Anyway, I'm not the one who went
That day, you weren't there.
명재현
“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”
Jaehyun just hung his head without even taking a sip of coffee.
The heroine watched him silently, neither nodding nor averting her eyes.
"My phone was off... I didn't do it on purpose. It was my friend's birthday, and I was drinking and making noise..."
The heroine's eyes slowly lowered.
Shadow of a coffee cup on the table.
As shadows swayed, so did my heart, making a sound like it was crumbling.
최여주
“That day,”
The voice was quiet, but firm.
최여주
"I was just waiting for you to call. I didn't even realize you were in so much pain."
Jaehyun looked up and saw Yeoju.
최여주
“I collapsed because I couldn’t breathe, and I had to get IV drips all night.”
최여주
“There was no response to my calls or texts… so my roommate called 119 instead.”
명재현
"Really... I didn't know. I had my phone turned off that day, and I was out of my mind—"
최여주
“That’s the problem.”
The female protagonist cut off Jaehyun's words.
The female protagonist, who has never cut off someone before, cuts off Jaehyun's words without realizing it and is startled.
최여주
"...You say you didn't know, oppa, so often. What didn't you know? What and how much I told you... Do you remember?"
최여주
"I told you before. I'm having a hard time these days."
최여주
“…That day was so hard for me. I just wanted you to understand, just once, just for one day…”
Jaehyun swallowed his breath.
The female protagonist shook her head slightly.
“…But that day, you weren’t there. The day I needed you, you weren’t there.”
Jaehyun suddenly raises his head and speaks.
명재현
“So… you’re telling me not to go to my friend’s birthday party either?”
The female protagonist's face hardened.
최여주
"…what?"
명재현
"No, that day… It was the first time in a while that all the kids were together, and we had plans set a long time ago— You didn't know you were sick. You really didn't…"
At that moment, the heroine's eyes grew cold.
A cold current covered the table.
최여주
“……Are you serious about that right now?”
명재현
“No, that’s not it. That day was an important day in its own right… Why are you suddenly accusing me of being a bad guy—”
최여주
“Driving…?”
The heroine smiled faintly.
He took a deep breath and exhaled, looking truly exhausted.
최여주
“I just said, you weren’t there for me when I was sick. That’s all.”
명재현
“But why so suddenly—”
최여주
“Not suddenly, oppa.”
The female protagonist's voice settled down calmly.
최여주
“It just kept piling up. But that day, with that one thing… it was over.”
Jaehyun kept his mouth shut.
The heroine looked at the coffee cup and added quietly, as if about to stand up.
최여주
“…If you were such a good person, why would my friend look at me and say, ‘That’s not him’?”
At those words, Jaehyun swallowed his breath.
I was speechless for a moment.
The heroine paused for a moment, then stood up.
최여주
"I'm not trying to make you understand. I don't have the energy or the affection to do that anymore."
Then he slowly and quietly turned around.