Seeing the face of the visitor, I was momentarily dazed, but quickly came to my senses and spoke.

“What brings you here?”

After parting ways like that earlier, I never thought we would meet again.

And after losing his memory, Sung Ji Chan didn’t come to the 2nd infirmary as often as before. So, of course, I didn’t even consider the possibility of Sung Ji Chan coming here… I can’t believe he showed up.

Unlike me, who was flustered, Sung Ji Chan was just leisurely.

“Ban Ha Min told me to come here when I asked him for a quiet place?”

“Ban Ha Min?”

“Yeah.”

Sung Ji Chan glanced around the inside of the infirmary and spoke to me.

“Are you playing hooky too?”

When I nodded, Sung Ji Chan jeered.

“Wow, you’re such a delinquent. Is it okay for a student to do that?”

It was absurd to hear such words from the leader of the delinquents. Seon Woo Jin said the same thing earlier.

Somehow, I felt deflated.

‘I got nervous for nothing.’

I lay back down on the bed, not even bothering to reply. Sung Ji Chan didn’t seem to have anything more to say to me either.

Sung Ji Chan settled on the bed opposite me.

So, I was left to my own thoughts, and Sung Ji Chan to his.

After a long silence, I was the first to speak.

“Hey.”

“What.”

“I have something to say.”

“What is it.”

I paused for a moment before speaking.

“You know, I think someone likes me.”

Sung Ji Chan replied without much change in his expression.

“Who. Seon Woo Jin?”

I was startled and sat up.

“You knew?”

Sung Ji Chan looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.

“Do I look like an idiot who lost my wits along with my memory?”

No, there’s no need to go that far.

Anyway, judging from his expression, it didn’t seem to be a surprising thing for Sung Ji Chan.

Sung Ji Chan spoke in a pathetic tone.

“Anyway, why are you suddenly saying that. Don’t tell me you only realized it now?”

When I sullenly nodded, Sung Ji Chan clicked his tongue.

“You were the idiot.”

I was pissed off, but it was sad that I couldn’t refute it.

I timidly asked.

“Do you think I would have noticed it even before losing my memory?”

“If you and Seon Woo Jin kept acting like that, of course you would have known.”

His expression was as if I was asking something extremely obvious.

If Sung Ji Chan says that much, did everyone know but pretend not to? Even Yoo Hee Na and Ban Ha Min?

‘Was I really the only idiot…’

I just wanted to vent to anyone because I was frustrated, but after saying it, I felt even more frustrated. I shouldn’t have said anything.

I let out a deep sigh and plopped back down on the bed.

‘What should I do from now on.’

Thinking of Seon Woo Jin’s face made my head complicated.

The best way would be to act normal as if I hadn’t noticed, but with my acting skills, it didn’t seem possible. It’s clear that it will somehow show.

It’s not like I can accept his feelings anyway. In this situation, wouldn’t it be better to keep an appropriate distance rather than pretending to be close as usual for no reason?

‘Isn’t there a way to naturally drift apart.’

While I was thinking that, Sung Ji Chan spoke to me in a mocking tone.

“But think about it honestly. Did you really not know his feelings until now? Absolutely not.”

The reason I couldn’t immediately refute those words was simply because the situation was embarrassing?

‘No.’

Sung Ji Chan is right.

I was definitely aware. Of how Seon Woo Jin looked at me.

‘I just unconsciously pretended not to know because I didn’t want to think deeply about it.’

Now that I’ve become aware of it on a conscious level, I can no longer turn a blind eye to it.

Looking back, there were several chances for me to notice. Each time, I tried hard to ignore it, and this is how it turned out.

I buried my face in my knees and muttered.

“Sung Ji Chan.”

“What.”

“What do you think I should do from now on?”

“What should you do? You two figure it out.”

“…That can’t happen.”

“Why not?”

In response to Sung Ji Chan’s question, I sighed.

“There are reasons.”

I blankly stared into the void. A blue square window was still floating in front of my eyes.

[Do you want to receive the reward?] [Y / N]

‘If I receive this, I will find out Jin Hae Yul’s location.’

And the time for me to return to my original world will also be brought forward considerably.

It was the moment I had been waiting for.

‘But if I don’t receive this…’

I glared at the ‘N’.

Maybe I can use this as an excuse to stay in this world?

“Gasp, crazy.”

Realizing belatedly what I was thinking, I raised my hand and slapped my own cheek.

Slap!

“What the, why are you suddenly doing that. Are you crazy?”

Sung Ji Chan pulled back with a startled expression.

Ignoring his reaction, I slapped my cheek a few more times.

Slap! Slap!

‘Get a grip. What’s there to stay here for.’

No matter how attached and familiar I’ve become, how does it make sense to stay in this crazy world? The very fact that I even had such thoughts for a moment is unacceptable.

I squeezed my eyes shut and then opened them again.

“I’m not crazy. I’m perfectly sane.”

“Okay… Okay. If you say so.”

Sung Ji Chan spoke in a doubtful tone.

I waved my hand to dismiss the system window from my sight and got up from the bed.

‘I will definitely return to my original world.’

Sung Ji Chan looked at me with a strange gaze.

“Do you dislike Seon Woo Jin that much?”

…That’s not it.

Come to think of it, it could look that way to Sung Ji Chan. Since I can’t explain my entire situation, I decided to clarify it to an appropriate extent.

“It’s not like that. I don’t dislike him.”

“Then it’s fine.”

“That’s different from this.”

I spoke firmly.

“He’s absolutely off-limits.”

No, not just Seon Woo Jin, but anyone. From this world.

Sung Ji Chan asked again as if he couldn’t understand.

“Why are you saying it’s so impossible?”

It seemed like a question out of genuine curiosity rather than picking a fight.

“Seon Woo Jin may be a bit of a jerk, but he’s unexpectedly a good guy. At least he won’t make you cry, right?”

“…I know that too.”

In fact, I know that Seon Woo Jin has been considerate of me in many ways, knowingly or unknowingly, since we first met. I also know that although he doesn’t speak nicely, he’s unexpectedly a decent guy.

However…

“Ah.”

Suddenly, I heard noise coming from the direction of the sports field and approached the window. I stuck my head out, but due to the location of the infirmary, the sports field was not visible.

“I wonder if the soccer match has started by now?”

“Soccer?”

Sung Ji Chan asked back in surprise.

“Why soccer? Are you going to play soccer?”

I shook my head.

“No, I was going to watch the soccer game, but…”

I fell into thought for a moment.

“…I don’t want to go anymore.”

I stepped away from the window and sat back on the bed. As I stared blankly at the floor, Sung Ji Chan asked.

“Why aren’t you going? Afraid of being late?”

“No.”

I lay sprawled on the bed.

“I’m afraid my resolve will waver.”

“What resolve will waver.”

“There are reasons.”

I squeezed my eyes shut and tried hard to empty my mind. The noise from the distant sports field and Sung Ji Chan’s grumbling voice made my head dizzy.

But what made my heart the most complicated was none other than Seon Woo Jin’s face.

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I must have fallen asleep at some point from lying down for so long.

“Hey, Lee Ju Eun. Wake up. It’s really going to end at this rate.”

The person who woke me up was Sung Ji Chan. In a half-asleep state, I looked at the clock and realized that the sports festival was indeed almost over. I shot up.

“Crazy.”

I intended to skip classes and just kill some time, but I didn’t plan on being absent for this long.

I was distressed by the model student DNA that still remained in me.

Damn it! I’ve really become a delinquent!

“Hey, I’m going first!”

I hurriedly said goodbye to Sung Ji Chan and ran towards the sports field.

“Lee Ju Eun!”

As I approached where our class was gathered, the first person to greet me was, of course, Yoo Hee Na.

“Where have you been all this time? I haven’t seen you all day!”

I caught my breath, panting.

“Is it over? It’s not over yet, right?”

“It’s almost over. Anyway, where did you go?”

“I went to the infirmary…”

I pointed to the band-aid on my knee and smiled awkwardly.

Looking around, the atmosphere was winding down. It seemed like only the results announcement was left… I wasn’t curious about whether our class won or lost in the first place, so I didn’t ask about the results.

“Did you go because of the fall earlier?”

“Yeah.”

“Really? So you were in the infirmary this whole time?”

When I nodded, Yoo Hee Na said.

“Oh no, then you must have missed the soccer match?”

I flinched.

“That’s a shame. It was really fun today.”

Yoo Hee Na chattered on, explaining how the soccer match went. Our class was eliminated in some round, and in the finals, it was between class something and class something, and class something won…

“And Seon Woo Jin was really amazing.”

Yoo Hee Na pointed towards Seon Woo Jin’s class.

“After the match, everyone was talking about him. Saying he was so cool.”

Without thinking, I turned my head in the direction Yoo Hee Na was pointing. There, Seon Woo Jin was surrounded by many students.

As Seon Woo Jin was drinking a beverage, he suddenly lifted his head and looked this way. The moment I thought our eyes met, I immediately turned my gaze to Yoo Hee Na.

“Is that so? It must have been fun.”

When I played along, Yoo Hee Na got even more excited and chattered on. I smiled appropriately and listened to Yoo Hee Na’s words.

And I thought to myself.

I was really glad I didn’t watch the soccer match today.

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That night.

After returning home, I lay in bed and stared at the ceiling before falling asleep.

A square window was floating in front of my eyes.

[Do you want to receive the reward?] [Y / N]

I glared at that window for a while, then pressed ‘Y’.