As a result, her mind has long since left the building.
Da-bin seems to have taken her heroine's excited mood as a booster and drunk a lot too.
The freshmen welcome party nears its end, and the two carry on a conversation that isn’t really a conversation in a half-asleep state.
Herione “Dabi—na, are you drunmk?”
Da-bin “Absolutely not!! Nope!! I’m not even a colle—ge student and what do you mean, this muchㅋㅋ”
Heroine “Me too ㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅋ”
Senior 1 “Oh my, why are you two acting like this? You seem really drunk.”
Senior 2 “I don’t think they should stay here any longer.. let’s send them home”
The seniors at the same table call Da-bin’s parents, and send Da-bin off in a taxi first.
Senior 1 “Ugh…. This is rough”
Senior 2 “Don’t get tired yet. There’s still one more person left”
Senior 1 “Oh right, Kim Yeojuㅠ”
But whether the heroine is trying to mess with the seniors or not, she falls into a deep sleep.Very deep.
The moment it becomes obvious that this ultra-shy heroine will be mortified tomorrow for having collapsed and fallen asleep in front of people she’s never met.
Senior 2 “Yeoju-ya??? You need to go home!!”
Heroine “Heun-nyaㅎ.. heum-nya…”
Senior 1 “If you ask me, this one’s not getting up”
Senior 2 “Then let’s look for a person in her phone again”
Senior 2 holds Yeoju’s phone up in front of her face. Face ID unlocks.
After opening the contacts app, Senior 2 looks at the favorites section
Senior 2 “Han Taesan? Should we call this guy?”
Senior 1 “Let’s see. Hmm, well, there’s no one else in favorites, so I guess we should”
Ring ring ring ring
The sound of the phone ringing echoes.
Taesan “Hello?”
Senior 2 “Ah, yes, hello. The thing is, Yeoju drank way too much at the freshmen welcome party and is asleep right now~ Could you come pick her up?”
Taesan “Yeoju is drunk and asleep?? ㅋㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋ” “Ah, then if you text me where you are, I’ll head over.”
Senior 2 “Yes, I’ll send it to youu”
Beep beep beep
The call-ending tone sounds.
[Taesan's House]
Taesan “How is Kim Yeoju sprawled out like this? ㅋㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅋ”
Laughing to himself like that, Taesan gets ready and leaves his apartment door. Hopping in a taxi and hurrying to the pork barbecue place, Taesan finds it even harder to believe what he’s seeing.
[Ppuneok Pork]
Heroine “Zzz, heum-nya, heum-nyeon”
Taesan ‘ㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅋㅋㅎㅋㅋㅋ’
Taesan “Hey, wake up.” (poking her) “If you still don’t wake up right now, you’re going to die of embarrassment”
Heroine “Heum-nya… uhng? H-Han Te-san?”
Taesan “Let’s go. Home”
Heroine “Huh??”
Led by Taesan’s hand pushing at her back, the heroine leaves the restaurant. Taesan finds the sight of his 10-years-long friend like this absolutely hilarious. Why? Because the heroine, who as a kid hated standing out and would volunteer to be a tree in plays, is acting like this in the microbiology department on their first meeting.
Taesan “Ah, seriouslyㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅋㅋㅋ get in” (opening the taxi door for her)
Heroine “Yes, yep~”
And so the heroine rides a taxi with Taesan back to her studio apartment.
Then she falls asleep again.
With nowhere to rest her head, the heroine headbangs a few times before finally putting her head on Taesan’s shoulder.
Taesan “???”
Taesan’s ears turn red.
He only stares out the window.
Noticing that the heroine is sound asleep, Taesan mutters softly.
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Taesan
“How can I not know when she likes me this much?”