Yeonjun Fanfic | Caramel Popcorn - 59

Caramel popcorn [Caramel popcorn]

59.

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Yeoju's point of view

...

The day after, after class ended.

As promised, I went to the prop room with Youngseo, who came to the front of the classroom.

오여주

"Is this the right place?"

이영서

"Yeah. We took stuff out of here when we were preparing for the performance last year."

When I opened the door, all kinds of boxes were stacked tightly inside the space, which was bigger than I expected.

From Christmas decorations to artificial flowers, banners, and unknown fabric.

오여주

"...How are we supposed to look through all this?"

이영서

"Beats me."

Youngseo went inside with a smile.

We started taking out the props we needed one by one and laying them out on the floor.

오여주

"Is this usable?"

이영서

"We could use it when filming at the auditorium entrance."

Still, being alone with Youngseo felt more comfortable than I expected.

Until recently, just being alone with Youngseo had been uncomfortable.

It even felt like things were slowly going back to how they used to be.

이영서

"Ah."

As if something had just come to mind, Youngseo looked at me, and I, in turn, looked at Youngseo's face and raised my eyebrows.

이영서

"Did it go well with Yeonjun yesterday?"

At Youngseo's question, I unconsciously bit my lip.

오여주

"...Yeah."

이영서

"Did the photos turn out well?"

오여주

"Yeah...."

Youngseo nodded as if nothing was wrong.

이영서

"That's a relief."

After that, there wasn't much else said.

To the point where I felt embarrassed for having been so conscious of it for nothing.

Just as I was about to sort through the boxes again...

이영서

"Yeoju."

At the voice calling me again, I stopped what I was about to do.

이영서

"Can I ask you for one thing?"

At Youngseo's question, I couldn't answer and just stood there looking at them.

After hesitating for a moment, Youngseo carefully opened their mouth.

이영서

"Could you keep a little distance from Yeonjun...?"

오여주

"...What?"

Maybe it was something I had expected, but I thought they wouldn't actually say it, so I guess I was surprised because I had relaxed.

이영서

"Sorry."

Youngseo lowered their gaze and fidgeted.

이영서

"I don't want to be like this either, but it's not as easy as I thought."

오여주

"Last time you..."

이영서

"I wasn't going to say anything. Seriously."

They let out a small laugh and kept talking...

이영서

"But now that I'm actually seeing it, it's still kind of hard."

I couldn't find the right answer.

A few days ago, it was Youngseo who said first that they were okay.

That they wouldn't make things uncomfortable for me over this anymore.

이영서

"I'm not blaming you or anything."

오여주

"..."

이영서

"I know Yeonjun seems to have feelings for you, too."

At those words, my heart seemed to drop for a moment.

이영서

"It's just that I still haven't sorted out my feelings yet."

Was it because I could feel it too...?

오여주

"Youngseo."

이영서

"Yeah."

Still, I felt like I needed to make it clear.

"That's not something I can do anything about."

At my firmness, Youngseo's expression stiffened.

이영서

"I know."

이영서

"Sorry. I shouldn't even be asking you for something like this."

As I kept listening to Youngseo, I felt like I might sigh, so I pressed my lips together tightly.

I didn't know why I felt like I was the bad person even though I was the one hearing an apology.

Still, I didn't want to ruin our relationship, which was just starting to come back together, with a few words.

오여주

"I'm trying too, so can you just wait a little?"

But I could feel Youngseo's expression growing subtly colder at my words.

이영서

"You're trying?"

이영서

"Trying what?"

이영서

"And..."

이영서

"What am I supposed to wait for?"

As Youngseo's voice rose little by little, like a gradient, my own heart began to grow cold too.

오여주

"I don't want to keep reading your mood all the time."

Maybe I was scared something like this would happen again, because before I knew it, self-defensive words burst out of me.

At my words, Youngseo suddenly seemed to check the people around us, then slowly lowered their head.

이영서

"That's not what I mea...."

That was when it happened.

I could hear several voices in the hallway.

The door opened, and two underclassmen came in after Seoyun.

문서윤

"What, you already started?"

이영서

"...Yeah."

Youngseo answered Seoyun with a bitter smile.

이영서

"We were taking out the usable stuff first."

Seoyun, who had been watching Youngseo's expression closely, looked back and forth between me and Youngseo.

문서윤

"But did you two fight?"

이영서

"It's not like that."

Before I could say anything, Youngseo's voice came out, and I closed my mouth tightly.

이영서

"I just had something to apologize to Yeoju for, so we were talking."

That wasn't wrong.

But strangely, the moment I heard those words, a part of my heart felt uncomfortable.

후배1

"Where should we move this?"

At the underclassman's question, Youngseo immediately got up from their seat.

이영서

"That's heavy. I'll help you lift it."

And just like that, nothing got resolved, and with a sour feeling

I silently organized the remaining boxes.

...

How long had I been sorting things? I didn't even know how time had passed, and I only came out of the prop room much later.

While checking the props I had photographed with my camera, my phone rang as I was heading back to the club room.

It was a text from Jaehyun.

명재현

[You're alive, right?]

Seeing the text, I felt a sudden wave of relief and couldn't help letting out a small laugh.

오여주

[Of course~]

The moment I sent my reply, my phone buzzed again.

명재현

[Where are you?]

As I slowly typed a reply...

Not long after, I heard footsteps at the end of the hallway.

"You worked hard."

Jaehyun stopped in front of me with a smile.

Then, without hesitation, he lifted his hand.

Jaehyun's hand lightly brushed over the top of my head a couple of times and came down to my bangs.

명재현

"Trying to show how tired you are?"

Jaehyun's fingertips brushed near my forehead.

Before I could do anything about the sudden move, all I could do was blink...

명재현

"It's all fallen out."

Jaehyun dropped his hand.

오여주

"...You've really gotten way too casual now, haven't you?"

At my words, Jaehyun paused for a moment.

Then he laughed.

명재현

"You said I didn't have to go that far."

Well, yes, but...

명재현

"What, should I be more careful again?"

The answer to Jaehyun's question seemed already decided.

For a moment, I even thought about being stubborn and not giving him the answer he wanted.

오여주

"No."

But seeing Jaehyun already smiling brightly, I couldn't do that.

"Then that's fine."

자까

You all are full from all the frustration, right? Soon, the big frustration and the storm of soda will go head-to-head! Hang in there!

"Why didn't you include me today?"

자까

...sorry

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