We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 76. My absolute ally

That evening.

With Hunji's older sister the next day

we made plans to have lunch together.





I hesitated whether I should tell Hunji.

For some reason, I thought she'd tell me not to meet her.




The appointment was already set,

and I thought even if I told him

after meeting her





it wouldn't be too late.

The next day.





I steeled myself and went to the restaurant.





She was already there.

"I chose this place because I like Korean food, but





is that okay?"





"Yes."

"I already ordered the course menu





that looked the most standard."





"Yes."

I couldn't hide my nerves.






I took a sip of the water in front of me.

"A few days ago, Hunji





ah, the day after we met at the drive-in theater."





I looked at her.

"The next day, he came to our house.

He was so furious...






Have you ever seen him angry?"






"No..."






"You've known him for quite a while, and never once?"






"I've never seen him that angry."

"He hardly ever gets angry normally,

but once he does get angry, he's really scary.





No one can touch him."

The older sister seemed to be remembering that day





and shook her head.

"If you meet or call him again and make Junga upset,

he said he'd make sure you could never see him again?"






"Huji said that?"






"The other day was the first time

I'd seen him get that angry again.

Jinseo...

didn't know who Junga was, you know.

But Hunji said Junga was having a hard time,

so he told him not to take the class either,

and Jinseo was crying and making a fuss..."



"Sigh... it was a total scene that day."






I just listened quietly.


The older sister hesitated, then went on.






"About the harsh things I said all this time over President Kim...

I want to apologize.

When you look at it, he was a complete outsider, and I was being oversensitive.

I wanted Jinseo to take the class,

and I wanted to keep him away from Hunji...

I was being pretty selfish, wasn't I?"





She gave an awkward smile.




"I was really worried because I didn't know

what it meant when you asked to meet today.

Thank you for apologizing."





But

the resentful feelings I had toward Hunji's older sister

didn't all melt away like snow.




She noticed my expression and

carefully brought it up.





"Yesterday at the cafe...

that person seemed to be the mother of your ex-boyfriend...

right?"





"Yes."





"It seemed like she really likes Junga."


"By any chance... did you also meet President Kim's parents?"





"No.

Back then I was a student,

so we met each other's parents like friends' parents...

But as I got older,

meeting a boyfriend's parents became a burden."






After we finished eating,

the older sister suggested tea, but

I made an excuse about work and left.





I thought that if I accepted her apology,

my hurt feelings would melt away like snow.


But it didn't disappear that easily.





After parting with the older sister,

I called Hunji while heading into a cafe.





"Huji."





"What's up, Mr. Square Triangle?"






"Where are you now?"





"Right now? I'm around Ilsan.

Why?"






"If I come over there,

can I see your face for a moment?"






"What's going on? Did noona go see you?"






"No. Well, I did meet her, but

she apologized.

Not because of that... I just wanted to see you."





"Is it really true that nothing happened?"





"Yes. Send me the address."






"Got it. Drive safely."





I checked the address

and headed straight there.




 
After arriving at the filming set,

I waited in the car until break time.





Had I waited about an hour?

From the set, I saw him running

toward my car.





I got out of the car and moved to the back seat.

He followed me and got into the back seat too.





"Why? What happened?
 
You don't usually come all the way to the set."

 



I hugged him without saying a word

and stayed like that for a while.



He didn't ask why anymore either.





"Huji.

I thought if your older sister apologized,

the hurt feelings I'd had all this time would go away.

But I guess I really was hurt a lot."





As I spoke, tears ran down my cheeks.





"Even after I got the apology,

my feelings still aren't fully settled.

The way I was so, so upset

keeps coming back to me."





After he listened to everything I said,

he patted my back.





"Your older sister really shattered my self-esteem a lot.

I won't pretend to be okay in front of Huji.
 
That's okay, right?"





Huji, holding me, nodded.

I pulled away from him

and looked at his face.





"So you really had a hard time, Junga...

I thought you were fine because you always said you understood,

but I'm sorry I didn't realize."





"You went to your older sister's house?"




He nodded once more.





"I... once my feelings have fully settled,

then I'll teach Jinseo's class too.

If I don't feel like it, I won't."





"Do whatever you want, Junga~

I'm absolutely on your side!

The most precious thing to me is you, Junga."




But it was strange.



Until then, my heart had been so sad,

and the moment he told me he was on my side,

I was already happy.






"From now on, I think I'll come here every day."