Chapter 179 (1/2)

After quite a while, Yoo Chun Young’s voice escaped through his lips at last.

“No.”

“…”

“I wouldn’t leave you with nobody.”

Using a double negative to say that he would stay beside me, Yoo Chun Young looked at me.

He wouldn’t leave me with nobody; he would keep staying beside me. I suddenly lifted my eyes. At last, his words seemed to permeate slowly into my heart at intervals like raindrops.

I could barely move my lips after a while. I had no idea if I was smiling or not. Perhaps I was. It felt like I couldn’t clearly realize if I was smiling or not.

It was the same as that moment when a volleyball hit my face. My sights turned into a blur, and I had gone dizzy as if my blood vessels were running fast to make my vision pulsate.

When I suddenly gathered back to my senses, I noticed that Yoo Chun Young and I were looking at each other in the eyes until then. Oh my god… I replied while sitting back defensively.

“Um… y… eah… now that I think about it, it’s very embarrassing to say such a thing… haha…”

“…”

“Haha… ha…”

Sigh. I barely drew in my breath and hung my head down. I didn’t know why, but I couldn’t look at Yoo Chun Young’s face anymore.

‘It feels like I said something really strange right now…’ rambling those thoughts in mind, I heaved a deep sigh. Suddenly, something not so heavy weighed on my shoulder. Someone must have placed his or her hand on me. I lifted my head.

What came into my sight right away was, strangely, Yi Ruda’s face, which looked distorted as if something terrible happened to him.

I turned back and finally understood why he was having such a sour mood.

“Oh, hi.”

“Hi, Donnie.”

Sweeping her disheveled blond hair, Yi Ruda showed a gorgeous smile on her face.

This was the first time I saw her after the vacation. I mean, we had the summer break ceremony yesterday, so it was only about a day later when I had last seen her again.

I never expected to see her in this place; thus, that might be the reason why I felt that she was more unfamiliar somehow. Having those thoughts in mind, I stared at Yi Ruda.

Her bright blond hair drew other people’s eyes on us; thus, many of them seemed to be dwelling upon our direction with a wistful and yearning glance. No, when taking a closer look, I found out that some of them were gazing at Yoo Chun Young, who was sitting beside me, instead.

No matter who it was between Yoo Chun Young or Yi Ruda, they both attracted people’s eyes nonetheless. It was just Yi Ruda who was transcending away from the gender norm a bit.

As soon as I thought that way, Yoo Chun Young’s sharp voice flew over. It wasn’t directed at me.

“Why are you here?”

“Why can’t I be here?” said Yi Ruda turning her mouth up slightly to resemble the hint of a sneer. Her bent blue eyes were on Yoo Chun Young. It looked like she was teasing him.

Yoo Chun Young was just staring at Yi Ruda while displaying his annoyance thoroughly on his face, which seldom happened. The warm air that hung between Yoo Chun Young and me then all vanished away.

‘How can she flip the atmosphere so easily just by entering this space!’ I glanced at Yi Ruda in awe.

‘How amazing she is to have the spotlight pointed at her in this café just by appearing!’ Like an excellent supporting character in a TV drama, I noticed that everyone in the café couldn’t take their eyes off of Yi Ruda and Yoo Chun Young, who were both scowling at each other.

‘So this is…’ the moment when I wondered to look for a more appropriate metaphor, I soon spat out the word, ‘Oh.’

This was a similar reaction that took place among the students when the Four Heavenly Kings appeared at the school.

‘Is this a critical scene in this novel?’ I thought while resting my chin on my hand. Meanwhile, their war of nerves continued without a hint of ever stopping.

Both just stared at each other’s eyes in silence; it wouldn’t be surprising if one would be confused if they were fighting or being captivated to each other. I suddenly felt quite uncomfortable to be in between the two of them with that thought in mind.

I shouldn’t be in this place right now. A shrimp among whales… there was a reason why this proverb existed; besides, it would be quite unfair for me if my back would snap because of a lovers’ quarrel…