Caramel Popcorn

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Caramel popcorn

43

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"What's going on with Yeonjun?"

At Youngseo's question, I stopped what I was doing, looked at Youngseo, and calmly opened my mouth.

오여주

"Don't misunderstand, there's nothing."

I tried to appease her.

I thought it was a situation that could be misunderstood.

I thought that Yeongseo might be upset, so I thought we could calmly talk and end things on good terms...

이영서

Misunderstanding? What did you say that I misunderstood?"

오여주

"what?"

I was startled by Yeongseo's suddenly aggressive words, frowning and asking back. Yeongseo, who had been looking at me with a cold gaze, snickered and continued speaking.

이영서

"Aren't you weighing the difference between Jaehyun and Yeonjun?"

오여주

"What does that mean?"

이영서

“You really don’t know? If it weren’t for you, do you think Jaehyun or Yeonjun would have known?”

You might feel sad, you might feel angry.

The conversation went completely beyond my common sense, which I had been trying to understand, and I was so hurt that I looked at Youngseo and asked her again.

오여주

"Have you been acting like my friend while thinking like that for the past few days?"

Yeongseo laughs out loud at my question and then crosses her arms as she speaks.

이영서

"Aren't you the one who's busy pretending to be my friend while tailing me behind my back?"

이영서

"Am I the only one who thinks this? Am I some kind of lunatic? Why would I do this when you really didn't do anything?"

I immediately stood up from my seat at Yeongseo's harsh words and looked down at her as I answered.

"Oh, what did I do?"

이영서

"what?"

오여주

"I didn't see you like that..."

오여주

"Watch what you say, seriously."

As I left the snack bar with those words, my eyes met with Yeonjun, who was standing in front of the door.

I didn't want to get caught up in the situation any longer because of the emptiness I felt, so I just passed everyone without saying a word.

plodding-

As I was walking briskly down the street, exhaling sharply the anger welling up inside me...

"Oh my god!"

I stopped walking when I heard a familiar voice from behind me.

As soon as I turned around, I saw Choi Yeonjun.

My heart fluttered again at the sight of Yeonjun standing there looking down at me with his hair disheveled, as if he had come running.

Even though I knew it wasn't Yeonjun's fault, I kept blaming him.

Whenever I stood there in silence, afraid of saying something useless, I heard Yeonjun's voice.

최연준

"I'm sorry, I'll apologize on your behalf."

I wonder if he overheard Youngseo talking at the door, or if he heard something.

I had no way of knowing, but seeing Yeonjun apologize made me feel so depressed that I couldn't just ignore it.

오여주

"Why are you apologizing instead?"

최연준

"I was upset because I was going to go with you, and I think Yeongseo said that to you..."

오여주

"If you knew that well, you shouldn't have come running to me."

최연준

"..."

Was he always this indecisive? I doubted it.

It was strange that a person who was good at starting and ending relationships would leave alone a person who only chased after him without even dating him.

오여주

"Yeonjun, I don't know if I should be saying this..."

최연준

"It's okay, tell me"

오여주

"If you're going to be so indecisive, just do one thing. Anyone can tell you're not just friends with Yeongseo."

최연준

"..."

오여주

"Even if you pretend not to care, Yeongseo only cares about you. If you knew what was truly in Yeongseo's interest, you would have to clarify your relationship with her instead of apologizing to me."

Yeonjun quietly nods his head at my words.

After saying everything I wanted to say, I felt a little sad inside, so I took a deep breath and continued.

오여주

"Ugh... After hearing that, I can't go back to being like before with Yeongseo. You have to comfort Yeongseo."

오여주

"Good work"

After saying that, I turned my head and headed home without looking back.

All the way home, I kept thinking back to the events that had happened to me, wondering what on earth had happened to me.

Lately, I've been feeling a strong attraction to Yeongseo, and it feels like we're continuing our relationship on a tightrope.

However, this development was not something that existed in the scope of my expectations.

Yeongseo's sudden transformation was so bizarre.

오여주

"Was he always like that..."

I was so confused that I couldn't even come to my senses. After walking for a while, I reached my house and soon turned the corner and walked towards my house...

I made eye contact with someone standing in front of my house.

"I didn't get a reply to my text..."

오여주

"Jaehyun..."

자까

I apologize..

자까

I'm sorry for being so late ㅠㅠ It's been a while since I've been properly at home due to overtime work and appointments... You're finally blaming me for uploading this...