episode_0396

– Seo Ye-rin: Outdoor sex x!

– Yoo Ah-rin: No, you crazy bitch.

– Choi Yi-seo: Because of that, I suddenly don’t want to go.

A warm smile forms on my face as I watch the conversation taking place in the group chat.

The final exam period is just around the corner.

Although we were busy students at Hyundai Motors, we were busy in a slightly different way.

The kids decided to do something on my bucket list before I enlisted in the military.

– Choi Yi-seo: I see there’s a pretty nice glamping site. Please bear with it.

– Kim Woo-jin: Of course. Even though I’m rich, I can’t buy all the camping gear just to go once.

– Yoo Ah-rin: If it’s glamping, do I only need to bring food?

– Seo Ye-rin: Outdoor sex x!

– Choi Yi-seo: Yeah, and simple cooking utensils? I heard you can rent those too.

– Yoo Ah-rin: I wanted to try being a nerd.

– Yoo Ah-rin: Why don’t you go and film a vlog?

– Choi Yi-seo: Absolutely not.

– Kim Woo-jin: Me too, not really.

– Seo Ye-rin: Outdoor sex x!

– Yoo Ah-rin: Where are you now? I’m going to break your wrist.

– Seo Ye-rin: Outdoor sex x!

Anyway, it’s great.

It’s just repeating the same words a few times, but Yerin’s presence is something to behold.

“Excuse me?”

The voice calling me then.

When I look up from my phone and ahead, Choi Jin-ah is looking at me with a pointed expression.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I was chatting with the kids and got too focused on this.”

“I asked you to wait for 5 minutes, but I’ve been waiting for 20 minutes now.”

“Don’t speak.”

“The way you were talking while giggling made me not want to talk to you.”

Anyway, he pretends to be careful with other people, but he speaks comfortably to me.

Right now, Jinah Choi and I were in a cafe at school.

After listening to the lecture, there was about an hour of break, and then Jinah Choi suddenly came to me and said she had something to talk about.

“So where did we end up talking? Did Jin-ah eat nakgopsae for the first time and eat three servings on the spot?”

“I never said anything about the squirrel.”

“Oh, is that so.”

So what were you talking about?

“I was telling you that I fought with my parents. Now I live freely without being swayed by them.”

“That’s right, that’s right. That’s right.”

“… … You really just heard it.”

I think Choi Jin-ah came to report because she thought she had a relationship with me.

Honestly, I wasn’t really interested.

Why do I need to know Choi Jin-ah’s family circumstances?

“Yeah, you said you made up, right? That’s good.”

“No, I said we fought.”

“Yes, originally, in order to reconcile, you had to fight first.”

“No, that’s-.”

Jinah Choi, who was about to say something because she was frustrated, hesitates. I take advantage of the opportunity to quickly sip the coffee I had ordered.

“Yes, that’s right.”

Choi Jin-ah nodded, saying she understood, then smiled faintly.

“It seems like they fought to make up.”

“Yes, right?”

I thought the conversation was almost over, but Choi Jin-ah glanced at me and added.

“That’s why I left my family home?”

“There’s no room in my room.”

“… … Do you know who the real parasite is? I also got a house? ”

Someone like Choi Jin-ah could probably just glance at real estate listings and buy anything she likes.

“But it’s a little quiet inside. I’m going to buy furniture today. Do you want to come with me?”

“Me? I don’t like it.”

“Joohee and Yoonji decided to go together.”

“Are you telling me to get lost?”

“… … .”

Choi Jin-ah drinks coffee, as if she doesn’t have much to say.

I drink coffee with lots of things like Oreos in it, and I think I’ll get diabetes if I drink that.

That’s a good thing.

“I listened to your worries, Jin-ah, so please listen to mine, Jin-ah.”

“Woojin-ssi listened to my worries? Didn’t you just forget everything?”

“Listen.”

“Be shameless… … .”

There’s still some time until the next lecture, so I’ll talk about some of the concerns I’ve had recently.

“Is there no friendship between men and women?”

“This is really out of the blue.”

Even if it comes out of the blue, I am serious.

“I used to think there was such a thing as friendship between men and women? But lately, it seems like there isn’t.”

After taking another sip of coffee, Choi Jin-ah asked with a puzzled look.

“Why? Who else confessed their love to Woojin?”

“… … can we say it’s similar?”

Because I got to hear Senior Joohee’s determination again.

“Hmm, I think it’s possible for us to be friends too.”

Choi Jin-ah frowns, wondering if that is a big concern.

It may seem like he doesn’t have any particular concerns, but when he says it so refreshingly, it makes me feel at ease.

“Is that so?”

“Yes. I also get contacted by a lot of guys among my classmates. But I don’t necessarily contact them with romantic feelings.”

“Hmm?”

But shouldn’t we look into this a bit?

“Are they your friends?”

“We’re classmates, right?”

“Are all classmates friends? Aren’t we friends if we keep in touch often and meet up to hang out?”

At my words, Choi Jin-ah closed her mouth for a moment, thought about it, and then nodded in agreement.

“That’s right, we’re not friends.”

“Right? At best, Bonggeun can be considered a friend, right?”

“Bonggeun… …James.”

Choi Jin-ah is in trouble again.

Then he clicks his tongue and shakes his head.

“I guess you could call James a friend. We talk on the phone sometimes. But if you ask me if I see him as romantically involved, that’s definitely not the case. James isn’t my type to begin with. Our phone calls aren’t about personal matters, but rather public matters.”

“Should I ask Bonggeun too?”

“… … .”

Jinah Choi didn’t respond to my words separately. She seemed to be secretly curious.

After a few ringtones, Bong-geun answered the phone.

– Hello.

“Hey, Bonggeun. What do you think, Jinah?”

– … …Choi Jin-ah?

“Yes, violinist Choi Jin-ah.”

– How about the ornamental fish raised by Chairman Choi Gil-seop?

Choi Jin-ah’s expression immediately crumples. It seems as if she is thinking of saying something like that.

Since it was a speakerphone, I corrected my question while trying to stop Choi Jin-ah from immediately refuting it.

“No, not like that. Can you see it as a relationship between a man and a woman?”

– Someone like Jin-ah Choi would be great. Chairman Gil-seop Choi wants to pass the company down to his son, and if he marries Jin-ah Choi, he will inherit everything.

“Is this kid’s answer only like this?”

“James is that kind of person.”

– Was Choi Jin-ah there too?

“Uh. Not like that. Just look at it emotionally. ”

– … … Why do I have to look at Choi Jin-ah emotionally? It’s not good.

“Phuhut.”

I burst out laughing without realizing it.

Choi Jin-ah, who is in front, also shouts with a look of disbelief.

“I don’t like you either?! You’re not my type at all! Even your name is old-fashioned!”

– Fuck?! Apologize to all the Jameses.

“Sorry Bonggeun!”

Then Choi Jin-ah snatched my cell phone away and hung up the phone.

I just hold my stomach and laugh when I see that kind of situation.

“Oh, that’s so funny. Anyway, it seems like they don’t really like each other.”

“Phew, I feel so dirty.”

It was quite interesting to see elementary school classmates bickering among themselves.

Isn’t this enough to pass the time?

“Anyway, you see? Of course, friendship is possible between men and women. So don’t give the women around you a strange sense of distance.”

“Ah, yes. If I think about it, there are actually a lot of people around me who are just friends.”

For example, Jeong Min-ji, a high school classmate of Choi Yi-seo and Oh Yoon-ji.

Eunwoo Lee, who is still active in the bamboo forest with anonymous number 90.

Bae Ji-hye, who is broadcasting under the name Popo.

There were other kids who were classmates of Seo Ye-rin and Yoo Ah-rin.

and.

‘Choi Jin-ah was there too.’

If you think about it, isn’t the woman right in front of you just a friend?

The answer was right in front of me, but I couldn’t see it, which was ridiculous.

“Thank you. Of course, if you think about it, friendship between men and women is possible.”

Get up from your seat.

“I’m going to go soon because it’s time for the next lecture.”

“Are you really not going to help me with shopping?”

“Senior Joohee and Yoonji are coming, so how can I get there? I’ll get beaten to death by Leeseo and Arin.”

“chi.”

Choi Jin-ah gets up from her seat with regret.

As I step out of the cafe, I shiver in the slightly chilly air and button up my coat collar.

“Oh, right.”

Choi Jin-ah also said while putting on the scarf she had brought.

“But I like Woojin.”

“Oh, yeah.”

If I want to listen to the next lecture, the classroom is a bit far away so I have to run a bit. What the fuck?!

“Yes?”

As I stood there, I looked back at Choi Jin-ah to see if I had heard correctly, and she answered while adjusting her scarf that she had wrapped around herself incorrectly.

“Huh? What is it?”

“No, what did you just say? Didn’t you say you liked me?”

“Oh, yes. That’s right.”

“… … Did you forget what we just talked about?”

“Is friendship possible between men and women?”

“Why are you suddenly denying the basis of a conversation we had for 30 minutes, damn it.”

“No, I told you before.”

“What is it?”

“It was my first love.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

We just stare at each other blankly.

My lips opened just in time for the cold wind to blow past.

“When I was in elementary school?”

“Yes, when I was in elementary school.”

“No, what does it matter if it was your first love in elementary school? We’re college students now.”

Jinah Choi responded to my words with a puzzled look.

“I never said it was over.”

“… … .”

“Isn’t it? Did you do it?”

Choi Jin-ah, who said her memory was vague, wore a hat pulled down over her head.

He sticks his hand in his coat and passes me by.

“Anyway, see you later. I bought a house near Hyundai, so I’ll be able to see you often.”

“You’re just going to say that and leave? Are you crazy? A person commits a crime once and then just leaves?!”

To my shouting, “Aren’t you ashamed?” Choi Jin-ah responded with a sly laugh.

“It’s not like I’m going to die like this.”

“What?”

“I learned from watching Woojin. It’s okay to live confidently. It’s not like I’m in big trouble because I confessed.”

I stare at her back intently and then approach her with brisk strides.

Bam!

And then he hit the back of my head.

“Ouch!?”

Jinah Choi, startled, turns her head and looks at me.

The flushed face that I had not seen before was telling me of shame.

“Then.”

I declared to her like that.

“I’ll kill you.”

The chalk that senior Joo-hee learned was immediately put into Choi Jin-ah’s hands.