Life, Once Again!

ating all the way over to them.
“Friend?” “No, senior.” “That’s surprising.
I thought Woosung High would be strict.” “She’s just like that.
She’s always radiating with energy.
Kind of gets tiring.” “Oh, I get that feeling.” Yoojin seemed to have a similar senior back at her school.
“You should go first.
I’ll follow you later.” “Yeah.
Have fun on your date! Don’t be late!” Yoonjung turned around with a wink, the other kids turned away as well.
Daemyung was even dragging away Dojin himself.
“Why isn’t she coming, though?” Yoojin blurted.
“Who?” Yoojin looked around for a few seconds before pointing somewhere beyond Maru’s shoulder.
“There she is.” Maru looked back.
There was a girl running towards the two of them, passing the club members on her way.
It was her.
She was wearing the hat he gifted her at Myungdong.
“Must feel nice having your girlfriend here,” poking Maru at his side.
Maru grinned, which made Yoojin frown a little.
She must’ve wanted to see his surprised reaction.
“What the, that’s no fun.” “Don’t tease her so much.
She gets mad surprisingly easily.” “Oh? Got any proof of that?” “I can tell just by looking at your face.” “…I have nothing to say to that.” She gestured at Maru to leave, so he started walking towards her.
Maru could see Dojin and Daemyung’s eyes start to widen as she ran over.
Ahh, Maru was going to be bombarded with questions later.
Dojin was already mouthing words at him.
“What’s up?” Maru asked.
“What, I can’t come over?” She handed him something with a little pout, it was hand warmer.
The kind that generated heat if you shook it.
“Cold, isn’t it?” “Not very.” He still took the hand warmer gladly, his hands were starting to warm up.
“Did you watch the play?” “Yeah.” “That’s embarrassing.” It really was embarrassing.
He was fine with other people watching him act, but knowing she was watching made him feel embarrassed.
Where was she watching him from? Could she look at him well? What did she think? “You were good.” She was curt with her opinions, as always.
She sounded a little bit nervous, though.
What was up with that? “By the way…” She opened her mouth before Maru even finished talking.
“Our play is at 11am next Sunday.” “I know.” “Come watch.
Promise me.
I’ll… do well, too.” She was burning with passion, for some reason.
Was it because of him? She grabbed Yoojin’s hand before walking off to the other side.
“You should get going.
Your friends are waiting for you.” “…Yeah.” Maru pocketed the hand warmer before walking towards his club.
After a few steps, he turned to look back.
She was walking back to the hall with Yoojin.
He didn’t know how to explain it, but he didn’t feel too bad about what just happened.
Well, that was enough.
He took out his phone as he watched Dojin walk towards him with a massive frown.
He quickly sent a message.

* * * [Thank you for coming to watch.] It was from Maru.
“What the, that was Maru, wasn’t it?” “Yeah.” “What did he say?” “He said thank you.” She showed Yoojin her phone before putting it back in her bag.
“You should’ve kissed him.” “What?” “Be honest with me.
How far did you go?” “You…” “That’s… Pft, you guys are still just holding hands, aren’t you?” Yoojin immediately smiled, telling her it was just a joke.
“Why were you being so cold to him, by the way?” “Me?” Cold? She didn’t think she was being so cold to him.
“You cut him off after you said what you wanted.” “Oh, that.” She turned back to look at Maru.
She wanted to congratulate him, but the first thing she thought of when she saw Maru was the stage.
He grabbed everyone’s attention.
Just thinking that far suddenly made her feel competitive.
She liked him, but their relationship and acting were two different things.
This was the first time she ever caught herself staring dumbly at a person her age.
She felt happy at seeing something new and she also felt a little jealous of Maru.
She would’ve felt Maru was just amazing if she didn’t even know him.
Indeed, the tall kid back there was amazing.
She felt nothing more, nothing less.
But since she knew Maru well, she started feeling a bit more competitive.
She didn’t really want to win, per se.
It was more that… “It feels like I’m falling behind.” “Behind? In what?” “…No, it’s nothing.” The boy who likes acting, it would be fun to be on stage with someone like him.
But if the boy was that much better than her, then… Could she really say she would be standing on stage with him? “Hey, where are you going?!” Yoojin shouted at her when she started speedwalking.
She responded with a small frown on her face.
“Practice.” “What?” “I need to practice.” “Why, all of the sudden?” “I want to stand beside him.” “Beside him?” Yoojin smiled in understanding after a few seconds.
“Wow, you’re too cute.” The girl pinched her cheek.
She tried to push Yoojin away with a pout, but the girl kept chasing after her.
“You’re head over heels for him, aren’t you?” “No, I’m not!” “Liar.” Yoojin started dragging her towards the hall.
“Where are you taking me?” “Mom.
You have time, right?” “Practice…” “Experience is practice, too.
I’m gonna go on a date with mom, so come with me.” “What?” “Don’t feel so pressured.
My mom is… kind of like me.
Worse, actually.
She’ll love you.” “W-wait.” She tried to resist, but Yoojin was too insistent.
In the end, she was dragged all the way to the hall.

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