Chapter 14.1 - Part 1

Chapter 14 Part 1

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“Hey, pick it up, you crazy.”

“Is that my ball, or yours?”

“You threw it.”

A quarreling voice came from out there. Soon someone came into the alley.

I was surprised for a moment because there were quite a lot of people coming to pick up the ball, but soon I stepped inside.

I saw the face of the person who was standing up after leaning down. I made eye contact with him who wore a night jumper hood.

It was Seon-jae.

“Uh, uh…” My eyes grew bigger as I looked at his face. In the meantime, Seon-jae turned his eyes away indifferently, as if he had forgotten my face completely.

Baek In-hyuk said, “Oh, I don’t know…” As he said this, he turned around and left the alley.

I groaned and lowered my head, and suddenly my body shook. Someone grabbed the hood of my coat and pulled me into a corner.

When I opened my eyes in shock, Seon-jae looked down at me with a grim face. “Long time no see.”

“Uh?”

He then grabbed my coat and started walking.

“Wait, what is it? Why are you taking her?” As one of the crowd members grabbed my arm, Seon-jae turned around.

I pulled the hood of the coat that Seon-jae was holding and he pulled me away from the person holding my arm.

“I have some work with her.”

Seon-jae, who said so, left the alley without holding my hood.

“Thanks.” I smiled as a sign of gratitude for saving me, but Seon-jae’s expression was cold.

“Neither I nor In-hyuk know you. Did you suddenly want us to pretend to know you because you were crowded in the corner alone?”

“Ah, me? That, that’s not it.”

I stuttered without knowing. Seon-jae made eye contact and turned his head.

As I came out of the alley, I saw Baek In-hyuk eating Taiyaki bread. Baek In-hyuk, who saw me being dragged by Seon-jae, opened his eyes wide with Taiyaki in his mouth.

The appearance of being dragged by Seon-jae while holding the hood was similar to the person who got caught stealing Seon-jae’s money.

“What? Why are you both coming together?”

“That’s it. Let’s go.”

Baek In-hyuk quickly took money out of his pocket, counted them, and paid the bill. He stood side by side and wiped his face.

I felt like he was looking at me with a weird expression. I frowned and glanced at Baek In-hyuk. When I met him at Seon-jae’s funeral, he pretended as if he didn’t know me.

“Well, why are you looking at me? You can’t even recognise me. Why are you looking at me?”

Baek In-hyuk looked surprised as he said, “huh?”.

“Hey, that’s so weird. When I had asked you to stop pretending that you don’t know me, you still behaved as if you didn’t know me.”

“I-I…” Baek In-hyuk glanced at Seon-jae.

“Did you hit her head?” Seon-jae and Baek In-hyuk turned their heads towards me to look at me, as if it was strange.

I got up and patted my skirt. I saw Seon-jae carrying his bag which was lying next to the goal post.

“Why didn’t you listen to me?”

“What do you mean?”

I wriggled my lips and bit them.

“Don’t take sleeping pills even if you can’t sleep.”

In other words, taking cold medicine and sleeping pills together is deadly. However, talking about the letter I had put in the drawer, made the atmosphere here awkward and strange.

On the day Seon-jae mentioned about it, the time travel to the past ended and nothing changed from the original time. That means the day had ended with complete dissatisfaction and nothing changed.

Seeing that Baek In-hyuk didn’t remember me, I was buried in time. My warning and me too…

Now that I came back to the past again, I thought I shouldn’t let it be buried in their memory this time.

“I need a gym jacket. So let’s make a deal at 6 o’clock tomorrow at Mc-Donald’s.”

Seon-jae stared at me without saying anything. While Baek In-hyuk was looking at my face and Seon-jae’s face, who was holding the ball.

“I don’t sell it.” Seon-jae said and Baek In-hyuk’s eyes darted towards me.

I hesitated and raised my index finger this time. “10,000 won?” I raised another finger. “20,000 won?”