NOVEL NEXT chapter 10
10. A little luck
What is life?
What is life, why do we live like this?
As a person born as a human, what kind of life should I live…
“Lee Si-woo you crazy bastard!”
“······· Huh?”
“Get off the side, the car is passing.”
“Oh, that’s right. Sorry.”
I finally came to my senses and nodded to the car that was standing still.
I almost left my job while thinking about life.
If the lord hadn’t screamed next to me, I might have met the real grim reaper.
The lord said with a frown on his face as if he was disapproving.
“He said he was not feeling well since yesterday. Is it the same reason today?”
“······It’s similar.”
“If it’s the same, it’s the same. What’s the similar?”
At my blunt expression, the lord reacted as if that was nonsense.
I couldn’t help it.
I really couldn’t explain it better than this.
I was in a bad mood yesterday because of a strange phenomenon that suddenly happened.
Today, because of the bizarre phenomenon that happened yesterday, I was in a bad condition due to secondary damage.
The lord now had an expression of genuine concern.
“Do you really have to go to the hospital?”
“Not that much.”
“That guy who’s not that bad was walking with a bewildered expression and almost got hit by a car?”
“······I don’t have anything to say since I said that. Anyway, it’s really not that much.”
I have nothing to say even if I go to the hospital anyway.
You can’t tell the doctor that you can suddenly see your friend’s true feelings since yesterday.
At least for me, I don’t have the hobby of being dragged to a mental hospital while receiving pity from the people around me.
Perhaps realizing that he couldn’t reach me no matter what he said, the lord pretended to have raised both of his hands.
“I don’t know. You do it yourself.”
“Thank you for your concern. I’m sure you’re the lord.”
“It’s not the lord. It’s Jooyoung.”
“That or that.”
“······From the point of view of me, you have no right to curse Han Seo-ah.”
“······Why is she suddenly appearing here?”
The reason it’s not in good condition is because of Han Seo-ah.
It’s because of an incident that happened this morning that I can never tell anyone about.
“You always grumbled. Han Seo-ah, you said you were annoyed.”
“Me?”
“Uh. What did Hanseo do to you yesterday, what did she do today, something like this.”
“······Really?”
Me?
Did I really do that?
To my reaction, as if I still didn’t know at all, the lord reacted as if he was going crazy.
“Wow, this is really stupid. You don’t remember that?”
“······Uh. I don’t remember.”
“When I was playing games last weekend, I complained that I almost couldn’t play because of Han Seo-ah.”
“······· Ah.”
I remember it because he pointed it out like that.
I originally scheduled an appointment with the lord to play a game duo that evening.
Han Seo-ah She suddenly said she wanted to eat ice cream, so she went to eat ice cream together.
“Yes. Uh, I think so.”
“Yes, I’m not lying. Even when you’re with me, you talk a lot about Seo-ah Han?”
“····.”
“I don’t always ask you guys if you’re dating for nothing.”
I feel like I finally understand the lord’s position.
Perhaps even if I was in the position of the lord, I would not have asked that question again.
“But it’s true that we’re not dating.”
“······So I don’t understand. Why aren’t you guys dating?”
Of course, the relationship between Han Seo-ah and I was never that of a lover.
The lord shook her head as if she still didn’t understand.
“I really don’t know. To be honest, if I’ve known you like you, wouldn’t I go out with you at least once?”
“Is that so?”
“It’s usually like that with romantic comedy animations in the next country.”
“······Reality is different from anime, lord.”
“Okay.”
“Well, well, well…”
“Sometimes when I see you guys playing, I don’t think that’s necessarily the case.”
“······What?”
What is that again?
When you see me and Han Seo-ah playing normally, you say it doesn’t seem like it again?
“What is that all of a sudden…”
“Oh, it’s time for class. Should I go first?”
“No, wait…”
“Tomorrow is Wednesday. Was Wednesday your class? See you on Thursday then.”
Seo Ju-young threw me a sentence whose intention I couldn’t understand and ran straight to his lecture room.
“······What do you mean by that?”
In that situation, all I could do was re-chew the sentence as much as possible.
***
The lecture room arrived without knowing the lord’s intentions.
“Are you here?”
“·······Uh.”
In the classroom, Seoah Han, whom I hadn’t seen since morning, was already sitting in her seat.
Kikki-
“······Sit here?”
“······Something new.”
As if it was natural, I took a seat next to her.
This was also one of the daily routines that I had become accustomed to.
When Seoah Han and I take the same class, we always sit next to each other.
Seoah Han said in a twisted voice.
“In the morning, other people misunderstood and said something.”
“That’s because it’s a situation that can be misunderstood.”
“Isn’t this a misleading situation? Sitting next to a man and a woman every day.”
“······That’s not wrong, but it’s better than before.”
“······That’s right.”
Han Seo-ah’s lips were closing as if she couldn’t even refute that fact.
It was clear that she was thinking about it too.
The events of the previous morning were misunderstood by any insensitive person.
“······Hey, Siwoo Lee.”
“Why are you calling me?”
“About what happened earlier…”
“····.”
“Aren’t you thinking strangely? I was just a little flustered.”
[At that time, I really thought my heart stopped.]
[I knew Siwoo was handsome, but seeing him up close was too harmful to my heart.]
I thought it was strange because the reaction at the time was considerable for being a little embarrassed.
As expected, the sentences of her heart began to appear again in Hanseo.
“Did you hear?”
“Oh, is it because you’re flustered?”
“Yeah. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a person’s face that close.”
[Actually, I saw it yesterday morning too.]
[But that’s Siwoo’s face when he’s asleep, and this time it’s his face when he’s awake.]
‘······Han Seo-ah was watching from this distance yesterday too?’
Surely, if this situation appeared in an anime, it would be a thrilling scene.
Why does it come to me like a thriller?
Your lord, you are wrong again.
As expected, reality and animation are completely different.
Today, as I am earning one win from Yeongju, Han Seo-ah continued her words as if it was not over yet.
“So, I mean. I hope you’re not mistaken.”
“I’m talking about some misunderstanding.”
“It’s just that it wasn’t like the kind of novels or anime you usually see.”
“····.”
“Just remember that I’m never thrilled with you or that’s why it happened.”
[I was so excited. Like the atmosphere of the cafe, like that situation.]
[I want to tell Siwoo the truth too… I guess I still lack courage.]
Ah, that’s right.
You weren’t thrilled.
Suddenly, I had an idea.
Somehow, I think I would have noticed this lie even if it wasn’t for that sentence that suddenly started appearing.
If I had noticed the feelings that Seoah Han has for me before, I think it wouldn’t matter without that sentence telling the truth.
Simply put, this was it.
Hanseo knows that she can’t lie much more than I thought.
To be precise, she says she’s not very good at lying when I’m involved.
It felt like the area around her chest was tickling for no reason.
“······That aside, what did you do after that?”
“What the heck, I took class.”
“With Kim Na-yeon?”
“Yes. Nayeon and I have overlapping classes. Didn’t you also go to Seo Youngju?”
“······It’s Jooyoung, not the lord.”
“Can you stop pretending to call me properly now that you call me lord?”
“I caught this.”
“I’ve known you for years. Of course.”
[Of course I know. I’ve liked Siwoo for years.]
“····.”
Who really doesn’t make something like that?
Something like a warning device before you show your true intentions.
It’s too hard to bear.
It’s more like this when you’re a kid who usually keeps a wall off cuteness.
Following the experience of feeling itchy around my chest, this time I felt like my face was getting hot for no reason.
“What, did you really catch a cold? Why is your face so red?”
“It’s nothing. You don’t have to pay attention.”
“Ehh, our Siwoo can’t do without Seo-ah noona. Shall we go to the hospital together after class?”
“······So.”
I don’t know if going to the hospital will find the cause.
It was clear that I couldn’t find it.
It’s just a simple heat energy, so he’ll prescribe some medicine or something.
‘It’s fortunate.’
It’s a little bit, but I felt fortunate.
My inner feelings were not visible to Han Seo-ah.
I don’t know how it came to be seen, but this inner sentence was limited to Han Seo-ah.
I am more shy than Seoah Han.
Because just imagining her feelings being caught by Hanseo-ah makes her face blush with shame.
In the afternoon class that day, I never got up from my seat.
There was not a single part of the class that the professor taught was memorable.
The only thing she remembers is that she pretended to be an older sister who would never become a child and said that she would accompany her to the hospital.