When I Returned, a High School Romantic Comedy Began

47. Midterm exam (10)

Chaerin is depressed.

After arguing with Jaune.

It will be like this for a day and then he will come to me smiling and saying he is sorry.

Even though he realized the mistake he made on the second day, he still thought that the Jaune he knew would come to him first.

[Chaerin… Are you really not going to reconcile?]

[… There is no reason for me to apologize first.]

The reason why I tried to ignore Hayan’s worried tone and moved on.

Even though I was heartbroken as I looked at the lonely, unread message every night.

Because he was the one who always came to me first whenever I was having a hard time.

‘Just wait a little while.’

I believed that if I had a little patience and tried to spend my alone time pretending like nothing was wrong, one day he would come to me with a shameless smile like when I first met him.

however.

“Oh, you changed your makeup?”

“… yes.”

It wasn’t.

When you feel anxious and steal a glance at him.

Jaune was building a new relationship with another girl.

“Isn’t the change natural and much better?”

“Yeah, really?”

He’s never given me a compliment related to his appearance.

He was smiling shamelessly as he looked at her who was embarrassed.

‘why?’

It was definitely an awkward smile that he showed when he was with him.

Jaune was not good at talking to women, so sometimes when he was wondering what to say, he would show the other woman the smile he would make to pass the time.

‘…’

What is the name of the rising emotion?

If the scene had been seen just a day after the two had fought, she would have been angry.

He must have thought it was quite scandalous for her to raise her eyebrows in front of another woman as soon as she fought with him.

However, the feelings he felt from Joo-woon, who had not paid any attention to him for two days, and Chae-rin, who noticed the trivial mistake he had made.

“Would it be okay if we decided to eat together last week when exams are over next week?”

“ah.”

It was despair.

I feel like the tower I worked so hard on is collapsing.

I had no doubt that he was the person who would always be with me.

In addition to being confident in my appearance, I ended up staying with him even though I always outwardly said I was annoying.

‘But it wasn’t.’

He doesn’t have a close relationship with me, like a lover.

It was just a relationship where one side just accepted the foolish treatment.

If he had a girlfriend right now, he would be cold-heartedly abandoned.

Now, I see him and the unfamiliar woman chatting peacefully with my eyes.

Chaerin realized that the confidence she had until now was a big mistake.

“…”

Chaerin got up from her seat and quickly left the class.

“Uh, where are you going?!”

Jimin looks at her blankly in shock and then runs away with her.

There was an unusual atmosphere.

Everyone in the class quietly looked at the back door.

The gaze naturally focused on Jaune.

“… why.”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

Yuma said to Jaune with a puzzled expression.

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‘I shouldn’t ask because I really don’t know, right?’

Everyone saw the expression Chae-rin made, but Joo-woon couldn’t see it because he was talking to Na-yeon.

Above all, we were eating together to express our gratitude for what happened yesterday, so I wondered if there was any need to be so surprised.

‘Now that I think about it, they don’t know.’

Only then did Jaune understand why this situation had occurred.

Nayeon said as he was thinking alone.

“Shouldn’t you go after your girlfriend?”

“yes?”

She thinks Chae-rin is dating me.

Thinking that what he had just said might have been a big misunderstanding, he bowed his head and apologized to Jaune.

“I’m sorry… I barged in suddenly…”

A very polite apology, which is rare these days.

‘… Is this the person who was spitting out such insults on the street?’

When the makeup I put on was removed, I felt like the person had completely changed 180 degrees.

Nayeon raised her head again only after Jaune kept saying that he was okay.

“It’s nothing to be sorry about, and I’m not your girlfriend.”

“… yes?”

According to rumors, there were a lot of love affairs.

Rumors were rumors and I often saw them together in the cafeteria or hallways, so I assumed they were dating.

Nayeon, who unexpectedly heard the answer, was looking at him curiously.

Yuma, who was next to him, asked him.

“So you’re not going to chase me?”

“What will you do if I chase you?”

There is no need to go to someone you are not dating and explain that what you just said was a misunderstanding.

‘It’s hard to even talk about what Nayeon went through.’

It may have been a trauma for her, but I didn’t want to easily share such a sensitive story with others.

‘I don’t know because I couldn’t see his expression, but he must have been angry and left.’

I’m annoyed as always, but I feel embarrassed to talk to him first.

I guess he left because he didn’t want to see it anymore.

‘I can’t just accept that kind of idiot all the time.’

When Jaune showed a firm refusal, Yuma sighed and said.

“Yes, if you think so, then you are right.”

“…”

It’s a very sarcastic tone.

Jaune said to Nayeon, who was watching alone, trying to ignore Yuma’s pitiful expression.

“Anyway, I think it will be okay then.”

“Yes, I will come find you after class that day.”

Nayeon left her promise and went back to her class.

After she disappeared through the front door, Yuma asked me as if he had been waiting.

“Who are you two eating together?”

“… He’s a first-year student. Yesterday, while he was walking down the street, he said he would help me out and buy me a meal.”

“her…”

Yuma said, looking at Jaune who responded casually.

“The guy who is already busy with Park Chae-rin and the class president is asking that question again?”

I wonder how far this guy, who has already started rumors about this and that at school, is going to go.

I was very worried that if I continued like this, I would end up with a good boat ending.

Jaune understood his reaction, so he brought up the situation he was in and made an excuse.

“Hey, I really wasn’t going to go either?”

“Then you don’t have to go.”

“How can you refuse if they offer to buy you Byeokje Galbi?”

“…”

Jaune speaks with a serious expression.

Yuma thought this bastard was joking, but he could see from his expression that he was convinced that he would understand.

“So, what you’re saying is that you were tempted by a piece of expensive meat?”

“It was difficult to refuse sincerity.”

Yuma stared at Jaune, who was just talking loudly, and then burst into laughter.

‘I can’t tell if this guy is really easy or difficult.’

He’s not an easy guy, seeing as how he puts up an iron wall even when someone as pretty as Park Chae-rin keeps attacking him.

If you see them agreeing to buy an expensive piece of meat, it’s extremely simple.

The more Yuma thought about Jaune, the more he felt like he was falling into a labyrinth, so he just gave up on the idea.

“hey.”

“why.”

“Eat a lot of meat and come back.”

“Yes, leave a review after eating.”

Yuma just hoped and prayed that his friend wouldn’t get a hole in his stomach.

*

‘She wasn’t your girlfriend…’

Nayeon left class and thought back on what he said.

Actually, Jaune hasn’t been able to leave my mind since yesterday.

Among the many people who passed by him in pain in the park, he was the only one who approached him.

[are you okay?]

[The situation didn’t look good, so I didn’t step in for no reason, right?]

A prince on a white horse from a fairy tale I watched as a child.

In an internet novel, the male lead saves the female lead in danger.

Something that I had only thought of as fiction until now happened to me.

[The student lifted you up and walked up to the second floor by yourself.]

[I asked if it would be difficult, and without even a second thought, I said it was okay because it was so light…]

Nayeon blushes as she remembers what her mother said.

I couldn’t tell you how many times I thought of Jaune, who caught me when I fell last night and wrapped his strong arms around me.

But he had a girlfriend.

[Yes, because he is such a nice person, he would date a pretty girl like Park Chae-rin.]

A brief memory.

A small mercy given by God when punishment was given to him who was hiding under the shadow of Changmin.

A person who had to live only as a benefactor.

[It’s nothing to be sorry about, and I’m not your girlfriend.]

I thought it would end like that.

‘They weren’t dating…’

Nayeon felt the hope that she had previously extinguished bloom again and thought back to the compliment she had just heard.

[Oh, you changed your makeup? Is it much better to change it?]

My mom came in in the morning and removed all the makeup I usually put on, then did the makeup myself.

It wasn’t makeup that completely covered up my usual face, but it was natural makeup that looked almost like my normal face, so it felt strange and I kept shrinking, which made me feel bad.

‘Are you sure it was okay…?’

Jaune smiled brightly as he looked at his face.

But the more I thought about that smile, the more worried I became.

‘What if they find out I’m cousins with the pig…?’

There are already rumors everywhere, so we will find out someday.

If you found out about it too late, wouldn’t you feel burdened?

‘And if you know that I smoke…’

Anyone who saw him as someone who seemed to have nothing to do with smoking would naturally feel repulsed.

‘after…’

She held the cigarette carton in her pocket for a moment and continued to think.

After struggling for a while, I finally tried to put a cigarette in the trash can next to me.

“…”

Unable to loosen my grip, I put the cigarette back in my pocket.

“Let’s just smoke this and quit.”

It was an excuse that didn’t work.