The next morning.
Due to the aftermath of the late-night party that continued until late at night, the classroom was silent as if a mouse had died.
“Is your body feeling better?”
Isu, lying under the blanket, asked Ara, who was lying next to her in a soft voice.
There was still time until the 7 a.m. wake-up time.
“No. I think my muscles hurt more after sleeping. My head is a bit dizzy from drinking last night.”
Ara frowned slightly.
“It seems like it’ll last a while. I must have used muscles I haven’t used in a long time all of a sudden.”
“That’s right. I came to volunteer and ended up with aches and pains. Hehe.”
Ara laughed, seemingly surprised at herself.
“By the way, why didn’t you come back after going out to answer the phone last night?”
Isu, preoccupied during her time with Jiho, had forgotten to contact Ara.
Upon entering the classroom, she checked the text message Ara had sent and replied that she would sleep first.
“In fact, Jiho came last night.”
“Oh my, you’re crazy! He came all the way from Seoul to see you that night? Wow! Jiho must really like you.”
Ara covered her mouth with her hand, her eyes wide with surprise.
“Yeah. I was really touched.”
Isu laughed, looking embarrassed.
Thinking about yesterday made her feel uneasy again.
“Wow, I have to see Seo Jiho again. Who would have known he was such a pure guy? I thought he was completely cold and arrogant, but he’s so passionate when he’s in a relationship.”
Ara waved her head and stuck out her tongue, as if trying to express her surprise.
“He may look cold if he stays still.”
Isu nodded her head.
“He’ll be completely warm to you, but when he acts cold, he really seems like ice.”
Recalling his previous actions in front of Yumi, it wasn’t entirely unimaginable.
Isu remembered Jiho’s words that he would talk to Yumi again when they met.
If Jiho speaks coldly, maybe Yumi will come to her senses.
Thinking about what Yumi did made her feel so annoyed that she didn’t want to let it go. But entrusting this problem to Jiho was also a dilemma.
‘Even if I say something, it might only hurt Yumi’s feelings more. Since Yumi is doing this all because of Jiho, if Jiho talks, maybe Yumi will inevitably give up.’
Isu pondered for a moment.
Suddenly, she shivered at the thought of the time in London a few days ago when Yumi called her sister and acted affectionately.
“Isu! What are you thinking so deeply about?”
“Oh? No, just… something suddenly came to mind.”
Isu, lying flat, clenched the end of the blanket in her hand.
“The couple ring looks prettier the more I see it. Are you going to wear it when the semester starts? People will probably ask about it a lot.”
Ara looked at the ring held in Isu’s hand.
“Probably.”
Isu dragged out the end of her sentence.
She hadn’t thought deeply about it because it wasn’t an immediate issue.
“When you tell your friends that you’re dating Jiho, just meet comfortably. You can even date sweetly at school. If you don’t do it now, when will you? It’s not like you’re going to school for a thousand years.”
“Is that so.”
“Well! Jiho apparently wants the same. Even if you break up, when you meet, don’t think about that. That way, even if you break up later, you won’t regret it. So, try everything. What are you hiding out of fear?”
With tightly sealed lips, Isu nodded slightly.
In her mind, she was weighing the aftermath of the rumors and the happy times during their relationship.
“Whatever others say, just ignore it because you envy them all. If I were you, I wouldn’t have hesitated.”
Come to think of it, she wondered how things went with Minjae yesterday.
Isu, due to the conversations with Minjae yesterday, couldn’t ask Ara first and just kept an eye on her.
“I want to try being a campus couple too!”
Ara sighed deeply.
“Isu, actually, I told Minjae last night.”
A bad feeling arose from Ara’s expression.
“He’s a total brick wall. I find a brick wall guy attractive, but I got turned down by that brick wall.”
Isu had already fallen asleep before Ara returned last night, so she had no idea.
That’s why Ara, who usually talked about Minjae every day, didn’t bring it up today, and it seemed strange.
So something happened.
“What did he say?”
“When I asked for his number, he said he’s already seeing someone. Where is a clearer rejection than that?”
“Ah…”
“I really wanted to find a hole and hide out of embarrassment, but looking back now, it feels refreshing. Because he clearly rejected me, I won’t have any lingering feelings at least.”
Seeing Ara’s bitter expression, Isu felt a sense of pity.
‘If I hadn’t come to this volunteer activity, could it have turned out differently?’
“Find a better person then.”
It was a cliché, but she couldn’t think of anything else to say.
“Yeah. I’ll have to think like that.”
Ara nodded, smiling brightly.
Ara’s volunteer activity, which started with an excited heart, ended with muscle pain and disappointment.
**
Yumi dragged her slippers and walked restlessly around the room.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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