Exists, but does not exist
Episode 9
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..that bar..!
강여주
.. yes?
A bar...
It's a face I've never seen before...
강여주
Do you know me?
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Yesterday... didn't you go to Itaewon...?
강여주
Oh.. that's right..
I told the truth without knowing it.
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I clearly saw you drinking at a bar...?
강여주
Um... I'll go first, because class seems to be starting soon.
I hurriedly left the place.
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Could you please just tell me your name?
A boy shouted from behind.
강여주
..it's Kang Yeo-ju.
I turned around, muttered something under my breath, and quickly entered the classroom.
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The heroine..?
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..2nd grade-
- End of school -
(It is briefly narrated from Seungcheol's point of view)
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under...
No matter how hard I looked into the problems, they were not solved at all.
I kept thinking about that girl I met at school earlier.
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‘Insta... you must have one..?’
I muttered to myself and looked through Instagram.
yeoj2o_r
Kang Yeo-ju, Jewel High School 2
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Is this the person..?
I was so surprised that I jumped up from my seat without realizing it.
The people sitting around me gave me cold looks.
I awkwardly grabbed my phone and went out of the study cafe for a moment.
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Kang Yeo-ju-...
I couldn't deny that I was very attracted to this woman on the outside,
I couldn't understand the scene where I was drinking heavily with a friend at a bar in Itaewon and chatting away.
Why are you drinking at a bar when you're a student?
First of all, I followed the female lead.
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If you're in second grade, there's a one year age difference...
- At that time, the female protagonist -
(It's narrated from the heroine's point of view again!)
윤정한
Sister Yeoju!
강여주
Oh, come on, stop following me..
윤정한
I'm saying this because there's something I want to hear!
강여주
I'm not Yeo-eun anymore, so why are you doing this to me?
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So... I was going to ask
강여주
...
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What are you talking about...
Jeonghan created a rather serious atmosphere.
I was nervous for no reason, so I swallowed my saliva.
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Yeo-eun said,
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I know he's dead... but...
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Why on earth... how did he die...
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Can you tell me..?
Jeonghan opened his mouth with difficulty.
Now that I think about it, I only talked about Yeo-eun dying...
But if I tell you how Yeo-eun died, you'll be even more shocked...
Should I lie?
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It's so... painful.
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If I knew a little more, I might be able to shed some light on it.
Jeonghan looked too pitiful to lie,
It seemed like the truth would be too burdensome for Jeonghan to bear.
강여주
... under..
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Was it a car accident..?
I shook my head with a bitter smile.
Should I just tell him everything and end my relationship with Jeonghan?
윤정한
Was there something like a bottle..?
I shook my head again.
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If not...
강여주
-.. fat.
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.. yes?
I slurred my words.
강여주
-... fat...
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..what age..?
Jeonghan's voice began to tremble.
I put my hand on my head and whispered softly.
강여주
Suicide...
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...
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.... yes..?
This must be a difficult truth for Jeonghan to accept.
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Suicide... what the...
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Do you happen to know the reason..?
Jeonghan's eyes trembled.
강여주
reason..
Actually, I don't know exactly either.
I'm just guessing.
강여주
I think there was a conflict with my friend.
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Just because of that..?
강여주
In the will
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I hate living such an unstable life.
강여주
It was written like this.
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...
강여주
I think it exploded because of a number of factors, not just conflicts with friends.
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Wasn't there any talk about me..?
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You can tell me the truth
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I'd rather know everything and come clean.
Will it really be comfortable..?
강여주
Yeo-eun's diary...
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A diary..?
강여주
It said something about you there.
윤정한
What did it say..?
강여주
"He was someone I had no connection with except for taking chemistry classes together, but he confessed to me. I knew he had some kind of ulterior motive."
강여주
Said..
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It seemed like you didn't believe I liked you at all.
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...
강여주
It was also written that you might have confessed to Yeo-eun to further expand your group of bullies.
강여주
.. I'm sorry, I only talk about this.
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...
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Still, I didn't want to spread false information.
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No, I'm grateful.
It was so frustrating.
I wish Yeo-eun had told me about Jeong-han before she died...
Did Jeonghan want to hide this story?
강여주
..is your curiosity satisfied now..?
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..yes, roughly.
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Thank you for talking to me.
Jeonghan smiled.
But there were tears in that smile.
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..I'll go first.
Jeonghan quietly got up from his seat.
I watched Jeonghan walk away weakly.
Is this how it ends with Jeonghan?
I felt awkward, but I confessed to Yeo-eun...
I guess this is it.
.. I have to buy some chocolate milk at the store tomorrow and drink it.