Bloom and falL

04. Somewhere between lovers and seniors and juniors

I thought I was getting used to it by now. I opened my eyes with a pounding headache.

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Ugh

Woong looked around, holding his head.

Judging by the countless beer cans, soju bottles, and two bottles of wine thrown around haphazardly, it seems like they've been drinking since the film blacked out yesterday.

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I ate so much

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Without thinking about the next day

He just wanted to lie down and sleep again, but if he didn't get over his hangover now, he would surely feel like his stomach was going to turn inside out, so Woong headed to the kitchen with his head heavy.

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Jeon Woo-woong.....

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I water.....

Woojin's throat was cracked from all the yelling he'd done yesterday. When Woong didn't respond, Woojin fumbled for water with his hands. Instead of the water he'd been looking for, the bottle he'd picked up in his sleep contained soju.

Woojin, who didn't know that, poured the soju down and immediately started feeling nauseous.

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Woof

The effect was no joke, since I poured soju on an empty stomach, which was already not in good condition.

Woojin quickly covered his mouth and ran to the bathroom.

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Hey water.....

Woong clicked his tongue as he watched Woojin run to the bathroom and the green soju bottle thrown to the ground.

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Tsk tsk, that's stupid

And he shouted in the direction Woojin had gone

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I boiled ramen!

Then Woojin shouted

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it's crazy???

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Why are you boiling that??

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.......bad guy

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Even if you boil it, it's still a mess

Woong-i grumbled and headed back to the kitchen.

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.........

Woojin stirred the ramen with his chopsticks.

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Can you eat it?

At Woojin's words, Woong got angry and jumped up from his seat, but he thought to himself that he couldn't eat this, so he sat back down.

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Please don't cook for me when I have a hangover unless you're planning to kill me.

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No, please don't step into the kitchen

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Hey.... were you a little excited?

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Shut up and order delivery

Woong asked Woojin while looking for his phone.

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What should I order?

The moment Woong-i found his phone and turned it on, he frowned.

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Why? Who are you?

Woong-i smiled and said, deleting the window filled with missed calls, texts, KakaoTalk messages, and DMs.

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It's nothing

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Would you like to eat some hot soup?

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To really get this going, you need something hot and spicy.

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Ordering?

Just as Woong-i was entering his phone number to place an order, someone called. He checked the caller ID and sighed, muttering, "I should've just blocked it."

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Pick up the phone

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under......

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That's right

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I'll boil some ramen

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huh

As Woong stood up, he asked Woojin.

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Do you have any cigarettes?

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My brother is Nodam

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Why are you doing that when you don't even know?

During the conversation, the phone hung up and rang again.

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Will it continue like this?

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Yeah, I think so

Woong got up from his seat and went into his room.

Woong-i came into the room and said while answering the phone

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📞Hello

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📞Do you get it now?

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📞I don't think it's time for us to call anymore?

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📞Were we able to do it anytime?

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📞You knew me and started dating me

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📞Oh, that's right

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📞That's why I said we should've dated when I confessed

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📞Okay

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📞I should have done that

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📞But you know what, your rumors were dirty

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📞There was no truth to it

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📞That was the day I fell in love with my senior

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📞That was the day I regretted it too

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📞It's over now, right?

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📞Yeah, it's over

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📞I have to tell you because you were the last person I loved

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📞No matter who you meet, dirty rumors will follow you and bugs will bite you.

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📞Stop using people as your own

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📞I'll try

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📞Effort is a piece of cake

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📞And later, if you really want to do it, do it with someone from the same department

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📞That's what I'm trying to do

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📞You were the worst boyfriend, but you were the best junior.

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📞Take care

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📞......Since when?

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📞What?

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📞When my senior lost interest in me

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📞Has it been a month since we started dating?

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📞But why didn't you tell me to break up?

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📞I used you too

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📞In the same way as you

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📞I was going to tell you that. I used you too, so don't feel guilty.

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📞Thank you

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📞ㅎ Contact me sometimes to see if I'm alive or dead

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📞If you do it often, both my future boyfriend and your future girlfriend will misunderstand.

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📞You and I are each other's senior and junior, nothing more, nothing less.

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📞Yeah, I will

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📞How are you?

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📞Yeah, you too

Woong hung up the phone and lay down on the bed, covering his eyes with his arms.

And so Woong's love ended. I don't know if you can really call it a love, but

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There's no way I could have a proper relationship

I thought maybe that senior yesterday knew about the relationship between him and Eunyeon and had been pushing it in.

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I hope there is no misunderstanding

Woong slowly got up and left the room.

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I thought you were going to nag me, but luckily you did.