[Next day, Ppeuneok Cafe]
Davin: “You’re here??”
Yeoju: “Yeah, what do you want to eat?”
We order sweet smoothies and lattes like that, then sit down at a table.
Davin: “No, seriously, what is it? Why haven’t you told me till now?? I was dying of curiosity”
Yeoju: “The.. I have someone I like”
Davin: “Oh? Who is it??”
Yeoju: “Sunbae Woonhak”
Davin widens his eyes and looks at me with a face full of questions.
Davin: “Whoa, you said that sunbae wasn’t your type”
Yeoju: “No, but then yesterday I fell for him in an instant, what can I sayㅋㅋ”
I explain everything that happened yesterday to Davin.
Yeoju: “Anyway, after that I kept thinking about him”
Davin: “Oh~ Kim Yeoju, you really like him, huhㅋㅋ”
Davin: “But maybe that sunbae has feelings too? Who just bluntly asks a complete stranger to lend them an umbrella?”
Yeoju: “Really??” “Ah, no way”
And with that, I start hoping that Sunbae Woonhak might have feelings for me too.
Davin: “No, and you even got his number too, right? From what I see, this is 100% that sunbae has a thing for you”
Yeoju: “You think..?”
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On the way home, I keep replaying yesterday over and over in my head.
Does Sunbae Woonhak really like me too?
Until yesterday, I believed the odds were low.
But in today’s conversation with Davin, there was plenty of evidence that the sunbae is interested in me.
Could Davin, who seems to have more dating experience than me, be right?
Thinking that made a smile spread across my lips.
[BoNaek University]
I go into the lecture hall like any other day.
But Sunbae Woonhak is sitting there.
Sunbae Woonhak, who’s usually surrounded by people, is sitting alone.
A chance to sit next to Sunbae Woonhak!
I worry it might be weird to suddenly sit beside him, but I want to sit next to him even more, so I walk over.
Yeoju: “Hello”
Woonhak: “Oh! Hey? You’re Yeoju, right?”
Yeoju: “Y-yes, um, may I sit here?”
Woonhak: “Sure!”
Yeoju: “Did you get home safely last time?”
Woonhak: “Yeah, thanks to you”
Woonhak: “Oh right. I said I’d repay you, so how about I buy you lunch next time?”
Yeoju: “Y-yes?”
Woonhak: “I’m saying let’s eat lunch together”
Woonhak: “Ah, if that’s not okay, then we don’t have to eat”
Yeoju: “N-no, it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay..!”
Woonhak: “No, how many times are you going to say it’s okay?ㅋㅋㅋ”
Yeoju: “Don’t tease me///”
Woonhak: “ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Okay, then let’s eat together sometime later”
And so the lecture began.
All my attention is fixed on Sunbae Woonhak sitting next to me.
Not a single word of what the professor says reaches my ears.
I keep glancing sideways, and before long, I end up making eye contact with Sunbae Woonhak.
I hurriedly look away.
But Woonhak lets out a small laugh, as if he saw that.
Then he taps my hand lightly.
Woonhak: “You need to focus”
Because Sunbae Woonhak whispered it into my ear, my ear tingled.