It felt like the warmth that was holding me suddenly disappeared, and Won turned his head.
The spot where Woo-jae should have been standing was empty.
Even when I looked around, there was no trace of Woo-jae.
Won looked up at the sky, thinking that he might have gone up there.
After wiping one side, the other side went crazy.
I was afraid that someone might have seen me.
My gaze, which was looking around, reacted slowly to the strength that grabbed my hand.
Our eyes met with Eun-pyo's calm pupils. Won stared down at my hand held by Eunpyo.
I could feel his warm body temperature distinctly.
"Wona, did something happen to Kwon Woo-jae...?"
"Kim Eun-pyo."
Won twisted his hand away and brushed his hair back.
Suddenly, I felt like I was left to deal with two unbearable brats without any consent from my doctor.
"Let's just stop, please."
"Won-ah.."
I stared straight at Eun-pyo, afraid that if I avoided his gaze, it would seem insincere.
"Don't you think it's too late?"
"..."
"I've erased all my feelings for you while measuring whether you would choose me or your family. Even if you think of the mistakes you made with me, I don't even get angry. I'm just amazed. The current situation and your attitude."
After blocking his dry gaze once, I immediately continued.
"I regret it, Eun-pyo."
"..."
"I should have just stayed as friends."
Eun-pyo showed a desperate face, as if he wanted to turn his firm heart around.
"I'm sorry for breaking up without a proper explanation."
"..."
"But maybe you will continue to question why I made that choice, or why I have to. And I will just try to avoid it. That won't change. But do you still want to keep seeing me?"
"Am I that unworthy, Won-ah?"
The eyes filled with wounds tightly grasped Won's wrist again.
Without any hesitation, Won pulled him away.
"Hey."
"..."
"Not unworthy."
"I... I really don't understand. That you turned away from me so forcefully and are meeting Kwon Woojae right away... Won-ah, I can't understand this situation. That you say I'm not good enough and that bastard is... "
Won closed his mouth without saying anything to Eun-pyo.
It was because of Woo-jae.
That was why he was so impatient.
Whether it was a private occasion or a public one, Woo-jae and Eun-pyo had already met before.
Woo-jae provoked Eun-pyo in that situation.
There was no other way to explain it.
Won calmly suppressed the surging emotions.
"I have no relationship with Kwon Woo-jae."
"We have no relationship...! But Kwon Woo-jae is saying such things? He's lying to me."
Perhaps it wasn't just me who didn't trust each other all this time.
It was the same for him.
It was an unavoidable situation.
There was no occasion where Eun-pyo deceived him, but there were things he wanted to keep hidden.
It could be considered a problem that there might be more than just that one thing he wanted to bury.
There was no need to feel upset that Eun-pyo doubted the relationship between him and Woo-jae.
There was no excuse he could come up with.
He could only anticipate that their relationship had become irreversible by any means now.
"That bastard to me..."
"Stop it."
Won spoke in a calm tone.
Eun-pyo roughly ruffled his hair as if the situation was suffocating.
"Whether I tell you the truth or lie to you, it won't change anything now. Let's not dig deeper into each other's bottom. Until when do I have to explain myself to you?"
Won turned his back on Eun-pyo.
He could have passed by him and headed to the comfortable shelter, but instead, Won avoided that path.
The tip of his index finger hit the thumb without any force.
He was anxious.
Very much so.
Despite Won's anxiety, the classroom was very peaceful.
It was calm as if it was enclosed in the eye of a huge typhoon.
It didn't mean that the atmosphere in the classroom was actually calm, but it felt that way.
The clouds hanging in the sky were preparing to pour rain.
Even though the sky was gloomy, most of the students were no different from usual.
On rainy days, they said they should eat pajeon with makgeolli, that the fresh makgeolli from the fusion pub in front of the school was delicious.
"Senior, is there something wrong with Woo-jae oppa these days? I can't reach him."
They asked what was wrong with Kwon Woo-jae.
It was more uncomfortable to have a conversation topic about Kwon Woo-jae when I was already troubled.
Won raised his head, listening to the worried voice.
If we consider who is closer to me, it would be those who are more concerned about Woo-jae than Won.
Strangely, the juniors came to me and asked about Woo-jae.
'I don't think there's anyone particularly close, but they seem to be close to everyone.'
Won knew the reason for that.
He had heard what Kyunghun told him before.
Well, I guess that's your opinion.
On a day like this, it was definitely pointless to be close without even communicating properly.
I had no intention of actually pointing it out, so I just kept talking to myself.
"I do not know either."
Instead of smiling at his junior, Won focused his eyes on his book.
"Ah, you don't even know… … ."
After a few small noises, they left to find their group.
Right after what happened yesterday,
Woo-jae, who suddenly disappeared, chose to skip the lecture on his own.
Looking at the reactions of his juniors, it didn't seem like this was a common occurrence.
The culprit of the absence, which I don't even want to think about, seemed to be because of me, and it made me feel uneasy.
It wasn't that I was distressed because Woo-jae disappeared like that that day.
The problem was that it was breathtakingly quiet right now.
Kwon Woo-jae doesn't have the temperament to quietly ignore it like this.
Are you shocked?
In the meantime, did I get a silver ticket?
At that moment, the sound of rain became even louder, hitting the window.
Won fell down in his seat as the rain fell so hard that it felt as if the sky was about to collapse.
The weather was coincidentally echoing my uneasiness.
Bang!
Suddenly, the front door vibrated violently.
One day when Woo-jae came to my house without permission.
His gaze, which had been fixed on the metal watch he had secretly left behind, suddenly shifted.
He put down his glass and stood up.
Holding his breath, he stared at the front door.
Is there someone coming at this time?
He was on edge at the sound of a bell ringing in the middle of the night, which was unexpected.
There was no sign of a knock, but suddenly, a stranger visitor knocked on the door, as if to be forgotten.
What can be clearly known is that the entity that came from the center is not one of them.
Entities belonging to the center generally avoided revealing themselves to humans.
So there was no way they would announce their visit with such rough noise.
If it's not Eun-pyo who came from the center, is it Seolma Woo-jae?
Should Won open the door or continue to hold his breath and stand in conflict?
Bang!
And when another noise rang out as if breaking down the front door, Won cursed inwardly and opened the front door.
As soon as the crack widened, a strong pheromone with the smell of rain blew in.
Reflexively, the circle covering its nose pulled the door handle.
It was unfortunate that the pulling force from the other side was faster.
Suddenly, the wide-open door encompassed an unexpected figure.
"Hey, you..."