Time really seems to fly
It felt like just the other day when I was fighting with Taehee
I couldn’t believe that day had already been more than two weeks ago
Maybe I should’ve just not said I liked him
It felt like I’d needlessly made things bigger than they were
But once the water has already spilled, there’s no scooping it back up
And latelybecause I kept running into Taehee everywhere I went
a lot of awkward situations kept happening
when I was with mutual friends
whenever I happened to run into Taehee
I would hide without even realizing it
Of course, friends who didn’t know what had happened between Taehee and me
found my behavior strange
but rather than go through an uncomfortable situation
playing hide-and-seek by myself was a hundred times better
“Then wouldn’t it be better if I just did the presentation?”
We started the group project meeting for our liberal arts class
From the very beginning, everyone in the group
started trying not to make the PPTand shoved it off onto each other
Even while I forced my unpleasant mood asideand focused on dividing up the roles
the group members seemed not to care much about the project
and only fiddled with their phones
“Please focus~
You all know this is a group project, not an individual assignment, right?”
I pressed and pressed again
My face felt like it was getting cramps from the forced smile
After hearing me, the group members
started putting their phones down one by one
but none of them opened their tightly sealed mouths
“Then I’ll decide it fairly with a ladder game”
At last, the damned meeting was over
I grabbed a Picnic I’d bought from the snack bar and ate it
cooling down my pounding head
With five group members all only wanting to take the bus
it was pure chaos
I couldn’t understand why the professor had grouped me with these people
for the same team
I was in charge of the PPT and the script
and the two who lost rock-paper-scissors were supposed to present
The presentation day was still a long way off
but I don’t know why I already felt so uneasy
Still, if there’s a script, maybe it’ll be okay
“Minho! What are you doing here?”
”Ah, jeez, you startled me..“
“Why the hell do you still look like you’re chewing shit?”
Jaehyung, whom I’d suddenly run into, said in confusion
I parted my lips slightly to answer the question
but quickly swallowed it back with a “nothing”
I was too lazy to explain it one by one
“Are you giving me a ride today too?”
”Shut up and just get in already“
”I’m just finishing this one cigarette~“
I shut the car door while sitting in the driver’s seat
At Jaehyung’s voice from outside
I put down my phone and lifted my head
Through the window, I could see Taehee smiling brightly
“..? ”
