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After meeting Lim Chae-won, Jeong Ye-eun and Moon Jeong-woo met at the canteen.

I returned to the classroom with them.

There are about 15 minutes left until lunch time.

Jeong Ye-eun smiled brightly as usual, but there seemed to be something bothering her in one corner of her face.

The three of us sat together as usual.

After chatting a bit.

“Wait a minute, I’m going to the bathroom.”

Moon Jeong-woo left his seat.

I probably wouldn’t have wanted to leave Jeong Ye-eun and I alone, but leaving the place was…

‘It seems really urgent.’

Praising my stomach for not being able to follow his will, I turned my attention to Jeong Ye-eun.

‘hmm?’

Jeong Ye-eun hesitates as if about to say something.

There’s something that bothers me, so I need to say it, but I’m afraid that if I say it again, people will look at me with strange eyes… That’s the look on my face when I try to talk about such matters, usually.

As if she had finally made up her mind, she took a deep breath and opened her mouth.

“Hey, Dohyun…”

“Huh? Why?”

“Who is that person from earlier?”

“Who?”

“He used to eat snacks with you at the cafeteria…”

…Look at him?

What, are we already in control?

“Ah… Senior Chaewon?”

“Senior Chaewon…?”

“Yes, club manager. I joined the MMA club. Didn’t I tell you?”

“We talked about that…”

“Good. Be good to me and teach me well.”

“Ah.. is that senior teaching you?”

She said with an indescribable expression.

“Yes.”

“You must be very close, right?”

“Well, in my own way.”

“..are you closer than me?”

He seems to think he’s hiding his intentions well, but it’s obvious.

What is the intention behind those words, and what answer do you expect from me?

Like Buddha playing with Goku in the palm of her hand, her mind was clear.

“No, not to that extent.”

“Right?”

Her expression suddenly brightened.

“There is no friend like me?”

“That’s right. Our Yeeun is the best.”

“Heehee, be nice to me!”

“Okay.”

I thought it was cute to see her puffing out her chest in triumph, so I answered with a hearty laugh.

When she feels better, slow down.

“Do you want to go out on the weekend?”

“Huh? okay! I’ll ask Jungwoo too – ”

“No, don’t tell him.”

Jeong Ye-eun tilts her head at my words as if a question mark is floating above her head.

“The two of us.”

My expression remained the same, but her expression became truly lively.

Joy, embarrassment, excitement, surprise, anticipation.

There was no sign of being negative or burdened at all.

Looking back, I had never spent a long time alone with her.

Despite being the first heroine I became close to after being possessed, and the heroine I am currently closest to.

I had a meeting with Lim Chae-won during club time and also received one-on-one training.

Jeong Ye-rin, well, there was nothing to say.

Although we bickered with each other back then, we also watched movies together.

On the other hand, I spent a long time with Jeong Ye-eun at the academy and even went to her house on the weekends…

Except for a brief moment on the way back, I was always with Moon Jeong-woo.

“Uh, huh? The two of us…?”

“Yes, just the two of us.”

“What are you going to do..?”

“Well, I haven’t thought about it that far. So, you hate it? Well then, it never happened – ”

“No!”

She shouted, hitting the desk.

“Surprise.”

“I’m sorry…”

“So, are you going?”

She paused for a moment, then spoke with a brighter smile than usual.

“Yes!”

Meeting as a group of three is like going out with friends.

Pulling out Moon Jeong-woo would be like removing a stone that was blocking a waterway.

As the waterway opens and the water flows, our relationship will continue to grow.

Something that can lead to and advance awareness of male-female relationships in friendships.

An act that could be called a date was upon us.

**

Moon Jeong-woo came out of the bathroom and shook his hands a couple of times.

He thought as he wiped away the remaining moisture on his jacket.

These days, I keep seeing sides of Yeeun that I didn’t know existed.

He was obviously confident that he knew her better than anyone else after spending 10 years together, but now he doesn’t know for sure.

What food she likes, what color she likes, what actions she likes and what she doesn’t like.

He knew what kind of people he liked and who he fought with, what clothes he liked, and even what habits he had.

If there was a field of study that investigated the person named Jeong Ye-eun, she would undoubtedly have earned a doctoral degree and been working as a professor.

Background knowledge based on overwhelming experience.

However, things are different these days.

For example, the discipline itself was changing.

He wasn’t sure if she was everything he knew her to be.

It’s like the feeling of embarrassment when questions keep popping up one after another that you don’t know in a math concept book that you thought you knew everything about.

The absurdity of feeling lost in the neighborhood where I was born and raised.

He felt those emotions.

‘This is all… after I became friends with Choi Do-hyun.’

Obviously, there was no problem with them until they became friends with Choi Do-hyun.

After he appeared and became friendly with her, he discovered aspects of her that he did not know about, and even fought with her.

Even though they made up, he hated the fact that he fought with her.

He shifted all responsibility to Choi Do-hyun. All ignoring the fact that he started the fight first.

It was his fault.

This was a self-evident proposition and an indisputable fact.

The sun sets and the moon rises.

Just as the grass lies down in the wind and the trees do not bend in the wind.

Choi Do-hyun was an obstacle, and Moon Jeong-woo himself was right.

Moon Jeong-woo himself was a warm childhood friend who cared for her, and Choi Do-hyun was a rock that interfered with their relationship and made them uncomfortable.

…It had to be that way.

‘ha…’

Grumbling, I hurriedly opened the door, wondering if something would happen if I left them alone.

And, he saw Jeong Ye-eun smiling brighter than ever.

Long ago, on her birthday, she and her family celebrated together and gave her gifts.

Wasn’t that the happy smile she had when the gift she wanted was in the box?

‘what…’

Of course, Moon Jeong-woo had no way of knowing what they were talking about.

There was no way she would have known that she had just received a gift as happy as a birthday present.

“What.. were you talking about?”

“No, it wasn’t a big deal. Right?”

Choi Do-hyun responded and asked Jeong Ye-eun for sympathy.

‘Did I ask you…!’

Of course, words were thrown between the two, but it was Jeong Ye-eun’s role to accept his words.

Likewise, Jeong Ye-eun’s conversation partner had to be Moon Jeong-woo himself.

He ignored Choi Do-hyun’s words and fixed his gaze on Jeong Ye-eun.

“Uh, yeah.. it wasn’t a big deal, Jeongwoo.”

‘Ye-eun…?’

I wanted to ask why he looked like that.

Looking at that expression, no matter how you look at it, it wasn’t a very important story.

There was a slight blush on her cheeks.

Flushing is a sign of vigorous exercise or –

Proof of excitement.

There was no way I would suddenly engage in intense exercise in the classroom, so it must have come from some positive emotion.

‘ha…’

Moon Jeong-woo’s expression began to rot.

He was extremely displeased with the fact that Jeong Ye-eun received such feelings from a man other than himself.

“Well, really..?”

However, he had neither the qualifications nor the courage to question such facts.

Because I didn’t want to upset her and start a fight.

I didn’t want to experience seeing her cold face like I did last time again.

It was enough to see her cold face turning towards the group of people who had been harassing her.

Therefore, he suppressed his passionate heart.

There was no way I could throw it out, so that was the only way.

“That’s right, Dohyun. We were in a club last time too, and then…”

As if she didn’t know that his insides were burning black, she excitedly started pouring out the story.

Once again, he saw Jeong Ye-eun’s expression that he didn’t know about.

She had never made an expression like that when she was with her friends or alone with him.

I’ve never seen them blush or chat with an expression full of anticipation.

What kind of situation is this now?

A damp feeling of embarrassment bounded his arms.

A thick discomfort gripped his legs.

I felt a sense of discomfort.

Even Moon Jeong-woo, who was really oblivious, could feel that she was changing.

It felt like a local supermarket I had known for a long time was being remodeled.

The location is the same and the owner has not changed.

However, that super was not the super he already knew.

Suddenly, my hostility toward Choi Do-hyeon grew.

I just wish you would stay away.

‘I know what kind of relationship I have with Ye-eun…!’

If it weren’t for him, everything would be perfect.

I wish I would stop approaching people like me and hang out with the people I used to hang out with.

He looked at her face for a long time, looking only at Choi Do-hyun.