We decided not to cross the line.

Episode 13. Jealousy

At the representative's proposal

I answered that I would be friends on the spur of the moment, but

Friends are made through the time spent together.

I thought.



Because it’s not something that can be done just by saying you will,

I wasn't really paying attention.



However, I didn't take that remark to mean that much.

I didn't know I would lose.





Because of Hunji's schedule

It was a day for a class for the first time in a while.



I grabbed the script and laptop and got out of the car.



While walking to the practice room,

Through the gap in the open door

I heard the sound of Hunji and the manager talking.



Just as I could hear that they were having a conversation,

Suddenly, Mr. Hunji's voice was heard loudly.





"A friend? With the teacher?"





"Uh... the CEO said so?"





Did the teacher say they would do the same?





So maybe that's why you said you became friends?

They seemed to really like it... haha

"I've never seen that look on your face, CEO."



"Huh? Hello? Please come in, sir."

I was just about to leave. Then..





After exchanging greetings with the manager,

Perhaps because of the conversation I just heard

I sat down, unnecessarily glancing at him.




Unlike usual, he didn't even greet anyone.

As soon as I sat down, he asked as if he were interrogating me.





Is that true?

Did you decide to be friends with the CEO?





"Ah... yes... well... since you asked me to..."





When someone asks to be friends, the teacher

Do you become friends with just anyone?





At his barbed tone

I was starting to get annoyed too.





Why just anyone?

Hunji, you are the CEO of the company.





That is my relationship with him,

Teacher, what you know about the CEO is also

There isn't one, is there?





Do you have to know a lot to be friends?

You can get to know a friend.



And, Hunji, you've helped me a lot since my trainee days, and

I told you we're like family.

Then it's certain that he is a good person.






It's true that he's a good person.



"...Mr. Jeon is

I didn't know you were someone who made friends so easily.






I'm just saying...

But why do I have to explain this to Hunji?

You know this is crossing the line, right?





He kept his mouth shut for a moment.

Like someone holding back something...





Then, if I ask to be your friend, will you do it for me too?





What did you say?





"Why can you do it, but I can't?"


In Canada, everyone calls each other by their first names regardless of age,

We're friends, you know.





Is this Canada?





Then, can I be friends with someone who isn't a student?





Why on earth are you doing this?


It was absurd.

The one I usually knew

It was not the image of a calm and composed man.





He acted as if he shouldn't say anything more

He jumped up from his seat.



And then, without saying a word, he walked out.





"Wow... what's going on right now?"



I was also very angry at his absurd behavior.





Then, a thought suddenly crossed my mind...



Could it be?... Nah... No... Surely not...

Why is he getting so angry just because I said I'm friends with the CEO?





Because of his incomprehensible behavior,

I was sorting out my thoughts right there for a while.



At that moment, the door handle turned.

He returned looking calm again.





He came closer to me.

Like someone who has made a decision

He looked down at me for a moment and spoke.





"Yujeong-ah"



It was his voice I was hearing for the first time.



"Let's be friends, too."





At the unexpected words,
 
I stared up at him blankly.
 



His expression was surprisingly calm.

However, he was more determined than ever.





And, I thought.

That absurd guess that crossed my mind earlier,

Maybe it's not so absurd after all...





"You really don't know?"