“Kim Yeo-ju. Apologize to me.”
“...An apple?”
“I never hated you.”
Hyejin's eyes were smiling, but her voice was sharp.
The hallway was empty.
The sunset light streamed through the window, casting long shadows.
At the center are Yeoju and Hyejin. The distance between them, facing each other, is about 1.3 meters.
Hyejin crossed her arms and looked down at Yeoju.
“Do you think I spread that video because I hate you?”
“…Isn’t that so?”
“Is it funny?
I never hated you.
However, people started to find you too funny, so I cleaned things up a bit.”
The heroine spoke calmly.
“Please delete the video.”
“Oh my. Even informal speech?”
"Whoever took the photo, whoever uploaded it, if you know it, shouldn't you organize it first?"
Hyejin stopped laughing.
And he whispered as he brushed past the female protagonist's shoulder.
“You don’t know yet.
“What happens if you become the ‘fun kid’ at this school?”
[Meanwhile – Music Room]
Jungkook rolled his head as he closed the piano lid.
The words the female protagonist said that day kept coming to mind.
"why?"
“There’s no reason to help me that much.”
“Jungkook is not my kind of person.”
“What kind of person… I don’t think so.”
Those words stuck with me. Strangely enough.
But, at that moment.
A message arrived on Jeongguk's phone.
📩FROM: Seokjin
You, don't you know about Kim Yeo-ju's family situation?
Jungkook: “…What?”
📩FROM: Seokjin
There's something strange about your transfer records.
He wasn't just a scholarship student... he was also a recipient of protection.
I was once in a shelter.
Jungkook put his phone down.
And then I sat on the chair without saying a word, staring into space.
“…So, you wanted to live quietly like that?”
[library]
Seokjin was organizing his records on his laptop.
He wanted to know something about Yeo-ju, other than the rumors spread by Shin Hye-jin.
“He said he entered the school because he was poor.”
“You said you were the top student in the whole school. But doesn’t that seem strange?”
"He's involved with all three chaebols. The one who got the scholarship?"
He reviewed the interview records before admission.
Kim Yeo-ju – Special Admission / From a Protective Facility / Recommender: Kim Tae-soo
“…Kim Tae-soo?”
Seokjin narrowed his eyes.
“This person is from Hwayang Group.”
Hwayang Group → Kim Tae-hyung.
Does that mean you have a connection with the person recommending you for admission?
Seokjin: “…You said you had a connection with Taehyung?”
[Night – Dormitory, Rooftop]
Taehyung doesn't smoke alone,
He was fiddling with his fingers, pretending to smoke a cigarette.
Next to him, the female protagonist came up quietly.
“…This is originally my seat.”
Taehyung said.
“This is my place now.”
“…Can’t we share it?”
"Share? That's the unluckiest word I've ever heard in my life."
The heroine held back her laughter.
“...Thank you.”
"what."
“That candy. That day, that.”
"…is it so?"
“But I turned it down because it felt like a comfort to me.”
Taehyung looked at the sky in silence for a long time.
And he spoke lowly.
“…But why do you care?
“I’m not that kind of person.”
The female protagonist slowly looked at Taehyung.
There was no emotion on his face.
“…You said you didn’t like me?”
“...I don’t hate it.”
“Then do you like it?”
“...That’s not it.”
[BTS Community]
A new post has been posted on an anonymous account.
[🕵️♀️Exclusive]
Kim Yeo-ju's reason for transferring schools & her hidden past
(Post deleted)
(Reuploaded)
“From a shelter?
“It wasn’t because of poverty, it was because of an incident…”
Someone quickly captured the text and sent it to Jeongguk.
📩 FROM: Mina (Jungkook's younger sister)
Oppa, is this really what Yeoju's older sister said?
Everyone is watching it now.
Sister… Are you okay?
Jungkook quietly put his phone down.
And ran out.
Continued in the next episode >>>>>