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Part - 7

AFTER TWO WEEKS

Haejin

The memory of yesterday still lingered in my mind as I sat at the breakfast table, absentmindedly stirring my coffee.

[Yesterday]

I had finished my classes early and decided to head to the library as always. As I walked past a nearby café, I saw a bus stopping by and it was not a new thing everyday the bus stops by but my steps halted when I spotted Mina stepping off the bus.

In the distance I spotted Jungkook and it looked like Jungkook was waiting for her.

The moment she approached him he pulled her into a tight hug. They looked so comfortable, so familiar with each other. My heart clenched unexpectedly.

I shouldn't feel this way.

I wasn't his girlfriend.

We weren't anything.

But no matter how much I tried to push the thought away, a painful lump formed in my throat. Why was I feeling this?

Had I been foolish to think I was special to him? To believe—even for a second—that I meant something more than just a passing amusement?

I blinked rapidly, but the tears betrayed me, slipping down my cheeks as I turned away and walked off.

I didn't want to acknowledge it, but the truth was clear. I had started to like him.

But I couldn't afford to.

I had university entrance exams coming up. My future was at stake. I needed to stay focused.

[Present Day]

With a sigh, I pushed away my half-eaten breakfast and got ready for the day. Everything, every single thing made me annoyed and mad.

At university, Jungkook greeted me as usual, but I ignored him, heading straight to class.

Jungkook's POV

I arrived at school earlier than usual.

Yesterday was Mina's birthday. She had invited me to her party, but I turned her down.

Instead, she asked if we could meet earlier in the day, and since I was heading to the library anyway, I agreed.

My original plan was to got NEET her at the cafe and leave as quickly as possible to spend more time with Haejin at the library.

Mina and I met at a nearby café, where she told me she'd be moving to Australia soon because of her father's business expansion.

I wasn't particularly sad. I never had real feelings for her. She was the one who pursued me, and being the easygoing guy that I was, I agreed to be with her for a while, I didn't expected her to be attached to me.

Somewhere along the way, she assumed I liked her back. I never corrected her. But the truth was, I had barely even remembered we were dating.

As I hugged her goodbye, my eyes caught a familiar silhouette in the distance—a small, delicate frame moving hurriedly away. She was wearing a floral dress. The same one I had seen on Haejin before.

But it couldn't be her.

She never came to the library that early.

I brushed the thought aside and waited for her at the library. An hour passed. She never showed up.

For the first time, I wished I had her number.

The next morning, I saw her walk into the classroom. She looked exhausted. Her eyes were slightly swollen, as if she had been crying.

I greeted her, but she walked right past me.

Okay. That was weird.

I took my usual seat beside her and leaned in slightly. "Hey, you didn't come to the library yesterday."

Without looking up from her textbook, she answered flatly, "I had a minor headache."

I nodded, though something about her tone didn't sit right with me.

"You could have told me," I said, trying to keep my voice light. "I sat there waiting for an hour."

She finally looked at me—her eyes filled with something sharp.

"I never asked you to wait for me." She replied, annoyed. Her words came out cold.

"You go there on your own every day, so it's not my responsibility to inform you whether I'll be there or not. It was your choice to wait." She added.

"Ouch, did I do something wrong?" I asked but she looked away and didn't say a word.

For the first time since I started this stupid bet, something inside me twisted.

She wasn't just annoyed.

She was hurt.

And for reasons I couldn't quite explain Why.