"Oh..oh, you're awake now."
"I think Jaehyun is like that too."
"What would you like to eat, Miss...?"
"Oh, I'm going to eat cereal."
This is Yeoju, who comes with cereal in her hand. Anyone can tell that Yeoju and Jaehyun are plump, but Taesan looks so skinny. His face looks all puffy from waking up early. Alpano? Our Yeoju, even in front of Taesan, holds her phone firmly and eats cereal. She unconsciously goes on Instagram. Oh, come to think of it, she was logged in with a secret account that no one knows about, a ghost account. When she goes back to her original account, she sees a ton of DMs that she never expected.
Yeoju, who has been living like a dead person for the past two weeks without any news, her friends are worried about her. I almost get upset, but I block it with cereal. Jaehyun is right next to me, so I can't make a fool of myself. I think I should watch it alone, so I use my phone and finish the cereal. Only at times like this does she eat quickly. Our Yeoju
"I'm going grocery shopping later. Do you want to come with me?"
"Me? When?"
"What... around 3:30?"
"Uh...who is going?"
"Shall I, this guy, and Yeoju go to Unhak?"
"He's sleeping, bro."
"Didn't you eat earlier?"
"Eat and sleep"
"Wow, is he tall?"
"Don't be too big, you'll break through the ceiling."
"lol"
"lol......"
Oh, Taesan's joke was so funny... haha It's kind of funny. Yeoju burst out laughing. It's a good thing I finished my cereal, I almost spit it out. You can laugh. You have to act more naturally in times like this. I cover it up by giving the last kid another snicker. Then I clear the dishes and say I'll be down at 3:10 and quickly run upstairs.
"The lady is embarrassed."
"I guess it's because I'm laughing, hyung haha"
Everything was discovered?
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When I entered the room, there was no one there. I sat on the bed and read the piled up DMs one by one. The one I was closest to said, "What's wrong? The professor is looking for you, aren't you coming today? Are you dead?" At first, he got angry and joked around, but his last message was, "Are you okay?" Everyone asked if I was okay. Some even asked if I broke up with Taesan. But Taesan, who was the closest to me, didn't send a single message. Well, there was no upload, but this is still a bit disappointing. At least seeing my closest friends who were worried about me brought tears to my eyes.
💬Are you seeing the DMs now?
Oh, my vision is blurry, so when I close my eyes, it clears up, and when my vision becomes clear, I get a DM from my closest friend Taesan, followed by Han Ye-seul, who took care of me the most. Starting with this DM, a series of DMs follow. They are filled with words of concern for me, like, “What are you doing?”, “I want to see you?”, etc., and that I don’t need to respond, so just listen. There is no talk about Taesan. My vision becomes even more foggy because of Yesul, who only thinks of me.
If Yesul finds out that she met Taesan through "Not You", what will happen to her? I worry about what people around her will think of her. Yesul wouldn't criticize her. Everyone would understand and comfort her, but even knowing that, I think people around her will call her foolish. It's funny how our heroine was afraid of the moment this aired, but now she's afraid of it.
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I leave a message telling Yesul to wait, saying I'll tell her everything later. I really wanted to talk to her face-to-face. I wash my flushed face with cold water to calm it down, and it's already 3 o'clock. I quickly get ready and move around in a panic. That means I'll be five minutes late.
"Haha, you're really busy coming down."
"....I almost got late"
The hooded sweatshirt I'm wearing is falling down, and especially when our Yeoju is busy, it's kind of funny when she goes down the stairs. Taesan knows all about it and laughs at Yeoju. It's even more embarrassing, for Yeoju.
"Jaehyun hyung, I'm still getting ready. It's not too late."
"ah,"
"Sit down, why are you standing?"
"..."
"Do you want to stand together while watching a movie together?"
Taesan asks if he'll stand with her and gets up. He's absolutely not going to back down. Yeoju, who's driving herself crazy, wonders why they're even bringing up the movie they watched together. She thinks it'll be even funnier to see them standing together, so she quickly sits down. She casually picks up her phone and pretends to type, and Taesan laughs and sits back down.
"What's so busy with your hands?"
"Do I need to know?"
What is it? Taesan, why are you laughing?
"Why are you laughing?"
"Because it's funny?"
"why?"
"It's funny because you're cute."
Oh, there you go again. Taesan is even funnier because even if he turns his head sharply, he can still see Yeoju rolling her eyes at the back of her round head. Just when he's about to decide not to engage with her, Jihyun comes rushing downstairs, and they start shopping.
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Arriving at the supermarket in less than five minutes, Yeoju heads straight for the fruit section. Because she's craving fruit. Her favorite things are fruit and snacks, and when it comes to fruit, it's always bananas. She also has banana milk, and when it comes to snacks, she's got turtle chips with banana kick. She grabs two bananas and puts them in Jaehyun's cart, glancing at him and seeing his smile.
Taesan leisurely buys mushrooms, cabbage, and other items from the vegetable section. Jaehyun tells Yeoju, who's about to follow him to the meat section, to go toward Taesan. He's instructing her to buy vegetables, snacks, and drinks while he's looking at the meat. She shrugs off her reluctance and trudges along.
I quietly picked up several snacks and put them in my shopping cart. I also packed a bunch of drinks. They were all very much Yeoju's tastes.
"ㅋㅋㅋYou have too much banana milk"
"I think everyone might like this..."
"Oh, so turtle chips account for 90%?"
"Because Jaehyun likes this"
"Ah, how thoughtful of you."
"Please choose some vegetables."
Taesan, who has been laughing at everything since a while ago, seems a little crazy. But actually, isn't 1L of banana milk a little funny? I think Taesan is funnier because he knows that Yeoju likes bananas. In fact, Yeoju knows that too, so she's been feeling awkward for no reason since a while ago. Yeoju frowns when she sees Taesan putting in spinach. Yes, Yeoju, even though you're your age, you still haven't put spinach in your mouth.
"Did you buy everything? Oh my, 90% of the chips are turtle chips."
"Jaehyun, please eat this."
"It looks like someone else bought it to eat, but let's settle the bill."
Look, they've all been caught.
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After finishing all the calculations, I came back home and started to organize the groceries, and the people who had been away from home started to come back. When Unhak, who had been lonely, started to whine to Taesan, it was Yeoju and Jaehyun who were now in charge of organizing. When Jihyun and Seongho, who had been away from home, and Unhak, who had been sleeping in, said they would prepare dinner, Yeoju quickly ran to her room and lay down on the bed.
When I lie on the bed without thinking and just stare at the ceiling, I feel the commotion of people below. The break time passes by in an instant. Even though I know that our Yeoju has to go, I delay the time, thinking, “Can’t I go a little later?” “Just one minute?” Yeoju’s body sinks like water-soaked cotton.
"Hey, let's eat!"
"...I'll go down!"
As expected, Jihyun is the one who takes care of Yeoju. There's no more delay. Yeoju quickly finishes getting ready and heads down to the first floor in ten minutes. The smell of delicious food fills the air amidst the bustling crowd. Our Yeoju is quickly setting up her cutlery, looking around to see if she can help. She may have seemed lazy earlier, but our Yeoju is actually taking care of her image. Isn't that how everyone lives?
What is it? Taesan, why are you looking at Yeoju so fiercely? Yeoju, who had been wandering around, makes eye contact with Taesan and quickly turns her head away. The thought that came to mind at that moment was...
"Did I do something wrong earlier?" Why? Right now, Yeoju isn't in a position to care about Taesan's feelings.
"Where have you been?"
"Huh? Oh, I was just resting in my room."
"it hurts?"
Why? Do you look sick now, Miss Yeoju?
"You look a little tired."
Oh, that's right. I've been forcing my body, which hasn't been moving well, to work for a long time. I have a lot to think about and can't sleep. Something was always bothering Yeoju, so I couldn't be at ease. Taesan, who has been watching Yeoju for a long time, can tell. If it were Yeoju in the past, she would be chatting away while tasting food, showering her with compliments, joking around, and liking to be with someone even if they weren't close. But that was in the past. Now, Yeoju has changed so much. Because she's exhausted.
"I guess you're sleep deprived."
If we continued talking, I felt like I'd end up saying, "It's only natural that I'm sick. It's only natural that I'm tired. It's all your fault," so I quickly hid next to Jihyun. Taesan must know, too, that Yeoju just cut him off from the conversation.
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"Who did this?"
"Me!"
"Mr. Unhak, black and white chef, get out."
"It's delicious. This is my specialty."
"But it's not like there's too much, is it, Unhak?"
"There are 8 people, but it can easily serve 12."
A pot full of kimchi stew, spam, soybean paste stew, rolled eggs, and other warm, home-cooked meals are Unhak's specialty. Even though the portions are large, the hearty rice gives Yeoju strength.
"But they're the same age, so they can't talk."
"Would you like that?"
"Yeah, Unhak, this is so awkward."
"lol"
Ji-hyun, who saw Yeo-ju speaking formally to Un-hak, asked why she didn't stop talking, and strengthened their bond. Un-hak, the only friend of the same age here, is fun and easygoing, and although he grumbles that the sudden change in speech is awkward and uncomfortable, Yeo-ju was actually wondering how long she would continue using formal language, so let's keep it a secret.
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"I actually got a message saying that a truth game room has opened."
Truth Game Room, to explain it all at once, is a place where only truth is spoken, but eight people enter different numbered boxes and answer questions while keeping their answers anonymous. There is a box above where you answer with an O or X, so you are not allowed to speak up. Everyone is a little nervous. After everyone clears their dishes and gathers in the living room, each person is singled out and moved to a different box.
On the fifth call, Yeoju is called. As Yeoju goes outside, there are many closed partitions. Yeoju enters partition number 8, and there are currently five people there. After a few minutes, a notification sound sounds and the monitor inside the partition turns on. Yeoju, who was looking around, is captivated by the magic wand.
"Does my X like me?"
This question can only be answered with O or X, but Yeo-ju doesn't know. She can't completely trust Tae-san Han's sudden change in attitude. But she's not sure if he'll hate it either. She's already answered 1, 3, 6, and 5. Yeo-ju, who's become impatient, chooses X. Even if there was a moment when she believed it to be true, it's been a while since Yeo-ju's trust in Tae-san was broken. One of the seven people's individual answers will be Tae-san. Since it's completely unpredictable, Yeo-ju has given up on trying to predict.
"Are you attracted to someone of the opposite sex here?"
There is no one of the opposite sex that I am attracted to. Although there may be good people, there is no such thing as attraction. I press X too quickly. Yeo-ju slowly counts how many people pressed O. 6 out of 7 pressed O. Oh, then who is that one? It could be Tae-san, but it could also be someone else. My head becomes tangled for a moment. Although there is no such thing as a prediction that is always right, I feel uneasy because I have a feeling that this one person is Jae-hyun. Jae-hyun has never had many conversations or dates with the opposite sex until now, but Tae-san has dated and talked to Ji-ye, so our Yeo-ju is getting more and more tangled and itchy.
The next question stops your train of thought.
"Do you like X?"
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"Why did you answer the last question like that, Miss Yeoju?"
"...That's my honest feeling. I thought about it for a really long time. Not just that moment, but from the first day, no, from the moment we broke up."
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"What did Taesan say to the second question?"
"Okay, there are two X's. I think one of them is Jaehyun hyung."