episode_0422

A cold wind blowing through the neon signs of the surrounding bars and karaoke rooms hits my cheek.

This winter, I am now seeing the end of pure and innocent love.

“Woojin-ah.”

The old man calls me as he looks at the empty night sky, with not only the stars but even the moon obscured by the surrounding buildings.

“Do you have a cigarette?”

“Do you smoke too?”

“I quit, but I feel like it today.”

He sniffles and looks around.

“Senior Joohee should have it. Or should I go to the convenience store and buy it?”

“… … No, I just don’t want to smoke.”

“Yes, smoking is bad for your health.”

If your mind is already in pain and your body is in pain too, wouldn’t that be sad?

“Mr. Oh, you did your best. After all, you saved Chanwoo.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

“There’s a saying that if you love someone, you have to know when to back off, right? The old man was so damn cool until the very end.”

When I patted him on the back and smiled, the old man sniffled and sniffled.

“You’re kind.”

… … Did I make a mistake?

If you confess to me, I’m confident I’ll punch you in the face and run away.

“Then I guess I should go now. If I stay here any longer, only strange rumors will spread.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”

The old man left with such a great back.

Turning around, three people are coming out of the karaoke.

Hyunho Ahn, Chanwoo Jung, and senior Joohee.

Everyone had a strange look on their face, as if they had heard my conversation with the old man.

The first to speak was Ahn Hyun-ho.

“Jung Chan-woo, you cruel bastard.”

“Me?!”

“The old man came to save you so diligently, and you hit him in the back of the head like this? If it were me, I would have hit him in the butt.”

Look at that crazy kid, he’s talking nonsense and saying it’s not his job.

“No matter what, it’s not true! I like girls!”

Jung Chan-woo shouts that if he’s going to date a bald man, he’d rather date a female yakuza.

Anyway, this is how the street exploration, which was both interesting and funny, ended.

“Hey, isn’t that a little touching? We came here to help you.”

When I ask Chanwoo with a shrug, he nods slightly embarrassed.

“That’s… …right. I didn’t know you’d help me like this. Thank you so much.”

Chanwoo seemed genuinely touched as he answered with a sob.

“Let’s grab a bite to eat after our exams are over. I’ll buy it.”

“Okay, that’s fine.”

“Why is a young boy crying when he was biting and sucking a woman?”

The bald old man’s love ended in failure, but the friendship between men grew stronger.

“That, Woojin?”

Senior Joohee carefully conveyed the message while patting me on the back.

“Arin came?”

“Ah.”

* * *

It really was.

Yu Ah-rin was really there.

“… … .”

There was also a crowd of men soliciting customers near the entrance to the street.

“Do the boys here like the water too?”

“They’re handsome and have good manners. The after is solid, and the down is… … You know?”

What are those kids talking about now, smiling smugly?

In an instant, the heat in his head rises to the max and he runs towards her, but Yoo Ah-rin shouts before him.

“You fucking kids! I have a boyfriend! Get out! And my kid is way better than you parasitic bastards!”

“Arinaaaat!”

He was about to say something more, so he urgently approached Yu Ah-rin and stopped her.

I thought he would clench his fists and beat up the guys in front of him right away, but I came and he calmed down.

“What the heck!”

“Oh my!”

Instead, the fist that I thought was going to be aimed at them ended up hitting me.

As he looked up at Yu Ah-rin while crouching down, his blazing eyes were filled with clear anger.

“Huh?”

“Ahem.”

The customers just stand there blankly, not understanding what’s going on.

I yell as I get beaten by Arin.

“Get out of here you idiots! I’m the one getting hit instead!”

In fact, it wasn’t a case of them getting hit instead, but rather just getting hit. In any case, the touts eventually ran away due to Yu Ah-rin’s fierce momentum.

Rather than being scared, it seemed like they thought it would be a bad idea to get involved with us.

“Ah, Arin! Wait! I’ll explain everything first!”

“Shit! Shit!”

Yoo Ah-rin glares at me with a grin. She clenches her fists and raises them, but then slowly lowers them and asks.

“Tell me.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

I was trying to explain, but the group followed me from behind.

“Arin!”

Jung Chan-woo runs to Yoo Ah-rin while sobbing. He looks happy to see her, as they were childhood friends.

Thanks to Jung Chan-woo, Yoo Ah-rin’s attention was drawn to him.

“Hey, are you okay? Fuck, that’s what I told you last time. You should take good care of women before dating them.”

“No… …This time, it feels a bit unfair. I was dragged here against my will because of my seniors.”

“What do you want me to do? Why would a college student go to karaoke in the first place? It’s not like you need women or anything.”

Yoo Ah-rin scolding Jung Chan-woo while grumbling. Fortunately, wouldn’t this naturally lead to Jung Chan-woo getting scolded?

“It was like that in the past too? Don’t be swayed by other people’s opinions and express your own opinion. Why can’t you do that yet?”

“No, that’s-.”

“Anyway, the problem is that people keep asking for it. What on earth makes this guy so handsome that people around him are swearing at him like that?”

As I watch the scolding, I slowly pull back.

At that moment, my eyes met with Senior Joo-hee’s, and she also approached me hesitantly.

“Does this flow well?”

As I whispered softly, Senior Joohee looked at me with a tired expression.

“Were you looking for a way out even in this situation?”

“… … Don’t you understand the current situation? You’re in trouble because of Senior Joohee.”

Isn’t this because my senior suddenly kissed me on the cheek while I was on the phone?

The senior coughs awkwardly and responds.

“Ahem, I wiped the dirt off your cheek. If only you hadn’t gotten kissed by that weird girl in the first place.”

“Is this really so?”

Look at him trying to run away alone.

When I stared at Senior Joo-hee in disbelief, she quickly averted her gaze.

Then, as if he had thought of a suitable excuse, he started to speak urgently.

“I came by bike, so I’ll go first!”

“Senior?!”

The senior who runs away like that.

Senior Joohee left.

Look at the remaining people.

Yoo Ah-rin is still teasing Jung Chan-woo.

Ahn Hyun-ho is on the phone sobbing, and from what I hear, it sounds like he’s being scolded by Lee Gyu-ah.

‘But are only Arin here?’

When we talked on the phone earlier, Seo Ye-rin was the most scared.

“Hoo, please, live moderately. Why do all the people around me who are worth their face have flaws other than their faces?”

If you think about it, that’s true.

Jung Chan-woo and Seo Ye-rin are both handsome, but somehow they are lacking something.

“Yes, yes.”

Jeong Chan-woo, who was very confused, shrank down like a man who just got out of a cold bath.

And then Yoo Ah-rin suddenly turns her head and glares at me.

“You follow me.”

Yoo Ah-rin snapping her fingers.

I follow right behind.

* * *

The place we arrived was Choi Jin-ah’s house.

Judging from the lights on outside, it looks like the kids are waiting.

“Hey, we’re here.”

Yoo Ah-rin, who went inside nervously.

When I actually went in, there was no answer so I was wondering what was going on.

“Hmm.”

Choi Yi-seo is asleep lying on the sofa, and at the table in front of her, Oh Yoon-ji is looking at her laptop with earphones on.

Then, when he finds us entering the living room, he takes out his earphones and greets us.

“What, you came sooner than I thought?”

“Oh, when I went, it was already finished.”

I didn’t know Oh Yoon-ji would be there. Then where is Choi Jin-ah?

‘If I don’t see Yerin, is she with me?’

I looked around and sneakily approached Oh Yoon-ji. When I looked at her laptop, I saw that she was monitoring an internet broadcast. It was Popo.

“What, were you watching Popo’s broadcast?”

“Yeah, I can’t see you every day, but I should see you once in a while when I have time.”

“You’re working hard.”

“It’s kind of fun.”

Oh Yoon-ji then opens a can of beer next to her laptop and drinks it.

I thought he’d be angry, but he’s not as angry as I thought.

“Hey, where are you!”

Yoo Ah-rin enters Choi Jin-ah’s practice room, screaming nervously.

Judging from the voices I can hear inside, it looks like they’re playing over there.

He glances at Oh Yoon-ji’s expression.

If you glance at your laptop browser window, you’ll see that the modern bamboo forest is also on.

“Are you looking at the bamboo forest too?”

“Looking at Popo and doing something else? Now I have to take care of it.”

Oh Yoon-ji sips her beer while answering indifferently.

Then he smiles while looking at me looking anxious.

“Hey, what did you do there that made the kids so angry?”

“Huh?”

“I saw that you were on the phone and got mad saying you got NTR’d. Especially Seo Ye-rin… …I thought you were a different person.”

“… … .”

“Tell me. I can listen and help you.”

He glanced at the sofa he was leaning against. After confirming that Choi Yi-seo was definitely asleep, he began to explain.

“Haa, that’s right-.”

I’ll briefly explain what happened today.

In particular, the importance of Ahn Hyun-ho was greatly exaggerated in the case of the woman with the scorpion tattoo.

Huroop.

After hearing the story, Oh Yoon-ji took another sip of beer and answered with a smirk.

“It’s nothing special.”

“That… … Chi?”

“I didn’t do anything too bad. I didn’t say it because I wanted to. Isn’t it normal to just kiss someone on the cheek?”

“Okay, kiss me on the cheek-.”

I was about to agree, but then I felt something strange.

The moment I turned my head to ask what he was talking about, my lips met with Oh Yoon-ji’s, who was sitting next to me.

side.

Our eyes both open wide at the brief kiss.

“What, what is it?!”

When he looked at Oh Yoon-ji in surprise, his face turned red as if he was also embarrassed.

“Byeol, I was going to do it on my cheek, saying that doing it on the cheek is normal… … .”

“That was the build-up?!”

Judging from his expression, it was clear that he was upset about being kissed on the cheek by a strange woman.

I think maybe he had the same feelings as senior Joohee.

Kook!

At that moment, the vision becomes obscured by darkness.

A warm yet weighty texture crushes my face.

I knew right away what it was.

It was Seo’s feet that were asleep on the sofa.

“Hey, you’re awake.”

I greeted Choi Yi-seo, who was lying on the sofa and pressing her face against mine.