episode_0052

The midterm exam period is over.

The festival period arrived without a moment of rest, but unlike the exam period, it was more lively and bustling.

Usually on Mondays, people walk around drooping and looking soggy, but that wasn’t the case today.

Starting with the festival banner, when I saw the tents being set up on the playground, I thought that the festival had really begun.

There were rumors going around that a rapper or a singer was coming.

‘It must be a hassle.’

I was a bit skeptical about the festival.

In the case of first-year students, it was even more so because I heard that they were semi-compulsorily required to participate in the festival.

Anyway, since today was Monday, I didn’t have to meet anyone and thought I could just listen to the lecture alone and then go home.

A notice was posted in the English department’s group chat room.

Yiseo Choi: There is an announcement regarding the festival today, so please gather in Lecture Room 1 at 5 o’clock.

Choi Yi-seo: If you can’t come, please let me know through personal chat.

It was just the end of the last lecture, but I still didn’t want to go, so I immediately sent a separate message to Choi Yi-seo.

Woojin Kim: Manager. I don’t think I can go today.

Choi Yi-seo: Why?

Woojin Kim: It’s a personal matter.

Choi Yi-seo: Do you want to die?

Woojin Kim: Actually, it hurts.

Choi Yi-seo: Do you really want to be sick?

Kim Woojin: It’s bloody.

Choi Yi-seo: If you don’t want to come, you don’t have to come.

Woojin Kim: Huh?

Choi Yi-seo: I told you not to answer with only initial consonants.

Kim Woojin: I’m sick so I won’t go.

“Wow, what is it?”

To be honest, I just sent a message to Choi Yi-seo as a joke, but I didn’t know that I really didn’t have to go.

I’m friends with the manager and it’s something to see.

She didn’t need to bother wasting time, so she hummed and headed to the lecture.

“Oh, why did you do that?”

Classroom 1.

Yiseo Choi was sighing for no reason as he sat in the seat in front of her.

Except for those with truly unavoidable circumstances, all first-year students in the Department of English Language and Literature participated.

As this was the first festival I experienced since entering university, the attendance rate was quite good as everyone seemed to be looking forward to it.

One of the professors in charge of the second-year department will come and talk now.

She said, ‘You should have just asked me to come.’

Choi Yi-seo was now regretting letting Kim Woo-jin go.

The superficial reason was that Kim Woo-jin’s evaluation in her department was so low that she might get into an accident if she came for no reason.

‘Ah, but… … !’

She confessed yesterday, and it was good but difficult to see her face right away.

So when Kim Woo-jin sent her a message, she quickly chose to feel comfortable right away.

She felt sad that she couldn’t see her, and she also hated Kim Woo-jin, who had casually sent her a message.

‘Is it okay?’

She clearly confessed that she likes her, but why did Kim Woo-jin send her the same message as usual?

I had a lot of thoughts in my head, but since it was a sub-station, Ahn Hyeon-ho, who was sitting next to me, called me.

“Iseo, when is the professor coming?”

“He’ll be back soon.”

“… … “Are you worried about something?”

Choi Yi-seo glances at Ahn Hyeon-ho. Now that I think about it, Ahn Hyun-ho used to show that he likes me a lot, but recently he seemed to have toned it down a bit.

At the pork cutlet restaurant, Kim Woo-jin told her false confession and Choi Yi-seo said that she had no intention of dating anyone.

‘Have you given up your mind? Or are you hiding it?’

If you’ve folded it, I’m grateful, but if you’ve been hiding it, I want to learn.

“No, it’s just because of the festival.”

“Have you heard which celebrity is coming to this festival?”

“I’m not sure about that.”

I was giving a light answer to Ahn Hyun-ho, who kept talking about various things.

“It’s Lee Seo.”

Seo Ye-rin quietly approached.

I wondered why she suddenly came as she was chatting with a group of her other friends.

Seo Ye-rin glanced at her surroundings and asked in a low voice.

“What about Woojin?”

“Oh, they said they couldn’t come today.”

“I see.”

I thought she was going to say something more, but she just walked away in her stride. As she was looking behind Seo Ye-rin with a shocked expression, another person from her group jumped out and approached her.

Yoo Ah-rin with a sad expression.

“Why isn’t he coming?”

There was no need to ask who she was talking about, so she answered bluntly.

“You should contact me.”

“That’s because I don’t accept it.”

“It hurts.”

She frowns at those words.

“It just looks like crap, but did you accept it?”

“How do you know it’s a lie?”

“Ugh, I knew it was a map.”

“…….”

“You said you didn’t have to come because of what happened yesterday.”

“Are you here to fight me?”

Two people glaring at each other.

She was nervous for a moment, but immediately her professor and her second year class came in, so Yua Lin clicked her tongue and went back to her seat.

“Did you just talk about Kim Woojin?”

When Ahn Hyun-ho, who was watching the entire situation from the side, asked in bewilderment, Choi Yi-seo had no choice but to look away and pretend not to hear her.

“Whoop!”

I recently picked up a hobby.

Going down! slowly! Hold your breath!

“Whoop!”

Exercising while watching YouTube. It was a hobby that Choi Yi-seo would praise when he saw it, and it was because of her great contribution that this hobby arose.

Last time we had a meal together, she recommended an exercise YouTuber and she really liked it.

She speaks in a fun way and teaches quite a variety of exercises, so there is never a dull moment.

In addition, it injected some vitality into my life of playing games or just lazing around at home.

Ding dong!

I was sweating from concentration for a while when the doorbell rang. I wondered if anyone would come to visit, but I opened the door.

“hi… … .”

There stood Choi Yi-seo, hiding her shame with her hands stuffed in her pockets.

“Huh?”

I thought it was a sudden appearance, but the white bag in my hand contained food ingredients and medicine I bought at a pharmacy.

“He said it hurts.”

“… … “Did you believe that?”

“That’s it! Hurry up and get in! “Who cares!”

Choi Yi-seo broke in by pushing me with his hand. She was a bit embarrassed because she was not a child and had never imagined him behaving like this.

“Smell of sweat.”

He glances around the room and looks at me questioningly. I must have been working out just a little while ago, so the smell of sweat was in the room.

“Oh, I was working out.”

As I scratched the back of my head out of embarrassment because of the smell of sweat, Yiseo Choi looked at me with surprised eyes and smiled.

“I like the smell of your sweat.”

“……?!”

What do you mean suddenly?

But seeing as Choi Yi-seo isn’t shy, she probably thinks working out is a good thing.

“If you want to do more, do more. “I’ll cook you food.”

“You’re cooking for me?”

I suddenly wondered why he was doing this, but Choi Yi-seo lifted the envelope he had secretly brought.

“We decided to have a bar at the festival. “I’ll show you roughly what I’ll make then.”

“Why… … .”

“Because you have to make it.”

“I’m in the kitchen?!”

It looks like he didn’t go and got stuck in the bar kitchen. She had something she wanted to say, but Yiseo Choi sighed and answered.

“of course. So were you going to serve it?”

“That’s not it.”

It suits me much better to just open a can in the kitchen than to serve someone who has to watch people.

“I think our sales will be quite large this time, so you need to be aware of it. “I’m going to be busy.”

Sales are quite good?

After thinking about what it meant for a moment, I understood and nodded.

“Aha, because of Seo Ye-rin and you?”

“… … “Not me.”

Seo Ye-rin, a famous goddess in college, is serving food, so of course people will flock there. Since the spotlight is focused on that area, Choi Yi-seo is relatively unknown, but because of Seo Ye-rin, if people flock to her, attention will naturally be drawn to Choi Yi-seo as well.

“Anyway, take a look at the bar menu. “It’s not confirmed, but you’re part of the kitchen team, so you’ll have to participate in that meeting.”

“Wow, this is really annoying.”

I seriously don’t want to do this.

Choi Yi-seo chuckled at my reaction and headed straight toward the kitchen.

Even though it was a kitchen, it was the same space as it was a studio apartment.

“Do you want to use a fan and some oil?”

“Do as you will. “Can I take a shower?”

“of course.”

I simply grab my underwear and a change of clothes and go to the bathroom. Then I slowly turned my head and looked at Choi Yi-seo.

She got a strange feeling when she saw Choi Yi-seo wearing an apron and preparing food, putting out various ingredients.

‘Tsk.’

She thought to herself how pitiful she was and went to wash up. The reason why she thought it was pathetic was because she saw Choi Yi-seo like that and felt that the current time was not that bad.

Because of her ex-girlfriend Oh Yun-ji, I didn’t want to have women in my house anymore.

Seeing her doing that made her feel strange.

‘I need to wash it with cold water.’

I wanted to come to my senses a little, so I washed myself with cold water and came out, only to find that the table had already been set.

It was a bit weird that there were really only snacks like stir-fried sausages and vegetables and corn cheese.

Since this is a menu item that needs to be served right away, it looks like it was all prepared while I was washing up.

“Try it. “Once you know the taste, you can give your opinion during the kitchen team meeting.”

“I don’t really plan on giving an opinion.”

“hurry.”

Sit in front of the table and eat one by one. I wanted to say it was super delicious, but it was just average.

“It’s normal.”

After saying that, Choi Yi-seo puffed out her cheeks and tapped my shoulder.

Even such small actions feel cute, and I know that she gave Choi Yi-seo more of her heart than I thought.

“It’s Lee Seo.”

As I put down my chopsticks, I start crying. I was planning to tell you when I see you tomorrow, but since you came here like this, the timing wasn’t bad.

“I have no intention of doing CC anymore.”

Even if she says things like, “Thank you, I’m going to meet a good person,” it’s meaningless anyway and will only make her hurt longer.

Just quick and concise.

I tell you my truth.

“I got burned so many times during Oh Yun-ji’s time. So, I don’t have any intention of meeting anyone.”

Choi Yi-seo stares at me at my words. She probably expected this answer, so she wasn’t very upset.

she asks, rather resting her chin on the table.

“If I ask you to touch your breasts right now, will you do so?”

“uh.”

“…….”

Was it too vulgar?

No, but if you let me touch you but don’t touch you, isn’t that a man?

“wait for a sec! It’s a bit like instinct! “Who would refuse to let me touch them in the first place?”

“ha.”

Choi Yi-seo sighs deeply.

Then she smiled slightly and answered.

“I have no intention of dating right now either. “It won’t be until next year before I can meet someone and start dating.”

“Yeah, really?”

Actually, she said that yesterday too.

“It’s about time, but my feelings for you may have cooled, don’t you think?”

“right. “Because you don’t know the human mind.”

I also didn’t know that Oh Yun-ji, whom I liked so much in the first semester, would start thinking this way in the second semester.

“So let’s just be friends for now. Let’s learn and think about various things while being friends. “We became friends in too short a time to be dating.”

“Yes, that is wise.”

My heart felt a little lighter.

Anyway, it means that my relationship with Choi Yi-seo hasn’t changed much from now on.

She’s one of the few friends I have in class, and I can’t afford to lose her like this.

“But what about breasts?”

As the atmosphere became a bit lighter, I asked with a playful smile, and Choi Yi-seo moved to the seat next to me.

Then she slightly sticks out her chest.

“ruler.”

“……?!”

The twists and turns ahead of me.

A woman’s chest is plump, toned, and nicely shaped from her exercise.

Meanwhile, my head is spinning quickly.

‘Because I didn’t tell you to hold it with one hand.’

Probably because of Choi Yi-seo’s personality, once you catch him, he will tell you to let him go right away.

She held it with both her hands in a double event and then raised both her hands outstretched, thinking she was going to let go.

closely.

Isn’t Choi Yi-seo clasping my outstretched hand?

Choi Yi-seo, seeing my expression coloring with disappointment, grins.

“Not yet.”

yet?

So does that mean it will happen later?

A moment when a little hope springs up.

Choi Yi-seo’s face approaches me.

She didn’t even have time to react.

Bang bang bang.

“Hey, you bastard! Are you cheating on her?!”

At that time, we both stop moving when we hear Yoo Ah-rin’s voice knocking on the door.

The distance is such that our breaths touch each other and the bridge of our noses brushes.

There was a moment of silence.

“Chew a few toks!” “Come out quickly!”

Yua Rin kept calling, so I smiled awkwardly, pretended nothing had happened, and slowly pulled her body back.

“I’ll go open the door and come back.”

The moment you unclasp your hands and try to stand up from your seat.

Both of her shoulders are grabbed and she is made to sit back down. My body’s center of gravity shifted backwards and I fell momentarily.

Choi Yi-seo, who was on top of me, kissed her.