In that hellish situation, the first to speak was Hanyeowon.

“Ha, this is really unbelievable.”

Hanyeowon seemed to be exasperated.

Looking back and forth between me and Yuhuina, he furrowed his brow as if expressing disbelief.

“Seeing the current situation, it seems we can’t have a proper conversation anyway. Seongjichan, let’s talk later.”

After saying that, Hanyeowon left the rooftop.

Now, only Seongjichan, Yuhuina, and I remained on the rooftop.

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

I glanced at Yuhuina’s expression.

Yuhuina stared fiercely at Seongjichan and me.

‘Oh.’

I quickly withdrew my hand from Seongjichan’s grip.

“You guys really…!”

“Wait!”

I reached out.

“This is a misunderstanding. I can explain everything!”

“Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding!”

Yuhuina shouted back, pouring out her words.

“I really believed in you! I even purposely made a spot for you because Seongjichan said you liked me! How could you do this to me?”

Upon hearing that, Seongjichan, who had been listening, let out an “Oh” sound and looked at me with curious eyes.

‘No way!’

I sent all sorts of signals with my expression, but Seongjichan just shrugged his shoulders.

This guy?

Yuhuina spoke with teary eyes.

“Weren’t we friends…? I thought only I was your friend…?”

Well, you were the only one who thought so, but… I couldn’t say the truth looking at that face. I calmly spoke.

“First, calm down and listen to me.”

Yuhuina pouted and nodded. I let out a deep sigh and started explaining.

“So, this is how it happened….”

Huh? What happened, really?

Come to think of it, I didn’t know what situation I was in either. I stared sharply at Seongjichan.

Only then did Seongjichan open his mouth.

“What? I, Seongjichan, love Lee Ju-eun?”

“Do you want to die?”

Seongjichan, after getting hit a few times, began the proper explanation.

“Ah, it hurts! Stop! Okay, I get it. Yeah, it’s my fault! My fault!”

So, the situation was like this.

Hanyeowon relentlessly pursued Seongjichan after transferring to this school.

Initially, Seongjichan politely turned her away because he still had some lingering feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Hanyeowon. However, due to that rejection, Hanyeowon couldn’t let go of her feelings, crossing boundaries more and more. In the process, Seongjichan ended up revealing even his hidden affection.

So, today’s extraordinary measures were taken.

Seongjichan casually said, “I thought about giving up if I said I had a new girlfriend.”

“But why did it have to be me, of all people?”

“Just because? Because you were here.”

In a word, I was like someone who stepped on dung while passing by.

Even if I explained, she probably wouldn’t have believed me. Fortunately, since Seongjichan provided the explanation himself, Yuhuina quickly regained composure.

“Oh, I see. So, it was like that!”

Yuhuina smiled brightly.

‘I’m relieved it ended like this.’

I genuinely felt relieved, looking at Yuhuina’s face.
Seongjichan spoke to Yuhuina.

“But why did you come here?”

“Me?”

Yeah, why did Yuhuina come here?

Upon Seongjichan’s words, Yuhuina turned her head and looked at me.

“Did you have a letter in your locker today?”

Oh, how did she know about that? I simply nodded.

“I sent that.”

Huh?

“I couldn’t stand seeing you being fooled by the fan club.”

Yuhuina began to explain.

“I’ve been watching you all this time, and I thought it was time to intervene. You didn’t want to keep being fooled, right?”

“…Why were you watching me?”

“We promised to be friends!”

It seemed like she was sincere about wanting to be friends. Yuhuina calmly said,

“Anyway, I’ve been waiting to talk to you. But since last time, the atmosphere seemed a bit strange. I had the others investigate, and they said it was because of Banhamin?”

It seemed like she was talking about being targeted by the fan club. She had been watching me since then. So, she practically knew everything from the beginning?

“So, I was debating whether I should help you or not. But then, the others said they were going to lock you up in the gym storage room from today onwards. So, I immediately contacted Sunwoo Jin… and here we are.”

It turned out that Yuhuina helping me last time wasn’t a coincidence.

“But why did you send the letter?”

Just saying it would have been enough. I naturally thought it was for the duel. When I asked, Yuhuina added an explanation.

“You always disappear during free periods. Instead of waiting for that, it’s better to just leave a letter.”

It turned out that the reason for the duel arriving was because the fan club members found my movements annoying as I wandered around during break times.

“Come to think of it, I don’t even know Yuhuina’s phone number…”

Because we kept running into each other, I naturally thought I knew. I exchanged numbers with Yuhuina belatedly. Also with Seongjichan.

“If I knew it would turn out like this, I should have done the quest back then.”

At this rate, exchanging numbers with all the Samdaegols seems to be only a matter of time.

“So, from now on, are you going to hang out with me?”