I'll wait for you tomorrow

Episode 10) If you miss me, 연락해

Taehyun was loitering in front of the heroine’s apartment, his hat pulled low over his head.

Why?

As for why... he just wanted to see the heroine.

He thought that if he waited in front of her place, maybe he might get a glimpse of her.

You’ve got her contact, so why aren’t you calling her?

You mean he’d stand there in pouring rain, holding an umbrella and waiting pointlessly?

That was a question Taehyun had asked himself more than once.

He just had to contact her.
One call, one message, and that would be enough.

But strangely, his fingers wouldn’t move.

If he contacted her for no reason,
what if the heroine felt uncomfortable?

If she asked, “What’s going on?”
what was he supposed to say?

I wanted to see you.

Just to say those words,

Taehyun was still far too scared.

So in the end, all he could do was linger in front of the heroine’s house.

“Hah…”

Taehyun let out a small sigh and turned on his phone screen.

He tapped the heroine’s name,
and opened the message window.

[What are you doing?]

After thinking for a moment, he deleted it.

[Are you home?]

He deleted that too.

[I’m in front of your place, noona.]

“…Are you crazy, Kang Taehyun.”

Muttering to himself, he deleted the last line too.

It was right then, after he’d repeated writing and deleting it several times.

He saw someone walking this way.

Taehyun quickly pulled his hat even lower and waited for the person to pass by.

But then

“Uh..?”

The heroine’s voice.

It was definitely the heroine’s voice.

Taehyun slowly lifted his head.

Sure enough, it was the heroine.

Her eyes went wide as she looked at Taehyun.

“Ah.. hi..?”

The heroine was soaked from the rain, her hair and clothes completely wet.

It seemed she hadn’t had time to bring an umbrella because the rain had come so suddenly.

Taehyun stared at her for a long moment.

“…Why are you getting rained on..”

“It’s just.. it came all of a sudden..”

“Where’s your umbrella?”

“Don’t have one”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t..?”

Taehyun couldn’t say anything.

Just a little while ago,

he’d been standing in this rain for hours because he wanted to see the heroine.

But now that she was in front of him, he couldn’t think of a single thing to say.

Raindrops falling from the ends of her wet hair caught his eye.

“…You’ll catch a cold”

“I’m fine”

“You’re not fine”

Taehyun blurted out without thinking.

The heroine quietly looked at Taehyun.

“But Taehyun. Why are you here today?”

...How should he say it?

“Just because”

“Just because?”

“Yeah”

“What are you doing here?”

“……”

Unable to say anything, he only held out the umbrella he’d been using toward the heroine.

“Use it”

“What about you?”

“I’m fine”

The heroine didn’t take the umbrella, just quietly looked at Taehyun’s face.

Then suddenly, her eyes fell on the phone in his hand.

The message window was open on the screen.

And in the input box, there was an unfinished sentence.

[I’m in front of your place, noona.]

The heroine’s eyes slowly widened.

“…No way”

Taehyun also looked at the screen and froze.

“Ah”

He tried to turn off the screen in a hurry, but it was already too late.

“Were you waiting for me?”

“No”

“Then?”

“Just passing by”

“Here?”

“..Yeah”

The heroine looked at Taehyun and laughed softly, as if he were cute.

“Kang Taehyun”

“W-what..”

“You’re really bad at lying..”

Taehyun couldn’t say anything.

The heroine looked at him for a moment, then let out a small sigh.

And this time, she took the umbrella he was offering.

“Let’s share it.”

“…What?”

“I said let’s share it.”

The heroine opened the umbrella.

Then naturally, she stepped one pace closer to Taehyun’s side.

The two of them stood side by side under the small umbrella.

They were so close their shoulders nearly touched.

Taehyun averted his gaze for no reason.

His heart was pounding like crazy.

“But”

“Yeah.”

“Tell me why you were waiting for me”

“The reason is.. what?”

Taehyun couldn’t answer for a long time.

The sound of rain filled the space between them.

In the end, Taehyun let out a small breath and said,

“…Because I wanted to see you”

“What?”

“Because I wanted to see you”

This time, he didn’t look away.

Taehyun looked straight at the heroine.

“I was debating whether to contact you or not... and then I just”

“Just?”

“Was afraid you wouldn’t welcome me”

“So I couldn’t even text you and just waited here”

A brief silence passed.

Then the heroine gripped the umbrella handle a little tighter.

“…Idiot”

“I know”

“You’re seriously such an idiot..”

“Yeah”

Tears glimmered in the heroine’s eyes.

“If you wanted to see me, you could’ve just contacted me.”

Taehyun’s eyes wavered.

“It’s not like I ever said I hated you”

“……”

“Next time, don’t wait in the rain”

“Just text me”

“Isn’t that why I gave you my number?”

At those words, Taehyun couldn’t say anything for a while.

Then he smiled, very faintly.

“…Okay”

“Promise”

“Yeah”

“Really?”

“Really”

Only then did the heroine nod.

And on the way home.

The two walked slowly with one umbrella between them.

Taehyun’s heart was still racing wildly, but

for once today, he didn’t regret it.

He had seen the heroine,

and he had been able to say that he’d missed her.

And Taehyun tilted the umbrella slightly.

So the heroine wouldn’t have to get soaked by the rain alone anymore.

So he could get wet instead.

Thank you for reading..!

Taehyun.. really was a pure-hearted guy..