Don't wait for me

Episode 9 - Choi Beom-gyu

The next day, Yujeong went to school feeling dizzy and disoriented.

‘What on earth is going on…’

Just as Yujeong was about to sit down in her chair, a faint baby powder scent drifted from behind her, and someone suddenly hugged Yujeong from behind.

“Hi.”

“Gah…! Kang Taehyun! This is school!”

“So?”

Taehyun was smiling so adorably.

 

 

And watching that scene quietly was a male student who looked like he had just woken up.

***

After finishing cram school, Yujeong was walking through a dark alley late at night.

“Come on, hit me, hit me!”

“hahaha, fight! Fight!”

The rowdy boys in the alley were trading blows.

Yujeong hurriedly tried to turn and go the other way, but one of them spotted her.

“Hey, you! Who are you over there!”

Yujeong started running the other way without thinking.

“What the hell are you! Grab her!”

Somehow, Yujeong ended up in a chase with several boys. For some reason, she felt like she couldn’t let them catch her.

But there were too many of them for Yujeong to shake off, and she was weak on stamina too.

“Huff…ugh… I can’t run anymore…”

Just when she thought she had reached her limit and stopped running to look back, someone snatched Yujeong’s hood through a narrow gap in the alley and pulled her into an embrace.

“?!? What!”

“Be quiet. Those guys are dangerous.”

Yujeong was so frightened she couldn’t even breathe. Someone she didn’t know was holding her tightly, and the nameless boys were trying to find her.

The suspicious person didn’t let go of her until the boys’ voices had completely faded away.

“They’re gone.”

“Pfft!”

“...”

The suspicious person let Yujeong go and stared at her silently. He was tall and had a slender build.

“Who are you? Did you just help me?”

Yujeong backed away warily from him.

“I’m in your class. Choi Beomgyu.”

He pulled off the hood he had been wearing and revealed himself.

 

‘Choi Beomgyu? He was famous in the future too... Shinhwa High’s lineup is insane;;’

 

 

 

Yujeong admired him inwardly, gave him a little nod, and was about to turn to leave.

 

 

“I see… thanks for helping me. Then I’ll be going…”

“Wait.”

Beomgyu grabbed Yujeong.

“Why…?”

“Give me your number.”

“...No.”

“I saved you, didn’t I? From those scary guys? You can’t even do that much~”

“...Alright, fine. But no contacting me for personal stuff.”

 

 

Beomgyu snatched the Post-it with Yujeong’s number on it and gave a meaningful smile.

For some reason, Yujeong thought he was hard to deal with.