Gentle Forest

Chapter 107

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When will it end?

I don't know! I can't see the end.

What about nosebleeds?

Double nosebleed (￣ﾊ￣*)
It's not coming out anymore.

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Even though the sun had set and a long time had passed, the study session showed no sign of ending. I couldn't help but wonder how incompetent everyone was, still not finishing their assignments even at this late hour, and instead, holding Seowon back.

My stomach twisted as I thought that if it had been me, I would have finished the assignment long ago or sent Seowon home and finished it myself. It was a problem that didn't require a second thought, yet I found myself suffering from a headache over it for the first time in a long while.

When I felt like I had reached my limit, I drove to the address Seowon had sent me earlier. It was a neighborhood where rows of similar-looking houses lined up, nothing special about it. I parked the car under a street lamp and looked up at the second floor through the car window. I could see the light seeping out from inside through a fairly large window.

Occasionally, shadows would move around, and I could hear murmurs coming from the half-opened door crack. No wonder the assignment isn't getting done. I took the jacket to put on Seowon and finally got out of the car. In the midst of the noise, I would be happy to hear Seowon's voice, and if not, there was nothing I could do about it.

The cool breeze of early summer brushed over my skin quite coldly. I had no excuse if I got caught standing like this, so I went back into the car and turned on the laptop I had brought with me.

I had planned to write reports or something until Seowon finished the study session, but I just couldn't concentrate at all. I would write a sentence, look up at the second floor, barely read half a page of material, and repeat. I spent time closing and opening the laptop, rubbing my eyes, wiping the dust off the car, and so on.

About an hour and a half passed when suddenly the shadow moving on the second floor came closer as I looked up. Seowon, with a pencil stuck behind his ear, sat on the low windowsill, looking at the printed materials. Suddenly, as if my eye sight had improved, Seowon's figure became clear. He pressed his temples as if his eyes hurt, then opened his eyes wide and scanned the documents. I couldn't help but wonder whether I should offer to read them for him or go crazy.

Seowon and his close friends saw each other quite often. There was no need to invite them home because of Joy, so it was just a nod on the way home. The guy coming towards Seowon, squeezing his shoulder, is no stranger to him, so he must be Justin.

Seowon, unaware of my presence, happily met Justin's gaze without even batting his hand away. They looked at the printouts together, drew lines with the pencil stuck behind their ears, and exchanged conversations. Until then, I had stiffened my face coldly because of the touch of Justin's hand on Seowon's body.

"Haa..."

At times like this, it felt like I couldn't end the terrible unrequited love. Although Seowon loved me enough, it was sometimes difficult to control the simmering jealousy. I had developed some skill in hiding it, but I hadn't completely rid myself of jealousy. Even if a passing dog glanced at Seowon, my heart fluttered and felt suffocated. Justin being a person, there was no need to say more.

I felt like I should call or something to make him remove his hand, but someone must have called him as the hand that had been lingering all along dropped away. Seowon, with an oblivious expression as if he didn't even realize the guy's hand had touched him, drew lines with his pencil again. His innocent face was utterly clueless contemplating what was difficult looking at the paper.