The Law of Webnovels
Chapter 372

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His hair scattered along with the winter wind. Stretching out his hand, he touched my hair. His quiet voice reached my ears as always.

"It isn't dried yet. Why did you leave like this?"

'You'll catch a cold,' he added serenely. However, I cut in, saying, "Oppa, why didn't you wait inside your house? What if my mom came outside ahead of me?"

He still replied with a lighthearted look, "I'm just dropping you to the class."

"Still, you aren't going to the same cram school as me!"

I tried to add something, but once I sensed the presence of a person inside my house, I got startled. Just as I expected, I heard my mom asking, 'Donnie, is it you outside?' I quickly stuck out my hand toward Yeo Dan oppa and grabbed his hand. Feeling a tug at my hand from the cold air, I trembled for a second and wondered, 'Gosh, how long has he been here waiting for me?'

With a moment of surprise, I soon ran against the sound of the door opening. Yeo Dan oppa followed me with a look of wonder, still holding my hand.

That was what happened a week after the beginning of winter break.

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Two months ago, since the rainy Sports Day, Yeo Dan oppa and I became a real, official couple; we no longer had a fake relationship. In other words, I didn't need to tell Ban Yeo Ryung or the Four Heavenly Kings that we were pretending to be together.

The day after the rain stopped, I went to Eun Jiho to return his umbrella. When he asked me hesitantly, 'What were you trying to tell me?' I replied, 'Nothing. I had nothing to tell you anymore.'

His brows met in the middle as if I gave him a suspicious answer; however, we just wrapped up the situation without sharing any words of apology or reconciliation.

Yoo Chun Young also came to me as he promised. I later found his missed call but thought that I could speak to him the following day. When we met, Yoo Chun Young also dropped the same question, and I returned the same response.

'Everything's resolved. It's done now. All over.'

I was talking about the thing between Yeo Dan oppa and me. However, for some reason, I felt cold like I was speaking about my relationship with the Four Heavenly Kings. The gap between us wasn't shrinking per se.

While going through the hectic mock tests in November and December, the rest of the second semester came to an end. Winter break finally occurred then. Meanwhile, the six of us didn't have time to gather.

The Four Heavenly Kings were busier during the break, flying overseas to take special classes and experience extra curriculums. We could have met each other during the week before their flights, but I registered to take courses in the cram school once the second semester ended. Lee Mina attended the same place as me.

I didn't mean to register at the cram school to avoid them. I just had no idea how cutthroat the class schedules were in a preparatory institute.

Like going to high school, I had to leave my house at eight in the morning, take classes according to the class schedules, and do self-studying until late at night. I had no time to meet them while going through this academic routine almost every day.

'What if they misunderstand and think I don't like to meet them anymore?' I was concerned that they could get me wrong, but on the other hand, I had no strength left to try resolving the misunderstandings among us.

After that incident, I lost my will to recover our relationship. Desperately finding our common features and differences, looking for their strengths, repeatedly talking about the good memories we had, and confessing the things they didn't know about me...

I was no longer feeling the necessity of doing all those things.

Maintaining a relationship required time, devotion, and effort. Who lost those elements first between us? I wasn't sure.

Today, I was sitting in the lecture room since early in the morning. Inside the heated space, I spun my pencil with my fingers and murmured, 'I find it hilarious that I'm thinking about it now.'

"The reason why I wanted to achieve better grades was that I wanted to go to the same college as them."

At least, somewhere close to them. I didn't want to go to a college far away from those kids. It wasn't about the institute's level, but I cared about the physical distance between us.

Of course, I was very aware that out of sight would lead to out of mind; therefore, I was afraid that we would naturally grow apart from each other that way. 'What made our relationship this sour?' I tilted my head.

I kept on wondering, 'I mean, for real, how did we end up like this?'

"Is it hard to solve the problem? Should I help you?"

With that voice, someone's face suddenly between my face and my workbook. 'Holy Christ!' Startled, I pointed my pencil in that direction instinctively.

AHHH! The face that approached me out of the blue moved back with a shriek. He shouted, "Dude, you were just about to poke me with that! Do you get it?"

Grabbing my pounding chest, I replied, "Eek, sorry... gosh, you scared me to death."

Still, I couldn't catch my breath. Sitting beside me, Lee Mina grumbled, "Hey, it was you, who shoved your face into her first. That's why Donnie was so surprised. Why are you blaming her? Ridiculous!"

Well, it was my fault for almost attacking him with my pencil, though... Rolling my eyes, I wondered if I should add those words or not and just read their faces. The reason why I couldn't merely agree with Yoon Jung In was apparent.

Showing Lee Mina the most sorrowful expression, Yoon Jung In whined, "You're too harsh. Are we a real couple?"

Lee Mina swung her fist in front of him and asked, "When do you want to break up?" As soon as she flung that question, Yoon Jung In lowered his head like a faithful servant in a historical drama while uttering the politest apologies. I couldn't hide my bewilderment at that sight. It was the same scene I encountered every day for almost a month; I still couldn't get used to it, though.

So, yeah, the reason why I couldn't intervene between the two and stand up for Yoo Jung In was that they were an official couple now.

'I would look like someone meddling in a quarrel between a husband and wife. So surprising...' When the two began to bicker again, I wielded my tongue while quietly looking at somewhere else.

If someone told me a month ago that 'Yoon Jung In has a crush on Lee Mina,' I would have never believed it. Regardless, this was what happened. Once I heard that the two became an official couple, I recalled the memories where Yoon Jung In would look irritated when Lee Mina brought up the group hangout thing. He would blush up to the root of his hair when she complimented his handsome appearance.

The point was that I never knew he reacted in those ways because he had a crush on her.

I was told that Yoon Jung In confessed his crush on her a week before the end of the second semester during the festival. That was why I couldn't see the two around us. They were alone at the back of the school, sharing their feelings for each other.

'Anyway...' With my chin on my palm, I thought while looking at the quarreling couple, 'Didn't things turn out in a good way? Both of them are good looking people at a glance. They have great personalities, they're both athletic, and they share the same hobbies. It would be a good thing if they plan to spend time together. Besides, Lee Mina is one of the few people as competitive as Yoon Jung In in every aspect.'

Anyway, ever since Yoon Jung In began to go to this cram school with me after Lee Mina, my prep school life became a little comfortable.

First of all, Chun Dong Ho and the other boys dropped out of this place. I couldn't remember his name, but probably the boy in that group, who had a crush on Lee Mina, had a hard time dealing with his feelings; therefore, the boys reacted considerately for his friend and left this school.

Lost in reminiscence for a moment, I raised my head again. There was still half an hour left until the end of the self-studying session. Since there were only thirty minutes left, those who weren't at their seats like Yoon Jung In were chit chatting loudly here and there, but they didn't make it hard to concentrate. Besides, I was almost used to this atmosphere after going to this cram school for a month.

Within ten minutes, I would finish solving these mock test questions. Then, I would take a break while listening to some music. With those thoughts in mind, I suddenly noticed that it got quiet beside me. I turned my head and gasped shortly at what I beheld.

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