Chapter 572 (2/2)

Lucas praised, “He’s awesome. I could never do it like him.”

“Why?”

“Isn’t it much easier to tell others what to do rather than changing ourselves?”

“…”

He added, “Besides, you hung up Chun Young’s call when your boyfriend said he doesn’t like him. A girl like you just does what others say, so it’s easier for your boyfriend to just change himself.”

I became speechless. Lucas giggled and continued talking.

“You should never meet a bad guy.”

I wondered, “How do you define a bad guy?”

“Guys like me or Ruda, and oh, let’s include your friend whose name was Woo Jooin or something.”

I replied determinedly, “No, Lucas, please don’t put Ruda and Jooin together with you.”

“You’re harsh.”

When thinking about our first encounter, I was even being generous right now.

“Is there any helpful advice that I can follow?” I asked.

What Yeo Dan oppa said to me resembled what Lucas told me before, so I believed that he would give me some clues to tackle this situation.

Lucas responded nonchalantly, “Didn’t your boyfriend say he would clear his mind? So, what else can you do?”

“Uh, come on, please be a little more serious,” I argued.

“But there’s something that’s been confusing me when looking at your couple.”

“What’s that?”

Lucas replied, “I think this is the time for you to be straight up with yourself. Which is it? Do you ‘like’ him or ‘not hate’ him?”

“Okay, then we’re gonna do this for the talent show on our school trip! No objections?” Yoon Jung In announced, pounding the blackboard.

Everyone in the class nodded, but actually, half of them weren’t even paying attention to the class discussion.

The weather was hot but not enough to turn on the air conditioner. The kids buried their heads onto the desk and groaned; some changed into T-shirts to stand the heat.

Some kids attached their desks and watched videos using their portable players. As they were mostly enjoying the trending TV shows or series, I was able to collect statistics of the most popular programs these days. And it was indeed <Black Rain> when it came to this summer’s biggest blockbuster.

Why would we watch other dramas when this one boasted a huge cast of actors, a great director, splendid mise-en-scène, and even had a student in our school playing a role in the show?

To think of it, did Yoo Chun Young come to school today? What would he feel about me as I didn’t answer his call on the day when the first episode was aired? I didn’t even reach out to him on the weekends either.

I slightly clenched my fist. Last week, after talking to Lucas on the phone, I was lost in my thoughts. That’s why I even felt thankful that Yeo Dan oppa didn’t keep in touch. I also couldn’t contact Yoo Chun Young even though he did nothing to our relationship.

‘When you and Yoo Chun Young are together, it seems like only the two of you exist in the world.’

‘You guys are just gazing into each other’s eyes for the whole time.’

How could I just nonchalantly reach out to Yoo Chun Young when I heard those words? It was even worse to call him since I couldn’t maintain a stable voice and conversation on the phone. If Yoo Chun Young noticed that something strange was going on, what should I respond to him?

But the problem was that Yoo Chun Young preferred talking on the phone since he was slow in entering text messages. No, he only accepted calls and didn’t respond to texts.

When I didn’t answer his call that night, he began to call me day after day. He would be probably looking forward to my review on the drama or my love and support for him, but I couldn’t even say those things to Yoo Chun Young on the phone!

Whenever my phone rang, I flipped it to hide the screen from my eyes, then later sent Yoo Chun Young some messages that I had put my phone on silent mode or had been busy taking a shower.

After quite a while, he replied to me with a short message, saying ‘Okay.’ I asked him through the text what he was trying to say to me, but Yoo Chun Young always replied that he would just call me afterward.

In fact, we often missed our calls, reaching out to each other at the wrong time, but lately, I was obviously avoiding his call. What if he misunderstands that he did something wrong to me? My silly behavior started to make me concerned about him.