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━ We··· are breaking up···.
━ ...What? Lady, did I hear that wrong?
━ sorry···.
Tears streamed down my cheeks. I didn't want to break up, I wanted to say no, but I was so frustrated by the situation where I couldn't express my feelings that I barely held back the tears.
━ Lie. You like me.
━ ···sorry.
I bowed my head, tears streaming down my face, and all I could say was, "I'm sorry." No, there was too much to say. I wanted to scream, "I like you," "No," that this was all a lie. But if I messed up and my senior got really hurt, I'd be so sorry. It was a situation I couldn't help.
━ Look at me, heroine. I don't know why you're suddenly acting like this, but please don't. I'm so upset.
━ ...I'm going. I've given up.
━ Park Yeo-ju. What's wrong? Seriously. You like me a lot.
━ ···If my senior doesn't go, I'll go.
This must be the power of love. I had to remain calm and urge the breakup to prevent the person I loved from getting hurt. I started walking, but my senior grabbed my wrist, stopped me, and approached me.
When my senior tried to kiss me, I had no choice but to turn my head away. The female seniors were watching, so I had no choice but to turn away.
━ Really... is this your true heart?
━ ···yes.
━ Okay... Let's stop.
Jimin-sunbae must have been so disappointed in me. He must have been so miserable and sad because of me, but I thought it wouldn't hurt as much as being hurt. But that was just my opinion. Jimin-sunbae disappeared right before my eyes.
━ Sigh... sigh... sigh...
━ You did a good job, so why are you crying? Don't touch Park Jimin anymore.
The female seniors also came out of hiding, snickered, and left. I was left alone. I felt like I'd lost everything in my life. Losing Jimin, my favorite senior, was the most painful thing of all. My legs gave out, and I collapsed in that empty spot.
I sat there for a while, not even paying attention, and then headed home instead of inside the school. Hara called me several times, but I didn't have the energy to answer. So I came home, lay down on my bed, and cried myself to sleep. My one and only love had ended so meaninglessly.
[Jimin's point of view]
━ Hey, Park Jimin! I'm all set, but where's your girlfriend?
━ Put it away.
━ What?
━ Get rid of her. She's not your girlfriend anymore.
Class ended early, so I went to the prop room to prepare a surprise proposal for Yeoju, but it all went down the drain. I was excited, thinking Yeoju would be thrilled by this, but I was truly disappointed.
━ Hey, what's going on? Did you fight?
━ Since we broke up, clean up quickly.
━ Hey, Park Jimin!!
What on earth was so easy about Yeoju? Breaking up after only a few hours of dating was truly disconcerting. I had no idea we were breaking up, no, no one could have predicted something like this. Just a few hours ago, we were on such good terms and in love...
[ 3 years later ]
━ Park Yeo-ju! Park Yeo-ju!!
━ What is it, why is it so noisy?
━ Don't you want to go on a blind date?
I'm still on good terms with Ihara. But then Hara suddenly showed up and asked if I wanted to go on a blind date. A blind date for me... I only have Jimin-sunbae. No matter how great he is, I'm already fixated on Jimin-sunbae and I'm not interested in anyone else.
━ Don't do it.
━ No, you still haven't forgotten Jimin-sunbaenim, have you?
━ Yeah. Huh...? No.
━ Yeah, that's right. We broke up like that, but even I can't forget.
━ Ha... Why are you suddenly talking about blind dates and making me think of my senior... I hope you're doing well...
━ But I can't live thinking about you forever.
━ That's true...
━ So, try going on a blind date. I have a senior friend who recommended this person to me.
━ What kind of blind date is this with someone I don't even know?
━ So, it's a blind date. Just talk to her once. It might be good.
━ it's okay.
━ I heard all the people that senior recommended were really good. I'm seeing someone that senior introduced me to, and I'm seeing them well now.
━ I don't know···.
━ Park Yeo-ju.
━ Oh, okay. Just this once.
━ Is it true?
━ Yeah. If it's not good, I'll just leave.
━ Okay, okay. Wait, I'll tell my senior.
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━ Park Yeo-ju! Are you okay with this afternoon?
━ Later? That soon?
━ What difference does it make whether I see it early or late? They say it's okay?
━ Um... well, I guess. I don't have anything to do today.
━ Okay. Let's go home quickly. I need to get ready.
━ okay.
We went straight to my place, and I dressed up to the nines. It was our first blind date, and honestly, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. Jimin-sunbaenim was still etched in my mind, but I couldn't just think about him forever. By the time I finished getting ready and doing everything, it was already evening outside.
Ding-
━ uh?
━ Why?
━ They say he's a blind date guy.
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