The Law of Webnovels
Chapter 366

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Wondering about those questions hysterically in my mind, I flinched and lifted my head at the voice coming from beside me.

"I'm sorry... about that..."

I was surprised when I looked aside. Yoo Chun Young's blue eyes were slightly trembling. I never saw him revealing his bewildered feelings so clearly on his face until now. However, that was all. I waited for a little more, but he didn't say anything else. Biting my lips for a second, I said, "You know, I..."

"Uh-huh," replied Yoo Chun Young with downcast eyes. Biting my lips once more, I continued to speak with difficulty.

"I think we'll keep being friends, but we would have to continue doing so for it to happen."

It was difficult to express how precious somebody was to someone else.

"You... you told me every time..."

"Uh-huh."

"... That you're gonna stay beside me."

"..."

"You kept telling me in the past that we're gonna stay together. Don't you remember? In summer, when we were sitting at the café, and when we all watched the video at my house..."

"Ah..."

He slowly nodded. Observing that sight, I almost got tears in my eyes. That weekend when we all gathered at my house and watched the video wasn't a dream. I felt like those memories were finally becoming real.

I continued, "We kept on talking at that time about what we would look like after a few years, so I..."

"Uh-huh," replied Yoo Chun Young while nodding. His voice sounded way softer than earlier, so I felt like I was choking up. Trying hard to not reveal how emotional I was, I concluded my words.

"I really... really liked what you said..."

Yoo Chun Young remained silent again. I uttered, "I truly loved the idea, you know... whenever those moments entered my had, I would feel so happy that I wouldn't even be able to think about it. I really don't know how to articulate it better..."

My words sounded too crappy for me to listen to it. I wasn't sure whether the context made sense or not. While I was dropping a remark, other words and thoughts flashed through my head and escaped my mouth. 'I liked it. I loved it.' Only these words remained spoken.

I barely tied up my long and chaotic rambles.

"You're that kind of person to me."

Even I felt quite dumbfounded while dropping those words. What else did I say to Yoo Chun Young other than it would be good to stay together? Would that be enough to express all the pain in my heart?

Only the sound of rain resonated around us. A moment after, I couldn't help but bite my lips at his following words.

"I feel the same way."

"..."

"So did I. I also liked the idea of continuing our friendship."

From his quietly spoken words, I noticed that Yoo Chun Young was saying the same thing. As if we were walking along a road not taken, we barged but headed toward the same direction in the end.

Yoo Chun Young uttered again, "To me, you are someone who must stay beside me now and forever."

Listening to him quietly, I opened my mouth.

"But why are you guys doing this to me then?" I asked.

"That's the reason," he replied.

The rainfall over the slate roof grew heavier. I looked up at Yoo Chun Young while standing upright through the blowing rain streaks. Staring at me serenely, Yoo Chun Young concluded his words.

"To keep seeing you."

Watching his face intently, I soon shook my head.

"I don't know... I have no idea what you're talking about."

"You shouldn't know."

A response returned without a second of hesitation.

"So that we can keep staying beside each other."

When I tried to ask what it meant, Yoo Chun Young opened his umbrella all of a sudden. With a loud thud, his blue umbrella splashed small beads of rainwater. While I stopped talking, he slowly paced his way, holding his umbrella, and stood outside the slate roof. Once he turned around to look at me, I detached my lips again.

"What about now?"

Looking at me, Yoo Chun Young remained silent.

I repeated, "Why... why aren't you staying beside me, then?"

Yoo Chun Young, who was staring at me, turned his head and diverted his eyes elsewhere. He stretched out his other hand to the pouring rain, just like he did it toward me earlier. While his palm was filled with raindrops, Yoo Chun Young suddenly opened his mouth.

"When the rain stops..."

"Rain?"

"When the rain stops... let's talk about it again."

"..."

I dropped my gaze at the ground, wordlessly, for a moment. Based on Yoo Chun Young's perplexed expression and his way of speaking just now, I could tell that he couldn't filter out his words as much as I did right now. 'When the rain stops,' those words might indicate the minimum time he needed to find a way to put himself together again.

Looking up at the cloudy sky, I thought, 'Well, this rain won't last until tomorrow.' I barely nodded.

Once he checked my reaction, Yoo Chun Young turned around again. His blue umbrella faded into a round shape and receded slowly from me. I could then open up mine and walk outside the slated roof.

Since we were both heading toward the gym, we couldn't help but take the same path. I continued to move my steps while keeping a distance from Yoo Chun Young so that we wouldn't look like we're together. Meanwhile, I swallowed the questions left unspoken.

'You...'

'Do you still view me as a friend?'

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There was some weird smell, which was like a combination of rotten rubber and sweat odor, spreading out in the gym. Once I stepped into this vast space, that nasty smell struck my nose. No matter how excellent the facilities were, these kinds of odors were inevitable since about a thousand teenagers were running around the gym. Slightly knitting my eyebrows, I stepped up to the second-floor spectator zone.

Once I reached the second floor, the smells of food turned the air into something raunchier. In the end, I raised my hand and covered my nose and lips. The Kim twins then waved at me, who was protecting myself from the odors.

"Ah, you're here!"

"Here's your burger and coke."

After Kim Hye Woo, Kim Hye Hill also greeted me while handing out my meal.

Taking those in my hands, I found out that the coke was warm with melted ice; the delivery must have taken longer. Even the burger was soggy with wrappers soaked in the sauce. Having lost appetite, I tried to give them to someone else but decided to just have them.

I took a large bite, which was almost half the size of the burger. The Kim twins, who were chitchatting leisurely, became surprised in a flash. They flung questions in bewilderment.

"Hey, is someone snatching those out from you? Take your time."

"Wouldn't some of those be stuck in your throat? Here, have some coke."

'No thanks, I'm fine.' Opening my eyes wide, I shook my head to imply those words then finished the burger in three big bites. Watching me eating that way, the Kim twins and the kids around me all looked appalled.

Among those kids, the only person, who stayed relatively calm, was Shin Suh Hyun. Wiping out the beads of sweat dripping down his chin, he uttered, "Something else happened again."

"How did you know that?"

As if he saw something serious flowing between Yoo Chun Young and me, Kim Hye Woo tossed a question in surprise. Shin Suh Hyun replied, "She munched like that when Yi Ruda transferred to another school."

"Ah, now I get it."

Listening to Kim Hye Woo's response, I smiled in embarrassment.

The kids, who gathered to have some snacks, left for the basketball game again. We raised our voices out loud to chant in the bleachers, but I soon punched the pit of my stuffy stomach.

Kim Hye Hill spoke from beside me, "You ate like you're gonna have an upset stomach."

"Ha... haha..."

Smiling awkwardly, I got up from my seat to go to the bathroom. Once I was there, I threw up everything I ate eventually. 'What a waste of food,' murmuring that way, I rinsed my mouth. When I returned to the gym, the games were all over.

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