Of all days, they had to have PE first period. When the PE teachers suggested a volleyball competition between classes, Jaeyoon tried to slip to the back to just watch, but was caught by his classmates and forced to participate. Due to his competitive nature that couldn’t stand losing, he ended up giving his all in the match.
As a result, they won the volleyball competition. However, Jaeyoon’s stamina, after only having a bottle of banana milk for breakfast, was barely hanging on at 5%.
Overwhelmed with fatigue, he planned to take a good nap during the next class. But when the math teacher suddenly announced a performance assessment, he had to force his drooping eyes open and solve math problems he’d done ages ago.
After that, third period involved experiments in the science lab, and fourth period was home economics where they baked cookies. Thanks to all this, Jaeyoon had reached his limit.
Ignoring his growling stomach, Jaeyoon went straight to the infirmary to sleep. He didn’t care that the school nurse wasn’t there and just went to the bed and lay down.
Just as he was about to sink into the depths of sleep on the soft bed, the infirmary door opened and someone came in.
Thinking it must be the school nurse, Jaeyoon was trying to sleep when he heard a familiar voice.
“Minho sunbae…!”
‘Ah, damn it…’
Jaeyoon gritted his teeth at Kim Yeonwoo’s voice. To make matters worse, the target character Yeonwoo had brought with him was “Lee Minho,” who in this game was Lee Jaeyoon’s older brother.
According to the game setting, Lee Jaeyoon and Lee Minho had a very bad relationship. When they were young, they were close brothers who cared for and looked after each other, but since entering high school, their relationship had soured.
The reason was, of course, “love.” In the game, Lee Jaeyoon, the villain character, disliked Kim Yeonwoo, while Lee Minho, one of Kim Yeonwoo’s romance options, naturally liked him. So it was only natural that their relationship would deteriorate.
Abandoning your brother just for love—for Jaeyoon, who had never experienced such a deep love, it was incomprehensible.
Jaeyoon carefully rolled off the bed so the two wouldn’t notice him.
He wasn’t actually his brother, but he was the brother of “Lee Jaeyoon,” the body he was possessing.
As a rule, who wants to know about their sibling’s love life? Especially if you’re on bad terms.
Jaeyoon pondered how to escape the infirmary without being noticed. Then he spotted a tree growing next to the infirmary.
At that moment, necessary information flashed through his mind.
‘The infirmary is on the second floor. It’s not that high, and there’s a perfectly positioned tree next to it…’
Jaeyoon carefully, as quietly as possible, opened the infirmary window. After quickly confirming that Kim Yeonwoo and Lee Minho were kissing, he jumped toward the tree.
Having learned parkour, Jaeyoon thought the second floor would be fine, but there was one thing he overlooked.
He had learned parkour in his original body, but now he was in the body of the game character, high school student Lee Jaeyoon.
Lee Jaeyoon’s slender arms couldn’t support his weight, and as his hands slipped from the branch, Jaeyoon fell to the ground, unable to position himself properly.
“Aack?!”
Closing his eyes tightly, bracing for a broken leg, Jaeyoon was surprised to feel that he had landed on something soft rather than the hard ground. He opened his eyes and…
The previous situation continues…
***
“Black tea? Coffee?”
Seeing Han Doyoon holding up what looked like fancy canisters, Jaeyoon wanted to ask if he could just leave instead.
“Coffee…”
But knowing that getting on Han Doyoon’s bad side in this game would bring nothing good, Jaeyoon could only answer as instructed.
Nodding at Jaeyoon’s answer, Han Doyoon brought a coffee pot and started brewing coffee without saying a word.
The pleasant aroma of coffee filled the warm student council room. As his tension eased, drowsiness gradually overtook Jaeyoon, and his eyelids began to feel heavier and heavier.
He tried repeating to himself that he shouldn’t fall asleep, but his exhausted body was beyond his control.
“For sugar…”
When Han Doyoon turned around, he slowly blinked at the sight of Jaeyoon asleep with his chin propped up.
Staring silently at the coffee in front of him, Han Doyoon soon poured lots of milk into one of the two cups and slowly stirred it with a spoon.
Approaching Jaeyoon with a cup in each hand, he placed the cup with milk on the table and quietly looked down at Jaeyoon.
Jaeyoon’s soft chocolate-colored hair swayed gently in the breeze from the heater.
Han Doyoon raised his hand and lightly grasped Jaeyoon’s hair. The chocolate-colored strands flowed through his fingers.
A pleased smile formed on Han Doyoon’s lips. Putting his own cup down on the table, he bent over and brought his lips to Jaeyoon’s ear. And then…
“Hoo~”
“Waah?!”
Startled awake, Jaeyoon jumped up to see Han Doyoon with eyes full of mischief, and almost involuntarily kicked him in the shin.
‘Calm down. I can’t hit a kid younger than me…’
“Having trouble sleeping at night?”
Seeing Han Doyoon ask something he already knew the answer to, Jaeyoon tried to think of cute animals in his mind.
Feeling his anger slowly subside, he sat back down.
“Ah…?”
Discovering the coffee placed in front of him, Jaeyoon looked up, and Han Doyoon smiled as he picked up his own cup and casually walked to sit on the opposite side.
Jaeyoon stared at Han Doyoon for a moment before carefully lifting his cup and sipping the coffee. The sweet taste of coffee filled his mouth.
‘Delicious.’
Feeling his mood improve with the coffee that perfectly matched his taste, Jaeyoon thought of the cookies he’d made during home economics.
‘Coffee goes with cookies.’
Taking out a bag of cookies from his cardigan pocket, Jaeyoon put one in his mouth and glanced at Han Doyoon.
After narrowing his eyes for a moment, he extended his hand with another cookie toward Han Doyoon.
“You’re giving me one too?”
Knowing he’d probably face more trouble if he didn’t…
“I don’t know if it’ll suit your taste, but please have one if you’d like.”
“Then I’ll eat it with gratitude.”
Han Doyoon picked up a cookie and brought it to his mouth. With a crunching sound, half the cookie disappeared into his mouth.
The sound of munching cookies echoed through the quiet student council room.
Seeing no change in Han Doyoon’s expression, Jaeyoon felt relieved and turned his attention back to the cookies.
‘I guess they’re not that bad. I was worried he might spit it out.’
Though confident in his cooking, Jaeyoon had been concerned whether Han Doyoon, with his sophisticated palate, would eat these homemade cookies. Now he stopped paying attention to Han Doyoon and began to satisfy his hungry stomach.
“It’s less sweet than what Yeonwoo makes.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Since it wasn’t something he was particularly curious about, Jaeyoon let the comment go in one ear and out the other as he drank his coffee.
“Yeonwoo puts in tons of sugar, so his are extremely sweet.”
“I see~”
“But Yeonwoo is still much sweeter and cuter.”
“Excuse me…?”
Blinking, Jaeyoon looked at Han Doyoon, whose eyes had narrowed into half-moons. Staring at him while pondering what Han Doyoon had just said, Jaeyoon furrowed his brows.
“Haah…”
“Your reactions are really entertaining.”
‘Are they?’
He didn’t even have the energy to get angry anymore. Jaeyoon just let Han Doyoon do as he pleased and took out the remaining cookies from the bag, putting them in his mouth.
The feeling of fullness brought back the sleep he’d driven away. With that, Jaeyoon drank all his coffee, brushed back his fallen bangs, and asked Han Doyoon:
“So, what did you want to know?”
“Hm?”
“You didn’t bring me here just to serve me coffee, right?”
At Jaeyoon’s words, Han Doyoon’s eyes narrowed. Judging by his upturned lips, he seemed to find the current situation amusing.
“I was wondering who that guy was that Yeonwoo met earlier.”
“…Weren’t you curious yesterday?”
Han Doyoon smiled gently, took a sip of coffee, and said:
“Kim Doha, despite his appearance, is very possessive. After dating Yeonwoo, he always wants to show it off.”
‘Well…’
Jaeyoon agreed with Han Doyoon’s words. “Kim Doha” was set up as Yeonwoo’s childhood friend, a pure-hearted boy who had liked Yeonwoo since they were young, positioned as the sunflower character.
To Yeonwoo, he had the kindest personality in the world, and it was Kim Doha who faithfully took care of Yeonwoo when he first entered this school, confused and bewildered.
Seen this way, Kim Doha might appear to be the kindest person in the world, but in reality, he was much more than that.
He was beyond indifferent to anyone other than Yeonwoo, even downright nasty, and had an abnormal obsession with Yeonwoo.
He thought he knew everything about Yeonwoo and interfered the most with other romance routes.
Fans loved this gap in his character, but…
Jaeyoon really didn’t, genuinely didn’t want to get involved with Kim Doha.
Of course, he didn’t want to get involved with the others either, but especially not with Kim Doha.
He was particularly wary since he’d heard from a friend that one of Kim Doha’s bad endings was a persistent obsession ending.
‘Kids these days are scary…’
Seeing Jaeyoon shaking his head and rubbing his arms, Han Doyoon slowly smiled.
“It seems like you know what kind of person Kim Doha is?”
“What? No, I don’t…?”
Although he quickly denied it, judging by Han Doyoon’s expression, it wasn’t convincing at all.
“A little… I know a little…”
“Then, protect Yeonwoo so he doesn’t fall for such a guy.”
“What…?”
Unintentionally speaking informally, Jaeyoon quickly gathered his wits.
Han Doyoon, finding Jaeyoon’s behavior amusing, narrowed his eyes and watched his actions.
“I have no desire to interfere in other people’s love lives, so I’ll pretend I didn’t hear what you just said.”
“You’re okay with your friend falling for such a guy?”
“…Friend? Who and who?”
“Students at the same school are all friends.”
Seeing Han Doyoon’s smiling face, Jaeyoon scrunched his expression.
“We’re not friends. If someone’s going to play Prince Charming for Kim Yeonwoo, shouldn’t the student council president do it himself? I have absolutely nothing to do with this.”
At Jaeyoon’s words, Han Doyoon’s eyes widened in surprise.
Judging that nothing good would come from staying longer, Jaeyoon quickly stood up.
“Thanks for the coffee. I’m sorry about falling on you earlier. You should go to the hospital just in case. I’ll of course pay for the medical expenses.”
Rapidly approaching the door while pouring out words, Jaeyoon grabbed the doorknob and opened it.
Just as he was about to feel relieved that he could finally escape the student council room,
SLAM!
‘Ah, damn… That scared me!!’
Jaeyoon longingly looked at the door that had been shut by a hand extending from behind him.
“I haven’t heard your answer yet?”
“I said I won’t be Kim Yeonwoo’s bodyguard…”
“Not that.”
Seeing Han Doyoon smiling brightly, Jaeyoon felt a chill down his spine.
‘Not that? What else did he ask… Ah-‘
As Jaeyoon rolled his eyes around thinking, Han Doyoon smiled and bent down. Meeting Jaeyoon’s blue eyes, Han Doyoon narrowed his red eyes and said:
“Don’t think about making excuses.”
‘Annoying bastard.’
Jaeyoon’s eyes narrowed. As he appeared lost in thought, Han Doyoon was about to speak again when Jaeyoon spoke first.
“It’s Im Hangyeol.”
“Im Hangyeol…?”
Han Doyoon’s brow furrowed. Lowering his hand to cup Jaeyoon’s cheek, he stared at him quietly.
“Lies…”
“…”
“I’ll believe that’s not the case.”
With a bright smile, Han Doyoon personally opened the door he had been blocking. Jaeyoon quickly escaped from the student council room.
Hearing the door close behind him, Jaeyoon slumped to the floor.
‘Ah, why did I lie… He didn’t catch on, did he…?’
Just moments ago, he had clearly stated that he had nothing to do with Kim Yeonwoo, so how could he now say that his brother had been with Kim Yeonwoo until just recently?
He could only hope that Han Doyoon would remain unaware of his lie for a long time.
“Jaeyoon…?”
Raising his head at the voice calling him, Jaeyoon immediately scrunched his face.
‘Why are you coming out of here?’
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
