# Chapter 15
“Ah, so he’s my match! That’s why I said we should meet again back then, remember?”
…Match?
Countless question marks floated around in my head.
What is he saying?
What does he even mean?
Do Yunhyuk picked up the cola with a mischievous grin and sucked on the straw. It was the cola I had been drinking. I quietly mumbled my complaint.
“That’s the cola I was drinking…”
“Wow! We just had an indirect kiss. No wonder it tastes better.”
“…”
I recoiled at his vulgar joke like I’d just swallowed poison. I really shouldn’t exchange words with this lunatic.
Then suddenly, I realized there was something strange about the lines Do Yunhyuk was spouting.
Those lines…
Aren’t they what the male or female lead says in web novels when they fall for someone?
The cliché that starts with “Hey! I’ve got my eyes on you!” as a declaration of intent.
Suddenly, cold sweat beaded on my back.
No, there’s no way he meant it that way between two guys. Besides, he’s very, very vile… though I’m not sure if he’s really like that in person, but anyway, he’s extremely despicable, immoral, and uncivilized.
Wait.
‘Uncivilized?’
For some reason, an ominous feeling began to creep up.
Come to think of it, I’d never seen in the novel whether Do Yunhyuk liked women or men.
‘I naturally… assumed he liked women.’
Wasn’t he supposed to be a playboy who dated lots of women? Something like that…?
That’s generally how delinquents are in novels.
Or not? Did I misunderstand?
I tried to calm my trembling pupils.
“You…”
“Hmm?”
“Do you… like men by any chance?”
“Huh? Why? So suddenly?”
It was a question I’d asked with tremendous courage, but only an ambiguous answer came back immediately. Do Yunhyuk blinked with a shameless face, munching on french fries, as if he’d never even considered such a thing.
“I’m asking what you mean by saying you’ve ‘got your eyes on me.'”
“Just that I liked you.”
“What?”
“Why so many questions? You must not be good at studying. Does this really need explanation?”
‘This blockhead is calling me…’
I bristled inwardly but kept my mouth shut. Do Yunhyuk was slightly furrowing his brow. Thinking he might punch me if I annoyed him, I hastily stuffed a fry in my mouth and shook my head.
He seemed like an ordinary weirdo until now, but he looks scary when he frowns…
It wouldn’t be strange if Do Yunhyuk threw a punch according to his mood. And I vividly remembered that in web novels, if you upset delinquents like him just once, you’d easily end up with a four-week injury.
Seeing me immediately close my mouth, Do Yunhyuk snickered.
“At first, I was curious about who the Four Kings were surrounding.”
In the end, the root of all evil was the Four Kings. Those bastards.
The thought that I needed to escape from that group as soon as possible became even more desperate.
“But?”
“When I saw you, I liked you. How can I explain this more clearly?”
“Ah…”
‘You’re just repeating exactly what you said earlier!’
Despite my internal screaming, I forced a smile. Sometimes, to survive, you need to adopt a stance of yielding to the strong. And there’s also a need to lean toward the most positive interpretation.
By saying he likes me, he probably means he wants to be friends.
Yes, let’s think of it that way. Haha!
I decided to put my brain on pause and think about everything after safely returning home today. How to interpret Do Yunhyuk’s intentions, and how to get rid of him along with the Four Kings—these were matters to consider after safely arriving home.
“Don’t think about complicated things. Can’t you just think about me now?”
I wanted to say I don’t want to hang out with you because my life will become more complicated, but Do Yunhyuk didn’t give me a chance to answer.
After finishing his burger, he suddenly stood up and dragged me around here and there. Either he didn’t even think he’d be rejected, or he didn’t listen to my answer because he feared rejection, or he was going to do whatever he wanted regardless of my refusal. Either way, the result was the same.
Fortunately, we didn’t go to an amusement park. Instead, we toured all the places that had come out of Do Yunhyuk’s mouth earlier. We sequentially visited a karaoke room overflowing with 2000s nostalgia, an arcade, and a manhwa café.
Every place was surprising.
In terms of how outdated they were!
At the karaoke room, Do Yunhyuk sang alone for an entire hour. Do Yunhyuk was a good singer, but I spent the hour just shaking the tambourine, trembling with anxiety about whether I might suffer some harm in that enclosed space.
“Wasn’t it fun?”
“…”
“You can be honest.”
When I lowered my head while checking his mood, Do Yunhyuk grinned and lifted my chin with his finger. It was surprising that he actually understood I couldn’t speak honestly in this situation.
With my chin held, I carefully answered honestly.
“No.”
“Then let’s never go there again.”
The response was more agreeable than I expected. Can’t we just never meet again?
Actually, the problem wasn’t the karaoke itself, but having to sit alone in a dark, enclosed space with an uncomfortable person. So the problem would automatically be solved if I didn’t meet Do Yunhyuk.
However, Do Yunhyuk didn’t seem to have any such intention. I worried about how to get rid of this leech-like guy in the future.
Do Yunhyuk held my hand and hummed as he darted around various places (my timid question about whether he could let go of my hand was mercilessly ignored). After being dragged around all day wherever Do Yunhyuk pulled me, when he finally tried to take me to a club as he had said, I finally shook him off in horror.
Then, completely startled and tense, I cautiously observed Do Yunhyuk’s reaction. Do Yunhyuk quietly looked at his hand that I had pushed away.
Ah, I’ve upset this vile human, so I’ll inevitably get beaten up. I pitied my own miserable fate.
But instead of hitting me, Do Yunhyuk gently cupped my cheek and said, “Then let’s go together next time,” while looking deeply into my eyes. Afraid I might get hit, I couldn’t even curse, and I awkwardly smiled as I extracted my head from his grasp. He really was an extraordinary weirdo.
I wasn’t even curious anymore about what thoughts existed inside that brain.
Because even if I looked, I probably wouldn’t understand!
After even riding side by side on swings at a playground (swings where I worried my fingers might get caught in the metal chains), Do Yunhyuk finally released me late at night. He even offered to kindly take me home. When he asked where I lived, I answered that I could go alone, only to hear, “If you don’t tell me where, I’ll assume you want to stay with me all night,” so I promptly gave him my address.
“Is this the place?”
“Yes.”
“So Haejun lives in a place like this.”
I’m not sure what he meant, but I was tired and just wanted him to leave quickly. The resentment that my precious weekend had disappeared spending time with this guy belatedly surged.
How pitiful.
“Go in safely.”
“Okay.”
“Are you just going to leave like that?”
What else am I supposed to do?
As I was about to head home quickly without even saying goodbye, Do Yunhyuk approached me without hesitation.
I retreated one step at a time to match Do Yunhyuk’s advancing strides. It was an instinctive movement. When physical distance narrowed, I would be at a disadvantage due to my lack of strength. However, because of Do Yunhyuk’s superior height, the distance kept shrinking.
At that moment, a savior’s voice shot like lightning to stop Do Yunhyuk.
“Stop right there, Do Yunhyuk.”
“Haemin!”
It was the first time I was so happy to see my twin appear. I called out to Seong Haemin with delight.
Do Yunhyuk stopped, and Seong Haemin burst out of the apartment entrance. He was wearing mismatched slippers, as if he had rushed out of the house urgently.
“Haejun, call my name like that too.”
When Do Yunhyuk said this as if throwing a tantrum, Seong Haemin glared at him.
“Get lost right now.”
“Why are you so hostile? We had quite a good time. Right, Haejun?”
Do Yunhyuk shrugged with a sly smile. Seong Haemin stepped in front of me, blocking Do Yunhyuk’s gaze.
“Leave while I’m still asking nicely.”
“Is telling someone to ‘get lost’ considered nice?”
“Don’t be sarcastic unless you want to fight right here.”
“The Four Kings are so cold-hearted and unfeeling.”
I wished they wouldn’t fight in front of my house, but there was no way that would get through to them. I just wanted to go home, wash my feet, and sleep. If they fought here, it would be troublesome again. They really were exhausting people.
“Cold-hearted? I don’t think that’s something we should hear from a vile bastard like you.”
“Vile? I don’t think Haejun would agree?”
Actually, I do. I definitely do.
“You cowardly bastard who deliberately wandered only in Jeseong High territory.”
“How is that cowardly? Should I have appeared announcing ‘Behold, I have arrived!’?”
Seong Haemin and Do Yunhyuk’s intense verbal battle continued. Do Yunhyuk’s sly smile couldn’t be more annoying.
But…
If you two are going to fight, can’t I just go inside?
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
