Love for Love's Sake - Chapter 11
Chapter 11
“Yeowoon, your pizza bread fell.”
“…I know.”
“Do you want to eat it? Do you want me to pick it up?”
“Senior, please stop trying to make ridiculous jokes.”
Really, what was Cha Yeowoon saying? Such a cold-hearted guy.
When I turned to look at him, he had his hands clenched and was looking down at the ground. This child had a killer side profile.
Anyway, was it too impolite of me to only buy two pizza breads for two high school boys? Should I have bought four? Was it okay to train after eating two? Would he collapse?
As I thought about this, Cha Yeowoon’s round ears seemed to have turned red.
[ Calculating Cha Yeowoon’s favorability. ]
[ Favorability: -5 ]
“Uh.”
I inadvertently blurted out.
Did it increase? Just now? There was no way I could ask Cha Yeowoon, so for no reason, I found myself staring at him.
At that moment, the wind blew in the opposite direction.
The wind, which was colder than before, swept across the back of my neck. My hair stood on end.
[ Debuff triggered due to negative favorability. ]
A debuff right after the favorability increased…
Ashen shadows resembling raindrops fell from the tree leaves. The dripping shapes looked dangerous.
I thoughtlessly pulled Cha Yeowoon closer to me and raised my arm to block it.
“What is it?”
Cha Yeowoon, who was beside me, pushed me away in a flustered manner.
[ Debuff reversal. ]
The shadow suddenly moved to my feet.
A chilling and sharp sensation crawled up my spine. It felt like a cold hand was gripping my insides.
The shadow beneath Cha Yeowoon and me rippled like waves. As I suddenly stiffened, he looked at me with confusion.
Hmm–
Following the vibration from my phone, small ripples formed in the shadow.
While my feet were in the gray puddle, I checked the incoming call.
[Ahn Gyeonghun] : Myeongha
I had an ominous feeling.
[Ahn Gyeonghun] : Now
There was no follow-up message. Instead, I received a phone call.
I vaguely anticipated the development that would come next as I answered the call from Ahn Gyeonghun.
“Hello.”
“Tae Myeongha, where are you right now?”
As expected, it was a voice I had never heard before.
* * *
Lunchtime, rooftop.
Accompanied by a gusty wind, teenagers in questionable attire were surrounding a male student wearing glasses.
And then there was me.
What was with this nostalgic sentiment? Ever since I climbed to the rooftop as instructed, I couldn’t quite adapt to the atmosphere and found myself shivering.
The boy who had been waiting for me, the foremost of the four, gestured to me.
“Hey, Tae Myeongha.”
Who was this guy?
He looked me up and down and raised an eyebrow.
“Did you mess with my Jungyeong?”
His dialogue was really incredible. It was very sentimental of the early 21st century, seriously.
“Tak Jungyeong?”
There was no other Jungyeong here, so he must be talking about Tak Jungyeong.
“I haven’t done anything to him?”
I genuinely hadn’t touched a hair on his head.
If we reviewed the events of that day, it went something like the following.
“Are you Tak Jungyeong?”
“Yes, yes!”
“Are you bullying Cha Yeowoon?”
“I wouldn’t!”
The end.
That was it. It really ended like that. There was nothing more to say.
“But what do you mean your Jungyeong? Are you two dating?”
“Hey!”
“Well, love doesn’t have borders. Why are you getting worked up?”
Boys and girls could be couples. It was the current era after all. But my sarcastic remark had triggered a sharp response.
“My brother! Brother!”
The guy who claimed to be Tak Jungyeong’s brother pointed to his name tag. Tak Junho. Considering Tak wasn’t a common surname, he seemed to be telling the truth.
“Oh. So he had a sibling, but anyway, why is Gyeonghun here?”
Was he some kind of hostage? Ahn Gyeonghun was crouching behind Tak Junho and another male student.
I had casually pointed it out, but something caught my attention. The problem wasn’t Ahn Gyeonghun, rather, it was the person next to him.