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EP 6. I like it

Yeoju has been acting strange lately.

김여주

........

He was fine until the day we had dinner together, but now he's grumbling like a sick chicken.

Sometimes I skip meals, and I go to the bathroom during lunch break and cry.

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'...What the heck is going on...'

직원/들

"Team leader."

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yes?

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"Here's what you requested. If I hadn't handed it over yesterday, it would have been late."

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Ah... thank you.

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"Well then, that's it."

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.....

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I'm the only one excited...

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'It might be useless now.'

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Let's have lunch.

직원/들

"Enjoy your meal~"

김남준

Hey, you're not going to eat today either?

김여주

Uh, uh... I still have a lot of work to do.

김남준

Okay? Okay... Don't push yourself too hard.

김여주

Yeah. Hurry up and eat.

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....

직원/들

"Team Leader, aren't you going to have lunch?"

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Hmm... I'll skip today too.

직원/들

"Ah... Then we'll go eat!"

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yes.

It was a quiet lunch hour, and all the employees had left the office, leaving only Taehyung and Yeoju behind.

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'...I guess I'll say something...?'

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....

Tick ​​tock-

But unfortunately, time passed and the female protagonist did not say a single word to Taehyung.

Suddenly-

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'Mom...!! I'm surprised..'

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...

The female protagonist jumped up from her seat, walked out the office door, and disappeared down the hallway.

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'..Where are you going...?'

Of course, Taehyung couldn't miss it.

The place the heroine arrived at was none other than the coffee machine.

I put a coin or two in and pressed the black coffee button. I was hanging out with the female lead.

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'You like black coffee...'

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......

Whoosh-

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uh...?!

The female protagonist, who was standing in front of the coffee machine, disappeared without even taking a sip of the coffee.

Taehyung, who was standing there dumbfounded, suddenly came to his senses and went over to the coffee machine to take out the coffee that Yeoju had brewed.

And then, at the very moment when he was about to urgently call the female protagonist,

직원/들

"Isn't Ms. Kim Yeo-ju really funny?"

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....?

직원/들

"That's right. And Namjoon and the team leader, what's so good about that kind of person that you keep bothering them so much..."

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"But I was secretly surprised. Who would have thought that Manager Park would see the team leader and Yeoju?"

직원/들

"That's right lol Manager Park hit on Ms. Yeoju and got scolded so he started gossiping about her to the male employees too. Who would have thought that even we would hear about it~"

직원/들

"Isn't it true that the female lead is secretly a bit stiff and doesn't give a shit about people, which is why rumors like that are spreading? She's only close with the male employees."

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"It turns out she really was a fox. You know, there are people like that. They act cool and pretend they're not..."

bang-!!!

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"Whoa!!!"

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"Tea... Team Leader...??"

Taehyung burst through the break room door where the employees were talking.

And then he said it with a really angry expression, something I had never seen before since I took over as team leader.

김태형

...What were you talking about just now?

김태형

Speak quickly!!!

직원/들

"We just said what we heard..!!"

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"That's right, Team Leader..!! Manager Park told us too, so we just talked about it!!"

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"That... that's actually..."

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...under...

That happened.

So that's why you kept me away.

He said he would take on all the hard work because he was afraid that I would get into trouble because of him...

It wasn't that I hated it...

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...I will hold you strictly accountable for this later.

Whoosh-

직원/들

"Tea.. Team Leader!!"

Taehyung, who heard the whole story, immediately turned around and ran out.

I had to find the female protagonist.

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.......

Meanwhile, the female protagonist hears gossip about herself and takes refuge in the company's basement stairs.

The heroine, exhausted beyond belief, simply sat there, not lifting a finger. The slightest movement felt like it would give her a headache.

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......

Even in the midst of all this, I could tell that I was not in my right mind.

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'..I miss the team leader.'

No matter how much I tried to distance myself, avoid her, and pretend not to see her, my longing for her grew stronger.

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'...What should I do...'

Bang bang bang-!!

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....?

Someone is coming down the stairs.

I don't have the strength to avoid it...

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'I'd rather just step on it...'

"Huh... Huh..."

김여주

....?

Rather than people passing by, the heroine turned around at the sound of heavy breathing coming from behind her.

And there, surprisingly,

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..Team... Blind...

There was Taehyung.

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Sigh... Sigh...

His shirt, which was always neat, was undone, as if he had been running around a lot, and sweat was running down the back of his neck.

김여주

Team leader... why are you here...

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.....

김태형

I should take some coffee with me..

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...I don't need it..

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.....

slap-

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..?

Taehyung walked down a few steps, knelt in front of the female lead, and looked her in the eye.

김여주

W..what..

When the flustered female protagonist tried to turn her head, he grabbed her hand, fixed her gaze, and asked in a worried voice.

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Why didn't you tell me anything?

김여주

..what is it?

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There are rumors going around the company... Why didn't you tell me?

김여주

....?

The female protagonist was very surprised by Taehyung's unexpected words.

김여주

...did you know that?

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..not from before, just now.

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...If you had told me sooner, this wouldn't have happened.

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..Will talking make a difference?

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Anyway... I'm with the team leader...

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....

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Miss Yeoju.

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yes?

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That lady,

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i like you.