I almost ran over and hugged her, but I held it in and answered absentmindedly. Honestly, I was exhausted and just wanted to rest, so I just gave a vague answer. My heart wasn't in it, though.
— You're here? You've worked hard.
— ······.
— I want to rest, so I'll go up first. Taehyung, you too, have a good day. You worked hard.
— Yes, miss. You can't sleep in tomorrow.
— I'm getting up quickly - Bye!
— I'll come tomorrow. Get some sleep and see you tomorrow. I'll go in too. Please take good care of the young lady.
— Yes, please come in.
While the two men were talking, I quickly went up to my room. I still hadn't quite figured out what to talk about with Seokjin, so I didn't want to talk right now. Not long after, there was a knock on the door.
'dripping'
“Miss, may I come in?”
— No, I'll be fine.
There was really no time to talk at length. Mom and Dad were on a date today, so it was just Seokjin and I at home.
"Let me talk for a moment."
—Why? Why do you keep bothering me?
'bang'
— Miss... Don't you want to talk to me?
— Yes. Totally. You pushed me away on your own and now... ugh... What are you doing now? Do you even know how upset I was? Why do you act as you please without even knowing that?
All the sadness that had been building up exploded like this. My brother seemed very flustered when I suddenly burst into tears. He didn't know what to do, but then he took a step closer to me, hugged me quietly, and comforted me.
— Come out. I don’t like you, oppa, so come out… Sob…
— I'm sorry, miss... I'm sorry for everything... everything.
— I cut my hand on a piece of paper today while thinking about you. If you've been discharged from the hospital, shouldn't you have told me so?
— I'm sorry. I sent you a message back then, but you didn't respond... By the way, how bad is your hand? Look.
—Why... did you suddenly change again?
- yes···?
"Why are you suddenly being so kind to me again? Why do you keep changing things on your own? Pushing me away and then coming closer. I'm confused now. I don't know what's really going on with you, oppa."
"I've been missing you a lot, too, and I've been worried about you ever since. I wondered if you'd be able to adapt well to the company. I thought, 'You don't know anything, so I should be teaching you, but you'll only be scolded,' and 'How close have you become with Secretary Kim Tae-hyung?' I've been thinking about all sorts of things to myself.
— ···But why did you do that to me···?
I was so confused. If he felt that way about me, why did he push me away when I approached him? I couldn't understand it, and I'm still in a state of questioning.
—You mean so much to me. Since I felt you approaching me, I haven't been able to be as kind to you as I used to.
— That was all... that was the only reason?
—Just that... You still have a lot of experience to gain, and more importantly, you have many opportunities to meet many good men.
— Oppa. Do you like me?
— ······.
— Please answer me just once. Or you can say no, so tell me.
— No... something like that.
- lie···.
It was a lie, I knew for sure. He couldn't even lie, but he lied so obviously. He'd been saying he liked everything he'd explained, and now he was saying no. I couldn't believe it. No, I just wanted to deny it.
— No, really...
'side'
The thought, "Did I make a mistake?" suddenly occurred to me after I'd acted. When my brother repeatedly denied it, I lifted my toes and kissed him on the cheek. I don't know why I went that far, but my thoughts and actions were so different.
— Miss···!
—···I'm sorry. So why do you keep lying···.
— Miss, you really can't do that.
— I can't control myself anymore. I like you. As you probably already knew, I keep thinking about you and it's driving me crazy. I miss you and stuff.
— ···I like it too···.
“Hey, Mom and Dad are here!”
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