The next day.

‘Hmm, another ordinary day.’

I kindly looked down at the desk that was once again filled with scribbles.

‘I had a feeling this would happen, so I brought a locker lock today.’

After throwing away the trash that was in the locker, I put my belongings inside and locked it with the padlock.

Even though a day had passed, the ostracism towards me continued as usual.

Well, it would be stranger if things changed in just a day. It’s not like anything new happened.

But it’s not like there’s no solution.

‘I need to hurry up and get a boyfriend.’

I never thought the day would come when I would have such thoughts. I don’t know what’s what anymore.

‘Let’s go to the old school building.’

I picked up the dirtied desk and headed outside.

It was manageable today since I didn’t have my bag. I arrived at the old school building at twice the speed compared to yesterday. I swiftly exchanged the desk and came back out.

And then I saw him.

“Hi.”

Kim Jae Young, smiling brightly.

‘Oh my!’

It was an unexpected encounter. I cleared my throat and spoke.

“Hi, fancy seeing you again.”

“Yeah.”

No matter when I see him, he has a handsome face. My eyes were dazzled by the face of the handsome man shining under the natural light.

‘But the more I see him, the more suspicious he seems.’

With such a handsome face and frequenting the old school building where extras don’t even go near, under any circumstances, he can’t be an ordinary extra.

‘But his name is Kim Jae Young.’

Of course, not all the main characters have names like Kim Blue Sky Milky Way…… But if there was an ordinary name like Kim Jae Young in the original novel, I would have remembered it, but nothing comes to mind.

‘Well…… It should be fine.’

Without thinking too deeply, I opened my mouth.

“By the way, what brings you here?”

Kim Jae Young thought for a moment and then said,

“I have some business at the infirmary.”

What? The infirmary?

The only infirmary in the old school building is ‘that’ infirmary?

Really suspicious.

‘What on earth is he?’

Kim Jae Young’s entire being was claiming, “I’m related to the original story.” To this extent, it would be stranger not to know. I regained my guarded stance.

“Why the infirmary?”

Then Kim Jae Young raised his right hand.

“I got hurt.”

There was a bandage on the back of his hand. What do you have to do to get hurt there……? It doesn’t seem to be from a fight at least. If he got into a fight with someone, it’s unlikely that only that spot would be injured.

Since he said he got hurt, it would be strange to ask why he came all the way here instead of going to the perfectly fine infirmary in the new school building, so I just kept my mouth shut. At that moment, Kim Jae Young’s eyes drifted to the desk.

“Do you want me to carry it?”

I shook my head.

“No, it’s okay. It’s fine today since I don’t have my bag.”

“Still.”

Kim Jae Young picked up the desk instead of me and smiled.

“I’ll carry it for you.”

I had no intention of refusing when he insisted. I thanked him.

We made small talk on the way to the classroom.

Surprisingly, Kim Jae Young was a fun guy. Although we only exchanged trivial stories, our sense of humor seemed to match, and the conversation flowed well.

‘Even if he’s a character from the novel, it should be fine if he’s this normal, right?’

After seeing so many weird people, just seeing someone with a normal way of thinking made me feel relieved.

And then, as we were talking for a while, I suddenly threw a question at Kim Jae Young.

“By the way, do you know Ji Seung Hyun?”

Kim Jae Young faltered.

“…… Huh? What did you say?”

“Ji Seung Hyun.”

I suddenly thought of the plan to pair him with Seol Yu Bin, so I asked.

Anyway, I’ll have to approach him too, and I judged it would be better to get acquainted through a different route in advance rather than approaching him through Seol Yu Bin.

Due to various circumstances after possessing this body, I had no connections in other classes except for the Sambo guys. So I asked Kim Jae Young just in case.

“I know him…… Why do you ask?”

Lucky. Thank goodness I picked the right person.

It’s unlikely to be someone with the same name, so it should be the Ji Seung Hyun I know.

“Ah, well…… Someone I know said they have some business with him.”

Dating matters are also business, so it’s not a lie……

I felt a bit like I was deceiving him, but I shamelessly said,

“My friend has something to resolve with him, so I’m trying to help. But I don’t know which class he’s in.”

Kim Jae Young, who had been listening silently, smiled awkwardly.

“That friend isn’t you, referring to yourself indirectly, right?”

“I don’t even know what Ji Seung Hyun looks like.”

“Yeah…… That seems to be the case.”

Kim Jae Young nodded his head reluctantly.

“Anyway, do you know which class he’s in?”

After thinking for a moment, Kim Jae Young answered my question.

“He’s in the same class as me.”

“What?”

What’s this? So that class has him, Ji Seung Hyun, and Ban Ha Min?

‘This is crazy.’

It’s truly a hellish class. I should never go near it once I handle Ji Seung Hyun’s matter.

“If you have something to say to Ji Seung Hyun, should I pass it on?”

I shook my head.

“No, it’s okay. I’ll just go and tell him myself.”

“Okay.”

With those words, Kim Jae Young closed his mouth.

An awkward silence passed for a moment.

‘How did it come to this?’

Something feels off, but I don’t know what it is. But I didn’t have anything more to say, so I just walked silently.

I wonder how much time passed like that.

When the new school building, where the classroom is located, came into view, Kim Jae Young suddenly asked,

“By the way, Ju Eun. Will it be okay to go like this?”

“Huh?”

What is he talking about all of a sudden?

“Why?”

Then Kim Jae Young pointed somewhere with his finger.

“Over there.”

And from that direction.

“Chun Ja!”

…… A crazy bastard was running towards us.

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I gritted my teeth and pulled Ban Ha Min’s cheeks.

“I ‘old ‘ou no’ ‘o ‘all me ‘hun ‘a. (I told you not to call me Chun Ja.)”

“Ow ow ow ow. I’m sowwy.”

I pulled until my anger subsided and then let go. Ban Ha Min covered his red, swollen cheeks with tears in his eyes.

“Ju Euni is so stwong.”

If you know, then please shut up.

I can be as cold-hearted as I want when it comes to Ban Ha Min. I maintained a chilling expression with an iron wall on my face.

Seeing us like that, Kim Jae Young laughed from the side.

Ban Ha Min muttered to himself, “Hmph.”, “So mean.”, “I hate you.”, “It hurts.” for a while, then looked at me and Kim Jae Young alternately and said,

“But why are Honey and Ju Euni together?”

I absentmindedly asked back,

“Why is he Honey?”

“Huh? It’s just what Ha Min feels like calling him.”

Just like Chun Ja…… I exchanged a look of shared pain with Kim Jae Young.

Kim Jae Young made an indescribable expression and said,

“I helped Ju Eun carry her desk since she was moving it.”

“Why did Honey do that?”

“Just because……”

“Just because? You could have just passed by, so why?”

Before he could sprout more question marks and become a question mark killer, I pulled Ban Ha Min aside and said to Kim Jae Young,

“Thank you for carrying the desk for me all the way here. You can go in first. I’ll talk with him for a bit and then go.”

Kim Jae Young gave me a look asking if I would really be okay. I nodded my head with determination.

“Okay, see you later then.”

With that, Kim Jae Young left a smile and walked towards the building.

Only Ban Ha Min and I were left on the path.

‘I’m definitely going to say it today.’

I made a firm resolution and turned to look at Ban Ha Min.

Ban Ha Min blinked his eyes with an innocent face as if he knew nothing.

‘But…… Where do I start?’

There were so many things piled up that it wasn’t easy to bring them up when I tried to talk. I let out a deep sigh and spoke with a serious face.

“First of all, stop appearing out of nowhere like this.”

Then Ban Ha Min tilted his head.

“Ha Min was just passing by?”

“Then was sitting in my seat yesterday also just passing by?”

“That’s……”

I interrupted before Ban Ha Min could finish his sentence.

“Okay, I’ll change what I’m saying. Even if you see me while passing by, don’t act like you know me. Got it?”

“What?”

Ban Ha Min made a shocked expression as if saying, “How could you say such a harsh thing?”

“Heeing. That’s too mean. Ha Min wants to be friends with Chun Ja.”

This guy called me Chun Ja again…… I felt a throbbing headache and said,

“And if you want to be friends with me, don’t do what I tell you not to do.”

“Ung, what you tell me not to do? What’s that?”

“Like taking my phone and running off to Seon Woo Jin’s house.”

Then Ban Ha Min clapped his hands with an “Ah!”

“Come to think of it, why didn’t Ju Euni come in then?”

What? Come to think of it? Is that something you say now?

Ban Ha Min chattered brightly, not even feeling my cold gaze.

“I was going to play games with Ju Euni then! I thought you came in with me, but when I came to my senses, only I was in the room!”

Usually in that situation, wouldn’t you notice I wasn’t there before starting the game? How could you not know that?

My brain went on strike halfway through interpreting Ban Ha Min’s words.

Yeah…… It’s my mistake for trying to understand Ban Ha Min’s mindset with my common sense. Once again reaching a state of enlightenment, I laughed benevolently…… as if. I slowly raised my fist.

“Do you want to fight?”

“I apologize.”

Phew. A sigh automatically came out. I shook my head from side to side. I had a feeling this conversation would go nowhere.

Is this what they call reading scriptures to a cow’s ear……? Getting angry at Ban Ha Min’s ear…….

“Let me ask one thing.”

I lowered my voice and spoke seriously.

“Why are you really doing this to me?”

Then Ban Ha Min held his cheeks with both hands and made a ‘〉〈’ face.

“Kyaa! Chun Ja is so cool!”

“…….”

He really looks like an emoticon…… It was so absurd that I wasn’t even angry.

Ban Ha Min spoke in a shy tone.

“Because…… I like Chun Ja.”

“Why do you like me?”

“You’re the first person to treat me like this!”

Oh my god. Was it really because of that?

It would have been better to slap Seong Ji Chan and hear him say, “You’re the first girl to hit me.” and make him the male lead. Why did I have to flag Ban Ha Min out of the three?

I could feel the back of my head being pulled even while standing still. Ban Ha Min winked at me.

I clicked my tongue at the absurdity, and Ban Ha Min pretended to be embarrassed and shook his head.

“Aing, I don’t know.”

I really want to hit him……

I had an intense desire to become the world’s rank 0. If I had possessed Seol Yu Hwa, I would have swept away all the top dogs in this world.

Suddenly, I felt mentally and physically exhausted. I want to beat up Ban Ha Min and everything else.

‘Argh, I don’t know. I said everything I wanted to say, so let’s just go.’

I passed by Ban Ha Min, who was eagerly acting cute, and headed to the classroom with heavy steps, carrying the desk.

“Chun Ja! Chun Ja! Ju Euna! Where are you going!”

I heard some noise behind me, but I let it in one ear and out the other.

‘I want to go home…..’

I shed tears looking at the distant mountains today as well.

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I returned to the classroom, put the desk in its place, and checked the locker.

Fortunately, the lock was holding up well.

‘A small mercy in misfortune.’

Since it was a code lock, not a key lock, I was worried someone might figure out the code in the meantime, but thankfully, there didn’t seem to be anyone that crazy yet.

I entered the code and opened the locker.

But then.

“Huh?”

There was an item in the locker that I hadn’t put in.