Taesan Fanfic | You met me in the prologue of youth - 02. Makes you want to skip out, doesn't it

김여주

Uh .. ? Where did Han Taesan go .. ?

It was break time. The heroine was gathering her textbook for the next class when she naturally shifted her gaze toward the window-side seat of the neighboring group. It was clearly Taesan, who had been sitting in his seat until just a moment ago when she handed him strawberry milk in the morning, but only his bag sat lonely on the desk, and there was no sign of his owner.

김여주

' Did he ditch class .. ? '

Taesan had always vanished whenever he got fed up, ignoring school rules and all, but today for some reason she felt even more restless. The heroine was already timid and never easily stepped in on other people's business, but she tightly clutched the strawberry milk carton in her hand and eventually got up from her seat. Since he got this in the morning ..

The store, the gym stands, even the faucet area. Though timid, the heroine steeled herself and searched the entire school, but Taesan's long back was nowhere to be seen.

김여주

' If Taesan gets caught by a teacher, he'd get demerits .. '

As her worry grew, the heroine headed for the end of the fourth-floor hallway, toward the rooftop stairs where students rarely went. Carefully climbing the dusty stairs, she saw someone lying on the shaded landing right in front of the rooftop door.

A person sleeping with a school jacket as a pillow and his long legs crossed. It was Han Taesan

김여주

Hah .. Thank goodness .. You were here ..

The heroine let out a sigh of relief and carefully approached Taesan. Not wanting to disturb his sleeping face, she hovered on tiptoe, when Taesan's tightly closed eyes snapped open. His sharp gaze met the heroine's in the air.

김여주

Uh .. ?

The moment the heroine startled and tried to step back, Taesan quickly grabbed the hem of her school uniform sleeve. Before she knew it, the heroine plopped down right beside the stairs where Taesan was lying.

한태산

Why are you running around so busy since this morning?

Taesan asked indifferently in a low, rough voice heavy with sleepiness. His eyes were still half closed, but his hand gripping the heroine's sleeve held tight.

김여주

Y-you ... I was looking for you ..

한태산

For me?

Taesan opened the eyes he had been closing and looked at the heroine. Her flustered, reddened face was reflected 그대로 in those deep eyes.

김여주

You weren't coming back even though class had started .. I thought you'd get scolded by the teacher ..

When the heroine barely managed to offer an excuse in a crawling voice, the corners of Taesan's mouth curved up slightly. Taesan pushed himself up from where he had been lying, then leaned his upper body right up against the seated heroine. His large frame cast a dark shadow over her.

한태산

You searched the whole school because you were worried about me?

김여주

N-no .. it's not exactly that ..

한태산

Don't get me wrong, Kim Yeoju.

Pretending not to care, Taesan reached a hand toward the heroine's flushed cheek and gently tucked her tousled hair behind her ear. The moment his fingertips touched her skin, the heroine gasped for breath.