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Jeong Ye-rin got up from her seat and trudged home.

In the past, when I went to see a movie with him.

Even when he sprained his leg and lost his balance on the overpass, his arm supported him firmly.

Now, even after falling on the bare floor, there was no hand to help me up.

The cold on the hallway floor felt even colder as the day went by.

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That night.

Jeong Ye-rin was lying on the bed and doing nothing.

When will this work end?

In the end, time heals everything, but it was very difficult for her to withstand the passage of time.

-Mom, I’m going to go for a walk!

She heard her brother shout.

When I opened the door slightly, I saw Jeong Ye-eun, wearing light clothing, pushing open the front door.

‘For a walk… I should go out too.’

Perhaps, rather than staying locked in the room, going out somewhere for a moment might help me forget him even for a moment.

“..Mom, I’ll go out for a bit too.”

“Okay, not too late!”

About 10 minutes after her younger brother left, she also walked out the front door.

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“Seu-eup… Sigh.”

Yerin Jeong took a deep breath of the fresh night air.

It was much better than the gloomy air in the room.

I only wandered around the apartment complex and didn’t go far, but that alone was enough to give me a little bit of a mood-boosting effect.

The sky was stained black as if ink had been poured into it.

Street lights brightly illuminated the road.

As I approached the playground, I heard conversation.

-..so…..

‘Who is there?’

She unconsciously took a step towards it.

The night was quiet, so even though they weren’t shouting, it was enough to hear them making noise.

At exactly ten steps, she stopped.

‘…Why.. here..?’

When she came out to avoid thinking about Choi Do-hyeon, she saw Choi Do-hyun himself.

Sitting next to him was Jeong Ye-eun, who had gone out for a walk.

She tried to approach from behind the bench, so they hadn’t noticed her yet.

She headed to a location close enough to hear the conversation, but far enough away to avoid being noticed.

I kept hearing my younger brother’s laughter.

Although she wasn’t doing anything special, her smile was full of happiness.

It was the smile of a person who was happy enough simply with the presence of the person next to him.

She also knew that feeling well.

Because at one time, she was in her sister’s place.

“Is it because it’s night..? It’s still summer, but it seems a little chilly.”

“Please come out wearing thicker clothes.”

“I want to look good to you… hehe.”

“I can’t answer you yet…”

Choi Do-hyeon’s voice mixed with laughter was heard.

He seemed to know her mind clearly now.

“I know. I can wait, don’t worry.”

“Is it very cold?”

“No, it’s not that bad… Can you give me a hug just once? I think it will be a bit warmer then.”

‘Don’t hug me…!’

She was a bad older sister who couldn’t wish her younger brother happiness.

However, I felt like I could be a million times worse if I could stop what was happening now.

“That’s about it, well.”

Po-ok, Choi Do-hyeon’s arm was wrapped around Jeong Ye-eun’s shoulder.

‘That easily…?’

She recalled the events of the day.

No matter what you do or say.

He did not allow even the slightest touch.

However, the person watching now gave up his arms so easily that it seemed like he was not the same person as the cold-hearted person during the day.

Even though I threw away all my pride and appealed with tears, it didn’t work, but it succeeded with just one word.

She covered her mouth with both hands, afraid that any sound would escape.

I became jealous of my younger brother.

I wish I was there

If only I hadn’t said that then.

No, if I hadn’t started off with such a bad first impression with Choi Do-hyun in the first place.

If I hadn’t dated Kim Haram…

Looking back on the past, there were endless choices I would regret.

If she had made even one of those choices right, wouldn’t it have been her who was in his arms right now?

She stared at them for a moment, then lowered her head and turned back.

‘…It came out for no reason.’

**

next day.

Choi Do-hyun headed to the academy as always.

It was lunch time when something unscheduled happened.

“…Hey, let’s talk.”

It was a familiar line.

It’s just that the speaker wasn’t like that.

It was Kim Ha-ram, not Jeong Ye-rin, who always spoke up.

“What’s wrong with me these days? Why are there so many people asking to talk?”

“Do you think what I said is a joke?”

“Okay, whatever. Where?”

“In the student council room. Follow me.”

I put my phone away and got up.

At a glance, Kim Ha-ram checked the cell phone on the desk.

The student council room followed him.

Taang, the door closed, and he slowly chose what to say.

“..I won’t talk at length. Get away from Yerin.”

“What?”

“Didn’t you hear? Don’t approach Yerin.”

“It’s been a while since I did that. Why is that sister still treating me coldly?”

To provoke him, I used a title that indicated the close distance between me and her.

He glared at me without answering.

“If you had eyes, you wouldn’t have seen it. I wish I could break away a bit. But, it keeps sticking there.”

I told him with a bitter smile.

What you want but can’t do even if you try, I’m doing it even if I don’t want to.

“…What makes you so good?”

Finally, the mask of pretense he had been protecting began to break.

There were only two of us, and I must have been angry.

There are things that have accumulated over time…

Even the gigantic Earth cannot handle the accumulated energy and spews out lava, so how can a human being bury his passionate emotions?

What had accumulated was bound to explode.

“Asshole.”

He spat it out like throwing a stone.

“Fuck, why are you so good! Why is he so obsessed with a scoundrel like you? ”

“I guess it’s because you’re an even worse idiot.”

“닥쳐… 개새끼가…”

“Oh, you’re just leaving?”

It was a long conflict.

My composure was completely broken, and I saw a male student running at me with a huff.

In between conversations, I put my hands in my pockets to make sure there was nothing there.

I continued to let him know that there was no recorder or anything, loosening his reins even further.

“Can you take care of it?”

“What are you taking care of? What, are you trying to play politics? Will people believe what I say or what you say?”

Wow, he grabbed me by the collar.

Certainly, if it were to go into a political fight, I would end up losing.

Most people judge facts based on the person who said the words, not the content of the words.

My image as a sincere student council president was nothing compared to Kim Ha-ram.

“No, that’s not it – ”

I came here during lunch time.

Of course, Yerin Jeong would have come to the classroom during lunch time to look for me.

Other students must have told me that I followed Kim Ha-ram.

It’s been a while since we last talked.

Jeong Ye-rin knows exactly where the student council room is. Because it’s the place lovers go most often.

In other words, she will attack in a little while.

He seemed to think I was bluffing.

There was no recording on CCTV, and he confirmed that I had left my cell phone behind.

There are also no other electronic devices.

Moreover, his anger narrowed his vision.

If I attack him physically, I will immediately be embroiled in all kinds of slander.

Kim Haram’s true strength is the good image he has built up over the years.

On the other hand, the current situation can be covered up as an accidental action where I couldn’t control my anger at the moment because I said something insulting.

“This. Can you afford it?”

“What are you talking about, such a bastard without a mother or father – ”

Like that, when he focuses solely on releasing his anger without any distractions.

Suddenly, the door opened and Jeong Ye-rin came in.

“What did you just say?”

“Yerin…? How did you get here…”

She saw his hand on my collar.

“..You won’t take that hand off?”

“Wait a minute, there’s a misunderstanding – ”

“Hands off!!!!!”

Shaking with anger, she approached us and roughly pulled our hands away.

“..I heard it outside. What you said to Dohyun.”

Sure, man.

No matter how angry I am, even if I have nothing.

You should have thought about an outsider coming at this timing.

Of course, if they saw something in my pocket or if I showed signs of hiding something.

He wouldn’t have come out like this.

He also checked all variables in his own way.

I just thought of one more thing.

“I apologize.”

“..I can’t.”

“What?”

“Do you know that you’ve become strange too? Ever since you started hanging out with that bastard, you’ve been acting like you’ve lost your mind. You want me to apologize to that bastard? No, you can never do that. You need to come to your senses, Jeong Ye-rin!”

I took a step back, and before I knew it, the two of them started fighting.

It felt great to see people who had been enjoying a sweet relationship before I intervened start yelling at each other just because of my presence.

When the fight is about to get heated.

“…You two haven’t broken up yet, right?”

I intervened.

“Uh, yes…”

She answered, lowering her head as if she had committed a sin.

I threw just two more sentences at her.

“Break up with that one. Then, I will listen to the last word.”

“…Hey.”

Kim Ha-ram is enveloped in ominousness, forgetting the anger he had been feeling just now.

The pronoun referring to Kim Ha-ram, ‘that’.

A cloth that is not even used by people.

A request that belittles the boyfriend and should not be made to a lover.

The compensation for that is, at best, a little conversation time.

But, that was enough.

“Yes! Okay…!”

As soon as my words fell, she nodded her head and turned her gaze to Kim Ha-ram.

“Kim Haram, let’s break up.”

The words, without a single hesitation, fell like a meteorite in the middle of the student council room.