Don't wait for me

Episode 10 - Why are you contacting my girlfriend? (warning: fluttery//><//)

From the morning, Taehyun closely watched Yujeong, who kept biting her nails and staring only at her phone.

The phone rang every 5 minutes, and every time Yujeong checked it, she sighed but still wrote a reply one by one.

“...Who is it?”

“Uh... huh? Well...”

Yujeong hurriedly lowered her phone to the side, hiding it from Taehyun’s view and changing the subject.

But Taehyun quickly snatched Yujeong’s phone and checked the messages.

“‘Choi Beomgyu bastard’? Who is this? A guy, right?”

“Uh....”

As Yujeong fidgeted and looked troubled, a low voice came from behind.

“It’s me.”

Choi Beomgyu had come over and was looking at Taehyun’s crumpled expression as if mocking him.

“What the hell, you. Why are you texting my girlfriend?”

Yujeong felt secretly thrilled.

Choi Beomgyu grinned and tossed out words as if provoking Taehyun and Yujeong.

“Why? Just because she’s your girlfriend doesn’t mean I can’t like her, right?”

“?!?”

At Choi Beomgyu’s unexpected answer, both Taehyun and Yujeong froze.

Taehyun glared at Choi Beomgyu, grabbed Yujeong’s arm tightly, and pulled her toward him.

“lol, I’m kidding. Don’t freak out, I was the one who asked for the number.”

“Get lost.”

“Don’t look like you’re about to hit me~ It’s just a declaration of war? Sort of!”

“Hey!”

“lol, then Yujeong, I’ll text you again~.”

Yujeong didn’t notice Beomgyu giggling while soothing the Taehyun who seemed sulky.

“Taehyun, are you pouting? Don’t pout.”

“I’m not pouting. ...You should go to your next class too.”

“You are pouting lol”

Taehyun was like a cat trying to hide its jutting ears.

‘Why are you so cute!’

Taehyun grabbed the wrist of Yujeong, who was patting his head, turned his head, and stared straight at Yujeong.

“Then of course I’d worry...”

“...//”

“Who is that guy, really?”

“Ah, well..., it was really nothing, but yesterday on my way home I ran into some guys who looked dangerous, and he saved me and got my number too. I really said no, but that Choi Beomgyu bastard was just-”

Looking at Yujeong spilling everything as if she had been waiting to say it, Taehyun felt uneasy.

And then he suddenly realized.

‘I guess I like her a lot.’

“...I wish you were a little less pretty.”

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

“You’re so pretty that everyone covets you.”

Yujeong hesitated for a moment, then looked at Taehyun and smiled shyly.

It was a clear, watercolor-like, pretty smile.

Taehyun thought he wanted to keep that smile forever.