Taming the Gangsters
w. ramen
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Taehyungpa, you are one of the many Yoongipa!!
"······."
Taehyung stared at Yeoju's phone for a long time. Why did he come all the way from Seoul to Pohang? He was no longer related to her. He turned on his phone and saw the couple wallpaper Taehyung had chosen, still intact. Below the clock, Taehyung's handwriting was exactly as he'd written it on Yeoju's phone, untouched by a single letter.
'If you found my phone, please call me at 010-000-0000♡'
"I guess it was quite annoying. You haven't changed a single thing."
Beep be ...
As Taehyung was quietly holding his phone and wondering how to convey the message, the alarm rang with a passionate vibration and a piercing sound.
PM 9:30
N Alba 10 o'clock!!
"······."
"A rich kid's ass."
Taehyung felt strangely uneasy upon seeing the alarm's title, grumbling as he touched his phone to turn it off. As soon as he did, the phone unlocked as if it had no locks and went into the alarm app.
"You still haven't set a password. I told you to do it..."
"How could such a sloppy kid fool me?"
Feeling uncomfortable, as if he was peeking at someone else's belongings, and even more so, carelessly touching his ex-lover's phone, Taehyung quickly pressed the back button and attempted to turn it off. But at that moment, his hand stopped. He couldn't bring himself to turn off the phone screen.
"·······. Until now···. Why on earth is the background···."
Taehyung's heart was pounding like crazy. It had been almost three months. He had been saying he had completely forgotten Yeoju, and he was certain that Yeoju would not remember Taehyung. Seeing the still-unchanged wallpaper was already painful enough for Taehyung.
Boooooooooooooo- Boooooooooo-
'Byun Baekhyun.'
Taehyung swallowed hard. He tried to calm his racing heart as much as possible and pressed the receive button.
"hello."
"This poem's title is about first love. So what's the point? Yes, that's right~"
Yoongi couldn't concentrate at all in class. What courage had he found to say something like that? Truthfully, he lacked confidence. It was true that he resented and hated Yeoju, but he still didn't want to give up on her. He wanted to remain by her side, even if only as a friend. But Yoongi regretted his past.
"Looking at the last verse, we can see that the speaker achieved mental maturity through his first love. Now, Yun-gi! What is the expression used here?"
"What about mental maturity... It's gotten even more pathetic."
"??? What did you say, Yoongi??"
"yes?"
"Haha, I wasn't concentrating!"
"Oh, oh. I'm sorry."
"I've never seen Yoongi like this before. You're not being cocky, are you? There are a lot of kids coming up. I have to maintain my grades until my senior year. Let's focus."
"yes···."
That's true. Some people might see their grades improve while in love, but it's more common for them to drop. Yoongi was the same. It was true that if you study outside of the time you're in love, you end up studying significantly less than when you weren't in love. Yoongi seemed quite shocked by his academy teacher's words. And he was finally able to face reality. Yoongi slapped himself a couple of times and focused on class again. And he made a promise. He wouldn't have unrequited love anymore. No, not even love. He wouldn't.
"I confessed to the person I like."
"I guess there's someone else I like."
"······? What the hell are you talking about···. Speak so I can understand."
"Oh, so I knew I liked that guy A, so I confessed to him.
"I found out that he seems to like B."
"What the hell are you talking about... This is the most ridiculous thing I've heard this year."
"I can't understand myself like this. What should I do?"
"What did A say when you confessed?"
"He didn't say anything, but I think he'll reject me."
"That's a blessing in disguise. Yeoju, you really acted like a fool."
"Yeah, I know too... I'm reflecting on it..."
"Does B have feelings for you?"
"It was there. But now I don't like it."
"······. I don't want to talk to you. What's so complicated about this?"
"It's all my fault..."
"To sum it up in one word, the person I thought I liked was Kim Taehyung.
The person you like right now is Min Yoongi, right?"
"What? How did I know your name...!"
"I saw you on KakaoTalk yesterday. Wasn't it Min Yoongi who left at 12 yesterday?"
"Yeah, yeah... You're a total ghost."
"Confess."
"what?"
"Confess to Min Yoongi."
"Go and tell her right now. You like her."
- "······. taehyoung kim···?"
"You wrote down my phone number."
- "I'm sorry... I'll be right back. Where are you?"
"City Park. Who owns this phone?"
- "Just friends."
"Yeah. I see. Where are you now?"
- "I was just about to go to work after school."
"Then go get a part-time job. Send the address of your part-time job to this number."
- "No. How could I have the shame..."
"Yeah. How can you have the shame to do that?"
- "······?"
"Let's meet and talk, let's meet and talk."
Taehyung hung up the phone. He leaned against the wall and thought for a while. What should he say first when he sees Kim Yeo-ju? What would she look like?
"I hope you're doing well, Kim Yeo-ju."
Taehyung stopped thinking, stood up, and headed to the address Yeoju had sent him. He still hadn't decided. What to say the moment he saw Kim Yeoju, how to start the conversation. Taehyung didn't really want to decide. Even thinking about Kim Yeoju now felt so empty and difficult, he just wanted to quickly cut ties.
It was a little cold yesterday and today, but now it's really spring!
Cherry blossoms are blooming and you can see a lot of bugs.
I'm truly grateful to those who have waited and watched despite the long hiatus between serializations.
Actually, I'm not sure when the next episode will be uploaded.
If it's fast, 1-2 weeks! If it's slow, I think it might not arrive until May.
The performance evaluation period is over and now the big homework, the midterm exam, is left!
This is my first exam before college! I'll do really well :)
Until then, let's all work hard together𖤐
Hoping to see you all again soon! Stay well ❤ Bye!