[Next day, Ppune 카페]
Davin “You’re here??”
Yeoju “Yeah, what do you want to eat?”
Then we order a sweet smoothie and latte and sit down at a table.
Davin “No, seriously, what’s the story? Why haven’t you told me this until now?? I thought I’d die of curiosity”
Yeoju “I.. I met someone I like”
Davin “Oh? Who is it??”
Yeoju “Senior Unhak”
Davin widens his eyes and looks at me with a face full of questions.
Davin “Whoa, you said that senior wasn’t your type”
Yeoju “I know, but yesterday I fell for him in an instant haha”
I explain everything that happened yesterday to Davin.
Yeoju “Anyway, after that I kept thinking about him”
Davin “Oh~ Kim Yeoju really likes him, huh haha”
Davin “But maybe that senior likes you too? Who asks a complete stranger to lend them an umbrella out of nowhere?”
Yeoju “Really??” “Ah, no, probably not”
And with that, I hold onto the hope that Senior Unhak might like me.
Davin “No, and he even got your phone number too, right? From what I can tell, that senior is 100% interested in you”
Yeoju “Really..?”
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On the way home, I keep going over what happened yesterday.
Does Senior Unhak really have feelings for me too?
Up until yesterday, I believed the chance of that was slim.
But in today’s conversation with Davin, there was plenty of evidence that the senior is interested in me.
Maybe Davin, who seems to have more dating experience than I do, is right?
Thinking that, a smile spread across my lips.
[Bonek University]
I go into the lecture hall as usual.
But Senior Unhak is sitting there.
Senior Unhak, who’s usually surrounded by people, is sitting alone.
A chance to sit next to Senior Unhak!
I’m worried it might be weird to suddenly sit next to him, but I want to sit beside him even more, so I walk over.
Yeoju “Hello”
Unhak “Oh! Hi? You’re Yeoju, right?”
Yeoju “Y-yes, may I sit here?”
Unhak “Sure!”
Yeoju “Did you get home safely last time?”
Unhak “Yeah, thanks to you”
Unhak “Oh right. I said I’d repay you, so can I buy you lunch next time?”
Yeoju “Y-yes?”
Unhak “Let’s have lunch together”
Unhak “Ah, if you can’t, you don’t have to eat with me”
Yeoju “N-no, it’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine..!”
Unhak “No way, how many times are you going to say ‘it’s fine’ haha”
Yeoju “Don’t tease me///”
Unhak “hahaha, fine, then let’s eat together sometime”
And then class began.
All my attention is drawn to Senior Unhak sitting beside me.
I can’t absorb a single word of what the professor is saying.
I keep sneaking glances until, in the end, Senior Unhak and I make eye contact.
I quickly look away.
But Senior Unhak lets out a faint laugh, as if he saw me do it.
Then he taps my hand lightly.
Unhak “You need to focus”
Having Senior Unhak speak right by my ear made it itch.