82 – Episode 82 – The wrong meeting
“Are you coming?”
“Uh… Hearing his voice, he seems to be in a bad condition, but he said he’ll come anyway?”
“Wow… It’s been a while since I’ve seen you!”
“So! How long has this been!”
There were three men and two women at the party. A total of five people.
The faces of the three men lit up when they heard that Ari was coming.
If you were to pick the most popular person in the Department of Business Administration at Korea University, the name that comes out first is definitely Seol-Ari.
Most of the male students who are close with Ari have had the experience of liking her at least once, and these three men were no different.
In the reverse world, beautiful women are treated much better than handsome men. Except for Sung Yuhan.
He is in a position where he has no choice but to gain popularity, but Ari is in a special position because of his unique serious personality and a personality that makes it fun to be with him.
A person like the department’s idol. All the men in this room were excited about her coming.
but.
Everyone who saw Ari staggered into the bar in a taxi.
I was overcome with panic.
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Confusion subsided more easily than expected.
Although that person with a serious personality appeared wearing dyed hair, piercings, and disheveled clothes.
Her expression looked quite distressed to make a fuss.
‘boy friend? ah… … I broke up with him… … ?’
The men remembered what Ari had said earlier.
They thought maybe Ari had changed like this because of the shock of the breakup.
They knew that it was a bit of a strange reasoning, but since there was no good reason for Ari to change like that, they decided to believe it.
Ari was already quite drunk, but he came here and started drinking more.
Other men offered to comfort her, pouring alcohol at will, and Ari, who wanted to get even more drunk, had no desire to refuse the drink.
How much time had passed like that. Maybe it wasn’t that long ago.
“Hey, Seol-ari, you’re really drunk. Stop drinking now! Hey, you guys stop drinking to Ari, too.”
“Huh…? Ah, I was a bit drunk…”
“What’s wrong! Arya, go home first. If you’re late, you’ll be in big trouble.”
“It’s a girl, but what’s up…. Just a little more…”
“Even women are dangerous these days. Can you take a taxi?”
“Taejuek…… poetry?”
“He really tasted it.”
Ari was completely intoxicated.
Everyone in the room agreed on the idea of letting Ari go home.
Each of the men was thinking of taking her to his room. Even in the reverse world, a woman of about Ari was bound to become an object of infatuation.
But everyone decided to take a step back.
Because the goalkeeper is gone anyway. Because my boyfriend like that is gone.
Everyone is. I decided that the opportunity would come back to me for sure.
“Hey, Seolari. Unlock your phone number.”
“Uh…here…”
“Wow. I can’t believe the day will come when Seolari will manage her personal information like this.”
Ari’s friend Yuhana took Ari’s cell phone and started looking for his contact information.
Even if I sent it in a taxi, it didn’t seem like it would arrive intact.
I decided that it would be right to contact my family, and I also decided that it would be better to contact my younger brother than to my parents.
It was already close to night, so calling an adult bothered me, and I thought that if I called my younger brother, whether my parents would pick me up or leave me alone, it would work out somehow.
“Yu……Han? Hey, is Ari’s brother’s name Yuhan right? It says ‘Yuhan’ here.”
“I remember going in, hehehe… but, well, wouldn’t that be right? Ari saved it under her name and there are other people to play with besides her boyfriend, besides her younger brother? Since her boyfriend’s name is Lee Jun-hyeok, he must be her younger sister.”
“Is that right?”
A few minutes before the call ringtone rings. The call was connected right away.
The voice coming through the cell phone was that of a man with a low, dreary voice that felt too sensual to be called a younger brother.
“…… ari?”
“Ah. Hello! You’re Ari’s younger sister, right? These are our Ari friends. Ari has been drinking too much and can’t move, so I was wondering if anyone could come and pick me up!”
“Yes? Ah, um… Where is your current location?”
After passing the information like that, the short phone call ended.
The other people were still in pretty good condition to end the drinking party, so everyone started drinking again to lighten the mood.
After about 15 more minutes passed like that.
The appearance of a man.
It took the atmosphere down to the bottom.
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He wouldn’t be a kid who drinks that much.
I thought so when I arrived at the downtown area where Ari was and looked for a bar.
My current outfit is the gray T-shirt I bought when preparing for the cosplay and the jeans I always wear.
In one hand, he is holding a cardigan for Ari to wear.
Early summer nights can feel quite cold.
Actually, I’m just pretending to be considerate with the cardigan Ari left at my house.
As I was walking with my right hand in my pocket, eyes flew from here and there.
Most of the eyes are on drunk women. To be honest, looking at those faces doesn’t make me happy… … Well, that’s what it should be. Isn’t this a gender reversal?
In front of me, I see a signboard with the name of the pub I heard about earlier.
There must be Ari in me.
I’ve never seen a moderately drunk Ari, but I’ve never seen one so drunk that I can’t control my body. It’s not a scene you can easily see in the first place.
When that cold face is released, there is an anticipation of how cute it will be.
Refusing the request of the people picking up the number, ignoring the flirtation to have a drink together.
I arrived in front of the bar.
If you peek through the window, you can see a table with college students gathered that looks like Ari is there.
There is nothing to wait for.
I pushed the side door open and moved into the bar.
hmm.
the pub.
hmm.
no.
Why are you suddenly so quiet?
It is embarrassing because the eyes are gathered like this.
sh*t. I feel like I ruined the atmosphere when everyone else was playing.
Still, ignoring their gaze is quite familiar now.
I moved to the table where I could see Ari’s figure in the distance.
When I arrived, everyone at the table was frozen.
I hear the voice I heard on the phone earlier.
“That, that… uh, what happened here…?”
“I came to pick up Ari…”
“Ah, are you Ari’s younger brother…?”
“No, well, um. Just.”
hmm. What are we?
I have no intention of calling you a friend.
Since they are lovers, they haven’t gone through the confession process yet.
Colleagues broadcasting? Would I say such a thing without going crazy?
He lifted the upper body of Ari, who was lying on the desk, and said while putting on a cardigan.
“Just. Close. A little too close.”
I’m going to die because I like people because they make me smile with them. Look at that terrified expression.
just ignored That’s what this face does.
When I look at Ari, he is staring blankly at my face with a dreamy expression.
He took out a few tissues and wiped the alcohol from Ari’s face.
Why did he come all the way here wearing these clothes? If you look down, you can see a short-sleeved T-shirt that shows off your underwear.
My heart skips a beat when I see someone who wears only clothes that cover a lot of their bodies every day.
I pulled a loosely-fitted cardigan to cover the front a little.
I don’t want to show more of this to those men who are staring at me right in front of me with shocked expressions.
“New Han…?”
Newhan is someone else.
Ari calls my name with a twisted tongue. Seeing that he is smiling, it seems that he has not properly grasped the situation yet.
Do you know it’s a dream?
Well, it doesn’t matter anyway.
He grabbed Ari by the shoulder and pulled him up.
Ari surrendered to me as if she had lost her strength.
Now it has become a real hug pose.
Touching a drunk person’s body is a little strong stimulation for me, but it is inevitable.
I took Ari’s phone and wallet, hugged Ari’s arm, and greeted everyone at the table.
I didn’t forget the smile. My smile may look strange, but it’s simple courtesy.
“Then let’s go in… play and then go in.”
“I’m going…”
Ari smiled and bid them farewell.
Still in a drowsy look, still in a drunken voice.
So we got out of the bar.
No sound came from the table until I left.
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When Ari came to a bar in the downtown area, Lee Jun-hyeok was also drinking at another bar nearby.
The faces of the two men sitting across from Lee Jun-hyeok didn’t look too good.
Lee Jun-hyeok contacted me for a drink with a low tension voice for some reason, so I came out to see what was going on, and he told me that he had broken up with his girlfriend with whom he was getting along so well.
There is a degree of consolation for him.
They were not very happy with this situation where they sat for hours lamenting their lives.
Lee Jun-hyeok was only talking about himself to the extent that the word “emotional trash can” came to mind.
Of course, they also tried to suppress their feelings when they said that this happened to a close friend.
This endless lamentation was hard to listen to at all.
“Junhyuk, you’re really drunk. Wouldn’t it be better to go in now?”
“So. I’ll catch you after that. I’ll call you a taxi.”
“You don’t have to worry… I can stay longer… Listen to me.”
He was usually a kind friend, and even if he didn’t notice, it wasn’t a big problem.
Listening to the story, no matter how you look at it, Lee Jun-hyeok’s problems seemed to be the cause of the breakup, and his words and actions, which seemed to subtly avoid responsibility, were uncomfortable for a third party to hear.
The two other men in this room are somewhat acquainted with Ari and know her character well.
I have a rough idea of how the relationship between these two is going.
A woman of that level cared only for Lee Jun-hyeok so much, but it felt quite pathetic to them that they had missed such a person and that they were still doing this here.
A few dozen minutes passed like that again.
“Hey, let’s go home now. Junhyeok will call you a taxi so take it.”
“Huh…? I can still drink more…”
“Because you’re so drunk? Then I’m going to have an accident! Now go home and take care of yourself!”
“Yes, Junhyeok, if you drink more here, it will only get harder for you.”
“I still have something to say…”
“I’ll listen to you next time. Let’s go in today.”
The drinking party finally came to an end.
Three men out into the street.
Two men supported Lee Jun-hyeok in the middle and moved to a place where they could catch a taxi.
The gaze flies little by little, but it can be said that this is an extremely normal reaction in a downtown area like this.
Lee Jun-hyeok, who is in the middle, keeps calling Ari by name, but no one responds to him.
I’m just quietly moving my steps.
I’ve been walking slowly for a few minutes like that.
I saw two people walking out of the alley in front of me.
“……uh?”
The three voices overlapped.
The voice everyone was equally surprised by.
All three men are looking at the same place with surprised expressions.
However, only Lee Jun-hyeok’s expression soon began to change strangely.
“Ah… is it Lee?”
In an atmosphere where the noise around you seems to be blocked.
Only Lee Jun-hyeok’s voice called the name of the woman a few steps ahead of him.
Lee Jun-hyeok was not sure.
Although it’s been quite a while since I last saw her.
the woman in front of him.
To say that she was the same person he thought he was, there was a great sense of disparity.
Not the typical jet-black hair, but silvery hair.
The long straight hair I’ve always seen is correct, but the ponytail I’ve never seen before.
Ear piercings exposed.
Ari, whom Lee Jun-hyeok knew, was a person who stopped drinking as soon as she felt drunk, but the woman in front of her was completely drunk and had a hard time controlling herself.
The Ari Lee Jun-hyeok knew was not a person who wore short sleeves that showed through her underwear. Didn’t Ari want to show a perfect appearance everywhere?
From nob le mt l. co m
Junhyeok Lee.
The disheveled woman standing right in front of me prayed that it wasn’t Ari.
He wished that he was a perfect stranger he did not know.
Lee Jun-hyeok’s body began to tremble with unknown fear.
And the moment he sensed someone’s coppery hand wrapped around Ahri’s arm.
“Ah… Lee Junhyeok…?”
from her mouth.
The name I didn’t want to come out came out.
of course.
What shock will Lee Jun-hyeok, who has not yet seen the man next to him, feel in the future?
It couldn’t compare to the shock I felt when I saw Ari’s change.