“We’re really nothing!”

I pointed at Seon Woo-jin as I spoke.

“Look at him…! He looks like he doesn’t care about anything! Do you think he would do something like that…?”

“It was me who was attacked.”

Seol Yu-bin looked confused and rolled her eyes.

I emphasized again strongly.

“What you saw isn’t what you think! Hey, say something.”

I grabbed Seon Woo-jin’s sleeve and shook it vigorously. Seon Woo-jin then spoke indifferently.

“What should I say? That I was attacked unilaterally?”

Hey!

Eventually, with Seon Woo-jin’s overwhelming support, the incident was concluded as the fault of perverted Lee Ju-eun.

“Forget it. Let’s just give up.”

I sighed deeply.

“…But how did you get here?”

At my question, Seol Yu-bin hesitantly looked around, then cautiously began to explain.

“The teacher… said you were trapped here…”

So, this was the situation.

Lee Yeon-ho had banned me and the three top boys from entering the infirmary, but he had allowed Seol Yu-bin to continue to visit.

So, earlier, Seol Yu-bin was studying in the infirmary when she got a call from Lee Yeon-ho.

After hearing about Seon Woo-jin’s situation, Lee Yeon-ho, thinking about what to do, asked Seol Yu-bin to go check it out…

“Ah, no…!”

Then Seol Yu-bin interjected.

“I, I said I would go.”

Huh?

As I stared at her, Seol Yu-bin was startled and lowered her head.

She said in a very small voice.

“Last time… you took me to the infirmary, right? I wanted to thank you for that…”

I was moved.

‘My efforts weren’t in vain.’

I thought she would consider me weird for suddenly opening the curtains while she was crying.

It seems sincerity does get through.

Yu-bin…! Let’s be good friends…!

I looked at Seol Yu-bin with bright eyes.

Then, Seon Woo-jin said.

“That was done by Seong Ji-chan.”

I glared at Seon Woo-jin.

‘This guy doesn’t appreciate the effort.’

Let’s see what he does in return.

Seol Yu-bin, looking flustered, said.

“Ah… I’ll thank him too…!”

I elbowed Seon Woo-jin and laughed heartily.

“Anyway, thanks for coming all the way here. Without you, I would have been trapped until tomorrow. Say thank you, too.”

“Thanks.”

Seon Woo-jin said without any hint of gratitude.

Seol Yu-bin awkwardly smiled and watched us.

“Then, I’ll be going…”

She then left without looking back.

“…She’s gone.”

I watched her leave with a lonely look.

Seon Woo-jin stared at me intently.

“Why are you looking?”

“Just. You looked so longing.”

…Did I look that wistful?

I must have shown my true feelings without realizing it.

Anyway.

“Thanks for coming, too. I owe you one.”

I sincerely thanked him.

It was genuine. If Seon Woo-jin hadn’t come, Seol Yu-bin wouldn’t have either, and then I might have had to rely on the system or stay trapped until the next day.

‘He seems to care for others more than he lets on.’

Despite his cool boy image, he turned out to be quite useful.

Then Seon Woo-jin shamelessly said.

“If you’re grateful, do my homework for another month.”

“That’s a bit…”

Thus, the gym storage room incident concluded.

Gaining a potential ally in Seol Yu-bin.

Back at home, I first charged my phone.

“What on earth did they do for the phone to die?”

It wasn’t fully charged in the morning, but it shouldn’t have died from just sitting there.

‘It looks like someone played with it…’

I’m scared to think of what they might have done. Next time, I must remember to lock it.

I rummaged through my phone, looking for traces of Ban Ha-min.

‘Doesn’t seem like anything was tampered with.’

Maybe they just looked at some photos?
“Phones don’t leave traces, so there’s no way to know what was done. Looking for it like this is meaningless.”

I aimlessly pressed the contacts list on my phone.

♡♥♡The universe’s cutest Ha-min♥♡♥

“…….”

So, this is what he did.

Curious, I checked the call log and found records of calls made to Ban Ha-min’s number.

Hmm… now he knows my number too.

I was prepared, but it still felt unsettling, like crossing a line I shouldn’t have…

Just then, my phone vibrated.

「♡♥♡The universe’s cutest Ha-min♥♡♥: Does eating a banana make you fall for Ban Ha-min?」

Should I kill him…?

I immediately deleted the message from Ban Ha-min.

Just in case, I checked my message box, and there were dozens of similar messages. I deleted them all and even blocked the number.

“Sigh.”

Exhausted.

‘Today has been too eventful.’

Just adding Ban Ha-min to my life has increased the difficulty level so much.

Now I see the problem isn’t the three top boys, it’s Ban Ha-min. An uncontrollable nuisance. The prospect of being with him in the future was even more daunting.

‘Given this, I need to resolve the Seol Yu-bin issue quickly and finish the original story.’

Right now, before the original story really kicks off, if Seol Yu-bin finds happiness, everyone can be happy.

Having realized that Seol Yu-bin doesn’t think badly of me, this was an opportunity.