Chapter 60 (1/2)

“And then, Sadeol turned like this and kicked the ball!”

The seven naturally ended up sitting together, but the problem was that Seonhan was much more talkative than expected. He said he wanted to be Myohan’s friend, but he just kept chatting excitedly. He didn’t even eat. Myohan had thought Sadeol would be equally talkative, but to his surprise, he ate in silence mostly and made a comment from time to time.

“Wow, that’s really crazy!”

“It’s great, isn’t it?”

“Yeah! Oh, I wish I could play soccer.”

“You should, then.”

“No, the exams are near, I should be studying.”

“Really? You think you get to say that?”

Myohan couldn’t exactly join their conversation, but talking to Sadeol in private was going to be even weirder. But then, Seonhan moved his chopsticks to Sadeol’s tray as if it was only right.

Then he started to move all the meat onto his own tray. What was even funnier was that Sadeol let him do that. He let Seonhan take all the meat. He did look sad about it, but it quickly went away and he started to eat his vegetables.

“Why are you looking at me?”

Seonhan noticed Myohan’s gaze and asked with a smile. Myohan looked at his own tray. O Shin was looking at him, his eyes sparkling for a spilt second.

“Oh, it’s just, you’re eating his meat.”

“Oh, you mean Sadeol’s meat?”

“Wow, you’re taking his meat again? That’s just too evil.”

“You want some?”

Sinsul really thought it was harsh, but Seonhan didn’t care. He asked Myohan if he wanted some, so he just shook his head. What was already on his tray was too much for him, so of course he didn’t need more. Seonhan looked disappointed about the refusal. He had a mouthful of meat.

It was for a second, but Sadeol looked at him envy. Seonhan chewed and swallowed what was in his mouth in no time and asked, “You’re not thinking I’m forcefully taking his meat, right?”

Of course that was what Myohan was wondering.

“Well…”

However, he didn’t really care much about it, so he just faltered, but Seonhan said he wasn’t that bad and looked like he was about to cry. Sadeol had to explain.

“I can’t eat meat.”

Myohan looked at him. He added with a playful smile, “I’m vegan.”

Myohan felt like he had gotten hit with a blow to his head. He recalled what he had read about the tiger in the library. It could eat almost all animals, even reptiles. A vegetarian tiger? That was impossible.

Of course, he knew Sadeol couldn’t be 100% like a real tiger, but the gap was just too huge for him to understand.

“Why?” Myohan asked back and it made Yuja look up from his vocabulary cards. It was weird that Myohan was caring about someone else. He knew everyone was now looking at him, but he kept his eyes on Sadeol. He was still smiling.

“I just am!”

That was a short answer. At the same time, Myohan narrowed his eyes. When he glanced at O Shin, he seemed to think that it was interesting.

“That’s too bad.”

Myohan’s interest soon disappeared and he ended it with that remark. He could see Sadeol smiling. But only his lips were smiling, his eyes were not. He must have felt something in that remark, as he wouldn’t take his eyes off Myohan. His eyes were wavering dangerously, but Myohan pretended to be ignorant of it and raised his spoon.

“It’s not bad, it’s his own choice!”

Sadeol looked away only when Seonhan patted his shoulder with a laugh. The strangling gaze was gone and Myohan secretly let out a sigh of relief. It was good that they were seated. If he had been standing, he would have fallen again.

“I know.”

Myohan just grinned. Seonhan looked at him, gaping, and O Shin angrily put down his spoon. Yuja frowned at the sound.

“Hey, what do you think…”

“Yuja, I’m finished, I’ll go first.”