I forgot, I missed you
Chapter 6. Let's take a look at Seungcheol's perspective! 「2」



윤정한
What, are you a girlfriend?


김소정
Who is he?

김여주
I...


최승철
No, I don't know.

Huh? Just...what did I just say? I think I said something crazy...

I saw the female protagonist's expression steadily darken. Because of me...she must have been so embarrassed...so...



윤정한
You didn't know her? Then why did you say "Kim Yeo-ju" when you saw her? And how does she know your name?

Meanwhile, you keep asking questions... What the heck... What can I do? It's a bit weird to say now that I knew you...

In the end, I apologized to Yeoju, saying she resembled an old friend of mine, and that I misunderstood her. I should have apologized for pretending not to know her in the first place...

Ah~~what am I doing now~~~~

김여주
Oh... It's okay... I also thought you looked a lot like a friend I used to be close with, so I mistook you for him for a moment.

I felt a little sad. I thought the female lead might say something like, "What are you talking about... You're the Choi Seung-cheol I know..." or "Why are you lying?" No, I was the one who was wrong in the first place.

김여주
It's been a while since I lost contact with him... I was an idiot for thinking he was me.

For a moment I flinched.

I felt sorry and somehow guilty.

That much for me

It was a 'precious existence'.

But I let go of my 'precious being'.

We exchanged names. To double-check that Yeoju was indeed the Yeoju I knew, I asked if my old close friend was a man. It was indeed the Kim Yeoju I knew.

And first, I had to convince Kim Yeo-ju that I was indeed the "Choi Seung-cheol" from her childhood memories. I told her that the person I used to be close with was a girl. I guess that's enough to convince her.


최승철
hey.

김여주
Huh..? Why..?

What I can do for you.


최승철
Do you want to be friends?

Becoming friends again.

I want to be friends with you again.

김여주
Uh...uh...? Uh...I'm fine.

I don't know what you think yet..^^

I'll wait. The day your feelings for me change, that'll probably be the day I become the Choi Seung-cheol you knew again, right?



최승철
Okay, we're friends from today on?

김여주
Ah.. yeah.

...Should I just tell you later? I lied... I don't know~~ But somehow, I feel like I just want to have fun now? I'm so curious about Kim Yeo-ju's reaction... Oh my, what am I saying? This Choi Seung-cheol bastard is trying to commit a bigger sin...


윤정한
You bastard. You said you don't have a girlfriend, but you want to date before us?


최승철
Keep your mouth shut.


윤정한
Huh!!

Actually, my heart has been pounding ever since I was talking to Kim Yeo-ju. When I was little, I didn't really care... Maybe I'm a little nervous because it's been so long since I saw you?

작가 시점
But soon, Choi Seung-cheol realizes his true feelings for the female protagonist.

After the really annoying professor came in and all the annoying explanations were over, bye~~ After the seniors were introduced, now... Is it time for Kim Yeo-ju to take over?

김여주
Ah...hello. My name is Kim Yeo-ju, a freshman. Seniors, please take good care of me. I'll do my best during my college years!

Phew-

I somehow laughed. He's so cute..


윤정한
Hey Choi Seung-cheol! Hey Choi Seung-cheol!!


최승철
Uh...uh...? Why?


윤정한
Where the hell are you? You're just staring at that Kim Yeo-jun or whatever guy.


홍지수
Even my face turned red. ^^

Wow.. I was so out of it because of Kim Yeo-ju(?)!! Didn't you even notice that my face was red... Hey Choi Seung-cheol!!!

After Yoon Jung-han and Hong Ji-soo's ordinary, yet extremely ordinary, yet extraordinary self-introduction↑, it was finally my turn!!

Big...


최승철
Hello, seniors! My name is Choi Seung-cheol, a freshman. I'm not a big drinker, but I like to drink, so please invite me over often when you're out drinking. I look forward to working with you in the future!

I don't know if the heroine listened to my introduction well~

OT is all about alcohol! I came here to drink!!

By the way, Kim Yeo-ju, I wonder if you'll be able to drink... I'm worried...


윤정한
Choi Seung-cheol, look forward to it. Since you said you like alcohol, we'll politely pour you some~


홍지수
Crazy ㅋㅋㅋ Yoon Jung Han ㅋㅋㅋ


최승철
I'll have to get you guys drunk first.

Finally arrived at the OT venue. I'm going to drink a lot today!

Yoon Jung-han, Ji-soo, and I chatted while drinking to our hearts' content. Surprisingly, we weren't drunk yet!

But suddenly, senior Bae Joo-hyun from class 2015 comes to us..



배주현
Hello? Are you the freshmen Yoon Jeonghan, Hong Jisoo, and Choi Seungcheol?


홍지수
Yes... that's right...


배주현
Well, you guys probably know me...so I don't need to introduce myself, right?

최승철윤정한홍지수
Yes...yes...((embarrassed))


윤정한
Hey... that senior looks really pretty up close.


최승철
Is that so..? I don't know...


윤정한
It seems like your eyes are low.

최승철, 홍지수
You're talking about your in-laws.

Oh, but this senior, why did you suddenly come to us? I just wanted to talk to the kids... Ha..


최승철
But senior, why did you suddenly come to us?


배주현
Yeah? Of course I want to eat with you guys^^

Senior Bae Joo-hyun suddenly came into our midst saying that.


배주현
Oh, right! Now feel free to call me "noona." It's comfortable for you guys, and I like hearing it that way too.


윤정한
Wow..! That girl.. no, that girl is.. interested in us.. right?

This kid has been having weird delusions since a while ago...why did I get a friend like this?

Still, to me, she is as precious as the female lead. Of course, including Hong Ji-soo!

While Joohyun, Yoon Junghan, and Jisoo were chatting away, I drank a lot of alcohol by myself(?).

Ah... why aren't you drunk today... you should have been drunk already.

Has some time passed like that?

Suddenly I felt a soft touch on my arm.



배주현
What is our Seungcheol doing alone?

Joohyun kept acting cute with me, linking arms with me. Yoon Junghan and Hong Jisoo seemed to be passed out drunk already... This girl seems to be drunk too.

at that time

15학번 남자 1
Come on, drink it quickly. Aren't you going to drink it?

김여주
Oh really... no, I...

It was the female protagonist's voice.

Suddenly, everyone turned their attention to Yeoju. Yoon Jeong-han and Hong Ji-soo, perhaps because the atmosphere had become so chaotic, stood up, asked what was happening, and then immediately turned their attention to Yeoju.

Joohyun and I also turned our gaze to Yeoju.


배주현
Does that look like Kwon Soon-young?


최승철
That bastard... no, do you know who that person is?


배주현
Yeah. He's also in the same class as me, class of 2015.

Is that really your senior..?! That kid... This isn't the time for me to be like this..!

The moment I was about to go to the heroine,


전원우
Stop it.

Jeon Won-woo, a senior from class 15, grabbed Kwon Soon-young's wrist.

Wonwoo Sunbae pulled Kwon Soonyoung to her feet, and the two engaged in a war of words before Wonwoo Sunbae snapped Kwon Soonyoung's wrist. I'm not lying, it really made a crunching sound.

The surroundings became noisy.

I should have just covered my ears right there, or gotten out a long time ago, or never come here in the first place.

Because Wonwoo was furious at the words that he heard when he twisted Kwon Soonyoung's wrist and gave her a warning.


전원우
If you do this one more time, you'll know that day won't end with a handcuff. Above all, if you do this to our fresh-faced rookie again, then for real



전원우
Die.

Wonwoo Senior's gaze was fixed on Kim Yeoju.

It was a strange feeling. It felt like anger, but something else was off. Kwon Soon-young immediately stormed out, and the people around her kept snickering, which only made her even more irritated.

Yeo-ju seemed to have gone to Won-woo and thanked him. Up until that point, it was somewhat okay. But with each passing second, the two seemed to be conversing more affectionately.

Kim Yeo-ju was smiling.

As he was walking back to his seat, Yeoju and I locked eyes. I wasn't flustered. I was simply glaring at her with an extremely angry look.

What is this feeling...

What the... Are you going out alone?

I saw the female protagonist going out alone.


배주현
Jeon Won-woo is awesome ㅋㅋ Is he really going to CC? With a freshman? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ


최승철
......


최승철
Hey, I'm going out for a bit.


윤정한
? why?


최승철
Just. I'm going to get some fresh air. You guys, don't come out.


윤정한
What is it... It's suspicious...


홍지수
Ah, just ignore Yoon Jeong-han and go quickly.


최승철
Okay, go and come back quickly.

I have to go to Yeoju.

I'll tell you.



배주현
......

Where did you go, kid? Hey? Hey, he's over there.


최승철
hey.

김여주
Choi Seung-cheol? Why are you outside?

I have to say it now. I have to say it. Otherwise, I won't have a chance to say it, and I have other things to say besides this.


최승철
I'm the Choi Seung-cheol you know, and I pretended not to know him.

김여주
......

You're just looking at me without saying anything. Don't you have anything to say?

I got angry for no reason and said something to the female protagonist that I shouldn't have said.


최승철
But you're pretending not to know? That's definitely the Kim Yeo-ju I know.

Nothing was on my mind right now. Only an inexplicable anger was churning through my heart. Kim Yeo-ju remained silent this time, staring blankly at me. "Say something... I can't even control my emotions right now."


최승철
Aren't people like me any good anymore? Do you like Jeon Won-woo better?

I guess I've finally become a retard..

김여주
....Hey you bad kid..

I was surprised.

Kim Yeo-ju continued what she was saying.

김여주
Since you pretended not to know me first, I instinctively started pretending not to know you too. Instinctively!

...It's all because of me....

김여주
You suddenly pretended not to know... You are definitely the Choi Seung-cheol I know... I was the most embarrassed!

The heroine gradually came closer to me and continued to stroke my body. It didn't hurt, nor did it not hurt.

Kim Yeo-ju kept hitting me and kept calling me a bad kid.

.....be small..

A smile spread across my face, incongruous with the situation, as I looked at Kim Yeo-ju, who was shorter than me. "Have I grown this much already? We were probably about the same size back in the day."

Something like tears kept falling to the floor. They were the heroine's tears.

You're crying...

Wow!

I took the heroine into my arms. I felt sorry and wanted to comfort her.


최승철
I did the worst thing.

김여주
Let go of this.. you bad boy..!!

I'm sorry, but I can't let you go. I'll keep holding you until you stop crying.


최승철
Cry. Just.


최승철
You said it, back in the day. If you want to cry, cry. If you're having a hard time or feeling sad, cry. Crying isn't something to be ashamed of.

When I said this, he started crying and asked if I still remembered it after 11 years... lol


최승철
Hahaha are you crying or laughing?

김여주
Hwaaang ㅠㅠ

cute.



최승철
You've become a lot cuter.

At my words, Kim Yeo-ju looked up at me. I looked down at her and smiled.

I stroked the heroine's head and then put her back in my arms! Haha

I guess I should apologize now.

Because I pretended not to know, it must have been difficult to endure even a single minute and second.



최승철
I'm sorry. I pretended not to know.

And me. I think I finally know why I was so angry back then. And what that strange feeling was.

Maybe I

I..

I think he saw you as a woman, not a friend.

Do I like you?

???
Hmm~~? Is it really going to be a CC explosion from the first day?

???
That too, among freshmen.