“Marriage Blue”
Episode 6 | Why are you here?
“Taekkon!!, Gwanja-nim, thank you for your hard work!!.”
전정국
Good job, Taekwon.
It was the time when class was over. As the children were all heading home, I bent down to clear away the balls and mats scattered all over the floor from where I had taught.
Ding-dong, —
전정국
The class is over.
김유정
Wow, Jeon Jungkook. You're starting to look quite like the Head Instructor now.
Kim Yu-jeong. Unlike Yeoju, who had been with me since birth, he was a guy I became close with after entering elementary school.
Yujeong was leaning against the door, looking crooked. Seeing the bag in her hand, it seemed she had come straight to the dojo as soon as she got off work.
전정국
Of course, it's been over two years already.
전정국
But, didn't the female lead come with you?
They usually came together whenever they visited, so why didn't they come together today? When I looked at them with a questioning expression, Yujeong shrugged her shoulders and answered that she didn't know.
전정국
It's the same company, isn't it?
김유정
We're in different departments, you know. He's in the Planning Team, and I'm in the Marketing Team. I was actually planning to come with him, but I heard he went out on a business trip.
Yujeong approached and answered while helping to tidy up the mat. Surely not, is she still planning to work overtime even after going through something like that? Kim Yeoju was worried once again, as always.
김유정
From what I heard, they went to recruit some designer.
전정국
Really? Anyway... I told you, he's a workaholic. You'd think he'd take a break after going through something like that.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Yujeong asked, and I realized my mistake. I had forgotten to tell this guy, Kim Yujeong, that Yeoju had broken up with that bastard, Kwon Woohyuk.
If they knew this, they would be furious...
김유정
What is it? Did something happen to the female lead?
Seeing Yujeong's face instantly stiffen after a smile, I felt like I shouldn't let it slide as a joke, so I told her what had happened that day.
김유정
What? You broke up? And cheating at that?
As I nodded slightly, Yujeong frowned between her eyebrows, placing her hands on her hips with an angry expression.
김유정
Isn't he a crazy bastard? When was he all that bullshit about how much he liked the female lead? Ugh, I'm so pissed off.
Eventually, as if his face was getting hot, he even brought his hand to his face and fanned himself. I wondered if such a reaction was natural, or if he should be happy like me.
전정국
...Well, aren't all men like that?
김유정
Aren't you a man? Anyway... is the female lead okay?
전정국
It didn't look okay at first, but I texted them this afternoon and they seemed fine.
I had nothing to say to that guy who yelled at me, asking if saying I was okay really meant I was okay, so I curled my lips tightly.
김유정
As expected, the female lead seems to have no luck with men. I heard that guy also suddenly left for America when she was young.
전정국
Ah... that's right. But the female lead doesn't remember.
김유정
And why is that?
He wet the mop to clean the dust from the floor, then continued his answer while pushing the handle across the floor.
Swoosh, —
전정국
Just… well, I guess I forgot the bad memories quickly.
Even though I knew they would never remember, my heart felt heavy at the thought that they might recall it and suffer.
김유정
okay…?.
전정국
It’s better that I don’t remember. He had a really hard time after he left for the U.S. back then.
김유정
Yeah, well, if you say so, then so be it.
“Hey, since things have turned out this way, do you want to get married to Yeoju?”
전정국
What are you talking about?
I looked at him with wide, surprised eyes, and when he said, "Well... there's no one who knows Yeoju better than you, and you take good care of her," I snapped my head away.
전정국
Th-what is that...
김유정
Well, you don't seem to have any intention of dating either. Since things have turned out this way, we can just register our marriage and go back to living as usual.
전정국
......
"Is that so..."
Just as I was seriously considering suggesting that we really give it a try, my phone started vibrating loudly.
Rrrrrrrr -
김유정
who is this?.
전정국
Kim Yeo-ju...
I answered the phone thinking I would come pick him up, wondering if he was finished with overtime.
전정국
Hello
김여주
— “Hey, listen to me!! I’m telling you, I met a lunatic today!?”
At Kim Yeo-ju, who was suddenly screaming in an angry voice, I made her hold her phone away from her ear and frowned.
전정국
What is it? Calm down...
김여주
— “That’s not what we’re talking about right now. Come over to my place. Let’s have a drink for the first time in a while.”
전정국
Today? I'm fine.
I was planning to ask Yujeong if she wanted to go with me, but she seemed to have already overheard the conversation, as she made an X shape with her hands above her head and shook her head.
전정국
...?
김유정
I have a blind date today.
전정국
I heard Kim Yoo-jung has a blind date?
김여주
— “Then at least you come. I really have so much to tell you.”
전정국
— “Okay. I’ll just go.”
With the cell phone tucked between my shoulder and ear, I reach into my handbag to enter the door lock password, while several people pass by in the hallway.
김여주
Huh? Looks like someone moved in.
전정국
— “Really? That’s nice to make neighbors.”
김여주
It would be a better match if we were both women.
Just as I stopped my hand from pressing the door lock password, wondering if I should at least catch a glimpse of their face, and turned to wait for the door to open, the door opened.
김여주
Huh?, It opened, it opened.
박지민
That goes over there…
김여주
…what?!
박지민
……?, what!.
Enemies are bound to meet on a narrow bridge.
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