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━ Hey, what's this? Who uploaded this?
The photo Hara showed me was of me kissing Jimin-sunbae last night, drunk. There were also photos of what happened at the cafe, and of Jimin carrying me on his back as we walked home at night. They were all clearly visible.
━ How would I know that? What happened to you all day? Are you really dating?
━ No?! No, this isn't the time.
I quickly pulled out my phone and made a call. There was only one place I could call in this situation. I dialed the number Jimin had given me earlier.
📞 Senior!!
📞 That's surprising. What's the rush?
📞 Come check out Daejeon. This isn't the time to be idle!
📞 Daejeon? Wait a minute. Yeoju, what is this...?
📞 I think someone secretly took a picture of us. What should I do?
📞 ...What should I do? I guess we should just date.
📞 Huh?!
📞 Don't you think you'll get stranger looks if you say no after showing all the pictures like that?
📞 But... isn't there another way?
📞 Did you like me in the beginning?
📞 Why is that suddenly...
📞 I liked you. Do you like me now?
📞 If you ask me suddenly... what should I say...
📞 I'm not saying no. Then I guess I like you too, so we can just date.
📞 Yes... Yes?! Are you my senior?
I was surprised. I feel surprised every day, but I was truly, truly surprised. I'd always secretly been in love with him, and I knew he'd been nice to me, but to think it was a sign of affection? I couldn't help but be surprised, because I hadn't expected it at all.
📞 You're so perceptive, why don't you notice me? Come out with me, Park Yeo-ju.
📞 Like··· Like!
📞 What the heck. You replied really quickly.
📞 So you don't like it?
📞 Alright. I'm starting class. See you later, my girlfriend.
📞 Yes···!
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━ What is it, what is it!
━ We're dating... Now it's not fake, it's real...
━ Right? You're dating, right? What? Since when? Tell me quickly what happened yesterday.
━ Okay.
━ Oh, why? Tell me.
“Class begins.”
━ The professor is here. Let's go.
━ Ah, Park Yeo-ju, really.
After one period, a group of senior female students from another dance department I'd never seen before suddenly came up to me. Unsure of what was going on, I just stared at them, my face a bit confused.
“Will you give me a hug?”
━ Who···.
“Follow me.”
━ No! Who are you to say that···.
"jimin park."
━ N, yes?
“If you don’t follow me now, you know what will happen to Park Jimin.”
I hesitated for a moment, but when Jimin's name was mentioned, I couldn't just sit still. Even though we were women, no one knew what would happen, so I had no choice but to follow. I followed, but as soon as I reached the back of the school, the female seniors stopped and looked at me.
“Is it true that you’re dating Park Jimin?”
━ ···Huh?
“Are you dating Park Jimin?”
━ ···Yes.
“Break up.”
━ What is that···.
“I like Park Jimin. So let’s break up.”
I was speechless. He came to me out of the blue, told me he liked me, and told me to break up with him. We started dating today, and now he's breaking up with me. No matter how much I thought about it, I was speechless and speechless.
━ ···I don't like it.
"no?"
━ Why should I do that?
“Are you acting like that because you want to ruin your college life?”
━ I'm not asking, I'm just asking.
“If you don’t like it, Park Jimin will get hurt. Do you still not like it?”
“Do you want to see Park Jimin get hurt?”
In this world, where power is everything, everything must be sacrificed. In this world, where you must become small and sacrifice for the sake of the person you love. You have no choice but to accept it. There's no other way. I hate it more than anything to see someone I love get hurt because of me.
━ ···I'm breaking up with you.
“You’re smart. You make decisions quickly.”
"Park Jimin will be here soon. He'll be listening, so don't try to be silly. Speak clearly."
━ ···Yes.
Then the female seniors hid, out of sight. Tears flowed from my eyes. Was this how a relationship would end so meaninglessly? I hated myself for not being able to do anything for the person I loved, and that's why the tears flowed. Soon, Jimin came into view. I quickly wiped the tears that were flowing with my sleeve.
━ Hey, heroine!
Jimin-sunbae smiled brightly from afar, waved, and ran towards me. Seeing Jimin-sunbae like that made me feel so sad, but I barely managed to hold back the tears that were about to burst. Looking at his face, I thought I was going crazy.
━ Let's meet inside. Why did you ask to meet outside? I thought you called me.
━ Senior···.
━ Huh?
━ We···.
━ Why are you taking so long? Tell me quickly. We have somewhere to go.
━ We··· are breaking up···.
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Maybe there are times when you want to write a predictable story... 🤭
