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Unrequited Love Only You Don’t Know - Taehyun

(Taehyun’s POV)


The library club president senior never asks me questions he doesn’t know the answer to.
Because with that annoyed look on my face, I just pick out the answer in the most efficient way in the world.


Then one little creature that really got on my nerves rolled into my world.


Right beside me, Han Seowoo had been groaning for 10 minutes, unable to turn a single page of a workbook
Han Seowoo.


After letting out one sigh, I was just about to snatch the mechanical pencil away and draw the guide lines for her.


But then you suddenly shoved your phone screen right up in front of my nose.


"Ta-da! I ran into Subin senior at the cafe in front of the academy earlier, and
he told me how to solve a problem I didn’t know? And he bought me milk tea too!"


Senior or milk tea, whatever—the moment you were calling another guy’s name and
your eyes started sparkling, it felt like something inside me snapped.


"That guy wrote the solution well?
No doubt he wrote it in some roundabout, useless way."


Before I knew it, a sharp voice had slipped out.
Seeing you mumble in surprise, "He explained it really easily.."
my irritation didn’t go away.


"It’s totally inefficient. If I explained it, it’d take 3 minutes, and
why are you asking that guy?"


"No.. you said you were busy...."


Your lips, grumbling like you were wronged,
almost made my true feelings spill out in a rush.


That I’ve never once told you I was busy.
That my heart is the only one pounding when a text comes from you.


In the end, I grabbed my pencil case roughly and left first on my own.


But whether the sky knew what was in my heart or not, without warning
the rain started pouring down.


It was obvious that some idiot without an umbrella would end up getting soaked and running again,
so I waited for you at the building entrance with an umbrella.


A little while later, you came out, and next to you
was Subin senior, the one you’d mentioned earlier, holding an umbrella open and
with his hand on your shoulder.


At that moment, reason and everything else flew right out the window.


I strode over, snatched your wrist, and pulled you under my umbrella.


"Ah, you scared me! Kang Taehyun, you had an umbrella?
But why are you grabbing people so roughly..?"


I didn’t want even a single raindrop to soak your shoulder,
so I tilted the umbrella toward your side.

And hiding my hammering heart, I tried to act as calm as usual
and looked straight into your eyes.


"Your shoulder’s getting soaked, you dummy."


"No.. um.. I mean, thanks, but can’t you say it a little more kindly?
Why are you so harsh with me?"


"Haa.. is there something about you that just drives people crazy or what? "


"..Huh?"


"This is so frustrating it’s killing me. You really are doing this on purpose, aren’t you?
So I’m the only one left to burst from frustration and die."


My one-year unrequited love, known to everyone except you,
why don’t you know?



"Because I like you, that’s why, you dummy"

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I wrote this, but it’s way too... abrupt..