Five minutes before I die

08 . Can't I go a little later?

.......

What's going on?

I couldn't remember each and every scene.

I think I somehow managed to stop the fight..... but when I came to, Lee Dong-hyeong was nowhere to be seen, and all that was in front of me was Choi Yeon-jun with a busted face.

"Hey... are you okay?"

"Ah, it hurts-"

I gently touched Choi Yeon-jun's face and checked every inch of it.

Choi Yeon-jun had a split lip, and there were lots of scratches all over his face.

Hmm.....but.....

This scene looks really familiar..

Ah.....

I remember now.

Four years ago, Choi Yeon-jun got into a fistfight at school.

At that memory, I couldn't help snickering.

"What? You like it that much when I touch your face?"

"What are you talking about...."

"Hey, anyway."

"Girlfriend?"

"Girlfrien-??!"

Choi Yeon-jun looked at me with a strangely smug expression.

"Who said I'm your girlfriend."

"Why, I could be your girlfriend."

"Seriously, I can't even with this."

"Why did the teacher go out with some bastard like that?"

"What's the teacher missing?"

"Hmm, let's see-"

"For sure, you shouldn't meet a guy through a blind date."

"Yeah, from now on don't meet guys through blind dates, and look around you carefully-"

"Aren't there any guy-boyfriend candidates?"

I thought seriously about Choi Yeon-jun's words.

"No? None."

"......"

"I see."

"Shall we go now?"

"Are you sulking?"

"No."

"Get in the car."

"You're sulking, that little brat...."

"Li, little brat..?"

"Me?"

"You're talking about me? Me?!"

"Yeah, you, you little brat."

That brat really hit a nerve lol

Choi Yeon-jun dropped me off in front of my house.

"Thanks for bringing me home."

"You should hurry in and rest too."

"I'll head off first~"

I shut the car door and headed home.

But then I heard the car door open and close behind me.

When I turned around, Choi Yeon-jun had gotten out.

"Why?"

"You have something to say?"

"...."

"I, can you stay a little longer?""

.....

No, why is he acting like this today?

I didn't know what to do, completely flustered.

Choi Yeon-jun wasn't wearing a playful expression; he was really serious.

"Uh.....um......"

"Then..."

"W-wanna come i-in...?"

.....

?

What the hell did I just say?

Come in for what, shit????

Ah, I rushed out earlier and didn't even clean the house...

And now I can't exactly tell him not to come.

Anyway, I promised myself I'd stop being so thoughtless and get into the habit of thinking before I speak...!!

Choi Yeon-jun laughed softly as he looked at me, frozen in place.

"I'm kidding."

"Go on in-"

"Ah....oh."

"Take care."

....

Am I crazy? Why.....

Now that he says he's leaving, I feel disappointed....

When I got home, it really was a pigsty.

Wow, if I'd let Choi Yeon-jun see me like this....

I really don't even want to imagine it....ㅋ

Piles of clothes strewn all over the floor, dishes stacked in the sink because I was too lazy to wash them, and underwear on the drying rack, I don't even know when I hung it up......

I should....live more tidily.

Just in case...

Hmm, now it finally looks like a place where people live.

After I finished cleaning, I looked at my phone.

Wow, it's already almost 3 after cleaning.

But there was one missed call from Mom.

No, seriously... I'm losing it.

I mean, I'm 27, and she's telling me to go on a blind date?

I'm in the prime of my youth, aren't I?

……

If it's S Corporation....

that's a damn amazing company...

Why would someone like that go on a blind date with me...?

What, are they telling me to end up like Lee Dong-hyeong again?

While I was just staring blankly at my phone in confusion, it rang, and when I checked, it was a call from Choi Yeon-jun.

-“Hello?”

-“Did you get home okay?”

-“Yeah.” 

“You?”

-“I did too.”

-“What were you doing?”

-“Ah, I was cleaning the house, and taking a short break.”

-“Wow, you cleaning?”

-“You really wanna die...?”

-“hahaha”

“Are you free next Thursday?”

-“When?”

-“Hmm….”

“Thursday?”

Next Thursday was the day I was supposed to go on a blind date.

I wondered whether I should tell Choi Yeon-jun about it or not…..

-“Ah… Thursday?”

-“You have plans?”

-“...Yeah, what should I do.”

-“What, are you going out with someone without me?”

“You're making me feel hurt-”

-“Aw, I'm not going out with anyone or anything….”

-“Then?”

“I don't have academy class on Thursday.”

-“...That day, I...”

“I have to go out for a blind date.”

Choi Yeon-jun was silent for a moment.

-“A blind date, all of a sudden?”

-“Yeah, I didn't know either, but Mom apparently just set it up on her own.”

“Sorry...”

-“What, now you're meeting people like that instead of meeting guys around you?”

“Was that a lie?”

-“Hey, I didn't set it up because I wanted to....”

-“hahaha, got it.”

“Then what about Friday?”

-“Friday.... I do have class.”

“It ends at 6.”

“Want to meet after work?”

-“Yes, okay.“

-”But... don't you have work?“

-”I do-“

-”You're not slacking off at work like before, are you?“

-”Hah, of course not?“

-”hahaha, okay.“

 ”I'll contact you later.“

-”Yes.“

…….

Why does it feel like...

when I said I was going on a blind date,

his voice seemed off?

Ah, it's probably just my imagination, right?

…..

No, that's not the point.

What am I going to do about this blind date.....?

Ah shit, I don't know. Ugh.....

My head's a mess.....

I grabbed my head and lay down on the bed.