About waking up to find I have a boyfriend
W. Geuppeum
Chae Yeo-ju opened her eyes.
“…Ah, crazy bitch….”
In a motel bed.
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Name: Chae Yeo-ju. A third-year student in the Department of Business Administration at Korea University. Her hobby is sleeping like the dead, and her special skill is drinking and blacking out. Chae Yeo-ju first blacked out during freshman orientation, so it's been a three-year-old habit, a beggarly specialty and drinking habit.
If he'd been constantly losing his memory like that, he'd probably start drinking moderately by now, but he never offered anything. Perhaps he had a mission to go down in the history of Korea University as a legendary drinker in the business administration department. He not only showed up at every drinking party, but he never refused a drink offered to him. It seemed his daily routine was to drink everything he was offered and eventually become a drunkard.
There was no particular reason why Chae Yeo-ju drank so much. She just liked drinking… . Nevertheless, the fact that she would drink like crazy, pouring alcohol into her stomach even at a drinking party where everyone else was restraining themselves, could be said to be the result of trusting a strange instinct. I mean, even when I'm completely drunk, I still find my way home really well. I've never had an accident, really never… , that's what happened,
“…You’re causing a big accident, damn it….”
Ears were instinctive, fucking bullshit. Chae Yeo-ju squeezed her eyes shut, staring at her stained body beneath the white bedding that smelled like cheap fabric softener. She racked her brain to remember what had happened the night before, but since her specialty was blacking out after drinking, there was no way she could remember the incident yesterday when she had become a drunkard. In short, Chae Yeo-ju didn't even know who the man next to her was, sleeping soundly with red fingernail marks all over his well-built back. It was a truly fucking morning.
“You’re like a crazy bitch…” Chae Yeo-ju muttered as she picked up the clothes that were hanging around the room like trash and put them on. Of course, given her age, this wasn’t her first time, and she’d slept with him more than once or twice, so it wasn’t particularly shocking. However, the fact that she had gotten drunk and slept with a man she wasn’t even dating was quite a blow to Chae Yeo-ju. If I drink again, I’m a dog. Chae Yeo-ju sighed as she muttered a promise that she would 99% not be able to keep.
Even with her short hair, she couldn't hide the red marks on her neck. Damn it, who on earth could her one-night stand be to behave like this? Chae Yeo-ju walked towards the bed with angry steps. Even if she was drunk, she doubted she would sleep with a man she'd never met, so she lifted the blanket covering his face without hesitation.
"…this,"
Crazy, swear words were about to spill out, and Chae Yeo-ju covered the man's face with a rough hand without realizing it. Then, she hurriedly gathered up her luggage that was strewn across the floor, quickly buttoned up some buttons that weren't fully fastened, and walked as if she was running. It seemed like she dropped something on the nightstand in her haste, but Chae Yeo-ju only opened the motel room door loudly. Then, there was a loud bang as the door closed.
In front of the closed motel room door, Chae Yeo-ju slumped down. Her appearance, a mess, as she mercilessly tore out her hair, was anything but normal. "Oh, please," Chae Yeo-ju muttered.
Why is Kim Seokjin here… .
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Kim Seok-jin. To put it a bit more exaggeratedly, he is the best output of the business administration department of a Korean university. He is a man who is said to be a unicorn thanks to his crazy looks that could slap a celebrity three times and his wealthy family background that is known through rumors… That is roughly how I can introduce him.
Because rumors about someone with a good face tend to spread everywhere, Chae Yeo-ju had heard a few rumors about Kim Seok-jin, such as how he was not only incredibly handsome, but also so smart that he had never missed the top spot in his department. After Kim Seok-jin returned to school in the same grade as Chae Yeo-ju after his military service, she often ran into the Kim Seok-jin she had only heard rumors about. She didn't have any particular impressions. 'They say he's handsome, so he really is top-class...', that's what she thought when she saw Kim Seok-jin's face, and 'Life must be really fucking tiring,' she thought after seeing him awkwardly reject a public confession in the classroom. Chae Yeo-ju's evaluation of Kim Seok-jin ended there.
Looking at it this far, aside from the fact that she slept with someone from the same department, there seemed to be no reason for Chae Yeo-ju to freak out and run away when her one-night stand was with Kim Seok-jin. However, there was a reason that Chae Yeo-ju had never revealed. To be precise, it wasn't that she didn't reveal it, but rather that she couldn't reveal it. In other words, Kim Seok-jin, who seemed perfect to others, was, in Chae Yeo-ju's eyes,
“Can I sit next to you?”
…because I couldn’t bear to say that I looked like a crazy person.
Here? Why? Next to me? My mouth was dry from the awkwardness, but I smiled. Even so, my eyes quickly scanned the classroom. Class was three minutes away… no, two minutes away. The classroom where my major class was being held was so packed with people that I wondered if it was okay.
“…Yes, please sit down.”
“Oh, thank you.”
That means, it was a situation where she couldn't bring herself to say, 'Please move to another seat.' Chae Yeo-ju had to tearfully move the bag that was on the seat next to her. Kang Seo-young, who was on the other side of Chae Yeo-ju, punched her arm as she watched Kim Seok-jin, who smiled kindly and sat down next to her. What's going on, what's going on? Chae Yeo-ju faintly smiled at the punch that clearly implied, "I'm sorry, hey." Yeah, no...
Damn it. Chae Yeo-ju, who suddenly found herself in a three-hour major class brushing shoulders with the guy she'd been banging around with yesterday, couldn't shake the feeling that Kim Seok-jin had sat next to her despite remembering everything that happened yesterday. It was a thought that was nothing more than a persecution complex, but to Chae Yeo-ju, it was a well-founded one. In the first place, how could a popular kid like Kim Seok-jin not have a single friend to sit next to in a major class like this? If Kim Seok-jin had just muttered, "There's no seat...", there would be countless people who would push their friends aside to tell him to sit next to them, so there was no reason for him to sit next to Chae Yeo-ju in such an ambiguous spot. If others had heard her thoughts, they would have asked, "Yeo-ju, did Seok-jin rip you off or something?"
… It was after the hellish three-hour lecture that Chae Yeo-ju began to think that it would have been better if it had been a persecution complex.
As soon as the class started to end, I packed my bags faster than anyone else without being noticed by the professor, and at the professor's gracious words, "Let's stop here for today," I left the classroom faster than anyone else, making the sound of my chair being dragged out.
“My lady,”
"……yes?"
“Shall we eat together?”
I ran into Kim Seok-jin in the hallway. No, I clearly saw him organizing his notes next to me, but when did he come out? What's more, the words he blurted out were quite something. Food? Who with whom? Everyone in the hallway was focused on Chae Yeo-ju and Kim Seok-jin. Kang Seo-young, who was about to run after Chae Yeo-ju and suggest that they have mala-tang for lunch, pinched Chae Yeo-ju's arm with a faint expression. Even though the person who really wanted to faint right now was Chae Yeo-ju...
Naturally, I didn't want to eat alone with Kim Seok-jin, who was always giving me advice, so I spent the two seconds of silence thinking up a plausible way to say no. If possible, I wanted to do something that would also protect my image.
“I decided to go to the mala-tang restaurant that Seo-young really wanted to go to today, so that might be a bit difficult, but next time.”
"Hey! What are you talking about! I'm going to meet my boyfriend now! I'll go there next time!"
What the hell, Seoyoung. How could you do this to me… . Did the friendship we built over the past three years just go down the drain, or did you just lose your composure… . Chae Yeo-ju looked down at Kang Seo-young with a world-ending expression. Judging by the way her eyes were gleaming, like she was saying, ‘I did a good job, right?’, it was probably the latter.
“Then we can eat together.”
Kim Seok-jin said with a grin. With Kang Seo-young whispering to him to be sure to tell her what was going on later, and with everyone else preparing to relay the news that Kim Seok-jin and Chae Yeo-ju were having dinner together to their friends and their friends, Chae Yeo-ju had only one answer to offer.
“Yes….”
Seriously, it was an inevitable choice for Chae Yeo-ju. Damn it.
"Is there anything you want to eat?"
“The cafeteria is enough, senior….”
"Really? That's surprising."
Betrayed by Seoyoung, who had lost her sense of humor, Chae Yeo-ju took a heavy step forward, but then glanced up at Kim Seok-jin's meaningful words. What on earth? Chae Yeo-ju thought as she naturally walked toward the nearest student cafeteria. It was only natural that Chae Yeo-ju, filled with the thought of quickly eating and leaving, would choose the cafeteria as the perfect choice. What's so surprising? Her smiling face looked particularly unlucky today.
“I thought the cafeteria might be a bit awkward to talk about what happened yesterday. Well, if you’re okay with it, then I’m fine.”
“…I know a store. Can we go there, sir?”
“Is that so?”
…What a truly unlucky kid. Chae Yeo-ju thought.
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Contrary to Chae Yeo-ju's thoughts that he would get straight to the point, Kim Seok-jin didn't mention 'yesterday' at all throughout the meal. Chae Yeo-ju didn't want to ruin the already lacking appetite by bringing up yesterday while eating a delicious meal, so only fairly ordinary conversations were exchanged between Kim Seok-jin and Chae Yeo-ju until they finished their tendon and sake bowls respectively at the rice bowl restaurant. That means they didn't say a single word about 'yesterday'. That's why Chae Yeo-ju asked Kim Seok-jin, "Would you like some coffee?" Kim Seok-jin looked at Chae Yeo-ju with slightly surprised eyes. However, the one who was receiving that gaze was thinking to himself that he should at least finish the story before he went. Even though his stomach felt full after the sake bowl he just ate...
Despite the fact that Kim Seok-jin irritated Chae Yeo-ju, he treated her with incredibly affection. Even his little habits were filled with affection. In a situation where others would have been thrilled and made a fuss, Chae Yeo-ju imagined things like, 'Inappropriate rumors about Kim Seok-jin and Chae Yeo-ju's relationship spread around the school, ruining Chae Yeo-ju's school life and ending in her dropping out.' Chae Yeo-ju thought to herself as she watched Kim Seok-jin hand her a piece of scone cut into bite-size pieces on a fork. Seriously, my imagination is definitely not excessive. Wouldn't someone think we're dating?! Chae Yeo-ju, who had given up on excitement and was only enjoying her survival instinct, was eventually crushed by the burden and blurted out a topic she never wanted to bring up first.
“Well, senior. About yesterday,”
"yesterday?"
“…Isn’t that why you asked me to eat together?”
"ah."
Kim Seokjin's reaction was indifferent. He only let out a brief exclamation of "Ah," then clenched his jaw as if he had no intention of speaking. "Oh, what do you want me to do?" He couldn't tell if his stomach was bubbling with anger from the sake bowl or from Kim Seokjin. Despite his indifferent response, he continued speaking, determined to say what he wanted to say.
“Even if we’re together, it’s still uncomfortable for both of us, so if you have something to say, say it, and I’ll listen to it and go.”
"……."
“Senior and I aren’t close enough to be chatting away at a cafe like this.”
"hmm…."
Well, Kim Seokjin gave a sour answer again. At this point, Chae Yeo-ju felt like applauding her patience for not swearing at Kim Seok-jin to his face. Of course, it’s all the way to the neck… There was a murmur saying,
“Isn’t it strange for lovers to spend time like this?”
“…Are you crazy?”
불행인지 다행인지 미쳤냐는 소리가 먼저 튀어나갔다. 선배를 시발새끼라고 부르는 대참사 대신 미쳤냐고 묻는 아주 소소한 사고를 친 채여주의 입이 떡 벌어졌다. 물론 미쳤냐는 소리 때문은 아니었다. 단지 방금 김석진의 입에서 튀어나온 말이 채여주의 뇌리에서 계속해서 맴돌 만큼 충격적이기 때문이었다. 뭐? 연인? 연이이인? 채여주가 경악하던 말던, 아, 하는 짧은 감탄사만 내뱉은 김석진이 빙긋 웃으며 커피를 한 모금 마셨다.
“I guess you really don’t remember.”
“What the hell, who the hell is with who…, what the hell are you talking about?”
“Do you always forget things when you drink? Then I feel so wronged….”
I swear, there's never been a day when Chae Yeo-ju has so resented her alcohol-stricken memory. Looking at Kim Seok-jin, his eyebrows drooping and his eyes cast down in disgust, Chae Yeo-ju thought, "What the hell are you complaining about? Damn it… Who's really being wronged right now?"
“I like it, you know.”
"I'm sorry, but when did I really,"
“You said my face was amazing. You said my girlfriend would be full just by looking at my face without eating for the rest of her life?”
"……."
“I said, ‘I like you, so do you want to meet me?’”
"…this crazy…,"
"You said it was good,"
If she could, Chae Yeo-ju wanted to sew her own mouth shut for spewing such nonsense in front of Kim Seok-jin yesterday. Of course, Kim Seok-jin was incredibly handsome, and what she said was probably 100% sincere, but still, this wasn't it. I suddenly had a boyfriend... Chae Yeo-ju clutched her head. Even without looking at her own face, she could tell she was dead, but the man sitting across from her was smiling with his eyes furrowed slightly as if he was enjoying something, and Chae Yeo-ju felt a thousand fires burning inside her. She wiped away the tears that had formed at the corners of her eyes due to an emotion she couldn't tell whether it was embarrassment or resentment.
“So what, let’s date?”
"I told you we're already dating."
"……."
Chae Yeo-ju, of course, had no intention of making this relationship, which she had kept secret, a reality. She had been completely convinced it was just a one-night stand, but when she found out, he had made a fuss about wanting to date her. The mere fact that he had said yes and made a fuss was enough to give her a headache, but the fact that it had to be "that" Kim Seok-jin made her feel like her head was splitting. Kim Seok-jin's girlfriend? She had no intention of becoming one, but when that very moment appeared right before her eyes, she came to her senses. I hate this even if I die, even if I die.
That's why Chae Yeo-ju had no choice but to desperately explain what happened yesterday. That is, he struggled to make yesterday's events seem like 'never happened' by appealing to the fact that he had drunk several bottles of alcohol yesterday, was really drunk because of it, and that he turns into a dog whenever he drinks, and that the sounds he made when he became a dog after drinking were not human sounds but dog sounds.
“So, it was a mistake?”
"Yes. It was a real mistake. Really. So, it wouldn't be good for you or me to pretend it never happened…"
“Ah… mistake. That’s why.”
"yes,"
"This is the one that eats, right?"
"…yes?"
“Eat and throw away….”
Of course, it was useless. Damn it. With that innocent and disgusting expression, fluttering her eyelashes, she said those lines, and Chae Yeo-ju was truly speechless. No matter how much I thought about it, Chae Yeo-ju was the trash in that situation…
“…Meet up, okay. Let’s date, damn it….”
"Really?"
Chae Yeo-ju thought. It's the saying that a crazy person can't be defeated... Even as he rationalized like that, Kim Seok-jin grinned happily. With no excuse to shake off Kim Seok-jin's hand that was slowly reaching out, Chae Yeo-ju gave up and obediently let go. It was Kim Seok-jin's complete victory, and Chae Yeo-ju's complete defeat.
So, when I woke up, Chae Yeo-ju had a boyfriend.
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