short story collection
Cheating Boyfriend (Nam Do-hyun)


I'm in my third year of being married.

But these days, my boyfriend seems to hate me.

I'm holding back because I like him a lot.

But today something happened


이지은
-Dohyun, shall we meet today??


남도현
-No, I have an appointment.


이지은
-Ah... I see...


남도현
-Nothing more to say? I'm hanging up.


이지은
-Ah... uh...

I couldn't say anything more and the call ended.


이지은
Sigh... Should I just stop...


김요한
-Hey, what are you doing?


이지은
-Oh, great. Let's have a drink.


김요한
-What? At this hour?


이지은
-Hey, let's have a drink.


김요한
-Where?


이지은
-My house


김요한
-I'll go, wait.

A few minutes later, Kim Woo-seok called and I answered the phone and went down.


이지은
What? Why are you coming by car?


김요한
I'm not going to drink


이지은
Let's drink together...


김요한
I haven't eaten a single meal


이지은
Let's go quickly

We went to a meat restaurant

It was lunchtime so there were a lot of people.


이지은
Please give me three servings of meat and three bottles of soju.


김요한
What? Are you crazy?


이지은
Eat and die


김요한
Ha... why


김요한
What, did you fight with Nam Do-hyun?


이지은
No, you're ignoring me

I cried even though I didn't drink alcohol.

Woo-seok cursed at Nam Do-hyun while giving him a tissue.


김요한
That×× is...


이지은
Okay, don't swear


김요한
Are you going to continue to like someone who does that?


이지은
I don't know, I don't know either

The alcohol arrived, but I didn't pour it into a glass and just drank it.


김요한
Hey you...!

Woo-seok looked at Yeo-ju with a look that said, "Do whatever you want."


이지은
Mr. Lee... bad boy... dog...

Then the store door opened and a familiar face appeared.


김요한
Hey that bird×


이지은
Why and who are you?

I was sitting on the other side of the entrance so I didn't know who it was, and when I turned around, he came in flirting with a younger guy.


이지은
under...


김요한
Are you okay?


이지은
no


이지은
I want to go and kill him right now


김요한
I won't stop you


이지은
Don't stop me

I drank more soju and went to Nam Do-hyun.


이지은
hey!


남도현
Yoon Yeo-ju?

Do-hyeon looked puzzled as to why Yeo-ju was here.


이지은
Why is it weird that I'm here?


남도현
Are you stalking me?


이지은
What? You're crazy... You're talking nonsense.


남도현
Then why are you here at this time?


남도현
Where did you drink alcohol again?


이지은
Oh, I drank because of you and I came with a friend too


남도현
Is that guy sitting over there?

Do-hyeon frowned and spoke.


이지은
Hey, why are you complaining?


이지은
I don't think this is a situation where you should be dissatisfied, do you?


강슬기
Who are you, oppa...?


남도현
Oh, don't worry about it


남도현
Just a moment

Dohyun smiled and spoke to the woman, then grabbed my wrist and led me out.


이지은
Why? Am I embarrassed? I didn't want you to find out, but you found out?


남도현
What are you talking about? Everyone inside was looking at you.


이지은
So are you saying I'm embarrassed?


남도현
Oh, it's embarrassing. It's embarrassing that you're doing that.


이지은
Huh, if I'm embarrassed, how did I date you for three years?


이지은
Ah, you're showing me this?


남도현
Hey, tell me what you want to say


이지은
Do I have to be careful when I talk to the paramnyeo?


이지은
Sorry, but I'm not that kind of kid.


이지은
You know it too


남도현
Ha... so what should I do?


이지은
Let's break up


남도현
what?


이지은
Let's break up. Did you really think I was going to meet up with that guy too?


남도현
Hey, you cheat too, right?


이지은
What the heck, did you think I was cheating on him earlier?


남도현
no?


이지은
Oh no, we're childhood friends


남도현
Sigh... Let's just break up, it's so annoying


이지은
I'm fine with ×


이지은
But now there will be no happiness in your life


남도현
what?


이지은
I'm going to curse you every day


이지은
Please let me live a life of hell every day


남도현
Who are you?


이지은
Me? Another one? Why are you proving it to me?

I didn't listen to Nam Do-hyun and went into the store, grabbing the woman's hair.


강슬기
Ahhh!! Oppa, who is this woman?


남도현
Hey, what are you doing?


이지은
I told you, I'm back again


이지은
Hey, you windy girl, you messed with the wrong person.


이지은
And the person who cheats will continue to do so even if it is their first time.


이지은
So you too, be careful not to ruin your life by meeting someone like that.


강슬기
What are you saying? I'm going to marry you.


이지은
what?

I saw Nam Do-hyun right away


남도현
Who cares, we're over now, we just talked about breaking up


이지은
Oh yeah lol I really hope you live in hell

I packed my clothes and left the store.

Kim Woo-seok continued to watch, then followed him, packed his bags, paid the bill, and left.


김요한
Oh, are you okay?


이지은
Shit... It's really like... What did I do wrong??


이지은
What did I do so wrong?


이지은
Why only me...


김요한
You're not the only one, there are a lot of people like that, and it's not your fault, that b*tch is the bad guy


이지은
Sigh... Really... This is annoying...

I shed tears


김요한
Huh?


이지은
No, I'm not crying


김요한
Don't cry, if you cry you lose

I held back my tears because I didn't want to lose.


이지은
I won't lose...!

Woo-seok sighed and hugged Yeo-ju.


이지은
Sigh... Really... This is annoying...

The heroine was embarrassed, but she was so angry that she just cried.

After I finished crying, I felt a little embarrassed.


김요한
Did you all cry?


이지은
Uh... sorry...


김요한
No, it's okay, let's go home


이지은
uh...

I arrived home and got out of the car.


김요한
Hey, Yoon Yeo-ju!


이지은
uh...


김요한
It's not your fault, it's that bastard's fault, you understand?


이지은
Oh, bye


김요한
You too, just go home and sleep

I didn't answer and just went into the house.


이지은
ha...

When I turned on my phone, I saw Dohyun and started crying again.

I cried like that and then I had a sudden epiphany. I felt like my three years had been such a waste and a waste of time.


남도현
Ha... crazy x crazy crazy crazy...