[Contest] Sweet and Thrilling Reality Romance

Episode 1: The point of transition to the past

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Ugh, you idiot. If that's the case, then don't date. Don't do it.

김여주

Hey! Me~ Huh?! Do I have to listen to you nagging me too?!

변백현

Please don't call me out every time you drink. Huh?! Am I your servant?! Your servant?!

김여주

Mr. Woo... That guy who is my only testicle friend...

As I mumbled, Baekhyun shook his head as if he couldn't believe it. Byun Baekhyun is my best friend. No, he's my childhood friend, we've been friends since elementary school, and he lives next door to me.

Just real male friends who don't have any romantic feelings for each other. Of course, Byun Baekhyun had plenty of reasons to swear at me.

Whenever she drinks, or rather, whenever she breaks up with her boyfriend, Byun Baekhyun would get drunk and call her, and she would reach the point of being pissed. This strange habit of calling out to Byun Baekhyun whenever she drinks must have started from the day she turned 20.

김여주

Ah.. I'm drunk, I'm drunk..

After graduating from high school, I had a drinking party with my friends on January 1st. Maybe it was because of my parents' genetics, but I couldn't drink alcohol at all. Of course, not being able to drink isn't the problem. The problem is that I really like alcohol, which is against my constitution.

It was when I got a room in Hongdae, drank alcohol without realizing how much time had passed, and came out. The cold air clung to my whole body, but it wasn't enough to wake me up.

Dazzling lights illuminated the path I was walking, but the problem was that I couldn't tell if it was the right path. When I couldn't tell whether I was walking of my own will or if it was an instinctive movement, I called Baekhyun.

Thump thump- While the phone rang for a long time, I sat down on the stairs that were barely visible and crossed my legs.

Who said you can't feel the cold when you drink..?! My whole body was stiff from the cold that was shivering to the core. Miss! Why won't the kid answer the phone? Just as I was starting to get a little irritated, the phone stopped ringing and I heard Baekhyun's voice.

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Ah. Why.

김여주

What are you doing~!

변백현

What. Did you drink? Ugh. It's January 1st. You idiot.

김여주

Huh. Come pick me up~!

변백현

Oh, what are you talking about? I'm playing a game.

김여주

Bloody room?

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huh.

김여주

Oh my... It's me.

변백현

What are you talking about? Hang up.

김여주

Ah.. no..!

I called out to Baekhyun urgently, as he seemed to be concentrating on the game and gave an insincere answer.

김여주

Ah!! Come pick me up!!!!

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Miss!! Where are you!!!!!

김여주

Hit.. Hongdae.

변백현

Fuck. You better be prepared to pay for the meal.

Yeah. It was from that time on. I really, really never bought Baekhyun a meal, and I would call him over without permission every time I drank. Maybe I'm a friend who has no answers.

김여주

So what the heck~! I'm really done for now, right? Chanyeol, oppa?

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I'm not curious. I'm not curious, so let's go home.

김여주

Ah! I have an hour until curfew! Wait. Imma!

변백현

Ha.. Is being self-indulgent still the same as when you were in elementary school?

Today was the day I broke up with my first boyfriend, whom I had dated for about 300 days since I came to college. It was roughly my 20th breakup. What does this mean? This was the first time in my life that I had experienced such passionate love, so we both expected so much from each other.

But even though we were so different, we tried to force ourselves to fit in, and that led to 20 breakups and meetings. In the end, after the 20th breakup, we got tired and let go of each other's hands.

김여주

Hey. Baekhyun.

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what.

김여주

But I'm having a hard time.

변백현

So what? We'll meet again?

김여주

No. I still like it, but my brother said he's sick of me now.

변백현

You foolish bear. Do your best.

김여주

Yeah. I know. I really do...

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If you know, that's enough.

김여주

I know! I know! It's sad!!

Aaaah- I finally burst into tears. The emotions that I had been suppressing for some unknown reason exploded, but what was sad even as I cried was that this stuffy chest didn't get any better.

It was stuffy, as if I had had a cold, but it wasn't just the alcohol that made me feel so dizzy that I wanted to vomit everything out right away.

As I gasped for breath, Baekhyun Byun sat across from me and got up.

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Ugh... You idiot...

Baekhyun Byun, who had been swearing softly, pulled a chair over and sat down next to me. Even with the music coming from the bar, Baekhyun Byun's voice was not drowned out at all and softly moved me.

변백현

Don't cry. You didn't do anything wrong. Just get over it, you idiot.

It was the moment when Baekhyun Byun's hand dared to stroke my head.

KakaoTalk-

[Do you have time? -Chanyeol oppa-]

A KakaoTalk message came flying in from Chanyeol oppa. As soon as I took out my phone, Byun Baekhyun’s eyes met mine. You… Byun Baekhyun glanced at me with a suspicious look before snatching my phone away. Byun Baekhyun has been watching me for nearly 20 years, so he knows me too well.

I wanted to reply to Chanyeol oppa right away, so I jumped up and yelled at Baekhyun.

김여주

Give it to me!!!

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no!!!

I'm going to slowly revisit our sweet and bloody romance.

[Mid-March 2017. The day before university OT.]

김여주

Hey. Baekhyun Byun. Did you see that? This older sister is finally going to OT after getting into a 4-year university.

변백현

There's a lot to say about barely holding on as a reserve.

김여주

Huh!!! The ones that are attached are attached~!

Baekhyun Byun snorted as if he couldn't believe how excited I was, and took the beer glass in front of me and said.

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Are you drunk on the OT? You're so out of it.

We were having a drink a little early at 5pm at Bongju Beer, where the yellow lighting made beer drinking more enjoyable. Baekhyun Byun, who had naturally taken my beer, tossed a square box in front of me.

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Stop drinking and take your motion sickness medicine. And don't complain about getting motion sick on the bus.

김여주

Huh. Thank you for this.

I was about to be touched by the sight of Baekhyun putting down his motion sickness pills, perhaps thinking of me, who usually suffers from severe motion sickness.

변백현

Aren't you causing me enough trouble?

김여주

Dog...

What a touching story. Baekhyun never says anything nice to me.

Otinal night

Perhaps it was because of my usually bright and cheerful personality that I became close with everyone, and I was cheering loudly while watching the performance of our department's student council. It was recreation!

I thought I would never do it again after graduating from high school, but I was enjoying the festive atmosphere in a fairly systematic system.

MC

Okay. We can't leave out dancing in a place like this. Each department president, please bring a freshman who is good at dancing up on stage!

The president of the general club federation, who had been in the middle of the event, showed off the product and shouted loudly. Hearing the voice coming through the microphone, I confidently jumped up.

Even though I look like this, I've been to performances. Having joined a dance team and performed in high school, I confidently stood up and held the president's hand as I went up on stage.

It was from that moment. The moment when Chanyeol oppa and I developed a strange connection.

I found out later that right below the stage, Chanyeol was watching me dance and shake my body excitedly.