episode_0053

A text message arrived from Hanabi.

It was a short and powerful confessional text.

What day is today?

After the rabbits, even Hanabi confessed…

Originally, it would have been confusing.

Because I was hit with a series of unexpected confession attacks.

But now, rather than being confused, I felt dumbfounded.

『Shuboma/Hanabi』

─Speak bluntly. You will be my man from today.

I laugh out loud.

Where did you learn such vulgar and childish confessional comments?

The content of the text is a joke no matter who sees it.

It was difficult to think of it as a proper confession.

If it had been a text message received from rabbits, it would have been dismissed as a joke.

But not now.

Hanabi doesn’t have a sly personality, so much so that she lightly jokes about dating.

‘···Even if the content is playful, it’s probably true that he confessed sincerely.’

I had no intention of going over the part where I confessed via text.

These days, a lot of people confess in this way, right?

It’s just that the comment sucks.

of course.

If someone else had confessed like this, the sincerity would not have been conveyed.

To put it bluntly, it just seems like a confession in the form of a stabbing.

But Hanabi was able to fully understand.

Because she lacks courage and has a timid personality.

If I had confessed to someone in the past, I think I would have confessed through text like Hanabi did. Because I was also a serious idiot. Well, that doesn’t mean it’s not a joke right now.

anyway···.

‘Let’s reply later.’

I decided to withhold the answer to the confession.

Just like the rabbits, I’m not sure how I feel about Hanabi.

“What are you looking at so intently? Did you receive some kind of strange text?”

Seo Yi-eung suddenly showed his face.

I quickly turned my phone over.

“What, why are you hiding it?”

“I also have privacy.”

“It’s suspicious… I usually just show it well.”

Seo Yi-eung looks at me with disappointment.

Even if I made that expression, I had no intention of showing it.

***

Finished dinner.

Each bowl of food infused with the delicious touch of Seo Yi-eung’s mother filled my mouth with flavor, like a famous meal carefully prepared by a royal chef.

When I praised the food, Seo Yi-eung’s mother waved her hand in embarrassment and smiled embarrassedly.

“I’m glad to hear such praise.”

The horse encouraged me to let go first.

Because it’s uncomfortable for my friend’s mother to continue to treat me with respect.

Even if it was my daughter’s friend, I thought it was impolite to speak informally when meeting her for the first time, so I continued to use polite language.

For reference, Seo Yi-eung was away for a while.

I hurriedly ran somewhere because I remembered something I had to do.

At first glance, I could tell she was going to the bathroom, but I pretended not to notice so she wouldn’t be embarrassed.

I was having a conversation with Seo Yi-eung’s mother in the living room.

“But… Ha Hwi What do you think about our Lee Eung?”

Seo Yi-eung’s mother suddenly asked a question.

“Lee Eung? A good friend.”

“Hmm. A good friend…”

Seo Yi-eung’s mother is drooling.

It looks like the answer I just gave wasn’t the answer I wanted.

I felt like I knew at first glance what the purpose of the question was.

Seo Yi-eung’s mother looked at me intently,

“Not as a friend, what do you think as a person of the opposite sex?”

I threw a fastball.

I scratched my head with a troubled face.

“uh… I’m not sure because I’ve never thought about it differently. ”

“I see.”

Seo Yi-eung’s mother looked disappointed.

Perhaps she interpreted this to mean that I was not interested in Seo Yi-eung, but she had a bitter smile on her face.

When the atmosphere became awkward like that.

“Kang Ha-hwi.”

Seo Yi-eung, who had gone to the bathroom, came back.

“After you finish eating, do you want to take a walk in the yard to relieve your stomach?”

“Walking?”

It was an unexpected suggestion.

Well, I still wanted to move a little, so I didn’t refuse.

I stood up and glanced at Seo Yi-eung’s mother.

She was clenching her fists and making a gentle fighting gesture towards Seo Yi-eung.

what?

When he gave me a puzzled look, Seo Yi-eung’s mother cleared her throat and turned her head.

“Come quickly.”

“Ah, yes.”

Seo Yi-eung urged.

I took my gaze away from Seo Yi-eung’s mother and followed Seo Yi-eung out of the house.

***

In the evening, when the hot midday air cools down.

Seo Yi-eung and I walked out into the yard and walked on the lawn in silence, looking up at the sky.

Meanwhile.

“Kang Ha-hwi… No, it’s Ha-hwi.”

Seo Yi-eung stopped walking and stood tall.

He turned around and called me in a shy voice.

Something feels unfamiliar.

Is it because this is the first time you call me without your last name?

“Actually, I have something to say to you today…”

“What to say? What is it?”

Seo Yi-eung fidgets with his hands and avoids gaze.

It’s ominous.

I had a bad feeling.

A situation where there are only two men and women.

A strange atmosphere, a shy Seo Yi-eung, and her mother making a fighting gesture.

When all circumstances are combined and considered.

There was a very high probability that a confession would come out of Seo Yi-eung’s mouth.

For a moment, I hoped it was just my luck…

“It may be sudden, but I actually like you.”

As expected, the development unfolded as expected.

Seo Yi-eung closed his eyes tightly and confessed.

Why?

It didn’t seem like you had any intention of confessing until now?

Her mind had already figured it out.

However, I thought I wouldn’t confess at least until I graduated.

As for Seo Yi-eung’s personality.

Because he was worried that his relationship with me would become strained, he knew how to suppress his feelings while attending the academy.

‘Now that I think about it, things have been a little strange lately…’

Was it because he was worried about whether or not to confess that he was in such a strange state?

I thought I was quick-witted.

But now that I look at him like this, he was a very tactless bastard.

‘No, really, what day is today?’

Are we all going to make a promise together and confess?

Or is it like a hidden camera?

As I was experiencing this situation for the first time in my life, all sorts of thoughts came to mind.

Even if it were someone else, I would have reacted the same way.

It would not be common for someone to receive confessions three times a day.

‘···For now, I have no choice but to withhold the answer this time. ‘I don’t know my own feelings, and I haven’t yet been able to give others an answer to my confession.’

As I was organizing my thoughts and making a very troubled expression, Seo Yi-eung lowered his head and added.

“Sorry. Were you surprised…? Originally, I was going to keep hiding my feelings until I graduated, but now I’m so anxious that I just can’t do it. So before another woman takes you away, or before you confess… I decided that I should confess first. I decided that it would be better to commit a crime like this rather than hide my feelings like a coward and lose the person I love under the pretext of being considerate of you. Even if our relationship becomes strained because of this, I have no regrets. Because I conveyed my heart to you faster than anyone else.”

It’s like he gave up everything.

Seo Yi-eung looks relieved.

His face looked as if he had suffered a broken heart.

I haven’t even rejected it yet.

Anyway, this time my answer was the same as before.

“Thank you very much, but can I answer you later?”

“···Later? You’re not turning it down and rejecting it, right?”

“It’s not like that. I don’t know how I feel yet, so I think I need to think about it.”

“You mean it’s not a rejection…?”

Seo Yi-eung asks with a nervous face.

When I nodded slightly, her face brightened even more.

I guess I thought I would be rejected unconditionally.

“Okay. Then I’ll wait until you make up your mind.”

In this way, I got through the third confession without incident.

***

After saying hello to Seo Yi-eung and her mother, I left the house.

And while I was returning home, I received a text message from Isabella.

The message was asking if we could meet for a moment.

Although I wanted to quickly go home and cool off because of the continuous confession attacks, I still readily accepted Isabella’s request.

Rather than worrying alone, it would be more efficient to ask a close friend for advice.

It was so-called worry counseling.

“Ha-hwi!”

Isabella came running in from afar, waving her hand.

As happy as a puppy meeting its owner.

After joining the group, we each took a can of soda from the vending machine, then moved to a nearby park and sat side by side on a bench.

And ever since I met Isabella, I have been shaking with anxiety.

Why are you shaking?

“There is no one passing by here.”

Isabella sitting next to me.

Her mood is very different from usual.

It still looks bright though.

What should I say? What kind of decision should I say it looks like?

This ominous intuition somehow felt like it would be right.

“You know. Ha-hwi.”

Isabella called to me in a soft voice.

“You know what? Actually, there is a guy I like?”

“···Really? I knew this for the first time.”

Isabella withdrew her gaze from me and raised her head.

Then he looked up blankly at the sky and continued talking.

“Mmm. I said I liked it, but honestly, my first impression was a little bad. At first, I thought he was a rude and arrogant man. But that wasn’t it? Although he looks very cold on the outside, he is an infinitely warm person on the inside. I thought all handsome men were unlucky, but he is the only person who broke that prejudice.”

“······.”

“I realized right away that I fell in love with that person. Just being together made my heart pound and itchy. But I couldn’t hastily convey my feelings. Because my best friend and I both liked that person. That too before me.”

“I see. It must have been difficult…”

“But one day my best friend said this to me? Don’t be considerate of yourself, be honest with your feelings, and you won’t regret it. Maybe he sensed my feelings.”

Isabella bowed her head.

“I was worried when I heard that. Should I express my feelings to the man I like, or should I be considerate of my best friend? After thinking about it for so long, I finally made a decision today.”

“A decision has been made?”

“Yes. I decided to be honest with my feelings. And I’m going to confess to that person today.”

After Isabella finished speaking, silence suddenly fell.

The only sound I could hear was the wind rustling through the leaves somewhere.

Isabella slowly turned her head and looked at me.

And he pulled the corners of his mouth into a small smile.

“I like it.”

Isabella’s low, earnest confession split the silence of the night park.