Romance for You (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 3
Ji Ho, having finished his business, brushed past Lee Su and left the clubroom.
At that moment, a distinctive scent pierced through the coffee aroma and reached her nose.
This smell…
She was certain she’d smelled it somewhere before.
It was the very scent that jolted Lee Su out of her daze, her thoughts tangled in confusion.
By the time she came to her senses, she’d been so flustered she hadn’t even managed to say thank you.
“Wait, hold on!”
Lee Su rushed out after him, though it was already too late.
The elevator display, empty now, changed from floor 2 to floor 1—he must have already gotten on.
“Don’t you remember me?”
Lee Su felt confused, recalling Ji Ho’s bewildered expression from earlier.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t remember ever meeting Seo Ji Ho.
All that remained was the lingering trace of his cologne where he’d stood.
Where had she smelled it before?
She felt utterly stifled, as if her chest were tightly sealed.
**
Even though it was the weekend, Lee Su woke up early in the morning.
Lying in bed, she stared blankly out the window at the sky when Seo Ji Ho suddenly came to mind.
Everyone had been in an uproar yesterday because of the club membership form he’d left behind.
Would he show up at next week’s meeting?
Where had he found her student ID?
That ridiculous expression of his—and that scent.
Ugh. She just didn’t know.
After exhausting herself with pointless thoughts, Lee Su finally got up and headed to the bathroom.
Just as she turned around after dressing in the walk-in closet, a crookedly placed bag inside the display cabinet caught her eye.
Lee Su frowned.
If you’re going to use someone else’s stuff without asking, at least put it back properly.
She tried to ignore it, but it kept catching her eye and irritating her.
“Lee Su, I trust you’ll get along well with Yoo Mi—you’re understanding and mature. Please be kind to her; she’s your younger sister. But if anything ever feels too hard, you can always talk to me.”
That’s what her dad had told her five years ago when she moved back into this house.
But where exactly was the line between “too hard” and “bearable”?
His words of trust weighed heavily on her shoulders.
It felt like she had to say she was fine, even when she wasn’t.
Needing a change of mood, Lee Su stepped out onto the terrace connected to her bedroom.
Just then—bang!—the door burst open.
Still in her pajamas and half-asleep, Yoo Mi wobbled into the room.
Not noticing Lee Su on the terrace, Yoo Mi dragged her slippers as she glanced around the bedroom and inner study before naturally heading into the walk-in closet.
“Where on earth is it?”
“…Why are you looking for me?”
Hearing Yoo Mi mutter to herself, Lee Su stepped inside and asked.
“Oh! You scared me! Were you in the room?”
Yoo Mi, emerging from the walk-in closet, turned her head in surprise.
“I was on the terrace. What’s up?”
“Lunchtime—my mom’s family is coming over.”
That was why Yoo Mi had sought out Lee Su so early in the morning.
Glancing sideways at Lee Su, Yoo Mi shrugged and left the room.
It was the kind of morning that made her want to sigh deeply.
**
The campus library was quiet.
Lee Su picked out a novel and sat by the window.
She’d fled the house abruptly before Yoo Mi’s relatives arrived.
She wasn’t in the mood to meet friends, and her body felt exhausted.
This place had seemed like the best choice—somewhere peaceful, where she could stay for hours without feeling awkward about being alone.
She stared blankly at the tree leaves swaying in the breeze outside the window.
Her stepmother, busy preparing food, had simply smiled and said, “Go ahead,” when Lee Su mentioned leaving.
Given that she’d even sent Yoo Mi to check on her, maybe she’d been hoping Lee Su would leave on her own.
On weekends when her dad was away all day, her stepmother often invited her own family over.
Not long after Lee Su had first moved into this house, she’d naively stayed home and run into them.
They’d exchanged awkward greetings, and Lee Su had retreated upstairs.
“Is she really planning to settle in here for good?”
“Why’d she suddenly decide to live with Dad?”
“If Mom was supposed to take her, she should’ve followed through.”
“It’s not easy raising someone else’s kid—especially a teenager.”
“I seriously don’t get it. It’s like living with my mother-in-law. She’s such a thorn in my side.”
Their hushed whispers in the living room floated clearly up to the second floor through the open window.
That was the first time Lee Su had glimpsed her stepmother’s true feelings beneath that ever-angelic smile.
Her stepmother probably never imagined those words would carry so clearly upstairs.
Although their relationship—as stepmother and daughter of her husband’s ex—made the situation somewhat understandable, Lee Su had only been fifteen at the time.
She’d swallowed her bitter tears alone, clinging to the hope that she’d return to live with her mom in five years.
That hope was gone now, too.
Shaking off her thoughts, Lee Su shook her head and opened her book.
Just as she neared the end of the novel—
Pitter-patter.
The sound of rain tapping on the window made her look up.
Was rain even in the forecast?
She checked the weather on her phone.
Rain from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m.
Great. She didn’t even have an umbrella.
She always checked the forecast before going out, knowing no one would be around to lend her an umbrella—but today, she’d rushed out in such a hurry she’d forgotten.
Of course it had to rain on a day like this.
She glanced around, hoping to spot someone familiar, but the library was nearly empty on this first weekend of the semester.
Lee Su finished her book and stood up.
She considered grabbing coffee, but a sign on the basement café door said it was closed for renovations.
It was turning into a thoroughly bleak weekend afternoon.
**
Spring rain in March poured down like summer monsoon rain.
The fierce downpour seemed to swallow the world whole.
Ji Ho’s car, its right turn signal blinking, curved smoothly into the school grounds.
After finishing a group project meeting, Ji Ho had agreed to drop off Jun Woo, a classmate, near campus before heading home.
“You can just let me off here.”
Jun Woo, about to get out at the main gate, turned to Ji Ho.
“You said you were going to the library anyway. You’re taking the car—you might as well.”
With the wind howling and rain lashing down, even opening an umbrella felt pointless.
“Ugh. You’re amazing.”
Jun Woo clasped his hands over his heart dramatically.
At first, Jun Woo had held prejudices against Ji Ho—everyone did—due to his solitary aura and prominent family background.
But Ji Ho, who seemed arrogant, was actually humble; who seemed aloof, was quietly thoughtful—even now.
He was the kind of friend you couldn’t just envy—you felt awed by him. Sometimes, he radiated an almost untouchable aura.
Just as Jun Woo was thinking he’d really lucked out with this friend, the car stopped.
“Thanks, Ji Ho. Drive safe.”
As Jun Woo stepped out of the passenger seat, Ji Ho, who’d been watching indifferently, suddenly widened his eyes slightly.
Tilting his head toward the steering wheel, Ji Ho’s gaze snapped back toward the library entrance.
Each time the windshield wipers swept left and right, Lee I Su’s figure flickered into view and vanished again.
She wore a tiny bag barely big enough for her phone and wallet, one hand stuffed in her pocket, the other tentatively reaching into the rain before quickly pulling back.
Her expression was troubled. Frowning, she looked up at the distant sky, then stared meaningfully at something in the distance.
What’s she doing? Then he realized—she had no umbrella.
Ha. A quiet sigh escaped him.
So what?
Ji Ho turned his head forward and slowly lifted his foot off the brake.
Why does she keep catching my eye?
Surely she’s not planning to walk through this rain.
The car moved forward, but Ji Ho’s gaze kept drifting backward.
In the side mirror, Lee I Su appeared blurred by the rain.
The car, crawling slowly, came to a halt again shortly after.
**
Lee Su stood at the edge of the library roof, staring intently at the student center.
There was a convenience store there—and the clubroom—so surely she could find an umbrella if she reached it.
It was across the street, but the wide road made the distance considerable.
Maybe a twenty-second run?
She extended her hand slightly into the rain—drops pounded down hard and fast.
She let out a sigh so deep it felt like the ground might cave in.
Her dad had said he’d be flying in from Jeju on the last flight.
She didn’t have a boyfriend to call for help.
Just as she resigned herself to stepping into the rain—
“You’re really going to walk in this downpour?”
Instead of cold raindrops, a smooth voice brushed against her ear.
At the same time, a firm hand seized her arm and swiftly yanked her backward.
Startled, Lee Su whipped her head around.
“Oh? You’re that….”
She recognized Seo Ji Ho instantly but trailed off, unsure how to address him.
“…Don’t you even know my name?”
Ji Ho looked down at her, muttering almost to himself.
She hadn’t asked for his name, so maybe she really didn’t know—just as he was about to speak—
“I know it.”
Yesterday she’d used formal speech; today, after just one day’s gap, Seo Ji Ho spoke casually, as if it were natural.
Then I will too.
“It’s Seo Ji Ho, right?”
At Lee Su’s confident tone, Ji Ho gave a light chuckle and nodded.
“…You recognized me right away this time.”
“Haha. Of course! Obviously I did!”
Her initial shock gave way to a bright smile.
She’d felt utterly stranded—but seeing a familiar face filled her with unexpected relief,
like spotting a rescue boat while adrift alone in the open sea.
“….”
Ji Ho was momentarily speechless at Lee Su’s beaming face.
Was she really this happy to see me?
Her radiant smile struck him as fresh and lovely as spring itself.
Feeling slightly dazed, Ji Ho asked,
“But… were you really about to run through the rain just now?”
“Um… I thought there might be an umbrella in the clubroom. There’s also a convenience store over there.”
“You were going to run all the way there?”
When Lee Su gave a slight nod, Ji Ho let out an incredulous laugh.
He’d thought maybe—but she really had intended to walk straight into this downpour.
“You’d be soaked before you even got there.”
“The forecast says it’ll rain until 10 p.m., I don’t know anyone here, and I don’t have an umbrella. I had to do something.”
‘Know someone… share an umbrella…’
Ji Ho raised an eyebrow slightly, repeated her words in his head, then let out a soft chuckle.
Now he understood why she’d smiled so brightly just now.
He must have misunderstood something for a moment.
Deciding simply to lend her an umbrella and leave, Ji Ho opened his mouth.
At the same time, Lee Su remembered something she’d meant to say earlier and spoke up.
“Then…”
“Yesterday…”
Their voices overlapped and stopped abruptly.
Ji Ho rubbed the back of his neck and said,
“Go ahead. What about yesterday?”
“…Thanks for finding my student ID.”
“Yeah.”
“I was too flustered to ask yesterday—where did you find it?”
Now that he thought about it, she really hadn’t recognized him at all yesterday.
She must have been wondering this whole time.
“On the plane. It was on the floor by my feet.”
“Oh….”
Lee Su’s mouth opened slightly in surprise.
She mentally replayed that day and continued,
“So… when my bag spilled—”
“I helped pick everything up.”
Ji Ho finished her sentence.
“You didn’t recognize me at all yesterday—so you remember now?”
It felt as if every scattered puzzle piece had finally snapped into place.
Unbelievable.
So that guy back then had been Seo Ji Ho.
Staring fixedly at Ji Ho’s face, her expression filled with disbelief, Lee Su slowly spoke.
“…I remembered that scent.”
At the word “scent,” Ji Ho’s face scrunched up slightly.
“It was so nice.”
Lee Su took a deep breath.
“This scent right now.”
Ji Ho lifted one arm and brought it toward his nose.
“It’s not that strong, though…”
She remembered this?
“It was the first time I’d ever smelled anything like it. What perfume is this?”
Lee Su looked up at Ji Ho, her brown eyes sparkling with curiosity.
Those same eyes had been brimming with tears just yesterday.
“Come with me. I’ll show you right now.”
Ji Ho stepped decisively under the wide-open umbrella in the rain.
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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