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Chapter 53: Shaky Bridge
As always, it was a bright and sunny day.
The sky, without a single cloud, shone brightly over the world, and the slightly warm yet still spring-like weather brought a refreshing feeling.
The midday air, neither too humid nor too dry, seemed to awaken the drowsy mind.
Of course, someone like Se-won would frown at this weather, finding it too hot.
But for Eunbyeol, who ran around even in the summer, this warmth was quite welcome.
She looked up at the clear sky and then sighed.
"Phew..."
The sigh that left her chest dissipated into the air.
The sky was clear and beautiful, but for some reason, her heart felt stifled.
Her daily life was as comfortable and enjoyable as ever, but she felt like nothing was truly resolved.
This subtle sense of disconnect was making her mood worse.
In fact, she knew very well where this stifling feeling came from.
It was because of Se-won. It was the emotion she felt because of him.
It had already been over three weeks since they last drank together and parted ways.
The season had shifted from spring to summer, the flowers had bloomed and fallen, and the trees were lush with leaves.
It was enough time to capture most of the vibrancy of a season, but unfortunately, she hadn't spent any special time with him during that period.
They only met during the limited break times at school.
The conversations they could have during those brief moments were nothing special.
"How was your day... Did you do well...?" were the extent of their talks.
She was using that time to prevent their relationship from becoming awkward, but it was difficult to make any further progress.
She scratched her head.
"Ugh, why does he always refuse?"
Honestly, if she asked him to hang out this many times, he could at least agree once.
Three weeks ago, they drank together several times, but suddenly he started refusing... Honestly, she couldn't understand why.
Of course, Se-won had politely refused, saying he was busy.
But words can be interpreted differently depending on the listener. Even the same words can be distorted in meaning.
From Se-won's perspective, he might have genuinely been busy and refused, but to her, it just sounded like an excuse.
She tried to believe his words, but she couldn't help feeling doubtful.
Negative thoughts began to surface from the depths of her mind...
Just as she was scratching her head in thought, someone next to her spoke up.
"Well, it's probably because he's lost interest in you, dummy."
It was Yoo Boram.
She had been silently smoking beside her and finally opened her mouth.
Eunbyeol turned her gaze to look at her. She saw eyes full of mischief and a smirk on her lips.
The intention behind her words was obvious. She was teasing her.
Eunbyeol glared at Boram with a cold look.
Here she was, feeling so troubled, and her friend was teasing her like that. She felt like slapping that smug face of hers right away.
Honestly, she had been quite annoyed with this girl lately. She put on a cold voice, pretending to be calm, and spoke to Boram.
"Hey, stop butting in."
"Oh? What are you talking about?"
"When I'm talking to my senior, stop butting in."
Even the little time they had to talk was being interrupted by people, and the conversation kept getting derailed.
Whenever she tried to talk, the noise around them drowned out their voices, making it difficult in many ways.
So she had told her that, but...
"I don't wanna~ I'm gonna get closer to Senior Se-won too~."
Yoo Boram just smiled and teased her. Seeing that, Eunbyeol sighed inwardly.
Tsk, she's not even listening. Honestly, it was the reaction she expected, so she wasn't particularly disappointed.
Then, after a moment, Yoo Boram casually said,
"But don't worry. Senior Se-won seems to dislike us."
Eunbyeol tilted her head.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well... every time we gather around, Senior Se-won frowns. His expression is almost always blank. It's obvious he's uncomfortable."
Yoo Boram scratched her head as if she was reluctant to say this. Seeing that, Eunbyeol tilted her head for a moment, wondering what she was talking about, then shortly nodded. She understood what she meant.
"Ah..."
So that's how he felt... No wonder he didn't talk much even when he joined the conversation.
That's how he felt.
Senior Se-won found them unpleasant.
Normally, if someone felt that way, they would naturally distance themselves, but Yoo Boram was still approaching him. It was hard to tell if she was determined or just shameless.
For now, Eunbyeol decided to deny her words.
"That's probably not it?"
She could be sure of this.
He wasn't the kind of person who would hate someone without a reason.
Hearing that, Yoo Boram tilted her head again and asked,
"Huh? He always looks blank when we approach him. He even frowns."
"That's probably... just because he's awkward. And he's not frowning, he just has that kind of eye shape."
Others might not notice the difference, but she, who had talked with him the most, could tell.
Those subtle differences were something she could notice.
Se-won wasn't frowning because he disliked them. In reality, he just had sharp eyes, and he often made expressions on his face simply because he was awkward.
Despite his sharp appearance, he was actually quite timid. It was something she had learned over the past few weeks.
Contrary to his cold and stern appearance, he was quite affectionate, cheerful, and surprisingly shy.
She still remembered it.
The first time she approached him, how he stuttered and acted around her. That flustered expression, contrary to his sharp eyes, was quite impressive.
That unfamiliar sight, contrary to his appearance that seemed like he would snap at any moment, was still vividly etched in her mind. Just thinking about it made her smile.
"Hey, what's up? Why are you suddenly grinning like that?"
And Yoo Boram, who had noticed that expression like a ghost, asked. There was a question in Boram's eyes.
Seeing that, Eunbyeol quickly changed her expression.
No, she couldn't let her realize that she was smiling while thinking about him. If she got caught in that radar, she would surely be teased relentlessly.
Yoo Boram was quite mischievous. If she got caught, it would be tiring.
To distract her, she quickly changed the subject.
"Hey, never mind that, help me out a bit. I haven't made any progress lately."
This was also a request half-filled with sincerity. It was true that she had been stuck lately.
It was a moment when she needed a new method. She asked her if she could get any advice.
"Hey, damn it. Why should I help you when there's 50,000 won at stake?"
Of course, Yoo Boram refused. From her perspective, there was no reason to help.
There was no need to take the risk and do something disadvantageous to herself.
But, Eunbyeol had a trump card.
"Ah, just help me a bit. Don't you always win no matter what you do? Are you scared?"
It was the word 'scared?' that she had learned from Se-won. A technique that could manipulate everyone's emotions.
This word had a magic that could boost the listener's motivation.
"Ugh..."
Sure enough, it seemed that even she couldn't do anything about this magic, as she let out a groan with a frustrated expression.
After a while, Boram, who had been thinking for a moment, made this suggestion with a playful look.
"Ah, then how about this? Let's deliberately threaten Senior Se-won."
Hearing that, Eunbyeol screamed.
"What? Are you crazy?!"
This crazy girl, when I asked for advice, she's trying to use it to ruin our relationship!
It was out of the question. Not only would her bet money fly away, but the relationship she had carefully built might also fall apart.
Yeah, I must have been crazy to ask her. Eunbyeol shook her head and was about to turn her gaze away.
But Yoo Boram opened her mouth faster than that.
"No, no, listen."
She continued, waving her hand.
"Have you heard of the shaky bridge effect?"
"I've heard of it."
It was a theory that said attraction increases more when meeting someone of the opposite sex on a shaky bridge rather than a stable one.
The theory was that the anxiety caused by the situation and the resulting physical changes were mistakenly attributed to the other person.
It was a quite famous theory, so Eunbyeol had also heard of it at least once.
"We're going to use that."
Eunbyeol listened silently to what Yoo Boram was saying for the time being.
Her overall plan was like this.
First, gather her friends and have them act like delinquents.
Then, use those friends turned delinquents to threaten Se-won.
Do you have money? You're quite handsome, aren't you? They would psychologically pressure him endlessly like this.
And when Se-won was terrified, ta-da! Eunbyeol would appear.
And then, thump! thump! pow! She would beat up the delinquents and save Se-won.
Then, Se-won, soaked in anxiety, would fall for Eunbyeol—this was the scenario.
Surprisingly, Yoo Boram even uttered all those onomatopoeias with her own mouth.
After hearing the entire plan, Eunbyeol smiled.
"Huh."
It was a hollow laugh.
A sigh of another kind that came out because it was absurd.
'Is she crazy?'
What did I just hear? Does she really think something like that would work?
It's not like some old-fashioned era, such a messy and insincere plot. It's a situation where coincidence is disguised as another coincidence, and the plausibility is terrible.
Not only is it insincere, but he, who is quite perceptive, would surely notice.
So, Eunbyeol was definitely going to refuse. She was going to scold her, saying what nonsense is this.
But before that, someone else intervened faster.
"What are you talking about?"
A man with a kind and handsome impression, Han Ho-cheol, approached them with a smile.
In response to his question, Yoo Boram opened her mouth with a smirk.
"It's about..."
After a brief exchange of words.
The story of how Eunbyeol herself was trying to seduce Se-won, how she was stuck now, and the ridiculous plan that Boram had just blabbered about.
'No...'
She thought she didn't need to tell him all that. It was a story that had nothing to do with him.
Moreover, the content of the 'bet' was completely omitted.
'This makes it seem like I like Se-won oppa.'
She just didn't want to lose the bet... that was all.
It was true that she liked him as a friend, but as for liking him romantically...
"... "
She wasn't sure yet.
For some reason, the memory of him touching her chest three weeks ago replayed in Eunbyeol's mind.
Why was she thinking about that now... Her face turned slightly red.
"Ah, I see."
Before she knew it, Han Ho-cheol, who had heard the whole story, nodded.
His eyes briefly turned cold, then sank, and then regained their light.
It was a momentary display of jealousy from the story of Eunbyeol trying to seduce Se-won.
But no one noticed that subtle change. Han Ho-cheol, a master of acting, quickly regained his smiling expression and murmured,
"It's not bad."
It was about the plan Yoo Boram had mentioned. Hearing that murmur, Eunbyeol reacted.
"What? No, how can such a plan be okay?"
"What? What do you mean by 'such a plan'?"
Someone next to her reacted, but she ignored it. Honestly, it was a response she couldn't understand at all.
Such an old-fashioned setup... was it okay?
But Han Ho-cheol's will was firm.
"Yes. Honestly, it's a bit crude, but that's because it was just made up. If we refine it a bit, it might work."
"What did I tell you? He says it's okay."
After that, the two of them continued to advocate for the rationality of the plan.
They said things like, clichés usually work, and doesn't the shaky bridge effect seem convincing?
At their enthusiastic appearance, she too gradually began to feel tempted.
There is a saying, "Three people make a tiger."
It was an old saying that three people could create a non-existent tiger.
If three people could create something that didn't exist, then two people were enough to make an awkward story sound appealing.
After the conversation continued for a while, Lee Eun-byeol was eventually persuaded.
"It does seem okay..."
She was still a bit reluctant about the idea of threatening him, but... anyway, she didn't have any other methods right now.
If he got scared, she would just step in and resolve the situation.
As Eunbyeol started to lean towards this idea, Han Ho-cheol threw in the final persuasion.
"Well, I can't help it. I'll help you with this."
As if doing a favor, he naturally started to get involved in the matter. Eunbyeol asked,
"What? Really?"
"Yes~ After all, it would be awkward to ask your friends to act like delinquents for a guy. If there's a familiar face, it would be exposed right away."
That was true. It would be burdensome to ask her friends to act like delinquents for a guy, and she would surely be teased for a long time.
"And originally, things like this are more realistic when a guy is involved rather than just girls."
"Is that so?"
Honestly, she didn't know well. But, since it was a man saying it, it seemed quite convincing.
"Still, I feel too sorry. Asking you for help is just as burdensome."
"No~ I'm just doing it because I want to. And..."
It looks fun too.
Han Ho-cheol murmured quietly. His eyes seemed to sink deeply for a moment.
"...Okay, then."
Eunbyeol accepted Han Ho-cheol's offer as it was.
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