The next morning.
As soon as Yeoju came into the classroom, she absentmindedly looked over at Woonhak's seat first.
It was empty.
“Hasn't he come yet?”
She muttered it like she was talking to herself, then immediately shook her head.
Why did I check?
Not long after she sat down, the classroom door opened.
“Ah, it's cold.”
It was Woonhak.
Woonhak, who had come in chatting with his friends, spotted Yeoju and came straight over.
“Hey.”
“What.”
“Good morning.”
“……What is this all of a sudden?”
“I said good morning?”
Woonhak smiled and went back to his seat.
Yeoju fiddled with her pen for no reason.
Ever since yesterday, it had been strange.
She kept noticing whatever Woonhak was doing.
Laughing with his friends,
dozing off during class,
messing around at his desk during break.
Especially—
“Woonhak.”
A girl from the next class called out to Woonhak at the classroom door.
“Yeah?”
“She said you like this.”
“What is it?”
Yeoju turned her head away, pretending not to care.
The girl handed Woonhak a small snack.
“Just eat it.”
“Oh, thanks.”
Woonhak took it with a smile.
“I'll enjoy it.”
“Okay!”
After the girl went back, Yeoju turned her gaze to her book again.
But she couldn't read a single word.
What is this.
It's nothing.
Still, her mood felt weird.
“What's wrong with you?”
At lunchtime, Woonhak rested his chin in his hand and asked Yeoju.
“What.”
“You've been answering me all sharp since earlier.”
“When did I?”
“Right now, too.”
“I'm not.”
Woonhak narrowed his eyes and looked at Yeoju.
“Are you jealous, by any chance?”
“What?”
Yeoju shot her head up immediately.
Woonhak grinned mischievously.
“That thing earlier.”
“What thing?”
“Getting a snack.”
“……No, I'm not.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Then why's your face like that?”
“I'm always like this.”
“Liar.”
Woonhak laughed.
Yeoju jabbed at her side dishes with her chopsticks for no reason.
“I have no interest in you.”
“I don't have any interest in you either.”
“Then we're good.”
“Exactly.”
The two of them laughed at the same time.
But even while laughing, Yeoju kept thinking about the way that girl had given Woonhak the snack earlier.
And for the first time,
that bet started to bother her a little.