Dayeon’s unrequited love

Is it because I go to the swimming pool almost every day, or is it because I’m used to holding my breath…

Sometimes I thought that this body could be a real mermaid, and it didn’t bother me even if I held my breath for about 10 minutes.

As he floats with his face in the water like a corpse, it is noisy outside.

A man approaches me as if trying to lift me up.

I pulled my face away and looked.

“…? why?”

“Ah! It’s Siyun… I’m sorry.”

In the past, he was a rapper from a different agency than his father who rented a swimming pool for a party.

“are you okay.”

I repeated floating like a corpse again.

Before I knew it, Jinseok Lee came next to me.

When I pulled my face out, Lee Jin-seok said.

“…I know you can hold your breath well, but… wouldn’t anyone be worried if it took more than 5 minutes?”

“is it?”

I floated in the water and went over to the shallow pool where Dayeon was.

The girl I often saw at the swimming pool these days seems to have moved and is nowhere to be seen.

The girl told Dayeon that swimming made her prettier, which became the driving force for Dayeon to practice swimming.

In particular, since I thought Dayeon was the prettiest person in the world and was good at swimming, Dayeon worked even harder.

I held Ga-yeon’s swimming position and watched her swim.

Swimming skills that are clear enough to prepare to become a swimmer.

It’s perfect, as if swimming consistently for the past five years has paid off.

Dayeon spotted me from afar and came swimming towards me.

“Am I good?!”

“Wow… Dayeon is a mermaid now?”

“Eh~ It’s not that bad~ You have to be like Siyuni to be a mermaid!”

“I am more than a fish.”

Dayeon paused for a moment at my words and slowly tilted her head.

“Aren’t mermaids also human fish?“

When I thought about it, it was true, so I couldn’t answer.

Ga-yeon, who was swimming in the distance, paused for a moment and trembled.

I saw that and came out.

“Siyuna? Stop swimming?”

“No, I’m going to stay outside for a while~”

Everyone swam hard without knowing the truth.

Somewhere in uncomfortable water.

Summer has arrived and mosquitoes are biting my legs.

Dad thought that the smart system installed in each household to catch mosquitoes using carbon dioxide was not enough.

As a special measure, I bought a mosquito net to install on the bed.

I unfolded it before going to bed to completely block mosquitoes from entering, and I quickly got into the mosquito net before my father.

“Hehehe… this is the 21st century… barbaric mosquitoes…”

“good?”

“Yeah, that’s good~”

Dad noticed that my pajamas had short sleeves due to my increased height.

“Maybe I should go buy some big clothes?”

“So~ It started growing faster than I thought.”

“I’m already 40cm away from my dad…”

As I was rolling around, my betta seemed curious about the mosquito net and tapped it with his paw.

“That thing is going to tear soon.”

Dad laughed and took me into his arms.

The next day, I went on a domestic trip with Dayeon.

Jinseok Lee took the wheel, his father got in the passenger seat, and the two started talking.

Kim Seon-hwa left the children with her father and Lee Jin-seok and went out to run errands at the company.

In the end, I had to look after the kids, but…

Normally, my father would have been worried about my safety, but

Looking around… numerous black vehicles were surrounding us.

We arrived at the zoo, which was neatly organized.

We got out of the vehicle in order, and I was able to meet a kid named Kim Tae-oh.

In fact, this trip was planned by me and Lee Jin-seok to get to know a little boy named Kim Tae-oh.

To see how Dayeon reacts.

However, Dayeon was only happy that Taeoh came and did not show any signs of liking him.

Having watched Dayeon’s actions while falling in love, I couldn’t help but be moved by this scene.

‘oh my god! Oh my pretty baby!’

Dayeon was watching me and seemed worried about what I would say.

Kim Tae-oh greets Dayeon politely and looks at me intently.

“Who is it?”

“Siyuni, my best friend.”

“Ah… I understand.”

What does that stiff behavior mean?

The 11-year-old boy seemed to realize that he was doing work.

He is so preoccupied with protecting Jeongyeon, Dayeon, and Gayeon that he keeps checking their locations.

Yes, I admit it.

The little boy is very passionate and eager.

I think Dayeon deserves to be included because she looks gorgeous.

He looks almost like the male protagonist in a cartoon.

Our Dayeon was showing off her girlish beauty on her own without Taeoh showing off.

To my eyes, it just looks cute.

Jeongyeon and Gayeon were giving strange looks to Dayeon like that.

Only I treated Dayeon naturally.

“Shall we go see the pandas?”

“huh!”

People rumbling as we move.

Although he was wearing ordinary clothes, his size was unusual.

I muttered to Dayeon while drawing a picture of a panda.

“Pandas are pretty and cute, but you have to pay rent separately?”

“rent?”

“In China, cuteness is used as diplomacy. Using live animals, 1.2 billion won per year.”

“really?!”

“Yes, and if you have a baby panda, 700 million won will be added, and when the baby panda turns 3, you will have to go back to China.”

“omg…”

“They are very picky about what they eat, so they say their annual food expenses are 100 million won.”

“Wow… you’re an expensive kid…”

“But if we take down China, we’ll just have to pay for food…”

“huh?”

Kim Tae-oh keeps staring at me.

The moment he made eye contact with me, he naturally pretended to look at the panda.

I felt something unusual in Kim Tae-oh’s gaze.

The same unusual expression that other kids have when they see me.

It was the look on his face right before he confessed, which was the stage of correcting one’s feelings.

I, who knew Dayeon’s feelings… felt betrayed.

If the person you like a lot likes your friend…

I could clearly see before my eyes how Dayeon’s feelings toward me would change.

I continued to draw pandas, pretending not to notice, hoping that I had misunderstood the gaze of that little boy named Tae-o.

Every time I walked around, I could feel Kim Tae-oh’s eyes on me, and I was convinced.

That kid likes me.

And… Dayeon also felt something was unusual.

In the end, when Da-yeon was away, I dragged Kim Tae-oh and pushed him against the wall.

I feel sorry for this little guy, but I had to draw a line for Dayeon’s sake.

“Hey… why do you keep staring at me?”

The little boy looked at my face with round eyes, then suddenly looked away and blushed.

I felt my blood go cold.

“Do you like me?”

“…No. That can’t be possible.”

“Ha… Okay, I hope I don’t do that either…”

“You… don’t like me?”

“what?”

The little boy suddenly blushes again.

“You look like a bug, don’t look at me. I’m saying this because I’m disgusted every time I see you.”

The little boy’s face looks like he was greatly shocked.

Although I said this to prevent a confession from happening, I made a sincere apology to this little boy.

I went back to where I was, leaving the little boy whose expression became increasingly serious.

It became clear after a conversation with the little boy.

Although we managed to get rid of it, it was clear that the situation was more serious than expected.

I was unable to concentrate on the painting in a situation where it felt like it would explode if I touched it.

The moment I made eye contact with Jinseok Lee, who was playing with Jeongyeon and Gayeon from afar, he quickly moved away and spoke rapidly.

“Kim Tae-oh likes me.”

“what!?”

For the first time in my life, I bit my nails with my teeth.

“I’m in trouble… I shouldn’t be like this… What should I do if Dayeon doesn’t like me?”

“Calm down, Siyoon…”

Lee Jin-seok, with a serious expression, began to worry.

“First of all, I told you not to look at it because it looked disgusting, right?”

“To the kid…?”

“Then what should I do!!! I almost got confessed right in front of Dayeon!!! And what does that mean, am I not a kid?!”

Lee Jin-seok became more and more serious, as if he had not imagined that Kim Tae-oh would like me.

“What should I do?”

“Go back now… It won’t be good if you stay away for too long…”

I nodded to Jinseok Lee and went back to drawing the panda.

Kim Tae-oh suddenly comes up to me and taps my shoulder.

Dayeon was staring blankly.

“Let’s talk for a moment…”

“…..”

Kim Tae-oh only calls me out in front of Dayeon…

I started to feel dizzy for a moment.

‘Oh… God…’

Because I couldn’t mistreat this little boy who was precious to Dayeon in front of Dayeon, we ended up going to a place just the two of us.

“ha…”

“I’m not interested in you.”

“Main subject.”

“I was a friend of the person I had to protect, so I just looked at him to get information. I was just curious because I saw his face on TV.”

The little boy must have been embarrassed at being rejected, so he quickly nodded to make an excuse.

“okay.”

“…..”

“It’s over, right? I’m leaving?”

I tried to quickly approach Dayeon, who was looking at me with anxious eyes, but the little boy grabbed my arm.

‘What kind of grip this little guy has…’

“It’s not over yet.”

“Let go? It hurts…”

“I’m sorry, but it’s not an excuse and I’m sincere.”

“Didn’t I say I would understand? I would, but please don’t talk to me.”

“…..”

I felt sorry for the little boy once again and approached Dayeon.

The little boy who was left alone and stared at me until the end.

When we arrived at Dayeon, she asked very carefully.

With a face full of worry.

“What did Tae-oh… say?”

“Oh, since I was walking around with Dayeon, I guess you were curious about who I was.”

“really?”

“Sure.”

“That’s too much, why are you doing this to Siyuni? You’re just giving me a straight face, pulling my arm… She’s my precious friend… I’m disappointed in Taeoh…”

This is smart Dayeon.

I clearly recognized from Dayeon’s expression that she was trying to scare me,

I didn’t fall into that trap.

“Still, Dayeon was trying to protect it, and she was passionate about it.”

“Is that so?”

“huh.”

When Dayeon smiled brightly again, I sighed in a cold sweat and continued drawing the baby panda.

We changed clothes for the farm experience.

Since they said they didn’t use pesticides, I picked up the strawberries without thinking and ate them, but my dad stopped me.

“Si-yoon! There’s a bug in that!”

“Yeah, you know? That’s the problem of the bug that couldn’t avoid me, it’s not my problem, it doesn’t matter as long as you chew it thoroughly.”

“…uh?”

Even though I saw a caterpillar on the strawberry, my dad was puzzled as he chewed it.

“It’s delicious.”

“”…..””

I made eye contact with Kim Tae-oh once again, but the kid still avoided my eyes and blushed.

Having lived as a man for 45 years, I have come to know things more clearly and accurately.

This is X…

If Dayeon, who had been touching Kim Tae-o’s photo until it was worn out, found out about this… it’s dizzying to even imagine.

Promising myself not to do anything conspicuous as possible, I silently placed the strawberries I had been picking up in my father’s hands.

My dad was crouching down and looked up at me with a very frightened expression.

“Ah… Dad, should I eat it too?”

“What are you eating with that look? Throw it away.”

“huh.”

With a pale expression on his face, Dad let out a sigh of relief and threw away the strawberry he was holding.

I played with Ga-yeon and Jeong-yeon so as not to arouse Dayeon’s suspicions.

The day passed quickly, doing various experiential learning activities, and I made a resolution to myself.

I decided that somehow I shouldn’t run into Kim Tae-oh in the future…

but…

Not long after, I met Tae-oh Kim again.

This time, I brought Jihoon with me.

I went straight to the indoor swimming pool.

Remembering the saying about turning a crisis into an opportunity, I had no choice but to take advantage of Jihoon.

When I held Jihoon’s hand, Jihoon flinched as his skin grew all over his body when my hand was softer than expected.

“Are you going to fight in front of your parents?”

“Help me today, like we care about each other.”

“Fuck off, why me?”

This teenager had never listened to me when I spoke, so my fist went up for a moment, but I held back.

I spoke slowly to Jihoon, who flinched.

“Later, a really handsome kid named Kim Tae-oh will appear.”

“however.”

“Dayeon likes me a lot, right? But that kid likes me.”

“Kitchen?”

Park Ji-hoon laughs excessively when he learns of the situation.

“Take care of your facial expressions, if you don’t want to end your life at the age of 11.”

“Even if it’s unfair, I have to live 12 years longer than you.”

“Okay, okay, I ask you a favor today.”

After we parted ways, we each changed our clothes in our locker rooms.

In the women’s locker room, there were only me, Dayeon, Kim Sunhwa, and Jihoon’s mother.

Dayeon was excited at the thought of seeing Kim Tae-oh.

I pretended like nothing was wrong and stroked Dayeon’s head.