I love you
episode. 1


Today is the first day of orientation for the Department of Spatial Design at Yeon-A University. It's a simple orientation, but since it's been a while since I've been back to school, I dressed up nicely.


김준면
"Is this enough?"

Finally, I looked in the mirror, adjusted my clothes, and went out of the house.

When I got to the bus stop, Seungcheol had already arrived.


김준면
"You were here early?"


최승철
"Oh, Kim Junmyeon is dressed up?"


김준면
"You're no pushover either, are you?"

Today, too, I walked to school bickering with Choi Seung-cheol.

Since I was in spatial design and Seungcheol was in business, we had no choice but to part ways. We said goodbye and said we'd meet up later after school.


최승철
"Hey, see you later. I'm going-"


김준면
"Okay, see you later~"

OT ended after about an hour. I was about to go see Seungcheol right away, but senior Park Chanyeol, a senior in the 4th year department head, called for all department heads to gather, so I couldn't leave right away and had to stay in the classroom.

Even as we chatted in the classroom, Park Chan-yeol's eyes were fixed on me. Feeling burdened, I tried to avoid him.


김준면
" .......... "

As I was about to leave the classroom after the meeting, Chanyeol grabbed me, and only he and I were left in the classroom.


김준면
"Why did you hold me?"


박찬열
"Well, I'm just interested-?"


김준면
"Oh, yes..."


박찬열
"I'm back in school and I'm 27 now. Feel free to talk to me-"


김준면
"Oh, I also went back to school and am now 25 years old."


박찬열
"I'm the older brother-? Junmyeon, aren't you hungry?"


김준면
"I'm not hungry..."

At that moment, without realizing it, my stomach started growling.


박찬열
"Phew, are you hungry?"


김준면
" yes... "


박찬열
"Do you want to go eat tteokbokki?"

The word tteokbokki made me feel good.

Smiling like that, I went to a tteokbokki restaurant with senior Chanyeol.

Even at the restaurant, senior Chanyeol was smiling and looking only at me.


김준면
"Why do you keep looking at me...?"


박찬열
"Well, because it's pretty-?"

직원
"The food you ordered is here. Enjoy your meal. :)"

Luckily, the tteokbokki came out just in time, and I started eating it as soon as it came out.


박찬열
"You like tteokbokki, don't you?"


김준면
"Yes, I like tteokbokki-"


박찬열
"Junmyun, by any chance, which high school did you go to?"


김준면
"Oh, I came out swinging."


박찬열
"Really? I came out swinging too-"


김준면
"Really?"


박찬열
"Yeah, he was the student body president."


김준면
"You're amazing for being the student council president."

After I answered, there was a few seconds of silence. Chanyeol paused for a moment, then spoke cautiously.


박찬열
"Junmyeon, are you okay?"


김준면
" yes? "


박찬열
"Don't you remember me?"

As soon as senior Chanyeol asked, "Don't you remember me?" my head started to hurt.

Memories I had forgotten flashed before my eyes.

past-)

Chanyeol hyung was quite popular at Whiwol High School. He was the student body president and a popular bully.

Chanyeol hyung was in the third grade and I was in the first grade.

At that time, I was playing with Minseok in the hallway.


김준면
"Minseok, come play with me!"


김민석
"Oh, okay-"

While we were running and playing, Minseok lost his balance slightly and fell towards me, and ended up hugging my waist.

Chanyeol hyung saw that scene.


박찬열
"Kim Junmyeon."


김준면
" brother... "

Chanyeol whispered in my ear as he passed by.


박찬열
"See you at home."

Hearing Chanyeol's words, my body instantly froze. Minseok looked at me and asked why.


김민석
"Hey, what's wrong with you-"


김준면
"Huh? Oh... no, nothing-"


김민석
"Didn't you get hit on by Chanyeol hyung? I heard that getting hit on by that hyung is no joke..."

After school, I was walking home with Minseok. On the way home, Chanyeol hyung's voice... and those words kept coming to mind, making me scared and miserable.


김준면
"Uh... this is my house-"


김민석
" Really? Come in quickly-"


김준면
"Ugh... Ah, Minseok, even if I can't go to school, you can't forget me... Okay?"


김민석
"Huh? What does that mean?"

Without being able to answer Minseok's words, I tried to leave him behind and ran straight home.


김준면
" brother... "


박찬열
"Come here."


김준면
"Ugh..."

At my brother's words, I ran straight to stand in front of him.


박찬열
"I told you not to play with other guys."


김준면
" ............ "


박찬열
"Our Junmyeon didn't listen...so he'll have to be punished. Right?"

Chanyeol hyung stroked my body and then grabbed my hair.

It was really painful.


박찬열
"Kim Junmyeon, from today on, if you take even one step forward, I'll tie you up so you can't move at all."


김준면
"Please don't do this... And, hyung, let's break up."


박찬열
"What? Junmyeon, do you think you can do well without me?"


김준면
"I can do well enough."


박찬열
"Okay, then get out."

I was scared of my brother who just let me go. He wasn't the type of person to do that.


박찬열
"But if you catch me, you won't be able to get out of here."

My brother's last words were scary, but I still didn't want to stay there any longer, so I quickly packed my bags and left the house.

Even after I ran away, his obsession continued. I received dozens of texts from him every day.


박찬열
'Don't play with other guys.'


박찬열
'Going home?'


박찬열
' miss you. '


박찬열
'I miss our pretty Junmyeon.'


박찬열
'I'm watching everything.'

I was so scared by Chanyeol's constant KakaoTalk messages that I threw my phone away.

The phone's LCD screen was cracked and the impact caused the phone to turn off.

It was so hard that I even made an extreme choice. But my parents found me quickly, and I survived.

He was lying in a hospital bed with his hand wrapped in a bandage.


김준면
" ....... "


김재욱
"Junmyeon, are you feeling okay?"


김준면
" yes.... "


김재욱
"It's a new phone. I changed my number, so he won't be able to contact me anymore."

I moved because I didn't want to see him anymore, and I went to school carefully so as not to run into him.

So I gradually forgot about him, and later my memory of him completely disappeared.

I hoped we would never meet again, but we did.

Forgotten memories also came back.


김준면
"Why...you..."


박찬열
"I've never forgotten you for a single moment, but you've forgotten me?"


김준면
"Oh, I forgot."


박찬열
"I've been missing you-"


김준면
"Don't act so nice now. It's disgusting."


박찬열
"Pfft, then shall we do it like that time? Make you tremble. You looked pretty when you were trembling in fear."

Chanyeol hyung got up from his seat, came towards me, and in an instant, pounced on me.

My brother slightly unbuttoned my shirt and immediately left a hickey on my collarbone.

Chanyeol's lips gradually moved upwards, and he gently bit my earlobe. As he pulled away, he whispered in my ear.


박찬열
"Shall we play a game?"


작가
It's been a while since I've written.


작가
Sorry for being late.


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As you all know, 'I Love You' is a work that was serialized in the EXO short story collection.


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Now, this article is not a compilation of short stories about EXO, but I plan to start serializing it again from Part 1 here.


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Thank you for your interest.