Chapter Index

    Before I knew it, the midterm exam was approaching.

    Academic performance at the academy can also affect employment in the future.

    And, the night before that important exam.

    I was having a happy phone conversation with Jeong Ye-eun.

    At some point, this turned into a routine.

    During the day, we laugh and talk together in class, and at night, after finishing our day’s work, we end up talking on the phone for a while before going to bed.

    -After the exam, let’s go to the arcade together for the first time in a while!

    Her excited voice was heard. Just by hearing her voice, it was Jeong Ye-eun who was cute.

    “Hey, it hasn’t even started yet, but are you thinking about the day ending already?”

    -I studied hard during the exam period, but now it’s time to have some fun… Aren’t you excited, Dohyun? Going out to play together!

    “What are you going to do when you go?”

    -well…? I guess we’ll just do what we always do…

    “Doing the same thing every day, is it fun?”

    -huh! The most fun for me is going there with you and Jungwoo and playing games.

    ‘Moon Jeong-woo…’

    Certainly, its presence has not yet been completely erased.

    Still, being the main character of the original work, the long relationship between childhood friends was not easily cut off.

    It doesn’t really matter.

    No matter how long it takes or how difficult the road is.

    Because in the end, the result is decided.

    As all roads lead to Rome, all the build-up pointed to only one outcome.

    She will eventually approach me, and Moon Jeong-woo will be reduced to using the voices coming through the phone to satisfy his desires in an extremely ugly manner.

    .

    .

    .

    And, the test is over.

    “What is it..? Do exams really end this quickly?”

    “Originally, everything feels fast after it passes. Isn’t that what it is?”

    Three days later, we left school with bright faces.

    “Is that so…? I don’t know, let’s go have fun! Is the time okay?”

    “Of course.”

    She looked at me and asked, and I answered with a smile like always.

    “Jungwoo, what about you?”

    “I, I’m okay too.”

    ‘nice.’

    She spoke to me first.

    Proof that the scales of her unconsciousness are tilted even slightly towards me.

    Now, it seems like the time has come to make progress not only psychologically, but also materially and physically.

    We walked down the street.

    As usual, Jeong Ye-eun was in the middle, and Moon Jeong-woo and I walked on either side of her.

    “Dohyun, Dohyun.”

    “Why are you calling me?”

    “Just.”

    “Why are you calling me when there is nothing special going on? Do you want to rummage?”

    “If you fight me, can you win?”

    “ Now that I think about it, I don’t think I can win. I’m sorry.”

    Even as we chatted nonsense, her and I had smiles on our faces that were as bright as the sun in the sky.

    If someone were to make a youth drama, we would be the main characters of the drama.

    A face or gesture as lively as plants swaying in the spring breeze.

    She suited the words youth and green spring so well.

    “Yes, Yeeun…”

    That guy… he appeared as an extra in a youth drama, but he thinks he’s the main character.

    Soon you will get scolded by the director and fall into…

    “There, so – ”

    “Hey, isn’t that a name?”

    I cut him off.

    “Huh? Which one?”

    And, she answered me as if she hadn’t heard what Moon Jeong-woo said.

    “Yeeun…”

    His words were ignored and he looked like his world was falling apart,

    “That flower. Can you see the white petals?”

    “Well…. I don’t know. I did see a lot of things. But why is that suddenly happening?”

    “I just wanted to see it.”

    “What…”

    She burst out laughing as if she was dumbfounded.

    However, it was a laugh mixed with more enjoyment than absurdity.

    “We’re here… It’s been a while, here.”

    A place where I refrained from going outside as much as possible during the exam period.

    Because the exam periods for nearby schools were roughly the same, there seemed to be more people here than when I visited before the exam.

    A variety of people, of various ages, from middle school students to adults.

    Lovers and friends. There may be a sibling you get along with, or perhaps someone who comes to spend time alone.

    “Hmm… Well, let’s play air hockey!”

    “Okay. Are you confident?”

    “Of course! I’ve tried a lot too. Of course, Dohyun knows that you’re good at sports… but it won’t be easy, right?”

    “Okay then. Grab that.”

    “Yes! Wait a minute… The money hole… Oh, there it is. Jeongwoo, please put this coin in there.”

    “Yes…”

    I was in a situation where I was going to play the game, but I was having Moon Jeong-woo do the preparation.

    It’s like sending an errand to get you supplies for a night out with me…

    If you have the chance, you should definitely try it.

    Moon Jeong-woo, who is trembling with shame but is in a state of exhaustion and half out of his mind, wondering if he will look back on himself if he asks for a favor…

    I have different tastes if this is how the main character or heroine becomes, but I welcome the villain being devastated.

    I want to prevent Ye-eun from being devastated at all costs, but Moon Jeong-woo…

    After the money has been invested.

    We started moving our bodies excitedly.

    Clearly, her athleticism was outstanding.

    Even though he hit hard, he prevented many goals from being scored, and sometimes showed threatening shots.

    But, that’s just it.

    “Hehe, hehe… Ugh, I can’t win. Just look at me…!”

    “They say a lion does his best even when catching a rabbit.”

    “Profit…!”

    -Tang, Taang

    After a while, she couldn’t get a single point from me.

    I saw her approaching me, grinning.

    “Please take a moment to look at it…!”

    “Kwikkk, if you have any complaints, come practice. I’ll do it again later.”

    “Remembered? Don’t say anything else later!”

    “Okay.”

    Taking advantage of the brief pause in conversation, Moon Jeong-woo quickly intervened.

    “Yeeun, let’s do that with me!”

    “Huh? Ah… a fighting game? okay. Let’s go!”

    After having fun and sweating, her tension rose and she started playing a game with him.

    While the two of us were playing, I moved around for a moment and headed to the claw machine.

    ‘I should leave it next to the bed.’

    I couldn’t let Moon Jeong-woo’s doll stay in her sacred bed forever.

    I worked hard with the tongs, trying to pull out a device that would make it easier for people to think of me even when we weren’t meeting.

    ‘Just a little more… a little more…’

    Percussion, button pressed.

    The tong was lowered, and a teddy bear that was just the right size to hold and sleep with was pulled out.

    ‘nice.’

    As expected, Choi Do-hyun’s body was confident in everything he did with his body.

    After picking out the doll, Jeong Ye-eun, who seemed to have finished playing the game, came towards me.

    “Did you just pull that out?”

    “Yes. Gift.”

    “Huh? To me?”

    “You’re right. There are a lot of things I am thankful for so far… so leave it in the room.”

    She carefully took the doll with both hands, hugged it, and then said to me.

    “…Thank you! I’ll put this next to my bed and look at it every day..!”

    “Fuhu, why are you so thankful? Just take one doll.”

    “But, you chose it for me.”

    She seemed to like the doll, and this time she hugged it with both arms as if she was going to explode.

    Unable to control the corners of his mouth, he continued to laugh and stroke the doll’s head a couple of times.

    …..And Moon Jeong-woo looked at her like that with a darker complexion.

    **

    Jeong Ye-eun played a fighting game with Moon Jeong-woo for the first time in a long time.

    As I was doing this, it felt like I had returned to my childhood.

    I received one or two coins from my mom every now and then, and I went to the arcade with Jeongwoo.

    At that time, each game was extremely fun.

    The air and atmosphere at that time were vivid.

    ‘Yes, as expected, it’s comfortable to be with Jungwoo.’

    He was like a home away from home, someone who always made me feel comfortable.

    We spent a long time together and became attached, and now I feel comfortable just looking at them.

    He seemed to be enjoying the game, as there was a smile on his face.

    You looked bad earlier, so I was worried something was going on.

    I don’t know what happened, but I hope it makes you feel better.

    “Yeeun, you have become really good..?”

    “Right? uh..? What about Dohyeon?”

    “I don’t know…? Yeeun, next is – ”

    “Ah, there it is!”

    He seemed to be trying to say something, but…

    Well, you can listen while walking.

    She turned to Choi Do-hyeon.

    “Sorry. You can keep talking.”

    “Oh, it’s nothing.”

    “Really?”

    Looking closely, he was holding a teddy bear that did not fit his size.

    Then, he handed her the doll and said,

    It’s a gift. I bought it because I have a lot to be thankful for.

    what are you talking about

    Who is really thankful…

    No matter how grateful he is to her, are they as great as the feelings she has for him?

    Jeong Ye-eun thought.

    -If he dreams, will I come out?

    He appeared in her dreams.

    -If you were given free time, would you think of me?

    When she had free time, she found herself thinking about him.

    When I see something good, I feel like I want to bring it to him, but does he feel that way?

    I was already in love with this cute gift.

    ‘Hi-Hi…’

    How can you not like someone like this?

    She hugged the doll between her arms tightly.

    It was soft.

    Gives you a feeling of stability and comfort…

    A doll that reminds you of the person who picked it for you.

    From now on, I don’t think there will be any time to be lonely even after the nightly phone calls are over.

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