episode_0006
by fnovelpiaEven if I found out that Shin Yu-jin had regressed just like me, my life didn’t really change.
I just wake up in the morning and exercise or do homework if I don’t have morning classes.
If I had a morning class, I just repeated going to school.
Today was a morning class day, so I woke up, got ready for school, and left.
I’m glad I was able to make use of my major and work at a company. If I had worked at a company without making use of my major…
I would have started the hellish coding life with my brain reset.
I still don’t know what the pros and cons of regression are, but I think it’s pretty good that the knowledge remains and you can skip the class.
Maybe that’s why class time was inevitably boring.
Because it’s like teaching someone who knows how to run to walk.
“Hey, Yuchan. Did you finish your assignment?”
“Assignment? I did it all.”
“It’s only been 3 days since you gave the assignment?”
“It worked out well.”
“How do you fill in the blank spaces in code that is over a thousand lines so quickly?”
Isn’t it natural?
When I join a company, I have to write more than a thousand lines of code from scratch instead of just filling in the blanks.
It’s only as easy as filling in the blanks.
“Can you show me?”
“Buy rice instead.”
“Of course!! Thank you, Yuchan.”
There is a reason why I can easily show Hojin the assignments I have done.
During my college years, Hojin helped me with any difficult assignments.
From the perspective of an active college student, Hojin had better coding skills than me.
As the situation has changed, I can only help just like Hojin did.
“Isn’t it lunch today? I’m trying to get it right away.”
“Oh, I think lunch will be difficult today. I decided to meet Yerim and eat.”
“What, are you two dating already?”
“Let’s date. I confessed to him on the first day after dating.”
When I think about it, I remember that back then, just like now, we dated on the first day of dating.
I thought the two were close, but I was so surprised when Hojin told me that they were dating a while later.
“Is things going well with Eugene?”
“Huh? Why is Eugene’s story mentioned here?”
“You two get around well. Yerim said that they keep in constant contact.”
I think this is what Shin Yu-jin wanted to say to each of her friends.
In that case, I also think it would be a good idea to follow Shin Yu-jin’s words so that you don’t have to hear strange things.
“Ah, well… We are in constant contact.”
“So when are you going to date?”
“What are you dating? It’s been a week now since I found out.”
“I can see that they like each other. There seems to be a lot of interest.”
Are this guy’s eyes knotholes? How can you think that they are interested in each other just by looking at them like that?
After class, I left the department building with Hojin.
Since I said I was going to have lunch with my girlfriend, Kim Ye-rim, I don’t have classes in the afternoon, so I guess I’ll just go home and eat some ramen.
I was walking while thinking that.
Something flashed through my mind.
From what I remember, 20-year-old Kim Ye-rim and Shin Yu-jin were always together.
I remember that Kim Ye-rim and Ho-jin started dating first, and then we were such close friends that we never separated even when we started dating.
then…
“Yerim!!”
“Oppa!!”
I knew it.
Shin Yu-jin was standing next to Kim Ye-rim, who welcomed Ho-jin.
We looked at each other and gave a natural greeting to fool Kim Ye-rim and Ho-jin.
“I missed you, oppa!!”
“I also missed Yerim so much.”
At that time, Shin Yu-jin and I had a crush on each other, so it wasn’t a big deal to see us like this.
I don’t even want to look at it right now.
I feel like I want to get in between the two and separate them as if they were one.
And that seemed to be the same for Shin Yujin.
“Oppa, what should we eat for lunch?”
“Let’s eat what Yerim wants to eat.”
“Hmm, then I want to eat pork cutlet!!”
“Really? Then let’s go eat. Yuchan, I’m going to eat with Yerim.”
“Have a good time.”
“Yujin, you too have a good time with Yuchan.”
“Uh, yes. I understand.”
So Kim Ye-rim and Ho-jin walked out to eat, and only Shin Yu-jin and I remained.
“Ha, I really hate seeing couples making fun of each other.”
“That’s right. He’s my friend, but he’s really not that good.”
“I would like to let you know in advance that there is 1TB of porn in Lee Ho-jin’s house.”
“You will find out naturally anyway.”
“… Wait, how do you know that?”
“Yerim found it and came to my house crying. He complained without stopping for an hour.”
I knew that we had been close friends since high school, but I never thought I would reveal such a sensitive story.
When I thought of Lee Ho-jin going through that situation again, the corners of my mouth went up without knowing why.
They called me and said something had happened and there was a fuss about what to do.
“And why do you talk like it’s someone else’s business? You caught me too.”
“… Why do you remember that?”
“Is there a reason you can’t remember? My boyfriend, who I thought only cared about me, was already living with a blonde Western woman.”
“Why do you remember other people’s dark history in such detail?”
“Then don’t get caught.”
“Hey, if you think about it, you too… ”
“Me, what. I won’t get stabbed.”
“… There really isn’t any. Why isn’t there one?”
“I met my first boyfriend when I turned 20. Isn’t it strange that such a thing exists?”
No matter how much I tried to remember, I couldn’t think of a piece that would embarrass Shin Yu-jin.
I was thinking of salvaging at least one thing somehow.
“Oh, there it is. When I went to your house.”
“How many times do you say there is nothing?”
“That black lace thing back then… Ugh!!”
“You crazy bastard, shut up.”
It felt quite unfamiliar to see this kind of double swearing on Shin Yujin’s face when she had no idea about swearing.
“And it’s because of you.”
“Why is it because of me? Now you’re blaming others.”
“There is a strange folder on your computer.”
“That… saw? Did you do that when you saw that?”
“Then why would I buy something like that for no reason?”
“Why didn’t you tell me you saw it then? I was so relieved because I thought I hadn’t seen it.”
“At that time, I did it to respect your tastes. But if I had known this would be the reaction, I would have said it.”
The moment I learned the truth that I had not known for 14 years, I felt dizzy, as if I had been hit in the back by something.
I feel pathetic for being so relieved and loving that I didn’t get caught.
I felt like if I tried to reveal anything more, we would both be deeply hurt, so we didn’t talk any more.
“If this point has passed, you won’t be able to see us.”
“I guess so. I’m going.”
“Okay, go.”
They gave each other a firm greeting and headed to their respective homes.
After coming home, I put down my bag, changed clothes, and made ramen.
Now the question is what to do after eating this ramen.
I often played games when I had time, but I ended up going back to remembering everything that had happened over the past 14 years.
The game doesn’t feel fun at all.
At the time, the game I thought was well made just felt sloppy.
Even though a week has passed, I still can’t get used to being back at the age of 23.
I think it feels that way because all the devices and objects I handle are so old.
After finishing my ramen, I rummaged through the bookshelf that I couldn’t reach at all, intending to read a book.
“Uh, this is… ”
While I was leafing through, a book made me stop.
“Huh?! Oppa, do you have this book?”
“Huh? Oh, this? I just left it there because I wanted to fill up the bookshelf.”
“This is a really fun novel. I enjoyed it so much that I read the English version three times.”
“Really? If Eugene is like that, it must be really fun.”
“Want to read it together?”
Why do memories of that time fill my mind so vividly?
Shin Yu-jin said it was the most interesting novel of her life and emphasized that she should read it without fail.
Unable to overcome that stubbornness, I held Shin Yujin in my arms and read a book together.
We talked about the contents of the book for over two hours.
This is a book that first made me interested in novels, even though I had no interest in them.
Even though I had no more memories to make with Shin Yujin, my hand took out the book.
And naturally, I sat down on the bed and opened the book.
I’ve read so much, but everything feels unfamiliar and vivid, as if I’m reading it for the first time.
Everything is the same as before, except that I no longer feel the warmth I felt in my arms.
“It’s fun. This is exactly the genre that Shin Yujin likes.”
Although the story is interesting enough and immersive.
I stopped turning the pages and closed the book.
Because I felt like I had a really bad headache.
That headache…
I felt like memories that I didn’t want to recall kept coming back to me.
“There’s nothing I can’t think of.”
Even if you look around the house in a daze or take a walk around the area, there is no place where her traces are not there.
Things like that only make me suffer more.
-Wheee!!
While I was taking a deep sigh, my phone vibrated.
The moment I check my phone to see if it’s Hojin’s contact.
[Shin Yu-jin: Please come to my house.]
A text message came to me that I could not believe.
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