Caramel Popcorn

04

Caramel popcorn

04

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오여주

"Mom... told me to do something difficult."

I left the house feeling weak as my mother asked me to go to the PC room and get some documents for her to submit to the community center tomorrow. I was worried that she might get hurt carrying something heavy on her own, so I helped her walk.

I quickly arrived at the PC room near my house.

As I opened the door and entered, all the seats in front of me were already full.

Eventually, I went to the kiosk, checked for an empty seat, and went to the assigned seat after signing up for an hour as a non-member.

As I walked into a slightly secluded corner, I saw only one empty seat.

It was number 99 on the ticket I was holding.

Thinking that I had to finish as quickly as possible, I pressed the computer power button and sat down. While the power was on, I checked the notes I had made about the documents my mom had asked me to bring.

at that time

"Can I just buy the chocolate flavor? Okay~ Is there anything else you want to eat?"

I turned my head involuntarily at the sweet sound that seemed to melt my left ear.

Then a man appears.

White skin, high nose bridge,

Even a quick glance at his profile showed a handsome man talking on the phone with a very affectionate voice.

It was when I was unintentionally feeling something that wasn't meant to be feeling.

Even though I wasn't clearly facing the man, I felt an intense gaze from somewhere and turned my eyes slightly.

Then, I saw my reflection on the darkened monitor screen of the man I was looking at, and the man looking at me on that screen.

오여주

"Oh my... why won't the screen turn on..."

I was extremely embarrassed, but I tried not to show it and stretched from side to side, naturally moving my gaze to the monitor in my seat.

I firmly believed that I would never be caught and that it would never be awkward, so I focused on my monitor again.

When I enter the non-member number and log in, the screen darkens for a moment to boot up.

오여주

"mom!!"

As my monitor screen darkened, a man's face was revealed.

The sight of a man staring intently at me with his head tilted towards me...

I slowly turned my head.

A man who faced me head-on like that.

Where should I start and how should I say it...

오여주

"I didn't mean to look..."

That moment.

Bam-!!

Before I could even begin to explain myself properly, someone ran over and hugged the man from behind.

The man looked surprised, but I was even more surprised and looked at the woman who was hugging the man while flinching.

오여주

"uh?"

이영서

"Oh, Yeoju?"

The one who hugged the man was none other than Yeongseo.

When our eyes met, Yeongseo strode towards me with a surprised look on her face.

이영서

"What is it, heroine? You said you couldn't play earlier because you had to help mom when I asked you to play... So you're playing a game here?"

I was flustered by Yeongseo's expression filled with regret, so I had to wave both hands around and show her the note I had written on my phone, giving her an urgent explanation.

오여주

"No, it's not that. I came here to run an errand for Mom!"

이영서

"really?"

오여주

"really!"

Yeongseo pouts at my words and then looks back and forth between me and the man sitting next to me.

Yeongseo immediately asked loudly, as if both the man and I could hear.

이영서

"So what were you two talking about just now? I saw it all. Are you two supposed to know each other?"

오여주

"no?"

I answered first.

No matter how I looked at it, it was clear that this man was Yeongseo's boyfriend, but it was so strange that he just sat there with an indifferent expression.

Youngseo, who seemed dissatisfied with just hearing my answer, approached the man and asked him a question in a questioning tone.

이영서

"Why aren't you answering, Choi Yeonjun?"

Suddenly-

The man shut down his computer without saying anything to Youngseo's question, then got up from his seat and packed his things.

The man who finally opens his mouth, looking down at me from a standing position, boasting his tall stature.

"You're a transfer student, aren't you?"

"Jaehyun's words are true..."

The man who said those words just passed me by.

Yeongseo looked at the man's back as if she was dumbfounded, then turned her head towards me.

Yeongseo, who had been biting her lips and trying to force a smile, straightened up the chair the man had roughly left behind and spoke to me.

이영서

"I think Jaehyun mentioned you to Yeonjun. I don't usually talk to other people... I'll go first!"

After saying those words, Yeongseo leaves in a hurry.

It was a short statement, but I wonder if it was just my imagination that it felt like a declaration of war, telling me not to mess with anyone...

When I was in a state of confusion due to the events that had passed by like a storm...

오여주

"Fed?"

Let's recall the familiar words and the conversation between Jaehyun and Yeongseo at lunch today.

I clearly remembered a conversation about a person named 'Yeonjun' who was so sleepy that he skipped meals.

오여주

"You're not that skinny?"

자까

This is the first time the Fed has shown its face.

자까

One-line comment of the day: The Fed is handsome.

명재현

I am?

자까

Jaehyun is also a carrot♡