Chapter 366 (1/2)

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Wondering about those questions hysterically in my mind, I flinched and lifted my head at the voice coming from beside me.

“I’m sorry… about that…”

I was surprised when I looked aside. Yoo Chun Young’s blue eyes were slightly trembling on me. I never saw him revealing his bewildered feelings so clearly on his face until now. However, that was all. I waited for a little more, but he didn’t say anything else. Biting my lips for a second, I said, “You know, I…”

“Uh-huh,” replied Yoo Chun Young with downcast eyes. Biting my lips once more, I continued to speak with difficulty.

“I think we’ll keep seeing each other and would like to continue for it to happen.”

It was such a difficult thing to express how precious somebody was to someone else.

“You… you said to me every time…”

“Uh-huh.”

“… That you’re gonna stay beside me.”

“…”

“You kept talking about it from before that we’re gonna stay together. Don’t you remember? In summer, when we were sitting at the café, and when we all watched the video at my house…”

“Ah…”

He slowly nodded his head. Watching that sight, I almost got tears in my eyes. That weekend, when we all gathered at my house and watched the video, wasn’t a dream. I felt like those memories were finally confirmed to be true.

I continued, “We kept on talking at that time about what we would look like after a few years, so I…”

“Uh-huh,” replied Yoo Chun Young while nodding his head. His voice sounded way softer than earlier, so I felt like I was choking up. Trying hard to not reveal how emotional I became right now, I concluded my words.

“I really… really liked what you thought and said…”

Yoo Chun Young remained silent again. I uttered, “I truly loved the idea you know… whenever those conversations entered my had, I felt so happy to even think about it. I really don’t know how to articulate it better…”

My words sounded too crappy to listen. I wasn’t sure whether the context made sense or not. While I was dropping a remark, other words and thoughts flashed through my head and escaped from my mouth. ‘I liked it, I loved it.’ Only these words seemed to be continuously spoken.

Then I barely tied up my long and chaotic rambles.

“You’re that kind of person to me.”

Even I felt quite dumbfounded while dropping those words. What else did I say to him other than it would be good to keep staying together? Would that be enough to express all my heart?

Only the sound of rain resonated around us. A moment after, I couldn’t help but bite my lips at his following words.

“I feel the same way.”

“…”

“So did I. I also liked the idea that we would continue to stay together.”

From his quietly spoken words, I noticed that Yoo Chun Young was also saying the same thing as me. As if we were walking along the road not taken before, we were moving clumsily but heading toward the same direction in the end.

Yoo Chun Young uttered again, “To me, you are, of course, someone who must stay beside me now and forever.”

Listening to him quietly, I opened my mouth.

“But why are you guys doing this to me then?” I asked.

“That’s the reason,” he replied.

The rainfall over the slate roof became heavier. I looked up at him while standing upright through the blowing rain streaks. Staring at me serenely, Yoo Chun Young concluded his words.

“To keep seeing you.”

Watching his face intently, I soon shook my head.

“I don’t know… I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“You shouldn’t know.”

A response returned without a second of hesitation.