I returned to our neighborhood in a taxi with Seol Yuhwa.

Before getting off the taxi, Seol Yuhwa said, “You went through a lot.”

Yeah, I did go through a bit. It’s fortunate that she acknowledges it.

While Seol Yuhwa was calculating the taxi fare, I mentally prepared the farewell greeting for her. “Goodbye, see you on Monday.” That should be safe…

“Now, let’s go to your house.”

Huh?

Seol Yuhwa casually walked towards my house instead of hers.

“Wait a moment!”

I urgently stopped Seol Yuhwa.

“Why are we going to my house…?”

To which Seol Yuhwa replied with an expression of utmost certainty, “Isn’t that guy at my house?”

So, you should be going to your house.

There should be something between you two.

I suppressed the words I wanted to say and opened my mouth.

“Well, maybe you should take care of him since he might get sicker at night?”

But Seol Yuhwa frowned.

“Do you think I should spend the night with some stranger?”

You decided to let that stranger into your house…

Moreover, saying ‘spending the night’ makes it seem indecent. Even though nothing will happen between us!

I couldn’t let Seol Yuhwa come into our house like this. I urgently spoke.

“I really want to invite you, but our house is too small and humble for someone like you to stay.”

Above all, it’s a one-room. If you come, one of us will definitely have to sleep on the floor.

And that will undoubtedly be me. I opened my mouth to fabricate ninety-nine reasons why Seol Yuhwa shouldn’t come into our house.

Unfortunately, Seol Yuhwa was quicker.

“It’s okay.”

“Huh?”

“I said it’s okay.”

I felt some pressure in Seol Yuhwa’s words. Under that intense pressure, I quietly lowered my gaze.

“Okay…”

Seol Yuhwa arrogantly gestured towards my house as if telling me to guide her.

I politely raised my hands and pointed to my house.

“Shall we go then…”

That way, I entered the house with Seol Yuhwa. It was a bleak night.

The next morning, after waking up Seol Yuhwa and sending her back home, I was finally alone.

“I’m dead…”

I sighed as I entered the bathroom to wash up.

In the mirror, there was my tired face.

Last night, I let Seol Yuhwa into my house, and as I expected, she slept on the bed, and I slept on the floor. No, to be precise, I just lay down on the floor.

‘She asked if I could sleep with her in my house…’

In contrast, Seol Yuhwa slept like a baby.

I, on the other hand, spent a sleepless night, thinking too much.

Thinking about last night made me feel tortured again. I shook my head anxiously.

[Good morning, Miss Jooeun! 〉ㅁ〈]

This guy appears so refreshingly today too. Despite all my suffering. I glared at the system out of frustration.

[_+]

…He’s imitating me again.
I washed up and had coffee. Despite that, I was still sleepy, perhaps due to staying up all night.

‘I want to sleep…’

I sat on the bed, lost in thought.

[Miss Jooeun is once again wasting her youth today!]

And you’re once again being rude to me.

I pretended not to hear and continued to ponder. Suddenly, a question came to my mind.

“I have something I’m curious about.”

The system perked up its metaphorical ears.

“What if Seong Jichan and Seol Yuhwa don’t date?”

Originally, I had no doubts that they would end up together. However, after seeing them together yesterday, I started to worry.

‘That tension… doesn’t seem to come from a platonic liking.’

If I were to analyze it, it would be more like… rivals? Or encountering an arch-nemesis? That’s it.

‘And Seol Yuhwa is much stranger than I expected.’

Seol Yuhwa did many things that I couldn’t understand based on my common sense. Because of that, no matter how much effort I put in, I couldn’t believe she would follow the conventional romance formula.

[They won’t not date!]

The system was furious.

[That can’t happen!]

…But it seems like it might.

Honestly, judging by feelings alone, it seemed more likely for Han Yewon to reunite with Jeyul than for Seong Jichan and Seol Yuhwa to date. At least those two are aware of each other romantically!

[No! How can the female lead and male lead not end up together! ㅠ0ㅠ]

“But there’s a chance that something like that might happen. To be prepared for such a situation, shouldn’t we create new evaluation criteria?”

That way, even if they don’t end up together, I can return to my original world.

It was time for the female lead, Seol Yuhwa, to make her appearance. I should start preparing for the ending.

“And in this day and age, solo endings also have meaning.”

[It’s not that era here yet!]

That’s true…

The temporal background of this quaint world is much earlier than the 2020s, when I existed.

“Anyway, think carefully about the possibility. We don’t know what will happen in the future.”

[Properly connecting those two is your responsibility, Miss Jooeun!]

“The quest I received was only for a happy ending.”

For the record, I believe solo endings can also be happy.

[Miss Jooeun!]

Ah, I’m so sleepy.

I just need to sleep.

Ignoring the system, I plopped onto the bed.