That convenience store part-timer

10 : Why didn't you come out...? (2)

After waking up one day, I swallowed.

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Mom...?

This scratchiness I can feel.

For some reason, I have a bad feeling about this.

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Looks like a cold.

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It’s mild, but since I have a fever, I think it’d be best to rest today.

I went to the hospital and then came back home.

I lay on the bed, staring quietly at the clock, then suddenly remembered.

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'I have to go to my part-time job...'

I asked the noon shift noona on my phone if she could cover for me for just one day.

Noona helped me out when I had my first part-time job, so she’ll do it.

After getting her reply that she would, I put my phone down.

And then another thought came to me.

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'Hana...'

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'We were going to talk about something together...'

But if I go in this state, the chances of Hana catching my cold will only go up.

I kept lying on the bed, turning it over in my head.

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'Should I go or not...'

In the end, I decided not to go.

Even if I said I was going, Mom would obviously stop me.

...

But weird.

Why do I want to see Hana so badly...?

I felt this way before too.

If I couldn’t see Hana even for a day, I’d get restless and was told I seemed in a bad mood all day.

Last time, when Hana didn’t come in for a few days, I even got scolded by the boss.

What kind of feeling is this...?

...

Ah,

is this what love is.

The next day, I was able to go to school.

I felt good, thinking I’d be able to go to my part-time job too.

I was trying to spend such a pleasant day...

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This was due on the 9th. Why are you turning it in now?

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Th, th-that...

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From now on, turn it in by the deadline.

Because of the person who turned in the performance evaluation late, I felt a little upset.

The moment I looked toward the classroom door to go to the teachers' office,

I found Hana standing behind the door.

Without thinking, I called out to Hana.

Hana awkwardly returned the greeting and called me outside.

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I was wondering why you didn’t come yesterday...

Hana, asking that as if embarrassed, looked cute to me.

It was the first time I realized that simply realizing I liked someone could make them look cute.

Smiling as I listened to the story, Hana asked a question.

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Is that your normal personality...? Cold and...

Ah, my personality.

Actually, that personality I showed earlier is my real personality.

I’m blunt, and I don’t smile much.

But in front of people I like or am interested in, I smile a lot and show my feelings well.

For example, family, Unhak, Hana...

People like that?

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I only smile at people I’m interested in.

I told Hana how I felt in a roundabout way.

Did she notice...?

Fast development right away~(?)

To be continued in the next episode...

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