episode_0045

On Thursday, the April written test, which lasted for four days, came to an end with tests on social studies subjects.

“Han Seong-jin, how many points did you get? What did you get 40 points for? 30 points?”

“Well, I don’t remember what I wrote on the answer sheet, so I guess the provisional marks are meaningless. But why do you keep talking like you already won?”

“Pfft, you don’t want to be embarrassed, so are you trying to postpone it somehow? Anyway, the tags will all come out next week. Yes, enjoy the last days until the public execution. Because the day you get labeled will be the day you drop out of school out of shame.”

Eunji Jeong let out a dark smile, confident of victory, then took her bag and gym clothes and left.

Although the exam was over, she seemed to be planning to start practicing in the afternoon since she still had track and field, which was a more important career path for her besides the exam.

A few minutes after Jeong Eun-ji left the classroom, Yu-ri Lee, who had finished grading, came up to me and asked.

“Did you do well on the test?”

“Okay? I also studied hard. So what will you give as an award?”

“You don’t even know what your score is yet, but that’s all you’re interested in, right?”

“No, the one I’m interested in is you.”

“Ugh… say that again…”

“You don’t like it?”

“…… No.”

Although Yu-ri Lee was embarrassed, she no longer hated or was reluctant to see me behave like this.

At that moment, in the row in front of me, Gong Young-bae kept changing his posture as if he was really worried…

I wanted to show off and make Yu-ri Lee sit on my lap, but she’s still shy and won’t do it around other kids.

Should we do that after we finish marking Yuri?

Even though my classmates were packing up their bags and going home one by one, Yuri Lee still hadn’t left my seat.

I grinned when I saw Yu-ri Lee fidgeting and looking at me like a puppy wanting something.

“Why are you still like this?”

“Hey, our exams are over, so today-”

“Sun~Bae~♥ Are you still there? Oh, there it is!”

However, before Yu-ri Lee could say anything, an intruder appeared.

The owner of a blonde side ponytail, slightly tanned skin, and wild breasts that bounce up and down every time she moves.

Choi Su-yeon smiled at me and came towards me waving her hand, while Yu-ri Lee’s expression, on the other hand, became quite grim.

However, before Choi Su-yeon could approach me, Gong Young-bae stood up and approached her first.

“Suyeon, the exam is over. Should we go out together today for the first time in a while? Last time, you said you were sick so I went halfway.”

His voice seems somewhat urgent.

You must have already seen Choi Soo-yeon clinging to me, but Gong Young-bae seemed to believe that he still had a chance. Pathetic and shameless.

Wouldn’t you faint if you knew how much Choi Soo-yeon and I have already groped each other’s bodies and how much our tongues have been intertwined with each other?

…Yuri will also faint.

When Gong Young-bae suddenly jumped forward, Choi Su-yeon stopped walking for a moment.

And he smiled brightly at Gong Young-bae.

“I’m sorry, senior. I think I have a prior appointment today. Hehe.”

……

If there is a prior promise, it exists, but if it does not exist, it does not exist. The phrase ‘seems to exist’ was an impossible word.

Nevertheless, Soo-yeon Choi rejected Gong Young-bae’s offer for such a strange and ridiculous reason.

Choi Soo-yeon had already become Han Seong-jin’s woman in her heart, and Gong Young-bae no longer had any meaning to her.

Choi Soo-yeon had more regrets about Gong Young-bae than Lee Yu-ri, who still did not make eye contact or talk to Gong Young-bae.

The smile directed at Gong Young-bae was not forced, nor was it a smile full of malice aimed at screwing him over.

Her feelings for him had completely died to the point where she did not feel any resentment, anger, or even hatred, so she was able to treat him more normally than Yuri Lee.

Choi Soo-yeon, who lightly rejected Gong Young-bae’s offer, approached Han Seong-jin and slightly sneered at Yu-ri Lee.

Then, he placed his chest on the desk and opened his eyes brightly.

” Senior Seongjin, it’s been a while since you have some free time during the day. How are you feeling? Would you like to go out and have lunch together?”

“Hey, I was talking first.”

Immediately, Lee Yu-ri’s check began again, but Choi Soo-yeon smiled and looked down at Lee Yu-ri with an open look of disdain.

“You weren’t saying anything? So I brought it up first, so what’s wrong?”

“Pfft… Ha, Seongjin Han! Would you like to go eat with me?”

Han Seong-jin looked at the two for a moment and smiled before answering.

“They both want to eat lunch with me, but I think the other one will be really hurt if I go out to eat with just one of them. It’s pretty hard to choose. So, shall we all go together today? I finally got my paycheck. There are a lot of things I owe you, so I’m buying lunch today.”

Neither Lee Yu-ri nor Choi Su-yeon liked the idea of each other accompanying them, but it was better than being abandoned, so they decided that it was the best option and nodded.

And the next moment, Han Seong-jin made a strange proposal that everyone did not expect.

“Hey, Gong Young-bae, you were talking about something with Su-yeon earlier. Are you going too? If you want to go, hug me. Instead, you calculate what is yours. How about it?”

“?!”

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Not only Lee Yu-ri and Choi Soo-yeon, but even Gong Young-bae himself looked quite surprised by my suggestion.

“Hey, Han Seongjin!”

Yuri Lee was startled and slapped me, but it was already too late.

“Me, I…want to come too?”

“I’m not saying you should come unconditionally. If you want to come.”

Gong Youngbae thought for a while and then answered in a quiet voice.

“… I’ll go.”

Dude, you have no pride.

Yuri pinched my arm with a scary expression, and I comforted her by lightly winking at her.

Yuri Lee whispered in a low voice.

” Hey, why are you doing this when you know that me and Gong Young-bae fought?!”

“You saw how that bastard keeps clinging to his regrets, unable to let go of them. Rather than bothering you like this every time, I thought it would be better to just hang out for a day and make you stop being annoying. Sorry for making the decision alone.”

Of course, I didn’t prepare this place just to please Gong Young-bae.

What I want is Lee Yu-ri.

I felt a clear difference in the attitudes of Choi Soo-yeon and Lee Yu-ri towards Gong Young-bae.

Even though Choi Soo-yeon suffered such a dirty situation, her relationship with Gong Young-bae was actually smooth.

Like now, I didn’t avoid people when I talked to them, and I was able to have normal conversations.

Not because she still liked Gong Young-bae, but because it was quite the opposite.

However, Lee Yu-ri still couldn’t hide her anger at Gong Young-bae, and when he came, she blatantly turned away or avoided his gaze.

Almost all barriers to her feelings for me have already been broken down, and we have become quite intimate with each other, but the lingering feelings that remain in her heart have not yet disappeared.

Unlike Choi Soo-yeon, whose affection had completely evaporated and there was nothing left, Yu-ri Lee’s 10-year childhood friend relationship still remained in her heart, so she was not sure about breaking it off like Choi Soo-yeon.

Today, I planned to completely shake off even the slightest lingering regret that remained in Yu-ri Lee’s heart.

By letting you know who will really like you and who is superior as a male.

……

We ate at a restaurant in a downtown area near the subway station and then went to the arcade.

“No, this is a place where a lot of delinquents come…”

Gong Yeong-bae, who had never been to a place like this before, hesitated and hesitated, but Lee Yu-ri, who had already become addicted, smiled brightly and entered the arcade.

In fact, it is a place where a lot of delinquents come, but it is not an opening venue like the neighborhood near where I live.

In fact, couples come often.

I slapped Gong Young-bae, who was trying to back out, on the back and pushed him inside.

“Hey, what fun is it if you come to a place like this and get away with it? Go and have some fun.”

“Here? What fun is there in wasting time in a place like this…”

“Baby, don’t do that, just go over there and give it a try.”

I sent Gong Young-bae up to the DDR board, and at almost the same time, Yuri Lee also went up.

Lee Yu-ri, seeing that Gong Young-bae was standing next to her instead of me, turned her head to me with a shocked expression.

“You don’t?”

“I’ll do it after that game. I’m playing first.”

Before Lee Yu-ri could say anything, I put the coin in, and soon a song started playing and countless arrows came pouring down.

Lee Yu-ri was excitedly taking steps as usual, jumping here and there, but Gong Young-bae…

“Huh? What is this? No, what on earth is fun about this…”

Gong Young-bae, who is full of prejudices against these types of entertainment facilities and doesn’t even like them in the first place, ignored them and played around with his feet a few times before getting the game over, and even with Yu-ri Lee dancing next to him, he just came down.

“What, are you dead already?”

“Ugh, I don’t know how to do it well and it’s not very fun… I don’t understand kids who like this kind of thing.”

After hearing those words, Lee Yu-ri glared at Gong Yeong-bae with horror and missed the arrow and died.

“Huh? Ah, lady…”

I was getting annoyed by Gong Young-bae who kept breaking the mood next to me, but when the game was over, Lee Yu-ri came off the stage with an irritated sigh.

Sooyeon Choi and I were next in line, and the two of us played DDR while having fun taking steps.

Meanwhile, I heard Yu-ri Lee and Young-bae Gong talking from behind.

“Yuri, let’s talk now. Because I was wrong-”

“You don’t understand kids who like things like this?”

Lee Yu-ri interrupted Gong Yeong-bae and asked in a low tone.

“Huh? No, in the first place, people wasting their time in places like this probably aren’t okay.”

“Oh, really? I’m sorry about that.”

“……?”

Even if you saw Yuri stepping excitedly, you wouldn’t notice, you idiot.

Youngbae, I can hear it.

The sound of even a handful of lingering regrets in Yuri Lee’s heart being swept away.

And when all those regrets are gone, Yuri Lee will be under my boat.

I think that time will come really soon.