Yeonho sipped his beer and glanced at the round-faced girl sitting across from him. As Suyeong was munching on peanuts with dried squid, she threw a remark.
“Stop staring just because she’s pretty.”
“Uh, anyway, that confidence…”
Yeonho stuttered, feeling a part of his heart sinking. It was the first time they met when he awkwardly dropped her off at her car.
Before calling Suyeong, he had many thoughts. He felt hurt that she treated him like a jerk, but he was also worried that their relationship might end.
However, the Suyeong he met today was just as simple and cheerful as usual, making his previous concerns seem insignificant.
“…Are you okay?”
Yeonho asked as he dipped dried squid into mayonnaise and put it into his mouth. Ignoring the question, Suyeong kept chewing.
“What?”
“Well, when you got mad and left that day… I was worried.”
“Ugh, when did I get mad…”
“No, you saw me longer than the landlord. Are you more comfortable with me than him? Are we dating?”
“Oh, seriously! It’s not like that!”
“Sure?”
“I’m sure.”
Still, Woojin’s words kept swirling in Suyeong’s mind.
“So, do you like it?”
Is it about liking me as a manager or as a woman… I shouldn’t be overthinking this alone…
Somehow, her throat felt dry, and she gulped down her beer. Startled, Yeonho put down her beer glass and lowered her hand.
“Hey, what’s wrong?”
“Sunbae, if a man tells a woman that he likes her, does it mean he likes her as a friend or a colleague?”
“Why? Who told you that you’re liked?”
Yeonho raised his eyebrows suspiciously, wondering if that landlord confessed or something.
“No, it’s Mijin. Do you know my friend Mijin? The teacher in Incheon. She said a colleague at work told her, ‘So, do you like it.'”
Suyeong realized how quickly her thoughts were racing and stuck out her tongue.
“A colleague? If it’s a public school, it’s okay to date within the school. If one of you moves to another school, problem solved. When a man says something like that, it might mean he likes you as a woman. But you need to consider the context. If he said it casually in a light setting, it might mean he likes you as a colleague. Tell Mijin not to overthink. There are many strange guys in the world…”
“Was it when you two were alone?”
“Really?”
“Yeah. In front of the school elevator.”
“Well, then… But you still need to read between the lines.”
As she listened to him, Suyeong realized her mind was spinning at LTE speed and pursed her lips.
“So, do you like it?”
Suyeong gulped down her beer again. She felt even thirstier than before. No, what’s with this presence when he’s not even here?
Watching Suyeong, who seemed more affected by alcohol today, Yeonho felt both worried and relieved. So, he ordered more beer and snacks.
As they sipped beer and engaged in meaningless chatter with different thoughts in their minds, they consumed a considerable amount.
When the pleasant buzz kicked in, Yeonho looked at Suyeong seriously.
“Kim Suyeong.”
“Yeah.”
“Would you like to date me?”
“… Date? How is it different from now?”
He didn’t expect her face to turn red, but Suyeong’s nonchalant response made his serious confession awkward.
“No, I mean, instead of just meeting as senior and junior, what do you think about dating with marriage in mind?”
“Marriage?”
At the sudden word, Suyeong, still chewing on squid, widened her eyes and stared at him.
“Yeah. Marriage.”
“Are you proposing now? Let’s get married?”
“No…”
He felt like he confessed to a drunken person. He should have done it when she was sober.
“Let’s date with the assumption of getting married.”
“And if we don’t want to later, we break up?”
“Huh?”
Yeonho was momentarily stunned by Suyeong’s words.
What should I say in this situation? Usually, if a guy suggests dating, a girl would either reject or accept. No, I’ve never been rejected before. Most relationships just fizzled out.
But there has never been a woman who takes such a confession seriously…
“No, who dates expecting to break up? If you like each other, you date. If it gets better, you go to marriage…”
“So, if it doesn’t go well, we break up? I don’t want to do that with Sunbae.”
Suyeong spoke with a face that was hard to decipher, whether she was drunk or in her right mind.
Yeonho was confused by her words. Then, does dating mean we must get married? It’s not like a strategic marriage.
I thought they were surprisingly innocent these days, but they seemed even more innocent than I thought. Are all perpetually single people like this?
“So, do we have to get married unconditionally?”
Yeonho asked with an awkward expression, and Suyeong chuckled.
“No… What I mean is, I like meeting seniors like this, eating together, chatting. But it would be awkward if we date and break up for no reason. So, I won’t create a reason for it. Seniors are the best as male friends, really.”
“Is it burdensome to date?”
“It’s not about not wanting to break up at all. It’s about dating with the assumption that we might break up. I find that burdensome.”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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