198 – Entangled – 3
Quiet time passed.
It was a quiet and spacious space that was perfect for enjoying a hot spring, but I didn’t feel at all comfortable.
Because beyond the rock where I was hiding, they started an unknown conversation.
“I know.”
Seo-ah’s voice rang out with an echo.
We all know that Haruna and I are lovers.
What on earth did Haruna mean by emphasizing such an open relationship?
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I don’t know the details, but she seemed to know for sure that what happened at the ski resort today was the cause.
“So?”
I’m sure those two people aren’t fighting or arguing here.
I thought about what might happen, but I quit.
You might not know Seo-ah, but Haruna is not that kind of personality at all.
I’ve seen her get upset or run away, but I’ve never seen her look angry or wave her hands with a straight face.
And I believed that it was her nature.
She is that kind of person by nature. She is a kind-hearted and kind person.
“I want to hear an apology from you.”
A stern voice that one cannot believe would come from such a Haruna.
Her heart was pounding.
I don’t know if it’s because I soaked deeply in the hot springs or because of the conversation I heard.
“Why should I apologize?”
I’d like to, but I guess we’re not really fighting.
Seo-ah’s childish questions felt like they were starting a fight, so I watched them with a nervous feeling.
Haruna and Seo-ah did not make any movement.
“It’s rude to touch someone else’s boyfriend.”
“Isn’t it rude to keep holding on to something I can’t give you?”
Haruna didn’t say anything.
I also had to spend a lot of time figuring out what that meant.
“I was just annoyed by your greed. So I took a stab at it.”
Haruna’s greed? What on earth did Seo-ah mean by that expression?
I have never indulged her greed for a day.
She always had the personality to take a step back and give in and be considerate to others.
“Other sisters probably thought the same thing. Only because they are so close to her older sister. “I had no choice but to hang out.”
Everyone suited Haruna’s greed.
And what they were unable to convey, Seo-ah took over.
I desperately racked my brain.
What Haruna wanted. What was forced upon us.
Ah….
At that time, I remembered one thing. A wish that Haruna often told me. Although I never thought of it as greed.
– I like it now. –
-Now that I am close friends with everyone and even go on dates with her boyfriend every weekend. –
– I like our current relationship. I don’t want to break it. –
Haruna cried out with all her earnestness, as if making her wish to her star.
I was the one listening to it.
“We are all putting up with it because of your greed. “Do you know?”
Please note. That expression sounded too harsh.
“Do you want Akira Shiraishi and Eri Takase to stay by your side forever?”
“I…” Something like that….”
When the name was mentioned, Haruna began to stammer and deny it.
“Do you want that friendship to continue?”
Yes. That was what Haruna had hoped for.
“Then please let Minsu go. “It’s a matter of only one of us being left out.”
“Yuko-chan… !”
I heard the sound of water splashing.
I looked up in surprise, but all I saw was Haruna standing up from her seat.
“Yuko… Chan….”
Haruna couldn’t speak until the end.
Seo Ah calmly put the name in her mouth as if concluding her story.
“If it weren’t for Kim Min-soo, we could all get along without having to feel jealous or distressed.”
If it weren’t for me. That was the right conclusion.
Except for how I feel as an individual or how I can indiscriminately leave a group. The conclusion Seo-ah reached sounded extremely reasonable.
“That kind of thing…” Can not….”
Haruna’s voice was trembling.
“So you are greedy.”
Haruna’s greed.
Did she hope for a lot?
Did this situation come about because she wanted something that no one else could achieve?
“Love and friendship. “There’s no way you can have both, right?”
Seo-ah calmly struck the center of the subtle atmosphere that flowed between us.
“There’s no way you didn’t know that Eri and Akira were actually feeling heartache while looking at you and Minsu.”
“……… ….”
Haruna never bothered anyone or forced her own desires, she was always considerate and stood back, showing only her kind side… Maybe that’s just my imagination. It seemed like she needed to change her mind.
“How is it? Is she still able to maintain that shamelessness? “Apologise?”
If it weren’t for this place and timing, I would have wanted to jump out a long time ago.
I wanted to stop Seo-ah and tell her to stop harassing Haruna.
But when I think about it again, even if this isn’t a hot spring… I felt like I couldn’t get out.
“…… “Black.”
If Haruna is greedy, then I am too.
A greedy man who is the lover of a greedy man.
Haruna left the hot springs, swallowing her cries, but she was the same sinner she could not hold on to.
“Whoa…” .”
The sound of Seo-ah’s deep breathing dispersed with the dawn air.
“Bad girl.”
I couldn’t possibly think that those words were referring to someone else.
Seo-ah, who was watching, was also trying to hide her self-reproachful expression by covering her face with both hands.
Without mentioning anyone.
It’s as if she doesn’t want to reveal those feelings to herself.
She covered her face and took a deep breath.
I left Seo-ah behind her and looked blankly at the night sky.
Was what Haruna wanted so much?
I’m sure I too would have hoped for the days when I could be friendly with everyone.
Why do they tell us to split after all crises have been overcome? I couldn’t figure it out.
And I still wanted to deny it.
***
It was morning.
I couldn’t sleep for a few hours, but I woke up rubbing my eyes and had a meal with everyone.
Maybe the reason the meal was unusually quiet was because it was morning. I wanted to believe that.
“There are still a couple of hours left until check-out. “What are you all going to do?”
When Yuuki asked, senior Takase spoke while sipping tea.
“I want to walk quietly around here for a while. “I found some nice scenery.”
“I see. “I was thinking of going skiing one more time.”
Yuki, who couldn’t even ski, muttered calmly and seemed intent on doing what she did yesterday one more time.
“Oh my. “You mean nice scenery?”
“It’s just a light climb along the mountain. “Because I want to enjoy the view from above.”
“That would be great. “Can I come with you?”
“Of course.”
Are Shiraishi and Takase-senpai taking a walk?
Haruna, who continued eating in silence, only showed a taciturn appearance while holding her teacup.
“Haru-chan?”
“Oh, yes…” !”
“I have no energy since morning. “Are you sure you were listening to me?”
“You mean this town’s specialty? Of course I should buy it… !”
“Haru-chan….”
Even so, Haruna was embarrassed when she saw Yuuki’s sad expression. What should I do.
I didn’t want to do anything in particular and just wanted to rest quietly in my room.
“I ski.”
“Oh~ Yuuko. “Then shall I go with you?”
“I absolutely hate it. “Go away from me.”
“Eh….”
Haruna, listening to their conversation and understanding the topic, smiled bitterly.
“Well, should I just take a walk around here…?” .”
When Yuuki expressed her intention to stay at the inn because she wanted to rest, she clicked her tongue.
“A boring guy.”
“It’s noisy. “Leave it alone.”
“It’s good anyway.”
Yuki said as he got up.
“Then each person acts separately? “It feels a bit like that for some reason.”
“……… ….”
For some reason, it feels a bit like that.
It didn’t mean anything, but after everyone dispersed and I was left alone in the room, I kept thinking about that expression.
“For some reason, it’s a bit like that….”
I scratch the back of my neck.
Wasn’t it a good choice to remain alone?
I was just avoiding it.
After overhearing their conversation early yesterday morning, I didn’t know how to react, so I just ran away.
I can’t be with Takase-senpai or Shiraishi either.
Yuko was the same.
Because to them, I was just as greedy as Haruna.
In other words, is this a selfish perpetrator? Violation of emotions.
How did Haruna accept it? Are you just as confused as me?
“Ah… ….”
That’s right. Now I’m alone for a day.
She is a perpetrator just like me.
Then, rather than worrying about it alone, how about finding a way to solve this greed together with her?
No solution came to mind, at least to me.
I could move as much as I wanted to find a way to rescue the heroine from the evil man, but I couldn’t move an inch as to what to do here.
In that case, we have no choice but to put our heads together.
Just like I asked Seo-ah for help. Like Haruna.
I left the inn and made a phone call.
Then, she moved her body following the voice Haruna heard.
One day, while I was sitting on a bench in the park, she slightly moved her body when she saw me.
I gently place her body in the empty space she gave me.
“…… “It must be cold.”
One day, I took off her scarf from around her neck and wrapped it around me.
I wondered what she was going to do, but she wrapped it around her neck as well, realizing a couple’s love affair that was difficult to see with the eyes of a third party.
“Ehehehe… Couple scarf.”
“I’m sorry.”
Of course, since I was a party to that couple, I couldn’t complain.
Rather, I was even feeling the pleasant warmth of her temperature.
“Haruna. “What were you doing here?”
I couldn’t help but ask. Even if the scarf comes off.
“Just. “I was thinking about it.”
“……… ….”
Snow was piled up on the bare, dry tree branches.
Haru held both of my hands together with her gloved hand and rubbed them as if trying to start a fire.
“Can I ask what she was thinking?”
It starts from here.
Even if she lets go of my hand. I can’t help but ask.
Haruna turned her head and looked at me sitting right next to her.
“Yesterday….”
“……… ….”
Yesterday. I urge the next step with a clueless expression.
“Were you listening?”
Of course, it had no meaning.
Even though she knew, her actions of sharing her scarf and biting my hands with her gloved hands and asking questions felt very fleeting.