Caramel Popcorn
07


Caramel popcorn

07

...

"I said I was full..."

"You went first because you were uncomfortable?"

It was Jaehyun.


오여주
"No, I have money."

I hurriedly took out the pocket money that had been in my hand without noticing, but Jaehyun had already finished paying and had even taken all my snacks.

Jaehyun walked out of the store to allow students waiting in line to pay.



명재현
"What are you doing, let's go quickly!"


오여주
"Uh... yeah, okay!"

I had no choice but to follow him.

...

The place I arrived at after following Jaehyun was none other than Jaehyun's clubroom.


오여주
"What's the name of your club?"


명재현
"Our Theater Broadcasting Club"



오여주
"Oh... So you're acting and stuff?"


명재현
"No, I just came in because I was the most inactive."



오여주
"ah..."

Jaehyun, who had put down the bread and milk on the desk, pulled the chair next to him and gestured for me to sit.

As I sat down, Jaehyun opened the packaging for the bread I had chosen and handed it to me.


오여주
"thank you"

Honestly, I was so hungry that I forgot my awkwardness for a moment and started inhaling the bread.


명재현
"Understand, Yeongseo is a bit sensitive when it comes to Yeonjun."



오여주
"I guess so"

I nodded at Jaehyun, who was chewing on his bread and saying something obvious.

Then Jaehyun chuckled and suddenly got up and headed somewhere.

I mumbled as I took another bite of bread without paying attention.


오여주
"Well... why is Youngjun so cold to Youngseo?"

After mumbling out what I wanted to ask, I turned my head towards Jaehyun.

At that moment, my eyes met with Jaehyun, who was standing right next to me holding a piece of tissue.


Jaehyun hands me a tissue and taps the lower right side of his lip.

I immediately realized what he meant and wiped my right lip with the tissue I was given.

Then, a rich chocolate cream comes out.


명재현
"You have to get used to it if you want to become close with Yeongseo. Bickering between the two is a daily occurrence."

It was an incomprehensible story.

Why do we have to go through the motions of daily life, complaining and worrying, and then meet up?

I couldn't understand, but I knew how tiring it was to meddle in other people's business, so I decided to pretend not to know and not ask any more questions.


명재현
"Did you meet Yeonjun at the PC room yesterday?"


오여주
"Ah~ By chance."


오여주
"It was just a coincidence that we were sitting next to each other, but yesterday, I didn't even know who she was, but Yeongseo suddenly showed up and it was just a misunderstanding..."


Jaehyun nodded at my words and quietly opened a pack of chocolate milk and started drinking it.

As I was watching that, I grabbed the chocolate bread I was holding with both hands to drink the milk, and tried to reach out my empty hand towards the chocolate milk.

at that time.

Snap-

Chocolate milk was kidnapped by a hand that appeared from somewhere.

As I turned my head to follow the chocolate milk that had suddenly disappeared from my sight, I could see the kidnapped chocolate milk being cruelly torn apart and put into someone's mouth.


명재현
"Hey, Choi Yeonjun!"


Choi Yeonjun looks down at us with his mouth full of chocolate milk at Jaehyun's call.


You bastard....

I locked eyes with Choi Yeonjun and put the rest of the bread in my mouth without saying anything.

Then, Choi Yeonjun looks at me and Jaehyun alternately as if he doesn't understand English.


명재현
"That's yours..."


최연준
"uh...?"

He looked at me late, but my chocolate milk was already dirty.


최연준
"Ah... I'm sorry. Of course I thought it was Myeong Jae-hyun."

Seeing Choi Yeonjun looking so sorry that he didn't know what to do, I stuffed the rest of the bread into my mouth and chewed it thoroughly before getting up from my seat.

Gulp-



오여주
"It's okay, Jaehyun bought it with his money, so it's Jaehyun's! Enjoy your meal."

With that, he headed towards the clubroom door and spoke to Jaehyun.


오여주
"Thanks for the bread~ I'll buy it next time!"

I quickly ran out of the club room, unfolded the tattered bread bag, folded it into a note shape, and walked.


오여주
"My chocolate milk..."

My lips were chapped as I kept thinking about what had just happened, but I consoled myself by thinking that I had avoided getting involved with that bastard Choi Yeonjun because I didn't think anything good would come of it.

...

(Myung Jae-hyun's point of view)

...


명재현
"Hey, Lady!.... she's gone"

The silence that comes after the female protagonist runs away from the club room.


명재현
"You came in without making a sound..."



최연준
"Did I sneak in or something... I just left the door open and came in?"

Choi Yeonjun suddenly puts down the chocolate milk he was drinking in frustration and starts to say something, which ends up making him lose his temper.

Yeonjun put down the chocolate milk he was holding and stood there staring at the door the female lead had left through.


명재현
"I felt bad for not being able to eat properly because of you guys earlier, so I bought you some food, but are you going to eat it?"

"Did I know..."


자까
Wow... It's always hard to juggle work and writing... but it's thrilling♡

Endure even if it's hard☆