The Law of Webnovels
Chapter 358

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However, Yeo Dan oppa didn't look displeased at all.

"It was on your thirteenth birthday..."

"Oh," I nodded. That was why it wasn't in my memories. I wasn't in this universe when I was thirteen, so the Ham Donnie back then and now were completely different people.

Thinking to that extent, I suddenly felt strange.

In his memories, those two were the same people, even if it was completely different. The Ham Donnie then and the Ham Donnie now should be considered as entirely different individuals.

While I was absorbed in thought, Yeo Dan oppa's remark continued slowly.

"You used it to tie your hair once. That was the day I gave it to you. You never used it again, so I thought you lost it or something. You also started avoiding me later on. I thought you felt so bad that you can't even talk to me."

"Ah..." I smiled awkwardly.

I never knew the time I avoided him for a moment would come to bite me in the ass like this.

At first, I didn't like both Yeo Dan oppa and Ban Yeo Ryung. Of course, I would. After all, my original world and the next-door neighbors I remembered were gone, and these two had replaced them.

Thirteen was a way younger than it sounded; thus, I even thought about some silly daydreams of how aliens kidnapped my next-door neighbors, and the Bans took their place instead.

I kept thinking that way even after realizing that this universe resembled the world of a web novel so much. Considering that I had studied the earth wrongly through books, I started trembling with fear. Maybe I was the only one who wasn't mind-controlled, and someone else would discover me.

However, why would someone throw those people to me as my new next-door neighbors? Wouldn't it mean either an angel or a demon was playing tricks on me? Besides, the Bans were too fabulous and perfect to believe those things existed after losing the hair tie he had given me.

Yeo Dan oppa continued, "But one summer day, you suddenly showed up with that hair tie on, which surprised me a bit."

"Really?"

"So, I thought you realized where you have lost it since you started talking to me a lot again."

I retraced my memories again.

If it happened during summer, it would be when the incident with Baek Yeo Min had occurred and, at the same time, I started to adapt to this new universe. Above all, it was the time I began to have a crush on... Yeo Dan oppa.

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, I turned my face away from him and looked outside the café.

'Argh! The 'me' in the past had done those cringy things, but why must I feel ashamed of it? Of course, they're the same people. Still...' I stopped thinking for a moment.

The thirteen-year-old girl, who didn't dare to use the hair tie she got as a gift from Yeo Dan oppa and just stored it carefully in the drawer, wasn't me. I was very aware of the fact. I could now guess why she reacted that way. Resting my chin on my palm, I let out a sigh and murmured to myself.

'So, this tedious history of unrequited love was already ongoing at that time, huh?' Rolling my eyes, I threw a glance at Yeo Dan oppa and kept thinking, 'Well, no one could stop themselves from falling in love with this handsome guy-next-door.'

I felt like I was now in a slightly subdued mood.

I didn't have to split my persona into the Donnie before I came to this world and the real 'me' when it came to the Four Heavenly Kings. That was because I had already befriended when I entered this universe.

However, Yeo Dan oppa and Yeo Ryung were different. This made me ask—which did they prefer? Me before thirteen or after thirteen?

That was when I suddenly heard Yeo Dan oppa's voice in the silent air where only the sound of teacups on saucers had come through. I raised my head.

"When I was young..." Speaking that way, his eyes were on the outside of the café, just like I did earlier. However, I could tell that he wasn't actually looking at the sight outside. His glance was wandering somewhere in the past.

The hot, sunlight pouring over the apartment hallway, where wet laundries were hanging on the bal.u.s.trade and bikes with training wheels, were still left in front of the doors... the summertime, a few years ago...

'How long has it been?' While I wondered that way, Yeo Dan oppa continued to speak. My eyes widened at his remark.

"I once wished that you were my little sister."

Funnily enough, he had the same wish as mine. Turning his head slightly away from me, he concluded, "I felt a little disappointed to return home without you."

"Oh..." Being lost in thought for a second, I soon asked, "From when?"

"Huh?"

"From and until when?"

I wanted to know if the person he wanted to be his sister was me 'before thirteen' or 'after thirteen.' The former person was 'me before the actual me' while the latter was 'me who was the actual me.'

Although my question sounded absurd, Yeo Dan oppa didn't question it. Tilting his head a little, he rubbed the teacup and replied, "Ever since I got to know you."

I flung another question.

"What about now?"

"Well..."

He wasn't making rough answers. His eyes looked submerged as deeply as mine.

When a long silence hung between us, the café door suddenly opened. Turning my head to look in that direction without many thoughts, I opened my eyes wide when some familiar faces came into view.

I saw Yi Ruda and a few of my classmates. 'Right...' I murmured surprisingly.

Yi Ruda didn't have to live as a recluse ever since he freed himself from Yi Jenny's successor position and their endless chase. He was now a free man who could hang out with our classmates in the PC room or in the karaoke whenever he wanted.

I heard everyone was so excited to have Yi Ruda back on the street. They brought him everywhere they could. Today, they took him here. While I had those thoughts in mind, Ruda directed his eyes on this side. Trying to wave my hand at him thoughtlessly, I quickly remembered how awkward my appearance was right now and blushed in embarrassment.

"Ah..."

'How old am I to have apple hair, geez...' I murmured to myself while releasing my hair from the hair tie. 'He wouldn't have already noticed my hairstyle, would he? Ah, please!' While I uttered a prayer in my thoughts, Ruda walked toward us.

Those who saw Ban Yeo Dan tried to stop him, saying, 'They're dating,' however, Ruda didn't mind. He was the only person who knew Yeo Dan oppa and I were having a fake relationship.

Slowly coming to a stop in front of me, Ruda glanced at Yeo Dan oppa and slightly lowered his head.

"Nice to meet you. I've heard Donnie has been helping you for a while."

I was startled to hear what he had just said since I expected something like, 'Sorry that Donnie owes you a lot,' escaping from his mouth. 'Ah, that's true,' I thought. As Yi Ruda said, I was definitely lending a hand to Yeo Dan oppa right now.

"Yeah," replied Yeo Dan oppa.

For some reason, his brows were meeting in the middle. He didn't even tell his name to Ruda. I mean, it wasn't that strange since the female main character's oppa would usually behave indifferently to others except for his sister. 'Still, he's my friend...' That was when I scratched my head in wonder.

Ruda suddenly turned to look at me, so we had direct eye contact. My hair was very messed up since it was hard to loosen up my disheveled hair. Imagining my appearance that came into Ruda's sight, my face reddened. However, Ruda flung a question as if he had some lingering feelings.

"Why did you untie your apple hair?"

"Why? I mean, of course, it's because..."

'It's because I look so silly.' I tried to respond that way; however, Ruda intervened in my words with a grin.

"You looked cute."

"..."

Ruda's sense of beauty... was it working well? Would it be okay to continue this way?

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