, but the shock that Yuna Park had received at that time had not diminished in the slightest.

‘Why does it have to be Yiseo Unnie?’

Han Jihoon was a grateful person who had changed her life, so to speak.

That’s why Yuna Park vowed to win his heart someday.

Also, Yiseo Kang was the same-sex friend and colleague she had so desperately desired, someone she could confide in.

Even though the period of time they had known each other was short, she was as precious and grateful as Han Jihoon.

But the person competing with her for that man was none other than Yiseo Kang.

It was only natural for her to feel wronged.

‘Why does the person Oppa likes have to be Unnie…’

If she wanted to win Han Jihoon’s heart, she would have to give up her friendship with Yiseo Kang.

Clearly, that was the only option, but the fact that she had to end her relationship with the Unnie she liked was so painful.

However, there was no guarantee that she could win in the competition with Han Jihoon.

Because Yiseo Kang possessed the mature and sophisticated charm that she felt she lacked.

“Ugh… I’m so sad…”

She displayed Han Jihoon’s number on the phone she was holding as she sprawled on the sofa in a gloomy mood.

It wasn’t about wanting to meet him before Yiseo Kang or any kind of competitive spirit.

She simply wanted to be comforted by the person she liked the most for the sadness that felt like a hole had been punched in her chest.

She hadn’t contacted him since last Sunday because her feelings were complicated, but now it was too much for her to suffer alone.

ㅡOh, Yuna.

A welcome voice is heard from beyond the phone.

However, Yuna Park’s voice was still subdued.

“Jihoon Oppa…”

ㅡWhat’s wrong? What happened?

“Can you come to my house right now?”

===

On a Tuesday night when the feeling of the start of the week had not yet completely faded.

He sat in front of the computer, silently staring at the desktop.

Normally, he would have been playing games or editing videos, but the reason he was doing this was because he had too many thoughts to focus on anything else.

“…”

When he did the maid play with Yiseo Unnie, and when he went to Yuna’s house last week, both of them showed signs of being concerned about the other person.

Personally, he hoped it wasn’t the case, but this ultimately meant that they were both feeling uneasy or uncomfortable about the fact that they had other partners besides him.

He tried to ease their feelings in their respective homes, but since that wasn’t a fundamental solution, he couldn’t help but worry.

“Hmm…”

Come to think of it, has it been since last Sunday that the number of times he has contacted the two of them until now, Tuesday night, is countable on one hand?

Until then, they would contact each other every day, and even when there was nothing special, they would exchange simple talks, but this was the first time in nearly three days that there had been little interaction.

‘Yiseo Unnie said she had something she was planning at the company, is she busy because of that?’

He couldn’t hear the details because it was an internal matter of the company.

Yuna must be busy with something too, considering she is also quiet.

‘Should I try texting her tomorrow?’

As soon as he thought that, his phone rang.

The person calling was none other than Yuna.

He admired the incredible timing and immediately answered the phone with a welcome feeling.

“Oh, Yuna.”

ㅡJihoon Oppa….

Her voice, which he hadn’t heard in days, was drooping.

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

ㅡCan you come to my house right now?

He felt an unusual feeling in the atmosphere, which was different from usual.

Without asking why, he immediately got up from his chair and said.

“Okay, I’ll be right there.”

===

Even at the moment when Han Jihoon was heading to Yuna Park’s house, Yiseo Kang was unable to get out of her bed.

A continuous series of connected worries.

The more she racked her brains and tried to find an answer, the darker her face became.

‘…I want to see Jihoon.’

His thoughts kept coming to her mind because her heart was heavy.

Feeling empty, she took out the T-shirt she had received from him and brought from the closet.

She put it to her nose as it was, but his scent had long been covered with the smell of her room.

Thanks to that, her desire to see Han Jihoon only grew bigger.

‘Should I go to Jihoon’s house…? But…’

She was afraid that her worries would make the other person feel embarrassed.

However, if she stayed like this, she felt like she would be completely swallowed by the depression.

After hesitating for a long time, Yiseo Kang pressed his number after a long deliberation.