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Chapter 3. Fake Smile
김연우
I really hate doing sports...
유아현
I'm good.
김연우
why?
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Do you have a crush?
Yeonwoo nudges me with her elbow.
유아현
ah...
김연우
What, really??
김연우
Hey, Yua,
유아현
Oh my!
유아현
It's over.
유아현
We need to gather.
He said that today we will mix the classes and play dodgeball.
I don't know if it was bad luck or good luck, but I ended up pairing up with Jeon Won-woo.
A feeling of anxiety rises in a corner of my heart.
What if I make a mistake and cause harm?
If I trip and fall, will you laugh at me?
I was excited but also anxious.
전원우
Follow along.
전원우
Let's win.
유아현
Yeah, let's do that.
Jeon Won-woo placed both of his hands on my waist.
Jeon Won-woo looked unfazed.
But my heart felt like it was going to burst.
전원우
be careful.
Jeon Won-woo grabbed me by the throat.
The ball whizzed past me at high speed.
If I had been hit by that ball, my nose would have burst with a bang.
유아현
Thank you, Jeon Won-woo.
전원우
no.
전원우
Stay tuned.
I came down to eat lunch.
Yeonwoo and I were standing at the back of the line, waiting for our turn, and joking around.
I didn't see it because I was playing around with Yeonwoo, but Jeon Wonwoo was standing in front of me.
His foot misstepped and he hit Jeon Won-woo's head on the back.
유아현
ouch,
전원우
are you okay?
A voice came from above.
I opened my rabbit eyes and looked up at Jeon Won-woo.
전원우
You have to be careful, you might get hurt.
유아현
Oh, I hit my head... Does your back hurt?
전원우
Not really.
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why?
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Does your head hurt??
유아현
No, I'm fine.
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I'm glad you're okay.
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Enjoy your meal.
유아현
Yeah, you too.
Jeon Won-woo went in first to get his lunch.
My heart won't stop pounding.
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What is it?
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Your face is red again.
유아현
Oh, no...
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...
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What are you doing, let's go in.
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I'm hungry.
Thankfully, I didn't ask any more questions.
A week passed like that.
When I entered the classroom in the morning, I heard a shocking sound.
권순영
Lee Ji-hoon, did you hear that?
권순영
I heard Jeon Won-woo has a girlfriend.
이지훈
I know.
이지훈
That's what I put together.
권순영
really?
I heard a conversation between Lee Ji-hoon, a student in my class, and Kwon Soon-young, a student in the next class.
It felt like the monk was about to fall down with a thud.
김연우
Where are you going?
유아현
Huh, bathroom.
I quickly left my bag and came out.
My heart keeps pounding, pounding, pounding.
Run wildly.
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...
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Let's go together.
김연우
Are you okay?
유아현
...
유아현
Did you know?
김연우
Isn't that obvious?
김연우
How could you not know when you're so obvious?
유아현
...
유아현
I don't know, I feel complicated...
김연우
Wash your face.
I splashed my face with cold water.
I went out into the hallway to go back to class.
Jeon Won-woo was standing in front of our classroom.
Maybe because our classroom was in front of the stairs, my third-year senior, Jeon Won-woo's girlfriend, was there.
원다희
Well, if only I hadn't done that back then.
전원우
...
원다희
...
원다희
What do you think?
전원우
No, what did you just say?
Jeon Won-woo smiles at his senior.
But why does that smile look forced to me?
No matter how I looked at it, the smile Jeon Won-woo was making was a fake smile.