20. Couple seats
How to get the awkward relationship back to normal.
There are many ways to do this.
There were many different ways depending on how the relationship became awkward.
If it’s not at the level of awkwardness, but close to breaking up, giving up cleanly can be good for your mental and physical health.
There’s nothing more stupid than wasting time and money on something that won’t work.
This is a quote I always keep in mind.
It’s foolish to hold onto something like that.
If something doesn’t work, you should give up and take care of your body and mind.
Fortunately, our relationship wasn’t that far.
So I chose one of the many methods that will be most familiar to us.
“······Suddenly want to go to an internet cafe?”
“Let’s go once in a while.”
That’s a PC room.
A place where people who were close to each other come out after becoming closer.
A place where people who were enemies enter and come out as more enemies.
I wonder if there are places like that just by hearing the explanation, but anyway, a place that will make our relationship smooth.
Hearing my words, Han Seo-ah frowned at her suspiciously.
“Siwoo Lee, why are you asking me to go to a PC cafe?”
“Why? You went a lot when you were in high school.”
“Last time, you said you wouldn’t go with me anymore because you didn’t want to be criticized in real life.”
“····.”
·······Um. Did I?
If you think about it closely, it seems that you said something similar.
I think she did too.
I think I got angry after being cursed at by Han Seo-ah in real life because I was not filthy.
“······Wouldn’t it be better if you cursed less?”
“Your play is like that, how can you not curse at me?”
“······It’s too much.”
“Don’t look pitiful. It’s pissing me off.”
“····.”
I think you brought up the Internet café to change the awkward relationship.
Rather than bringing the relationship back to normal, it seemed that it was only causing the opposite effect.
“You picked a grab character and you never dragged it in the beginning.”
“I’m not good at grab characters, but you told me to do it…”
“If you can’t grab a grab character in the game meta right now, is that a person?”
“····.”
Her heart ached very much.
She felt this hurt more than the smashing of her mother’s back the other day because she overslept.
Besides, what pisses me off is that there isn’t a single thing wrong with Han Seo-ah’s words.
How do I refute?
It’s true that I can’t play a grab character.
The voice that came out of her mouth naturally became depressed at the reality that could not be refuted in the slightest.
“······ Instead, the real support is good.”
“That’s true… Anyway, the current game meta means that you have to be better at grab characters than those support.”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t do that.”
“Yes. You need to feel sorry for me.”
[Did I just say too much? What if Siwoo gets hurt?]
[Hanseo, you idiot! What was she thinking when she said it so harshly…]
I think I know why I said I didn’t go to PC cafes with Han Seo-ah in the past.
If it weren’t for those sentences that started appearing just in time, I might have been really hurt.
Even if you say you can’t study or exercise, you can put up with it.
To say that I can’t play games was only possible because of Koreans’ genes that can’t stand it.
“······Anyway. Let’s just say that I can’t do that kind of thing.”
“Why don’t you just ignore that…”
“Do you want to go to the internet cafe with me?”
“····.”
“If you don’t want to go, say no. Then just go home.”
“······I never said no.”
“What is that?”
If you don’t like it, you should go.
There’s nothing like playing games to get back together after a long estranged relationship.
I made a light decision like that and glanced at Han Seo-ah’s face.
I didn’t want to go because I knew Hanseo, but I did this because I thought I might be dragging her by force.
“······What are you looking at, you idiot.”
“····.”
“Do you like it when your sister goes to the internet café with you?”
[At that time, Siwoo said she wouldn’t go to the internet cafe with me, so she was a bit sad… I didn’t know that Siwoo would ask to go first.]
[I have to work hard today and have fun with Siwoo!]
“····.”
I shouldn’t have looked at you.
My face gets hot for no reason.
Originally, it was scary to realize everything too late, and the cuteness of a childhood friend who found out later was beyond imagination.
***
The PC room that Han Seo-ah and I usually go to was fixed.
“Hello.”
“What is it, the representative couple of our PC room are here?”
It’s located 5 minutes away from my house, so I’ve been going to a PC room since I was in elementary school.
Perhaps it’s because we’ve been going since we were young, it was a PC room where the boss knew our faces.
Han Seo-ah made an expression of boredom.
“······It’s been a while. Is that the sound again?”
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“It’s nice to see you here after such a long time. What have you been doing?”
“The kid next to me said he didn’t want to come with me…”
“hahahaha. Where should we sit? We should stand.”
Seoah Han covered her mouth with her hand before she could let out her nonsense.
[I’m kissing Siwoo’s hand right now!?]
Then I regretted it.
I shouldn’t.
What was I thinking when I did that?
My face was getting hot for no reason, so I heard the internet cafe owner’s hearty laugh.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you guys.”
“····.”
No.
Until this morning, it was just awkward.
Those words seemed to come out of my mouth.
“It feels good. It’s been a while since I’ve been here, so I’ll put in your ID for 3 hours each.”
“As expected, there is only my brother.”
“Isn’t it?”
How could I say such a thing to the boss who is like the sky?
If the boss is a couple, you should be a couple.
“····.”
Of course, Han Seo-ah was looking at her as if she was pitiful.
Don’t look at me like that.
This is the sadness of a 20-year-old college student.
I have to save even this much.
I’m already stressed because I haven’t even had a part-time job lately.
Han Seo-ah, who had been staring at me for a long time, sighed deeply and said.
“······Haa. So, where should we sit?”
“As always, if you want to sit down, sit down.”
“Lee Siu. Then go over there…”
“Oh, that’s right. You guys want to sit there? There’s a new seat in our PC room.”
“······Where is it?”
Is it an illusion to feel the hesitation in Han Seo-ah’s voice?
Hesitation stemming from the thought, ‘Did I really have to say this?’
It was probably not an illusion.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
I think it’s a place where the boss hyung is talking about a place where you can be mistaken for the pink color you can see over there.
Very unfortunately.
It soon became clear that my thoughts were not different from those of Han Seo-ah.
“Hey, see that over there?”
“You’re talking about that couple seat…”
“Of course! Who else would use that other than you?”
The boss started pointing at the spot I was looking at just now.
······No, wait a minute.
These days, even couples are ashamed of seats like that, so they say they don’t use couple seats and use general seats.
Suddenly, I had this idea, and I tried to speak to the president right away.
“Wait a minute, you want me and him to sit over there?”
The words flowed out of Han Seo-ah’s mouth first, who was presumed to have similar thoughts to mine.
“You have to tell jokes that make sense.”
“Should you stand? Don’t get excited. Would you like to listen to your brother for a moment?”
“I have a 10 year age difference, but what kind of guy’s brother…”
“······Han Seo-ah, calm down.”
Stop it.
If I say more than that, the president-hyung’s mentality will be ruined.
The last time he came, he muttered that he was lonely these days.
When I stopped talking due to my physical silence, the target of Han Seo-ah’s attack was changed to me.
“Who are you to keep covering my mouth?”
“I couldn’t help it…”
“Something can’t be helped! It was part of it!”
[I already kissed Siwoo’s hand twice today.]
[What should I do? My heart is beating so fast.]
“····.”
What’s certain is that he wasn’t normal either.
Of course, there is a 10-year age difference, but the boss hyung who calls me oppa also does.
No matter how angry you are with that expression, are you thinking that kind of thing inside?
Our president, who had a shocked expression for a while, opened his mouth again.
“I mean. It’s a new system that came out a while ago. Why don’t you give it a try? This is it.”
“So, that’s ridiculous…”
“Because it feels like you guys are testing it, I’ll add an additional 5 hours to that 3 hours.”
“····.”
Han Seo-ah’s mouth immediately shuts at the words of the president that he will put in a total of 8 hours of service.
Maybe you are thinking like this.
‘8 Hours? How much money is 8 hours?’
‘Isn’t it over 10,000 won even if you can’t do it? Ten thousand won is a bit big.’
Although Han Seo-ah was more diligent than me and did a lot of part-time work.
She was just sincere ‘rather than me’ from the beginning.
Because my liking for games was similar to mine or more than that.
“······How long do we have to play over there?”
“Wouldn’t it be enough to spend about 3 hours just like when you usually came?”
“You can do it. If you do it. Let’s go, Siwoo Lee.”
“Wait a minute, I haven’t even given my opinion yet…”
“Stop talking nonsense and follow me. I need to fill the 3 hours quickly.”
“····.”
In the end, the fact that Han Seo-ah was an ordinary 20-year-old college student was the same as mine.