Chapter 337 (1/2)

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Then I heard someone grumbling behind me, “If this was what’s gonna happen, why did you call me out? The number of people doesn’t match. What are you gonna do about it?”

Although he was complaining that way, Yeo Dan oppa’s friend didn’t look upset at all. Instead, he was even sending us a satisfied glance with a smirk while resting his chin on his palm. Slightly frowning, Yeo Dan oppa turned his head in that direction and replied, “Why don’t you play a double role?”

“Wow, does the girl beside you also know that you are such a person like this?”

‘Nope, I had no idea. I’ve been living next door for four years, but I got to learn that now.’ While I answered back only to myself, Yeo Dan oppa’s friend pointed at Chun Dong Ho.

“Dude, but you went too far. How could you do that to him as soon as you returned? Don’t you think it’s like bullying at school?”

Yeo Dan oppa replied shortly, “This place isn’t school.”

“Oh lord.”

“I did it because he deserved it.”

Once he spoke that way, Yeo Dan oppa turned his head to look at Sohn Se Young, who was sitting beside Ahn Ji Young. As if he committed a deadly crime, Sohn Se Young’s face turned pale. Yeo Dan oppa’s friend seemed to grasp the behind story at that sight. Clearing his throat, he made some nasal sounds.

“Yeah, you might have had a reason to do such a thing though.”

Yeo Dan oppa replied, “I’ll explain it to you later.”

“Fine.”

Watching Sohn Se Young’s face turning even more pale from across the table, I murmured that it was a well-earned punishment and studied the look on others’ faces.

While Ahn Ji Young and Moon Sarah were staring worriedly in the direction where Chun Dong Ho headed to, Lee Mina slightly puckered her lips and was blowing a whistle. Pointing her finger at Yeo Dan oppa, she then placed both fists under her chin and shrugged her shoulders as if she felt excited. I gave a little giggle at her, who looked like a viewer watching a romantic scene in a TV drama.

Yeo Dan oppa and I left the café, at last. The sight of his friend waving at us until the end disappeared over the café door.

Once we jumped into the crowded streets of the weekend, I burst into laughter while bending myself forward. Putting his hand on my back, Yeo Dan oppa asked concernedly, “Are you feeling okay?”

I nodded without hesitance. If he heard what Chun Dong Ho said to me, he would definitely worry about how I would be feeling. However, I replied while wiping out my lips, “Uh-huh, I think I’m totally fine. Look, I’m smiling.”

Covering my mouth with the back of my hand again, I began to giggle. I couldn’t help thinking about what he just said.

As if he felt embarrassed, Yeo Dan oppa slightly grimaced and uttered, “I heard something ridiculous, so I just copied him.”

“Geez, oppa, aren’t you really a genius of improvisation?”

Speaking that way with a peal of loud laughter, I suddenly came up with something. Now I had come to think of it, he was really a genius. I turned gloomy out of the blue. The workbooks I left on my desk from early in the morning flashed through my head.

Heaving a sigh, I dropped my gaze at the ground. The gray high-heeled sandals, which I seldom wore but put on today for this group hangout, came into view. All the efforts I made and the things I had given up in order to join this event… They all became meaningless.

Feeling something stinging on my forehead, I raised my head again and found Yeo Dan oppa staring at me worriedly.

Yikes! Waving my hand in the air, I said, “I’m fine… it’s just…”

With a nod, Yeo Dan oppa asked, “It’s just… what?”

I tapped the ground with the toe of my sandal. Bringing both hands behind my back, I replied, “It’s just that… if this was supposed to happen, I wondered why I had dressed like this… I mean, I didn’t wear this way because of those kids, but I feel like I’ve wasted too much time.”

“….”

That was when I tried to say the next words.

“Don’t think about it anymore.”