It was the first time that Soonyoung had seen ○○ look this happy since he joined Septin Group a few weeks ago.
I laughed at that sight and felt happy, but I also wondered what was so good about it.
"What's up? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, right~"
"What is it?"
"I don't know~ㅋㅋㅋ"
"..."
What on earth is going on? Are you going out to play? Are you eating something delicious?
Sunyoung, who had been letting her imagination run wild in many ways, had a bad imagination.
"...Are you meeting a man?"
But in the end, she shook her head and said that it would not happen and that there could not be many men in her life, and fell into worry again.
"There are only two men around me, Jihoon and me..."
Hong Ji-soo
The name came to Sunyoung's mind again.
Are you sure you're happy just because you met that person?
The clothes I wore today... I even put on makeup, which I don't usually do...
Something felt off. I happened to spot ○○ in the break room, drinking coffee and on the phone. Just as I was about to ask him a question, I overheard him talking on the phone.
"Oh, I'm so nervous! I haven't seen my senior since I went to the US."
Ah... why are my bad feelings never wrong?
Listening to the conversation, it seemed like ○○ was meeting that person.
Sunyoung sighed, shaking her head.
At that moment, as I ended the call and opened the break room door, I saw Sunyoung.
○○ was so surprised that he almost fell over. Sunyoung caught him, so he didn't fall, but he brushed off his surprise and nagged Sunyoung about why he was standing in front of the door.
"You...who are you meeting today?"
"Hey, I got caught. Meet Jisoo."
"ah..."
"I decided to have dinner. So you don't have to take me today~"
"...Can't I go with you too?"
"Hey~ You know what kind of person Jisoo-sunbae is to me... Are you kidding?"
"...."
Yeah... I want to say it's a joke.
Sunyoung forced her lips together and let her friend go, telling her that it was only a joke and encouraging her to keep going.
But even at the office, I was filled with thoughts like, why did he let it go so easily, why did he tell me to cheer up, why did it have to be that person?
I know... Soonyoung knew that her friend liked that person. She knew that when he smiled at her, he was smiling as a friend, but in front of him, he was smiling as a woman.
"Why do you support me with your mouth but hold me back with your heart..."
But... I really don't want to let ○○ go.
I want to hold you and tell you not to go.
Sunyoung ended up sending a text message to ○○.
"Let's have lunch together"
The two came out of the company at lunchtime.
"So what do you want to eat?"
"...tteokbokki?"
"Tteokbokki? Hmm..."
Sunyoung deliberately chose a menu that would easily get on her clothes. But she tried to say a different menu, thinking that her friend might get caught up in it.
○○ said it was surprisingly good and suggested we go.
"Wow~ This looks delicious! Let's eat quickly hehe"
"..okay"
Sunyoung just kept watching to see when she should speak.
"...You decided to just have dinner with Senior Jisoo?"
"No? There are a lot of good places to take pictures in front of that park! I was playing there and my senior gave me a ride. Haha. Is it finally bearing fruit?"
"...that would be nice"
The other person was so happy, not knowing how Sunyoung felt.
"So...you have to go?"
"Huh? Why? I wrote all the text today.
"...just"
"Hey~ I can't not go without a reason, right?"
"Just don't go"
"So why?"
The atmosphere froze in an instant. It was fortunate that there weren't many people in the store. If there had been more people, it would have been a spectacle for everyone.
"If you tell me not to go, do I have to go?"
"What's wrong with you, seriously... I heard you're going on a date with senior Jisoo. You should be the one to congratulate me!"
"...."
Right... I should be the one to congratulate you the most. You met because of me.
Sunyoung was regretting her actions at that time.
"You're the one. I never asked you to do anything. You should at least do this."
"...no"
"under..."
"Tell me why. How can you just tell me not to leave without giving me a reason?"
"..."
"You really... didn't see it that way..."
"..."
"I'll go first."
"Hey...just a minute..."
As Soonyoung grabbed ○○, the soup on her chopsticks splashed onto ○○'s clothes.
"under..."
"This is..."
"You came here on purpose. To get something on your clothes."
"..."
"You really are... a bad son."
○○ left first, and Sunyoung blamed herself on the spot.
"I really am...a bad guy."